Misc.

Soupe Straciatella (4)

Gabrielle — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:33:14 +0000

1. Beat 4 eggs with a fork, just enough to mix it all up.

2. Add 1/3 cup of grated parmesan cheese, 2 Tbsp of chopped fresh parsley and a little tiny bit of muscade moulue, salt and pepper.

3. In a pot, bring to a boil 1/4 c. of chicken broth. Gradually add it to the egg mixture while stirring with a whisk.

4. Let simmer for 2-3 minutes, stirring as long as the eggs are done.

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Cigars au choux made easy

Gabrielle — Sun, 09 May 2010 22:12:35 +0000

1. Cook an onion in a pan.

2. Add about a pound or so of ground pork and cook it all up.

3. When done, drain out the fat.

4. Add a big can of diced tomatoes, salt and pepper, about 1 Tbsp of oregano.

6. Let simmer for about 15 minutes.

7. Cut to little pieces a small cabbage and steam to cook.

8. Add the cabbage to the tomato-pork mixture plus an appropriate amount of cooked white rice to it.

Vegetable Soup

Gabrielle — Sun, 25 May 2008 01:16:41 +0000

Cut in cubes the following: 1 onion, 3 carrots, 1/2 c. turnip, 2 branches of celery, 2/3 c. cauli flower and 1/4 c. red peppers.

Add 4 c. of water, then cool until vegetables are half-way done.

Add 2 c. tomato juice and 1 c. fines herbes.

Cook until the vegetables are tender.

Quick Potage

Gabrielle — Sun, 25 May 2008 01:12:26 +0000

Wash and cook 1 brocoli and 1 small cauli flower.

When cooked, well… make them into a purée.

Add 1/4 c. of cream and some salt (Herbamare de préférance)

Mix well and serve.

Oh, soupoudre de persil too. It looks nice.

Veggie Crêpes

Gabrielle — Sun, 25 May 2008 01:08:20 +0000

In a bowl, whisk 2 eggs and then add 1 c. of whole wheat flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt and 1 c. of milk. MIx well, then cook, thin and big.

Then cook: some brocoli, cauli flower, onions. When your veggies are cooked, take off the fire and add some lemon juice and 1/4 Tbs of thyme.

Grate a carrot.

Put a crêpe in a plate, then “butter” some real mayo, place carrots, onions and all other veggies. Roll the crêpe and enjoy.

Rooibos Punch

Gabrielle — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:57:56 +0000

1. Get some water boiling and make yourself a cup of Rooibos herbal tea.

2. Fill a glass with ice and pour your herbal tea in it.

3. Add the juice of half an orange (or well, if you’re lazy or don’t have oranges, use orange juice…) in your glass.

4. Add a tsp of sugar if you feel like it needs it (mine always does!).

5. Enjoy.

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Icing (Cream Cheese!)

Gabrielle — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:56:27 +0000

That’ll make about two cups of icing… if you double it’ll be just a little less than a 900 grams margarine container (this is quite a lot).

Blend together: 1 package (about 8 ounces / 250 g) of cream cheese + 1/4 c. butter + 1 c. of icing sugar + 1 tsp of vanilla extract.

Le tour est joué.

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Honey Substitute

Gabrielle — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:09:37 +0000

If you find yourself with a chicken to cook and it’s labour day, so the grocery store is closed and you desire to make honey garlic chicken… but have no honey (or money), what do you do? At first I thought I’d just “omit” the honey in the recipe. But my roomate opened her grandma’s recipe book to find a substitute for honey. Here’s the recipe to make 1 c. of “honey”:

1 1/4 c. sugar + 1/4 c. water (well, it said “liquid”). Mix them up and you’ve got “honey”.

It for sure doesn’t taste like it, but it does the job on honey garlic chicken!

Chocolate Sauce

Gabrielle — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:51:14 +0000

6 c. sugar

1 ¾ c. cornstarch

2 tsp salt

2 2/3 c. cocoa

4 c. cold water

Mix all ingredients, add water gradually to form smooth paste

14 c. boiling water

(add water slowly while stirring)

Boil 5 min. Add 3 c. marg. stir to blend.

Condensed Milk

Gabrielle — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:50:26 +0000

1 c. skim milk powder

3 T. marg.

1/3 c. sugar

1/3 c. boiling water

In bowl combine milk powder with sugar. Stir into boiling water until melted. Pour into sugar mixture. Beat about 2 min. or till smooth and creamy.

Refrigerate 8 hours.