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Cranberry Coffee Cake
By Hester
mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt together in mixing bowl
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup cooking oil
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 cup cranberries, fresh or frozen
- TOPPING
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Sizzling Salsa Vinaigrette
By Hester
Whisk all ingredients in a small bowl, adding vinegar to taste, and then salt if needed
- 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp salsa
- 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 - 3 Tbsp white vinegar
- Salt to taste
- SALAD
- 1/4 cup minced onion
- 1/4 cup chopped celery
- 3 Tbsp minced cilantro
- Romaine lettuce
- BBQ chicken breast
- Tortilla chips
Ham Casserole
By Hester
1 Make a white sauce of butter, flour, milk and salt
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup crouton
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
- 6 hard-boiled eggs, quartered
- 2 cups cubed cooked ham
- 8 ounces sliced mushrooms, sauteed
Crispy Quinoa Cakes
By Hester
Serve these with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
- 1 large Egg
- 2 Tbs. Flour
- 1 1/2 Tbs. Tahini (or nut butter)
- 1 1/2 tsp. white wine vinegar
- 1 1/2 cups quinoa (cooked )
- 1/2 cup sweet potato (finely grated )
- 1/2 10-oz. pkg. Spinach (frozen, thawed and squeezed dry)
- 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes (chopped )
- 1/4 cup nuts (chopped, optional)
- 2 oz. Feta Cheese (crumbled, optional)
- 2 Tbs. Onion (finely diced )
- 1 Tbs. Parsley (chopped fresh )
- 1 clove Garlic (minced (1 tsp.))
- 1/2 tsp. Salt
Spiced Tea
By Hester
Mix all ingredients and put in decorative jars for giving
- 2 cups iced tea mix with lemon
- 1 cup orange drink crystals
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
Kitty Litter Cake
By Hester
Disgusting looks and great taste is what you get in this fun Kitty Litter Cake! The hard part is starting in on thi...
- 1 spice or german chocolate cake mix
- 1 white cake mix
- 1 large package vanilla instant pudding mix
- 1 package vanilla sandwich cookies
- Green food coloring
- 12 small Tootsie Rolls
- 1 new definitely unused) kitty litter pan
- 1 new plastic kitty litter pan liner
- 1 new pooper scooper
Punjabi Kadhi Pakora Recipe
By Hester
Preparing the curd mixture: 1
- For kadhi mixture:
- 1.5 cup full fat sour curd/dahi/yogurt or 375 gram curd
- 3 cups water or add as required
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder/lal mirch powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder/haldi
- 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
- generous pinch of asafoetida/hing
- 1 to 1.5 tsp salt or add as required
- 8 tbsp besan or about 40 grams
- mustard oil or sunflower oil or any oil for shallow frying or deep frying pakoras
- For onion pakoras:
- 1 cup tightly packed thinly sliced onions or 2 medium to large onions or 150 grams
- 1 cup besan or gram flour
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder/lal mirch powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder/haldi
- 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
- 1/2 tsp ajwain/carom seeds
- 2/3 to 3/4 tsp salt or add as required
- 1/4 cup water
- For the punjabi kadhi:
- 1 small to medium onion or 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 1 tbsp chopped ginger/adrak
- 3/4 to 1 tbsp chopped garlic/lahsun
- 8-10 fenugreek seeds/methi seeds
- 2 green chillies chopped
- 2 red chillies broken
- 1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera
- a generous pinch of asafoetida/hing
- 8 to 10 curry leaves or 1 sprig
- 2 tbsp mustard oil
Current Scones
By Hester
In a large bowl put flour, sugar, baking powder and salt
- 2 cups flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup cold butter or margarine
- 1/2 cup currants
- 1 egg
- 2/3 cup milk
- milk for brushing tops
- sugar for sprinkling
Crispy baked chicken legs
By Hester
From Mayo Clinic Healthy Recipes
- 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- 10 legs, skin removed (trimmed drumsticks)
- Olive oil cooking spray
- 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
- 1/4 cup ground flaxseed
- 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh sage
- Freshly ground pepper, to taste
Avocado Tuna Salad Recipe
By Hester
Since the avocado is taking the place of mayonnaise, it should be ripe and easy to mash with a fork
- 1 5-ounce can tuna, preferably packed in olive oil, drained
- 1/2 ripe avocado, roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup minced celery
- 1/4 cup minced red onion
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro or parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper