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Smoothie
By maredan
1. Puree in a blender or with an immersion blender
- 2 * 2 ripe bananas
- 2 * 2 cups orange juice
- 4 * 4 heaping spoonfuls yogurt
- 1 * 1 cup blueberries
- 1 * 1 large splash flax seed oil (or 2 or 3)
Fish Fish Stracciatella Soup with Fresh Herbs
By maredan
Directions 1. In a saucepan, bring the chicken broth and sage to a boil
- 5 * 5 cups chicken broth
- 6 * 6 leaves fresh sage
- 1/4 * 1/4 pound sole fillet, cut into pieces
- 3 * 3 eggs
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
- 1 * 1 clove garlic, peeled
- 3 * 3 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 3 * 3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
- 3 * 3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- 1 * 1 tablespoon chopped fresh marjoram
- * Salt and pepper
- 8 * 8 breadsticks (or diagonal baguette slices, toasted and brushed with olive oil)
Raspberry Almond Financiers
By maredan
Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
- 8 tablespoon(s) (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1/3 cup(s) honey
- 2 cup(s) sliced blanched almonds (6 1/2 ounces), lightly toasted and finely ground
- 1/2 cup(s) granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup(s) sifted confectioners' sugar
- 3/4 cup(s) sifted cake flour (not self-rising)
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
- 5 large egg whites
- 1 cup(s) raspberries (fresh or frozen), pureed and strained (1/2 cup)
Cheese Topped Guacamole
By maredan
Directions In a shallow bowl, mix the avocados, tomato, onion, cilantro, mint, jalapeño and lime juice; season w...
- Hass avocados, diced
- 1 medium tomato, diced
- 1/4 small red onion, minced
- 1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped mint
- 1 jalapeño, seeded and minced
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 cup shredded queso oaxaca or Monterey Jack
- Tortilla chips for serving
Orangecello
By maredan
Directions Using a vegetable peeler, remove the peel from the oranges in long strips (reserve the oranges for anot...
- Ingredients
- 7 * 7 medium navel oranges, preferably organic
- 1 * 1 (750ml) bottle vodka
- 2 1/2 * 2 1/2 cups water
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 cups sugar
Cherry Swirl Cheesecake
By maredan
Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3
- FOR THE BASE
- 50 g butter , plus extra for greasing
- 140 g shortbread biscuits
- 1 tbsp golden syrup
- FOR THE FILLING
- 350 g cherries, 200g of them stoned
- 225 g caster sugar
- 500 g medium-fat soft cheese
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- zest 1 orange
- 200ml tub crème fraîche
- icing sugar , for dusting
Cream of Tomato with Tarragon Floating Islet
By maredan
Directions Cream of Tomato 1
- Cream of Tomato
- 1 * 1 onion, minced
- 5 * 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 * 3 tablespoons (45 ml) olive oil
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 cans of 796 ml (28 oz) Italian tomatoes, crushed
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup (125 ml) chicken broth
- 1/2 * 1/2 cup (125 ml) 35% or 15% cream (see note below)
- * Salt and pepper
- Tarragon Floating Islet
- 1 * 1 egg white
- 1 * 1 tablespoon (15 ml) corn syrup
- 1 * 1 tablespoon (15 ml) fresh tarragon, chopped
- 1 * 1 tablespoon (15 ml) hot water
- * Salt and pepper
Limoncello Collins
By maredan
Directions In a pitcher, combine the limoncello, gin and lemon juice
- 16 ounces limoncello
- 12 ounces gin
- 8 ounces fresh lemon juice
- 24 paper thin lemon slices
- Ice
- 16 ounces chilled club soda
- 8 mint sprigs
Chocolate Walnut Cake
By maredan
Grease and flour 2 round baking pans and set aside In small bowl stir together cocoa and boiling water until smooth...
- 1/2 c cocoa powder
- 3/4 c boiling water
- 1/2 c butter, softened
- 2 c sugar
- 1 8oz sour cream
- vanilla
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- pinch salt
- 2 c flour
- 1/2 c walnuts chopped
- 3 egg whites
- 1 1/2 c semisweet chocolate pieces
- 1/3 c butter
- 3 1/2 to 4 c sifted icing sugar
Herbed Quinoa
By maredan
For the quinoa: In a medium saucepan, add the chicken stock, lemon juice and quinoa
- Dressing:
- 2 3/4 * 2 3/4 cups low-sodium chicken stock
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 cups quinoa
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 3/4 * 3/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1 * 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 2 * 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- * Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper