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Refrigerator Oatmeal: Pumpkin Pie
By NicoleS
This easy, no-cook "summer porridge" has make-ahead convenience and is packed with nutrition to get your day off to...
- 1/4 cup uncooked old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/3 cup skim milk
- 1/4 cup low-fat yogurt or low-fat Greek yogurt
- 1-1/2 teaspoons dried chia seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 2 teaspoons maple syrup (or substitute any preferred sweetener)
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree (unsweetened canned pumpkin)
Spiced Blackberry, Pear and Apple Pavlova
By NicoleS
Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F (140 degrees C)
- MERINGUE:
- 1 cup superfine sugar
- Squeeze of lemon juice
- 4 egg whites, at room temperature
- FRUIT FILLING:
- 4 pears, peeled, cored, and sliced
- 2 apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
- 2 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick, snapped in half
- Couple of twists of black pepper
- 1/2 bottle of Marsala or good red wine
- Finely grated zest and juice of 1 orange
- 4 tbsp soft light brown sugar
- seeds of 1 vanilla bean, (save a third of the seeds for the cream filling), or 4 drops of vanilla extract
- 2 large handfuls of blackberries
- CREAM FILLING:
- 1 1/5 cup whipping or heavy cream
- 1/8 cup confectioners' sugar
- a few seeds from vanilla bean (saved from above) or 1 drop vanilla extract
Pie Iron Bread Dough
By NicoleS
Mix dry ingredients and seal in a resealable plastic bag to take camping
- 2 cups self-rising flour, plus extra flour for dusting
- 1/2 cup dried milk powder
- 1 tsp. granulated sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup water
Ice Cream: Fudgesicles (Chocolate Mooseys)
By NicoleS
In a medium saucepan, melt the chocolate
- 1 ounce chopped semisweet chocolate (try milk chocolate)
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder (try 1 1/2 T cocoa powder)
- 1 cup milk
- Pinch of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 Tablespoon unsalted butter
Roasted Sausages and Grapes
By NicoleS
Preheat the oven to 500 degrees
- 1 1/2 pounds Italian hot sausage
- 1 1/2 pounds Italian sweet sausage
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 5 to 6 cups (2 pounds) red or green seedless grapes, stems removed
- 2 to 4 tablespoons dry red wine, preferably Chianti
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- Fresh Foccaccia or Ciabatta bread, to serve
Fresh Strawberry Mousse
By NicoleS
There’s a good reason that strawberry mousse recipes aren’t very prevalent: The berries contain lots of juice, ...
- 2 pounds strawberries, hulled (6 1/2 cups)
- 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces) sugar
- Pinch salt
- 1 3/4 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
- 4 ounces cream cheese, cut into 8 pieces and softened
- 1/2 cup heavy cream, chilled
Knefla Soup
By NicoleS
To make the knephlas, whisk together the flour and salt
- Knephla Dough:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2-3/4 cup warm water (enough to make a soft dough)
- Knephla Soup:
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 rib celery, diced
- 1 russet potato, peeled and diced
- 1/2 stick butter
- 1 can chicken broth
- 1 cup milk
- 1 Tbsp. chicken bouillon
- 1 tsp. onion salt
- 1/4 tsp. celery salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/4 cup mashed potato flakes, if needed to thicken
Apricot-Glazed Baked Chicken
By NicoleS
Preheat oven to 400°F. Arrange chicken, skin-side up, in roasting pan
- 1 whole chicken, cut into quarters
- 3/4 cup apricot preserves
- 2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper
Ice Cream: Cinnamon Ice Cream with Cinnamon Crisps
By NicoleS
For the cinnamon ice cream: In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, combine the half-and-half and sugar
- Cinnamon Ice Cream:
- 3 cups half-and-half
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cinnamon sticks
- 9 large egg yolks
- 3 cups heavy cream
- 1 heaping teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Cinnamon Crisps:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 6 flour tortillas
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
Tarte Tatin
By NicoleS
To make the dough, in the bowl of a food processor, combine the flour, sugar and salt and pulse twice
- For the dough:
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 Tbs. sugar
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 6 Tbs. (3/4 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into
- 1/2-inch pieces
- 4 Tbs. ice water
- For the filling:
- 2 1/2 lb. Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored
- and cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 2 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 8 Tbs. (1 stick) unsalted butter
- Salted caramel ice cream for serving