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Greek Tomato-Feta Quinoa Salad
By gocatgo
The nutty quinoa is coated with the olive oil and lemon dressing and complemented by crunchy cucumber, sweet tomato...
- For the Quinoa Salad:
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced
- 1/2 orange bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 cucumber, diced
- 1/2 cup feta cheese crumbles
- 3 tablespoons chives, chopped
- 3 tablespoons parsley, chopped
- For the Lemon Vinaigrette:
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Rose cake
By gocatgo
For the cake: I’ll be honest with the cake: It’s a basic vanilla cake mix that I doctored up but substituting ...
- Wilton Buttercream Frosting:
- 1 box cake mix, subsituting oil for melted butter and water for milk, with a little orange zest per authors instruction...
- 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine softened
- 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract Easy-Add clear vanilla extract Add to shopping list clear vanilla extract
- 4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (approximately 1 lb.)
- 2 tablespoons milk
Butternut Squash Butter
By gocatgo
Recipe By SweetBeetandGreenbean
- 3-4 lb butternut squash
- extra virgin olive oil
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 1/2 cup water
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
Sweet Potato Latkes
By gocatgo
Blend the silken tofu in a blender and set aside
- 1 pk silken tofu
- 1 lb sweet potatoes
- 1 t cumin
- 1 t coriander
- 1 T brown sugar
- 1 ⁄4 c whole wheat flour
- 1 ⁄4 c white onion, chopped
- 2 clv garlic, minced garlic
- 1 t salt, divided
- juice of 1 lemon
- 2 T olive oil + some for frying
- 2 T apple cider vinegar
Exotic Pumpkin Soup
By gocatgo
You can't go wrong with some homemade soup on a cold autumn or winter night
- 1 pumpkin (Hokkaido/sugar pumpkin)
- 2 onions
- 1 stalk of lemongrass
- 6 Kaffir Lime leaves
- 1-2 hot chili peppers
- 1 garlic
- 1-2 tablespoons powdered vegetable stock
- juice from 3 oranges (or from concentrate)
- fresh ginger
- 180 ml sour cream or crème fraiche
- herbs of your choice (chives or cilantro)
Raw Hot Chocolate
By gocatgo
Without actually cooking, if blended on high for a few minutes anything will warm up
- 1/2 cup dry buckwheat
- 3 cup water
- 1/4 cup cacao powder
- 1/2 cup agave syrup
kugel
By gocatgo
the taste of childhood
- 12 oz egg noodles
- 16 oz cottage cheese
- 8 oz sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 stick butter
- 3/4 c sugar
- 4 eggs separated
- graham cracker crumbs and cinnamon sugar to top
- more sour cream to garnish
Roasted Leg of Lamb
By gocatgo
1) Preheat the oven to 425 degrees
- 1 4-lb Bone-in Leg of Lamb
- 6 Cloves of Garlic, peeled and sliced
- 2 Sprigs of Rosemary, leaves picked off the stem
- 1/2 of a Lemon
- Lots of Salt and Black Pepper
- 1 About 1 cup of White Wine
Paleo Chocolate Coconut Cups
By gocatgo
With paleo desserts, the idea is to enjoy sweets in moderation, but when you do enjoy them they can still be made f...
- Chocolate Shell
- 1 cup extra virgin organic coconut oil
- 1 cup high quality cocoa or cacao powder
- 1 cup smooth unsalted almond butter
- 1/2 cup organic honey (can sub maple syrup to make them vegan)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- dash of sea salt (optional)
- Coconut Filling
- 2 cups organic shredded coconut
- 2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
- dash of sea salt (optional)
- enough honey to bring together in food processor (about 1/3 – 1/2 cup) (can sub maple syrup to make them vegan)
Italian Easter Sweet Bread
By gocatgo
We used to eat this all the time for Easter but this recipe is great any time, year-round
- 1/2 cup butter, unsalted, room temperature
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 envelope yeast, about 2 1/2 teaspoons
- 1/2 cup warm water, about 110°F
- 3 eggs, room temperature
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 4 1/2 to 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 hard boiled eggs, optional
- multi-colored sprinkles to decorate
- 1 egg, beaten with a little bit of water to make an egg wash