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How To Make Natural Dishwasher Tablets
By garciamoss
1. Mix the first three ingredients together in a bowl
- 1 cup borax
- 1 cup washing soda
- 1/4 cup salt
- 2/3 cup lemon juice
Breakfast Mini Pizzas
By garciamoss
Preheat oven or toaster oven broiler
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 tablespoons prepared marinara sauce
- 1 whole-wheat English muffin, split and toasted
- 2 tablespoons shredded Italian cheese blend
- 2 slices pepperoni (optional)
Homemade Salted Caramels
By garciamoss
The seeds of a vanilla bean add complexity to the flavor of the caramels
- 1 vanilla bean
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
- 1 1/2 teaspoons fleur de sel or flake sea salt
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 1/3 cups (9 1/3 ounces) sugar
Apple Baklava (gluten free)
By garciamoss
This baklava is generous layers of apple slices with a delicious mixture of chopped nuts
- Sweet Syrup
- 1 cup agave syrup
- 1/2 cup golden raisin
- 6 dates
- 2 Tbs. lemon juice
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. ground clove
- 1/8 tsp. ground cardamom
- Fruit and Nut layers
- 8 apples, peeled, and thinly sliced on mandoline
- 2 cups toasted walnuts, chopped
- 2 cups toasted pecans, chopped
- 1/2 cup currants
Peanut Butter Banana Fritters Drizzled with Chocolate Sauce
By garciamoss
To make the fritters: Combine the flour, sugar, and baking powder in a bowl and mix
- Fritters:
- 2 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- Pinch sea salt
- Small pinch baking soda
- 3 ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/2 cup smooth organic peanut butter
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 egg
- Peanut or Canola oil, for deep frying
- Chocolate Sauce:
- 1/2 cup dark chocolate chunks
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 1 cup water, for double boiler
Gomoku Gohan
By garciamoss
Gomoku Gohan is a rice dish featuring a flavorful broth and seasonal ingredients
- 3 grams dried shiitake mushrooms (0.5 ounces)
- 2 cups boiling water
- 130 grams chicken thigh (about 1 large thigh or 4.6 ounces)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon mirin
- 50 grams bamboo, sliced into bite-size pieces (1.75 ounces)
- 50 grams carrots, quartered and sliced (1.75 ounces)
- 50 grams shimeji mushrooms, separated (1.75 ounces)
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 2 rice cooker cups of rice (310 grams/10.9 ounces)
- 1 3/4 cups shiitake soaking liquid (355 ml)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 scallion, minced
White Bean Soup with Spinach and Leeks
By garciamoss
Heat oil in 6qt dutch oven or large pot over medium high heat
- 1 lb dried white beans pre-soaked over night, or two cans of white beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 4 leeks, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 2 teaspoon paprika
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 cup whole wheat couscous
- 2-3 cups fresh spinach leaves
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 4-6 cups of water, depending on how thick you want the soup, if using dry beans you will need more water as dry beans will absorb the liquid
Dad's Death by Chocolate
By garciamoss
Death by Chocolate: In a large bowl, whip the heavy cream with the powdered sugar until aerated, just before soft p...
- CHOCOLATE PUDDING:
- 1 quart heavy cream
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup creme fraiche
- 2 batches Chocolate Pudding (recipe follows)
- 3 cups crumbled chocolate wafer cookies
- Four 1.4-ounce chocolate-covered English toffee bars, such as Heath, chopped
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 4 cups heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 stick unsalted butter, cubed
- 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
David V's Crescent Hot Cross Buns
By garciamoss
Heat the oven to 350º F. Unroll dough and separate into 8 triangles
- Buns:
- 2 8-oz. cans of refrigerated crescent-shaped dinner rolls
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon & 1/2 tsp. sugar, combined
- Icing:
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 – 3 tsp. milk
Chocoflan ("Pastel Imposible")
By garciamoss
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF
- For the Pan:
- 1 cup of dulce de leche or Mexican cajeta
- Butter and flour for pan
- You will need a 10-inch round cake pan with 3-inch high sides or a bundt cake pan
- A deep pan that is larger than the cake pan
- For the Cake:
- 6 ounces of butter, slightly softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons Nescafe dissolved in 2 tablespoons of hot water
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1 cup cake flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated cinnamon
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk
- For the Flan:
- 1 12-ounce can evaporated milk
- 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
- For the Cake Toppings:
- 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
- 1 cup dulce de leche or Mexican cajeta