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Homemade Pizza and Five Alternative Pizza Selections
By lemirenl
This homemade pizza dough tastes great
- Basic Pizza Sauce
- 14 ounce can chopped tomatoes
- 2 cloves of garlic crushed
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- In a large pan simmer all above ingredients except the tomato paste, for 20 minutes or until thickened. Once thickened, add the tomato paste.
- Basic Pizza Dough
- 2 to 2 1/2 cups unsifted all purpose flour (start with 1 or 1 1/2 cups and gradually sift in more flour until dough is soft and pliable)
- 1 pkg of rapid rising dry yeast or 1 pkg of active dry yeast or 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast from a jar. let sit until dissolved
- 1/2 tsp of salt (optional)
- 2/3 cup of very warm water (rapid rising dry yeast use water at 120 ° F to 130 ° F using (active dry yeast use warm water at 110 to 112 ° F)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tablespoon of cornmeal for your pizza tray or rub olive oil on the tray.
- In a 1 cup measuring cup, combine very warm water and yeast and once dissolved, add the oil and honey
14 Day Coleslaw
By lemirenl
Make this salad and keep it stored in a tightly sealed container in your refrigerator
- Salad Ingredients:
- 1 large head of cabbage, shredded
- 1 large green pepper finely chopped (prefer shredding if you have a food processor)
- 1 large Spanish onion finely chopped (prefer shredding if you have a food processor)
- Several large carrots finely shredded (to give it an even distribution of carrots with the cabbage mixture)
- Dressing Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups white vinegar
- 1 cup oil
- 1 to 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 1/2 teaspoons mustard seed or powder
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Garlic Pita Chips
By lemirenl
1. Heat oven to 375º F. 2
- 2 pita breads
- 4 tsp olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, crushed or garlic powder
- basil dried or freshly chopped
Russian Borsch
By lemirenl
This was originally a old Betty Crocker recipe that I spiced up a bit
- 6-7 beets, shredded
- 4 carrots, shredded
- 1 large onion, shredded
- 4 1/2 cups or two-10 1/2 ounce cans chicken (or beef) broth plus one soup can water
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tsp of Tabasco
- 2 tsp of Worshtershire
- 1/2 tsp of garlic
- Tablespoon of Sour cream on top when serving
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
By lemirenl
Preheat oven to 350 1.) combine moist ingredients butter, sugar and eggs in a bowl and stir or beat till mixed 2
- 1/3 cup of butter
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 3/4 cups of flour (1 cup of white and 3/4 cups of whole wheat)
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1 cup of mashed bananas or 4 bananas
- milk (approximately 6 tablespoons of milk or less)
- mashed bananas 3 or 4 depending on how strong you like the banana taste
- 1 package (250 grams) dark chocolate chips
Arrabiata Sauce
By lemirenl
1.) Heat oil in a large skillet or saucepan over medium heat
- (Ingredients for two)
- 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
- 2/3 cup chopped onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 tablespoons red wine
- 2 teaspoon white sugar
- 2 teaspoon chopped fresh basil
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning (oregano)
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 (28 ounce) can peeled and diced tomatoes
- several roasted red peppers (jar w water)
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
- protein
- 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast cut up into small cubes
- 2 hot italian sausages (uncooked) casing removed and cut into coins
Apple Pie (Older Betty Crocker Recipe Adjusted)
By lemirenl
This recipe has reduced sugar and flour
- Apple Pie Filling:
- Pastry - Top and Bottom Pie Crust
- 2 cups flour
- 3/4 cup Crisco
- 2 tbsp cold water
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- 1 egg
- Cut flour with Crisco. Mix egg, white vinegar and water. Pour egg mixture into the flour/crisco
- 8 Macintosh apple or similar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. nutmeg
- 2 tbsp. butter
Tiramisu
By lemirenl
This recipe is well worth the work
- Lady Fingers
- 1/2 cup (65 grams) cake flour, sifted
- 3 large egg yolks, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons (25 grams) granulated white sugar, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 large egg whites, room temperature
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 3 tablespoons (36 grams) granulated white sugar
- Powdered (icing or confectioners) sugar for dusting the tops of the cookies
- TIRAMISU
- 6 Egg Yolks (large)
- 1 1/4 Cups Sugar
- 1 1/2 Cup Mascarpone Cheese
- 1 3/4 Cups Whipping Cream
- 3/4 Cup Water
- 2 Teaspoons Instant Coffee Granules
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons Brandy
- 2 Three-ounce Packages Lady Fingers
- Garnish – Grated Unsweetened Chocolate/Whipping Cream
Jambalaya
By lemirenl
Easy to prep ahead of time and throw together and cook on low when guests arrive, while you sit back and have a gla...
- 3 or 4 spicy sausage,
- 2 boneless chicken breast or use thighs if you prefer dark meat
- 1 lb shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1 large onion diced
- 1 large bell pepper (any colour) seeded and diced
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 5 cups of fluid (2 cups of chicken broth, 1 1/2 cup water, 1 -540 ml can Alymers Accents Spicy red pepper stewed tomatoes including the liquid)
- 1 Box (227 g) Zatarain’s Jambalaya Mix, which has a little rice in the box that you will also use (or 5 tablespoons cajun spice and 1 hot chili pepper or flakes)
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 cups uncooked rice
Caesar Salad Dressing
By lemirenl
This recipe was given to me from my good friend Michael
- 2 heads of romain lettuce
- 2-3 cloves fresh garlic
- 2 or 3 anchovies
- 1 cup of high grade olive oil
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 cup of croutons
- 2 oz of fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 splashes of Worcestershire
- 2 splashes of Tabasco
- Parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup of bacon bits