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Lemon Pudding Cake
By Hklbrries
Preheat the oven to 350 F
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 cup 1% milk
- 2 tsp freshly grated lemon zest
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 2 tbsp butter, melted
- 3 large eggs, separated
- Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
Blueberry-Peach Refrigerator Jam
By Hklbrries
The peach adds a subtle, second hit of sweetness
- 1 pint blueberries
- 2 lbs peaches, peeled
- 2 cups sugar
- Juice of 1 lemon
The Toxin in Your Toothpaste (and Elsewhere)
By Hklbrries
Discover the danger lurking in your everyday products—and how to avoid it - Your morning routine may seem inn...
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Hints from Heloise - Vegetarian Lifestyle Hints
By Hklbrries
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- Heloise Offers Vegetarian Lifestyle Hints
- By Jessica Belasco/San Antonio Express-News/Photography by Helen L. Montoya/San Antonio Express-News
- to to asked Heloise to talk with me about her vegetarian lifestyle, I assume she'll want to meet at one of San Antonio's few vegetarian restaurants or at least at a veggie-friendly place.
- Instead, she suggests lunch at a downtown steakhouse.
- There she could share hints about eating meat-free in the center of the barbecue and Tex-Mex universe.
- “People say, ‘You live in Texas, what do you eat?'” she tells me. “I say, ‘Do I look like I'm starving?'”
- 60, 1966. 16-ounce Texas girl,” says Heloise, 60, who was born in Waco and has lived in San Antonio since 1966. “Give me a 16-ounce steak, a baked potato with sour cream and forget the salad.”
- I figure the Reuben and BLT are off-limits, but she points out she could order them without the meat.
- Making the change
- to she was attending Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) in San Marcos, she and her father took a trip to several communist bloc countries, where she encountered her share of mystery meat.
- “I'm sure I ate horse,” she says.
- to to avoid that sort of thing, she ended up subsisting on cucumbers, potatoes, bread, cheese, cabbage and caviar.
- When she got back home, she found herself gradually eating less meat.
- “It wasn't intentional at the beginning,” she says. “I didn't order steak. I ate a few hamburgers and it just didn't sit right.”
- 1971 began reading about vegetarianism in Frances Moore Lappé's 1971 bestseller “Diet for a Small Planet.”
- to mother was Heloise,” she says. “If you're going to do something, you do the research.”
- to her mother's daughter, she found creative ways to problem-solve.
- “I can eat anywhere and eat healthy,” she says.
- to began ordering the famous burger at the now-defunct Little Hipps sans burger. At first she was greeted with raised eyebrows, but over time the staff got used to it.
- to learned to quiz waiters on possible substitutions and swaps: Can I get charro beans instead of refried? Can I get this entrée with that side?
- to it's a good restaurant, they don't blink an eye,” she says. “Most restaurants will do their best to make the customer happy.”
- She also orders two or three appetizers or sides instead of an entrée.
- “Many times appetizers alone are delicious and, depending on your diet, they're enough, portion-wise,” she says.
- to hint: Don't be afraid to go off-menu. Many Chinese restaurants often have tofu available even if it's not listed.
- More choices
- to 30 to be a vegetarian now than it was 30 years ago, Heloise says.
- Restaurants offer more options for non-carnivores. Many burger places serve veggie patties. Vegetarian meals are available on airplanes. Even airports have more varied options.
- For someone who travels as extensively as Heloise, that's a big deal.
- to to 58 a mostly vegetarian diet — she'll eat some seafood — partly out of habit, partly to keep her weight down and partly for health reasons: Her mother died at 58 of heart disease.
- to home, she likes to make a snack she learned about in Mexico: a plate of chilled raw cucumber, carrots, celery and jicama sprinkled with fresh lime juice and pico de gallo con límon.
- She also likes seasoning cucumbers with salt, lots of pepper and — you guessed it — vinegar, either red wine or malt.
Chocolate Pudding Pops
By Hklbrries
Put all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth
- 1 large box sugar-free instant chocolate pudding mix
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup nonfat milk
- 2 frozen bananas (mostly thawed)
- 1/2 cup Splenda granulated sweetener
Safety - Standing mixers are powerful tools
By Hklbrries
Dear Heloise: Please remind people that standing mixers are powerful tools and can be dangerous
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Pottery Tea Cakes
By Hklbrries
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar, egg and vanilla
- Cookies:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- Icing:
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 egg white
- 2 tsp water
- Blue paste food coloring
Crepes
By Hklbrries
From Gina Garcia, pastry chef at Cake, the bakery at Chaps
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup flour
- Pinch kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
Buckle
By Hklbrries
Origin: New England. What is it? A summery version of coffee cake using seasonal fruit, topped with a layer of ...
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