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Roasted Vegetable Tostadas with Chipotle Cream
By YogiRenee
Place an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
- 2 medium zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- One 1-pound butternut squash, peeled, seeded and diced into 1/2-inch cubes (3 cups)
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Six 6 1/2 or 7 1/2-inch diameter corn or whole grain tortillas
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 canned chipotle pepper, finely diced
- 1 cup sour cream or refrigerated egg-free mayonnaise, such as Vegenaise
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon agave
Green Onion Salad Dressing
By YogiRenee
Makes much more than is needed for potato salad
- 1 * 1 egg plus 1 egg yolk
- 1 1/8 * 1 1/8 cups vegetable oil
- * Scant 1/2 cup finely chopped green
- onions
- 1 1/2 * 1 1/2 tablespoons Creole mustard
- (preferred) or brown mustard
- 1 * 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1/4 * 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 * 1/8 teaspoon white pepper
Honey Lavender Ice Cream
By YogiRenee
Bring cream, half-and-half, honey, and lavender just to a boil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, sti...
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup half-and-half
- 2/3 cup mild honey
- 2 tablespoons dried edible lavender flowers*
- 2 large eggs
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Special equipment: a candy or instant-read thermometer; an ice cream maker
Vietnamese-Style Spicy Crab with Garlic Noodles
By YogiRenee
Preparation 1. Combine flour, 1 tsp
- 1 cup flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons plus 1 tbsp. salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
- 2 Dungeness crabs, cooked, cleaned, quartered, and cracked
- Vegetable oil for frying, plus 3 tbsp.
- 10 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/2 pound spaghettini (thin spaghetti)
- 3 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
- 6 small dried red chiles
- 2 tablespoons grated fresh ginger
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 4 serrano chiles, stemmed, seeded, and chopped
- 1/3 cup sake or other rice wine
- 1 cup basil leaves, chopped
- 1/2 cup mint leaves, chopped
- 1/2 cup cilantro leaves
Sweet-Potato Bourbon Bundt Cake
By YogiRenee
Directions Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- 1 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 1/3 1/3 1/3 cup unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pan
- 2 2 2 large eggs
- 1 1 1 cup cooked sweet potato
- 1 1 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 2 3/4 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 3/4 3/4 cup milk
- 1/3 1/3 1/3 cup bourbon or apple juice
- 1 1 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 1 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 3/4 3/4 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Nonstick cooking spray with flour
- 3 3 3 tablespoons chopped pecans
- Bourbon Syrup (http://www.marthastewart.com/257884/bourbon-syrup)
Singapore Chili Shrimp
By YogiRenee
In a food processor (or by hand) finely mince the ginger, garlic, shallots and chilies
- At the open-air food bazaars in Singapore, huge platters of stir-fried crabs are served (whole crabs, shells and all) in a sweet and spicy sauce. This is an adaptation of that dish - made with shrimp
- SERVES 4
- 1 2-inch piece, ginger - peeled
- 3 garlic cloves - peeled and lightly crushed
- 2 shallots - peeled and roughly chopped
- 4 fresh small chilies - like Thai, or seeded and stemmed dried red chilies or dried red chili flakes to taste
- 3 tablespoons, corn, grapeseed or other neutral oil
- 2 tablespoons, tomato paste or 1 medium tomato - chopped
- 2 tablespoons, fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons, nam pla (Thai fish sauce, found in the Asian foods section of most markets)
- 2 teaspoons, soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon, sugar
- 1 to 1 1/2 pounds, small (but not tiny "bay" shrimp) peeled shrimp
Banana-Oat Smoothie
By YogiRenee
Directions In a blender, combine oats, yogurt, banana, fat-free milk, honey, and cinnamon; puree until smooth
- 1/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt 1 banana, cut into thirds 1/2 cup fat-free milk 2 teaspoons honey 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1 banana, cut into thirds
- 1/2 cup fat-free milk
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Chocolate Truffles
By YogiRenee
Coarsely chop both chocolates and set aside
- 1/2 poundsemisweet chocolate
- 1/2 poundgood-quality bittersweet chocolate
- 1 cupheavy cream or whipping cream
- 1 tablespooninstant coffee powder
- 2 tablespoonscoffee liqueur
- 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
- 1 cupunsweetened cocoa
Baked Banana Pudding
By YogiRenee
Heat the oven to 400 degrees F
- 3 ripe bananas, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch rounds
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar, plus 2 tablespoons
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 largeeggs, separated
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 45 vanilla wafers
- 1 pinch cream of tartar
Rum Balls
By YogiRenee
Directions Preheat oven to 350
- Vegetable oil, cooking spray
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons dark rum
- Coarse sanding sugar, for rolling