Sunday, November 18, 2012

Delicious Doukhabour Carrot cake



Ingredients:
 
3/4c flour
1/4c oats/muslei
1/2tsp salt
1 tsp cinnomen
1/2tsp nutmeg
1/2tsp pumpkin pie spice
1tsp bs
hemp nuts
flax

2 eggs
1c honey
1.5c shredded carrots
1/3c buttermilk and yogurt
1/2c raisens (yellow and black)
some figs chopped

Method:
Mix all dry ingredients, including raisens
beat eggs and honey
add yogurt and buttermilk
mix carrots into wet and then mix everything
Bake 325-350 for 45-1 hour
make half a cake (small round white dish)

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Rocky Road Chocolate Cake




Ingredients:

1 egg
1/2c buttermilk
3/4c sugar/honey
1 tsp vanilla

1c flour
1/4c oats
1/2c coco
1tsp bp
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp bs

10 large marshmellows quartered
chocolate chips.
graham crackers

Method:
Mix egg, buttermilk, sug/ honey and vanilla
Mix dry ingredients.
add 5 shmellows, quartered and choclate chips into dry

add wet and spoon into 9x9in
Sprinkle the rest of the quartered shmellows over top and crumble graham crackers over top
Bake 350-375 for 20 ish min's

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Chocolate Quinoa Brownies





Ingredients:
  • 1/4 cup quinoa, cooked (1/8c dry)
  • 1/4c cup water
  • 1/2 of 1/3c cup milk, used butter milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tbls aras cream cheese
  • 1 mashed banana
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4-1/2 cup cocoa
  • 1/2 of 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp baking soda
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • Choclate chips
  • 2 marshmellows chopped
Method:
  1. Bring quinoa and water to a boil. Cover and cook for 10 min. Turn off heat and leave on burner for 10 min. more. Fluff with a fork and cool.
  2. Combine liquids, add quinoa and butter and blend till smooth in blender .
  3. Whisk together dy ingredients and add to blender and mix well.
  4. Pour into round white pan
  5. Bake at 350 F. for 30ish min.
  6. Cool completely .

Quinoa Oatmeal Cookies




Ingredients:
2 large, very-ripe bananas
1 tbsp peanut butter
1/4 cup honey
1/4 tsp vanilla 
1/2 cup cooked whole-grain quinoa (1/4c (-) dry & 1/2c water)
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/2 cup oats, multigrain cereal, muesli
1/4 cup chocolate chips 
salt

Method:
  1. Preheat oven to 380 F.
  2. Mix bananas, almond butter, vanilla and coconut sugar. Mix well.
  3. Add quinoa, oats and cereals. Mix until well combined.
  4. Stir in chocolate chips.
  5. Line baking sheet with parchment paper and drop batter on to cooking sheet. 
  6. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
  7. Remove from oven and let cool.

Friday, September 7, 2012

Sticky Cinommen Buns




Ingredients:

3/4c water
1 1/2c flour
1 tbls milk
1 1/2 tbls sugar (honey and maple syrup)
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tbls sour cream
1 1/2 tsp yeast


In Jezveh:
1/4c Brown suagr
some honey
cinommen
milk
raisens

Cook until melted.

Inside Mixture:
Walnuts
cinnomen
honey
brown sugar

*Dont use 9x9. use about 1/2 that size to bake

Lemon Blueberry Muffins




1/4c Rye flour
1/2c Flour
1/2c - 1c blueberries (i used frozen)
1/4c oatbran/oatmeal
1/2 of 1/3c cornmeal
2 tbls Hemp seed
1/2 tsp BP
1/4 tsp BS
1/8 tsp salt
1/3c honey
1/6c rbutter (ricotta)
1/2 egg
1/2tsp+ vanilla
1/2c buttermilk
1/2c chocolate chips

*Original recipe called for:
1/2 Tbl Lemon zest
1/2 Tbl Lemon juice

Method:
Toss blueberries in with dry ingredients.
 Bake 350 for 20 mins

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Rhubrb Upside Down Cake



 

Ingredients:

3+ cups (750 mL)  rhubarb 
1/4 cup (50 mL) strawberry or seedless raspberry jam*
1/4 Cup Sugar/Honey 

1 1/2 cups (375 mL) flour
1/4c muslei
 2 1/2 tsp (12 mL) baking powder 
1/2 tsp+ (2 mL) cinnamon 
1/2 tsp salt 
2/3 cup (150 mL)sour cream & ricotta
2 bananas
3/4 Cup sugar/maple syrup
2 eggs 
1/4 tsp (1 mL) each almond and vanilla extract or 1/2 tsp (2 mL) vanilla 
1/3 (-) cup (75 mL) milk


*
I used some caramel apple jam and some crab apple jam 
**I used a mix of sour cream & Ricotta plus 2 bananas

Method:
Preheat oven to 350F (180C). 

  1.  If using fresh rhubarb, slice into 1/2-inch- (1-cm-) thick pieces. 
  2. Generously coat bottom and side of a 9-inch (23-cm) cake pan or a 10-inch (25-cm) deep-dish pie plate with 1 tbsp (15 mL) butter. 
  3.  Pour jam over rhubarb and stir to evenly coat. 
  4. Evenly sprinkle 1/4 cup (50 mL) sugar and honey over bottom of cake pan or pie plate. Spoon rhubarb mixture overtop and evenly spread out. 
  5.  
  6. In a medium-size bowl, using a fork, stir flour with baking powder, cinnamon and salt. 
  7. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat 2/3 cup sour creAM BANA MIX until creamy, 
  8. then beat in remaining 3/4 cup (175 mL) sugar until evenly mixed,  
  9. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. 
  10. Then beat in almond and vanilla extracts.
  11. Gradually beat in one-third flour mixture, then half of milk. 
  12. Repeat additions, ending with flour mixture, beating just until blended. Batter will be thick. 
  13. Spoon evenly over rhubarb to completely cover, then smooth top as best you can.
  14. Bake in centre of preheated oven until a cake tester inserted into centre of cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. 
  15. After 30 minutes, check cake. If top is a deep golden brown, cover loosely with a piece of foil. If not, check colour occasionally until it is fully baked, covering with foil to prevent any more browning, if necessary.
  16. When done, remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes. Then run a knife around edge of cake. Invert onto a large cake plate. Great warm or at room temperature. Cake will keep well, covered, at room temperature or stored in the refrigerator overnight. It tends to dry a little as it sits.

Monday, May 21, 2012





Quinoa Chocolate Cake

I halved the recipe:

1/2 of 2/3 cup white or golden quinoa
1/2 + 1/6 cup water
 
1/6 cup milk - i used almond amasaki
2 large eggs
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
 
1/4c +1/8c cup yogurt
1 tbls cream cheese
1/8ish c mashed banana
1 tbls honey
some maple syrup

1/4c brown sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
some choc chips

Chcolate pudding:

2 1/2c milk
1/2c coco
1/3c sugar (I added a bit of green stevia)
4 tbls corn starch
1tsp vanilla


Method: 
Bring the quinoa and water to a boil in a medium saucepan. 
Cover, reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes. 
Turn off the heat and leave the covered saucepan on the burner for another 10 minutes. 
Fluff with a fork and allow the quinoa to cool.

Preheat the oven to 350°F. 
Grease 1 pie pan.
Line the bottoms of the pans with parchment paper.

Combine the milk, eggs, vanilla and liquid sugars in a blender. (or food processor). 
Add 1 cups cooked quinoa and the yogurt, cream cheese and banana and continue to blend until smooth.

Whisk together the sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. 
Add the contents of the blender and mix well.
DO NOT OVER COOK. Bake ~25-30 min
 Remove the cake from the oven and cool completely in the pan before serving. 


Pudding Method:

Heat 2c milk on med in sauce pan.
Mix the  coco, corn stach and sugar and add 1/2c milk.
Add to warm milk on stove and stir continuly until thick ~10minish...milk will start to bubble.

Take off and add vanilla

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Fudgy Haunakka Cake

Ingredisents:

Cake:

3/4c Sugar
3/4c Flour
1/4c coco
3/4tsp Baking Soda
1/8c + 1/4tsp Baking Powder
Pinch cinnomen
Pinch Salt
choc chips

2 eggs whites
1/8c + 1/4c Buttermilk
1/8c + 1/4c Coffee, strong
1/4c mashed banana

Icing:

1/8c coco
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp cornstarch
1/4c skim milk
1 tsp molasses
1/2 tsp vanilla

Method:

n bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.

In separate bowl, beat egg and egg white; beat in buttermilk, coffee and oil.

Make well in sugar mixture; whisk in coffee mixture just until blended.

Pour into greased loaf pan.

Tap pan gently on counter.

Bake in 350°F (180°C) oven for 30 to 40 minutes or until tester inserted in centre comes out clean and cake springs back when pressed. Let cool on rack for 20 minutes.(Can be frozen for up to 2 months.)

Icing: In small saucepan, combine cocoa, sugar and cornstarch.

Whisk in milk until blended, then corn syrup and vanilla.

Bring to boil over medium-high heat, whisking constantly.

Reduce heat to low and cook, whisking, for 1 to 2 minutes or until thickened and glossy. Cool for 5 minutes. Spread evenly over cake. Sprinkle with glitter (if using).


Sunday, April 1, 2012

Holy Crap Cupcakes




they are so good thats what they make you say
The first time I made them I halved the recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/4c+ oatmeal
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp plus 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 + cup cocoa powder
  • 1 and 1/2 T cornstarch
  • Chocolate chips

  • 1 and 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup yogurt
  • 1/4c+ honey
  • 1 Banana, mashed
  • 1/2 cup Buttermilk
  • half a marshmallow for each

Method:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix dry ingredients, then add wet (except for last ingredient).

Don’t overmix. Pour into cupcake tins.

Stick half a shmellow in the middle of each cupcake and bake for 10-15 minutes.

OMG SO GOohD!!


Sunday, March 25, 2012

Sweet and Sour Meat Balls






Ingredients:

Meat balls:

1/4c water chestnuts, chopped
1 grated onion
3 garlic cloves, diced
salt
Pepper
turmeric
1 tbls tomato paste

1 package ground round
1/2 egg

Sauce:

1 can (14oz, 398ml) Crushed pineapple(with juice)
1-2 tbls apricot jam
2 tbls rice vinegar
2tbls soy sauce
2 tsp grated ginger
1 tbls cornstarch

Method:

Mix first 7 ingredients in bowl.
Add ground round, egg white and some bread crumbs
Form into balls and bake on cookie sheet 15-20 min at 400

For sauce:
Combine all ingredients in larger sauce pan.
Bring to Boil
reduce heat to med-low and boil gently, uncovered for 5 min
stir often.
Add meatballs and stir until they are coated.
**Dont cook too long or meat balls fall apart!!!
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO good.

Maple Walnuts Blueberry Scones






Makes 4 Scones:

Ingredients:

3/4c flour
1/4c oats
1/8 tsp salt
poppyseeds

1/4c yogurt
1 tbls cream cheese
1/2 egg
1 tbls sugar
1/6c maple syrup
1 tbls + buttermilk

dried blueberries
roasted nuts

Method:

Beat yogurt, cream cheese, egg, sugar and maple syrup.
Mix dry ingredients and add to wet.
beat for a min or two and add buttermilk and blueberries.
Close ot the end add nuts.
beat until slightly sticky but mostly comes of bowl.
form into ball and put onto oiled parchment on a pan.
With floured hands, flatten slightly (inch thick)
Bake 404 for 10-15 min.
Better slightly undercooked and not dry

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Babas Cabbage Rolls







Makes about 18-20 rolls

Ingredients:

1 1/2 Onions
4 Garlic
2 Carrots, grated
1/2c celery (2-4 stalks)
1 can mushrooms ( I would add more fresh next time)
2 crushed bay leaves
Dill
Tumeric
Pepper
salt
3/4 pack Ground Round
*I would add more herbs to the filling

1/2c Quinoa, uncooked (Use less quinoa if using ground round/beef)
(-) 3/4c water

2-4 egg whites
Some bread crumbs

1 cabbage(baba says use savoy)
1-2 cans tomato sauce
1 can V8
*1 can diced toms (I didn't have so i used V8 and tom sauce)
*ketchup ( I forgot so I added it ontop afterwards)


Method:
Cook Quinoa with little less than 3/4c water for 6-8 minutes. undercooked is best because it has to bake in the oven. Let cool.

Chop onions, garlic and celery and fry together.
Add carrots, shrooms (fresh and canned) and Tumeric, pepper, herbs.
When cooked added ground round.
Mix in quinoa and let cool.

Cut core out of your cabbage as best as possible.
Put some water in a pot and place cabbage coreside down. Boil until tender....15 min I think, then cool.

When ground round mix is cool add egg whites and mix. If needed add bread crumbs.

I used the black roaster pan. Pour sauce and V8 on bottom of the pan.

Peel cooked cabbage leaves off and slice off a bit of the back of the leave stem where it attaches to the core.
Put stuffing in and roll (fold sides in and roll from bottom up).

When all rolls are in pan pour more sauce over and perhaps ketchup.
Baba says she adds cream/milk and tomato juice.

Put foil ontop or lid and bake at 350 until bubbles then turn down to 300 for 45min-ish.

Friday, March 16, 2012

Amazing Onion rings

NGREDIENTS

  • 3 medium yellow onions

  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

  • 6 large egg white and some milk

  • 1 cups fine dry breadcrumbs, preferably whole-wheat (see Note)
  • 1 tablespoon seasoning blend (I used taco, seasoning salt, tumeric, chili powder and some of that garlic one)
  • Olive oil

PREPARATION

  1. Position racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 450°F.
  2. Coast one large pan with olive oil
  3. Cut off both ends of each onion and peel. Slice into 1/2-inch-thick slices; separate into rings. Place the rings in a medium bowl; cover with cold water.
  4. Combine flour and baking powder in a shallow dish.
  5. Lightly beat eggs and milk in another shallow dish.
  6. Combine breadcrumbs and seasoning in a third shallow dish.
  7. Working with one ring at time, remove from the water, letting any excess drip off.
  8. Coat in flour, shaking off any excess.
  9. Dip in egg and let any excess drip off.
  10. Then coat in the breadcrumb mixture, shaking off any excess.
  11. Place on the prepared baking sheets.
  12. Bake for 10 minutes. Turn each onion ring over and return to the oven
  13. Continue baking until brown and very crispy, 8 to 10 minutes more.

TIPS & NOTES

  • Ingredient note: Look for fine dry whole-wheat breadcrumbs in the natural-foods section of large supermarkets or natural-foods stores. To make your own, trim crusts from firm sandwich bread. Tear the bread into pieces and process in a food processor until very fine. Spread on a baking sheet and bake at 250°F until dry, about 10 to 15 minutes. One slice of bread makes about 1/3 cup dry breadcrumbs.

1 Hour Buns





Ingredients:

1/2c buttermilk
1/4c water
1/2 tbls honey/molasses
1/8c butter

1/2 egg

2 1/4c flour
1/4c oats
1 1/4 (-) tsp yeast
3/4 tsp salt
3 tbls flax
1/8c toasted sunflower seeds
1/8c Toasted mixed nuts, crushed

Top:
Flax
Poppyseed
Sesame seed

Method:

Heat first 4 ingredients until butter melts
When cool, add 1/2 egg and mix
Pour into mixer
Mixx dry ingredients and add slowly to wet (in the mixer).
Beat until slightly sticky, at least 5 minutes

Divide dough into about 6 or so and flatten/ rolls to desired size and place on pan with parchment

Sprinkle topping seeds and press in gently
Let rise about 35 min
Bake 10ish minutes at 400F-- This was slightly underbaked and sooo good.




Sunday, March 11, 2012

No Bake Peanut Butter, Chocolate, Banana Cookies




Ingredients:

1/2 cup peanut butter ( I used some almond butter)
½ banana, mashed (plus some)
3/4 cups sugar
1/4 c honey
½ cup milk and some buttermilk
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
2.5 cups quick-cooking oats
1/2 c crispy rice
1/8 tsp salt
handful Choc chips
1/4c crushed mixed nuts

Method:
1.Put mashed banana and peanut butter together in a large
skillet and cook over medium-low heat, stirring until peanut
butter and banana are combined.

2.Once the peanut butter is melted, take the skillet off
the heat and add choc chips.

Stir and add a it of vanilla and the rest of the ingredients, stirring until
everything is well combined.

3.Drop cookie dough on a baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray, patting cookies into desired shape. Place in freezer until cookies are set.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Whole Wheat Flax Crackers






Ingredients:

2c flour
1 tbls cream cheese
3/4c water
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp Baking power
3 tbls flax and poppy seeds

Method:

Blend Flour, water, cream cheese. salt, some poppy seeds, flax and BP in food processor until forms a ball

Remove and let rest for 30 min to 2 hours. Cover well cause it dries out

preheat 400F.

Flour work surface and roll dough out and flip.
Throw on rest of seeds/nuts and salt and roll until 1/8" thick
Cut into 2" wide strips and poke fork holes evenly.

Place on oiled cookie sheet and bake 15 min...DOnt overbake!

Peanut Butter Bread




Ingredients

Bread:

  • 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana -I used 3.5 bananas
  • 1/3 cup plain fat-free yogurt
  • 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter -I used half peanut and half almond butter
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted- 1 tbls cream cheese and 3 tbls buttermilk
  • 2 large eggs -4 egg whites
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar.
  • 1 tbls Honey
  • 1 squirt syrup

  • 1 1/2c flour
  • 1/4 cup ground flaxseed - didn't have so i used 1/4c muesli without raisins
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice- didnt have so I used pumpkin pie spice

  • some toasted almonds and hazelnuts
  • Choc chips

  • Glaze:
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon 1% low-fat milk
  • 1 tablespoon creamy peanut butter
I didnt use the glaze this time

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350°.

2. To prepare bread, combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl;

beat with a mixer at medium speed. Add sugars; beat until blended.

Add 1/2 roasted nuts

3. Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (through allspice) in a small bowl.

Add flour mixture to banana mixture; beat just until blended.

Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.

Pour batter into large loaf pan with parchment paper.

Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Remove from oven; cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack. Remove bread from pan; cool.

4. To prepare glaze, combine powdered sugar, milk, and 1 tablespoon peanut butter in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Drizzle glaze over bread.

Nutritional Information

Amount per serving
  • Calories: 198
  • Fat: 7.4g
  • Saturated fat: 2.3g
  • Monounsaturated fat: 2.7g
  • Polyunsaturated fat: 1.8g
  • Protein: 4.7g
  • Carbohydrate: 29.7g
  • Fiber: 1.9g
  • Cholesterol: 28mg
  • Iron: 1.1mg
  • Sodium: 200mg
  • Calcium: 27mg

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Lemony Roasted Broccoli




Ingredients

1 large bunch of broccoli, cleaned, trimmed and cut into florets and chunks of a similar size
1 med red pepper, sliced
1/2 onion, sliced
3-4 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
3 slices of sweet potato, chopped
2 meatless souvlaki skewers, chopped
Zest of two lemons and the juice of one of them---I zested a dried lime and added lime juice and lemon juice
soy sauce
Freshly ground black pepper
warchester sauce


Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Put everything in a bowl and mix with half Lemon zest and apx juice from 1 lemon
Roast for 20 to 25 minutes, flipping once to ensure even roasting, until the pieces are crisp-tender and browned at the tips.
Remove the broccoli from the oven and toss with other half of the lemon zest and the juice from one lemon. Serve hot.


Sunday, January 22, 2012

Dahl with Winter Vegetables





Ingredients:

3-4 Garlic
Some Red wine

1 cup chopped carrots
1 cup peeled and cubed butternut squash (I used 3/4 of moms med size spaghetti)
1 onion

Raises & currents

3 cups water
1 tbls+ tomato paste

1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
2 teaspoons turmeric
2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cups dried yellow lentils

1/2c peas
2-3 tbls lime juice
1c Cauliflower

2 cups broccoli florets

1 teaspoon brown mustard seed
2 teaspoons cumin seed
1 teaspoon fennel seed

Method:



1. Fry onion, and garlic until cooked. Add wine if needed. Add Squash, carrots raisins and currents and cook about 8 min.

2. Add water, ginger, turmeric, coriander, salt, tomato paste and lentils. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer for one hour.

3. Add chopped broccoli, cauliflower, lime juice and simmer for 10 minutes.


4. While broccoli is cooking, toast brown mustard, cumin, and fennel in a skillet over high heat for 1 minute, or until spices become fragrant.

5. Combine everything and add peas. let cook for a couple of min but don't cook too long!

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Tyota Happa Date Muffins





Streusel Topping:

2 tbls flour
3 tbls oats (I used 2 muslei)
1/4c b sugar (I used less and added that green stevia)
1/2c walnuts
1+ tbls cream cheese

Mix all together with fork and sprinkle on top of muffins before putting in oven

Muffins:

2c dates
3/4c boiling water
2-4 tbsl flax

2c flour
2 1/2 tsp b.powder
1/2 tsp salt
some chia seed

3 tbls yogurt
1 tbls cream cheese
3/4c sugar-some honey
3 eggs white (lg)
1/4c ish buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
walnuts & hazelnuts


Method:

Spread dates flat in a bowl or something.
pour boiling water over top and let sit for 15+ minutes.
Pulse flax in food processor.
Add dates when done and blend until only a few chunks of dates remain.
Cool.

Mix flour, BP, salt, chia and other dry ingredients (muslei, etc.)
Mix yogurt, cream cheese. buttermilk and egg whites in mixer.
add sugar and vanilla

Add half of the flour mixture and blend.
Add date mix and any nuts and blend until just wet.
Put into silicone cups (made about 18 muffins).
sprinkle steusel and bake 375 for 20 minutes