Showing posts with label recipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recipe. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Old-world Spicy Hummus
Ingredients:
2 cans organic Garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 can organic Black beans, drained
1/2 cup Olive oil
1/2 cup Tahinni (ground sesame seed)
5 cloves fresh garlic (about 1/2 cup chopped)
Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup Sun-dried tomatoes
1-2 small sweet peppers
1/4 cup pickled jalapenos
1-2 Tbsp red onion
1/2 tsp blackened seasoning
1/2 tsp red cayenne pepper
Processing:
Process until smooth using a food processor or manually chop all fresh ingredients then crush and blend beans using a mortar and pestle.
Add salt to taste but no more than 1/2 tsp should accomplish the proper flavor.
Serve either at room temperature or warmed with organic Blue corn chips - Garden of Eatin brand are excellent and are not too salty.
This is a modification of my standard Hummus recipe
And another Modification of this recipe:
1 cup Sun-dried tomatoes
2 small sweet peppers
3 cans garbanzo beans drained, rinsed
Use no black beans
Use no onion
Use no blackened seasoning
3/4 tsp salt. - this is something that I left out in the above recipe.
Chill and enjoy with "Garden of Eatin'" Blue Chips - salted. These chips do not contaminate the flavor of the hummus.
Enjoy!
nomasteryoda
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Italian Pizza
Ingredients:
1 - recipe of Pizza dough - see Pizza dough.
1/4 - cup corn meal (for the peel)
4 - Tbsp olive oil - the more virgin the better
1 - 8oz. can Contadina tomato paste (has no salt)
5 - cloves fresh garlic - more if you like the taste
3 - 5 inch sprigs of fresh Rosemary, no stems, not chopped
1/4 - cup fresh Oregano - whole leaves, no stems, not chopped
5 - fresh leaves Basil - substitute with 1tsp dry if necessary
dash of crushed or ground black pepper
8 - oz bag of shredded Italian blend cheese - substitute low fat mozzarella and parmesean
1/2 - Red onion sliced in about 1/4 inch thick slices - you can use yellow or white if you prefer
1 - 12 oz can black olives - sliced or chopped
15 - green olives - preferably without pimentos - sliced
25 - Turkey pepperoni slices
6 - oz Turkey Italian sausage cooked, drained and chopped into 1/2 inch pieces - substitute pork if desired.
Directions:
Hand press, toss and/or roll the dough into a shape that will fit your peel or stone. You can substitute a pan if you don't own a stone. Spread the cornmeal on the pizza peel to cover the surface with the object to make the dough slide easily once placed on the peel.
Place the dough topside down onto the peel, hand spread the 3 Tbsp olive oil on the entire surface of the dough.
Crush then dice the garlic until you get a size you like and chop the herbs (oregano, rosemary and basil) until they are similar size to your garlic.
Spread about 1/2 the tomato paste onto the olive oil coated dough with a spoon, knife or spatula leaving about 1 inch at the edges. Sprinkle the herbs and garlic over the tomato paste.
Cover this with about 4 oz of the cheese, then add pepperonis randomly. Cover the pepperoni with the remaining cheese. - note: turkey pepperoni is much drier than pork - always cover with cheese.
At this point its important to shake the peel in short strokes to make sure your dough is not sticking to the peel.
Add remaining toppings in any order you wish, shovel the pizza onto your stone or pan and bake for about 11 minutes or until your cheese looks slightly brown. You may also turn down the oven at 4 minutes to 350 if you have a thicker crust and cook for about 15 minutes. Be sure to keep a watch on your pizza... burned pizza is not very tasty.
Use your peel to remove from the stone, place on a cooling rack for about 5 minutes to allow the molten cheese to cool a bit, slice and enjoy!
I'll post other variants later...
1 - recipe of Pizza dough - see Pizza dough.
1/4 - cup corn meal (for the peel)
4 - Tbsp olive oil - the more virgin the better
1 - 8oz. can Contadina tomato paste (has no salt)
5 - cloves fresh garlic - more if you like the taste
3 - 5 inch sprigs of fresh Rosemary, no stems, not chopped
1/4 - cup fresh Oregano - whole leaves, no stems, not chopped
5 - fresh leaves Basil - substitute with 1tsp dry if necessary
dash of crushed or ground black pepper
8 - oz bag of shredded Italian blend cheese - substitute low fat mozzarella and parmesean
1/2 - Red onion sliced in about 1/4 inch thick slices - you can use yellow or white if you prefer
1 - 12 oz can black olives - sliced or chopped
15 - green olives - preferably without pimentos - sliced
25 - Turkey pepperoni slices
6 - oz Turkey Italian sausage cooked, drained and chopped into 1/2 inch pieces - substitute pork if desired.
Directions:
Hand press, toss and/or roll the dough into a shape that will fit your peel or stone. You can substitute a pan if you don't own a stone. Spread the cornmeal on the pizza peel to cover the surface with the object to make the dough slide easily once placed on the peel.
Place the dough topside down onto the peel, hand spread the 3 Tbsp olive oil on the entire surface of the dough.
Crush then dice the garlic until you get a size you like and chop the herbs (oregano, rosemary and basil) until they are similar size to your garlic.
Spread about 1/2 the tomato paste onto the olive oil coated dough with a spoon, knife or spatula leaving about 1 inch at the edges. Sprinkle the herbs and garlic over the tomato paste.
Cover this with about 4 oz of the cheese, then add pepperonis randomly. Cover the pepperoni with the remaining cheese. - note: turkey pepperoni is much drier than pork - always cover with cheese.
At this point its important to shake the peel in short strokes to make sure your dough is not sticking to the peel.
Add remaining toppings in any order you wish, shovel the pizza onto your stone or pan and bake for about 11 minutes or until your cheese looks slightly brown. You may also turn down the oven at 4 minutes to 350 if you have a thicker crust and cook for about 15 minutes. Be sure to keep a watch on your pizza... burned pizza is not very tasty.
Use your peel to remove from the stone, place on a cooling rack for about 5 minutes to allow the molten cheese to cool a bit, slice and enjoy!
I'll post other variants later...
Friday, February 27, 2009
Pizza Dough
This is a basic recipe I use for my Pizza and breads.
I have used once for a sticky bun and it worked
ok, but I've had better. I've been using this recipe since
1988.
Ingredients:
Add sugar or honey, salt, oil and stir.
Add 1 cup flour and stir
TIP:
Be sure you do rinse off any Anti-Bacterial soap before touching the dough, otherwise you will kill or severely retard the growth of your yeast.
Work the rest of the flour into the mix and use your hands, but be sure to work off the dough that sticks to your hands back into the dough, adding more flour if needed to make the dough stick to itself more than your hands.
Knead on a counter top or flour cloth if you have one (I've never used the later). Again, add flour if it becomes too sticky to work with. This kneading process should take no more than 10 minutes from start to finish.
Cover with a damp cloth, invert your large mixing bowl over it, or spread olive oil over the surface and allow to Rise for about 30 min. This last option is good if you want to break the doughball into bread-sized chunks for making loaves of bread like you find at the fancy Italian restaurants.
During this time you can turn on the oven to 500 and let it preheat the Pizza stone.
Adjustments for texture:
For a firm dough, punch down at 30 min. and allow to rise again for about 30 min. more.
For a thin, crispy crust put into the fridge overnight or for 2 hours & bring out within
30 min prior to making the pizza. This crust is much like Shakey's Pizza, which I used to enjoy back in the 1980's.
You can also work in about 1/4 cup course cornmeal to make interesting dough.
TIP:
If you are making bread, then cover the bowl with a damp flour cloth or dish towel. Allow
this to sit for about 30 minutes. Add remaining flour and mix / knead as above.
Baking Pizza dough and or bread:
Bake on a Pizza Stone and use a good cornmeal as the sliding agent for moving the pizza dough onto the stone via the Pizza Peel (pizza shovel).
I've found that with thicker pizzas you can cook for 4-5 minutes then turn down the oven to 350 and cook longer. That way you don't burn the toppings, the crust is just right on the bottom and the pizza crust is not too soft inside.
... Enjoy!!
original posting: 8/30/07 - updated 4/12/09
I have used once for a sticky bun and it worked
ok, but I've had better. I've been using this recipe since
1988.
Ingredients:
- 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 cup bread flour (or 1 cup more of the unbleached all-purpose flour)
- 1 cup water, lukewarm or slightly hotter
- 1 to 2 Tbsp sugar or 2 to 3 Tbsp honey
- 1/2 to 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp bread yeast
- 2 to 3 Tbsp Olive Oil
Add sugar or honey, salt, oil and stir.
Add 1 cup flour and stir
TIP:
Be sure you do rinse off any Anti-Bacterial soap before touching the dough, otherwise you will kill or severely retard the growth of your yeast.
Work the rest of the flour into the mix and use your hands, but be sure to work off the dough that sticks to your hands back into the dough, adding more flour if needed to make the dough stick to itself more than your hands.
Knead on a counter top or flour cloth if you have one (I've never used the later). Again, add flour if it becomes too sticky to work with. This kneading process should take no more than 10 minutes from start to finish.
Cover with a damp cloth, invert your large mixing bowl over it, or spread olive oil over the surface and allow to Rise for about 30 min. This last option is good if you want to break the doughball into bread-sized chunks for making loaves of bread like you find at the fancy Italian restaurants.
During this time you can turn on the oven to 500 and let it preheat the Pizza stone.
Adjustments for texture:
For a firm dough, punch down at 30 min. and allow to rise again for about 30 min. more.
For a thin, crispy crust put into the fridge overnight or for 2 hours & bring out within
30 min prior to making the pizza. This crust is much like Shakey's Pizza, which I used to enjoy back in the 1980's.
You can also work in about 1/4 cup course cornmeal to make interesting dough.
TIP:
If you are making bread, then cover the bowl with a damp flour cloth or dish towel. Allow
this to sit for about 30 minutes. Add remaining flour and mix / knead as above.
Baking Pizza dough and or bread:
Bake on a Pizza Stone and use a good cornmeal as the sliding agent for moving the pizza dough onto the stone via the Pizza Peel (pizza shovel).
I've found that with thicker pizzas you can cook for 4-5 minutes then turn down the oven to 350 and cook longer. That way you don't burn the toppings, the crust is just right on the bottom and the pizza crust is not too soft inside.
... Enjoy!!
original posting: 8/30/07 - updated 4/12/09
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Thai-Japanese Chicken, Veggie StirFry
Thaw 6-10 frozen chicken tenderloins in
microwave safe dish (8-10 minutes).
Cook chicken in skillet - medium-hi heat until done.
1 Tbsp spicy Thai spice
1/2 Tbsp garlic powder
Simmer & add water as needed to prevent drying.
Meanwhile...
Heat 2 quarts water until warm, remove from heat.
Immerse rice noodle sticks (Japanese) water
and remove when ready (follow pkg directions).
Pan stir-fry:
2-4 cups cabbage slaw (prepackaged)
in 2Tbsp olive oil for about 5 minutes.
Add to slaw:
1/4 cup chopped red pepper
1/2 cup coarsely chopped red onion
Stir and Cook for about 4 minutes more...
Add these to the slaw...
1 small can sliced water chestnuts
1 small can bamboo shoots
Cooking for maybe 6 min.
Add to the slaw mix...
3/4 - 1 cup ginger dressing
There are brands without MSG...
Add to this..
1/4 cup brown sugar
Stir until mixed well and sugar is dissolved.
Simmer for about 5 more minutes... do not over cook!!
then pour over chicken in skillet.
dish up the noodles onto plates (4)
divide chicken/veg mix on top and serve while hot....
Serve with my Quick Egg Drop Soup
microwave safe dish (8-10 minutes).
Cook chicken in skillet - medium-hi heat until done.
- Note: using fresh chicken is better, but don't try to speed up the thawing or skip to cooking in the pan with the veggies... you'll regret it. Separation of flavor until you are ready to combine helps the taste.
1 Tbsp spicy Thai spice
1/2 Tbsp garlic powder
Simmer & add water as needed to prevent drying.
Meanwhile...
Heat 2 quarts water until warm, remove from heat.
Immerse rice noodle sticks (Japanese) water
and remove when ready (follow pkg directions).
Pan stir-fry:
2-4 cups cabbage slaw (prepackaged)
in 2Tbsp olive oil for about 5 minutes.
Add to slaw:
1/4 cup chopped red pepper
1/2 cup coarsely chopped red onion
Stir and Cook for about 4 minutes more...
Add these to the slaw...
1 small can sliced water chestnuts
1 small can bamboo shoots
Cooking for maybe 6 min.
Add to the slaw mix...
3/4 - 1 cup ginger dressing
There are brands without MSG...
Add to this..
1/4 cup brown sugar
- Note: I changed to Turbinado (raw cane sugar)
Stir until mixed well and sugar is dissolved.
Simmer for about 5 more minutes... do not over cook!!
then pour over chicken in skillet.
dish up the noodles onto plates (4)
divide chicken/veg mix on top and serve while hot....
Serve with my Quick Egg Drop Soup
Quick Egg Drop Soup
Very simple to make...
Boil 1 quart water with one or 2 cubes
chicken stock (or veggie)
Crack open 2 eggs and add to a small bowl...
Now for the hard part:
Using a fork to strain or thin eggs,
Add the 2 eggs in an attempt at making strings of egg...
(or go clumpy if you like clumpy eggdrop soup).
Cook until done... about 6 minutes is good for my taste.
Makes about 1 -2 quarts soup (serves 4)...
(add salt, pepper and some chopped green chives if so desired.)
Boil 1 quart water with one or 2 cubes
chicken stock (or veggie)
Crack open 2 eggs and add to a small bowl...
Now for the hard part:
Using a fork to strain or thin eggs,
Add the 2 eggs in an attempt at making strings of egg...
(or go clumpy if you like clumpy eggdrop soup).
Cook until done... about 6 minutes is good for my taste.
Makes about 1 -2 quarts soup (serves 4)...
(add salt, pepper and some chopped green chives if so desired.)
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