Lemon Poppyseed Muffins 2/3 cup sugar Zest of 1 lemon Juice of 1 lemon 3/4 cup buttermilk 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 2 eggs 6 tbs oil 1 tsp vanilla 2 tbs poppy seeds Additional sugar for muffin topping Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a…
Basic Fish Cakes
Here are the ingredients you’ll need~ Peel potatoes and cut into chunks. Place in salted water. Boil until soft. Cool completely. Poach fish in about 1/2 cup milk in covered pan. When fish flakes, it is done. Cool completely. Beat egg with about 1 tbs milk~ Mash potatoes. Remember, no milk or butter and it’s…
Lemon Squares
Lemon Squares Here’s the ingredients you will need~ Here’s your equipment~ Mix the flour & sugar in a mixing bowl. Cut in butter until mixture looks like this~ Lightly spray a 13 x 9* inch baking pan. Add crust mixture and spread evenly over pan. Press down firmly. Bake in preheated 350…
Maple Dijon Chicken
Maple Dijon Chicken Here’s the ingredients–I know it’s expensive, but pure maple syrup is the best here. You can often find Grade B syrup at a lower cost. Nothing wrong with it; it’s just a bit darker than the Grade A. Perfect for cooking (and on waffles, pancakes, etc. but not as pretty as light…
Stuffed Peppers
Here are the ingredients you will need. I am trying an experiment in this using ground turkey and a sauce that is not the standard tomato version. Feel free to substitute the regular ground beef here and I will give my simple and usual tomato sauce recipe as well. I am using my pressure cooker…
The Zen of Cooking and Baking
Sylvia and I cook and bake to relax and channel our creative forces. What is everyone else’s outlook? PS–I know we all do this because we have to eat but we all have more lofty reasons 🙂
Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Tube Cake
Equipment and ingredients you will need. You will also need a large fluted tube pan (Bundt) or large regular tube pan. Spray or grease the pan well. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. This is a dense cake, so if you like light fluffy ones, this isn’t your cake! Cake however, melts in your mouth. But…
Shrimp & Lobster Sauce
Here’s the ingredients you will need. If it is at all possible to get “light soy sauce” this is the right one to use. This will be available at an Asian grocery, larger grocery stores with a wide Asian selection, or via the Asian grocers on the web. Please note this is not the Kikkoman…
Creamy Lime Squares
Here is the equipment you will need– Spray or grease a 9×9 baking pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Here are the ingredients (eggs and food coloring not shown) Here we grate the lime zest with a Microplane. The correct way to use the Microplane is to have the channel facing up. That way, what…
Seasoned Crumbs/Coating Mix
All measures are approximate. Feel free to add whatever herbs/spices you like or add/cut down on some of my seasonings. 1 cup plain breadcrumbs 1 tbs onion powder 2 tbs garlic powder 3 tbs parmesan or romano cheese 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1/4 tsp oregano 2 tbs parsley Mix all together. I use…
