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Friday

16

December 2011

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Aunt Sue’s Chocolate Fudge Sauce

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Aunt Sue’s Chocolate Fudge Sauce
Recipe Type: Sauce, Dessert
Author: Aunt Susan Pries
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 20 mins
Total time: 25 mins
This is a recipe you will be reaching for your spatula to scrape every last sticky gooey bit from the jar – or someone else in your family will if they are so lucky!!
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1 can evaporated milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
  1. Combine butter, cocoa, sugar, evaporated milk in a sauce pan, over medium heat. Stir often. Bring to a boil and boil stirring constantly for 7 minutes. Put your timer on.
  2. Remove from heat. This next step if VERY IMPORTANT you may think you can omit but it truly will change the sauce. Pour the hot sauce into a blender (remove middle plug, cover with a towel and hold down your lid) and blend for 2 to 4 minutes.
  3. I pour it in a 1 quart canning jar and store it in the fridge.
  4. Enjoy!

Friday

30

September 2011

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Christy’s Crock Pot Yogurt

Written by , Posted in Breakfast, Condiments, Crock Pot

My friend Christy and I have been talking a lot about cooking. We share the same love for most things food. I asked her to do a guest post about something to do with breakfast. I can’t wait to try her recipe!

Here’s Christy…

My name is Christy.  I am a wife, a mom to four kids, and I love to cook.  Since our oldest child was born almost twelve years ago, I have discovered that cooking is like therapy for me. When I put the time and energy into planning and preparing healthy meals for my family, it truly feeds my soul.  I credit much of this love to my mom, who inspired me to bake apple pies and stew whole chickens when I was in high school, and to this day remains one of the best cooks I know!  When we were together at her house this summer, my mom made homemade yogurt in her crock-pot, and I was sold!  Though I had dabbled with yogurt-making a couple of years ago, I found it to be too labor intensive for the amount it yielded and the clean-up required.  However, the crock-pot method is easy, you can make a half-gallon at a time and the clean-up is a breeze!  Plus, I am sold on how economical it is and the creamy, rich texture – you can’t buy yogurt like this.  We use plain yogurt at our house in many different ways – for breakfast with fruit, honey, and granola; to make hearty oatmeal pancakes; as a substitute for mayonnaise or sour cream in some cases; and as a snack sweetened with maple syrup and vanilla.

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Christy Durrance’s Crock Pot Yogurt

Ingredients

  • 1/2 gallon milk (I use whole, but have heard it works with 2% and skim as well)
  • 2 T plain yogurt*

Instructions

  1. Pour milk into crock-pot and turn on high. Heat milk until it reaches 180-190 degrees, about 2-3 hours. Once you do this two or three times, you should be able to determine how long this takes in your crock-pot and you won't have to check the temperature every time.
  2. Allow milk to cool with the lid off until it reaches 110 degrees, between 1-1 ½ hours. Again, use a thermometer the first few times, and it will give you a good idea for future batches.
  3. Remove about 2 c. of milk and whisk in the 2 T of plain yogurt until well incorporated. Add this back into the crock-pot and whisk gently.
  4. Place lid back on crock-pot. Wrap crock-pot (or just the insert, if yours has a removable crock) with a thick towel and place in oven with the oven light on.
  5. Allow crock-pot to sit, undisturbed for 8-12 hours. The longer you allow the yogurt to incubate, the thicker it will be. Ideally, you can time this to be overnight.
  6. Scoop yogurt out of crock-pot, refrigerate and enjoy!

Notes

*You can save the yogurt you make as the starter for the next batch for a few times. Every so often, it pays to buy some fresh starter. I like to use Fage Plain Greek Yogurt.

http://www.de-ma-cuisine.com/crock-pot-yogurt/

Tuesday

13

September 2011

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Honey-Mustard Chicken Sandwiches

Written by , Posted in Condiments, Lunch, Meat, Poultry, Sandwiches, Sauces

Some good friends of ours moved to Minnesota last week. Sad for us, happy for them. I helped them pack their worldly possessions into two shipping crates, and before leaving, she emptied most of the contents of her fridge into 3 grocery bags. I brought them home, and our fridge is now overflowing with condiments.

We have 2 or 3 of a few things, but I didn’t want to throw the extras out, because we have a hard time throwing out food. As I was standing and staring at the sea of ketchup and mayo, ideas started popping into my head about how to use things, in creative ways, to give myself a little more fridge space!

Here are some of my ideas:

Ketchup: Meatloaf, BBQ sauce, burgers.

A1 Steak Sauce and Mayo: Mix them together to make a mayo for roast beef sandwiches (a great way to use leftover roast beef) or burgers. Meatloaf.

Mayo: Ranch dressing, Blue cheese dressing.

Sun Dried Tomatoes: On pizza, in pasta, with chicken, on a crostini.

Pickles: I read in my latest issue of Food Network Magazine that pickle juice is becoming trendy. I usually just eat pickles with a sandwich, but, I wonder if they would be good with some parmesan and olive oil on a crostini. I’ve seen a recipe for chicken with pickles (haven’t tried it, but am curious about it). What about a pickle coleslaw (pickles, cabbage, shredded carrots, creamy or vinegar dressing)? I love pickles or pickle relish in tuna, but that’s kinda standard, at least in our house.

Chili Sauce: Thai Chicken with Peanuts and Chives, Stir fry.

Mustard (one of mine, I started getting inspired by everything in the fridge): Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwiches.

Soy Sauce (also mine): Soy Ginger Chicken with Sesame Seeds.

These are just a few ideas, off the top of my head.

Happy Eating!

Honey-Mustard Glazed Chicken Sandwiches
Recipe Type: Sandwich
Author: Rachel Oberg – De Ma Cuisine
Prep time: 3 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Total time: 18 mins
Serves: 2
Inspired by the contents of a friend’s fridge when she moved to Minnesota, I made this sandwich with common condiments found in most kitchens: mustard and honey.
Ingredients
  • 2 Chicken breasts
  • 1 T Olive oil
  • 2 T Spicy brown mustard
  • 1 T Honey
  • 4-6 tomato slices
  • 2 pieces of lettuce (or a few, if small)
  • 2 Hamburger buns, or a baguette (sliced), or 4 slices french bread
  • Mayo (opt.)
  • Salt
  • 1/4 C Water
  • 1 T Cornstarch
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in pan over medium heat. Season chicken with salt and add to pan. Cook, flipping once, about 7 minutes/side, or until internal temperature reaches 170 F.
  2. Whisk water, cornstarch, mustard and honey.
  3. Remove chicken from pan. Pour honey-mustard mixture into pan and whisk. Add chicken. Pull chicken apart with forks (if you want to) and mix around in sauce.
  4. Assemble sandwich with mayo, chicken, lettuce and tomato.
  5. Great with potato chips (I made homemade, but store bought would be great too!).
Notes

Our rating: ***

 

Friday

19

August 2011

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Rachel’s BBQ Sauce

Written by , Posted in Condiments, Sauces

 

Rachel’s BBQ Sauce
Recipe Type: Sauce, Condiment
Author: Rachel Oberg – De Ma Cuisine
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 60 mins
Total time: 1 hour 5 mins
Here’s my most recent BBQ Sauce recipe (please feel free to tweak or change it – it’s not perfected, but we’ve enjoyed it).
Ingredients
  • 2T spicy brown mustard (opt.) (or whatever kind you have)
  • 1-2 C crushed tomatoes
  • 1T maple syrup
  • 2T molasses
  • 2T balsamic vinegar
  • 1T red wine vinegar
  • these are estimates – adjust according to your preferences): 1t salt
  • 1T chili powder
  • 1T sweet paprika
  • 1t smoked paprika
  • 1/2t cayenne
  • I’ve also used honey instead of maple syrup, red pepper flakes, and cumin in other BBQ sauces.
Instructions
  1. Whisk all ingredients together.
  2. Bring to a boil in a saucepan.
  3. Turn down to a simmer.
  4. Reduce to desired consistency, 15 minutes to 1 hour.

Thursday

4

August 2011

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Roasted Garlic Butter

Written by , Posted in Condiments, Roasting

 

Roasted Garlic Butter
Recipe Type: Condement
Author: Rachel Oberg – De Ma Cuisine
Cook time: 45 mins
Total time: 45 mins
Ingredients
  • 1 head of garlic
  • olive oil
  • butter
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350F.
  2. Cut top of a head of garlic exposing the cloves, drizzle with olive oil, wrap in foil. Roast 20-45 minutes, depending on your oven.
  3. Let it cool, squeeze cloves out.
  4. Mash into butter.

 

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