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Sweet Tea Slush
Iced tea is a favorite summer quencher around here but I often find that the ice dilutes it too quickly. By making "ice tea" cubes I can enjoy my glass and keep it cold at the same time. I added ginger and mint instead of the traditional lemon for a different twist. - inpatskitchen
ZESTY HALF AND HALF
I love ice tea and drink it all year long. There is always a jar brewing on my countertop; what is called sun tea. A big squeeze of lemon juice or two or three are always added...no sugar. In restaurants I often order that drink named after a famous golfer. I love the combo of ice tea and lemon juice. Sometimes it is called a half and half because that is the ratio of ice tea to lemon and water. My version has a rim of lemon zest to punctuate the flavor of the lemon.
Doctored-Up Raspberry Vinaigrette
This recipe uses Kraft Raspberry Vinaigrette, with an upgrade! Pour dressing into a bowl, and then add Chili Powder, Cumin, Salt and Pepper to taste.
All-Purpose Recipe for Food (a la Bittman)
We’ve found this all-purpose recipe to be adaptable to almost any cuisine.
Cherry, rhubarb and their hushed, pink peppered affair
Continuing in a flurry of sorted rhubarb liaisons, this recipe offers a compote with some secret stars. If you wanted to can this, you would need to increase the sugar or go for addition of pomona pectin. But a small batch should last a good while in the fridge in a sealed jar.
Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
Less sugar. Less oil. More hazelnuts.
One-pot Rhubarb Cordial, Sauce, & Compote
An experiment this year using a three and a half-pound bouquet of rhubarb yielded three cups of rhubarb cordial, two cups of rhubarb sauce, and three cups of rhubarb compote. I'm a little giddy about the contents of my refrigerator!
Licor de canela
In Portugal I had the most wonderful cinnamon liqueur imaginable. Since I have been back in the States I have not been able to find anything like it. So I decided to make some. With help from a friend we translated a basic recipe we found on the web; it called for brown sugar and an unspecified (but had to be very small) quantity of orange juice. I am adding my own additions of orange peel and ginger with light muscovado sugar instead. For this batch I used Asbach, but would probably select a lighter brandy next time.
Savory Morel Butter
This Morel Butter recipe is a great way to stretch an expensive, hard to find ingredient. This butter works excellently on grilled bread, steak, or asparagus.
Bolognese
This is the recipe I'd hoped to submit to the "What you want to be remembered for" competition, but I didn't make the deadline. My grandmother often used to make us "tuco," the italo-argentine version of ragu, and in her hands it was a multi-layered, deep but very fresh dish, a complex stew of fresh vegetables and spices completed by the flavours of beef. It is a multi-layered bolognese, and over time I realized had elements of curry-making in the sense that you start out sweating the onions, garlic and spices in oil to create a base layer, and build up on that. This takes some time and devotion, but it makes for a pretty magnificent bolognese. I love it best over the classic long pasta shapes, spagghetti or linguini. I hope you enjoy it!
Rhubarb Cordial
This rhubarb cordial recipe is the best way to savor the season. Throw some chopped rhubarb and sugar in a jar, cover with vodka, and let it sit for a month.
Vanilla scented sour apricot preserves
You can use this Sour Apricot Fruit preserve recipe as a glaze on poultry, or ribs or spoon it into yogurt but we are purists and love it on whole grain toast.
Coffee Cream of Wheat
Have you ever worked 21 twelve hour shifts at a hospital and tried to get up the next morning to make cream of wheat for the kids for school? I grabbed the coffee instead of the milk and didn't realize it until the kids said oh yuck MOM ! I couldn't throw it away so I added some milk and sugar to my bowl and ate it. Now it's the only way I make it for myself.
Applesauce Plain and Simple
We usually have a roast chicken every 10 days or so from October through April. It would be unthinkable to serve the chicken without applesauce. Vermont has an abundant source of organic Macintosh apples, and so I am able to prepare applesauce without worrying about peeling the apples. The end result is a beautiful pink sauce, with only the addition of a bit of honey and cinnamon to enhance flavor. And, sometimes, not even cinnamon is necessary! PS> Great for latkes, any kind of vegetable pancake, and mixed with cottage cheese or sour cream!
Dirt Candy
I've tried this Dirt Candy recipe with both raw & white sugar. Conventional white works best. I've also extended the trick to beets & carrots, which work well.
Hotradish and Sweetcarrot Mustard
When I heard about the contest ingredient, the first thing that came to my mind was horseradish mustard. After experimenting with adding different ingredients to the the base of mustard, vinegar and horseradish my eyes fell on some carrots that I had and I think it worked out nicely. What did I use my mustard for? Added a smidge to my Beet Soup, drizzled a little olive oil on the mustard and served it with steamed asparagus. Plan on adding to my mashed potatoes. Didn't know I could find so many uses for an ingredient I am using for the very first time.
Beets with Horseradish or Polish "?wik?a".
This is a Polish recipe of Beets And Horseradish, a spicy condiment that goes well with ham or kielbasa. So easy to make! Keep refrigerated up to 2 weeks.
Herbed Butter
A tasty pesto alternative made of butter!
Cranberry Relish
Got this recipe from Kathy Bentley she got it from her father who got it from someone on the radio many years ago. She shared this with me after having it at her house for christmas one year and now I can't Imagine Christmas dinner without it. We served this with a beef tenderloin roast and it was great.
Perfumed Adzuki Beans and Rice with Bourbon and Bacon
We enjoyed this adzuki beans and bacon dish recipe right out of the pan for a warming lunch during a cold snap. This is easy to prepare and full of flavor.
Homemade Mascarpone
Every time I make this, I'm surprised at how much better it tastes than store bought domestic mascarpone. When sourcing your heavy cream for this recipe, do try to stay away from ultra pasteurized cream. I have found that it inhibits the thickening. Adapted from my Lemon Posset recipe.
Goat Milk Ricotta Cheese
Making your own ricotta cheese is ridiculously simple. In this recipe, switched it up by using fresh goat milk, which you can get in most grocery stores now.
Yogurt Without a Machine
This is the traditional method of my family from India.
Homemade Yogurt with Salton Yogurt Maker Instructions
The instructions that come with the Salton Yogurt Maker give recipes s for a few types of homemade yogurt, and it’s easy to use them to experiment with flavors.