recipies

[jamwolfsky]

Beautiful pictures, your kids are Divine pickers of healthy berries.

When you see them running in the fields you understand how close they are to heaven.

This a special tea recipe that was given during a channelling of Mary Magdelene through Michelle Eloff(from South Africa) which I participated in a week ago. She also channels Kuthumi, Merlin, St Germain and many others ……

It is a divine brewage perfect for emotional turmoil that might arise while you are healing your divine sacred child self.

Boiling Water
Green tea
Mint leaves
Honey
Fresh Ginger

[opalescent]

@jamwolfsky wrote:

Minifang I love reading your recepies :), I feel the vibration of a fairy delivering secret potions of magic and love.

I am a freestyler, I take a basis,: lemon , curry, coconut, vegetables, prawns…^^basil, spread at the end, don’t cook, may tear it slightly to release the power^^..rice…..and then I let it flow with the spirit, breathing life into the food. If you feel high and elated as if gliding on spicy spirits, I haven’t made a fool of myself 🙂 .

I integrate a recepie (make it mine as a primary colour) forget about it and then I release the creator 😀 .

Simple things are awesome, if you have the product.
If you get a bullock-heart tomato beating with sun energy(not the synthetic supermarket tomato),a healthy red onion;……………Namaste 🙂 .
Cut them in small squares, add salt , basil, olive oil(gasoleen free), spread on pasta 😀 . Yeah man!!

Even if I didn’t know, I’d guess that recipe came from the south of France!

I have wonderful memories of getting ripe red tomatoes from the garden, and my mother and me standing at the kitchen sink biting into them, juice dripping down our elbows, still warm from the sun. Sweet!

The best summer time dinner with tomatoes memory: a gigantic pile of spicy, salty steamed blue crabs, red ripe tomatoes, steamed sweet Silver Queen corn on the cob, and my mom’s homemade root beer… and maybe if there was any around some of her homemade French bread and butter.

Yeah. That’s what I’m talkin about.

[jamwolfsky]

Yes Opalescent, those tomatoes and the red onions from Toulouges are so awesome, when you buy them in a market in the South France, the recipie is often given with the goodies.

These warm memories with your mum are awesome 🙂 .

[minifang]

@jamwolfsky wrote:

Beautiful pictures, your kids are Divine pickers of healthy berries.

When you see them running in the fields you understand how close they are to heaven.

This a special tea recipe that was given during a channelling of Mary Magdelene through Michelle Eloff(from South Africa) which I participated in a week ago. She also channels Kuthumi, Merlin, St Germain and many others ……

It is a divine brewage perfect for emotional turmoil that might arise while you are healing your divine sacred child self.

Boiling Water
Green tea
Mint leaves
Honey
Fresh Ginger

yea they eat some pick some eat some pick some… doesnt bother me a bit. they are getting good stuff.
the tea recipie looks good, although i dont like mint. it would be good for sore throat and upset stomach as well.

[opalescent]

but wow, what a concept.

Bacon Jam – Your Wildest Dreams Come True!
October 8, 2009 by Not Quite Nigella (http://www.notquitenigella.com/2009/10/08/bacon-jam-your-wildest-dreams-come-true/)

I first heard about this rather bizarre concept from the blogger Morta Di Fame (meaning literally dying to eat, a concept I can wholly understand). She linked to a recipe for Bacon Jam which was originally a product that a company called Skillet Foods makes and sends around the United States. Knowing that I’d have no chance of getting my greedy paws on a jar I simply daydreamed about it and for every day since I saw it, I’d think about it. I’d eat eggs and think “This would go so well with that Bacon Jam” and eat some slices of tomato on sourdough and think “Something is missing, I think it’s bacon jam!” and I became somewhat of a food stalker thinking about it day and night until I got my hands on some double smoked bacon and the rest as they say, is eating history.

I should add this obsessiveness to my next10 or 12 Things You Should Know About Food Bloggers. Sometimes, when we hear of a recipe, we just cannot get it out of our minds and it preoccupies our thoughts for all waking (and sometimes sleeping) hours. We suddenly won’t rest until we do this recipe. And you may know that Bacon is my Waterloo. I give up and surrender my worldly possessions to this smoked meat.

I cooked it for two hours, watching the shade go from pink to a dark, glistening brown and then pulverised it in the food processor and tasted it. It was fabulous. I’ve developed this rather annoying habit of High Fiving people (which worries me somewhat as I wonder if it goes along with speaking about yourself in the third person) and if I were anyone else around I would have High Fived them. This was good stuff indeed. I don’t know how it compares with the Skillet Foods Bacon Jam as I’ve never tried it but this is good on it’s own and doesn’t need to be an imitation.

You can do this with regular bacon but smoked or double smoked bacon is best to convey the bacon flavour but it is by all definitions delicious. if you use regular bacon the addition of liquid smoke might be a good idea to replace the smokiness. Sweetish (it is after all a jam) and spicy (although the spiciness can be adjusted to your taste) the savoury goodness of it and the versatility meant that after 4 days, the jar of this bacony friend was depleted. During this past long weekend I asked Mr NQN what he wanted every day for breakfast and the answer was: “That Bacon Jam”.

So tell me Dear Reader, do you get obsessive about recipes or food items? If so, what food was your latest obsession?

Bacon Jam

An Original Recipe by Not Quite Nigella

* 500grams/1 pound smoked bacon (or use regular bacon and liquid smoke)
* 4 cloves garlic, chopped
* 1 medium brown onion sliced
* 3 tablespoons brown sugar
* Tabasco sauce (according to taste)
* 1 cup coffee
* 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
* 1/4 cup maple syrup
* Black pepper to taste
* extra water

1. In a non stick pan, fry the bacon in batches until lightly browned and beginning to crisp. Using a pair of scissors cut into 1 inch pieces.

2. Fry the onion and garlic in the rendered bacon fat on medium heat until translucent.

3. Transfer the bacon, onion and garlic into a heavy based cast iron pot and add the rest of the ingredients except for the water. Simmer for 2 hours adding 1/4 of a cup of water every 25-30 minutes or so and stirring.

4. When ready, cool for about 15-20 minutes and then place in a food processor. Pulse for 2-3 seconds so that you leave some texture to the “jam” or of course you could keep whizzing and make it a smoother and more paste like.

Full post with pictures at http://www.notquitenigella.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/main-baconjam3-1.jpg

[minifang]

easy peach jam

4 cups crushed peaches (peeled, pitted, and crushed)
1.5 cups sugar (adjusted for taste)
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 package powdered pectin

mix peaches and lemon juice,3/4 c sugar (or other sweetener use that sweeteners directions) heat to a boil over low heat stirring often. taste
add remaining sugar (or other sweetener) to taste, return to a boil. ensure entire mixture is hot
remove from heat allow to cool to room temp
add package of pectin, stir for 3 minutes
add to freezer containers, leaving 1/4″ headroom for expansion
freeze as needed.

note, exceptionally sweet peaches may not need any sweetener

i made enough to freeze some, otherwise it wouldnt have lasted that long.

[minifang]

veggie pasta

1/2 lb pasta (your choice i used elbows)
1/2 -3/4 medium summer squash sliced then cut slices into 1/4
1/4 – 1/2 bell pepper
2 slices of onion, chopped
chives 1 tbsp
italian seasonings , to taste
butter 1/2 stick
salt
black pepper

cook pasta as per directions
lightly sauté veggies in olive oil
drain pasta add back into pot
add butter and veggies
be sure to mix sell
italian seasonings , salt, pepper to taste

any veggies can be added,for example:
eggplant
zuchinnis
tomatoes (fresh)
carrots (slivered)
peas
beans
use your imagination i used what i had pulled from my garden. except the onion

[minifang]

summer squash idea

1 medium summer squash (double and mix yellow and zuc’s for color)
1 small onion
1-2 cheyenne peppers (or you pepper of taste)
tbsp butter (or 2)
olive oil

slice squash and onion thin
chop peppers
melt butter in skillet
put veggies into skillet
drizzle a small amount of olive oil over them
stir-fry until squash is almost cooked (like chinese would do with broccoli, for example)
add salt to taste
enjoy

substitute whatever peppers you like for cheyannes. mine were ripe so i used em 🙂 .
note i used garden fresh veggies, squash was given to me, peppers from my garden and onion from next door.

[ShyloLove]

YUMMMMMM!!! Thanks Minifang!

[minifang]

since i have a bunch of these:

currently 6 butternuts with many more on the way…

heres a recipie:

cut the squash in half the long way
seed the squash
rub the halves with olive oil (reg will do) inside and out
lightly salt and pepper the cut side
bake cut side down for 30-45 min until flesh is tender
peel n eat or just flip cut side up and enjoy
a small (pinch maybe, or less) amount of nutmeg sprinkled on makes it more yummy.

also once baked they can be frozen for long term storage, or made into soup 🙂 .works for most winter squash and pumpkins (small pie pumpkins) as well.

[Zingdad]

oh good one, Mini! I love butternut! One of my favourite things to do is to seed it, halve it and bake it (just like you do) but with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. You won’t believe it, it tastes like some kind of dessert. Seriously YUM.

[minifang]

yes zingdad ive done it that way too. try mixing the sugar,cinnamon and just a pinch of nutmeg together, then put on the squash. the nutmeg makes it almost taste like pumpkin pie.

[minifang]

easy peach cobbler

you will need :
a pan (i use a 9″ glass pie pan, thats what these instructions are for)
peaches (or other fruit) , i used canned in lite syrup (or pear juice) peaches, well drained, you can use home canned peaches, or even better, fresh (might need to add sweetener)
topping mix
flour
brown sugar
Cinnamon
butter (real is best, margarine works. olive oil works to, but gives a different flavor)

fill pan to 1/2″ to top with peaches
i used 2 tbls of flour on the 9″ pie pan, adjust as needed. toss the flour/peaches lightly
topping:
equal parts of flour and sugar, add cinnamon to taste. rolled oats can be added if desired, use less than 1/3 the amount on the flour/sugar mix
mix rather well
add softened butter till a slightly moist, but still crumbly mixture is attained
spread out over the peaches
bake 30-40 minutes at 325-350, adjusting for size of pan (small = less time) until topping is crusty and peaches seem thickened, alternatively you can thicken the peaches in the oven , then add topping, and broil till crusty.
remove , let cool for 10 minutes serve.

note any fruit may be used, but baking times must be adjusted (hard fruits like apples take longer), and sweetener might need adding.

[minifang]

easy strawberry jam
4 cups crushed strawberries
3 cups sugar (you may use other sweetener acc’d to its directions, but may have to thicken the jam with low sugar pectin or gelatin later)
1/4 cup lemon juice

in a heavy bottomed sauce pan mix ingredients together (i used a small dutch oven that has no legs)
stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved
slowly bring heat up until mixture is boiling . a full rolling boil you will need to stir often/constantly to prevent burning.
boil for 10 minutes then do the cold plate test. if it passes the cold plate test then its ready for canning or freezing. unless your like me, in which case its eaten almost immediately.

cold plate test:
put 2 plates in the freezer for a minimum of 10 minutes.
put a tablespoon of the jam on the plate ,return to freezer for 1 minute.
run finger thru jam, if the jam stays put and doesnt try to run together , then its ready for canning ,freezing or consumption.

the actual recipie calls for 4 cups of sugar, but i felt thats to sweet. even with all the sugar, its still better for you than the store bought jam where more than 1/2 the ingredients are unpronounceable.

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