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Only JT and I liked the squash casserole and the coleslaw. Squash Casserole 4-5 C squash, diced Cook squash and onion in water until tender. Add soup to hamburger and add both to squash mixture. Mix and place inlightly greased casserole dish. Bakd at 350 degrees for 35 mins. The last 5 minutes sprinkle the top with cheese. Coleslaw with Poppy Seed Dressing 1 med. head cabbage (Chill and shred finely.) Mix together well: 1 cup vegetable oil Whole Wheat Banana Bread 1 3/4 whole wheat flour 2 eggs, beaten Sift dry ingredients together. Cream apple sauce and honey in large bowl. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in bananas. Add dry ingredients alternately with hot water, mixing well after each addition. Fold in pecans. Pout into greased 5x9-inch loaf pan. Bake at 325 for 55 to 60 minutes. Invert onto wire rack to cool completely before slicing. Freezes well. Yield: 12 servings. © Copyright 2008 Peaceful Meadows |
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I had a bag of chocolate chips from Christmas that I hadn't used yet. I wanted to use them up but don't do a whole lot of baking of sweets. Well, today I modified my Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. I was a bit nervous about how the boys would react to the taste of whole wheat cookies and how it would work to replace crisco with applesauce. They loved them! Dh isn't home yet so I'll have to wait for his review. The recipe I used is below. SueQ's Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 cup applesauce (I used my home canned apple sauce) Cream sugars and applesauce together until light. Add vanilla and mix. Add well beaten eggs and blend. Shift together dry ingredients and add to first mixture. Add chocolate chips. Drop from spoon onto a slightly greased gaking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. I'll have to try using carob in the place of chocolate chips the next time, that I make them. © Copyright 2008 Peaceful Meadows |
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Here is the Whole Wheat Bread Recipe that I like to use. I tweaked my regular bread recipe that I used to use before we went to using all whole wheat and this makes a fairly moist Whole Wheat bread that my family enjoys. SueQ's Whole Wheat Bread 4 cups water Combine 3 cups water with honey, salt, and molasses. Beat in oil, 4 cups of flour. In a separate bowl, dissolve 1/3 cup dry yeat in 1 cup warm water. Add the yeast mixture to dough and beat until smooth. Add remaining flour until dough leaves sides of the bowl. Work dough really well. (I found that working it really well helps break it down and rise better. I have the children each mess with it for awhile. LOL) Let rise until double. Place into greased bread pans. Let rise and bake at 350 degrees until done. Enjoy! © Copyright 2008 Peaceful Meadows |
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We had Salmon Pizza and a tossed spinach salad tonight for dinner. It was a hit with the boys. Pizza Crust Recipe (This is my Italian bread recipe that I modified for my Pizza crust) 4 cup bread flour (I used 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 occident flour. next time I am trying all WW) Mix 2 cups of the flour with the salt and sugar. Dissolve yeast in warm water and add to flourmixture along with oil. Mix with wire wisk until smooth. Add remaining flour. Mix with hands woking until smooth but still sticky dough is formed. Put in greased bowl and let rise until double. Form into pizza crusts and let rise a bit. Bake a 350 until it just begins to brown. Take out and top with Pizza toppings and then put back into the oven to finish. (For Italian bread, I brush a little olive oil on top before it 1st begins to rise. After it's finished rising, I make into 2 long spindleshaped loaves on cookie sheet. I oil surface and sprinkle on some sesame seeds. Let rise again until double. Bake at 400-425 F. for 2o min. spraying with water several times. (This is what make it crusty!) Reduce overn temp to 350 F and bake 10 more min. (If you wish to freeze it - after at least partial thawing, reheat in oven heated to 350 F until bread crust is hard and crunchy (aprox. 10 min) on open rack. It will be like fresh if eaten whil warm. It can also be made into sub buns) I just topped the Pizza with my homemade Pizza sauce (I can my own) and added Salmon out of the can, mushrooms, black olives, fresh onion and fresh crushed garlic and cheese. (I was out of Mozzerella so I used finely grated chedder) I baked it until golden brown. YUMMY!!! © Copyright 2008 Peaceful Meadows |
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Warm coleslaw with honey dressing
Dietitian's tip: Cabbage is a healthy cruciferous vegetable. For this slaw, sliced vegetables are quickly stir-fried, then tossed in a warm dressing.
SERVES 6 Ingredients 6 teaspoons olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped 1 teaspoon dry mustard 1 large carrot, peeled and cut into julienne 1/2 head napa cabbage, cored and thinly sliced crosswise (about 5 cups) 3 tablespoons cider vinegar 1 tablespoon dark honey 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon caraway seed 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley Directions In a large nonstick saute pan, heat 2 teaspoons of the olive oil over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Add the onion and mustard and saute until the onion is soft and lightly golden, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. Reduce the heat to medium and add 2 more teaspoons of the olive oil to the pan. Add the carrot and toss and stir constantly until the carrot is tender-crisp, about 3 minutes. Transfer to the bowl with the onion. Add the remaining 2 teaspoons oil to the pan over medium heat. Add the cabbage and toss and stir constantly until the cabbage just begins to wilt, about 3 minutes. Quickly transfer the cabbage to the bowl with the other vegetables. Quickly add the vinegar and honey to the pan over medium heat, stirring until combined and bubbly and the honey is dissolved. Pour over the slaw. Add the salt and pepper and toss well. Garnish with the caraway seed and parsley and serve warm. ***This was a huge hit with the boys! They loved it!*** |
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I'll be serving the following recipe for dinner tonight along with brown rice, salad, green beans, and grapes.
Yellow Split Pea Dhal Recipe
Edited to say: ******This was a huge hit! Everyone loved it! I will be making this again!****** |
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These are the menus that I made up for the next 4 weeks. You will notice that pork is listed for a meal. We don't usually eat pork but dh likes sausage once in a while and bought some when I sent him to the stock up on meat when our grocery store had a meat sale. For his sake, I occasionally include it on the menu as a treat for him.
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I have not done a lot of writing so I decided to change the purpose of this blog. I am in the process of changing our family's eating habits and am trying to go to a more natural eating style. My goal is for my family to eat foods as close to their natural state as possible so I am trying to purge out processed foods and eat mostly fish and poutry. During the week I prepare 2 fish meals and 2 poultry meals then the rest of the meals are vegetarian. Lunch is left overs and breakfast I try to serve cereal that I make, eggs, or waffles/pancakes made from whole grains. My plan for this blog is to keep track of the recipes that I have used and journal about what I am learning as well as if the meal was a success or not. LOL
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