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Monday, January 12, 2015
Quick Brownies
Found a nice quick simple recipe for brownies....
Recently found this somewhere; it was called Walnut Chunk Cookies but walnuts are too expensive for me right now and I have a grandchild allergic to tree nuts)...have made it twice in the past week! First time I used the last of my walnuts which I love.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Prepare pan by lining an 8 " x 8" or 9"x 9" pan with parchment or greased aluminum foil...with edges almost overlapping side of pan.
Whisk together...
1/2 cup oil
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
Add ...
1/2 c. flour
1/3 c. cocoa
pinch salt
Stir in...
1 c. chocolate chips ( I am frugal so use only 1/2 cup)
1/2 c. chopped walnuts (optional if there is a nut allergy in family)
Bake 18 minutes (more or less)..keep an eye on it...
Tip: when you take them out
of the oven, cover them with something (foil, a cookie sheet) to keep moisture in.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Crock Pot Beef
This is from a letter I sent to Molly this year because she was having a hard time cooking a roast so it was nice and tender...
Joan's Melt in Your Mouth Beef in Crock Pot
I got 2 hunks of meat: One a rump roast (2 lbs) and one a thick chuck steak-(2 lbs.) (had more fat in it)
I used 2 crockpots so I could compare...my crockpots.
First I made a rub:
(For both pieces of meat this was perfect. .)
In a bowl... combine with a spoon until all mixed up:
1 tablespoon paprika ( I use somked paprika)
1 tablespoon cumin
1 teasp salt (iodized)
1 teasp. fresh ground black pepper (I used a bit more since Ilove black pepper)
Now...before you rub this in to both sides of the meat, take a fork and jab the meat all over, all sides...jab jab jab. make all these deep narrow holes all over...it is great way to take out aggression...
Then rub the rub mixture all over, using your hands...all sides. Then let sit for at least 20 minutes. I did 30 min.
Then: In your skillet, put some oil and heat it up and put some halved onions in the, cut side down and cook until the onions have turned brown on the underside.
Take onions out. Ad a bit more oil and throw in some carrot slices or baby carrots...and stir fry until they get some brown searing marks on them, too... USE LOTS OF CARROTS...Take out.
Add a bit more oil and heat it up and sear your meat on all sides until you get a nice dark brown thin crust on each side.
Take out and put in crock pot.
Add water to pan and stir and simmer until you get all the yummy brown
savory bits of meat and stuff off the bottom of the pan and into your whirling liquid...
Now...Put your meat in the crockpot and add that water so that it come half way up the meat hunk. Then add the carrots and onions (I added some halved garlic cloves, too...just a few) If you do not have enough water, you can add some canned beef broth. (I ended up using a half can beef broth cuz I was doing 2 crockpots, one small, one big.)
OK...Here is what I did: Cook on high one hour. Then on low 3 or 4 hours. Then on high 1/2 hour..then check the meat...it should be melt in your ...then on low...Maybe check it after that last high stint. You can do it 8 hours low or 5 hours high...I am just telling you what I did...i did not want to risk overcooked beef which I have made before.
Recipe said put a rosemary sprig on top and some thyme in it at the start...I did not.
Recipe ( I can't find the original now but scribbled a few notes) said
Put juice from half a squeezed lemon (I used juice from whole lemon and split it up between the 2 roasts) in the liquid you pour from the crockpot
Make gravy from the liquid you pour out of the crockpot.
We have been enjoying this for 3 days...had the missionaries and one other person...then the next day, sandwiches and burritoes and the next day, more tender beef over the leftover potatoes. I had some for breakfast and supper. with Gravy . Yum! Still some left.
This is from a letter I sent to Molly this year because she was having a hard time cooking a roast so it was nice and tender...
Joan's Melt in Your Mouth Beef in Crock Pot
I got 2 hunks of meat: One a rump roast (2 lbs) and one a thick chuck steak-(2 lbs.) (had more fat in it)
I used 2 crockpots so I could compare...my crockpots.
First I made a rub:
(For both pieces of meat this was perfect. .)
In a bowl... combine with a spoon until all mixed up:
1 tablespoon paprika ( I use somked paprika)
1 tablespoon cumin
1 teasp salt (iodized)
1 teasp. fresh ground black pepper (I used a bit more since Ilove black pepper)
Now...before you rub this in to both sides of the meat, take a fork and jab the meat all over, all sides...jab jab jab. make all these deep narrow holes all over...it is great way to take out aggression...
Then rub the rub mixture all over, using your hands...all sides. Then let sit for at least 20 minutes. I did 30 min.
Then: In your skillet, put some oil and heat it up and put some halved onions in the, cut side down and cook until the onions have turned brown on the underside.
Take onions out. Ad a bit more oil and throw in some carrot slices or baby carrots...and stir fry until they get some brown searing marks on them, too... USE LOTS OF CARROTS...Take out.
Add a bit more oil and heat it up and sear your meat on all sides until you get a nice dark brown thin crust on each side.
Take out and put in crock pot.
Add water to pan and stir and simmer until you get all the yummy brown
savory bits of meat and stuff off the bottom of the pan and into your whirling liquid...
Now...Put your meat in the crockpot and add that water so that it come half way up the meat hunk. Then add the carrots and onions (I added some halved garlic cloves, too...just a few) If you do not have enough water, you can add some canned beef broth. (I ended up using a half can beef broth cuz I was doing 2 crockpots, one small, one big.)
OK...Here is what I did: Cook on high one hour. Then on low 3 or 4 hours. Then on high 1/2 hour..then check the meat...it should be melt in your ...then on low...Maybe check it after that last high stint. You can do it 8 hours low or 5 hours high...I am just telling you what I did...i did not want to risk overcooked beef which I have made before.
Recipe said put a rosemary sprig on top and some thyme in it at the start...I did not.
Recipe ( I can't find the original now but scribbled a few notes) said
Put juice from half a squeezed lemon (I used juice from whole lemon and split it up between the 2 roasts) in the liquid you pour from the crockpot
Make gravy from the liquid you pour out of the crockpot.
We have been enjoying this for 3 days...had the missionaries and one other person...then the next day, sandwiches and burritoes and the next day, more tender beef over the leftover potatoes. I had some for breakfast and supper. with Gravy . Yum! Still some left.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
A "No Headache" Diet?
This post is dedicated to the headache sufferers in the family...you know who you are! This Woman's World is currently on the stands at the grocery stores....
Monday, January 27, 2014
Oatmeal Cookies made with oil
Oatmeal Cookies
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teasp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/4 teasp. baking soda
1/4 teasp. salt
1/2 tesp. ground cinnamon
1/8 teasp. ground nutmeg
2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup raisins
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F Grease cookie sheets. In large bowl, mix oil, sugar, egg, and vanilla until well blended.
Combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix in oats and raisins last.
Drop by rounded teaspoons onto prepared cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Armenian Bakery, Egyptian Market
The place to buy Armenian pizza...lahmajun.... in Glendora...this little bakery with lots of steady customers. They sold kibbeh frozen in bags of 20 for 20 dollars. They sold Borek (soft bread turnover) with cheese, Borek with spinach, and lahmajun (one dollar each).
The Egyptian/Middle East grocery store next door had Nazook...a tender sweet flaky rolled up pastry.
Fresh Strawberries in January
On the corner of Grove and Foothill...is a big strawberry filed and a stand. I could not believe that they were harvesting strawberries already and that we could buy and eat freshly picked strawberries int he middle of January!!!!!!
Joan had to take pictures of the pickers in the field....an early harvest!
Big, juicy and sweet!
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