A friend of mine gave me a starter for Amish Friendship Bread... I will have enough to give to another person in around 5 days... Who wants to share the love!
I will give the starter and a batch of bread or muffins to anyone who responds and lives within driving distance.
I think this will be like a cinnamon/sweet bread... although I found tons of recipes that you can make with the starter like, waffles, corn bread etc... I would be willing to share what I have found and has you experiment we can gather more and more fun ways to share the "love"!
In around 45 days I will have starter for Amish Fruit cake..it is not "Fruit Cake" but a fruity cake that you can make with a fermented starter of fruits and sugar. It is moist and I have the recipe for by scratch cakes and using a box cake. Whichever you would prefer... So if you want a starter for cake in around 45 days I will share one with you.... and this starter can be frozen until your ready to make the batch for the cake. If your within a reasonable driving distance... again this is free to you!
When I make both I will post pictures, but figured you would enjoy the heads up!
Yummy stuff coming your way very soon!
BTW, this is not really Amish.... it is just called that because sadly enough we tend to think all acts of charity, generosity, etc MUST come from the Amish... They are definitely known for their community and their back to basics so it all fits together...We can start a new trend and call it Christian Sharing Bread and Christian Sharing Cake! oh well.... just an idea!
Let me know if your interested!
Bread starter will be ready first week of Feb.
Cake starter will be ready closer to the end of Feb.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Rice pudding (easy)
Okay... so I tried a new recipe for rice pudding today...
I was skeptical since it was pretty easy, no baking etc...
It was YUMMY!
so I will share it!
First I use the best ingredients .. fresh full fat milk and farm fresh eggs so I am sure that helps, but still thought I would share with you all!
Rice Pudding
1 cup instant rice (I don't usually use instant but honestly this made this fast)
(I think you could use left over cooked whole grain rice too)
2 1/2 cup of milk
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup raisins (I didn't add)
2 eggs slightly beaten
1/2 tsp vanilla
in sauce pan combine rice, 2 cups milk salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and (raisins) ... bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly. reduce heat: boil slowly for 10 mins (I think if you used cooked rice you may not have to do this part for so long since that is when the rice cooked, but never tried it) stir occasionally. Mix eggs with remaining 1/2 cup of milk and SLOWLY add to hot mixture stirring vigorously with a fork. Cook over medium heat until thickened. Add vanilla. Let cool... 10 mins!
This was really good, quick, and easy!
Enjoy and if you try with whole grain let me know how it works out... maybe a bit less milk? I don't know... if I try it I will let you all know too!
I was skeptical since it was pretty easy, no baking etc...
It was YUMMY!
so I will share it!
First I use the best ingredients .. fresh full fat milk and farm fresh eggs so I am sure that helps, but still thought I would share with you all!
Rice Pudding
1 cup instant rice (I don't usually use instant but honestly this made this fast)
(I think you could use left over cooked whole grain rice too)
2 1/2 cup of milk
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup raisins (I didn't add)
2 eggs slightly beaten
1/2 tsp vanilla
in sauce pan combine rice, 2 cups milk salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and (raisins) ... bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly. reduce heat: boil slowly for 10 mins (I think if you used cooked rice you may not have to do this part for so long since that is when the rice cooked, but never tried it) stir occasionally. Mix eggs with remaining 1/2 cup of milk and SLOWLY add to hot mixture stirring vigorously with a fork. Cook over medium heat until thickened. Add vanilla. Let cool... 10 mins!
This was really good, quick, and easy!
Enjoy and if you try with whole grain let me know how it works out... maybe a bit less milk? I don't know... if I try it I will let you all know too!
quick meals....
I personally don't like to make a bunch of casseroles and freeze them to have quick meals... I am not sure why, I just love to make my meals "fresh". I sometimes have a few in the freezer and they always come in handy, but for the most part I just don't cook that way.
Maybe your the same way, maybe you just don't cook a lot of casseroles...
Whatever the case may be.. I have come up with a "fix" for making quick meals and still have that "freshly" cooked flavor... It also helps me with clean up... what is it?
I cook my meats ahead of time, not roasts or chickens that are whole, but how many of your recipes call for browning hamburger or shredded or chopped chicken.
Many of my recipes call for that step and I really found that that portion took the most time...throwing the meal together in a casserole, or spaghetti sauce, tacos or whatever was not that time consuming. So what I do is cook my meats in the slow cooker and then freeze them in plastic baggies... I don't even have to thaw the meat I just tear the bag off the frozen meats most of the time.
This could be very time consuming, but with two slow cookers, it really isn't... I fill one up with my chicken parts... (If I purchase pieces I get the boneless in the frozen section) I cook it all day and it falls apart making chicken for many meals... fajita's, casseroles, soups, chicken enchilada's and many other meals... topping for buffalo chicken pizza or whatever your imagination can come up with.
I do the same thing with ground beef.. I throw several lbs in the other slow cooker sometimes I add some ground sausage too ... I drain it well and put it in baggies for later meals...(taco's, casseroles, spaghetti, BBQ or sloppy joes... pizza topping... what ever your can think of ...)
Maybe this is super simple, but it took me years to think of doing it, so in case you didn't think of it... I thought it was worth sharing!
Enjoy!
Maybe your the same way, maybe you just don't cook a lot of casseroles...
Whatever the case may be.. I have come up with a "fix" for making quick meals and still have that "freshly" cooked flavor... It also helps me with clean up... what is it?
I cook my meats ahead of time, not roasts or chickens that are whole, but how many of your recipes call for browning hamburger or shredded or chopped chicken.
Many of my recipes call for that step and I really found that that portion took the most time...throwing the meal together in a casserole, or spaghetti sauce, tacos or whatever was not that time consuming. So what I do is cook my meats in the slow cooker and then freeze them in plastic baggies... I don't even have to thaw the meat I just tear the bag off the frozen meats most of the time.
This could be very time consuming, but with two slow cookers, it really isn't... I fill one up with my chicken parts... (If I purchase pieces I get the boneless in the frozen section) I cook it all day and it falls apart making chicken for many meals... fajita's, casseroles, soups, chicken enchilada's and many other meals... topping for buffalo chicken pizza or whatever your imagination can come up with.
I do the same thing with ground beef.. I throw several lbs in the other slow cooker sometimes I add some ground sausage too ... I drain it well and put it in baggies for later meals...(taco's, casseroles, spaghetti, BBQ or sloppy joes... pizza topping... what ever your can think of ...)
Maybe this is super simple, but it took me years to think of doing it, so in case you didn't think of it... I thought it was worth sharing!
Enjoy!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
My doggie ...
There is a funny story about my dog, he was bought out of an ad in the paper... he was advertised as an eight week old beagle. When we got there I didn't think he looked like a beagle, but I had to talk my husband into a dog in the first place and was NOT going to say a word when he picked out this adorable puppy.
It was some sort of "hound" dog, but what I just didn't know.
We took him to the vet and were told he was only 6 weeks old... (ut oh! gonna be a big dog at this size) and that he was "mixed" not a beagle...
So our little dog grew and grew...not let me also explain, I am basically in a city row house.... VERY SMALL city row house and as our puppy grew, I realized he was NOT going to be a lap dog, was not going to be small in any way and that just turning around in our living room was enough to allow his tail to clear off the coffee table.
(sigh), but we love him.
That brings us to this past week...our mouthy, barking, mixed dog is very territorial...and at 5 years old, he knows that he is master of his back yard so when some dogs came to the fence he was all over them with the big bark... Then suddenly they jumped up and unlatched the fence... nothing to keep them apart!
The one that is mixed with Pit Bull jumped our poor mixed dog and got a hold of his legs..
My son got them apart, which makes him my hero! and we had to get our dog in the house to see how bad he was hurt... to date the owner of the other dog has not been here.
Ours went to the Vet ER and got treated for him wounds... they are not horrible... I just wanted to ensure he was going to be ok... The good news is he is OK! and we finally were told what he actually is... he is Jango Fet the Fox Hound! and possibly a bit of grey hound, but mostly Fox Hound. So now when someone asks we don't have to tell them he is a Texas Beagle anymore (everything is bigger in TX) (get it?)
Here are a couple pictures of the punctures in his leg ...
Now to find a good picture of how cute my Fox Hound is and what they tried to pass off as a Beagle!
Well that was the big happenings for the holidays here... Hope all was great for your holidays!
It was some sort of "hound" dog, but what I just didn't know.
We took him to the vet and were told he was only 6 weeks old... (ut oh! gonna be a big dog at this size) and that he was "mixed" not a beagle...
So our little dog grew and grew...not let me also explain, I am basically in a city row house.... VERY SMALL city row house and as our puppy grew, I realized he was NOT going to be a lap dog, was not going to be small in any way and that just turning around in our living room was enough to allow his tail to clear off the coffee table.
(sigh), but we love him.
That brings us to this past week...our mouthy, barking, mixed dog is very territorial...and at 5 years old, he knows that he is master of his back yard so when some dogs came to the fence he was all over them with the big bark... Then suddenly they jumped up and unlatched the fence... nothing to keep them apart!
The one that is mixed with Pit Bull jumped our poor mixed dog and got a hold of his legs..
My son got them apart, which makes him my hero! and we had to get our dog in the house to see how bad he was hurt... to date the owner of the other dog has not been here.
Ours went to the Vet ER and got treated for him wounds... they are not horrible... I just wanted to ensure he was going to be ok... The good news is he is OK! and we finally were told what he actually is... he is Jango Fet the Fox Hound! and possibly a bit of grey hound, but mostly Fox Hound. So now when someone asks we don't have to tell them he is a Texas Beagle anymore (everything is bigger in TX) (get it?)
Now to find a good picture of how cute my Fox Hound is and what they tried to pass off as a Beagle!
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