Flickr Photo Recipe: Faruk’s healthy salad (1/18)
A few nice recipes images I found:
Flickr Photo Recipe: Faruk’s healthy salad (1/18)
Image by kurafire
I’ve mentioned my salads to many people, and since plenty of people have asked for the recipe I decided to document the making of my salad tonight, and do a Flickr Photo Recipe.
First, let’s be clear about this: there is nothing special about this salad. It’s all very straightforward, basic salad making. However, it’s a much more interesting and tasty salad than just some lettuce, cucumber and olive oil tossed together, which is what a lot of people tend to do because it’s quick and easy.
Making a good but simple salad isn’t difficult, and I’ll show you just how to create a salad great for serving to guests in very little time. Again, there is no special skill involved, so anyone can do this.
The ingredients:
– baby leaf salad
– crispy mixed leaf salad
– curly parsley
– chives
– salad onions
– green olives
– one or two sweet peppers
– balsamic vinegar
– white wine vinegar
– olive oil
Optionally, you can add if you wish:
– one or two tomatoes
– Italian herb seasoning
Note that the amounts I’ve purchased (and pictured above) are good for two servings of 2-3 people. I often make these bowls to serve as a full meal for myself, so if you’re like that, note that about half of all of this will be good for one full one-person meal.
Also note that it is very important to get quality ingredients. Choose carefully when you buy them: check that there are no discolored/brown leaves in the salad bags or on the parsley; make sure the chives and salad onions look fresh and dark green; choose a cucumber and sweet peppers that feel firm when you slightly squeeze them. For the olives, I recommend Turkish or Spanish olives. Get pitted olives without any special treatment or additions.
Alright, now let’s get started!
one of my muffin recipes
Image by MrTopf
So here is one recipe (there are 1000 others).
1. Butter a muffin baking-tin and put it into the fridge
2. preheat the oven at 180-200° C
3. Beat an egg until it’s foamy and then add 1 package vanilla sugar
and honey as you like (don’t know the exact amount, just do as you think 🙂
Also add 200 g yogurt and mix everything together.
4. Take 200g flour and 3/4 package of baking powder and mix it together.
5. Take 3/4 bar of chocolate (like Milka) and hack/cut it in pieces. Add to the flour
6. Add the flour mix to the egg cream and stir just until it’s roughly mixed.
7. Take the baking-tin out of the fridge and fill each hole 3/4 of it’s size.
8. Put into the oven and let it about 20 mins bake (until they are brown).
At the end put powdered sugar on top of it.
(Hope I haven’t forgotten something 🙂
this is what happens when you try to make potatoes from an old family recipe at 6 am
Image by erinblatzer
In a bowl that’s too small.
With 2 lbs too many potatoes.
And not enough cream cheese.
Disaster.
But the potatoes, however, are delicious.
And if you would like to try (I recommend it, totally, if not at 6 am), here’s the recipe:
5 lbs potatoes, peeled and diced
1 cup sour creme
8 oz creme cheese
2 tbs butter
1/4 tbs pepper
2 tsp onion salt (not onion powder -this is actually important)
parmesan cheese (the powdered stuff – we’re not fancy here.)
Boil the potatoes and mash them with all the ingredients (except the cheese). Once its mixed well, spread the parmesan cheese on the top, with some extra pats of butter.
(And if you’re me, spend an hour cleaning up).
Heating them takes *forever* so I recommend making them right before you’re ready to eat.
Then – voila! Delicious.
Grandma’s Perfect Pie Crust Recipe
A few nice recipes images I found:
Grandma’s Perfect Pie Crust Recipe
Image by Chiot’s Run
Last week my mom and I went down to my grandma’s house to go through some stuff. I asked my cousin about a few of my grandma’s recipes so I could take a few photos of them. She showed me all of grandma’s recipe boxes, they were filled with cards she’d written recipes on and clippings from magazines. She also showed me my great grandma’s recipe book. It was a collection of recipes scratched and pasted in to an old Railroad Ledger. It’s so great to see old well-used recipes written by my grandmothers.
I’m planning on taking these and making each one, taking photos and making a cookbook of family recipes, including photos of the recipes written by my grandma’s. I think this will make a wonderful Christmas present for family members.
A simple broccoli recipe
Image by churl
Most people steam all the taste out of broccoli, which is a crime. Here’s a simple recipe for broccoli with an Asian flare.
Take one or two heads of broccoli and cut to bite sized pieces. Put a pot of water to raging boil. Once the water is boiling, submerge the broccoli for ~60 seconds. Remove and drain well. Then, drizzle lightly with sesame seed oil, add roasted crushed sesame seeds, salt and pepper to taste. Toss and serve.
Very easy and very tasty. Enjoy.
Photo used on:
www.newamerica.net/blog/early-ed-watch/2008/my-four-year-…
and
gohealthygofit.com/a-typical-day-in-the-life-of-my-meal-p…
and
health.amuchbetterway.com/how-to-make-vegetarian-meals-th…
and
stanford.wellsphere.com/healthy-eating-article/top-10-fal…
and
www.finomkoktelok.hu/alapanyagok/brokkoli
and
www.smm.org/buzz/blog/another_thing_my_mom_was_wrong_about
and
digitalbush.com/2008/01/13/the-cost-of-healthy-eating/
and
5bpa.tistory.com/134
and
www.inpausa.it/2008/10/13/broccolo-toccasana/
and
kireei.com/index.php?p=1&test=4587hyfwe7&id=340
Fourth Grand-Aunt Kaya Recipe
Image by avlxyz
一斤糖，鸭蛋很大粒的放六粒，椰大粒的一粒，不要放水，香叶几条，放下去一会儿可以拿起来，不要等到咖吔熟了才拿。
鸡蛋本地的十粒，也是一斤糖，要煮五个钟头，越久越好，最少也要煮四个钟头。
蛋要红色的才美
农场的蛋做不美
Fourth Grand Aunt’s kaya recipe in a note written to mum around 1970s.
Ingredients:
600g sugar (approx 1 kati)
6 large duck eggs or 10 chicken eggs. Free-range eggs with red/orange yolks produce the best looking results.
Pandan leaves – 3 or 4
180ml coconut cream – from 1 large coconut, grated and milk extracted, without adding water.
Method:
1. Combine sugar, eggs, coconut milk in a pot.
2. Add pandan leaves
3. Cook for 2 hours.
4. Remove pandan leaves.
5. Cook for another 2 hours, until a caramel colour is achieved. A minimum of 4 to 5 hours will produce the best results.
Update 2011.08.04: Bern_Aussielicious tested this recipe and here are her results: Kaya Intoxication – 3 hour vs 6 hour kaya
Great Grandma’s Tomato Butter Recipe
A few nice recipes images I found:
Great Grandma’s Tomato Butter Recipe
Image by Chiot’s Run
Last week my mom and I went down to my grandma’s house to go through some stuff. I asked my cousin about a few of my grandma’s recipes so I could take a few photos of them. She showed me all of grandma’s recipe boxes, they were filled with cards she’d written recipes on and clippings from magazines. She also showed me my great grandma’s recipe book. It was a collection of recipes scratched and pasted in to an old Railroad Ledger. It’s so great to see old well-used recipes written by my grandmothers.
I’m planning on taking these and making each one, taking photos and making a cookbook of family recipes, including photos of the recipes written by my grandma’s. I think this will make a wonderful Christmas present for family members.
chiotsrun.com/2010/03/24/heirloom-recipes/
BBQ Sauce (recipe)
Image by uosɐɾ McArthur
My new personal BBQ sauce recipe from scratch. Neighbors beware!
Quantity varies each time for me, and this list is roughly in order of amount used. Anybody can do this, just keep tasting it through the process. I’ve found you actually need quite a bit of liquid smoke. Go easy on the oil, however if you want it to be a smoker sauce (good for making the neighborhood drool), add a little more. My grandfather’s chicken recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar, vinegar AND oil, which is just too much. You actually ‘feel’ the oil the next day; gross.
Sugar will aid in charring, but to the average person, they’ll see it as being ‘burnt to a crisp’ (I happen to love this). Sugar amounts listed below are high. If you don’t have a hot grill, or don’t like charring, you should lower the sugar amounts or you’ll end up with way too much sweetness.
* tomato paste (1-2 cans)
* vinegar (1 cup)
* sugar (1/2 cup)
* brown sugar (1/2 cup)
* molasses (to color and taste)
* oil (1/4 cup)
* Worcestershire sauce
* liquid smoke (I prefer Stubb’s)
* soy sauce
* onion powder
* mustard powder
* garlic (2-3 cloves)
* salt and pepper
Blend.
Homemade Sweet and Sour Pork w/ Recipe
Image by animakitty
Recipe: rasamalaysia.com/chinese-recipe-sweet-and-sour-pork/
Evaluation: Not as good as a good Chinese restaurant’s, but better than cheap/buffet versions with that ubiquitous orange sauce.
Deep frying in a broad skillet on an electric stove was not pleasant, but it produced the desired results. Frying in batches of ~10 cubes of pork for 3 and a half minutes apiece and waiting a couple minutes between batches produced a consistent, golden brown, tender chunk. I used medium-high heat (7 on the dial) and let the oil heat for about 15 minutes before starting to fry.
I kept the fried chunks warm on a baking sheet in a 200 degree oven while frying the other batches.
I multiplied this recipe by 4 to use the meat I had, and found that the sauce tasted too much like soy sauce. There may also have been too much corn starch in the sauce. There was definitely WAY too much batter left when I was done, so if you’re multiplying the recipe, make half what you would otherwise.
Jamie Oliver Recipe
Some cool recipes images:
Jamie Oliver Recipe
Image by Chiot’s Run
I love Jamie Oliver’s recipes. This one was quite good, I used potatoes from the garden and the last of the tomatoes from the end of the season (made on Dec 22). This is the book Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life
chiotsrun.com/2010/03/07/making-the-most-of-time-in-the-k…
Recipe: Stuffed Potato Skins
Image by Smaku
Stuffed Potato Skins
Recipe from the Autumn 2006 issue of LCBO’s Food and Drink Magazine.
Ingredients
6 russet/baking potatoes
Kosher salt
2 tbsp / 25mL butter, melted
7oz / 200g Gruyere cheese, grated
3.5oz / 105g of ham, thinly sliced and cut into about 1/2" squares.
1/2 large red pepper (about 1/2cup or 125mL chopped)
4 green onions thinly sliced
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Recipe
1. Rinse potatoes and prick them all over with a fork (1).
2. Make a bed of salt in the bottom of a baking dish and place potatoes on top (2). Bake the potatoes for about 1 hour (or until tender) at 400F, turning once.
3. Grate cheese, slice ham, and green onions (3,4,5).
4. Let the potatoes cool a little after taking it out of the oven (6). Cut them in half lengthwise and scoop the insides out leaving about 1/4" (5mm) thickness of potato lining (7).
5. Brush the insides and outsides of the skin with the melted butter (8). Place each half on a baking sheet.
6. Using about half the grated cheese, fill the skins (9). Fill the skins with the sliced ham (10), the red peppers and green onions (11). Garnish with salt and freshly ground pepper.
7. Top the skins with the remaining grated cheese.
8. Bake in oven for another 15 minutes or until bubbling hot (13).
Note: You can cut the potato halves in half again to serve smaller portions as appetizers.
Recipe for Melted Cheese Balls
A few nice recipes images I found:
Recipe for Melted Cheese Balls
Image by Spatch
I wrote this recipe when I was 5 or 6. I do not recommend you try it at home.
MELTED CHEESE BALLS
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 slices cheese
1 stick of butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
heat oven 350°
Bake so cheese melts.
Serves 4+1
recipe 01
Image by adihrespati
From the lyrics of Recipe for Love (Harry Connick, Jr.)
Ruthie Mac (Recipe)
Image by Ruthieki
Mac and cheese was my favorite food when I was a kid. It may still be. This recipe originated (in my life) with my grandma, and was known as "Grandma-Mac," mostly to differentiate it from its popular cousin "Kraft Mac." My dad makes a mean "Daddy-Mac," and ever since I’ve learned how to make it, it’s been "Ruthie-Mac" all the way.
To make 2 reasonable servings or one serving large enough to make yourself want to barf (my personal preference), cook 1 cup of dry macaroni noodles in salted boiling water on the stovetop until al dente.
In another saucepan, melt 1 tablespoon of butter, then whisk in 2 tablespoons of flour and let the mixture cook over medium heat for 2-3 minutes. Add 3/4 cup milk. Heat the mixture until it just starts to simmer, then stir with a whisk to make sure flour and butter get properly mixed in with the milk. Within a minute or two of simmering, the white sauce will thicken. Remove the sauce from the heat and stir in 2/3 cup sharp cheddar cheese.
Mix the cooked noodles with the sauce, top with copious amounts of fresh ground black pepper, and eat in front of the TV, preferably watching Melrose Place.
This recipe scales well to feed a large groups. Make sure to undercook the pasta a little bit, because it will soften some more after you drain it, and you don’t want it to be all mushy.
