Mom’s Zucchini Bread This recipe from all recipes makes perfect Zucchini bread. Moist, succulent, delicious; worthy of gifting. Ingredients Original recipe makes 2 loaves 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon 3 eggs 1 cup vegetable oil 2 1/4 cups white sugar 3 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups grated zucchini 1 cup chopped walnuts Grease […]
Tomato Bisque Sous Vide
Tomato Bisque Soup A perfect tomato bisque taken from http://littlefrenchbakery.com/blog/tomato-bisque-soup-a-la-sous-vide This won first place in a soup contest at Nelnet. 1 stick of butter, plus 2 T 1/3 cup flour 1 quart milk 1 cup heavy cream 3 cans (large) diced or whole peeled tomatoes (diced and crushed if whole) 1-2 fresh chopped tomatoes 1 green […]
Big List of No Oil Dressings
Lots of dressings here. A lot from Dr. Furhman’s website. If you’re interested in eating healthy, living longer, etc, visit his site. Big List of No-oil Salad Dressings Almond Ginger Dressing adapted from a recipe from drfuhrman.com makes about 2 1/2 cup 1/2 cup raw almonds 1/2 cup unsweetened soy, hemp or almond milk 1 cup water […]
Orange Sesame Dressing
Trying to eat healthier- which includes limiting my intake of oil. Here’s a healthier orange sesame no-oil dressing. This is a no-oil dressing from Veronica Grace of Low Fat Vegan Chef. I think this is a riff on the Dr. Furhman Orange Sesame dressing, but made a little easier by using tahini instead of sesame […]
Potato Salad (Sous Vide)
I love good potato salad, and I’ve made batch after batch in pursuit of duplicating the best I’ve made (a few of which were the one’s made by a friend- Aaron DiGeorge,) and have regularly come up disappointed. The secret is in cooking the potatoes. I’ve tried roasted, boiled whole (no), boiled diced, etc.. and […]
Pink Lemonade Cookies
HISTORY Every year at Coors, when I was there, we had a cookie exchange. Since I organized the exchange, I always made sure I got some of these. They are delicious. This was Statia Shelton’s recipe. INGREDIENTS 1 Cup butter 3 Cups flour 1 Cup sugar 1 Tsp baking soda 2 eggs 1 6 oz […]
Caramel and Chocolate Covered Pretzels
HISTORY Here’s a brief history of Toni and Byron’s Chocolate-Caramel Covered Pretzels. Toni saw a packaged Chocolate-Caramel covered pretzels in a catalog from Sundance. I usually try to intercept and destroy this catalog before Toni sees it, but this time she did get to see it. Toni felt these would be easy to make and […]
Easy Lemon Cake
HISTORY While working at Coors Brewing Co., the company sponsored a wellness class. The class included great info on getting in shape- but the highlight was this “semi-healthy” version of Lemon cake that is just flat out better than any lemon cake I’ve had. The glaze makes it. Don’t use reconstituted or plastic lemon lemon […]
Mark Henry’s Never Fail Brisket
Mark Henry’s Never Fail Brisket This recipe makes creative use of a stove to finish your smoking job. Much easier to prepare several in advance this way. Pull one out, drop in a nice temperature controlled stove for another 14 hours- and presto. This never fails to get rave reviews. (Taken right off the web. […]
O’Connor Salmon Cakes
O’Connor Salmon Cakes An awesome salmon cake recipe from our neighbors- Kay and R.J.. (Note: We never say R.J. and Kay which just doesn’t have the same alliteration.) INGREDIENTS 1/3 cup fresh parsley leaflets 4 green onions or 3 shallots finely chopped 3 cups fine fresh bread crumbs 2 eggs 2 tbs unsalted butter 1 […]