Hello again!
At last I am home with my wonderful family-scrambling to get in quality time and tying the loose ends that come (to my delight:) with student teaching and senior year. :) For the last week I have been organizing all my junk, cleaning, redecorating and cooking up a storm...here are some pics:
Yay! A chance to cook super! Below are the recipes I used:
I substituted a lot of stuff for the pork tender loin-the original recipe called for cranberry sauce, juice and dry mustard-but since we didn't have that-the recipe turned into:
Put pork loin in a deep pan and flavor it with a mix of:
1/2 cup apple juice
1 or so cup of apple sacue 1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar (this I added just for the heck of it)
Then rinse and slice up an apple and an orance letting the slices cascade over the pork
Slow cook for 6-8 hours at 275 degrees
Yummy! (the fuirt slices ended up a bit dry though.)
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My favorite recipe in the whole meal was the Sweet potatoe and Lentil Bisque-AMAZING!!!
Bring to a boil:
1 lb peeled and roughly chopped sweet potatoes
1 cup lentils (red or not)
1/2 cup dried apricots
1/4 cup onion (I used red)
1/8 cup chilli powder
4 cups chicken or veggie broth
After boiling, let simmer for 25 minutes or until lentils are falling apart. Then cool for 10 minutes. Add
3/4 cup coconut milk
Using a blender, puree soup in batches until smooth. Divide into bowls-can top with dried cranberries or pomegranite seeds. Really filling and super yummy.
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The salad consisted of
1 bag of spinach
1 can of mandarin oranges
put spinach into pan until just wilted
add mandarin oranges (drained-save out a tablespoon juice)
mix mandarin juice with 1/4 cup oil and 1/4 cup vinegar
pretty-but rather tasteless
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At last I am home with my wonderful family-scrambling to get in quality time and tying the loose ends that come (to my delight:) with student teaching and senior year. :) For the last week I have been organizing all my junk, cleaning, redecorating and cooking up a storm...here are some pics:
Another attempt to mix recipes until I reach the ultimate BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE EVER-(my siblings are very encouraging when it comes to me repeatedly maing chocolate cakes:)
I substituted a lot of stuff for the pork tender loin-the original recipe called for cranberry sauce, juice and dry mustard-but since we didn't have that-the recipe turned into:
Put pork loin in a deep pan and flavor it with a mix of:
1/2 cup apple juice
1 or so cup of apple sacue 1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar (this I added just for the heck of it)
Then rinse and slice up an apple and an orance letting the slices cascade over the pork
Slow cook for 6-8 hours at 275 degrees
Yummy! (the fuirt slices ended up a bit dry though.)
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My favorite recipe in the whole meal was the Sweet potatoe and Lentil Bisque-AMAZING!!!
Bring to a boil:
1 lb peeled and roughly chopped sweet potatoes
1 cup lentils (red or not)
1/2 cup dried apricots
1/4 cup onion (I used red)
1/8 cup chilli powder
4 cups chicken or veggie broth
After boiling, let simmer for 25 minutes or until lentils are falling apart. Then cool for 10 minutes. Add
3/4 cup coconut milk
Using a blender, puree soup in batches until smooth. Divide into bowls-can top with dried cranberries or pomegranite seeds. Really filling and super yummy.
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The salad consisted of
1 bag of spinach
1 can of mandarin oranges
put spinach into pan until just wilted
add mandarin oranges (drained-save out a tablespoon juice)
mix mandarin juice with 1/4 cup oil and 1/4 cup vinegar
pretty-but rather tasteless
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Mom's inspirational home-made lemonade and rhubarb crisp-mmmmm.
Easy no-cook lunch
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