Morning Glory Oatmeal

Total Time: 40 mins Ingredients: 3 cups water 1 cup coconut milk (or milk of choice) 1 cup steel-cut oats 1 cup grated carrots (2 large carrots) 2/3 cup golden raisins 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp. ground ginger 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg 1/4 tsp. ground cloves 1/2...

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The Best Ever Apple Pie

Makes 8 servings, or one 8 to 9-inch pie Ingredients: 2-1/2 lbs (5 to 6) Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 3/8-inc slices (5 to 6 cups) 3/4 sugar, plus 2 tsp. for top crust 2 Tbl. all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon Pinch of salt 2 Tbl. unsalted...

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The Best Ever Pie Dough

For an 8 or 9-inch single pie shell, at about 1/8" thickness Ingredients: 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1 Tbl. sugar 6 Tbl. chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pcs. 4 Tbl. chilled all-vegetable shortening 3-4 Tbl. iced water Instructions: Mix...

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Vegan (Mushroom) Shawarma with Rice

Makes 4 servings Shawarma Ingredients: 400g oyster mushrooms, roughly chopped 2 Tbl. oil, more for sauteing  1 tsp. ground cumin 2 tsp. dried oregano 2 tsp. smoked paprika powder 2 Tbl. yeast flakes 3 tsp. cornstarch 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. garlic powder Rice Ingredients:...

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Chicken Couscous Salad

Makes 4 servings Ingredients: 1 regular box plain couscous, cooked & prepared as directed 1/4 tsp. black pepper 2-3 Tbl. lemon juice (from 1 lemon) 3 Tbl. olive oil 5 green onions, sliced 1 orange bell pepper 1/2 cup kalamata olives, chopped roughly 1/2 cup...

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Homemade Concord Grape Jelly

Makes 7 half pints Total Time: Approx 4 hrs. Ingredients: For extracting the juice: 3 lbs. Concord grapes, removed from stems and washed 1/2 cup water For making the jelly: 4 cups extracted Concord grape juice (see above) 7 cups granulated sugar 1 pouch liquid Certo...

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Tres Leches Cake

Tres Leches Cake by Barefoot Contessa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_2yy6oEq9E   Ingredients 1-1/4 cups heavy cream 12 oz. can of evaporated milk 14 oz. can of sweetened condensed milk 1/2 tsp. almond extract seeds of one vanilla bean 3 eggs, room temperature...

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Grilled Eggplant and Goat Cheese Salad

Ingredients 3 Tbl. olive oil (for grilling eggplant) 7 Japanese eggplant or 2 medium eggplant, ends trimmed & cut into 1-inch slices 1/2 cup toasted pecans 3 oz. goat cheese, crumbled (could also use feta or queso fresco) 1/3 cup fresh basil, chiffonade cut 2 Tbl....

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Moist Bread Stuffing

From my mother-in-law's 1960's Good Housekeeping cookbook she got when she got married. It is a very traditional stuffing that both of my son's think shouldn't be messed with, not even one little bit. Not on the holeyest of food holidays. Bring out your fat pants....

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