Frozen Parsley - Thursday's Kitchen Cupboard 5/24

I know I am not new with this recipe, I just have a lot of parsley and cilantro and I decided to freeze some.

 It was two big bunches of plain parsley,

 I blended it with some water, 1 tbsp olive oil and 5 gloves garlic

I believe those cubes will be very good in winter soups.



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This little one was enjoying sun on my deck today!  Do you know the name of this snake?

Sourdough Bread - Thursday's Kitchen Cupboard 4/26/2012

I like to work with sour dough, last time I made flat bread with tomatoes, garlic and herbs

The ingredients are the same -
1 cup sour dough starter
3/4 cup water
2 tbsp olive oil
1-1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 cup wholewheat flour
1-1/2 cup flour
1 tsp yeast



I mixed the dough in my breadmachine, than divided it in 4 balls and let rest about 2 hr on the pan.
I chopped tomatoes and garlic and let it marinade with olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper.

 So there are 4 flat bead - one with only herbs and sesame seeds, 2 with marinated tomatoes and one with tomatoes and cheese on top.

 25 minutes on 400F

I like one with cheese especially!

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GFCF Fruit Pie - Thursday's Kitchen Cupboard 4/19/2012

I have 3 kids this week to help me, they're babysitting me, and because my son is on gluten free, casein free diet, we decided to bake GFCF pie.

1 apple
some frozen raspberry
some raisins
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup  Bob's Red Mill Gluten free vanilla cake mix
1/2 cup corn flour
3 eggs
1/2 tsp guar gum

 I can use any gluten free flour, this time I experiment with regular corn flour and some GF mix,

Lightly beat 3 eggs, stir with sugar, honey, add flour. I use fork to stir, but you can use mixer on low.
I add a little (1/2 tsp) of guar gum to glue the dough.

 We cut apples, add all fruits on the glass form covered with palm butter (casein free).
Than pour dough over, stir a little.

Bake on 350F 40-45 min, check with wooden stick if the pie is read.

Actually this recipe works very well with regular flour and you do not have to add guar gum. And it works with many fruits.
In my childhood this pie was called "Charlottca"
I was very easy to bake just with 1 cup flour+1 cup sugar+3eggs.



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Thursday's Kitchen Cupboard - 4/5/2012

Today posts are all about greens, and I will use my greens here -

fresh garlic greens, rosemary, onion and chives.

I am very busy with my jewelry business, and can't spend much time cooking? so I like to use slow-cooker.

I have red beans soaked overnight
slow-cooker,
boiled water,
salt,
pepper,
garlic 
 

 I am using boiled water with slow-cooker, and do not have recipe, I just add water to cover all beans and 2 fingers over.
after 3 hr I will add my greens and after 5-6 hr total the beans will be ready for dinner.

Back to work!


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Kombucha - Thursday's Kitchen Cupboard

Today I like to share how I am making my kombucha tea.
I like fermented food.
Kombucha has been know for over 2000 years the world over. It has been widely used in Russia, Germany, China and many other places.  It is naturally carbonated and is purported to have a host of healing properties that may include:
- Probiotics  !
- Increase metabolism
- Improve digestion

 Help clear up candida & yeast infections - oh yes!
and a lot other benefits!

It is living on my cupboard in warm shade in a big glass jar, once a week I take it out, examine and divide. The bottom part is old and sometimes if I see it's getting really dark, I tear the bottom part and discard.
I put the kombucha tea in a different jar leaving about 1-1-1/2 cups inside.
I use 6 teabag to make a strong tea (cold), 1-1/2 cup of sugar and filterer boiled water (also cold).

Do not mix with metal, I use wooden spatula.
At the end I put the kombucha on top and cover the jar with coffee filter and elastic band.
Good Luck!

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Thursday's Kitchen Cupboard 3/15/2012

My husband is vegan, my son is on a very strict diet, gluten-free, casein-free, soy,-free, my daughter likes meat and eggs and veggies and I am somewhere is the middle.
So my kitchen is a mess!
Today I'd like to share my white sweet bread recipe, my daughter favorites. There is eggs and wheat, so our boys can not eat it.

I found the recipe in my bread machine book - stollen loaf.

1 cup milk
7-1/2 tbsp butter
2 eggs
3tbsp lemon zest
1tsp salt
1/3 cup sugar
3 2/3 cup flour
1 1/4 tsp cinnamon
3/4  tsp nutmeg
2 tsp yeast

After the mix is done add 2/3 cup of raisins (I mixed them with craising)
That will be 2 lb loaf and sweet program.
This bread comes big, white, reach of fruits, very nice to eat with milk or cup of coffee.
I think I will do it again today.
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