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3 Ingredient Paleo Vegan Peppermint Patties (Keto, Sugar Free) An easy 3-ingredient recipe for homemade keto and vegan peppermint patties! The delicious mint chocolate combination is perfect for a healthy dessert or low carb treat to enjoy anytime, they taste like a copycat York peppermint patty! Paleo, Sugar Free, Gluten-Free. Healthy Peppermint Patties With Christmas officially a stone’s throw away, it is legally (in my books) acceptable to start the onslaught of several peppermint recipes. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been sending out polls on Instagram whether or not you guys were keen for these peppermint chocolate candies. Based on the feedback, it’s clearly evident that BARELY any of you are a fan of anything mint flavored! In my ideal world (if it were made of chocolate), would HAVE to incorporate mint somehow. If you’ve been a long-term reader in these neck of the woods, you know I am a sucker for the chocolate and peppermint combination.

It was only a matter of time before I gave a healthy makeover to the infamous York Peppermint Patties. No Bake Peanut Butter Protein Bars (Keto, Sugar Free, Vegan) These homemade peanut butter protein bars are cheaper than storebought and take minutes to whip up! Made with just 4 Ingredients (YES!) , these no bake bars are keto, sugar free, vegan and a paleo option. Gluten Free, Dairy Free. When your homemade peanut butter protein bars taste like Reese’s peanut butter cup, you know you’ve hit the jackpot. We are living in a day and age where you no longer need to go to a health food store or online supplement shop to get your protein bar fix. This is great…until you check out the price tag. With packaged protein bars ranging between $3-$6, they certainly aren’t cheap.

Not to mention their ingredient list which is often similar to an actual candy bar. Not mine though. My homemade peanut butter protein bars literally taste like a peanut butter cup, minus all the unhealthy and processed ingredients. A fudgy protein-rich peanut butter center covered in a healthy chocolate coating- It’s like eating dessert, minus the guilt! Are protein bars really healthy? Two-Stage Roast Turkey with Southwestern Honey-Pepper Rub. This new recipe includes a technique I've been using for years: roasting the turkey in two stages. I do this because of the Big Turkey Problem: while you're waiting for the turkey's dark meat to cook (which takes longer), the white breast meat dries out.

My solution: cook the bird until the breast is still juicy, remove the bird from the oven, and carve off the two sides of the breast. Put the bird back in the oven -and while the dark meat's finishing, serve a white-meat first course. Twenty minutes later, you can serve a dark-meat second course. And you get to drink two wines with this main course: I always like to serve a white wine with the white-meat course and a red wine with the dark-meat course. By the way: the honey-pepper rub burnishes the big bird beautifully. Ingredients Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cilantro-Poblano Cream Sauce. Ingredients 1/2 pound plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (18 tablespoons altogether)3 cups coarsely chopped leeks (about 2 large leeks)3 cups coarsely chopped celery (about 3 ribs)12 poblano chiles, seeded and coarsely chopped (about 3 pounds altogether; you may substitute green bell peppers)3 cups cilantro roots and stems, coarsely chopped (cut from about 6 bunches of cilantro), plus 1/4 cup finely minced cilantro leaves1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour12 cups chicken stockPinch of nutmegTabasco green pepper sauce (optional) Instructions 1.

Melt the butter in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-low heat. 2. 3. Smoky Chipotle-Mushroom Gravy. I love this deep, smoky sauce with the turkey—but it's also terrific with other long-cooked meats. If you had, say, some leftover pot roast in the fridge -a second-day reheat with this sauce will probably be better than what you ate the first day. Ingredients 2 ounces dried mushrooms1/2 pound bacon, minced4 medium garlic cloves, minced8 canned tomatoes1 cup canned chipotles in adobo sauce1/4 cup smoky barbecue sauce6 tablespoons butter Instructions 1. Submerge the dried mushrooms in 2 cups of hot water.

Weight them so they stay immersed. 2. 3.

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Cheesemaking. Pressure Cooker Authentic Italian Ricotta Cheesecake | This Old Gal. Make Ricotta Cheese with the Instant Pot SMART & DUO (or any pot) ⋆ hip pressure cooking. Ricotta does not need a pressure cooker- it can be made with any ‘ol pot with lots of supervision and stirring – but the automated programs of Instant Pot makes the process soooo much easier! Both the Instant Pot DUO and SMART have a setting under the yogurt function that brings the milk slowly up to the perfect temperature (80°C or 176°F) needed for making fresh ricotta cheese. If you don’t have either of these pressure cookers, follow the alternate instructions with a thick-bottomed pot (or your pressure cooker base) from the recipe, below.

Real Ricotta Real Ricotta, at least is in Italy, is not actually made directly from milk – it is made with what’s left after making mozzarella cheese. That’s why when you buy water buffalo milk mozzarella, here, often they’ll throw in a tub of ricotta for free. In fact “Ricotta” means “cooked again.” What we’re doing here, is cooking the milk only once to short-cut our way straight to the ricotta phase. Author: Laura Pazzaglia, hip pressure cooking. Have Fun, Save Money: Make Your Own Hot Sauce - Real Food. The original Tabasco sauce recipe calls for Tabasco peppers, but you can use any type of hot pepper you like. If you’re using homegrown peppers, chances are you won’t have them all ripening at the same time, but there’s no harm in throwing some green ones into the mix! You’ve no doubt seen the iconic bottles of Tabasco sauce at your favorite diner or greasy spoon.

Tabasco is the brand name for a hot pepper sauce produced on Avery Island, La. Ever wondered how it’s made? Although the recipe for the original sauce is top secret and, as legend has it, guarded by an army of 10,000 ravenous crayfish somewhere deep in the bayou, the ingredients list is surprisingly short: peppers, vinegar, salt. While reproducing the exact flavor of Tabasco sauce is difficult to do, you can approximate it in your kitchen using freshly picked hot peppers. Spicy peppers can be dangerous (think “pepper spray”). Homemade hot sauce should easily keep for several months in the refrigerator.ROGER DOIRON. The Easy Guide for What to Do with Bell Peppers | Keeper of the Home. So, we all know that Peter Piper picked a peck of peppers, but what in the world did he do with all of them??

OK, I know, he pickled them, but I’m not a fan of a pickled peppers, so I guess the real question is: what should I (or you!) Do with an abundance of delicious, antioxidant rich, garden-fresh bell peppers? The way I see it, there are three options for what to do with bell peppers: can them, freeze them, or use them fresh. Let’s explore those options! Canning Bell Peppers There’s good news and bad news here. And just to show I am not prejudiced against the pickled pepper, even though it’s not my favorite, here are some instructions for an easy way to can pickled peppers! Freezing Bell Peppers This process is fantastic for those of us who haven’t ventured into the world of canning. Put the bell pepper pieces into a freezer bag and pop them in the freezer! I tend to use diced/chopped green peppers in a lot of recipes, so I will do several bags of those. Using Bell Peppers Ingredients:

Have Fun, Save Money: Make Your Own Hot Sauce - Real Food - MOTHER EARTH NEWS. Hot-Pepper 'Magic Sauce' Recipe - Real Food - MOTHER EARTH NEWS. Freshly made Magic Hot Sauce. I omitted the paprika this time, so it looks more yellowish. Although the season is practically at an end, we are still reaping an abundant harvest of hot peppers, which I’ve been making into so-called Magic Sauce. Why do I call it magic? Well, because it improves the taste of pretty much any dish – it can be added to soups and stews, slathered over chicken before it goes into the oven, sneaked into pasta sauce for a spicy surprise, added to toast for a sharp, hot twist, mixed with cream cheese to create a spicy dip — you name it! It's my favorite cooking secret and I just love it when people look up from whatever they are eating and ask, "what did you put in there to make it taste so good? " Warning: The capsaicin in hot peppers can be extremely irritating when it comes in contact with bare skin, so always wear gloves when handling hot peppers, and be careful not to touch your face – or even worse, your eyes.

Ingredients: Directions: 1. 2. 3. 30 Camping Tin Foil Dinners - Well, you all certainly love your camping recipes! Last weeks 45 Easy Camping Recipe Round Up was a huge success. It quickly jumped to my most viewed post for the week and emails started pouring in with requests. Today’s post is for all of you on the hunt for some amazing tin foil dinners. These are our personal favorites. Most are as simple as tossing in ingredients and placing onto hot coals.

Did I mention how easy the clean up is?? Wad up that paper and toss it into the garbage. So without dragging this on further… Here are the recipes in this 30 Camping Tin Foil Dinners Round Up! Coconut Lime White Fish Packets @ The Scrumptious PumpkinLumberjack Breakfasts @ Echoes of LaughterCampfire Paella @ Zestuou Grilled Corn on the Cob @ From Brazil to YouRoasted Artichokes @ Alaska From ScratchCampfire Baked Potatos @ Noms for the Poor Hawaiian Chicken StacksChili Cheese Fries @ Buried CarrotsSante Fe Style Chicken Packets @ Ready Set Eat If you liked this post you will LOVE these: 6 Instant Meals-On-The-Go| Just Add Boiling Water. This post is a bit of a departure for me. I am normally an only-fresh-ingredients-everything-from-scratch kinda girl. However, I'm married to an avid backpacker who often needs to take food on the trail that requires nothing but boiling water to make a meal. So, I set out to create some instant meals for King-Man that used prepared ingredients that were as healthy as possible.

Flavor, nutrition, and portability were my primary goals. Lightweight for backpacking. After considerable experimenting, I came up with these six meals. They all use lightweight dried and freeze-dried ingredients. Also for meals at the office, in dorm & hotel rooms, and to stock for emergencies. Simply add boiling water, wait a few minutes, and eat. Recipe links. Ready-made freeze dried meals for the trail. View on Amazon: main course Mountain House freeze-dried meals, breakfast Mountain House freeze-dried meals Here's the nutritional breakdown of my 6 instant meals.

Not diet food. Rice and Cous Cous. Pasta. 1. 2. Duarte's Artichoke Soup. Cream of Chili Soup Recipe. Baby Poblano Pepper -- Photo Credit: Niceness on flickr When the temperatures heat up, spicy food can help cool us down. Some feel that the capsaicin found in hot peppers increases circulation, pulling the hot blood from our body’s core and moving it to the skin, causing us to sweat and become cooler. Craving peppers in this hot New England weather, I decided to try to recreate one of my favorite soups from a little restaurant nestled just in from the ocean in Northern California.

Duarte’s Tavern, in Pescadero, serves the best cream of chile and cream of artichoke soups! I have memories of making the agonizing choice before indulging in the obligatory slice of olallieberry pie. Ingredients: 4 poblano or Anaheim chilies. Roast the peppers. Wearing rubber gloves, hold each pepper under slowly-running cold weather to take off the skin. In a medium to large pot, saute the chopped onion and garlic in butter over low heat until they are soft. Recipes Archive - I'D OLD BAY THAT!

Wild About Mushrooms: Oyster Mushroom. Pleurotus ostreatus Knowledgable mushroom lovers all over the world wait until the fall of the year to pursue the robust oyster mushrooms that grow on trees in the wild. Shortly after the first rains of the season, the snow-gray petal-like beginnings of P. ostreatus can be found. The autumn forest is brightened with the delicate, young, translucent, eccentrically stemmed caps cascading shelflike from the surface of dead hardwood trees. The cap is scallop shaped and has a delicate aniselike aroma not usually found in oyster mushrooms grown on artifical material.

Fresh oyster mushrooms can now be found in supermarkets and farmer's markets alongside our friendly but less-expensive common store mushroom. A spectrum of colored Pleurotus has appeared in the marketplace. The most recently introduced cultivated Pleurotus is outstanding: it has delicate daffodil-yellow flowerlike caps with pure white stems, and grows in large clumps. Cleaning Cooking Preserving Oyster mushrooms dehydrate rapidly. Cicchetti recipes. An Intro to Venice's Street Food – Life Love Food. To enjoy Venice’s street food is to embrace the erratic nature of a ritual that in the local dialect is called andar par bacàri (bacaro being a sort of wine bar/osteria typical of Venice). It consists of hopping from one place to the next whilst grabbing a drink and a bite at each stop.

The bites are called cicchetti (from ciccus, in latin, which means small), while the drinks are generally called ombre (shadows). Typical cicchetti consist of rissoles, sarde in saor (fried sardines topped with sweet and sour white onions), hard boiled eggs with anchovy, boiled baby octopus, and crostini will all sorts of toppings. As for drinks, a very very classic choice would be spritz – a drink that was indeed invented in Venice. There’s no rule of thumb when it comes to choose a good bacaro. Do you want to know more? Save. Authentic German recipes, other popular recipes, and much more. Pear Strudel Recipe - with Cranberries (Birnenstrudel) When you feel like a bit of a drift from the traditional, this pear strudel recipe offers all of the warm comfort of apple strudel with a bit of a more modern and tangy flavor.

The addition of the dried cranberries adds a nice spark of color that makes this Birnenstrudel a perfect holiday dessert. Ripe pears tend to get a bit mushier than apples, so try to use pears that are still pretty firm. Bosc pears will tend to stay firmer than Bartlett pears, but if you really prefer the flavor of one pear over another, give it a try in this pear strudel recipe.

If the filling seems to be too mushy, it might be a good idea to increase the amount of ground almonds to help soak up any excess liquid that comes out during baking. Dough Ingredients: 2 cups of Flour 1 Tbsp of Melted Butter 1 Tbsp of Apple Cider Vinegar 1 Tbsp of Olive or Vegetable Oil 1 Egg Yolk 1/4 tsp of Salt 3/4 cup of Warm Water Filling Ingredients: 2 lbs of firm ripe Pears 1 cup of Sugar 1/2 tsp of Ground Nutmeg Prep and Baking Ingredients:

South Tyrolean Cuisine & Recipes. Home-made apple strudel from South Tyrol.

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