Kitchen Hack: One-Minute Bread Oven-fresh bread is one of life’s simple joys. Ciabatta, a crisp-crusted Italian bread with hints of sourdough and loads of crannies longing for butter, is one of the easiest breads to make at home. Why are we talking about baking bread on Lifehack? Because kitchen hacks aren’t just impressive, they often have very tasty results! In this instance, I’m going to show you how to make ciabatta with less than one minute of prep time. You may have heard of “no-knead” bread before. I wanted something very, very simple that delivered great results in 60 seconds of prep time or less. For your ciabatta you’ll need: 4 cups of all-purpose flour (do NOT pack the flour into the measuring cup)2 cups of warm water1 teaspoon of salt1/4 teaspoon of granulated yeast (or equivalent) For the gorgeous readers needing metric equivalents of this recipe, Toon left a comment with the following conversion: Have everything handy? 1. 2. Add flour and salt to your bowl of yeasty water. 3. Use a spoon. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Strawberry Lemonade Recipe | The Family Kitchen Nothing says spring or summer like a tall glass of lemonade. It’s refreshing, delicious and so very good on it’s own, simple and uncomplicated. But every once in a while, I like to change it up. Here I have added some fresh strawberries to my favorite lemonade recipe. Strawberry Lemonade Recipe Ingredients 6 lemons, juiced 1 pint strawberries 2 cups water 1/2 cup sugar 2 cups water Method 1. 2. Makes 2 quarts. How to Make Sassy Water To Flatten Your Belly Decide how exercise will fit into your daily schedule. For weight loss, 250 minutes per week of exercise is ideal, according to Thatsfit.com. This could be 50 minutes per day, five days per week, or 35 minutes per day on all seven days during the week.
Nutella Cinnamon Rolls May 10, 2011 | Print | E-mail | Filed under bread, nutella There are some days that I just lose my appetite. It might be because of my mood, or that nothing sounds good, or that I’m in a food rut again and need to spice things up a bit. When my appetite comes back though, what I’m inevitably craving is some sort of comfort food. 2 cups whole milk1/2 cup vegetable oil1/2 cup sugar2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast5 1/2 cups flour, divided1/2 tsp baking powder1/2 tsp baking soda1/2 tsp salt1 stick butter1/2 cup nutellaCinnamon For the glaze (for three 8″ pans of rolls): 3 cups powdered sugar6 Tbsp milk In a large pot, whisk together the milk, vegetable oil, and sugar. Next, add in the baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Spread the nutella and butter mixture over the rolled out dough and follow with a sprinkling of cinnamon. Starting at the opposite end, begin rolling the dough toward you, keeping it as tight as possible. Spray three 8? Leave a Reply
Detox Foods | Detox smoothies Toxins-free for life Looking to increase your energy levels, to lose weight, get clearer skin, prevent premature ageing and to help preventing diseases? Then look no further! Price: $47 Price: $27 Smoothies are a great way to boost your fruits and veggies daily intake. Flat Tummy Rich in digestion supporting ingredients, this smoothie will help prevent bloating and digestive stress that can sabotage your tummy flattening efforts. 3/4 c. papaya 3/4 c. sliced peaches 1/2 pear, sliced 1 tsp fresh ginger 2 mint leaves Water to thin Skin Saver Antioxidants in berries are known to help to fight wrinkles and other skin ageing signs. 3/4 c blueberries 3/4 c pitted cherries 5 strawberries 1/4 avocado, peeled and pitted 2 tsp wheat germ (optional) 2 tsp ground flaxseed Water, to thin Peanut Butter Energy Booster This protein-rich and minerals-filled smoothie will give you long-lasting energy. Bone Lover Immune System Booster Natural Skin Tanner Antioxidant Power
Convert Your Delicious, but Unhealthy Recipes into Healthy Ones Recipe Do you have delicious family recipes that have been passed down through the generations? Unfortunately, many of these old fashioned recipes use shortening, cream and other unhealthy ingredients. You almost feel guilty just reading the recipe. Fortunately, there are a variety of healthy substitutions you can make to your recipes to make them healthy and guilt free: 1. You can quickly and easily make a version lower in calories and carbohydrates by reducing the amount of sugar in the recipe. 2. Replace half the shortening, butters, and oils with heart friendly pureed applesauce or macerated banana. 3. If a recipe calls for whole milk, use skim milk or low fat soy milk in equal proportions. 4. For example, do you really need to add the icing to the cake you're making or would it taste almost as good without it? 5. For example, if your chocolate chip recipe calls for 1/2 cup of pecans, go with 1/3 cup instead. 6.
Homemade Tortillas Making soft delicious tortillas at home is surprisingly easy. In fact, once I started making my own suddenly all our dinners and lunches were rolled up in fresh tortillas. The dough is made from flour, shortening, water, and salt. I had all the ingredients on hand but the shortening.. which ended up only costing two dollars and has lasted through many many batches of tortillas. Considering how cheap the ingredients are and how delicious they taste it just doesn't make sense to pay for the much more expensive packaged ones. To make the dough you first work the shortening into the flour. Next some hot tap water and salt is stirred in with a fork until a dough forms. To make sure that the tortillas are the same size the easiest thing to do is roll the dough into a log and then cut it into equal pieces. Since the dough is a medium-stiff consistency it might be easier just to squeeze it into a log shape rather than roll it. Each ball gets rolled out into the seven inch diameter circle. 1. 2.
Copycat Candy Recipes To make all of these Instructables, download this collection of How To’s as an ebook. Download » "Copycat Candy Recipes" is your backstage pass to famous brand-name candies! You've grown up eating these classic brand name candies, now you can recreate them at home. These Copycat Candy Recipes are sure to be just as good as the originals - if not better!! Instructables is the most popular project-sharing community on the Internet. Sarah James Editor, Food & LivingInstructables.com Recipe: Swiss Chard and Spinach Pasta Interested in uplifting stories on the natural world, sustainable communities, simple food, and new thinking on how to live well? Please enter a valid email address and try again! No thanks
Petite Lasagnas recipe slightly adapted from Hungry Girl (makes 12) 12 oz raw ground turkey ¼ tsp salt, divided ¼ tsp pepper 1 cup chopped onion ½ cup chopped mushrooms 14.5 oz can crushed tomatoes, or tomato sauce 2 cloves garlic, minced 3 tsp dried oregano, divided ½ tsp dried basil 1 ½ cups part skim ricotta cheese 24 small square wonton wrappers (the kind near the tofu in the refrigerated section of the produce dept) 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese Preheat oven to 375ºF. Add the crushed tomatoes and 2 tsp of oregano. In a large bowl, combine the ricotta, a pinch of salt and pepper, the remaining teaspoon of oregano, and the basil. Coat a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray. Using half of the ricotta mixture, divide it among the 12 muffin cups. Gently press another wonton wrapper on top of the mozzarella layer. Repeat the process by distributing the remaining ricotta, then the remaining tomato sauce, and finally the rest of the shredded mozzarella. Nutrition Info for 1 petite lasagna:
Broccoli Cheese Soup *Update (10/2011): We continue to love this soup (and eat it often)! I’ve edited the recipe just a bit to enhance with a bit of salt and flesh out some of the details. Enjoy! I could sum up this post by the following statement from my husband while devouring this meal: “This is the ultimate perfect dinner.” Of course it could have been atmosphere since it had snowed all day and was the perfect night for soup, but still, when we were fighting over the last scoops in the pot, I knew this had to be a winner. Note: To make my life easier, while the soup is coming together, I put the chopped broccoli in a large glass bowl, cover with saran wrap and microwave for about 3-4 minutes. Ingredients Directions Simmer chicken broth and chopped onion for 15-20 minutes in a covered small saucepan, until onions are soft. Printed from Mel's Kitchen Cafe (www.melskitchencafe.com) Recipe Source: adapted very slightly from my friend, Liz K.
My Fridge Food - Recipes you already have in your Fridge Roasted Butternut Squash Lasagna with Goat Cheese, Bacon, and Fried Sage Don’t hate me for saying this, but I don’t think it’s gotten over 70 degrees here for the past two weeks. While 65 degree weather isn’t ideal for playing in the hose outside, it’s awfully better (to me) than 95 degrees. Especially since our home isn’t air-conditioned. I made this lasagna sometime this spring with some frozen squash I’d saved from last year. (It’ll probably get hot next week because I did this . . . ) We loved this lasagna. When I made this I had just discovered how delicious fried sage is.
Things That You Should Do With Laughing Cow Cheese Laughing Cow Cheese (Creative Commons) Laughing cow cheese is a cheese spread available in most Americans grocery stores. It is packaged in individually-wrapped wedges. "Regular Swiss" is the only Laughing Cow Cheese flavor that is more than 35 calories per wedge. 1.What you should do: Mash up The "Light Creamy Swiss" flavor with an avocado and Trader Joe's Jalapeno sauce. Why You Should Do This: It will help lessen Mexican food's dependence on sour cream. 2.What you should do: Spread the "Mozzarella, Sun-dried Tomato & Basil" flavor on a big bagel. Why you should do this: Though Laughing Cow Cheese is not as luxurious as cream cheese, it does provide bagels with just the right amount of lubrication. 3. Why you should do this: For people who want bagels with a higher cheese to bread ratio, "Alternative" bagels, a thinner product containing only 110 calories, is the answer. Why you should do this: This is a lighter version of vegetables with cheese sauce. 5. Reach Amy here.