Simple Nut Mix

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 60
• 12 ounces dry-roasted salted macadamia nuts
• 16 ounces dry-roasted salted pecans, halves
• 16 ounces dry roasted salted pistachio nuts
• 16 ounces 50% less salt whole roasted cashews

Recipe

• 1 get a big bowl and dump all the nuts into it.
• 2 mix the nuts with your hands until you think they're suitably combined.
• 3 pour nuts into an airtight container -- you'll need one that holds about 12 cups.
• 4 eat!

The All Canadian Blueberry Smoothie

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups 1% low-fat milk (or whatever kind you like)
• 2 cups frozen blueberries
• 1/2 cup yogurt, vanilla flavoured (nonfat is fine!)
• 2 tablespoons honey

Recipe

• 1 in a blender, combine milk, frozen blueberries, yogurt and honey.
• 2 puree until smooth.
• 3 pour into glasses.
• 4 serve immediately.

Double Berry Super Sodas

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb strawberry, for puree
• 1 lb raspberries (combination of strawberry, blackberries or 1 lb blueberry) or 1 lb mixed berry, for sodas (combination of strawberry, blackberries or 1 lb blueberry)
• 2 cups vanilla ice cream or 2 cups frozen yogurt
• 4 1/3 cups sparkling water or 4 1/3 cups seltzer water, chilled
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon cherry brandy, if desired (optional)

Recipe

• 1 strawberry puree:
• 2 rinse and hull the strawberries for puree. place in blender or food processor and puree until smooth.
• 3 strain and refrigerate until ready to make sodas.
• 4 for each soda:
• 5 rinse berries for sodas.
• 6 hull and halve or quarter, if using strawberries.
• 7 frost very tall glasses (one per serving) as follows:
• 8 spread 1/4 cup sugar evenly on small plate, measure 1/4 cup water into small bowl.
• 9 dip rims of glasses first in water, then in sugar to coat rims.
• 10 keep glasses in freezer until ready to prepare sodas.
• 11 layer berries and ice cream in frosted glasses: about one-fourth of berries, small scoop ice cream, and another one-fourth of berries, second scoop of ice cream, another one-fourth of the berries, etc. (sodas can be held in freezer for several hours at this point.).
• 12 in large pitcher gently blend puree, sparkling water, lemon juice and brandy. pour into prepared frosted glasses. garnish with mint leaves and remaining berries.

Orange Sherbet Smoothie

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 1 cup orange sherbet or 1 cup non-fat vanilla yogurt
• 1 cup banana, cut up
• 1 1/2 cups peaches, peeled, pitted, & sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 place all ingredients in blender and puree.

Orange Sherbet Punch

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 gallon orange sherbet, softened
• 1 quart pineapple juice, chilled
• 1 liter carbonated lemon-lime beverage

Recipe

• 1 you combine sherbet and pineapple juice in a punch bowl and stir well.
• 2 add soda and stir until sherbet is almost dissolved.
• 3 serve punch immediately.

Figgy Pistachio Snack

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 5 tablespoons pistachios
• 1 1/4 cups dried figs, stemmed (moist-style)
• 2 teaspoons finely grated orange rind

Recipe

• 1 remove 8 whole pistachios, halve them and set aside for garnishing. finely chop 2 tablespoons of remaining pistachios in food processor. now remove from container and set aside. combine remaining pistachios, figs and grated orange peel in processor; process until mixture forms into ball, a little under 1 minute. shape into an 8" log, then roll in reserved chopped nuts. chill until firm, and cut into 16 slices. place halved pistachios in center of each.
• 2 note: if you do not have a food processor, place figs and all but 8 pistachios onto a cutting board and chop together with large knife until fine. mix grated orange peel, and shape as above.

Double Berry Smoothies

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 cup nonfat milk
• 1 (6 ounce) carton lemon low fat yogurt
• 1 cup frozen blueberries
• 1 cup frozen blackberrie
• 1 -2 tablespoon honey or 1 -2 tablespoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 in blender, combine milk and yogurt; add frozen blueberries, blackberries and honey. cover and blend until smooth.

Self Raising Flour Substitute

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 500 g flour
• 2 teaspoons icing sugar (powdered sugar)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 4 teaspoons cream of tartar

Recipe

• 1 sift all ingredients together and use as required.
• 2 all amounts can be doubled for a larger amount.

Zippy Zucchini Salad

Total Time: 8 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 garlic clove
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 3 zucchini, sliced into 1/4 inch rounds
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 cup black olives, sliced
• 1/4 cup almonds, slivered
• 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
• 1/3 cup chili sauce
• 1/3 cup bottled catalina dressing
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon dried tarragon
• 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
• salt & pepper
• 4 -6 cups fresh salad greens

Recipe

• 1 saute garlic in olive oil. add zucchini and stir-fry until just tender. discard garlic clove.
• 2 remove zucchini from pan into a large bowl. add sugar to pan, then add olives, almonds, vinegar, chili sauce, dressing, and all dry ingredients. cook over medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring to blend flavors.
• 3 pour sauce over zucchini; toss lightly. cover and chill overnight.
• 4 serve on salad greens.

Zingy Coleslaw

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 small cabbage, shredded
• 2 carrots, coarsely grated
• 2 crisp green apples, coarsely grated
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• grated lime, juice and zest of (i used lemon)
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise

Recipe

• 1 mix everything together.

Sardo Punch

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 ounce mirto wine
• 4 ounces sparkling lemonade
• 3 fresh raspberries
• one lemon wedge

Recipe

• 1 in an ice-filled rocks glass, stir together the mirto and sparkling lemonade.
• 2 garnish with the raspberries and lemon wedge.

Zippy Mango Salsa

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 mango, peeled, and diced
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 1 cucumber, seeded, peeled and diced small
• 1 tomato, diced (i used campari)
• 1/2 cup red onion, diced
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped very fine
• juice of one lemon and one lime
• salt

Recipe

• 1 clean, dice or chop all the ingredients and put in a mixing bowl. juice the lemon and lime and toss. chill. serve with tortilla chips or with fish or chicken as a relish.

Tomates Séchées Au Four (oven-dried Tomatoes)

Total Time: 4 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 12 -15 plum tomatoes (roma)
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup olive oil

Recipe

• 1 to dry the tomatoes, oil a large baking sheet. halve the tomatoes lengthwise and cut in quarters. if they are very large, make the first cut off center, then cut the larger piece in two, having 6 cuts to 1 tomato. trim away the cores. place the pieces, cut side up, on a prepared baking sheet.
• 2 sprinkle the sugar evenly over the tomatoes, and then season with salt and pepper. drizzle the olive oil on top of all. place in a 150° oven and leave for 8 hours or up to overnight. the tomatoes will be semi dried. if your are short of time, set the oven at 225° and reduce time to 3-4 hours. check occasionally to make sure that the tomatoes are not baking but just drying.

Herb Drying

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• herbs, fresh
• herbs, fresh

Recipe

• 1 spread on tulle fabric 1 layer.
• 2 roll lightly and tie ends.
• 3 lay in fridge for 2 weeks.

Got Milk? Vanilla-banana Wellness Soothie Smoothie!

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 cups nonfat milk
• 1 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
• 2 large bananas
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup ice cube

Recipe

• 1 in a blender container combine all ingredients, except mint.
• 2 blend until smooth, about 20 seconds.
• 3 pour into glasses.
• 4 garnish with a fresh mint leaf if desired.

Spicy Fall Stew Baked In A Pumpkin

Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup of chopped onion
• 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 (10 ounce) can rotel tomatoes (with chilis)
• 1 (15 ounce) can hominy, rinsed and drained
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 (3 -4 lb) pumpkin (either sugar pie, cheese, red kuri, kabocha or buttercup squash)
• 2 ounces grated sharp cheddar cheese (1/2 cup packed)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees. heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil in pot over medium heat. add onion, bell pepper, garlic. sautee 7 minutes or until softened. stir in cumin, oregano and cook 3 minutes more.
• 2 add rotel tomatoes, hominy, 1/4 cup water, and salt, and bring to a boil.
• 3 reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered for 10-12 minutes.
• 4 uncover and cook 5 minutes more to thicken stew if necessary.
• 5 in the meanwhile, cut top of of pumpkin around stem to make lid. scoop out seeds and string. rub inside of pumpkin with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. sprinkle cheese in bottom of pumpkin.
• 6 fill pumpkin with stew, add a little more cheese, then top with pumpkin lid.
• 7 place on a wax paper covered baking sheet and bake 1.5 to 2 hours, or until pumpkin flesh is fork tender.
• 8 remove from oven and let stand 5 minutes.
• 9 serve stew, being sure to scoop out the pumpkin as well, into bowls and serve hot.

Orange Scream - 2 Ww Pts.

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate, unsweetened
• 2 cups skim milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 10 ice cubes

Recipe

• 1 mix all ingredients in a blender until thick and foamy.
• 2 serve immediately.

Melon-ball Smoothie

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cantaloupe
• 1/4 honeydew melon
• 1 lime
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 chop up melon and mix with the juice of 1 lime, and 2 tbs sugar in blender.
• 2 blend until smooth.
• 3 pour into glasses, and garnish with a lime curl. (optional).

Orange Sherbet With Yogurt

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups orange juice
• 2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
• 1 teaspoon orange zest (rind of 1 orange)
• 1 1/2 cups drained yogurt

Recipe

• 1 soften gelatin in .5 cups oj and heat until dissolved.
• 2 cool by adding remaining oj and zest.
• 3 put in freezer and bring to soft mush or do it in your ice cream maker.
• 4 add yogurt and beat until smooth. continue freezing till ready.

Orange Sorbetto

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 oranges
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon orange zest, grated
• 1 egg , pasteurized

Recipe

• 1 cut the oranges in half.
• 2 scoop out the pulp, being careful not to pierce the rind.
• 3 combine pulp in a blender or food processor with the water, sugar, and orange zest, and puree until the sugar is dissolved.
• 4 strain through a fine mesh and discard the pulp after pressing all the liquid out of it.
• 5 refrigerate 2 hours.
• 6 freeze in an ice-cream maker until partially frozen.
• 7 add the egg and continue to freeze until firm.
• 8 when the sorbetto is firm, divide between the 4 orange shells and freeze until ready to serve.

Simple Peach Tea

Total Time: 1 min Preparation Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 quarts iced tea
• 1 (3 ounce) box peach gelatin

Recipe

• 1 just make iced tea the way you normally make it and then stir in the peach gelatin.

Mango & Yoghurt Parfaits

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 mangoes (or use drained tinned mangoes)
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 4 passion fruit
• 2 cups low-fat vanilla yogurt or 2 cups fruit yogurt
• 1 tablespoon macadamia nuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 peel the mangoes and cut into large chunks.
• 2 place 1/2 cup in a blender with the orange juice and puree until smooth.
• 3 place a spoon of the chopped mango in the base of parfait glasses (or other glass of your choice).
• 4 top with a spoon of the puree, then a layer of yoghurt and a drizzle of passionfruit.
• 5 repeat layers until all ingredients are used up, finishing with puree.
• 6 top with chopped macadamia nuts and serve immediately.

Melonade

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons caster sugar
• 3 cups roughly chopped watermelon
• 1 1/2 cups sparking mineral water

Recipe

• 1 combine lemon juice and caster sugar in a small saucepan. stir over a low heat until sugar dissolves. allow to cool.
• 2 place watermelon, in batche in a food processor or blender and process until smooth. strain through a sieve into a large jug.
• 3 stir in lemon syrup and mineral water just beofre serving.

The 3 P Smoothie

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1/4 cup pear, diced
• 1 peaches or 1/4 cup tinned peach
• 3/4 cup pineapple, chopped
• 100 g vanilla yogurt
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup ice

Recipe

• 1 blend all ingredients together until smooth,.
• 2 enjoy!

Substitute For Baking Powder

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Recipe

• 1 mix together = 1 tsp baking powder.

Southern Pecan Pralines

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoons corn syrup
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar, corn syrup and milk in heavy 3 qt pan.cook over medium heat, stirring constantly.till mixture comes to a boil.
• 2 turn heat to low and continue stirring until 234*.
• 3 remove from heat and let stand 10 minutes.
• 4 stir in vanila and beat for 2 minutes.
• 5 using a wooden spoon.add pecans and stir till creamy.
• 6 drop by tblsful on wax paper to make patties.
• 7 let pralines stand until firm.
• 8 then peel from wax paper.

Killer Cranberry Sauce

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 navel orange
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh grated gingerroot
• 4 cups cranberries
• 1/2 cup toasted pecans

Recipe

• 1 grate orange peel and add to a pot with the sugar and ginger.
• 2 add the juice from the orange into the pot and simmer over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
• 3 add cranberries and cook until they pop- about 5 minutes.
• 4 add pecans and cool sauce.
• 5 enjoy!

Mango & Banana Breakfast Delight

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 sliced mango
• 1 sliced banana
• 1 tablespoon wheat germ
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 -2 teaspoon condensed milk

Recipe

• 1 cut the mango into slices.
• 2 cut the banana into slices.
• 3 set the banana in a small bowl (to make it look nice, set them around the bowl).
• 4 set the mango in the bowl (to make it look nice, set them inside the banana).
• 5 drizzle the condensed milk on the fruit, you can put as much as you want.
• 6 drizzle the wheat germ on top of the fruit.
• 7 lastly, drizzle the brown sugar on top of the fruit, once again you can put as much of these ingredients as you want, now you can enjoy your breakfast delight!

Roasted Red Bell Pepper And Basil Sauce

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 7 ounces roasted red peppers, drained (or roast my own)
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup basil leaves
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

Recipe

• 1 place all ingredients in container of a food processor, and pulse several times until well blended. place mixture in a small saucepan; cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Mandy's Simple Salsa For Nachos

Total Time: 3 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• 420 g canned crushed tomatoes
• 135 g canned red capsicums (or 1/2 fresh green capsicum, chopped)
• 1/2 onion, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon prepared minced chili

Recipe

• 1 mix all ingredients together & enjoy.

Zippy Paste For Lamb Tenderloin

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup green onion
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 hot pepper (or to taste)
• 2 tablespoons horseradish
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 blend into a paste.
• 2 add more flour if too thin.
• 3 rub all over your tenderloin!

Self Rising Flour

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 combine all. use as needed.

Tomatillo & Avocado Salsa

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 lb tomatillo, husks removed & washed
• 2 cups water
• 2 avocados, ripe
• 1 jalapeno pepper, minced
• 1/2 cup green onion, chopped
• 1 cup cilantro, chopped
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons salt

Recipe

• 1 place tomatillos and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. drain, reserving liquid.
• 2 place tomatillo, avicado flesh, jalapeno, green onions, cilantro, sour cream and salt in a blender or food processor.
• 3 process until smooth. thin with reserved cooking liquid if necessary, should be pancake batter consistency, refrigerate.

Romanian Orangeade

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 large oranges
• 4 lemons
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 quarts water (1/2 gallon)

Recipe

• 1 squeeze the lemons and oranges. strain the juice through cheese cloth. (unless you use a self straining juicer.).
• 2 dissolve the sugar in water, add the lemon and orange juices, pour in a bottle/pitcher with one piece of orange peel and refrigerate. serve cold after a few hours.

Tom Collins

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 ounces gin
• 1 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon powdered sugar
• cold club soda
• 1 slice lemon
• maraschino cherry

Recipe

• 1 mix the first 3 ingredients in a chilled glass; stir.
• 2 add 3-4 ice cubes; top with club soda, stirring gently.
• 3 garnish with lemon slice and cherry.

Zippy Prune Whip

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 large egg whites
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons frozen lemonade concentrate
• 1 1/2 cups strained prunes
• heavy cream, whipped

Recipe

• 1 mix together egg whites, sugar and lemonade concentrate in top of double boiler.cook over boiling water, beating constantly with electric mixer until mixture fluffs up and holds it shape.about 4-5 minutes.
• 2 remove from heat source, fold in prunes.col.spoon into sherbert glasses --
• 3 top with whipped cream.

Substitute For Honey

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup honey
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup water (or what liquid recipe asks for) or 1/4 cup milk (or what liquid recipe asks for)
• 1 cup molasses
• 1 cup light corn syrup or 1 cup dark corn syrup
• 1 cup pure maple syrup

Recipe

• 1 1 cup honey called for in recipe:.
• 2 use.
• 3 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar plus 1/4 cup liquid (use liquid called for in recipe).
• 4 or.
• 5 1 cup molasses.
• 6 or.
• 7 1 cup light or dark corn syrup.
• 8 or.
• 9 1 cup pure maple syrup.
• 10 servings is suggested only.
• 11 yield is aprox.

Simple Raspberry Sauce

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (300 g) packages frozen unsweetened raspberries
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 thaw raspberries, drain and reserve 1/2 cup of the juice.
• 2 press berries through sieve over bowl to remove seeds.
• 3 stir in enough of the reserved juice to make it the consistency you want.
• 4 stir in sugar.
• 5 cover and refrigerate for up to 5 days.

Zhug -- Yemeni Chile Garlic Sauce

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 6 ounces fresh jalapenos, coarsely chopped (about 6 medium)
• 12 garlic cloves
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 10 black peppercorns
• 1/4 teaspoon cardamom seed (from a green cardamom pod)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 whirl all ingredients in a blender until smooth.
• 2 zhug can be kept, covered with a thin layer of olive oil and refrigerated in an airtight container for 2 weeks or frozen in ice cube trays, then transferred to a freezer bag and kept 2 months.

Passionfruit & Pineapple Spritzer

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• crushed ice
• 1/2 cup passion fruit pulp (about 5 6 passionfruit)
• 2 cups pineapple juice, chilled
• 1 liter sparkling water (or lemonade or soda water)

Recipe

• 1 put ice in 8 tall glasses.
• 2 add 1 tbsp passionfruit pulp and ¼ cup pineapple juice to each glass.
• 3 top with mineral water.
• 4 cut pineapple into large slices if using and garnish drinks. serve immediately.

Tomatillo Guacamole Spicy Dip

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 avocados, peeled, pitted and mashed
• 3 tomatillos, husked and chopped
• 1 red onion, chopped finely
• 3 roma tomatoes, chopped
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 3 drops hot pepper sauce
• salt and black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a medium size bowl, mix together mashed up avocados, chopped tomatillos, red onion, tomatoes.
• 2 add in lime juice, red pepper flakes, hot pepper sauce and salt and pepper. stir to combine all ingredients.
• 3 cover dip and refrigerate 1 hour before serving.
• 4 serve with your favorite tortilla chip or crackers.

Hot & Sweet Watermelon

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3/4 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons mint leaves, finely chopped
• 6 cups seedless watermelon, cubed

Recipe

• 1 mix pepper and chopped mint in a small bowl.
• 2 put watermelon cubes into a large bowl. toss spice mixture gently but thoroughly with watermelon.
• 3 place in refrigerator until cold.
• 4 spoon into serving glasses or bowls.
• 5 garnish with a fresh mint leaf, if you want to.

Mango Banana Pie (raw)

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup almonds, soaked 15 minutes
• 3/4 cup pecans
• 4 dates, pitted
• 1/2 cup raisins, soaked 1 minute (water ok, rum better)
• 2 cups mangoes
• 1 1/2 bananas
• 2 bananas, sliced
• 1/2 cup raisins

Recipe

• 1 in a food processor, blend the crust ingredients.
• 2 remove and press evenly into a pie plate and chill.
• 3 in food processor, blend one cup of mango and 1 1/2 bananas.
• 4 slice two bananas into 1/4” rounds and layer on the bottom of the pie crust.
• 5 slice remaining mango and place over bananas with sliced fruit of choice then sprinkle in the raisins. spread in some of the mango-banana sauce and mix it with the fruit. pour remaining sauce on top.
• 6 chill for several hours. (place in the freezer 1/2 hour before serving.).

Mango And Banana Sundae From Nigeria

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 mango, fresh
• 2 bananas
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 4 tablespoons orange juice
• vanilla ice cream

Recipe

• 1 peel the mango. chop it finely.
• 2 peel the bananas. slice them finely.
• 3 put the fruit into a large bowl. add lemon and orange juice. toss lightly. serve the ice cream in a sundae dish. cover with the mixed fruit.

Passionfruit Punch

Total Time: 24 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups orange juice
• 6 passion fruit
• 2 cups pineapple juice
• 2 cups lemonade

Recipe

• 1 pour half the orange juice into ice-cube trays and freeze overnight.
• 2 cut passionfruit in half and scoop out pulp with a teaspoon. combine with juices and lemonade in a jug. serve over orange-juice ice-cubes.

Thanksgiving Gravy - A Tip

Total Time: 1 min Preparation Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup turkey gravy
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

Recipe

• 1 for each cup of turkey gravy, you add a teaspoon of cider vinegar. lol, that's it. it does not lend an acidy-taste at all, but brightens the flavor i think.
• 2 trust me on this. you can do a before/after taste test, especially if you're like most of us and have more than 1 cup of gravy to serve - just try this with one cup gravy as the tester - if you don't believe it is mightier tasting, then its anni's fault, not mine. lol. no, just kidding. but seriously, this is awesome, and this will be your new thing forever.

Zimbabwe Greens

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 bunch collard greens, washed
• 1 cup water
• 1 large tomato, cored, chopped
• 5 green onions, sliced (green and part)
• 3 tablespoons smooth peanut butter (natural is best)
• salt

Recipe

• 1 finely shred the greens, discarding tough stems.
• 2 place in a saucepan with the water.
• 3 bring to boil and cook, stirring occasionally, just until greens are crunchy-tender (don't overcook).
• 4 drain greens, reserving liquid.
• 5 return greens to medium heat; add tomato and onions.
• 6 heat through, stirring frequently.
• 7 thin peanut butter with 3/4 cup of the reserved cooking liquid, then add to vegetables.
• 8 heat, stirring constantly, until greens have a creamy consistency, adding more reserved liquid if mixture seems too thick.
• 9 taste; add salt if needed.
• 10 serves 4.

Zhoug

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb serrano pepper
• 5 heads garlic, peeled
• 1 cup coriander, well rinsed
• 1 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes, to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• salt
• olive oil, to cover

Recipe

• 1 finely chop peppers, garlic and coriander in food processor.
• 2 mix in hot pepper, cumin and salt.
• 3 place in a glass jar and cover with olive oil.

Spicy Garlic Shrimp

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
• 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 16 ounces shrimp, peeled and deveined
• salt and pepper
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Recipe

• 1 in a small sauté pan, heat the oil until it starts to shimmer (just below smoking temperature); add the pepper flakes, and then the garlic.
• 2 as the garlic begins to brown, season the shrimp with salt and pepper, then place the shrimp in the pan with the garlic, swirling the pan gently.
• 3 sauté over medium-high heat for 1 minute, then stir in the parsley.
• 4 sauté for another minute, remove from the heat, and serve.

Tomatillo Salsa

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs tomatillos, husked,cored,and chopped
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup chopped green jalapeno pepper
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons cilantro, minced
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper
• 1 cup vinegar (5% acidity)
• 4 tablespoons lime juice

Recipe

• 1 combine ingredients.
• 2 use as needed.

Swiss Oatmeal (summer Oatmeal)

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups water
• 3/4 cup steel cut oats
• 3/4 cup nonfat milk
• 1 (6 ounce) carton plain low-fat yogurt
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup assorted dried fruit, such as cranberries, blueberries, snipped apples, apricots or 1/2 cup plums, and (prunes) or dried fruit
• 1/3 cup coarsely chopped almonds, toasted
• sliced banana (optional)

Recipe

• 1 1. in 2-quart saucepan combine water and oats. bring to boiling; reduce heat. simmer, uncovered, 8 minutes (oats will not be tender). remove from heat; transfer to mixing bowl. cool 5 minutes. stir in milk, yogurt, 2 tablespoons honey, apple pie spice, salt, and dried fruits. cover; chill 12 hours or up to 3 days.
• 2 2. to serve*, heat oatmeal in saucepan over low heat 10 minutes. stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon honey. divide among serving bowls. top with almonds and sliced banana.
• 3 3. *note: oatmeal may be served at room temperature; let stand 15 minutes before serving.

Tomatillo Salsa

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 18 medium tomatillos, husks removed, washed, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons green chilies, chopped (from a can)

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, combine all ingredients.
• 2 serve immediately with eggs, quesadillas (or other dish), or cover & refrigerate up to 3 days.

Thanksgiving For 10: Greens

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 lbs broccoli
• 4 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
• 1/2 cup toasted, chopped almonds
• soy sauce

Recipe

• 1 steam broccoli until tender.
• 2 add sesame seeds and then almonds.
• 3 add soy sauce to taste.
• 4 serve immediately.

Passionfruit Cordial

Total Time: 12 mins Preparation Time: 2 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup passion fruit pulp (approx 10-12 passionfruit)
• 2 teaspoons citric acid
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water

Recipe

• 1 pour passionfruit pulp into a bowl with the citric acid & stir to combine.
• 2 put water 7 sugar into a saucepan & simmer over a low heat until suagr dissolves, bring to the boil & simmer for 5 minutes.
• 3 remove syrup from heat & allow to cool slightly, pour it over the passionfruit pulp & stir until combined. pour into sterilised bottles & refrigerate.
• 4 nb/if you don't want seeds in your cordial, strain the pulp but bear in mind you'll likely need to increase the amount of passionfruits used to make up 1 cup pulp.

Quick & Tasty Pizza Dough

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup wine (light red or , rose wines also work well)
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 (1/4 ounce) packet dry yeast
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 heat wine and water together in a small pot until they reach 110 degrees f.
• 2 in a large bowl, dissolve yeast in water/wine mixture and allow to proof for 5 minutes (if you're using instant yeast skip the mini-proof and move immediately to step 3).
• 3 add 1 cup of the flour, the honey, the salt, and the olive oil to the yeast mixture and stir until a loose batter forms.
• 4 stir in the rest of the flour 1/2 cup at a time until dough leaves the sides of the bowl and can be formed into a slightly tacky ball (you may not need all of the flour).
• 5 bring the dough together and knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth, around 10 minutes.
• 6 place the dough in an oiled bowl, turning to coat both sides, and cover with a towel. allow to rise in a warm place for 45 minutes, until doubled in size.
• 7 bake either in an oiled pan or on a pizza stone at 500 degrees f, keeping a close eye on your project. because pizza crusts will vary in size and thickness you'll need to judge whether or not your pizza is done by sight.

Red Juice

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 small cucumber (peeled if waxed)
• 1 beet
• 1/2 cup fresh pineapple chunk
• 4 apples
• 1 teaspoon grated gingerroot (optional)

Recipe

• 1 juice all, (i use vita-mix).
• 2 strain if necessary for smooth texture.
• 3 garnish with crushed ice and mint leaves.
• 4 serve at once.

Kids' Punch

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 (12 ounce) cans frozen orange juice concentrate
• 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 4 cups apple juice

Recipe

• 1 prepare the orange juice as directed.
• 2 mix in the remaining ingredients and chill.
• 3 re-stir just before pouring.
• 4 may also be frozen as popsicles.

Tomatillo Salsa

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 6 tomatillos, peeled, chopped
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 1/2 red onion, diced (or 1/4 cup of green onions or vidalia onions)
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 jalapeno pepper, sliced
• 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
• 1 teaspoon oregano, chopped
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 lime

Recipe

• 1 combine the tomatillos, tomatoes, red onion, garlic, jalapeno, cilantro, oregano, cumin, and salt in the bowl of a food processor. juice the lime into the mixture. pulse until the mixture is well-blended and all of the ingredients are roughly chopped.
• 2 use or properly cool and store.

Thanksgiving Jello Salad

Total Time: 17 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• orange jell-o (sugar free works fine)
• walnuts
• apple
• celery

Recipe

• 1 make the jello according to package directions.
• 2 chop 1/2 c walnuts (or pecans) and add to jello.
• 3 cut up one apple in small cubes, add to jello.
• 4 cut up 2 ribs of celery and add to jello.
• 5 pour into a mold.
• 6 chill and serve.

Zip N Steam Garlic Parmesan Potatoes

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 large potatoes, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/8 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Recipe

• 1 make sure the potatoes are all chopped about the same size, so they will cook evenly.
• 2 put all ingredients into the zip n steam bag, and smoosh them around so they get all good and mixed up.
• 3 place the bag right side up, and microwave for 14 minutes, or the amount of time indicated on your bag.
• 4 wait one minute, open and serve! enjoy!

Turkey Quinoa Waldorf Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup cooked quinoa
• 1 apple, peeled and chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 medium carrot, shredded
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 1 (5 ounce) can turkey, shredded
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 6 large lettuce leaves

Recipe

• 1 mix all ingredients together except lettuce.
• 2 chill and serve on lettuce leaves. season with salt and pepper as desired.

Mango Banana Smoothie

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 (6 ounce) container yoplait orange flavored yogurt
• 1 small banana
• 1/2 mango
• 1/4 cup pineapple-orange juice
• 1 1/2 cups ice

Recipe

• 1 blend all ingredients until smooth, slowly add in ice to keep icy and cold.

Red Fruit Sauce

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 18 ounces fresh raspberries or 18 ounces frozen raspberries
• 5 tablespoons red currant jelly
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 18 ounces fresh strawberries

Recipe

• 1 put the raspberries in a pan, add the jelly and stir over a low heat until the fruits are softened, the juices run and the jelly has melted.
• 2 blend the cornflour with 2 tbsp of cold water until smooth and add to the fruit mixture.
• 3 stir until the mixture has thickened and boiled, then remove from the heat.
• 4 sieve and discard the raspberry pips.
• 5 add the lemon juice and let the sauce cool.
• 6 to serve, add the strawberries sliced lengthwise in quarters.

Mango And Peach Salsa

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 ripe peaches, diced (you could use canned)
• 2 tomatoes, finely diced
• 1 ripe mango, diced
• 1 red onion, sliced into very fine half rings
• 1/2 green bell pepper, very finely diced
• 1 chili pepper, de seeded and diced finely (optional)
• 6 tablespoons coriander, finely chopped (cilantro, approx)
• 1/2 lime, juice of
• salt
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 mix everything together seasoning to taste with salt and pepper.
• 2 you want some of the peaches and mango to be chopped into bigger chunks than the rest of the ingredients so that they stand out a little.
• 3 after an hour or two the salsa will have leaked a little liquid, in this case, pour most of it off and mix the rest back inches.
• 4 i love fruit!

Lover’s Passion Fruit Delight

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 200 g fresh strawberries, hulled
• 4 passion fruit, halved
• fresh mint leaves

Recipe

• 1 slice the strawberries and arrange in a fan shape on a plate.
• 2 scoop the passion fruit pulp on to the strawberries, garnish with the mint leaves and serve.

Thandai (indian Almond Drink)

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 liters water
• 1 cup sugar (or to taste)
• 1 tablespoon almonds
• 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds, raw, hulled
• 1/2 tablespoon poppy seed
• 1/2 tablespoon anise seed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 teaspoon rose water (optional) or 1 teaspoon orange flower water (optional)
• 1 teaspoon peppercorn
• 1/4 cup rose petal, organic (optional)

Recipe

• 1 soak sugar in 1/2 litre of the water used. set aside.
• 2 soak remaining ingredients in 2 cups of remaining water. set aside.
• 3 allow all soaked items to stand for at least 2 hours.
• 4 grind all soaked ingredients to a very fine paste. (not sugar) in a processor or blender.
• 5 place a double layer of cheesecloth or a coffee filter over/in a strainer and set over a large container/pitcher.
• 6 press through muslin with the back of a spoon, extracting as much liquid as possible.
• 7 add remaining water, a little at a time to extract more of the nut liquid.
• 8 pour back some of the extract and press, repress. do this a number of times to extract as much flavour out of the nut paste as possible.
• 9 mix well. chill for atleast 2 hours before serving. you may need to give the drink a stir before pouring.
• 10 to serve, sprinkle some rose petals over each serving (optional).
• 11 note: do not discard the nut paste - it is excellent used in making korma-type curries.

Pecan Praline Sauce

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
• 2 cups pecan pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 combine all ingredients in a saucepan.
• 2 cook, stirring frequently, over medium heat until thickened.
• 3 serve immediately.

Swiss Muesli

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 apple, cored
• 1/2 cup yogurt
• 2 tablespoons almonds or 2 tablespoons hazelnuts, chopped
• 1 cup rolled oats

Recipe

• 1 grate the apple.
• 2 mix with oats, nuts and yogurt.
• 3 can be served with canned or fresh fruit.

Tomatillo Salsa

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces tomatillos, husked
• 2 chilies, quartered lengthwise (hidalgo)
• 1/2 small onion, chopped
• 5 fresh cilantro stems
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 put the tomatillos in a saucepan with water to cover. bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer till dull green, about 10 minute.
• 2 drain and puree with chiles, onion, cilantro and 1/4 tsp salt.
• 3 chill before serving, unless your serving with enchiladas then it should be warm.

Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (16 ounce) box nonfat dry milk powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• miniature marshmallow, when ready to use the mix (optional)

Recipe

• 1 sift first three ingredients together three times.
• 2 store this mixture in a tightly sealed container in a cool place. when ready to use, you can add a couple of heaping tablespoons to hot water.
• 3 sprinkle miniature marshmallows on top. :-).

Kids Orange Julius

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 cup orange juice, no pulp
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 ice cubes
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons powdered egg whites
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup ice

Recipe

• 1 in a blender add the ingredients but the last cup of ice and blend for 30 seconds.
• 2 add the ice and blend on high for another 30 seconds. then, give it three blasts, just to make sure the ice has really disappeared.
• 3 drink with a straw, preferably the kind that kinks.

Tomatillo Sauce

Total Time: 11 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 20 peeled tomatillos
• 10 serrano chilies
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1/4 onion
• 1 bunch cilantro

Recipe

• 1 wash tomatillos and boil in water until they turn slightly yellow.
• 2 add chiles and boil 3-4 more minutes.
• 3 put into blender along with the remaining ingredients and blend.
• 4 option: add avocado.

Simple Plum Chutney

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb plum, pitted and chopped
• 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes (to taste)

Recipe

• 1 combine plums, vinegar, honey and crushed red pepper in a medium saucepan.
• 2 bring to a simmer over high heat.
• 3 cover, reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the plums start to break down, 5 to 10 minutes.
• 4 transfer to a blender or food processor and pulse several times into a coarse puree.
• 5 cover and refrigerate for up to 1 week.

Zinfandel Cranberry Relish (crock Pot)

Total Time: 7 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 7 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 (12 ounce) packages fresh cranberries
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 cups california zinfandel
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 2 oranges, segments cut into 3/4 inch pieces
• 3/4 cup currants

Recipe

• 1 mix the cranberries, sugar, zinfandel, cinnamon, orange peel, and orange segments in an electric slow cooker.
• 2 cover and cook on high until at least half of the cranberries pop, 5 to 7 hours.
• 3 remove the cinnamon stick, and stir in the currants.
• 4 cool to room temperature, then chill.
• 5 refrigerated in a covered container, the cranberries will keep for up to 3 weeks.

Melted Onions Or Tomatoes

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 4 thinly sliced yellow onions or 1 lb cherry tomatoes

Recipe

• 1 place oil, salt and onions or tomatoes in a saucepan. cut a circle of parchment paper which fits snugly inside the saucepan. place parchment down on top of the cooking sauce. cook very slowly, over a low flame, for several hours, until reduced in volume by 50%.

Zippy Cheese Cauliflower

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 head cauliflower
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise (miracle whip or whatever works fine too, if you prefer)
• 2 tablespoons mustard
• 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded or sliced

Recipe

• 1 steam the cauliflower until just slightly underdone.
• 2 while the cauliflower is cooking, mix the mayonnaise and mustard together.
• 3 when the cauliflower is done, transfer it to a microwave-safe dish and spread the mustard-mayonnaise over it.
• 4 cover with cheese.
• 5 microwave for 2-3 minutes, until the cheese melts.
• 6 or, if whatever else you're cooking isn't done yet, you can just cover the cauliflower and lets its heat melt the cheese until you're ready to serve.

Zippy "tuna" Rolls (raw Foods)

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 1/2 cups sunflower seeds, raw and soaked
• 1/2 cup dill weed, chopped
• 1/2 sweet onion
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 1 tomato, coarsely chopped
• 3 -4 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/2 jalapeno pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt (himalayan)
• 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 1/2 cup bell pepper, chopped into matchsticks (optional)
• 1/2 cup cucumber, peeled and chopped into matchsticks (optional)
• 6 sheets nori, raw
• lettuce

Recipe

• 1 place sunflower seeds, dill, onion, celery, tomato, lemon juice, salt, olive oil, and pepper to taste in food processor and pulse until chopped but a little bit chunky.
• 2 spread the mixture evenly over each nori sheet.
• 3 (optional: place a few pepper or cucumber matchsticks on the mixture before rolling.).
• 4 roll sheets up and slice into 1 1/2 inches pieces.
• 5 serve on a bed of lettuce.

Doritos And Cottage Cheese

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 1 min Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• doritos
• cottage cheese

Recipe

• 1 get doritos chips and cottage cheese (dose not matter how much).
• 2 dip the doritos in cottage cheese and engoy.

Passionfruit Coulis

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup fresh passion fruit (about 5 passionfruit cut in half, pulp and juice scooped out)
• 1 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan, combine the passion fruit pulp/juice and sugar.
• 2 bring to a boil over medium-high heat, simmer for 3-5 minutes.
• 3 strain if you prefer smooth texture and without seeds (not recommended), set aside to cool.
• 4 store in a sealed container in the refrigerator.

Passionfruit Cordial

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 8 passion fruit (about 3/4 cup of pulp)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 liter soda water, chilled

Recipe

• 1 slice the passionfruit in half and spoon the pulp into a mixing bowl.
• 2 add the vanilla, caster sugar and lemon juice and stir to combine.
• 3 pour the cordial into a clip-lock bottle and refrigerate until required.
• 4 serve with chilled soda water.

Spicy Garlic Hummus

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (19 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
• 2 tablespoons tahini
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon water, amount as needed
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 hot chili pepper
• salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• paprika, to taste

Recipe

• 1 process garbanzo beans, tahini, chili pepper, garlic, and lemon juice in a food processor or blender (i use a mini-chopper) until smooth.
• 2 add water as needed to achieve the consistency you prefer.
• 3 place mixture into a glass bowl.
• 4 stir in cumin, cayenne pepper, paprika, salt and black pepper.
• 5 cover and refrigerate for at least a couple of hours.
• 6 the flavor improves greatly if given this time to develop.

Swiss Milk Toffee

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs sugar
• 1 (218 g) can condensed milk
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup water
• butter
• vanilla extract (optional)

Recipe

• 1 grease one 7x11 inch baking pan and another of half the capacity.
• 2 put the sugar, condensed milk, milk and water into a large, deep saucepan (i use a pressure cooker pan). add a walnut sized piece of butter.
• 3 heat the mix gently until all the sugar has dissolved, then bring to the boil.
• 4 reduce the heat and simmer gently, stirring occasionally. it needs to cook for up to an hour, but the colour will change from an unappealing beige to a golden caramel as it cooks, showing it's nearly ready.
• 5 the toffee is ready when it reaches the soft ball stage. use a candy thermometer, or drop a teaspoonful into some cold water.
• 6 half fill the sink with cold water and place the saucepan in it. beat the toffee with a wooden spoon until smooth and thick. stir in the vanilla, if using.
• 7 pour the toffee into the baking pans, getting all the really liquid part of it out of the saucepan. (as it sets, "blooms" may appear. these are just milk solids (probably from the butter).
• 8 scrape the toffee that has stuck to the sides of the pan out with a metal spoon. this should give nuggets and flakes of toffee.
• 9 when the toffee in the baking pans has set, score and cut into squares.

Easy Fresh Smoothie

Total Time: 2 mins Preparation Time: 1 min Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 250 ml milk (i use low fat, high calcium uht)
• 1/4 cup frozen blueberries (or a mix) or 1/4 cup frozen raspberries (or a mix) or 1/4 cup frozen strawberries (or a mix) or 1/4 cup frozen blackberrie (or a mix)
• 1 ice cube

Recipe

• 1 whiz it all together in a blender.
• 2 serve with a black straw and salty peanuts - my own bizarre preference.

Zesty Stewed Tomatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 6 -8 medium tomatoes
• 1 -2 stalk celery, ends cut,finely chopped
• 1/3 cup yellow bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon season salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon italian seasoning (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper (optional)
• 3 cups water

Recipe

• 1 cross cut tomatoes on top and bottom.
• 2 in a large pot, boil for 3-5 minutes.
• 3 remove tomatoes and place in a colander (make sure colander is inside a bowl to catch any juices).
• 4 cool tomatoes until they can be handled (tomatoes should still be warm).
• 5 using your thumb and a small knife, peel and core tomatoes over colander.
• 6 add tomatoes and remaining ingredients to pot.
• 7 cook over medium heat for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally and breaking up tomatoes while stirring.
• 8 allow to cool to room temperature if you are going to store in freezer.

The Best (and Easiest) Baked Beans Ever

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 (28 ounce) can baked beans (i use bush's)
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 medium bell pepper, diced
• 6 slices bacon, fried and crumbled (you can use more if you like)
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 3 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 4 tablespoons vinegar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
• salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f (175°c).
• 2 in a large dutch oven, combine the baked beans, onion, bell pepper, and the bacon. season with chili powder, worcestershire, vinegar, brown sugar, ketchup, garlic powder and salt. add cayenne if using.
• 3 cover and bake for one hour in the oven.
• 4 you can uncover the second 1/2 hour if you like your beans on the thick side.
• 5 i have also made these in the crock pot on high for 2-3 hours depending on how thick you like them.