Here’s a fudge recipe I created that meets my difficult standards: no refined sugar and no chocolate. It also contains no dairy, for those who avoid it. Yet even people who like normal fudge love it– one called it the best fudge she’d ever tasted! It’s very rich, and certainly not low calorie. The coconut [...]
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Grilled Cheese Please
Jackrabbit Ranch got a brief mention (as cheese makers) in the L.A. Weekly’s review of the new cook book, Grilled Cheese Please! by Laura Werlin. The book looks interesting!!
The Cheese Handbook
Some very cool cheese recipes are to be found in Chapter 6 of The Cheese Handbook but Bruce H. Axler, shown here courtesy of Google books.
Preserving Food in the Modern World: Punk Domestics
Punk Domestics is an amazing site with recipes for preserving lemons, making cranberry sauce with rosemary and juniper, and composting with worms– along wioth a multitude of other unusual tricks and treats. Don’t miss their cheesemaking section for easy recipes you can make at home!!
Chocolate(less) Pomegranate Cheesecake
Two pomegranates in our CSA’s vegetable basket this week, a going away party, and a tongue-in-cheek comment about a chocolate cheesecake combined to produce this yummy alternative dessert. It has no chocolate and significantly less refined sugars than an ordinary cheesecake, but it’s definitely not low in fat. And it’s delicious! Crust: 1-1/2 cup well-crushed [...]
Summer Recipe: Garden Pasta Salad
I’m not crazy about most pasta salads, but here’s one that emphasizes the flavors of the summer garden. To save time, you can prepare the other ingredients while the pasta cooks. The flavor of the tomatoes is important, so use garden-fresh tomatoes, not store-bought ones. If they’re not in season, you could substitute sun-dried tomatoes [...]
Extra Apricots? Freeze Them, Dry Them!
Our visit to the church farm netted us more apricots than we could eat before they went bad. We made strawberry-rhubarb-apricot pie, apricot-cherry bread, and apricot-cherry-rhubarb pie. We snacked on them, and made smoothies and marinade. Still, we had lots left. We took some of the apricots and made frozen pied filling. When January comes, [...]
Summer Recipe: Apricot Chicken
Here’s a marinade I created for barbecued chicken, inspired by the fresh ingredients we had on hand. The amounts are flexible, make it to your own taste. But beware: it’s tasty– People sometimes eat it by the spoonful! 1 cup apricots, pitted 1/2 stalk rhubarb, chopped 1 jalapeno pepper, or to taste 1/4 cup apple [...]
Summer Smoothies
Summer fruits and summer heat– what better reason to make a smoothie! I avoid sugar, so ice cream and most flavored yogurts are out. I make mine with ice, fruit, apple juice, milk, and little else. Here’s an example: 1 cup ice cubes 1 cup pitted apricots 1 banana, peeled 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup [...]
More Summer Recipes: Cherry-Apricot Bread
Here’s a fun bread to make! I make it using the dough cycle of the bread machine, then bake the finished loaf in the oven. This time of year, most of the ingredients can be found locally! Bread: 1 cup warm water 1 egg, beaten lightly 2 cups white flour 1 cup whole wheat flour [...]
