chocolate milkshake

1 or more frozen banana (s) – I usually use 1 and a half
3 Tbsp. powdered cocoa
1 cup nonfat soymilk (approx. – I never measure, again it depends)
a drizzle of maple syrup or other sweetener – optional, I don’t do this anymore

Blenderize.

Title: Cream Of Mushroom Soup
Categories: Main dish Soups Vegetables
Servings: 6

1 lb Fresh Mushrooms
3 tb Regular Margarine
4 c Vegetable Stock; Recipe #3
1/2 ts Leaf Basil; Dried
2 c Evaporated Skim Milk
1/2 c Flour
1/4 c White Wine
1 x Salt White Pepper;To Taste

Rub the mushrooms with a damp paper towel and trim. Slice or chop them
into small pieces. In a 3 or 4-quart saucepan, melt the margarine and add
the mushrooms. Stirring frequently, cook the mushrooms until lightly
browned. Add the vegetable stock and basil. Heat to boiling, simmer
gently for 30 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and blend the
evaporated milk and flour together and add to the soup mixture. Return
to the heat and stir the simmering pan until the soup thickens. Add the
wine. Do not allow the soup to boil again. Season to taste with salt and
white pepper. Serve hot.

Each 1 cup serving contains:

Tot Sat
Cal Prot Carb Fib Fat Fat Chol Sodium
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215 11 G 29 G 3 G 6 G 1 G 3 Mg 172 Mg

From The Cookbook For The 90s By Helen V Fisher

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Title: Mayonnaise Biscuits
Categories: Breads, Breakfasts
Yield: 12

2 c self-rising flour
1 c milk
1/4 c mayonnaise; * see note

* Use only real mayonnaise, not salad dressing type.

Combine all the ingredients, mix well. Divide the dough among 12
greased muffin tins. Bake in preheated 400-degree oven for 12-15
minutes. This recipe can be doubled. Keep leftovers in refrigerator
and reheat slowly.

Recipe by: Jo Anne Merrill

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Title: Chop-Chop Szechuan
Categories: Main dish, Time-saver
Yield: 4 servings

1 lb Boneless pork
1 tb Vegetable oil
1 pk Chicken-flavored rice mix
— (4.5 to 6.9 oz.)
— prepared according to
— package directions
6 oz Frozen snow peas
8 oz Canned pineapple tidbits
— drained
1/4 c Slivered almonds; toasted
1/4 ts Red pepper flakes
— (or more, to taste)
2 tb Soy sauce

Slice pork into 1/8-inch strips. Heat oil in large skillet or wok over
medium-high heat until hot. Add pork and stir fry until lightly browned.
Stir in rice, snow peas, pineapple, almonds, pepper, and soy sauce. Cook
1 to 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Microwave Oven Instructions: Omit vegetable oil. Place sliced pork in 2-
to 3-quart baking dish. Cover with waxed paper. Cook on HIGH 4 minutes,
stirring after 2 minutes, or until meat is no longer pink. Drain liquid
from dish. Add rice, snow peas, pineapple, almonds, pepper, and soy
sauce. Cook on HIGH 3 to 4 minutes, or until thoroughly heated, stirring
after 2 minutes.

Source: Rice the Timely Ingredient
Reprinted with permission from The USA Rice Council
Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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Title: Sandwich Ideas
Categories: Kids
Servings: 6

2 Parts low-fat plain yogurt
-with one part mayonnaise.

Peanut Butter and _____ Sandwiches

Peanut butter combines well with: honey sliced bananas grated carrots
raisins applesauce bacon bits cream cheese jam/jelly toasted wheat germ cut
up dates or any combination of the above

Tuna Fish and Mayonnaise combine with: pickle relish sliced cucumbers
sunflower seeds sprouts sliced avocado grated carrot
chopped celery sliced egg

Note: Mayonnaise in a sandwich does not hold up well without refrigeration,
and could cause poisoning. It turns rancid upon prolonged exposure to heat.
Avoid using it for summer camp lunches, or if your child’s lunch will be
sitting on a radiator in school all morning. Mayonnaise usually does not
freeze well. If the amount you are using in your sandwich is small,
however, you should have no trouble keeping sandwiches mixed with
mayonnaise in the freezer. This also holds true for egg salad that is well
mashed.

Hint: Reduce the fat content of added mayonnaise by combining

Cream Cheese Combines well with: bacon bits crushed pineapple chpped nuts
luncheon meats peanut butter sliced egg sliced cucumber marmalade or jam
raisins, whole or ground

Hint: one enrichment technique is to mix a tablespoon of powdered milk into
an 8-oz bar of cream cheese.

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Title: Fresh Asparagus Salad with Lemon Dijon Vinaigrette
Categories: Salads
Yield: 2 servings

1/2 lb Asparagus, tough ends
-removed
1 md Lemon (for both juice and
-peel)
1/4 c Olive oil
2 tb Corn or canola oil
1/8 t Salt
1/4 t Pepper
1 1/2 t Dijon mustard
1 sl Bacon, cooked until crisp
-and crumbled coarsely
4 Dry-cured black olives,
-pitted
Freshly ground pepper

Bring a large pot of water to a boil and blanch the asparagus (cook
until tender but still bright green, 4-5 minutes). Remove with tongs
and immediately plunge into ice-cold water to stop the cooking and
preserve the color. Drain completely and arrange the asparagus on two
salad plates.

Remove half the lemon peel and cut into extremely thin strips. Boil
for 1-2 minutes; drain. Squeeze 3 tablespoons juice from the lemon.
Put the juice and boiled peel in a jar. Add the oils, salt, pepper
and Dijon mustard. Shake vigorously to combine. (This makes 3/4 cup
dressing. Refrigerate the unused portion for future salads.)

At serving time, spoon some vinaigrette over the asparagus. (Never let
asparagus sit in vinegar- or lemon based dressings; it turns an ugly
olive drab.) Sprinkle the crumbled bacon and pitted olives over the
top, along with a grind of pepper.

Salad (undressed) per serving: 58 calories, 4 grams protein, 6 grams
cabohydrates, 2 grams fiber, 3 grams fat (0.7 grams saturated), 134
milligrams sodium.

Vinaigrette dressing per tablespoon: 74 calories, 0 grams protein, 0.5
grams carbohydrates, 0 grams fiber, 8 grams fat (1 gram saturated), 36
milligrams sodium.

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Title: Yams for Health
Categories: Vegetables
Yield: 4 servings

4 md Yams, peeled and sliced
1/2 t Finely shredded orange peel
1/2 c Orange juice
1 T Brown sugar
1/4 t Salt
1/4 t Cinnamon
1/8 t Allspice

In a large skillet, bring 1″ of water to a boil. Add yams. Cover and
simmer for 20 minutes or until they are tender. Drain. In a small
bowl, mix orange peel, orange juice, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon and
allspice. Pour over yams in skillet. Cook and stir until bubbly.
Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes, spooning sauce over potatoes
occasionally to make a glaze.

Per serving: 135 calories, 0 fat.

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HERE’S A BAGEL RECIPE

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breads

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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6 c (to 8c) bread (high-gluten)
-flour
4 tb Dry baking yeast
6 tb Granulated white sugar or
-light honey (clover honey
-is good)
2 ts Salt
3 c Hot water
A bit of vegetable oil
1 Gallon water
5 tb Malt syrup or sugar
A few handfuls of cornmeal
Large mixing bowl
Wire whisk
Measuring cups and spoons
Wooden mixing spoon
Butter knife or baker’s
-dough blade
Clean, dry surface for
-kneading
3 clean, dry kitchen towels
Warm, but not hot, place to
-set dough to rise
Large stockpot
Slotted spoon
2 baking sheets

First, pour three cups of hot water into the mixing
bowl. The water should be hot, but not so hot that
you can’t bear to put your fingers in it for several
seconds at a time. Add the sugar or honey and stir it
with your fingers (a good way to make sure the water
is not too hot) or with a wire whisk to dissolve.
Sprinkle the yeast over the surface of the water, and
stir to dissolve.

Wait about ten minutes for the yeast to begin to
revive and grow. This is known as “proofing” the
yeast, which simply means that you’re checking to make
sure your yeast is viable. Skipping this step could
result in your trying to make bagels with dead yeast,
which results in bagels so hard and potentially
dangerous that they are banned under the terms of the
Geneva Convention. You will know that the yeast is
okay if it begins to foam and exude a sweetish,
slightly beery smell.

At this point, add about three cups of flour as well
as the 2 tsp of salt to the water and yeast and begin
mixing it in. Some people subscribe to the theory
that it is easier to tell what’s going on with the
dough if you use your hands rather than a spoon to mix
things into the dough, but others prefer the less
physically direct spoon. As an advocate of the
bare-knuckles school of baking, I proffer the
following advice: clip your fingernails, take off your
rings and wristwatch, and wash your hands thoroughly
to the elbows, like a surgeon. Then you may dive into
the dough with impunity. I generally use my right
hand to mix, so that my left is free to add flour and
other ingredients and to hold the bowl steady.
Left-handed people might find that the reverse works
better for them. Having one hand clean and free to
perform various tasks works best.

When you have incorporated the first three cups of
flour, the dough should begin to become thick-ish.
Add more flour, a half-cup or so at a time, and mix
each addition thoroughly before adding more flour. As
the dough gets thicker, add less and less flour at a
time. Soon you will begin to knead it by hand (if
you’re using your hands to mix the dough in the first
place, this segue is hardly noticeable). If you have
a big enough and shallow enough bowl, use it as the
kneading bowl, otherwise use that clean, dry, flat
countertop or tabletop mentioned in the “Equipment”
list above. Sprinkle your work surface or bowl with a
handful of flour, put your dough on top, and start
kneading. Add bits of flour if necessary to keep the
dough from sticking (to your hands, to the bowl or
countertop, etc….). Soon you should have a nice
stiff dough. It will be quite elastic, but heavy and
stiffer than a normal bread dough. Do not make it too
dry, however… it should still give easily and
stretch easily without tearing.

Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, and cover
with one of your clean kitchen towels, dampened
somewhat by getting it wet and then wringing it out
thoroughly. If you swish the dough around in the
bowl, you can get the whole ball of dough covered with
a very thin fil of oil, which will keep it from drying
out.

Place the bowl with the dough in it in a dry, warm
(but not hot)pace, free from drafts. Allow it to rise
until doubled in volume. Some people try to
accelerate rising by putting the dough in the oven,
where the pilot lights keep the temperature slightly
elevated. If it’s cold in your kitchen, you can try
this, but remember to leave the oven door open or it
may become too hot and begin to kill the yeast and
cook the dough. An ambient temperature of about 80
degrees Farenheit (25 centigrades) is ideal for rising
dough.

While the dough is rising, fill your stockpot with
about a gallon of water and set it on the fire to
boil. When it reaches a boil, add the malt syrup or
sugar and reduce the heat so that the water just
barely simmers; the surface of the water should hardly
move. Submitted By HUNT@AUSTIN.METROWERKS.COM (ERIC
HUNT) On 15 MAR 1995 064641 -0700

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Jalapeno Drop Biscuits

Recipe By : Gourmet Magazine – 1988
Serving Size : 16 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breads Rolls

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 cup flour
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter — cut into bits
1 1/2 cups Monterey jack cheese — coarsely grated
2 2″ pickled jalapeno peppers, seeded — minced
2 2″ fresh jalapeno peppers, seeded — minced
2/3 cup milk

Into a bowl, sift together the flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda
and salt. Add the butter and blend the mixture until it resembles coarse
meal. Stir in the Monterey Jack and the peppers; add the milk. Stir the
mixture until it just forms a soft sticky dough. Drop the dough by rounded
tablespoons onto a buttered baking sheet and bake the biscuits in the middle
of a preheated 425 oven for 15 to 17 minutes or until pale golden. Makes
about 16 biscuits.

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Title: Fig Fruit Cake
Categories: Desserts, Holiday
Yield: 1 fruitcake

20 California dried figs
1/2 lb Candied cherries
1/4 lb Candied pineapple
2 1/2 c Chopped walnut
1 c Sifted cake flour
1 ts Salt
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1 ts Cinnamon
1 ts Allspice
1/2 ts Cloves
1/2 c Shortening
1 1/2 c Sugar
5 Eggs; separated
2 oz Baking chocolate; melted
4 tb Brandy or water
1 1/2 ts Vanilla
1 ts Almond extract

Butter a 6 x 10 x 3-inch loaf pan. Line with waxed paper and butter
generously again. Set oven for 250 degrees F. Cover figs with very hot
water, and let stand 10 minutes. Drain. With scissors, snip off stems.
Then cut figs, cherries and pineapple into tiny bits. Add chopped nuts
and half the sifted flour. Mix together lightly. Sift remaining flour
with salt, baking powder and spices. Cream shortening, sugar, egg yolks
and melted chocolate. Whip egg whites until very light. Combine all
ingredients until just mixed. Place in baking pan. Bake in slow oven
(250 F.) for about 3 to 4 hours. Place pan of hot water in bottom of
oven. When cool, brush with hot corn syrup and decorate with figs,
candied fruit and nuts.

Source: 48 Family Favorites with California Figs
Reprinted with the permission of The California Fig Advisory Board
Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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