Cooking with Strawberry

This Recipe is gluten free and vegan and can also be turned into a creamy soup. See end notes.  Sweet Potato Apple Cider Stew  Serves 4 ,    3 to 4 hr high in crock pot 6-8 hrs low in crock pot or 2 hrs on a stove top -----Main ingredients----- 3 good sized Parsnips, peeled, & quarter or half so they are 1/2" thick by about 1" to 2" inch long  2 med sized sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1" chunks. 1 med onions, cut up either quarter it or 1/8 it (I like smaller to get a little of everything in one bite.) 2 cups apple juice  -----spices----- 2 or 4 garlic cloves sliced thin (I love garlic) 2 Tablespoons of Whole grain brown mustard 1 teaspoon dried Thyme 3/4 teaspoon salt --wassail spices-- 1 teaspoon brown sugar 1 Allspice berry whole A pinch of clove powder 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg  1/4 teaspoon cinnamon The juice from a tangerine or 1/4 cup oj ----------25 min before cooking time is up--------- 1 Tablespoon corn starch 2 Tablespoons cold water 1 l...

 6 onions suggest 3 Large white,& 3 large sweet,   6 cups of beef broth, I use vegan beef brother.  3 cloves of garlic 2 Tbsp vegan butter Salt to taste (I use about a Tablespoon)s Saute the onions in 2 table spoons vegan butter, cook till onion start to caramelize, adding salt about a tablespoon (half salt/half Nu salt) add minced garlic 3 cloves.  I mix my dry beef(vegan) powder according to package(1 tablespoon to one cup of water) and add to the onions to de glaze the pot and turn into soup.  If you use coconut oil instead of vegan butter add 2 table spoons of nooch to help with umami.  If you substitute vegetable broth you will want to add 1 Tablespoon of vegan Worcestershire sauce per cup of substitute broth.  Cook about 15 minutes. After ladling I'm a bowl add a slice of crusty bread (or croutons) and top with vegan mozzarella. If in a microwave safe dish you can melt the cheese. Or oven safe dish put under the broiler to melt the chee...

 How to make quick Seitan 1/4 Cup Vital Wheat Gluten  2 Leval TBSP all-purpose flour 2 heaping TBSP everything bagel seasoning Water Frying oil (I use coconut oil) ____________________________________________________________________________________ I mix the dry ingredients together and fork or whisk them so they are well combined I then slowly add water while mixing with a fork till the mass comes together but is not to wet.  I then hand kneed to make sure it is fully mixed. I heat my oil  you can rip off pieces and add them or hand smash the dough ball and cut pieces  I fry flipping over the pieces as I go till both sides are crispy pull and drain then eat Alternative: don't add everything bagel seasoning into the mix. instead, roll the pieces in the seasoning before frying.

  Wassail  ( / ˈ w ɒ s əl / ,  /- eɪ l /   WOSS-əl, -⁠ayl , likely from  Old Norse   "ves heill" ) [1]  is a beverage made from hot  mulled   cider  and spices, drunk traditionally as an integral part of  wassailing , an ancient English  Yuletide  drinking ritual and  salutation  either involved in door-to-door charity-giving or used to ensure a good cider  apple  harvest the following year.   [2]  The drink is now increasingly popular from the  Internet  as a historical Christmas-time beverage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassail I make Wassail as part of a fall tradition for a November event that my medieval reenactment (SCA-Barony of Shattered Crystal) group puts on called Crystal Ball.  This is my recipe. This has been constructed though practice and testing. It is what I like and the people who I make it for also like. It is inspired by ...

 First here is my recipe... Why because I hate the sites that make you go though all there story to get to the recipe that is why and this is my blog so I will do as I please. There is not a ton of history here just the sources for the history oldest I am listing that I have a 13th century cook book.  Strawberry's Sekanjabin 1 cup white vinegar 2 cups white sugar 1/2 cup Mint leaves or as many mint leaves as your heart delights in. Put vinegar and mint in a pot over heat and cover boil for 5 to 10 min. Strain out mint leaves pressing liquid out of them. Return vinegar to pot add in the 2 cups of sugar and keep stirring till all the sugar dissolves and the liquid is no longer cloudy. Pour in to storage container, if glass and liquid is still hot put a metal spoon in the container to prevent the glass from breaking. Lid and store till use. I keep mine in the refrigerator  Mix syrup with as much water as you like and ice if you like,  or mix with hot wat...

 Wilton's icing calls for Crisco/hydrogenated oil. This recipe was created to first address that issue. Then it was expanded to make it smoother and be egg free. It is Vegan as a matter of course more then on purpose. Lets look at why this recipe is better then the original.  What is bakers sugar...  Regular table sugar is course ground it is rougher on the tongue it is made to be dissolved into coffee and tea or lemon aids. And for that it is fine. I also works just fine for baking because the heat melts it. But for a cold only recipe it stays course on the tongue.  Bakers sugar is ground to be finer in texture the pieces are smaller. This is smother on your tongue.  Substituting meringue powder..... I could mix up some food grade gum Arabic and some corn starch but why put myself though that extra work when i can buy this ready made and it is pre measured so that one pack is 1 TBS.  The original recipe made with table sugar and Crisco is greasy tasting an...

Roman Spring. Feast Floralia  celebrated the goddess Flora, and took place on 27 April during the Republican era, or April 28 on the Julian calendar. inspired by  Apicius: a Roman cookbook circa 400 AD, J. Vehling, (trans.)) Much to my dismay we lost Jonathan a dear friend who had a flair for the dramatic that included stories. It was captivating to hear the crazy shit that happened to him and how he dealt with it. We miss him This however meant we needed a feast steward. Fintan and I had promised that we would be Jonathan's hands for Crystal Chamfron's Feast., and should he not be able to full-fill his duties we would. In loosing Jonathan before he had recipes, and the fact that Fintan's job must come first this means I am head steward and he is my 1st officer. Despite being a persona of early Tudor time I love the ancient worlds and Bronze age as well. As such I have decided to go with a Spring Country Celebration Feast. My idea is that in a vineyard spring is a ...

                                                        Stuffed Peppers & Tomatoes Ingredient 1lb 80/20 Ground beef 1lb low fat Ground Turkey 2 10oz Bags of Riced Cauliflower defrosted or cooked 1 28oz can Stewed and 1- 14.5oz  diced tomatoes (you can just jar sauce if you like) 1/3 cup or 6 TBS My Italian seasoning mix plus 2TBS 1/2 cup Freeze dried onions (Thrive) 6 Bell Pepper and 6 good size tomatoes or 12 of either Pre heat over to 380 Degrees Prepare the riced cauliflower according to package then when cool enough to touch squeeze at least half the water out of it Put can of stewed tomatoes and diced tomatoes in the blender or food processor and puree remove the tops of the peppers and all the seeds. Cut the top off the tomato and use a spoon to hollow them out. in a large bowl combine both meats the seasoning cauli...

Italian Seasoning Mix This is based on a copy cat Good Seasoning Salad Dressing mix with major changes because of salt. I believe in salt on the table and not in the pot most of the time,as such any time a salt herb mix was suggested i just use the herb, and i cut down the salt added too. I will give the recipe as if your making it as a salad dressing and also how i make bulk dry spice mix. 1 TBS granular garlic power 1 TBS granular onion powder 1 TBS white sugar can use Stevia 1 TBS dried parsley 2 TBS dried oregano 1 1/2 TBS salt 1 tsp ground white pepper 1 tsp dried basil 1/4 tsp dried thyme 1/4 tsp celery seed Mix all these ingredient together. Store in air tight container. To make italian dressing whisk together 1/4 cup white vinegar, 2/3 olive oil, 2 TBS water and 2 TBS dry mix. Now to Make bigger batches of this mix that i use for pasta sauce, meat loaf, on vegetables and so on. 1/2 cup granular garlic power 1/2 cup granular onion powder 1/2 cup white...

Pumpkin Cookies Serves:  12 Cookies Ingredients 1½ cups almond flour 1 egg 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp butter soft ½ cup pumpkin puree (cook pumpkin and then blend with a little water) 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice 3 tbsp date sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract ½ tsp baking powder ¼ cup chocolate chips *optional Pinch of salt Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees In a medium size bowl place the almond flour, baking powder and pinch of salt and mix well. Add the pumpkin puree, egg, date sugar, and vanilla extract and mix well again. In a cookie baking sheet on top of parchment paper, make round cookies with the dough using your hands. Bake for about 15-18 minutes. Enjoy I iced mine with butter cream icing

Lemon Cherry Ice Pops 1 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup lemon juice 1/8 cup Stevia 1/2 cup cherries (I used Frozen but fresh works) a blender or food processor  Popsicle mold  mix liquid and sweetener together  put cherries in the blender and start to chop them up on a low speed add the liquid to the cherries and put the lid on and puree till liquid chucks are yummy so I left them in mine. pour in to ice pop mold. I recomend pouring  a little in each then a little more in each till you have it all because the bittle settle to the bollom of the blender and this way you can have room in each pop to have some.  Makes 4 pops

Peanut Butter Cookies  1 cup Peanut butter (or another nut butter) 1/2 cup Stevia 1 egg make small 2 inch balls place on pan  ~I line my pans with parchment~ Put into preheated over 350°  Cook for 10 min.  IMPORTANT: Let them cool completely  Makes about  1 Dozen  16 tbsp = 1 cup if you size your cookies to make 16 of them then you can make your serving size off that.  2 tbsp of Peanut butter tend to be one serving of Protein  what is left of the cookies

You can also substitute sweet potatoes for the carrots for a change of taste that is just as good.

This simple resipe works great and is even better with a scoop of ice cream with it. It is the colmanation of experimenting with many diffrent nug brownie recipes. It is Vegan not to be vergan but it just happens to be that way.  Mug Brownie Ingredients: 4 Tbsp Flour 4 Tbsp Sugar 2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder 1 Tbsp Oil 3 Tbsp Water 1/4 Tsp Vanilla 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder Dash of Salt Mug Microwave Mix together in the mug I use a fook to mix it. then microwave for 1:30min for a high watt microwave (or till done at :30 sec bursts over the 1:30 for lower watt microwaves.)

Marinara without tomatoes Cook till soft ·           6 medium carrots ·           1 small beet (or a can of beets with the liquid) ·           1 medium to large onion ·           1 stalk of Celery (no need to peel the beet or carrots) Process until just a bit lumpy in a food processor or blender or just mash thoroughly (I added the liquid from the cooking to the processor as I processed this) Sauté’ in olive oil ·           3-4(or more) cloves of garlic minced ·           1 onion (chopped fine) Add the carrot/beet mix to the onion/garlic and cook 3-5 minutes (I cooked mine 20 minutes) until the flavors meld. Serve over pasta. I added to mine while cooking ·           1 Tablespoon Ital...

Tonight, we alter a lemon chicken recipe to make it what we will eat and to be Deliciously More Lemony You need for this 4 Chicken cutlets (you take thin chicken breast that are boneless and skinless and pound the smithereens till they are thin and tender. Or you just shrug and use them as is because it is a long day and you don’t want to put in that much effort) 4 T. Flour Salt and pepper to taste. (I always use white pepper and I most often use course or flaked salt) 3 large cloves of garlic diced (While the original recipe called for one onion chopped fine I instead used lg. cloves of garlic diced because well I love garlic and this house uses onions sparely because we feed a non-onion lover.) 1 C. chicken broth (I used my 1 T of my home-made mix in a cup of hot water.) http://strawberryholts.blogspot.com/2016/12/cooring-with-strawberry-chicken-soup.html ½ tsp, thyme 1 T. butter 6 to 7 T. Lemon Juice (it called for 3 T. Lemon juice Mah ha ha, that is not Lemon chi...

Today on cooking with Strawberry Chicken soup, start with diced left over rotisserie chicken about 2 cups, add to it left over celery about 1/2 cup after cut up, 5 to 6 oz of mushrooms sliced, boil with enough water to have the items move freely, add 2 tbls. spoons of broth powder, cook for a half house add 6 more cups of water bring back to boil add a half of a bag of egg noodles. Broth Powder Ingredients 2 T celery seed, 4 T dried parsley flakes, 2 T garlic powder, 1 T ground sage, 1 T Oregano, 4 T Spike the red box or jar (they have it in Walmart or a health food store or on Amazon (http://spike-it-up.com/), 3 tsp dried marjoram, 3 tsp dried thyme,1 tsp white pepper,1 tsp turmeric Store in are tight jar

In this house since I work I have found that having a menu guid line helps. After much himing and hawing about how much meat and chicken and fish and veggies to eat this is how it lands. Starting on Monday Monday - Meatless Mondays "NO PASTA" Tuesday – Pasta and Salad Wednesday –  Red Meat Thursday - Fowl Friday – Fish Saturday – Take out Sunday – Leftovers This translates into on  Mondays  we have mostly vegetables, we like so many so we eat about 3 dishes of them, some can be medleys but there is so many to choose from. Even when hard to feed Jim is home. He likes carrots, potatoes, corn, cheesy broccoli, sugar snap peas, and a few more.  On  Tuesday  I find one of my gourmet pasta dishes or sometimes it is plain spaghetti with your choice of jar sauces there is green(Pesto) white (alfrado) or red (tomato), My salads are never plain, it starts with a green leaf base mixed or just baby spinach, to which is added grape tomatoes, mushr...

Today on Strawberry's kitchen is a variant of a weight watchers recipe slow cooker turkey and wild rice, but I am using half of a rotisserie chicken, 3 cups chopped or shredded, 8 oz of sliced mushrooms (because they sell them that way not in 6 oz container like the recipe calls for) 1 can of fat free cream of mushroom soup, i can of sliced water chestnuts, 1 cup brown rice, & 1 cup wild rice, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon white pepper( because people in my house don’t like black pepper) 1/4 dried chopped onions (because someone in my house doesn’t like fresh onions texture) and instead of 3 cans of chicken broth I am using 4 table spoon of powdered broth (which is vegan) and 4 cups of water. Then sprinkle slivered almonds over it and serve. In its original form, it was 8 points plus per serving of one generous cup and it is very filling. If you omit the meat this recipe is Vegetation. I also know there is a golden mushroom soup that doesn’t have dairy that could ...