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Sweet Potato Apple Cider Stew

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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...

Cooking with Strawberry Wassail

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  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 ...

Sekanjabin- Drink of Antient Persian's, and modern Iranians'

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 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...

Coorking with Strawberry Vegan Cheese works as a dip or on veggies Ep 8

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

Cooking with Strawberry; Mug Brownies (Vegan) (Ep 7)

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.)