Cooking with Strawberry

 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