Recent Recipes

Apple pudding

This recipe is on the farm website. It is from Mabel Barton (Mary Alice's mother)

Cream together:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter

Add:
1 egg
3 shredded apples

Sift together:
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt

Mix together dry and wet ingredients. You can add nuts or raisins to dress up this pudding. Bake in square 8"x 8" pan at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until the center is firm. Serve warm with whipped cream, vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce or lemon sauce.

Pizza Dough

4 cups sifted flour

1 pkg. yeast

1 1/3 cups water

2 TBS olive oil

1 tsp salt

Add yeast to warm water. Mix everything together. Knead for 10 minutes. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise about 2 hours. Preheat oven 400 degrees. I usually spread the dough out on an oiled cookie sheet and back for around 10 minutes. Then put the toppings on and bake for 25 minutes.

Sesame Baked Tofu

1 block extra firm tofu
1 TBS sesame oil*

2 TBS soy sauce

1/4 tsp cracked pepper

1 TBS sesame seeds

Cut tofu into 1/2" cubes. Toss with remaining ingredients, spread on an oiled backing sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. I toasted the sesame seeds in a pan so that they turned a slightly darker brown and sprinkled them on top afterwards.

* I highly recommend purchasing authentic sesame oil from an asian market and go for a dark brown color. The generic kind I've purchased from grocery stores and health food stores is just not the same...it really lacks the yummy flavor. Plus, if you get it in an asian market it will most definitely be cheaper.

Rosemary Focaccia

5 1/2 cup white flour

1 pkg yeast

2 TBS fresh rosemary

1 1/2 tsp salt

2 cups warm water

4 TBS olive oil

1 tsp coarse salt

In a large bowl, mix flour, yeast, rosemary, and salt. Stir in water and 3 TBS olive oil and beat well for 5 minutes or until well mixed. Cover and let rise in warm place for 40 minutes. Knead gently for 1 minute on floured surface. Roll out onto 2-3 10 inch pans or 1 big baking sheet. Cover, and let rise for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400. Indent top of focaccia with fingertips and brush with rest of olive oil. Sprinkle with coarse salt. Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Arroz con Pollo

1 tablespoon Vegetable oil

1 pound Boneless, Skinless, Chicken breasts cut into thick strips

1 medium Onion; chopped

1 medium Green pepper; chopped

1 medium Red pepper; chopped

1 Garlic clove; minced

1 teaspoon Chili powder

1/2 teaspoon Ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1/2 teaspoon Ground black pepper

1/4 teaspoon Turmeric

1 cup Uncooked rice

1 medium Tomato; seeded & chopped

2 cups Chicken broth

Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken 8 to 10 minutes or until brown on all sides. Remove from pan. Add onion, green pepper, red pepper, garlic, chili powder, cumin, salt, pepper and turmeric. Cook 2 to 3 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add rice and tomatoes; stir until rice is lightly browned. Add broth; bring mixture to a boil, place chicken pieces on top of mixture. Cover and simmer 20 minutes. To serve, fluff with fork stirring in chicken pieces.

I've also made a pasta with savoy cabbage, onions, carrots, tons of garlic, balsamic vinegar, roasted crushed almonds, and browned butter. It was delicious! But the recipe is too long to type, and I'd feel too bad about copying it. I also made really really simple strawberry muffins with a recipe out of the Joy of Cooking. You can do it with any fruit and it's mega easy.