2 Recipes: bread and power bars

Greetings,
I have been looking for a good multi grain bread recipe and this one is great. It is from Shar's in Gilbert, AZ

Shar's Multi-Grain Seed Bread
In the Bosch
6 cups warm water
2 Tablespoons sea salt
2/3 cup canola oil
2/3 cup honey
3 Tablespoons dough enhancer
3 cups high gluten flour or ¾ cup vital wheat
3 Tablespoons SAF instant yeast
4 cups fresh ground whole wheat flour
2 cups fresh ground Kamut Flour (1 ½ cup whole)
2 cups fresh ground spelt flour (1 ½ cups whole)
(6 to 8 cups unground grain should be enough)
2 cups multi grain mix (from Shars or
Or
1 cup nine grain cracked cereal
1 cup sunflower seeds
1/3 cup millet
1/3 cup flax seeds (or chia)
1/3 cup sesame seed
1/3 cup amaranth
Mix well. Turn to speed 1 and add wheat flour until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl—when you can see the sides pull clean as well as dough coming clean from the bottom—you have enough—do not add too much flour, it should be very sticky, and does not come together at this point, but the bowl is clean

Knead 8 to 10 minutes. It its too dry add a few tablespoons of water—if its too sticky, ad a little white flour

Oil your hands, removed onto oiled counter divide into well greased pans. Shape loaves.
Let rise covered until doubled for 30 or 60 minutes
Bake in preheated oven at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes or until inside temp is 200
I bake on the bottom shelf of the oven

This one is for an energy bar from a friend at the temple. Its a little dry but tastey

Power Bars: Carla Little
1 cup oat bran
½ cup sesame seeds, toasted and ground
1 cup almond meal (ground Almonds)
½ cup toasted wheat germ
2/3 cup almond butter
2/3 cup brown rice syrup
2 cups carob chips (I used dark chocolate)
Toast sesame seeds in a fry pan until gold brown, grind coarsely. Toast wheat germ until golden. Toast oats until golden (I don’t toast too much, heat kills B vitamins)
Mix oat bran, sesame seeds, almond meal, and wheat germ.
Add carob chips. Mix well
Cook almond butter and brown rice syrup for 60 to 80 seconds in microwave
Add to dry and mix well.
Form patties or use a scoop. Chill. Put in baggies, store in the fridge

Good luck with all the peaches

I tried to find a 'peachy' picture for this post, but failed. I'm having trouble with my computer. However, the point is to link to this recipe page all for the love of a peach.

picture info. maybe it's not me. maybe google broke.

Favorite Green Smoothie

Mom, here it is. I found it at My Happy Little Life. 

It calls for:

2 cups spinach

1 cup kale

1 ripe banana

1 tbsp hemp oil

1 tbsp ground flax

1 tbsp chia seeds (soaked in water first)

1 cup raw milk or almond milk

2 scoops vanilla protein powder

I didn't have raw milk (anyone know or have opinions on that?) or hemp oil (don't even know where to find that one!) I didn't soak the chia seeds either, just put them in straight.

Much better tasting than it looks or than I anticipated, but way too much for one person in one sitting. The consistency was too thick for my taste.

I've tried it again with the almond milk and also replaced the banana with an orange and some other fruit I had on hand (I ran out of bananas). That thinned it out enough for me. I actually have really been enjoying them. Hopefully this is a way to use up all the Kale you have. If you check out the original post, you'll see she freezes her fresh greens. Might be an option for your kale.

Homemade Yogurt

You see before you my first attempt at homemade yogurt. Sister Bagley at the temple shared a start with me. I played around on the internet (DedeMed & Afghan culture guy) and others. This is what I came up with:

Bring milk (any kind, I used fat free) to a boil, over medium heat, stirring with a rubber scraper
Remove from the heat
Cool until you can hold your finger in the milk comfortably (I poured the milk back and forth in two pots to cool it down quicker)--this takes a while
Add the starter--at least 1 Tablespoon, I used it all about 1/4 cup (probably not a good idea because if it didn't work you wouldn't have a start)--but any unsweetened, natural yogurt with live cultures will work
Wrap the lid with a towel (to absorb condensation)
Put in the microwave (draft free location) over night--10 to 12 hours
Remove the lid--yogurt!
Refrigerate

In front of the picture you will see a jar of sweetened fruit yogurt
2 cups yogurt
2 T agave (or other sweetener)
a little vanilla
1 cup frozen berries (from our garden)

This yogurt, unsweetened can be used like sour cream or mayonaise in most recipes

Try these two variations for dipping sauces:

Yogurt, finely chopped cucumber, dill and mint

Yogurt, cilatro, cucumber, celery, onion , diced green chilis- chopped fine

Lots of possibilities. We will be eating the sweetened version mixed with granola.

The internet varied from sterilizing everything, temperature gauges, to just dump it all together. The above made the most sense to me. Any yellow liquid on top in the morning is a good thing, just stir it in. See demons on Utube

Soup time

Amy gave us a wonderful book for my birthday: World's Healtiest Foods. Its like a phone book, but excellent ideas. Please let me share a few as this is soup time

Garlic should be chopped and left to sit at least 5 minutes before added to the heat. It allows the two "chemicals" to mix that are anticarcinogens. They are seperated in the cell structures. Adding to the heat too soon stops the combination

Heating oils makes them less healthy. Instead, use a little chicken broth. We opened a box (better than canned) of broth, used some and then poured the rest in ice cube trays for later. Just put 2 or 3 ice cubes of broth in the pan. Add the onions and garlic, saute and then add other veggies and cooked meat.

We have been "healthy sauteing" asparagus with 3 ice cubes of broth, the cleaned asparagus, maybe some sweet pepper "sticks", cover and simmer 5 minutes, yum. Most veggies need less than 5 minutes. Green beans only get one minute.

Stainless steel is best--teflon shares its coating.

Eat those veggies! (Thanks Amy)

Basil Pasta

Hey FAmily,
This is a great recipe. I should have taken a picture, but I ate it all.

Basil Pasta Yvonne Brinkley
2 bunches fresh basil
6 roma tomatoes
6 oz fettuccini—fresh is nice
4 oz package feta chesse
Olive oil
Garlic
Boil Pasta according to directions
Chop basil and garlic
Dice tomatoes
After you drain the pasta, using the same pot
Put in Olive oil and heat—low
Add the garlic and tomatoes and stir until warm—2 minutes
Add the feta cheese, give a quick stir
Add the basil, give a quick stir
Add cooked pasta
Toss and Serve
I added leftover chicken breast

I used dry fetticini and used yellow tomatoes YUM!

Ben--I'm going to collect pumpkins and post a picture.

New Recipe: Another quiche, works for dinner too

This is a new quiche. I really like. Reheats well. Don't know who Margaret is???

Crustless Quiche from Margaret
¾ cup picante
1 cup artichoke hearts, cut in smaller pieces (I use marinated – drained)
¼ to ½ cup grated parmesan
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese
1 cup Cheddar (I have used mild, medium, and sharp – all good)
6 eggs
8 oz. sour cream
Chopped cilantro
Sliced tomatoes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 10” quiche dish. Spread picante in dish, covering bottom. Arrange cut-up artichoke hearts over picante. Sprinkle parmesan cheese over picante and artichoke hearts. Spread Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheese over parmesan. In blender, blend eggs. Add sour cream and blend until smooth and well mixed. Pour over ingredients in quiche dish. Bake for at least 45 minutes or longer if needed to make sure center is done. Top will be browned. Let stand for 10 to 15 minutes before cutting. Serve with chopped cilantro and sliced tomatoes. Serves 6 to12, depending on serving size

Jake's Blessing

This is the only picture I have. The group picture was taken with another camera. Matt gave a beautiful blessing. It was so wonderful to be with the babies. We missed the Bassetts and Peter. We had a dinner after. Tried some new recipes. This is the one we really liked.

Mixed Bean Dip (also works as a bean salad) Emy's recipe
Bring to a boil for one minute:
2/3 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 Tablespoon water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 Tablespoon salt
Cool then pour over the bean mixture
Drain, rinse and combine one can of each:
Black-eyed peas (we used frozen)
Small kidney beans
black beans
small white beans
White corn (we used frozen)
Dice small and add:
Sweet onion
Celery
Sweet Pepper (any color)
Refrigerate at least overnight. Can be made up to 2 days before serving. Serve with Fritos--that's the best.
---4 days later, this was still really good bean salad. Yum
It makes a lot.
Thanks Emy for sharing

Definitely Dangerous, Yes

Mom was dead on with her dangerous chocolate cake recipe. Mark and Jess tried it last night (I did sneak a bite). We did run into a sna-foo. No chocolate chips. However, we're happy to report that peanut butter cup morsels substitute nicely. The coolest part was watching it rise at least double the height of the mug while still in the microwave. Unfortunately, it fell back down a little before we could open the door and snap a picture.

Granola

This recipe comes from my VT: Julie Gwen. It has no added sugar and very little oil. And it tastes good.

FAVORITE GRANOLA

7 Cups oatmeal (regular old fashioned better than quick)
1 ½ C toasted wheat germ
1 ¼ C flaked coconut
1 C chopped nuts
1 tsp. salt
1 C frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed (undiluted)
¼ to ½ C dates
½ C vegetable oil
2 tsp. vanilla
½ tsp. almond extract
2 or 3 Tbls. real maple syrup


1. Mix first 5 ingredients in large gallon-sized bowl.

2. Combine apple juice concentrate and dates in blender; puree at top speed
Mix in oil and flavorings.

3. Add liquid mixture to dry ingredient mixture, mixing well.

4. Spread mixture thinly – no more than 1 inch thick – onto cookie sheets.

Bake at 225 to 250 degrees F. for 90 minutes, stirring every ½ hour. Should be lightly toasted & golden after 1 ½ hours.

Cool and store in airtight container.

Serve with dried fruit – raisins, golden raisins, cranberries, blueberries, etc.

Yummy food

Mom B’s Greek Tostadas

Tia Rosa tortilla bread, grilled
Flavored hummus (Trader Joe’s blends are good)
Sliced lettuce or some type of sprouts
Chopped tomatoes
Cooked chicken, optional
Feta

Layer hummus, lettuce, tomatoes, chicken, and feta on top of the tortilla bread. Delicious, healthy, and really easy!


Ben’s Pesto

½ cup olive oil
½ grated parmesan cheese
3 medium cloves of garlic
2 cups fresh basil leaves
3 tablespoons pine nuts
Salt and pepper, to taste

Put in blender in this order, starting with olive oil.

Cook down if you don’t like the raw taste and add more cheese. Toss with pasta and serve. Can also add shredded chicken.

Fast Salad

I was asked to post this salad a long time ag0 and forgot. Sorry

Corn Salad: Lois Morgan
1 pkg frozen corn—thawed
½ sweet pepper chopped (red is nice)
2 or 3 green onions chopped (tops too)
mayonnaise to moisten
Mix together. Just before serving add
3 7/8 oz pack of Fritos Chili Cheese corn chips-crushed

I got this at Humanitarian Luncheon--the fam and the ladies all liked it.
Easy

Most Dangerous Recipe in the World

Chocolate Cake In A Mug

1 hot chocolate mug
Add and mix well with a fork: 4 Tablespoons of cake flour (or AP--not self rising)
4 Tablespoons of sugar
2 Tablespoons of cocoa
Add and mix well
1 egg
Add and mix well
3 Tablespoons of milk
3 Tablespoons of oil
small splash of vanilla
Add
3 Tablespoons of chocolate chips -- optional
This is where it gets good. You could add peanut butter chips, mint chips, nuts, peppermint--the ideas go on and on.
Put the mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes on 1000 watts
Cake will rise up over the top--don't worry it won't flop over
Cool just a bit and tip onto a plate
Now, the chips sink to the bottom, so if you cut this in half to share it, cut from the top to the bottom.
This would be great tipped onto a plate with raspberry sauce, or cherry pie filling or carmel topping.
Squirted whip cream is good but it melts if you put in directly on the warm cake--make a plate border with the cream.
You could even add chocolate sauce over the top
It is really fun to watch it rise in the oven.
Grandpa and I like it.
Most dangerous recipe? warm chocolate cake is only 5 minutes away anytime of the day or night!
(from Uncle Big Tom)

GREAT new dessert

THIS IS SO GOOD. Supposedly two points on weight watchers-but someone at this party said that was only if you used half the bag of choco chips.Either way, I thought it was great. Make it and try it. Wait don’t. I get to bring these to our next family dinner for dessert. I never have great desserts, but you’ll all love this one. Until then, here’s the recipe.


From my friend Eve:
Here is the muffin recipe. It makes about 12 large muffins, and then 1/2 tray of mini muffins! I topped with sliced strawberries (sprinkled with sugar) and extra (red) creamy cool whip!

1 (15-oz) can 100% pure pumpkin
1 11.5 oz bag milk chocolate chips
1 box devils food cake mix

Mix all ingredients by hand. (Batter will be extremely thick.) Place 12 muffin cups in tins. Spoon a heaping spoonful of the mix in each muffin cup. (About 3/4 of the way full.) Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Test with toothpick. Note: you DO NOT add the egg, oil or water from cake mix directions. Just the chocolate chips and the can of pumpkin!!!