Basic Recipes

[Sue B.]

MEAL PLANNER AND RECIPES

GENERIC MENU


Ingredients

3-4 ounces lean, low-fat meat (beef, chicken, pork)
1/2 cup serving starchy vegetable or grain ( potatoes, rice, corn, beans pasta, bread)
2 cups low-calorie vegetables
Homemade bread
Fruit

Directions

Prepare ingredients for main dish, creating a sauce that will bring everything together. Prepare vegetable and serve main dish, along with bread. Fruit for dessert.

SAUCES

White:

1-3 tblsp. butter or margarine, 1-4 tblsp. flour, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1 cup milk

Brown:

White ingredients plus beef broth or brown stock.

Red:

Tomatoes, peppers, onions, mushrooms, seasonings.

Directions:

White or Brown:

Melt butter, blend in flour, salt, and dasp of pepper, add milk, cook quickly until thickens and bubbles. Remove from heat. Add cheese or other ingredients as disired. (Brown: add stock in place of milk).

Red:

Cook tomatoes and other vegetables and seasonings. Let simmer until well blended and cooked. Server over pasta or use as pizza sauce or add chilies and hot peppers to make salsa.

BREAD

BISCUITS

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
3 tsps baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup dry milk
1/3 cup shortening
3/4 cup water


Directions:

Sift dry ingredients into bowl. Cut in the shortening till like coarse crumbles. make a well; add water all at once, stir quicly with fork just till dough follows fork around bowl. Turn onto lightly floured surface. Knead gently, roll or pat dough to 1/2 inch thick. Use cutter to cut out bisquits and place on baking sheet.

Place in 450' oven for 12 minutes. Make 10 bisquits.

Variations:

1. Roll dough into rectangle. Brush with butter, sugar, and cinnamon, chopped nuts, or other desired ingredient. Roll into cylandar shape and seal ingredients inside. Bake 350' for approx. 20 minutes.

2. Roll dough into rectangle. Brush with cheese whiz. Sprinkle garlic salt, dill, or any desired spice. Roll into cylander and bake at 350' for approx. 20 minutes.

DESSERT

Ingredients:

Enough bread for servings
Enough fruit to top bread
Whipped cream to top

Open bread up and place in bowl. Sweeten fruit if desired and place on top of bread. Top with whipped cream.

[Sue B.]

MOM'S COOKIE RECIPE

½ cup butter
½ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon baking soda dissolved into 2 Tablespoons of milk
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 beaten egg
1 pinch of salt
2 and ½ cups of flour

Cream butter and sugar
Add egg, vanilla and milk mixture
Add flour and chill (at least 3 hours or overnight)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Roll out to ½ inch or thinner
Cut into shapes
Bake at 350' until golden brown.
Cool on rack.

Icing: Mix together powdered sugar, milk and flavoring (vanilla or almond).
Decorate as desired.

FRUIT CAKE WITH POUND CAKE BASE

1LB BUTTER
1LB SUGAR OR 2 ¼ CUP GRANULAR
1LB FLOUR OR 4 CUPS
1 LB WHITE RAISONS
1 ½ PECANS
6 EGGS
½ GLAZED CHERRIES
½ CANDIED PINAPPLES
2 OZ LEMON EXTRACT

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time and mix well after each egg.
Drench fruit in ½ c. flour
Add remaining flour and lemon extract.
Bake at 275* about 3 hours or until golden brown.

YEAST OATMEAL BREAD

INGREDIENTS AMOUNTS:

6 ½ CUPS FLOUR
1 CUP OATMEAL
2 PACKAGE DRY YEAST
2 CUPS WATER
½ CUP MOLASSES OR HONEY
1/3 CUP SHORTENING
1 TABLESPOON SALT
2 EGGS

DIRECTIONS
In large bowl combine 2 cups flour, rolled oats, and yeast.
In sauce pan heat water, molasses, shortening, and salt just til warm (115-120*), stirring constantly til shortening almost melts.
Add to dry mixture and add eggs.
Beat at low speed for ½ minute scraping sides of bowl constantly. Beat 3 minutes on high speed.

By hand, stir in enough flour to make a moderatly stiff dough. Beat til smooth, about 10 minutes.

Cover and refrigerate dough at least 2 hours or overnight.

Turn out of floured surface: shape into 2 loaves. Place in greased loaf pans. Cover and let rise in warm plade till double in size, about 2 hours.

Bake in moderate oven (375*) about 40 minutes.

If tops brown to quickly, cover loosely with foil last 20 minutes. Makes 2 loaves.

Cheese Crackers

2 c. shredded cheese, softened
2 c. flour
2 c. rice krispies (cereal) 2 sticks butter
dash of red pepper

Mix all ingredients by hand.
Roll into small balls and mash with a fork.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden on the edges.