Month: April 2020

Categories
Dessert

Pro Brownies

Ingredients

  • ⅔ cup butter at room temperature
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ cup cocoa powder, plus 4 tsp for the pan
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1⅓ cups chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter the bottom, sides, and edges of an 8-inch square cake pan. Pour in some cocoa powder and shake it around until the pan is evenly coated, then tap out any excess cocoa powder. (Cocoa powder instead of flour prevents any white spots on the edges.)
  2. Make the sugar mixture: Combine the butter and ½ cup of the sugar in a medium saucepan. Heat over medium heat, stirring slowly, until the sugar has dissolved and the butter has melted completely, 1 to 2 minutes.
  3. Make the egg mixture: Whisk together the eggs and 1 cup sugar until smooth.
  4. Make the batter: Pour the sugar mixture into the egg mixture and whisk to combine. Add the cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and flour and whisk to combine. Add the chocolate chips and fold them in with a spatula until evenly incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
  5. Bake the brownie: Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Look for the top of the brownies to set, with a few cracks in the surface.
  6. Unmold the brownie: Let brownies cool for 15 to 20 minutes until they are warm and set.
Categories
Bases & Stored Food Preparation

Dry beans – pressure cooker

For each cup of beans add three cups of water and one tbsp of oil. Cook on high pressure 3 to 10 minutes and allow pressure to release naturally (takes about half an hour).

This applies for any kind of dry beans including split peas.

Larger beans like kidney beans should be left on the longer end (7-10 minutes) while smaller legumes only need 3-5 minutes.

Categories
Bases & Stored Food Preparation Main Dish Soup

Ham & (dry) Bean soup

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil or butter
  • 1 onion diced
  • 1 large carrot peeled and diced
  • ½ cup finely chopped celery
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 cups shredded cooked ham
  • 1½ quarts beef stock or broth (you can use chicken)
  • 2½ cups dry beans — any combination of c white, lima, kidney, black or pinto beans can also be used
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • pinch of salt, if needed

Directions

  1. Cook dry beans
  2. Sauté onions, carrots, and celery in butter or oil for 5 minutes.
  3. Add garlic and ham and sauté for 2 more minutes.
  4. Add broth, beans (including most of the water they were cooked in), and pepper then boil for 15 minutes.
  5. Salt if necessary and serve warm.
Categories
Side

Oven baked fries

Ingredients

  • 3 large potatoes
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp Salt

Directions

  1. Cut potatoes into ¼” fries
  2. Mix salt and oil
  3. Toss fries in the salt-oil mixture
  4. Place fries in a single layer on a cookie sheet
  5. Bake at 450° until crispy (about 35 minutes)
Categories
Dutch Oven Main Dish Quick Prep Soup

Ham & (canned) Bean soup

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil or butter
  • 1 onion diced
  • 1 large carrot peeled and diced
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 cups shredded cooked ham
  • 1 1/2 quarts beef stock or broth (you can use chicken)
  • 4 (15 ounce) cans white beans (cannellini beans) — (any combination of canned kidney beans and black beans can also be used)
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • pinch of salt, if needed

Instructions

  1. Sauté onions, carrots, and celery in butter or oil for 5 minutes.
  2. Add garlic and ham and sauté for 2 more minutes.
  3. Add broth, beans, and pepper then boil for 15 minutes.
  4. Salt if necessary and serve warm.
Categories
Main Dish Quick Prep Soup

Macaroni & tomatoes

Ingredients

  • Macaroni
  • Hamburger
  • Tomato juice or stewed tomatoes
  • Shredded cheese

Directions

Cook and season the hamburger. Cook the macaroni. Mix tomato juice and/or stewed tomatoes with macaroni, hamburger and cheese and heat until the cheese is melting.