Sour Cream Banana Bread YIELD 1 -2 LOAVES Ingredients 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened for 15-18 seconds in microwave 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup sour cream (regular or light) 2 large eggs 1/2 cup buttermilk, shaken before pouring 1 1/4-1 1/2 cup mashed overripe bananas, about 2 medium bananas* 1 teaspoon …
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GREEN CHILE AND CHEESE CORNBREAD
Green Chile and Cheese Cornbread PREP 10 MINS COOK 35 MINS TOTAL 45 MINS YIELD 16 SERVINGS Ingredients 3 eggs 5 tablespoons melted butter, unsalted 1 cup buttermilk, shaken 1 cup creamed corn (canned) 1- 4 oz can chopped green chiles (mild) 1 1/4 cups flour 3/4 cups cornmeal 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 …
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Homemade Hot Cross Buns COOK 12 MINS TOTAL 12 MINS YIELD 12 BUNS Ingredients 1 cup warm water 1/3 cup dry milk powder 1 tablespoon dry yeast 1 teaspoon sugar 1/4 cup melted butter 1 egg, beaten 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2 1/2-3 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup currants …
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Braided Cheese-Onion Bread Prep time 1 hour 30 mins Cook time 35 mins Total time 2 hours 5 mins Author: Si Foster, A Bountiful Kitchen Serves: 15 servings Ingredients 1 tablespoon yeast ¼ cup warm water 1 teaspoon sugar 4 cups flour- (I use 3 cups all purpose, 1 cup bread flour) …
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Fridge Surprise Skillet Hash Leftovers don’t have to look the same as they did the night before. Reinventing a roast dinner — or pretty much anything else — as skillet hash is a quick and easy solution no matter what’s lingering in your fridge. Surprise! Serves 1, multiply as desired …
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Blueberry Breakfast Pizza Pizza is really just toast with more surface area and therefore perfectly acceptable for breakfast, especially when covered with nuts and fruit. You may call it colouring outside the lines, I call it making a new line — tomato, tomahto. Serves 1 – 2 INGREDIENTS 1 wholewheat flatbread …
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Spelt Crepes & Mulled Wine Poached Pears There’s something so perfect about a meal that can be eaten any time from mid-morning well into the afternoon, and as easily in the heat of summer as the cooler days of autumn that serve as a persistent reminder that winter is well on the way. Of …
Read More »3-Ingredient Emergency Cookies
3-Ingredient Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Emergency Cookies Because sometimes you need-a-cookie-right-now to calm the crazy. INGREDIENTS 1 cup rolled oats 1 large ripe pear (approx 1 cup grated) 50 g dark 70% chocolate pinch sea salt, optional two pinches cinnamon, optional METHOD Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F, line a cookie sheet …
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Beetroot & Berry Smoothie Bowl I’m a fan of smoothies with substance and while I do love a big bowl of nicecream I simply can’t start the day with something so sweet. Needless to say I tend more to veggies and only slightly sweetened smoothie bowls, however the lack of fruit in …
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How to Cook Couscous Couscous is not a grain. It’s made from grain, sure, but it’s just a very tiny version of pasta. Yes, really. That means, unless you’re using a wholegrain version, couscous has no more nutritional value than a big bowl of spaghetti. Not that there’s anything wrong with pasta, so …
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