April 08 Recipes

From Karrie:

Cucumber Salsa

4 salad cucumbers (thinly sliced and then quartered or even smaller. You can use regular cuks but it tastes best if you cut out the seeds if they're bigger)
1 onion, diced
1/2 c sunflower seeds
1 c craisins (dried cranberries)
fresh or dried cilantro (I just add until I can taste it good, I love cilantro)
1 tbl sugar
3 tbl red wine vinegar

(The smaller everything is cut up the better and then I just taste as I go until it tastes good. I never measure but I put about what I think I ususally do.)

Then serve over Red Wine Vinegar Chicken.


Red Wine Vinegar Chicken

Simmer chicken breast in red wine vinegar (about 1 cup) mixed with sugar (about 2 tbl). It'll get kinda carmelized from the sugar.

Bread recipes:

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Originally Posted by chefkel

TA DIE FOR ROSEMARY BREAD
I make this ALL THE TIME.. its SO GOOD.. when its done I remove and baste the top with olive oil and cracked sea salt..

Ingredients

* 1 cup water
* 3 tablespoons olive oil
* 1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar
* 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
* 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
* 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
* 1 tablespoon dried rosemary
* 2 1/2 cups bread flour
* 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Directions

1. Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select white bread cycle; press Start.


White Bread
I make this often too :)

* 1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
* 2 tablespoons white sugar
* 1 (.25 ounce) package bread machine yeast
* 1/4 cup vegetable oil
* 3 cups bread flour
* 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Place the water, sugar and yeast in the pan of the bread machine. Let the yeast dissolve and foam for 10 minutes. Add the oil, flour and salt to the yeast. Select Basic or White Bread setting, and press Start.

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Originally Posted by gottharf

Here is our honey whole wheat recipe - I make this bread (for sandwiches, etc.) at least once a week. I can get all the ingredients together in the machine in less than 5 minutes, which is really important to me right now. :wink: I'll list the ingredients in the order I put them in the bread machine:

1 and 1/8 cup hot water
2 T melted butter
1 t salt
1/4 cup honey
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup bread machine flour
1.5 t bread machine yeast

I do this on the dough cycle, although you could just run the entire cycle... but I like to punch it down and let it rise 30 more minutes and then bake in the oven for 40 minutes at 350. It's lighter that way and looks better. :D My DH resists healthy eating unless it tastes really good, and he LOVES this bread.

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Originally Posted by msmama

I only ever made wheat bread once and it wasn't really edible. It was too dense. So I've experimented with different amts of bread and whole wheat flours depending on what I have. I find that it needs at least some bread flour to get the consistancy right.

Classic White Bread (though I've made it with wheat):

1 1/2 c water
2 TBSP butter
4 cups bread flour (or half bread and half wheat or any combo you choose)
3 TBSP dry milk powder
2 TBSP sugar
2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp bread machine yeast
(It's for a 2 lb loaf).

My other favorite "plain" bread (I don't think I've ever tried wheat flour with this one):

Sally Lunn

2 eggs, + enough water to equal 1 1/3 cups
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 TBSP sugar
1/3 c butter (softened)
4 c bread flour
1 1/2 tsp bread machine yeast
(Also for a 2 lb loaf)

I have the Betty Crocker Best Bread Machine cook book and it's never steered me wrong!

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