Sweet Potato Chili

peaseblossom101's avatarPease Porridge Hot

My daughter has decided to eat less/no meat for the time being, and I’m now realizing that a lot of our autumn/winter comfort foods are very meat-forward. Fortunately, my mom has been a vegetarian (pescatarian if you’re being picky) for longer than I’ve been alive, and she has some really great recipes. This is based on her sweet potato chili, but I kind of went off on a tangent, because I just really love these cumin roasted sweet potatoes, okay?

Serves 4-6

4 TB peanut oil (divided)
2 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice
2 tsp cumin seeds
1 onion, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp chili powder
1/2 – 1 tsp berbere spice blend
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
1/4 cup tomato paste
1 28 oz. can diced or crushed tomatoes, depending on your texture preference
1 1/2 cups vegetable…

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Sweet and Tangy Baked Apples

Michelle's avatarMichelle Can Cook!

As this blog has clearly illustrated, I love baking with apples – today, I decided to bake some apples!

I do like sweets, but I don’t have a huge sweet tooth, so I often like to mix sweet and tangy. For this recipe, I decided to use some apple cider vinegar (if you want more sweet, and no tang – just substitute the apple cider vinegar with apple juice or apple cider).

I’m home, mostly (I think a teenager holed up, upstairs, doesn’t really count as being home when me. I barely see her!), alone, so I decided to just bake 2 apples. If you choose to do more, just double, triple, whatever the ‘stuffing’ ingredients.

I started by coring two apples (by the way, I just got this apple corer and I LOVE it!).

Then I worked on the ‘filling’ or ‘stuffing’. I kept it pretty simple – I…

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Reader’s Digest(ibles): Sara’s Currant Buns

tanya2austin's avatarIt's All Frosting...

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I’ve already mentioned my love for Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess— quite apart from the doll reference, Sara was a character I could relate to (at least in some respects), always telling stories and imagining things.

There are several references to food in the book– rich, savory soups, hot muffins, sandwiches, cakes– but the most prominent takes place when Sara is out on a cold winter day. Tired, cold, and extremely hungry, she daydreams about being able to buy some hot buns, when suddenly she happens upon a lost four-penny piece!

And then, if you will believe me, she looked straight at the shop directly facing her. And it was a baker’s shop, and a cheerful, stout, motherly woman with rosy cheeks was putting into the window a tray of delicious newly baked hot buns, fresh from the oven—large, plump, shiny buns, with currants in them.

As a child…

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Vegan Meatloaf with Beyond Beef: Plant-Based Comfort Food

I hope it seems surprising that I am posting a recipe using grocery store Beyond Beef product for the recipe. But I am.

It looked quite delicious and I was hoping that maybe it was a homemade creation mixing breadcrumbs, mashed beans, plant and nut flours, chopped vegetable garnishes, herbs, vegan saturation and gravy.

(My meatloaves of any kind never turn out (and I know this incorrigibly) because I insist on adding margarine — vegan ghee is fine with me, except I never have it — to breadcrumbs and what is obviously ground meat for me; I haven’t approved vegan meat for usage under my thumb at this time. Every one always thinks it’s interesting food though, because, depending on the remainder of the content, it is a fried lump of meat and bread. I just can’t understand baked food without some kind of saturable infusion. I know that I’m wrong, but since I’m a rather unaccomplished cook in the fix of the draw, I suppose I don’t work hard to correct myself anyway. So please remember, possibly to remove the saturables from your meatloaf if you make your own vegetable-bread loaf … which, I think you could probably do if you could get the saturation point worked out from bake-fry. But how? I don’t know. This is the circular point of my self-involved logic, but now, moving on to vegan meat.)

As I’ve said in posts over a month ago, I’m rather disappointed in the vegan meat revolution. I think it’s a possible health threat overall because it is poorly though, a lot of misplanned and mistargeted and crazy-ish advertising, obviously meant to make some quick money off a health craze. And I’m upset about what might have been a good thing, turning into a new bad thing.

But I read this recipe because it looked delicious and I was upset with my decision to obstruct other people on my own limitations. I really don’t know where I stand. I still think vegan meat might be a health threat right now. I’m hoping to change my mind.

Since I’ve been examining my conscience way too much about how I feel about my interests in other vegan recipes and food, which is separated from a desire to become an immersed vegan and to adopt what I feel is not a lifestyle for me, I keep living in stress over the issues of the vegan fetish craze as I call it, immersing itself all over the meat-eating world with emphasis on an expulsion on meat-eating. I don’t like the message.

As for myself, overall vegan lifestyle demands are too tedious and concerned with things I don’t agree to be concerned with and especially the hatred for meat consumption being so outrageously in demand of the philosophy; I find the movement dangerously cult-like. I’m seem to be running on. But my conscience issues are over my own problems with also detesting a straight cult experience of all meat-eating. I seem to be caught in some mediumship that I don’t appreciate the tasks for.

I have randomly included this recipe, because my real problem was with the vegan meat explosion infesting fast foods venues without discretion of the tagging of the restaurant for meat-based or vegan-based. I think I mentioned I intended to boycott several things happening for me regularly — like fast food and this blog — for however long it took me to explore the situation and get some clarity. I did that in shorter time than possible and have returned to my order situation. (I’ve been able to return to McDonald’s.) I was so happy and grateful to have and end to that, although I’m still hoping that I might turn out to be something beside a Vegan-Wanna-Be or else a Meat-Lover, I don’t seem to be getting in tune with either group for too long now, or else an Omnivore, or else that I would quit being identified at all, for need of social tagging. That problem still hasn’t been solved.

So I know it seems extremely out of context for me. But, I have done it.

Looks good.

 

Vegan Meatloaf with Beyond Beef: Plant-Based Comfort Food

Pan de Muerto – Day of the Dead Bread

Irene's avatarMy Slice of Mexico

I am still in Mexico, and I thought re-posting this recipe would be nice, in case it was missed last year.  It will also be a reference for my next post, in which I will share a recipe for another type of bread, this time from the Mexican state of Oaxaca; it is made year-round, but also specifically for the Day of the Dead (November 2) around this time.  Happy baking!


Text from November 2, 2018:

Pan de muerto (literally, bread of the dead) is a sweet bread that is almost always included in Day of the Dead offerings, and traditionally eaten on November 2nd, El día de los fieles difuntos, or Día de los muertos (Day of the Faithful Departed, or Day of the Dead.) It is fashioned in a round shape which may represent the natural and endless cycle of life and death, and decorated with small…

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

maroscooking's avatarMaroscooking

By using a creamy peanut better in the batter and Reeses peanut butter chips along with the chocolate chunks, these cookies have great flavor and do not have the typical dryness of some peanut butter cookies. I recommend a creamy peanut butter that is not the natural variety, as it blends better in the batter and yields a much better texture. I love to use large milk chocolate baking chips –ghiradelli are my favorite. Pour yourself a large class of milk and enjoy a cookie break!

Yield 20 -24 cookies

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups all purpose flour (I love Bob’s Red Mill Pastry flour)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar (firmly packed)
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter (I love Jif creamy)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup milk chocolate baking…

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It’s a Great Pumpkin Pie, Charlie Brown!

myfamilysfood's avatarCRACK AN EGG!

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INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 Trade Joe’s pie crust
  • 15oz can (about 2 cups; 450g) pumpkin puree
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 and 1/4 cups (250g) packed light or dark brown sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon (8g) cornstarch
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground or freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 cup (240ml) heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup (60ml) milk (I used 2%.)
  • Egg wash: 1 large egg beaten with 1 Tablespoon milk

PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:

  • For the pumpkin pie filling:Whisk the pumpkin, 3 eggs, and brown sugar together until combined. Add the cornstarch, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, pepper, cream, and milk. Vigorously whisk until everything is combined. Filling will be a little thick.
  • Preheat oven to 375°F.
  • Put pie crust in pie pan and decorate edges, as desired. Using pie weights, pre-bake the crust for 10 minutes.
  • Pour pumpkin pie filling into the warm pre-baked crust. Only fill the…

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It’s Chili, Chowder, or Stew Saturday – Jalapeño Sweet Potato and Chicken Chowder

ohiocook's avatarMy Meals are on Wheels

This week’s It’s Chili, Chowder, or Stew Saturday is a recipe for Jalapeño Sweet Potato and Chicken Chowder. To make this delicious Chowder you’ll need Sweet Potatoes, Onion, Vegetable Broth, Chicken, Whole Kernel Corn, Jalapeños, Heavy Cream, Green Onions, and Seasonings. Warm up these cool Fall nights with this week’s recipe! It’s from the CooksRecipes website where you’ll find an endless selection of delicious recipes, so check it out today1 Enjoy and Make 2019 a Healthy One! https://www.cooksrecipes.com/index.html

Jalapeño Sweet Potato and Chicken Chowder

Recipe Ingredients:
2 large sweet potatoes
2 tablespoons butter or vegetable oil
1 small onion, 1/4-inch diced
Up to 1 quart vegetable broth, chicken stock or water
2 cups cooked chicken, cubed
1 1/2 cups whole kernel corn (fresh or frozen)
2 teaspoons jalapeños, minced (or more to taste)
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon salt
Chopped green onions for garnish

Cooking Directions:
1 – Bake…

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French Dip Sandwich ~ Clandestine Family Traditions

Sister Madly's avatarThe Sixpence at Her Feet

It was during Sister Madly’s Utopian Days that Midori- a recent transplant from Japan*- explained how, just before moving to the States, her Grandmother sat her down and lovingly outlined the ritual for something she called ‘jagaimo.’

* A culture of wise and beautiful people who recognize that life is much too short to be eating bread crust on a daily basis.
Also, they have pet otters.

Now Sister Madly hadn’t heard of this ‘jagaimo,’ but if she were to speculate, it is the custom of cutting the crust off all things sandwich- seriously, the Western World needs to adopt this tradition immediately. Many a school luncheon was ruined by her Mother neglecting to remove the crusts from her peanut butter and banana sandwiches. But fret not: having since learned how to properly handle a knife, Sister Madly is now able to remove the crusts on her own like…

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Cheesy Mississippi Mud Potatoes

Liz K's avatarPlease Pass the Recipe

INGREDIENTS

  • 6-7 cups potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
  • 1 (1 lb) package bacon, cooked and crumbled
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • ½ cup green onions, thinly sliced

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
  2. In a 9×13-inch baking dish, mix together the potatoes, cheddar cheese, garlic salt, bacon, and green onions. Add mayonnaise and stir until everything is well coated.
  3. Bake until potatoes are tender and top is golden brown, about 1 hour 30 minutes.

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No Bake Chocolate Caramel Nutty Crunch Bars

Liz K's avatarPlease Pass the Recipe

Ingredients

Crunchy Chocolate Layers

  • (Makes 2 layers so, ingredients need divided in half before you start)
  • 1 12 oz package semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 11 oz package butterscotch chips
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3 cups Kellogg’s Cocoa Krispies

Peanut Marshmallow Nutty Caramel Nougat Layer

  • ¼cupunsalted butter
  • 1cupgranulated sugar
  • 1/4cupheavy cream
  • 7ozcontainer marshmallow cream
  • ¼cupcreamy peanut butter
  • 1½cupssaltedroasted peanuts, chopped or whole
  • 2cupssoft caramels

Directions

  • Crunchy Chocolate Bottom Layer
  • Prepare a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray and line with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • Combine half of the chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and peanut butter and microwave in microwavable bowl on high heat in 30 second intervals, stirring in between, until the chips are fully melted and the mixture in smooth.
  • Stir in Cocoa Krispies until fully coated then pour into prepared baking dish and spread using a spatula or spoon.
  • Refrigerate about 15 minutes until firm.

  • Peanut Marshmallow Nutty Caramel Nougat Layer
  • In a small saucepan, combine…

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Slow Cooker Pork and Noodles

Liz K's avatarPlease Pass the Recipe

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 pork tenderloin (1 ¼ – 1 ½ lbs)
  • 1 can french onion soup (10.5 ounce)
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 2 cups egg noodles, uncooked
  • ¾ cup water
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley

directions

  1. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Roll the pork tenderloin in the flour and cook in the skillet until browned on all sides.
  2. Place the browned pork tenderloin in the bottom of the slow cooker. Add soup, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder and onion powder. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or until tender. Turn the slow cooker to high in the last 30 minutes of cooking.
  3. Stir water and cornstarch to create smooth paste. Remove pork from slow cooker and plate. Whisk cornstarch mixture into slow cooker. Cover and let cook and…

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Apple Pie Caramel Cheesecake (video) – Tatyanas Everyday Food

It may or may not be Peter Griffin’s Birthday today. (Family Guy; it’s Seth McFarlane’s Birthday today and I couldn’t find a Family Guy cake.) I love Family Guy and since I found that on my google news this morning, I thought it was karma and looked for a Family Guy cake. Not finding one, there isn’t really anything else you can do but put a Family Guy logo on a cake, I searched Family Guy cake recipe a second time and picked a cake out of cake recipes that I liked to serve Peter Griffin. I hope he likes it. But that’s as far as this goes. There won’t be more Family Guy news on this blog. Probably.

 

Apple Pie Caramel Cheesecake (video) – Tatyanas Everyday Food

Vegetable turrets with caper sauce – Vegetable dishes

In the meanwhile, I have a few extra recipes to blog in today.

(Capers can be bought online of course. Amazon, or Walmart or Target, for instance, but also, supermarketitaly.com, which is one of my favorite Italian groceries online.)

They are also in most Italian grocery stores wherever you find an Italian grocery store and probably also available in every ordinary grocery store that sells ethnic foods.

Vegetable turrets with caper sauce – Vegetable dishes

Production and sell Chiodino mushroom, wide choise of Cultivating MUSHROOMS | Sgaravatti Shop

You know? I’m a little bit upset with myself that I wouldn’t do more research on the problem of this dangerous item I’ve introduced. So I did.

And what else I have to submit (besides the article on professional advice below — for reference issue, check calendar date 10/25/2019 for all references on honey mushrooms), is just a few things.

Honey Mushrooms are translated into Italian again as Chiodino. (How could I forget this word.) My parents used to get them imported. So I looked and looked for wherever they might be imported. They are apparently, I myself thinking I have a good outlet base to search from, no longer in imports. They used to be in some waters under glass and metal cap. Used sparingly for starchy dishes for me or else for peppered dishes for the rest of the adults for the most part, back in the day. Later on, I have to confess, I lost track of whatever Italian imports they were (my family members) were trafficking into our kitchen. I just sat and enjoyed without too many questions.)

Also, this dry cluster looks very familiar and also, I remember instructively, it has to sit and be left alone until someone well schooled would use it. I suppose it might at one time have been expensive. Today I learn that you have to grow the cultivatable species by yourself and that this is what is best. I find it strange that Italians would loose the opportunity to sell Americans whatever they already have in opportunity because they (the Italians) either know more about it or have been about the work of it longer. But apparently, this is now the thing done, avoidance. I wasn’t aware.

So you’d have to grow your own from rather easy to purchase seed with sold instructions, because you cannot buy honey mushrooms or chiodino anywhere in imports or domestic in a broad and free range search of the matter.

Furthermore. Piopinni mushrooms, called velvet mushrooms, are a culinary delight — for a while — also well known to original kitchen of family heritage — but they get dull for their luxuriating tastes and also can lead to velvety symptoms if overdone. Pretty much, you’re stuck with gourmet usages.

Morels are more than anything else replacing this chiodino and also the Japenese mushrooms which resemble this other one in picture, are not the same. They even taste different; chiodino are rather mild and mushroomy. Well bred and ordinary, if cultivated; a nice separation from ordinary cap. But honestly, you can know this from any ordinary hike in the North American woods, even their odor is a little poisonous in the wild. This is why I am surprised with my decision to leave the topic unattended. I was very surprised to find the usage of a cross-cultural recipe including an ingredient of so much controversy according to rules of government commerce and practices.

But okay, for that matter, I can say finally something I sure will be taken rather radically. But I don’t mean it to be radical. I have always found it difficult to believe that wild-life farming (which is the origin of agriculture in Italy) has never taken hold in the United States and I’ve always wondered why it has not. I suppose there’s a good reason that it doesn’t fit into the free enterprise and land development systematic of our country, but with all the outrageous things we have going on under incorporations, I’m surprised there are no wildlife farms corporatized besides private, individual co-operative groups which sell gourmet goods. Possibly I just even don’t know any better. So I apologize if that’s it.

I wash my hands of this all. The recipe was really worth keeping in the pantry list though.

 

 

Production and sell Chiodino mushroom, wide choise of Cultivating MUSHROOMS | Sgaravatti Shop

All American Roast Beef Recipe – Allrecipes.com

There is no excuse for complications. Look at this recipe. I actually copied and pasted it from the link.

Recipe By: RCP80
“This is your basic everyday eye round roast beef. Simply cooked to perfection. Serve it to family or company. The secret is in the time cooked. 20 minutes per pound at 375 degrees.”
Ingredients
  • 3 pounds beef eye of round roast
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). If roast is untied, tie at 3 inch intervals with cotton twine. Place roast in pan, and season with salt, garlic powder, and pepper. Add more or less seasonings to taste.
  2. Roast in oven for 60 minutes (20 minutes per pound). Remove from oven, cover loosely with foil, and let rest for 15 to 20 minutes.

 

All American Roast Beef Recipe – Allrecipes.com