Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Some recipes from my friend Leah

This was an old post and I've modified it to fit here. My friend decided that she could eat well if she could just have 7 breakfasts, lunches, and dinners to rotate. Here's some of her list. Some we've already discussed so I deleted those.

BREAKFASTS
Scrambled eggs and Cottage Potatoes
Use raw cream, free range eggs and sea salt. Mix and scramble.
Cut in cubes, organic potatoes and soak over night in whey, salt and water. Drain, dry, fry in butter, cover and cook until tender. Melt acceptable cheese on top, salt pepper and organic onion or ketchup is good on them too.
Crepes
Grind 2 cups fresh wheat, soak in two cups of raw milk with whey. In the morning add 4 eggs, 1/4 tsp on salt ,1/2 tsp real vanilla. Melt butter and add to the mix. Cook on medium low heat. Serve with lemon and powdered sugar or whipped cream.
Pancakes
Same as above except, omit 2eggs and add 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
Sprouted wheat cereal
Soak until spouts show [rinse and drain after first day of soaking]. Eat raw with milk or toast it and eat with milk.
Kefir shakes
Culture over night. Separate the kefir grains. Blend with sugar or honey and frozen fruit some vanilla and a banana or even spinach.
LUNCHES
Banana Bread
Soak 3 cups wheat flour in 2 cups yogurt ,kefir or buttermilk, over night. Add 3 eggs, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 cup real maple syrup, 2tsp baking soda, 1/4 cup butter melted, 3 mashed bananas crispy pecans if desired [soak in salt water over night rinse and dry on 170] pour into a well buttered loaf pan and cook at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
Cold Cucumber soup
Blend 2 cucumbers, 1 cup butter milk, 1c. homemade or approved chicken stock, 2 cloves garlic, 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp dill, salt and pepper, until smooth. chill and enjoy.
Egg, Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Mix the meat (remember to use minimally processed chicken) or eggs with milk, butter, onion, salt, pepper, garlic and dill.
Spread on sour dough bread.
Cheese sandwiches or better yet raw cheese and jam on sour dough.
Egg and Cheese on organic salad and balsamic vineagar and olive oil.
DINNERS
Noodles an Tomato Marinara sauce
Mix 3eggs, 1 c. wheat flour, 1 1/2 c. white flour. Set aside.
Fry hamburger. Add homemade or approved beef stock, and 2 cans tomato paste [ "fry" them] and add pepper, salt, garlic, some honey and Italian type seasonings. Let simmer while rolling out the above noodle dough. Slice into thin strips and boil for 3 minutes.
Chicken noodle soup
Place minimally processed chicken, homemade or approved stock, carrots, celery, garlic, salt , pepper, and sugar or a sweet potato in the crock pot on high for 3 hours. mix 1 c. wheat flour, 1 1/2 c. white flour and 3 eggs. Roll out and cut with a pizza cutter [freeze half of the dough if your family is smaller] add the noodles half an hour before the crock pot is finished . remove chicken from the bone if needed.
Tortillas
Soak 1 c. water , whey, 3 c. wheat flour, 1/4 c. coconut oil and 1/2 tbsp salt over night. roll out in flour and cook on medium heat on skillet. Fill with fajitas or beans and cheese.
Wild Alaskan salmon
Fry in butter add dill and lemon serve with brown rice, butter and braggs's amino acids [soy sauce]
Dal
Cook brown rice. Cook lentils, 20 min. Fry onions in butter. Season lentils in curry. Layer rice, lentils, onions, daisy sour cream or raw cheese and parsley.
Ratatouille
Soak cubed eggplant in salt water for an hour. Fry zucchini, pell pepper, onion, tomato and garlic; all separately, in olive oil. Add all to casserole dish. Add thyme and bake for 1 hour at 350 uncovered. Top with acceptable cheese.
Chili
Brown meat, add acceptable stock, 2 onions, 2 mild peppers, 2 cans tomatos, 3 cloves garlic, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tbsp oregano, 1 tbsp basil, 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes, kidney beans 3 cups. Simmer 1 hour
Beef, Chicken or Fish stock
Add meat to cold water and cook on low in crock pot for 12 hours. Strain, and freeze in ice cube trays.[metal ones if available]
Whey and Cheese
Set raw milk on the counter for 4 days. Then strain through cheese cloth or close woven cloth, over jar to catch the whey. DO NOT SQUEEZE. let drain for 24 hours.
Sour Dough
Sart: 2 cups wheat flour, 2 cups water, 1 tsp yeast. Let set on counter, covered with a dish towel. Feed it 1 cup flour and water each day for a week.
Remove 4 cups of start and add 6 to 7 cups wheat flour, 3/4 cups water, 1 tbsp salt. Shape and butter, slice 3 lines in the top and let rise for 12 hours. Bake 350 for an hour. Let cool before slicing.

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