Sunday, September 20, 2009

Easy sweet shanghai noodles

Prep time- 2
Cooking Time- 3-7 minutes
Feeds- 8

Number of things that get dirty- 1
pot
bowl

Ingredients
some sort of long stringy noodles
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
2 tsp brown sugar

cook noodles as per package directions
add other ingredients and toss until thoroughly mixed

Ahuva's apple crisp

Prep time- 10
Cooking Time- 30 minutes ish
Feeds- 10+

Number of things that get dirty- 3
peeler
knife or food processor
oven safe bakeware

Ingredients
8 or more apples
2/3 c sugar
2/3 brown sugar
2/3 c margarine
2 c flour

combine everything except the apples into a bowl or ziploc bag until you get a crumbly mixture
peel and slice apples into relatively bite sized pieces
place apples in oven safe bakeware or disposable foil pan
cover in crumb mixture

bake until golden brown (roughly 30 minutes) at 180*C (350*F)

Baked Apples

Prep time- 20 minutes or s
Cooking Time- 30 minutes minutes
Feeds as many as you want

Number of things that get dirty- 3
apple corer
apple peeler
oven safe bakeware

Ingredients
apples (1 per person)
margarine
brown sugar
flour
cinnamon

core as many apples as you need
peel the top third of each apple
cut an "x" into the exposed flesh so the apple has room to expand
in a ziploc bag or large brown combine a chunk of margarine and enough flour and brown sugar to make a crumbly mixture.
add a pinch or two of cinnamon
place apples in lightly greased oven safe bakeware
fills holes in apple with mixture
add about an inch of water to the pan around the apples

bake at 180*C (350*F) for about 30-45 minutes, spooning liquid from pan over every 15 minutes.

reheats amazingly well on a hotplate.

Monday, August 10, 2009

No fail frozen veggies

Prep time- 2 minutes
Cooking Time- 20 minutes minutes
Feeds as many as you want

Number of things that get dirty- 1
oven safe pyrex or bakeware


Ingredients
frozen veggie of choice (we use a lot of broccoli/cauliflower mix)
your favourite garlicy dressing
shredded cheese
bread crumbs

toss it all together and throw into an oven uncovered for 15-20 minutes at 180*C

Eggy Muffins

Prep time- 10 minutes
Cooking Time- 30 minutes per tray
Feeds a lot. We made this as a huge recipe and froze a ton of them for breakfasts and lunches. This version made 30 muffins

Number of things that get dirty- 4
mixing bowl
electric beaters or a fork
muffin trays
cup fpr breaking eggs


Ingredients
18 eggs
1/2 c bread crumbs
2 cans of tuna
1/3-1/2 c milk
1 tsp onion soup powder
garlic powder to taste
black pepper to taste
veggies from the freezer (anything bite sized that will fit nicely into your muffin tins. In theory you could also use fresh, or sauteed veggies)
1 c (ish) shredded cheese
1/3 c (ish) ketchup

Pour everything into a large mixing bowl
mix
baked in greased muffin tins. you can fill them almost full as they will only puff up a tiny bit

cook roughly 30 minutes 180* C

freeze them and thaw quickly in the microwave for a great breakfast

Friday, March 20, 2009

Greenbeans the easy way

Prep time- 10 minutes
Cooking Time- 10 minutes minutes
Feeds as many as you have beans for!

Number of things that get dirty- 3
knife
cutting board
covered oven safe container with
ziplock bag (large


Ingredients
as many greenbeans as you want- fresh or frozen
garlic either fresh roasted or ground
1 tbls oil
pinch salt


remove stems from either end
put greenbeans, garlic, oil and salt into a ziplock bag
toss around with wild abandon until all greenbeans are nicely coated
remove from bag into oven container
bake about 20 minutes at 180*C until everything is nice and just slightly toasty

great additions include toasted almonds or pine nuts

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Onion Chicken

This is the fastest and easiest chicken recipe that I know of. It is my chicken of last resort when I do not have time to do anything else for shabbat. You can even add rice in the bottom (with enough water) and it will all cook together and give you a really easy and tasty side dish at the same time.

Prep time- 5 minutes
Cooking Time- 45-60 minutes minutes
Feeds 4-5

Number of things that get dirty- 3
poultry shears
large pyrex or roasting pan
knife


Ingredients
1 onion
1 whole chicken

Remove skin and stems from onion. Cut a single slice into the side of the onion to give it more surface area.
Set aside onion
Clean chicken. If you are in Israel, remove feathers. If you are not in Israel, you probably do not have to bother with that step as the kind folk at the chicken factory have already done it for you.
Place in baking tray legs up
Stuff onion where the sun don't shine (alternatively if you are more aidle than I, insert onion into vacant chicken cavity)
Cover and cook at 180*C until golden cooked.
Uncover and cook an addotional 10 minutes or so

I told you it was easy.