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.

Cucumber Salad

This salad works best when you do the first part a day or so in advance. It really helps if it sits. I make the two "pre-mixtures" in ziplock bags which makes it easy to drain them and easy to clean up!

Prep time- 5-10 minutes minutes
Cooking Time- None but it should sit over night before you serve it
Feeds - depends how much you make

Number of things that get dirty- 3
chef knife
cutting board
serving bowl

Ingredients
2 cucumbers (or enough for about 2 cups of thin slices)
1 small onion
1 tsp cider vinegar
2 pinches of salt
1 pinch of sugar
2 tbls dill
2 tbls water
2 ziplock bags

slice cucumber into really thin slices and put into a ziplock bag
add 1 pinch of salt
seal and stick in the fridge for at least a few hours

slice onion into small pieces
add 1 pinch of salt
add 1 pinch of sugar
seal and stick in the fridge for at least a few hours

add dill to cider vinegar and stick in the fridge for at least a few hours

drain the liquid out of both bags and pour the remaining contents into a bowl
add vinegar and dill
add water if required

Serve cold

Purple Cabage Salad

Prep time- 5-10 minutes minutes
Cooking Time- None but it should sit over night before you serve it
Feeds - depends how much you make

Number of things that get dirty- 4
food processor
mixing bowl
two forks

Ingredients
Purple cabbage
1/3 C Light mayo
2 tbls apple cider vinegar
garlic powder
onion powder

Shred cabbage in food processor. Yes you could use a knife but that sort of takes the quick out of this recipe
mix in mayo and vinegar
add garlic and onion to taste

let sit over night or at least a few hours!

Tomato salad spread (and sauce base!)

I got this recipe from a vegetarian friend of mine (Thanks Yaffa!) and doctored it to our more garlicy taste. It became an instant favourite. We almost always have some of it in the fridge. If I think it is going ot go bad I just puree it into a tomatoe sauce, add a little something to thin it slightly and it is an incredible pizza or pasta sauce.

Prep time- 5-10 minutes minutes
Cooking Time- 1 1/2 -2 hours minutes
Feeds - no idea. I2 sort of stretches in limitless ways.

Number of things that get dirty- 4
chef knife
baking tray with sides
mixing bowl
wodden spoon

Ingredients
tomatoes- you can use pretty much any tomatoes you can find. I got the recipe with cherry tomatoes, but now I buy the cheap ones from "the ugly bin" and slice them.
basil (fresh is better but dried is fine)
olive oil
garlic (again, cloves are good, dried powder is fine)
optional dill

Cut tomatoes into chunks (or just halves if you are using cheery tomatoes and place skin side down onto a lightly olive oiled baking tray
if you are using whole cloves of garlic lay them out as well
sprinkly lightly with olive oil
if you are using dried basil and or garlic and or dill sprinkle it on now

roast at 180*C (350*F) for an hour
drain off juices
roast another half hour
drain off juices
if they look like they still have a lot of juice ot give up let them go another half hour

pour roasted tomatoes (and garlic) into the bowl with the drained juices
mix well
add a drop of olive oil if it is too thick (more of a problem when starting with bigger tomatoes)

serves well hot, cold, pureed, on bread, as a side dish for fish, or probably a bunch of other ways I am not thinking of.

Friday, February 27, 2009

The chocolatiest of Brownies

This recipe is very, very rich. A small piece will do it for most people. It is also really dense and gooey.

Prep time- 5 minutes
Cooking Time- 20-30 minutes
Feeds 12 ish. more or less depending on how big you cut the pieces.

Number of things that get dirty- 4
mixing bowl
rubber spatula
electric mixer
9x13 baking tray

Ingredients
2 cups sugar
1 3/4 cup flour
5 eggs
3/4 cup oil
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup cocoa
1 1/2 cup chocolate chips (pareve)

Combine all ingredients except chocolate chips and blend until smooth ish
Sprinkle 1/2 of chocolate chips into the bottom of the pan
pour in batter
sprinkle on remaining chocolate chips

bake at 180 for 20-30 minutes

Easy Shabbat Soy Chicken

Prep time- 5 minutes
Cooking Time- 45 minutes
Feeds as many as you have chicken for

Number of things that get dirty- 4
small cup or bowl
pyrex baking dish
plate

Ingredients
Skinless boneless chicken cutlets
unsalted Soy Sauce (about 1/4 C)
Sesame Oil (about 1/4 C)
cider vinegar (to taste)
1 tsp onion soup powder

dredge chicken in flower
fry until sealed in sesame oil. It does not take a lot of oil.
add other ingrediants to the pot including the remainder of the sesame oil

cook BRIEFLY to bring ingredients together. Careful becuase they will start to burn FAST.

remove chicken to baking tray
pour sauce over

cover bake about 40-45 minutes at 200 until chicken is cooked.