September 4, 2004

The tomatoes are coming..

I'm finally getting some wonderful sweet tomatoes from my CSA farm, so now is the time to post a recipe that needs good fresh tomatoes.


My tabouli

Recipe By : Nicole
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:30
Categories : Ethnic Salads

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/2 cup bulgur -- soaked
1/4 cup fresh parsley -- chopped
3 green onion -- chopped
2 tablespoons fresh mint -- chopped
1 1/2 large tomatoes -- chopped
1/2 large cucumber -- quartered and sliced
1 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 dashes black pepper

Soak bulgur in boiling water for about 1/2 hour, drain.

Mix olive oil, lemon juice, salt,pepper, parsley and mint in the bottom of a bowl. Add bulgur and chopped vegetables, toss. Chill several hours or overnight.


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Per serving: 167 Calories; 6g Fat (28% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 28g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 230mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 1 Starch/Bread; 2 1/2 Vegetable; 1 Fat

Serving Ideas : add crumbled feta cheeese

NOTES : Add chick peas for a main dish salad-1 can to 4 serv

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August 25, 2004

the only cookies my boys ever want

I was happy with the toll house cookie recipe on the back of the chocolate chip bag, but the evolution of this recipe started when I saw Hilary Clinton's recipe for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies in a magazine. I thought they were great, but my kids weren't wild about the oatmeal. So I switched to harder to detect oat flour. Other secrets-use real butter and good chips, like Guittard. I don't buy Nestle's anymore since I found out they pushed baby formula on poor 3rd world mothers who should have been breastfeeding.

If you try any of my recipes, please come back and comment on how it worked for you. I do have dreams of being published on paper someday,so I'd like to know if my directions are any good.

Compromising Chocolate Chip Cookies

Recipe By : Nicole
Serving Size : 60 Preparation Time :1:30
Categories : Cookies

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups oat flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups whole-grain wheat flour -- pastry, or 1/2 white
12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugars. Beat in vanilla and eggs. Stir in flours, salt and soda gradually. Stir in chocolate chips last.

Drop by scoops on parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake at 350¡ , about 11 min. for regular small scoop, 13-15 min. for larger muffin scoop.

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Per serving (excluding unknown items): 83 Calories; 5g Fat (51% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate; 15mg Cholesterol; 90mg Sodium
Food Exchanges: 1 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates

NOTES : variations for 60 servings add 1/2 c. chopped nuts

add 1/2 c. shredded coconut and substitute 10 oz. mint choc. chips for regular

_ copyright 1997-yeah, I might try to get this published someday ____

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