Delicious No Knead Bread

 3 cups warm water
1 Tablespoon active dry yeast
1 Tablespoon salt
6.5 cups unbleached all purpose flour

Mix together in a large bowl, and the dough should be wet and blobby. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise 1-2 hours. Portion into thirds, and using as much flour as needed on your hands, shape into three round loaves. Place on parchment paper on pan. Cast iron skillets work well, or put two per cookie sheet. Cover and let rise about 45 minutes. Bake at 450 for about 20 minutes, until bread is at 190 degrees. Rub with butter and let cool. Slice and freeze if it's not eaten in a couple days. 

I love the smell of homemade bread and this bread is great alongside soup or salad. 

Whole Grain Bread 🍞

 2 Pound loaf started in bread machine

1 3/4 cup water

3 Tablespoons oil (I use Olive Oil)

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

3 Tablespoons sugar (or honey or maple syrup)

2 Tablespoons dry powered milk

2 Tablespoons vital wheat gluten ( found in baking aisle of grocery store

4 1/2 Cups whole wheat flour

2 teaspoons yeast

Follow directions on your bread machine. The dough cycle works well for this recipe. Usually it mixes and rests the dough for about 1:30 or so, after that, remove it from the bread machine and place the dough in a bread tin, let rise about an hour in a warm location. Bake 350 degrees about :30-35 minutes.

Raspberry Rice Christmas Salad

 2 Cups water

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 Cup rice (rinsed)

Boil rice, water, and salt until thick

Add

3 Cups whole milk

1 Cup sugar

Boil at a low temperature stirring often until thick  (it might take :45 minutes)

Raspberries

3 or 4 Cups Raspberries

(If they’re whole frozen add some water and heat on stove)

Drain raspberries, in a small saucepan pan cook raspberry juice with cornstarch until thick.

Cool all ingredients 

Whip 1 cup whipping cream

Fold whipped cream into cooled rice mixture

Layer rice mixture and raspberry mixture in a glass bowl for Christmas dinner. 

Chocolate Pudding Cake

 3/4 Cup Flour

3 Tablespoons powered cocoa

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 Cup white sugar

Sift flour and cocoa powder and mix in baking powder, salt, and sugar. Set aside

1/2 Cup whole milk

1/4 Cup melted butter (cooled slightly)

2 teaspoons vanilla 

Mix together with dry ingredients and scrape batter into a 8X8 or 9X9 plan

To make pudding mix the following together and sprinkle on top of cake batter

1/4 Cup cocoa powder (sift to remove any lumps)

1/3 Cup brown sugar

1/3 Cup granulated sugar

Pour over batter and pudding mix

1 1/2 Cup boiling water- 

Bake 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes

Let cool :15 minutes, serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.

Four-Grain Flapjacks

 1 cup whole wheat flour

3/4 cup all purpose flour

1/3 cup cornmeal

1/4 cup quick oats

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda 

In another bowl, combine:

1 3/4 cups buttermilk

1/4 cup melted butter

1/4 cup maple syrup

3 eggs

Quickly mix the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients. Cook on griddle. 

I thought this recipe sounded hearty so tried it and loved it! 

Recipe from Joy of Cooking

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

 1 1/2 lb lean ground beef

3/4 cup quick oats

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1/2 cup finely chopped onion

1/2 cup milk

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Sauce: 

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

2 tsp mustard

1/2 cup BBQ sauce

2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

Meatballs: Combine all the ingredients and mix well. Form into 12 balls. Place in Casserole dish. Cover with sauce. Bake at 350 for 30 min. Serve over rice or potatoes. 

Sauce: Combine ingredients and blend thoroughly. Heat in a small saucepan until combined and sugar is dissolved and pour over meatballs. 

This is another recipe I found in an old recipe journal that I remember being good!

Cream Cheese Crockpot Chicken

 1 1/2 lb chicken breasts

15 oz canned black beans, drained

15 oz diced tomatoes, drained 

16 oz jar salsa

8 oz cream cheese

2 cups rice

Place chicken breasts in crockpot. Cover with black beans, tomatoes, and salsa. Cook on high 4-5 hours. Place block of cream cheese on top. Cook 30 min more. Stir to shred chicken. Serve over rice. 

I was looking through an old (2014) recipe journal today and remembered how easy and good this recipe was!