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Totally makes my day.

Chicken with Serendipity Glaze

This is the story of the accidental discovery of a tasty dish: what happens when you ask for 3 cups of flour, but are handed, instead, 3 cups of confectioner’s sugar?

Bliss.

• 1 Chicken (frier) cut up
  
• 1 Cup vegetable shortening
  
• 3 Cups powdered sugar
  
• 1 Tbls Garlic Salt
  
• 1 Tbl pepper
  
• 2 tsp onion powder
  

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Fasting - This is Sabah: Greens and Seitan in Mole

A lenten favourite and a Yummy Thing - quite good over rice. And if it’s not a fast, you can make it with chicken or pork (I think beef is a little too overpowering for this) or you can add shredded cheese.

1.5 cups of Seitan, cut or shredded into dice-sized pieces
1 Onion, diced
14 oz Can of Tomatoes - juice drained and reserved
2-3 cups of frozen, diced greens (either Collards, Mustard, Turnips)
or 2 leeks, diced
2 Cups prepared Mole Sauce

I use Dona Maria’s Mole Sauce.

1. Place a couple of Tbl of Tomato Juice in a deep skillet heat up and use to steam/saute the onions (add more liquid as needed). Cook until the onions are limp.
2. Place greens in microwave and nuke on high for 14 mins. (If using leeks add the diced leeks to the pan at this time to saute until cooked down, limp and tender.)
3. Add seitan and continue to saute for about 10 mins.
4. Add Tomatoes and any remaining liquid, cook uptil hot.
5. Stir in Mole Sauce and simmer for 10-15 mins.

Mozzarella di Bufala

In this case, at least, made in-but-not-of Buffalo: here’s a video and a how-to recipe, it’s vegetarian, local, and quite tasty!

Semi Lenten and Kosher-Dairy

From The Jew and the Carrot comes a recipe for Beet Burgers that looks really tasty. It uses eggs and cheese, so it’s not 100% Ortho-Lentable, although it will work for Butter Week. Tt will work for Western Lent or a meat-free diet. It’s also good for Kosher-Dairy.

Pascha Cake (Kosher - D)

1 Box regular Chocolate Cake Mix (not pudding, or Chocholate syrup, etc). If available - use a box of “Red Velvet” Cake mix: red is for pascha!
1 C coconut (optional - I nearly never use it)
1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 Jar Butterscotch Carmel Ice Cream Topping
1 Container non-dairy whipped topping (no whipped cream here!)
1 Crumbled Heathbar or Butterfinger bar (or miniature M&Ms etc)

1. Prepare the cake mix according to the directions on the box as for a 9 X 13 pan. Stir in the coconut into the batter.
2. Bake and remove from oven when done.
3. While still warm poke holes in the cake with the handle of a wooden spoon about every inch and a half to two inches.
4. Pour the can of sweetened condensed milk over the cake.
5. Pour the jar of ice cream topping over cake.
6. When cooled to room temperature, frost with cool whip (NB: the cake is so moist from the S/C/M that “real” whipped cream would deflate).
7. Top the cake with the crumbled candy bar.

Keep refrigerated.

NB: It says, “Pascha” because I make it for Orthodox Easter - using a Red Velvet box mix (Red being traditional colour for Pascha). But you can make it ANY time!

Yummy Ideas

OK, so most of the post is about a trip to Israel and some very serious thoughts on Israeli Culture. But breakfast sounds wonderful.:

In the beginning, God made breakfast. In my personal theology, especially as it’s effected by the the Land of Israel, that breakfast consists of a couple different yogurts, fresh avocado, feta cheese, zatar spices, arugula and fresh tomato salad, fresh bread, olives, and coffee. You shmear some cold butter on your bread and you’re pretty much ready for anything.

Fichuelas de Hanukkah

Reposted with a photo of this year’s batch

Because no one can get enough fried foods… This wonderful recipe is from The Hanukkah Book, by Mae Shafter Rockland. Released first in 1975 and again in 1985, it is now out of print. I’ve had my copy since 1985 (I picked it up when living in Atlanta) and dug it out of the pile to find this recipe (as well as to refresh my memory on some other holiday points).

Recipe below…

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Toping

Sour cream and caviar is the best-ever toping for latkes. Better than applesauce!

Hot and Spicy Cream Cheese Brownies - K. Dairy

Dagoba Xocolatl is organic cocoa powder plus hot chilies. It’s very tasty. I wondered what sort of brownies it might make.

I did realise that this would require some experimenting. I found a recipe that started with cocoa powder and adjusted it: the Xocolatl already has some sugar in it. So I took out some sugar from the recipe and added some extra cocoa powder. Then I played with everything to get it balanced…

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