Preheat oven to 375 and line muffin tin with jumbo liners

¾ cup white flour

½ cup whole wheat flour

¼ cup oatmeal (can be ground in blender if preferred)

½ cup sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

Mix all the dry ingredients in a medium bowl.

4 ripe bananas

1 egg

½ cup melted margarine

½ cup canned pumpkin (optional)

Beat wet ingredients together to desired consistency and add in the dry ingredients. Mix together well.

Options to add interest are chocolate chips or chopped walnuts, approximately 1 cup per batch. Mix in into flour/banana mixture. Fill liners to ¾ full and bake for 19 to 22 minutes or when top bounces back when touched. Cool and turn out onto rack. Makes approximately 12 muffins.

I have successfully quadrupled this recipe in one batch. You can play with the ingredients as long as the proportions are within limits

Bagels
1 cup warm water
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 ½ teaspoon yeast
1 ½ teaspoon salt
3 cups flour

place yeast in warm and sugar and allow to froth. add flour and salt and knead until smooth and shiny. depending on your type of flour and altitude, you may have to add a little more or less water. let rest at least 20 minutes so the dough can relax. separate into eight equal sized balls and make into bagel shape by punching a hole in the center of each roll with a finger or chopstick and stretching the hole out (with your finger) until it is at least 1 inch in diameter (the hole will get smaller once the bagels puff up). place on a well greased (or floured) cookie sheet and let rest another 20 minutes. at this point you should bring to boil at least 4 inches of water in a large pot with 2 T. sugar. after the 20 minute rest, place the bagels in rapidly boiling water for 30 seconds to 1 minute on each side. the heat of the water is very important since this is what will make the dough puff up and get chewy. place a lid on the pot once the bagels are in to maintain a high temperature. drain and place on well greased, light colored cookie sheet and sprinkle with the toppings of your choice (i like salt, dried garlic bits, sesame seeds and fresh black pepper) or leave them plain. bake at 450 for about 15-20 minutes, turning over once. for wheat bagels, omit 1 T. sugar and replace with 2-3 T honey. replace all white flour with wheat flour.

3 eggs
3/4 c. milk (I used fat free half and half)
1/2 c. melted butter
3/4 c. sour cream (I used fat free)
1 1/2 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda (I skipped this since I didn’t have any)
1 tbsp. sugar (I doubled this)
**I also added 1-2 teaspoons of vanilla

Separate eggs, beat yolks until light, add milk, butter and sour cream. Beat until smooth. Combine dry ingredients, add to egg yolk mixture and blend well. Beat egg whites until stiff and carefully fold into batter. Bake in a hot waffle iron and serve with desired toppings.
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Tom Yum is the most famous of Thai soups, being very popular in Thai restaurants in the US. It is a clear sour soup which is flavored with fresh lemon grass and kaffir lime leaf. The most well-known version uses shrimp (in Thai: goong, koon, kung), but you may also use firm white-flesh fish (see Tom Yum Taleh) or chicken (gy or kai).

Ingredients

4 cups of water
2 stalks fresh lemon grass, trim off the very end of the root and smash with the side of a cleaver of chef’s knife; cut into 1 inch pieces; or 2 pc dried
3 slices fresh galangal root(smashed) or 2 pc dried
3 fresh kaffir lime leave or 4 pc dried
1 Tbsp. tamarind paste, with or without seeds
1 Tbsp. fish sauce, Golden Boy preferred
3/4 lb shrimps, medium to large size, shelled and de-veined; butterfly if desired
12 fresh Thai chili peppers, whole or 2 medium sized jalepenos, cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch strips.
1/2 small white onion, cut 1/4 inch slices
2 Tbsp. roasted chili paste (nam prik pao)
1 (16 oz.) can straw mushrooms, drained and rinsed
1 small ripe tomato, cut into wedges 1/4 inch thick
1 small lime, squeezed
2 sprigs fresh cilantro
Preparation

Bring water to boil over high heat in a medium-sized saucepan. Add the lemon grass, galangal, kaffir lime leaf, fish sauce and tamarind paste (break apart the tamarind paste with your fingers as you add it). Add the shrimp, bring to a boil and cook 3 minutes. Add the onion, nam prik pao and straw mushrooms. Boil for another 7 minutes until the shrimp is cooked through. Add the chile peppers and tomatoes. Turn off the heat. Add the lime juice. Taste to adjust the seasoning, adding fish sauce to taste. Garnish with cilatantro if desired and serve. Serves 3 to 4.

I want to try these one day from Kaji’s mom blog Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Soft Chewy Ginger Cookies

2 1/4C all-purpose flour
2tsp ground ginger
1tsp baking soda
3/4tsp ground cinnamon
1/2tsp ground cloves
pinch of salt
3/4C margarine, softened
1C white sugar
2Tb unsweetened applesauce
1Tb water
1/4C molasses

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift together the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Set aside.

-In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the applesauce, then the water and molasses. Gradually stir the sifted ingredients into the molasses mixture. Shape dough into walnut sized balls, and place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet (I just use my cookie scoop and don’t bother balling the dough).

-Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

well I have been stuck in cooking the regular everyday food due to some unavoidable reasons hope to try something new soon.

2 c. sugar
2/3 c. shortening
2 eggs
1 1/4 c. hot coffee
Dissolve 2/3 c. cocoa in coffee
2 1/4 c. flour
1 1/4 tsp. salt
Dissolve 1 1/4 tsp. soda in 2/3 c. boiling water

350 degrees, 45 minutes. 9×13 pan.

FROSTING:

1/2 c. butter, melted
1/2 c. milk
2 c. white sugar
3 tbsp. cocoa

Boil 2 minutes low heat. Remove from heat. Put in cold water in pan and beat until consistency to frost.

OH MY HECK!! I just made this cake and if the batter is any indication, it’s going to be SOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!!!

by Melissa (LM)

well after starting so many blogs & then failing to blog I finally starting a new one ( again) & I hope this one will be easy enough fr me to make the posts. All I want to do is one place for the collection of all the recipes that I want to try in future. SO here for creating yummy food & having fun doing so.

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