Pete's Refreshing Fizzy Summer Tea
Get a whole bunch of fresh mint and lemon verbena and
tear up the leaves. Pour hot water over the leaves,
add some good honey until it's a bit too sweet, and
steep for 20 minutes. Allow to cool. When the tea is
cool put some ice in a glass and fill it halfway with
sparkling mineral water then fill the rest of the
glass with your tea. garnish with a sprig of lemon
verbena and a little wheel of lemon. Sit by the pool
or what have you, and be refreshed!
David's French Green Beans
Two big handfuls of nice green beans, washed and dried
with the ends pinched off
Enough olive to just cover the bottom of a large frying pan
3 cloves of garlic
Kosher salt
Cover the bottom of a large frying pan with olive and
get it relatively hot over medium heat (so that a drop of
water snaps but doesn't splatter)
Crush, peel and mince the garlic
Toss in the garlic and when the instant searing sound
dies off (20-30 seconds), toss in the beans
Cover the pan and toss the beans with the oil garlic
mixture
Cook covered over medium low heat until the beans are
at your desired crunch level
Salt to taste
Pretty much anything cooked like this will be a
success. Green beans are just my particular favorite.
ABBY
Kale that I like
1 bunch kale chopped
Directions: steam kale in pan, sauté 1/2 onion with
as much garlic as you like in olive oil. Then mix in some
fresh lemon juice and a spoonful of Tahini. If this is too
thick add more olive oil. Add a splash or two of soy sauce.
Pour over kale and eat it all up.
Freezer Cookies
Cookies to make when I'm really lazy and my friends
want something sweet
2/3 cup Maple Syrup
1/4 cup veg. Oil (I use olive oil)
5 level Table Spoons Cocoa Powder
1 Tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 cup Almond Butter (or other nut butter)
1 cup Oats
Stir syrup, oil, cinnamon in a pan over medium heat. Boil
2-3 minutes stirring constantly. Mixture will start to thicken.
Remove from heat and stir in rest of ingredients. Place on
waxpaper in cookie shapes. Freeze for approx. 30 minutes.
Eat them up. Sometimes I add raisins.
IAN
PIZZA from HEAVEN
Get all organic ingredients
CUT:
a generous slice of your favorite ESSENE BREAD sometimes called MANNA BREAD (I recommend a plain wheat or multi-grain variety, nothing fancy)
SPREAD:
generously with BLACK OLIVE TAPENADE
SPREAD:
over the tapenade your favorite PESTO SAUCE.
ADD:
a healthy slice of BODACIOUS TOMATO
BALANCE:
on top of that a wedge of the PERFECT AVOCADO
(Optional: add one big leaf of SPINACH)
EAT
AMANDA’s Grandma Flo’s
Vegan Mexican-Style Casserole (serves 8-10 folks)
Mexican Sauce
18 corn tortilla’s
3 cups Refried Beans plus 2 tsp onion powder and 1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 medium onion, coarsely chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup firmly packed cilantro leaves, coarsely chopped
1/2 red or green bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a lightly oiled 9-by 13-inch ovenproof glass baking pan, spread 1 cup sauce.
Lay six corn tortillas over the sauce. Pour 1/2 cup sauce evenly over the tortillas, then spread the beans on top. Cover the beans with six more tortillas, and spread 1/2 cup sauce over the tortillas.
Mix together the onion, jalapeno pepper, cilantro, and bell pepper. Sprinkle this mixture evenly over the tortillas, then sprinkle the corn kernels on top. Cover with the last 6 tortillas, and pour 1 cup sauce over the top. Bake the casserole for 30 or 40 minutes, or until it is hot and bubbly.
Heat the remaining sauce to be spooned over each serving.
JOHN’s Recipe for "The Secret Varnish Of Antonio Stradivari (Red)"
Apply to completely finished violin (in the white) in a very dry climate.
step #1. [Seal open wood:] Dissolve 1 part volcanic ash (Potash) 1/10 part pulverized lime stone, into 5 parts och re (sealer), dissolve using wood alcohol and heat until sealer is honey colored.apply light over all surfaces, let dry, polish (500 grade plus steel wool).
Step #2. [Varnish] mix 1 part Mung oil 1/3 powdered shellac, using 1 part wood alcohol, mix completely over 1 day period using heat and alcohol to thin
step#3 mix powdered mineral colors 1/5 bloodstone, 1/10 part Lt brown,1/10 part colophon (pine) you may add powered copper to add just the hint green or powered silver to add more white, dissolve completely into alcohol.
Step #4 [mixing the colored varnish] Add the dissolved powders into varnish using heat. thin until mix is slightly thicker than water and the color of red wine.
Step #5 [ apply 3 very thin coats] completely drying and rubbing out between each.
Step #6 [ Finish Coats] Mix varnish again adjusting thickness and reducing color until coat 6 is completely clear and just slightly thicker then coat 1. When completely dry varnish should be deeply transparent, rather soft and not at all heavy .. This Violin has a good chance to have deep lows and still be bright.. the key is many thin coats.
Ants on A Log
1. cut celery in half
2. spread peanut butter in the valley of the celery
3. pop little raisins every 1/4 inch or as desired |
