Rainy Day Foods

½ cup peanut butter                                       ½ cup margarine, softened 2 cups brown sugar, packed                        1 tsp vanilla 1 ¾ cups flour                                                  2 tsp baking soda ¾ tsp salt                                                          ½ cup pecans, chopped 1 cup flaked coconut                                       1 ½ cups oats 1 cup chocolate morsels                                2 eggs Cream peanut butter and margarine in a large mixing bowl. Add brown sugar gradually, mixing...

1/4 cup butter                                                      1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms 1 medium onion, diced                                     1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley 1 cup uncooked pearl barley                            1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup pine nuts                                                1/8 tsp pepper 2 green onions, thinly sliced                             2 (14.5 oz.) cans vegetable broth Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in onion, barley...

1 lb beef stew meat, cut into 1/2-inch pieces   1 cup beef broth 1 Tbsp olive oil                                                       2 bay leaves 1 tsp salt                                                                 2 cups sliced carrots 3/4 tsp dried thyme                                              1 cup chopped onion 1/4 tsp pepper                                                       1 cup sliced celery 1/3 cup uncooked medium pearl barley           2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 cup all-purpose flour                                      2 cups sliced baby Portobello mushrooms 1/3 cup cold...

2 1/2 cups water                                                        1 cup uncooked oat groats 1 Tbsp olive oil                                                           1 1/2 cups chopped onion 1 cup chopped celery                                                3/4 cup chopped carrot 1 cup diced zucchini                                                  2 garlic cloves, minced 4 cups fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth 2 cups chopped skinless, boneless rotisserie chicken breast 1 cup (1-inch) cut green beans                               2 tsp chopped fresh thyme 1/2 tsp...

2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour                          1 cup buttermilk 1/3 cup millet flour                                             1 egg, lightly beaten 1 tsp baking powder                                          1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 tsp baking soda                                              1/2 cup honey 1 tsp salt Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease 16 muffin cups. In a large bowl, mix the whole wheat flour, millet flour, baking powder, baking soda...

1 cup uncooked millet                                       2/3 cup chopped dates 1/2 cup soy milk powder                                   1/2 cup flaked coconut 5 1/2 cups hot water                                          1 tsp vanilla extract Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine millet, soy milk powder, hot water, chopped dates, coconut and vanilla in a 9x13 inch casserole dish. Bake casserole in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove and stir. Return casserole...

Cold Process Soap for One 12 oz Can of Lye-recipe by James Hershberger and the original Walton Feed web site. Ingredients: 1 can (12 oz or 340 grams) 100% lye 21 1/2 oz (605 gms) ice cold or part frozen distilled water 5 lbs, 7 1/3 oz (2.48 kg) lard or all vegetable shortening Equipment: 1 ea, 1-2 quart Pyrex or...

This table is for those of you who want to get a bit more scientific in soap making or just want to check and see if the person who created the recipe you're planning on using knew what they were doing. Each fat has its own saponification value, or "SAP Value."  Each fat requires a different amount of lye to...

The dictionary defines pH as "A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution calculated as the common logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration in moles per cubic decimeter of solution and numerically equal to 7 for neutral solutions. pH increases with increasing alkalinity and decreases with increasing acidity. " Acids and bases are opposites, on...