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SWEET LOVE!

                          Apple Pecan Cobbler
 
 
Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:35
Categories    : Desserts                         Fruits
                 
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
      1/2  Cup           Brown sugar
      1/2  Teaspoon      Cinnamon
      3/4  Cup           Coarsely Chopped Pecans -- divided
    4      Cups          Tart Apples -- thin sliced
    1      Cup          Un-bleached Flour -- sifted
    1      Cup           Cane sugar
    1      Teaspoon      Baking Powder
      1/4  Teaspoon     Seasalt
    1                    Egg -- well beaten
      1/2  Cup           Evaporated Milk
      1/3  Cup           Butter--melted

Mix sugar, cinnamon and 1/2 cup pecans.  Place apples in bottom of a
greased 8 1/4 x 1 3/4-inch round baking dish.  Sprinkle the cinnamon
mixture.  Sift together the dry ingredients.  Combine egg, milk, and
butter; add dry ingredients, all at once, and mix until smooth.  Pour
over apples; sprinkle with remaining pecans.  Bake at 325° about 55
minutes or until done.  Spoon warm cobbler onto dessert plates; top with
cinnamon-flavored whipped cream or ice cream.
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Chef Tim Johnson
Remember...Grace is upon you so eat to live!

HAWAII FIVE-O

Coconut Crumbed Mahi-Mahi
 
  • 2 pounds fish fillets skinned and boned
  • un-bleached flour
  • 2 eggs
  • oil - light -peanut?
  • 1 cup crumbs -bread
  • 1 cup dessicated Coconut
  • SAUCE
  • 2 mangoes skinned and flesh removed
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil-use thai basil if you can get it
  • 1 clove garlic s
  • plash white wine -1/4 cup ?- Vermouth ? Midori ? I Digress here !
  • Ground black pepper to season and a touch of soy sauce
  • Finely chopped Hab
  • Process Sauce ingredients till smooth -Set aside.
    Flour fish, combine crumbs and Coconut. Dip fish in beaten eggs and coat with crumb mixture -press crumbs into fish. Chill fish for 1 hour to set coating. Shallow fry 2 min each side drain and drizzle with sauce.

    Now i would put some sauce around the fish and run a circle of Coconut milk/cream around the outside and do that swish Knife thing to make it look pretty .But then again i would also soak my dessicated Coconut in the Coconut milk/or cream for an hour to give more flavour .,and also whip a bit of candied Ginger into the sauce ,not much ,just a hint . But then again you probably would do much the same.......
    To serve 4-6 ? this all depends on whether your Country club members still eat Nouveu Cuisine or go for broke .

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    Chef Tim Johnson

    Remember...Grace is upon you so eat to live!

    NATIVE LOVE!

         Yamassee Ginger Snap Crusted Chilean Sea Bass

    2 - 7 oz portions Sea Bass or any firm white fish
    Ginger Snap Crumbs...
    Dredge bass in crumbs, coat on both sides Bake at 350F for 12-15 minutes, or until firm Serve with 2 oz. of kiwi lime sauce.

     

    Ginger Snaps

    6 oz. butter, softened
    1 cup sugar
    3 Tbsp. molasses
    1 egg
    2 ¼ cup sifted unbleached flour
    ¾ Tbsp. ground ginger
    ¾ Tbsp. ground cinnamon
    2 Tbsp. baking soda

    Cream together butter, sugar, molasses, and egg until light and fluffy. Combine dry ingredients and gently stir into the mix. Form dough into small ball shapes. Bake at 325F for 12-15 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Puree cookies into a fine meal in the food processor.

     

     

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    Chef Tim Johnson

    Remember...Grace is upon you so eat to live!

    Kiwi Lime Sauce
    Yield: 3 cups

    1 cup white wine
    ½ Tbsp. minced shallots
    2 Tbsp. fresh minced ginger

    Combine above ingredients in saucepan and bring to boil. Reduce mixture down by half.

    8 kiwis peeled
    2/3 cup fresh lime juice
    ¼ cup honey

    Add above ingredients to mixture in saucepan and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and puree in food processor. Strain.


    MY SWEET TOOTH!

     
    YAMASSEE
    Honey Peach and Blackberry Cobbler
     
     

    Yield

    12 servings (serving size: 1/2 cup cobbler and 1 biscuit)

    Ingredients

    • 2 1/4  cups un-bleach all-purpose flour, divided
    • 8  cups  chopped peeled peaches (about 4 pounds)
    • 1/4  cup  honey
    • 3  tablespoons  fresh lemon juice
    • 3/4  teaspoon  salt, divided
    • 3  cups  blackberries
    • Cooking spray
    • 3/4  cup  granulated sugar
    • 1  tablespoon  grated lemon rind
    • 1  teaspoon  baking powder
    • 6  tablespoons  chilled butter, cut into small pieces
    • 1 1/4  cups  low-fat buttermilk
    • 2  tablespoons  turbinado sugar

    Preparation

    Preheat oven to 400°.

    Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

    Combine 1/4 cup flour, peaches, honey, juice, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a large bowl; toss gently. Let stand 15 minutes. Fold in blackberries. Spoon mixture into a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.

    Combine 2 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, granulated sugar, rind, and baking powder in a medium bowl, stirring with a whisk. Cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk, and stir just until moist.

    Drop dough onto peach mixture to form 12 mounds. Sprinkle mounds with turbinado sugar. Bake at 400° for 40 minutes or until bubbly and golden.

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    Chef Tim Johnson

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    MY TREAT OF THE WEEK

    Peasant Pasta
     
    This idea for peasant pasta is a vegetarian recipe based on ingredients that we nearly always have in the kitchen.

    It's nice to cook with all fresh ingredients, vegetables in season and so on but now and again the need arises to cook something tasty with whatever we have available. All the ingredients are available in forms that can be stored, I only used dried mushrooms in this version.

    To make 2 servings:

    kcal
    1 small onion, chopped 29
    1 clove garlic, crushed 4
    10g (1/3oz) dried mushrooms 30
    1 tomato, peeled and chopped 26
    15ml (1tbsp) olive oil 119
    Pinch sugar 4
    Salt & pepper to taste 5
    5 sprigs parsley, chopped 2
    160g pasta shapes 572
    30ml grated parmesan cheese 44
    Total 835
    Around 420 kcal per serving

    Put the dried mushrooms in a heat proof container and pour on 300ml (1/2 pint) of boiling water. Stir and leave to soak for 5 minutes or so.

    Fry the onion, garlic and parsley very gently in the oil until the onion is soft and translucent.

    Drain the mushrooms and add them and the chopped tomato to the onion. Season with salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar, cover and leave to simmer for 20 minutes.

    Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling, salted water for 5 to 10 minutes.

    Drain the pasta and return to the pan. Add the cooked sauce and mix together. Serve with a topping of grated cheese.

    There you have it, a vegetarian pasta recipe made from ingredients you probably have already. 

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    Chef Tim Johnson

    Remember...Grace is upon you so eat to live!

    YOU JUST CAN'T EAT ONE!

     Hydrogenated oils are Trans Fats and guilty as charged!
     
     

    They're in Ritz Crackers, Hostess ho Hos, Oreos, Kellogg's Pop Tarts, and hundreds of other processed foods. They're the principal ingredient in margarines and shortenings. They're hydrogenated fats.

    Many journalists, and a few researchers view hydrogenated fats with great suspicion. And more than a few consumers won't touch margarine. Some aren't sure why they distrust the stuff. Others know exactly why. Margarine contains "trans" fats.

    Manufacturers hydrogenate (add hydrogen to) liquid oils to make them semi-solid. In the process, some hydrogens in the fats get rearranged. Scientists refer to fats with the ordinary arrangement as "cis." The new ones are called "trans".

    Despite the rumors, there is little good evidence that trans fats cause any more harm than other fats. Though new questions can always be raised, some of the standard accusations can be laid to rest.

    Does Trans Equla Trouble? In the Goldbecks' Guide to Good Food, Nikki and David Goldbeck state that trans fats "are suspected of interfering with fath metabolism, disrupting normal heart functions, enhancing fatty deposits in the arteries, inhibitng the production and utilization of substances in the body which influence the immune system, and reducing the body's ability to rid itself of carcinogens, drugs, and other toxins." Other authors have raised similar concerns.

    Much of the anxiety over trans fats stems from their reputation as "unnatural." Yet ruminants, such as cows and sheep, hydrogenate oils in one of their several stomachs. So although most of the trans fat people consume today is man-made, about 5 to 20 percent comes from beef, lamb, and dairy products.

    In rat studies, trans fats appear safe. Animals absorb them just as well as they absorb other fats and oils. And rats fed high levels of trans fats for 46 generations lived as long as other rats, reproduced as well, and appeared normal.

    Hydrogenated Hearts. But these studies have not stilled all fears. Some claim, for example, that trans fats raise blood cholesterol levels. That's a serious charge against trans-fat-containing margarines, which are marketed as heart-healthy.

    In some animals, trans fats do raise blood cholesterol; in others, they don't.  But it makes sense to look most closely at the evidence from human studies.

    Although some human studies suggest that trans fats do raise blood cholesterol, most of these had serious flaws. Several, for example, used an unusual fat with two trans groups. This fat is not present to a significant extent in commercial margarines or oils.

    Only a few studies were well designed, and these showed that hydrogenated (trans-containing) and non-hydrogenated fats produced similar cholesterol levels. 

    Cancer Worries. In 1978, Mary Enig and others at the University of Maryland examined the rise in our vegetable fat intake since 1910. This rise, they asserted, was linked to  increase in the number of people who developed or died of cancer, especially breast and colon cancer, during that period. The trans fats in vegetable fats, suggested the scientists, could best account for the "significant positive correlation" with cancer rates.

    At most, associations of this type can only provide clues about the cause of a disease. In no way do they prove cause and effect. But this particular analysis had serious flaws.

    For example, experts pointe out that most cancer rates, including deaths from colon cancer, had remained essentially stable during much of the period in question.

    In most animal studies, trans fats don't increase the incidence of tumors. But non-hydrogenated corn, safflower, and sunflower oils, which contain high levels of polyunsaturated fats, are relatively strong tumor promoters, at least in animals.

    Unfortunately, few people are familiar with these studies. Instead, many have heard of the cancer "correlation," but not of its flaws. So the rumor that trans fats cause cancer persists.

    Cell Membranes. Animal studies show that trans fats, like other fats, may beome incorporated into the membranes that surround all cells in the body. Some fear that the incorporated trans fats might alter the normal passage of substances into and out of cells, perhaps permitting carcinogens to enter cells with greater ease.

    Courtesy of Healthy Cooking Tips

    Chef Tim Johnson

    Remember...Grace is upon you so eat to live!

    TRY THIS!

    Veggie Deluxe Sandwich 
     
    This sandwich is filled with nutrients and is also quite filling. The hummus provides protein. The avocado is a healthy fat. Plus it’s versatile so you can mix it up by using different condiments, veggies, or flavors of hummus.
     
     
    Avocados are high in the good monounsaturated fat, which has been shown to actually help lower
    cholesterol levels.

    Ingredients:
     2 slices whole wheat bread
     2 Tbsp. hummus
     ¼ avocado, sliced
     2 oz. low-fat cheese
     1 large leaf of lettuce, torn into large pieces
     1 small tomato, sliced
     Other veggies of your choice (shredded carrots, sliced cucumbers, onion slices, etc.)
     Dash of vinegar & olive oil (optional)
    Directions:
    1. Spread the hummus on one side of each slice of bread
    2. Add all other ingredients in layers
    3. Add the vinegar & oil over the veggies
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    Chef Tim Johnson
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    THERE IS A BETTER WAY!

    Some basic tips for making your favorite recipes healthier include:

    • Decrease the meat and increase the vegetables called for in stews and casseroles.

    • Choose whole-grain versions of pasta and bread; substitute whole-wheat flour for bleached white flour when you bake.

    • Serve imaginative whole-grain side dishes like bulgur or kasha instead of white rice or pasta.
      Cook with less fat by using non-stick skillets.

    • Blot all fried meats on paper towels. Or better yet, try baking instead of frying.

    • Avoid cooking with soy or Worcestershire sauce and products that contain monosodium glutamate (MSG).

    • Use garlic or onion powder instead of garlic or onion salt, and use unsalted or low-salt vegetable broths and products.

    • Buy reduced-fat cheese or use mozzarella, which is naturally lower in fat.

    • In recipes calling for milk or cream, substitute reduced fat versions or try using other “milks” such as rice milk, nut milks or soy milk. Also use low-fat cream cheese, yogurt, and mayo.

    • Unhealthy fats like certain oils, butter, or margarines can usually be cut by 1/3 to 1/2 in recipes. At first try a small cut-back and then use less and less over time; you'll hardly notice the difference.

    • You can also use fat substitutes like prune purees and applesauce in baked goods.

    • Use fresh-frozen fruit without added sugar if fresh is unavailable.

    • Cut the sugar called for in most recipes by one-third to one-half.

    • Sweeten waffles and quick breads with cinnamon, cardamom, vanilla or almond extracts in order to cut the sugar content.

    • Try salsa on a baked potato or salad rather than high-fat dressing or butter.

    • Cook simple. Steam or sauté some veggies. Bake a sweet potato. Grill some fish or chicken. Simple cooking is a great way to keep things easy and quick. To make the food more interesting, you can add condiments, spices, and/or dressings to your food when you eat it. Individuals with different preferences can spice up their food in their own unique way. This is great for families.
    • Use a timer. Many things don’t take a lot of preparation time, but need longer to cook. Using a timer allows you to prepare food in a short period of time and then do other things as they cook. For example, it doesn’t take long to wash some root veggies and put them in the oven, or measure, rinse, and throw rice into a pot to cook.  
    • Invest in kitchen tools. There are many tools that make cooking easier and time saving for you. A few are: rice cooker, crock-pot (slow cooker), immersion blender, and food processor. Some of these devices save you time by cook while you do other things (rice cooker & crock-pot). Others make it easier and quicker to make things like soups, smoothies, and hummus. These items are often easy to find at garage sales or second hand stores.

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    Chef Tim Johnson

    Remember...Grace is upon you so eat to live!