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Holiday or Everyday Easy, Healthy Wheat Bread Recipe

At the Holiday Recipe Exchange we love to make bread. Store bought is o.k. for plain old sandwiches but home made fresh breads far outshine those little square slices filled with preservatives and things you can't pronounce.  Holidays are special times for you and your families and that's when you should put out the effort to bake-up something extra special for all to enjoy.  My husband and I make at least one and usually two loaves every week and they always seem to disappear almost over night. Yum Yum, warm with butter on top they're irresistable!

But you say, who has time to make up a bread recipe with all the stirring and kneading and kneading and...?

The answer is....yea you guessed it...a bread machine. Now, I know that's a real cop out if you are a purest type however, I have very little use of my hands and so kneading and holding on to stirring spoons is very difficult and painful.  So, why not use a bread machine? It's fast, it's accurate and you get the best of everything.  In fact the only thing I see as a drawback to a bread machine is the extra large slices it produces. They never fit into my toaster without cutting them in half.  But, the excellent toast they make make it worth the extra effort.

But don't you have to use special flour and yeasts and stuff in a bread recipe?

No, actually  you don't.  There is a slight difference in the amount of rise you get if you use regular all purpose flour but it isn't enough to worry about and you can often compensate for the difference by altering the standard bread machine recipes just a little. With basic white breads the texture is a little coarser and with wheat breads we've found we get a smaller and denser loaf using the bread machine recipes.  However, we just came up with a wheat recipe that is dinamite!  The loaf rises completely to the maximum height, the texture is very fine and the bread is moist but not soggy.  This recipe is so good, I'm going to share it only with the readers who subscribe to our Holiday Recipe Exchange Newsletter.  That will be an incentive to coax you to join our family!  Well, for now that's going to be it.  Mikey is in the kitchen brewing up a new soda pop recipe and he wants me to come taste it.  I think it has ginger and dandelion extracts and who knows what else?  

An Easy Recipe for a Healthy Soup

One of the fun things about fall harvest time and holiday shopping time is that you can always use fresh vegetables to create an easy, heart warming, healthy soup for lunch or dinner. Soups are good food! They don't have to come from a can to be quick to make. They don't have to be laden with tons of sodium and preservatives. They don't have to be FATTENING either! One easy recipe that we make here on the ranch is so good that my husband, Mikey, saves the left over broth and drinks it later on like a hot cup of cocoa! Here's the basic recipe.

An Easy Recipe for a Healthy Soup

1 package Top Ramen Noodles (chicken or pork)
1 celery stock chopped into bite size pieces
1/2 onion, medium to large, cut into bite size pieces
1/2 bell pepper, medium to large, cut into bite size pieces
1 carrot, peeled, sliced into bite size pieces
1 or 2 broccolli spears, cut into bite size pieces
3 or 4 ounces of chicken or pork roast (usually left over)cubed
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder(or a clove chopped fine)
1/4 teaspoon ginger root
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 Top Ramen seasoning packet(optional)

Note: You can substitute or add any other vegetables you like. This is almost like an oriental stir fry soup. It's great and I'm sure you'll love it.

Simply chop all your veges and meat, place in a pot with adequate water to cover the veges. Bring to a boil for about two minutes then add the Top Ramen noodles. you can put the seasonings in the pot before or after the noodles. Serve hot with crackers or if you like fresh french bread with a lot of butter.

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Carrot Harvest Recipes

Oh yum yum this years carrot harvest is in and wow do they taste good! We grew Scarlet Nantes this year and again we are pleased with the results. If you have never tried home grown carrots you would be pleasantly surprised at the difference in sweetness there is between home grown and store bought. Another thing we've noticed is that when you boil store bought carrots the water usually turns green by the time you are finished. With home grown the water stays clear. Kind of makes you wonder why this happens. Hum?

Onward and upward, we'll leave the green water for others to ponder. There are so many different things you can do with carrots I find myself unable to decide which recipe I like most. You can make drinks with them, bake with them, make salads or simple boiled veges. You can can them, freeze them, dehydrate them or, of course, use them fresh from the garden. O.K. that's it. Fresh sounds good and I love a good carrot salad so, here's a simple carrot salad recipe. Nice thing about this recipe is it works well regardless of weather you are a Miracle Whip or a Best Foods Moyonaisse person.  Oh, and it's great for your Holloween dinner table. 
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 Carrot Salad



Freshly peeled carrots (about a cup of grated carrot per person)

Pineapple chunks (3 or 4 per person)

Raisins (a half tablespoon  per person)


Mayo or Miracle Whip (one tablespoon per person)

Sugar, granulated (optional a pinch or two per person with store bought carrots)



Directions


In your food processor, grate the previously peeled carrots. Mix the shredded carrots with all of the other ingredients. Chill and serve.



How simple is that? Oh, just thought of this, If you want to check out a really neat site go to the Carrot Museum It's fun and interesting. I found out things I didn't know about carrots.

Dollar Stretching Recipe Strategies

With all the talk about how bad the economy is and the very strong possibility of a complete economic collapse looming, it seems like a good time to talk about how you can stretch your budget and get more meals from the food you are buying. Michael and I do a lot of this as we live remotely and grow almost all the vegetables and a lot of the chicken and rabbit that we eat. Getting the most out of every edible is a lot better than wasting because we didn't plan how to use something.

So, strategize something like this. Take a chicken dinner as an example. Is it better to buy say, a package of thighs or drumsticks at the store for .99 cents a pound or is it better to buy a whole fryer at the same price per pound. Hmm? What difference does it make? Well, consider this. Say there are two of you in your family. Each of you would normally eat two thighs for dinner. There are 10 thighs in the package so you would get essentially 2 1/2 meals from the package. On the other hand, with the whole chicken you may be able to eat a leg quarter each for one meal, a breast each for the second meal and use the back portions and wings to make a pot of soup for the third meal plus use the left over broth from the soup to cook a pot of rice. Same dollar expenditure but 3 and 1/2 meals instead of 2 and 1/2 meals. Plus if you were to both share one breast for one meal you could use the second breast for stir fry and gain a fourth meal for two of you. Strategy!!!

What else could you strategize with? Vegetables. Most of us in our community believe in recycling and living in tune with mother nature. So, we don't just look at vegetables as an item for dinner. We also look at other uses such as zuchini bread, chicken feed, or if it is too ripe, composting it into food for the soil we grow in.

As you can see, there are many ways to use even a simple vegetable to get more value for your dollar. This post may not seem to offer a recipe in the traditional manner but in a sense it is a recipe for your recipes. Strategize your menu for as many things as you can and you will save on your food bill plus have fun coming up with new recipes and uses for your food.

ArleneKaye

Quickie Chicken Sandwich for Holiday Shoppers

Here's a quickie chicken sandwich for holiday shoppers who don't want to fix a big meal when they get home. If you're like me, the hustle and bustle of shopping takes the " cook a big meal" zing right out of me. This sandwich is filling, tasty and not to bad on the calorie counters in the family.

Ingredients:

1 chicken breast (1/2 to 3/4 lb./person) remove from bone and cube into 1/2" to
3/4" sizes
1/2 medium white onion sliced into rings
1/2 green or red bell pepper sliced into 1/8"wide slices
2 ounces sliced mushrooms
2 slices of fresh vine ripe tomatoes chopped
3 slices Swiss cheese
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon ginger root powder
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 loaf of fresh french bread
1 tablespoon olive oil

In a 10" or 12" skillet saute chicken cubes in the olive oil for 3 minutes on high heat. Reduce heat to medium and add the onion slices and bell peppers. Saute with the chicken cubes for another 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and spices and cover with a lid for 10 minutes still on medium heat. While this is cooking slice your french bread lengthwise and add your favorite condiment to it. I like yellow mustard, Mikey likes Best Foods Mayonnaise. When the chicken mixture is done simply spoon it onto the bread, top with the Swiss cheese and chopped fresh tomato and microwave for about 40 seconds to melt the cheese. Oh, and if you're like Mikey ad some crushed red hot peppers for a little extra kick. These ingredients are for one sandwich, double or triple for two or three sandwiches. Hope you enjoy.

Arlene Kaye

The Best Holiday Recipes Start With Quality Ingredients

The best holiday recipes start with quality ingredients. Peak of the season organically or naturally grown fruits and vegetables will always enhance the flavor and end result of your creations. Plus, if you have grown them yourself you know exactly what you are serving to your family and friends. What better feeling than to know you've given your best for those you love!

Of course, not everyone has the time or opportunity to grow their own food so just remember when you shop for the ingredients you need to always search for the best quality you can find.

Here are some recipes to get you started.

Mikey's Fiesta Salsa:

1/4 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped bell pepper
1/2 cup chopped white onion
2 1/2 cups freshly chopped vine ripened tomatoes
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon crushed red peppers (optional)
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon granulated sugar
2 shakes of salt
1/4 bunch of fresh cilantro chopped

These ingredients can be mixed, chilled and served or cooked in a stockpot to a medium boil for four minutes and placed in a quart jar for canning (a water bath for 20 minutes works). Makes 1 quart. Without the hot peppers this is a refreshing salsa anyone can eat. If you like it HOT then add in the red crushed peppers and maybe a jalapeno or two.