Chilean Empanada's

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Chilean Empanada's!!

Up coming Bosch Classes

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March--Homemade marshmallows covered in naturally sweetened chocolate! YUM!
April--Homemade buckwheat, semolina pasta with 2 different sauces. Pesto and tomato. Simple and delicious!
May--Chilean pancakes (crepe like) freezer jam and homemade soaked granola! So good for you!
June--Chicken salad with whole grain pasta and Quinoa tabouli salad! Light and refreshing!

What I Had for Dinner/Bread Pizza with Homemade Pesto

I LOVE pesto! I often times add fresh spinach to it, and less basil. This one is all basil because I didn't have any fresh spinach. Darn! That's okay--it is delicious either way!!

I just used my homemade bread. This is actually the mistake bread I made the other day, the mistake that turned out good that is.

I put pesto, artichoke hearts, shredded carrot (just thought I'd try it) chopped red bell pepper, onion, mushrooms, chopped tomato. Then a mixture of mozzarella, monterrey jack cheese, and fresh parmesan cheese. YUMMY!

Quick and easy! My kind of meal sometimes!

Tonight I think I am just having popcorn for dinner.

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What I Had for Dinner/Beans, Brown Rice and Broccoli

This is what I had for dinner. Pinto beans, with jalapeno's and sour cream on top. Brown rice with sauteed onion and garlic. Some red pepper flakes on top and cooked broccoli. The rest of the family had beef short ribs as well. I am really liking the no meat at dinner time. I sleep much better!

I later realized what I had done, beans, meat and broccoli fed to my husband all at once. Bad idea!

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What I Had for Dinner/ Shepherds Pie

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This one is pretty much a no-brainer.

1 lb. ground beef

1 can green beans

1 can corn

1 can tomatoes

Sea salt and black pepper

Top it all off with mashed potatoes

Some people like to put cheese on top, Miguel doesn't really like that, so I put paprika. I like it with cayenne pepper as well, with a green salad on the side.

Home cookin!

Oatmeal Cookies from Heaven

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This is my absolute favorite oatmeal cookie recipe. This one is in the book!

What I Had for Dinner/ Green Salad with Quinoa and Balsamic Dressing

I wasn't very hungry for dinner, so I just had this salad with quinoa and homemade balsamic dressing.
For the balsamic dressing I put the following; (sorry I didn't measure anything)
Balsamic vinegar
Raw honey
Fresh ground black pepper
Sea salt
Extra-virgin olive oil


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Homemade Marshmallows

This is just the plain chocolate marshmallows. I used a round lid to cut them out. I would have made them bigger, but my family ate 3/4 of the pan of marshmallows before I could get to them. I just didn't have much left to work with. I will take it as a compliment that they really liked them!
In this picture I covered them with almonds, unsweetened coconut, and melted naturally sweetened chocolate chips. Talk about GOOD! I need to tweak the thickness of the melted chocolate chips, but other than that they turned out perfectly delicious! I am guessing they tasted somewhat like a 3 musketeers bar------No....even better!

Here is the recipe for basic Homemade Marshmallows:

Homemade Marshmallows

1 pkg. unflavored gelatin
½ cup water
2/3 cup raw honey
Dash of sea salt
1½ tsp vanilla extract

In a small bowl soften gelatin in ¼ cup water. Add the remaining water and all of the honey to a saucepan. Stir together and heat until you reach 240°F. Remove from the heat and stir in the gelatin mixture. Cool to room temperature. Add the salt and the vanilla, and beat with an electric mixer until white and thick, about 5 minutes. It should look fluffy and glossy. Pour into a greased and powdered square baking dish. Powder the top, then let the marshmallow set for awhile. Overnight is best. Cut into squares and powder again if desired. Do not refrigerate. **Cut the marshmallows with a knife dipped into very hot water.
Copyright © 2009
By Tiffany Perez
Tiffany’s Table L.L.C.
All Rights Reserved.

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What I Had for Dinner/ Roast and Potato Tacos with Refried Beans

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I LOVE leftovers! It is so great when you make a meal one day, then make it into something totally different another day!

We had Beef Roast and baked potatoes for dinner on Sunday. Then monday I made these tacos. Shredded beef, with onions, and I had 1 baked potato left over so that went into the pot. I made homemade refried beans, and topped it all off with guacamole, sour cream, cilantro and jalapeno's.

Man I have been on a jalapeno kick lately. (I couldn't eat spicy foods when I was sick.)

These were very good--and it took me about 10 minutes to put together. Gotta love it!

What I Had for Dinner/ Salsa, Tabouli, and Beans

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I am still not eating meat for dinner. I think I like it! I feel like I am waking up more rested!

This is my first attempt at Tabouli, a middle eastern dish. It is VERY simple to make, but I realized I made a mistake. I should have chopped the parsley more fine. The taste is very good --it has a light refreshing quality. YUM!

Quinoa Tabouli

3 cups cooked quinoa
½ cup sweet onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
Juice from 1 lemon
½ bunch of parsley
Sea salt to taste
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a sauté pan. Cook the onion and garlic on low heat, until the onions are transparent. Stir in the quinoa. Pour this mixture into a bowl. Add the parsley, lemon juice and sea salt to taste. Add 2 more tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, and mix until blended. Can be served warm or cold.

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By Tiffany Perez
Tiffany’s Table L.L.C.
All Rights Reserved.

Multi Grain Bread

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I made this recipe the other day. I used hard red and spring wheat, rye, oats, spelt, and lentils. The bread turned out REALLY good--and no one will ever know I put all of the other grains AND lentils in it.

Multi Grain Bread

(this is a rough recipe)

I ground all of these grains together first:

2 cups hard spring wheat

2 cups hard red wheat

2 cups spelt

2 cups rye

1 cup lentils

In a mixing bowl I added the following:

6 cups warm water

1/2 cup raw honey

1/2 cup olive oil or grape seed oil

I poured 8 cups of the flour over the water, then added the following:

3 tbsp instant yeast

2 tbsp gluten

2 tbsp sea salt (don't let the salt touch the yeast)

3 cups whole oats

Mix together until blended. Then add 5-6 more cups of flour. You want the dough to be a little sticky, not too heavy. Knead for 8 minutes.

Place in a greased bowl, cover and allow it to rise until double. Punch down the dough, divide it into 6 loaves and place in bread pans. Allow it to rise again until almost double.

Bake in a pre-heated 350°F oven for about 22-24 minutes. Remove from the pans, place and cooling racks to cool.

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By Tiffany Perez
Tiffany’s Table L.L.C.
All Rights Reserved.

Kristina's Apple Pudding Cake

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This is a recipe from my book. A good friend of mine (Kristina) gave it to me. I tweaked it to meet my needs and here is the finished product. It is a VERY RICH dessert, and tastes even better with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

Kristina’s Apple Pudding Cake

1 cup fresh-ground whole wheat or spelt flour
½ cup plain yogurt
¾ cup raw honey
½ cup butter
1 egg
3 medium apples shredded (peeled if not organic)
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp sea salt
1 tsp baking soda

Pre-heat oven to 350°F. In a mixing bowl cream honey, butter and egg. Add yogurt, apples, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and baking soda. Blend in flour. Pour into a greased, square baking dish. Bake for 45 minutes. Serve hot with Vanilla Ice Cream, (page ) or at room temperature with Sweetened Whip Cream (page ).

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By Tiffany Perez
Tiffany’s Table L.L.C.
All Rights Reserved.

Homemade Chocolate Marshmallows!

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These turned out so good!! I am going to cut them out and make some sort of Easter treat. Like chocolate covered Easter eggs. Maybe put a little homemade caramel, or nuts on top before covering them with chocolate.

I am not saying this is something you should eat everyday! But it is made with honey, no sugar added, no artificial ANYTHING added!

AND the possibilities are...............ENDLESS!

I will post the recipe in the near future.

Bosch Class Friday March 27th at Noon

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I just found out the date I will be doing my next Bosch class.
Friday March 27th at Noon.

We will be making 2 different recipes:
1-Soft Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies---you know those BIG round sugar cookies with the pink frosting? Well this recipe is a MUCH healthier version and tastes delicious! Of course we will have some type of healthy frosting to decorate with. This recipe would make a great Easter activity to do with the family.

2-Homemade Marshmallows made with honey---who knew you could make homemade marshmallows! They are yummy and easy to make!
We will be doing some kind of Easter theme with the marshmallows as well. Maybe marshmallow eggs with chocolate on top?

Mark your calendars this is going to be one of my "sweetest" classes!

P.S. The Whole Wheat Sugar Cookies recipe is in my book--but the Homemade Marshmallow recipe is not, so if you want that recipe you will have to come to the class!

What I Had for Dinner--Which was my lunch--Roasted Chicken with Onions, Black Beans and Spinach

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That's one thing I love about making roasted chicken. There is always leftovers. YUM!

So this is my lunch since I am trying the "no meat at dinner time" for awhile. So far I like it.

Roasted chicken, sauteed onions, black beans, and spinach. Topped with a dolop of sour cream and a warmed corn tortilla on the side.

This was a great lunch and took me about 5 minutes to prepare.

What I Had for Dinner/ Brown Rice with Black Beans and Vegetables

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Since I have been doing this experiment of not eating meat at dinner---this is what I had for dinner 2 days ago. Sorry I am behind on my posting.
It is just brown rice with parsley, butter and red pepper flakes, peas, baked sweet potato and sauteed green beans.
My family had roasted chicken with this. I had the chicken the next day at lunch which I will show on my next post.

Dessert/ Everything Bars

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I made this dessert the other night. It has a cookie crust base made with fresh ground whole wheat and honey. Then on top I put naturally sweetened chocolate and peanutbutter chips, soaked and dried almonds, unsweetened coconut, and raisins.

It tasted VERY good--I just need to tweak the crust a little, the texture wasn't quite right. I will post the recipe when it's perfected!

I just want to post things like this to show people that you DON'T need sugar to get sweets!!

What I Had for Dinner/ Brown Rice and Ground Beef

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This is what we had for dinner last night. Although I saved my meat portion for today--because I am experimenting with not eating meat after 3pm.

Ground beef with onions, salt and pepper. Cooked carrots--sauteed in butter and olive oil. I LOVE THESE they turn out so SWEET! And raw spinach--which we threw some dressing on. Fresh lemon juice, salt, pepper, olive oil, a drop of raw honey, garlic powder. Whatever?

I made extra brown rice to use throughout the week. I will end up making Simple Rice Pudding for sure, and probably some other dish as well.

Simple Rice Pudding:Raw milk, raw honey, cinnamon and rice. Great breakfast food!! Quick and easy. You can also make this with cooked barley, soak them overnight first--they are even better.

Brown rice is VERY GOOD! It did take me a few tries to get used to it. What REALLY got me hooked is brown rice with sweet and sour chicken and teriyaki sauce. Not together of course.

So....................if you are not a fan of brown rice--try it in some really great dishes that have a lot of sauce. Soon you will like brown rice more than white rice. Which I do!!

Azure Standard

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I am joining Azure Standard--this is a bulk foods delivery system--co-op or whatever.
They have everything from frozen foods to refrigerator foods to shelf foods to produce. Much of it is organic and they deliver in my area (maybe it's the same everywhere) once each month.
I will be placing an order in March.
Check it out.....www.azurestandard.com

My Website!

My website is up!!!!! Hurray!! Check it out!
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