Neat Recipe Site

CookingByNumbers
I found this website while surfing StumbleUpon.
You select what you have available and the search will give you recipes that use what you have. A good way to use up some of those extra ingredients you may have laying around.

Bean Salad

I make this tasty side sometimes.

1 can organic kidney beans
1 can organic garbanzo beans
1 can italian beans
1 can blue lake beans
1 onion diced
2 celery diced
about 1 cup balsamic vinegrette - Newman's Own is best
Salt to taste (optional)

Drain all beans, rinse kidneys. Dump beans into large bowl. Add onion and celery, pour balsamic vinegrette over. Add salt to taste, if desired. Mix. Chill a few hours in fridge. Stir again before serving.

Mental Note

Black olives
Can anchovies
Pimentos maybe
smash it all together

Honey Ice Cream

Honey Ice Cream

We used to make this alot. Not much anymore though. Maybe because its been winter? dunno
Anyways heres the link, try it out 'cause its "COOL" ^_^

Sweet Curry Rice

Uhh, latest invention.
Fry until tender a medium clove of garlic in 1 tbsp. olive oil. Add 1/2 to 1 tsp. of red curry powder according to taste; 1/2 tsp sea salt; 4 tsp. honey, stir and heat until bubbly. Add 1/4 C. cold water.
Thoroughly combine 3 C. cooked brown rice into curry mixture. Serve hot or cold.
3-4 servings when used as a side.


(Sorry about the blurry pic. Stupid camera! >< )

Cake

And more.
Today I made some more hummus. Yum.

The other day though, I made a successful attempt to make some GF/DF cake. It was good! Texture was fine as well.
Also at the same time I made some homemade gelatin. I took a fruit herb tea bag and steeped a strong cup of it, meanwhile mixed a packet of plain gelatin into about 1/2 cup of cold water, let sit for a minute. After tea was strong enough, I stirred it into the gelatin water, and added about 2-3 tablespoons of honey. Then chilled for an hour or so in a shallow baking pan in the fridge. It came out pretty good.

We made a discovery!

An amazing thing happened this evening. lol My dad 'decided' to toss some onions and some garlic in the blender with a little olive oil! Weird. It came out as a thick (about the consistency of hummus) light colored mixture. Boy, did the wheels start turning when I saw that!
"What a wonderful base!" was what came to my mind.
I could see this invention in sauces, as a spread, as a filling for baked goods, mixed with some cheese perhaps, a whole world of possibilities seemed to open up as I stared at the blob. haha

Try it; and send me a line, I would love to know what happens.

Bied al Badha

Wow, It's been so long since I last posted anything! My bro made dinner last night, and burnt the onions, though the rest of it was still edible. Our fare consisted of half of a chicken breast over rice. It wasn't the most exquisite of meals lol but we survived ;)

The following recipe is one of my favorites, the name means (I think) Egg and Tomato, and it is exactly that!

-Tomato ~ 8oz. can or medium fresh sliced thin
-2 fresh eggs
-Olive oil
-Salt & pepper to taste
-Clove of garlic-minced (optional)
-Cayenne pepper (optional)

In a small sauce pan heat a little oil, about a tablespoon or so, over medium high; place garlic and arrange tomato slices to cover the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle over salt, pepper and cayenne to taste. Carefully place eggs over the tomatoes, cover and cook for 5 minutes or until eggs are set. The tomato should be simmering during this time.
Remove Beid al Badha from the pan, being careful to keep the tomato under the egg while in transition to the serving dish. Not easy, but it can be done. :) Enjoy.