3 Easy to Make Meatloaf Recipes

Here are 3 different, easy to make, recipes for meatloaf.

Meatloaf Recipe 1

Ingredients:

2 Eggs

1/2 cup water

Two tablespoons of soy sauce

1 small onion diced

2 Lbs. ground beef

8oz package of pre-made stuffing, (such as Stove Top)

salt & pepper to taste

Directions:

Preheat Oven to 350°F

Beat eggs, water, and approximately two tablespoons of soy sauce together in a separate bowl and set aside.

Get a large bowl and mix the ground beef and stuffing together. Make sure to use your hands and combine the mixture well, as this is the most important step.

Slowly work the egg mixture into the meat and stuffing, once again making sure to combine all ingredients well.

Pick up big ball of meat and pack in hands until you have formed a loaf.

Place in ungreased loaf pan and place on center rack in oven for 45-55 minutes uncovered until center of meatloaf is browned. Drain excess grease off side of pan and let stand 5-10 minutes before cutting and serving.

Meatloaf Recipe 2

Ingredients:

1 onion, chopped

1-2 celery stalks, chopped

1 cup cracker crumbs

1 clove garlic, diced

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon allspice

sprinkle of curry powder

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

2 eggs

2 lbs. ground beef

1-2 cans of mushroom soup

Makes 1 bread pan of meat loaf

Directions:

Mix meat, eggs, and spices

Mix in vegetables and crackers

Bake at 400°F

Drain off grease when brown 10-20 minutes

Add 1-2 cans of mushroom soup on top

Bake until done

Total baking time 1.5-2 hours

Meatloaf Recipe 3

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds of ground beef

1 cup Ritz crackers

2 beaten eggs

8 ounces Del Monte tomato sauce

1/2 cup fine onion

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Pound the Ritz crackers until fine like bread crumbs.

Mince the onion until fine.

In a separate bowl, add the meat and the other ingredients and mix with your hands until the ingredients are all mixed together and the mixture is smooth.

Grease a glass baking pan with vegetable shortening.

Put the meat mixture in the pan and shape like a football.

Bake in the oven for 1 hour.

Take out the meat loaf and serve warm.

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How to Cook Cod Fish

Learning how to cook cod fish is simple. Cod is a flaky fish and is good fried, baked, and poached. Slow cooking also works well to coax out the delicate flavors. Traditionally, it is served with lemon wedges and a light sauce composed of parsley. You can easily add it to stews, risottos and soups as well. One simple pan-fried recipe calls for lightly frying the cod in oil and serving it with a creamy mix of potatoes, green onions, and butter.

Other recipes add an Asian accent broiling cod with ginger and soy sauce for example, gives the fish a Japanese touch. Cod roe is actually a delicacy in Japan. For those trying to eat healthier, cod makes a great low-fat, low calorie meal. For an easy, no fuss, diet dinner, try baking cod in foil and seasoning with lemon, salt, pepper and olive oil. Accompany it with a large, leafy green salad. Another healthy diet option is to grill the cod seasoned with olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, lemon and garlic powder. You might also simply brush a couple cod filets with BBQ sauce and broil it.

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Cod is also the main ingredient in fish in chips; simply batter the fish with a mixture of egg, bread crumbs and some cream, and fry it in a frying pan. Or for healthier version, bake it in the oven with Japanese panko crumbs. Additionally, you can roll the cod in a cornmeal mix and fry them in oil or bake them. As you can see, mastering how to cook cod fish is actually quite uncomplicated.

No matter how you decide to prepare your fish by poaching, broiling, grilling, stewing, etc. -- make sure not to overcook it. Think 8-10 minutes per inch of thickness, i.e. if you have 2 pieces of 1-1/2 inch thickness and weighing about 16-20 ounces, do not cook it for any more than 20-30 minutes. Your oven should be set no high than 350 F or 160 C. Grilled cod fish is done once it starts to flake.

Cod fish is extremely versatile and healthy; once you learn how to cook cod fish, the sky's the limit. Incorporate it into your diet for a healthier lifestyle.

How to Cook Cod Fish

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Costa Rica Mango Bread Recipe

Above all Mango is my favorite fruit. Whether eating them fresh after peeling the skin, or added to a fruit salad, mixed with yogurt, or made with this wonderful Mango bread recipe, I simply love the king of all fruit. I just purchased almost ten pounds of mangos for $1.85 at a local outside market in Costa Rica. In the States that would be the price for one mango not ten pounds of mangos!

The Himalayas are the origin of the mango, the history of mango cultivation goes back for 4,000 years. Mangos are a sub-tropical fruit, and more mangos are eaten fresh than any other fruit in the world. The enzymes in mangos are tenderizing as are the enzymes in papaya. Mangos help to lower cholesterol, the fiber content is a wonderful aid to digestion regularity and they are rich in the vitamins A and C, and several minerals.

They provide more carotenoid than other fruits and are also low in calories. They will yield slightly to pressure when ripe. Ripe mangos may have a variety of colors, being red, through orange, yellow, to green when ripe.

As with other similar fruits, unripe mangos may be kept in a paper bag for a few days to entrap the ethylene gas that is naturally generated, promoting the ripening process.

You will want to share this Costa Rica Mango Bread recipe with all your friends and loved ones once you taste the sweet savory flavor. I am retired in Costa Rica and never would have appreciated the incredible taste of mangos if it were not for me living in this wonderful country. If mangos are not available in your area during a certain time of the year you can substitute bananas for the mangos, it will produce great banana bread as well.

Mango Bread

Ingredients:

2 cups-good quality flour

2 tsp-baking soda

2 tsp-baking powder

1 tsp-ground cinnamon

3-eggs

1 ½ cups- sugar (natural sugar is available)

¾ cup of sunflower oil

2 cups of mashed mango

½ cup of raisins

½ cup of shredded coconut

½ cup of chopped walnuts

Instructions:

Use a large mixing bowl to mix all ingredients thoroughly.

First beat eggs, then add sugar and oil. Mix well and then add fruit. Stir in dry ingredients.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

Pour mixture in a greased 9 in x 13 in Pyrex pan or baking pan of your choice.

Bake for 40-60 minutes. Using a wood toothpick test the bread to check it for finished baked consistency. If the bread sticks too much to the toothpick it needs more time, also keep an eye out on the color, it should be golden on top.

Cool in the pan and when cool cut into nice size slices and enjoy with some fine Costa Rica coffee.

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No-Knead Bread - A Great Recipe for Baguettes

This is a really simple recipe for no-knead bread that makes crusty chewy baguettes that go well with everything from plain butter to soups, dipping oils and stews. It is not an artisan bread and doesn't require nearly the same level of skill or knowledge about the subject. It is a good basic healthy bread, though, with none of the preservatives, flavor enhancers and sweeteners often present in store bought bread. Not a trace of high fructose corn syrup anywhere!

Ingredients:

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3 c unbleached flour 1 tsp salt 1 tsp instant yeast 1 3/4 c water at 120F

Instructions:

Whisk dry ingredients together in bowl. Add water that is already at 120F. Stir really well. Scrape dough off the spoon and sides of the bowl. Cover bowl and wrap in a towel. Leave the dough at room temperature for between 8 and 18 hours. The dough is ready when it is bubbly on top. Sprinkle flour on a work surface and scrape the dough onto this work surface. The dough will be soft and wet. Roll the dough to cover its surface with flour then divide into halves. Gently shape each half into a baguette shape. Set the shaped dough into a baguette pan. Set baguette pan into a foil buffet pan and pinch the lid shut. Put this on the middle rack of a cold oven. Set oven temperature to 450F and let bake for 45 minutes. Then remove lid and bake for another 15 minutes to brown.

Aluminum foil can be substituted for the baguette pan and for the foil buffet pan to make either baguettes or a traditional shaped loaf. In other words, as long as you have a mixing bowl, a spoon, a tight-lidded container, and an oven, you are good to go!

No-Knead Bread - A Great Recipe for Baguettes

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Get a Bread Machine and Make Your Own Bread!

Bread machines are ideal for those who want homemade bread without the option of having a big oven. They are also called "bread makers" and work as an alternative to traditional ovens. They also knead, mix, and in some cases, preheat the dough before baking. They are made up of a pan with a center paddle closed in a small window or a dome-shaped oven.

The bread of your choice

Almost all kinds of bread machines have a timer and settings for different kinds of bread like whole wheat, rye, and white that come in different sizes, and most can accommodate the standard 1.5-pound loaf. Here are the types of bread machines you can conveniently use in your home:

o Standard bread machine: Ingredients are added manually but there are models that have lap timers to alert you on when you can add the next ingredients. Even if they have less features compared to automatic ones, they offer more precision and control.

o Automatic bread machine: This can be set to add the ingredients on particular times and is capable of mixing at preset speeds. Some models can be programmed for specific recipes, like pastries and simple cakes, and they come with two or more bread pans.

The time and the pan

When shopping for bread machines, check the pan type. Pick a bread machine that has a non-stick pan so you can easily clean and maintain it. You can also choose a pan made of thick-cast aluminium for thicker and browner crusts, or a thin pan for lighter crusts.

Mind the time

The bread machine should be able to bake in 3 hours or less. Remember that some breads may take longer to bake, but they should not be longer than 4 hours. Furthermore, consider the preheating and mixing cycles when checking the baking times.

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How to Make Homemade Apricot Nut Bread

This particular recipe for Apricot Bread is a really delicious moist bread. If you are allergic to nuts, you can substitute the nuts for an equal amount of raisins.

If you like to bake and freeze items ahead of time, this bread will freeze well. Let it completely cool and then wrap in plastic wrap, followed by a layer of aluminum foil. It will keep for up to 3 months in your freezer.

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Apricot Nut Bread Recipe

1 cup dried apricots
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup nuts, chopped
1/2 cup orange juice

Preparation: Soak the dried apricots for 15 minutes in warm water; drain and then chop them into small pieces and set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium-sized bowl, sift together the all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt and the baking soda. In a large bowl, cream together the vegetable shortening and granulated sugar; add in the beaten egg. Stir in the water and orange juice until all ingredients are well combined.

Slowly blend in the flour mixture with the wet ingredients until all are combined. Gently fold in the chopped nuts and apricot pieces.

Lightly grease a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Pour batter into the loaf pan making sure that its even. Let it stand for 5 minutes before placing it into a preheated oven. Bake the Apricot Nut Bread at 350 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes or until its done. Remove from the oven and let it cool down for 10 minutes in the loaf pan, before transferring it to a wire rack to cool. 

How to Make Homemade Apricot Nut Bread

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Bread From a Bread Machine Is a Little Different

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Bread has been made by hand for centuries and only recently through automation. Kitchens of the 1980s saw a new appliance grace their counter tops, namely the automatic bread machine. Bread machines, or bread makers as some are called, are small units that run on electricity. They take up a square foot or so of counter space and they perform all the necessary functions to produce a loaf of bread. Making bread with a machine simplifies the hands-on part of making bread. It's easy and takes less hands-on time to make bread with a bread maker.

Bread machines mix the ingredients that you add to a mixing pan. The dough is then kneaded with a mixing paddle or two for several minutes. The dough is allowed to rise for a time period, according to the cycle initiated on the machine's control panel. Then, the mixing paddle is started again for a few moments to squeeze out the gas that built up during the first rise. The dough is allowed to rise again in a warm atmosphere. After a rising period the oven is heated up and the bread is baked right in the pan that the ingredients were mixed in. After a few hours the entire cycle is completed and a buzzer sounds off that the bread is ready to be taken out of the oven.

Bread produced by a bread machine is a little different from bread produced commercially. The type of yeast, the mix of ingredients, and the handling of the dough are no doubt at least slightly different in a commercial setting than what we can use at home, so the two types of bread have their unique characters.

Sandwich bread that you might purchase at a supermarket has a certain airy texture with a soft crust. Bread machine bread is typically darker with a crust that is more substantial. The texture is a coarser texture even for plain white bread.

Bread machine baking pans typically have a large cross-section which makes for big slices and big sandwiches. The texture and taste have been described as "hearty". Homemade, bread machine bread is great to slice with soups or stews. It really makes wonderful toast and jam, or buttered garlic toast.

The coarse texture and substantial crust of bread machine bread make for fantastic French toast. It's easy to make, too. Soak a couple thick slices of your plain white bread from the bread machine in two beaten eggs having a healthy dash of cinnamon added before beating the eggs. Turn the bread and brush it so that all surfaces are coated with egg. Cook on a hot griddle until each side is a golden brown. Serve with warm maple syrup at once.

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Tips to Choose The Right Breadmaker

One food which has made a tremendous impact on the livelihood of mankind is the Bread. It has almost become the staple food for breakfast of all working people. The primary reason being that it is easy to digest and can be eaten on the go. On the other hand, badly baked bread can also be a disaster to one's mental composure at work and can also make a person feel sick. This is the reason why of late people have started baking bread custom made for their family. But this can take several tryouts to get that perfect recipe liked by all the members of the family. Baking bread is a no child's play. It requires constant watching over and the right amount of heat to bring the bread to its final fluffy consistency. Not to mention the perfectly browned crust. Bread can be made from different types of grains. These include white and whole grain, spelt, sourdough, oats, barley, rye, kamut, triticale, millets, sprouted grains and even men's bread made from a variety of extracts to help a body builder.

Bread is mainly made from certain types of dough which contains flour and water as their main ingredients. Other additives such as fats, salt, and ripening or leavening agents such as yeast are also common ingredients. Along with this, milk, fruits, sugar and eggs can make your bread taste unique and delicious too. Since so much varieties of bread exist and also due to the extreme care that must be taken to bake the perfect bread, bread enthusiasts have invented different types of machines to make bread. These bread makers help people to bake their bread in a faster, efficient and easier way.

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Bread makers are mainly appliances used to help people bake their bread to the right degree. It contains a bread pan and a paddle at the center of an oven along with a control panel. To allow automated operation bread makers have timers in them. Some high tech innovations have made the bread makers customize the bread to the individual's choice.

Before buying a bread maker one must always bear in mind the number of people one must serve. A normal 2 pound loaf of bread gives off about 14-16 slices. Thus accordingly one must plan the size of the bread maker one would need in his house, so as to prevent wastage of money and bread by making excess bread.

It is hard to prepare bread immediately when we need it exactly at a particular time. Thus a bread maker with a delay timer would be of great help. This will help you to set the delay timer the previous night and lets you wake up to the aroma of freshly baked bread.

On the contrary to a common notion that bigger machines give better results, a smaller bread maker will give the best baked bread even though the quantity is less. Bigger machines give out denser bread with their quick-cooking programs. The appropriate time for baking bread of small quantities is 45mins which is done better by a smaller machine. There are two types of bread makers available on the broader sense. One is the vertical bread maker and the other is the horizontal one. The horizontal bread maker gives the feel of store-bought bread, but both the shapes of bread will taste the same regardless of the shape of the machine.

To make interesting recipes of bread choose a machine which will help you to add fruits chocolates and other additives. A fully customizable machine will cost approximately 0. It will include even the time at which you want the fruits and other additives to be added, during the process of baking. Different pre-programmed cycles of baking process are available in most machines, but user-programmable cycle allows the programming of an actual recipe suited to local tastes and preferences. This is generally available only in higher end models.

Some bread makers, in addition to baking bread, can also make cakes and pizzas. And some even have the option of making gluten free bread for those who are allergic to it. Thus to get the best value for money bread maker, the list of specifications needed and the size must be determined in handy and also look for features that help you to make interesting varieties of bread. It is then that this machine can be more than just a bread maker, it can be your real friend in your kitchen.

Tips to Choose The Right Breadmaker

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Clarifying Butter

Clarified butter is a delightfully rich concentrated butter that can be used in cooking and making mouth watering sauces. Traditional methods for making this rich butter concentrate can be a little intimidating at first, but not anymore. There is a very simple and easy 4 step method to make clarified butter. The only catch is that you need to plan a day ahead of time.

The first step is to slowly melt one to two sticks of unsalted butter over low heat. Using unsalted butter will help to prevent your final product from being too salty. When the butter is completely melted pour it into a bread pan.

After you have transferred the melted butter to the bread pan, loosely cover the bread pan with plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator to cool over night.

The next day when the butter has completely cooled you will see that the butter has separated into three layers. The top layer is white and creamy looking, the middle layer is the clarified butter, and the bottom layer is the watery liquid that has been separated out of the butter.

The second step is to use a spoon scrape off the top white layer. Discard this layer.

Third use a tooth pick or a skewer to poke several holes in the remaining butter. Be sure to reach all the way to the bottom of the bread pan.

The fourth and final step is to pour off the liquid on the bottom of the pan. What remains is a rich and delectable clarified butter.

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Make Your Own Wild Bird Food - Suet Recipe

Many wild birds will enjoy your suet. See if you can attract these species:

Eastern Bluebird, Chickadee, Finch, Flicker, Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, or the Red-Bellied Woodpecker!

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Great project for 5 year old or older - with proper adult supervision

Complexity - Medium
Time to Complete - 2 hours
Main Ingredient - Fat
Needed - Fat or lard from bacon drippings, meat cookings, meat trimmings, etc.

- Suet hanger from a hardware store, or build your own, or use a fruit or vegetable (onion) sack.

(Note - You can pour the mixture from Step 2 into a cupcake pan and skip the hanger altogether. Just place a string into each cupcake before it hardens. You now have Suet Cupcakes to decorate your backyard trees!)

Step 1 - Render the fat -

a) Chop or Grind the fat into small pieces (little cubes)
b) Soften the fat over low heat on the stove -
add 1/2 inch water in the pan, cover with lid,
be careful not to overheat - this may take 15 minutes
c) strain through cheesecloth
d) allow to cool
e) re-heat again and strain again (the suet will only
harden if you perform steps 1b and 1c a 2nd time

Step 2 - Using a bread pan, mix into the softened fat a variety of household staples, such as old cereal, crackers, bread crumbs, nuts, berries, dried fruit, raisins, whole wheat flour, cornmeal, rolled oats, croutons, even dog or cat food.

Step 3 - Let the entire mixture cool and harden

Step 4 - Cut into slices that will fit your holder

Enjoy!

Make Your Own Wild Bird Food - Suet Recipe

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Food Storage Recipes: Whole Wheat Bread From Start to Finish

Homemade whole wheat bread is one of my top ten foods of all time. I normally don't even like wheat bread, but fresh whole wheat, hot bread, butter, and honey make it a favorite treat around our household. While it can seem intimidating to do this yourself, it really isn't once you get the hang of it. There are three components you need to learn about to make our own bread from scratch: the grain, the grind, and the bread.

THE GRAIN

Types of wheat

Spring or winter: Winter red wheat tends to hava slightly higher protein and is a bit harder than content than spring. Winter red is better for baking bread. There is not a significant difference in hard or soft white wheat.

Hard or soft: Hard wheat varieties have higher gluten (protein) and are better for making breads. Soft varieties have lower protein and nutrients and are better for pastries, pastas, and breakfast cereals.

Red or white: Red wheats tend have a stronger wheat flavor than white wheats. Most red wheat varieties are hard, and most white wheat varieties are soft, but you can find soft red and hard white if you really prefer one over the other.

I have found the best wheat for bread to be hard white wheat (either spring or winter). It has a less "wheaty" flavor but still has a pretty equivalent nutritional profile.

Storage

If unopened, the optimum shelf life of wheat is 12 years or more. It is edible for a lot longer than that, but won't necessarily keep the same flavor or nutrient levels. If opened, wheat will stay good for about 3 years.

Once it is ground into flour, wheat loses most of its nutrients within a few days unless you store it in the freezer. You can add oxygen absorbers, bay leaves, or dry ice to help keep critters out of your wheat.

THE GRIND

A lot of people are intimidated by grinding wheat, or wonder how you grind wheat. It's actually really simple and wheat grinders are available in a wide range of prices. The main thing you need to decide is if you are planning to use your wheat stores on a regular basis and rotate through them, or if you only want to use your wheat in an emergency situation.

If you plan to use your wheat frequently it is worth investing in a quality electric grinder. I recommend the Wondermill Grain Mill after testing several of the popular mills on the market. It is the fastest, cleanest, quietest, and most convenient of electric grinders. For emergency-only usage, a hand grinder will be sufficient, but make sure that you get one that can still grind into a flour fine enough for bread. The Back to Basics grinder is the cheapest one I found that would still grind flour.

THE BREAD

After searching long and hard for the BEST whole wheat bread recipe, we finally found one that was darn near perfect. It was fluffy, delicious, good for sandwiches, and even the kids would eat it!

You can half this recipe and make one delicious large loaf

3 c. very warm water (but not too hot)
1 T. instant or quick rise yeast
1/3 c. vegetable or canola oil
1/3 c. honey
1 T. salt
6 cups whole wheat flour (hard white wheat is best)
1/2 c. whole oats
1/4 c. gluten w/ vitamin C

Combine the first 5 ingredients and mix. Add 5 cups flour, oats, and gluten flour. Mix well. Continue to add the other 1 c. flour slowly until the dough forms a ball and scrapes the excess dough off the sides of the bowl. Let mix for 5-10 minutes. While mixing, preheat your oven to 100-125 degrees.

Oil the counter surface & your hands (Use oil, NOT flour). Put your dough on the oiled surface & slice WITH A KNIFE into 2 large or 3 small even loaves. Pat down and roll into loaf shape, then put into greased bread pan.

Turn OFF your oven, cover loaves LOOSELY with saran wrap, and put in warmed oven to rise till double (about 45-60 minutes, depending on humidity in the air). Remove loaves from oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Bake loaves for 25-30 minutes. Remove from pans immediately and place on a wire cooling rack.

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Mexican Bread Pudding

Capirotada is Mexican bread pudding. It is made with toasted bread, a sweet syrup, and a delicious addition of melted cheese. This dish is often eaten during Lent, but it is a welcome dessert any time. It has been a traditional dish since the 1400s, though you may still find people who are unfamiliar with it. You can quickly set up this dessert to enjoy any night of the week or you can plan it for a special occasion. The flavor definitely warrants special treatment; this dessert is so delicious that you will want to serve it for special occasions.

One reason it has not caught on may be the combination of cheese with the sweetness. This combination actually works really well. Cheese has traditionally been paired with sweet items like fruit and candied nuts, so why not in bread pudding? In some parts of Mexico, they even add onions, tomato, and cilantro to the syrup. Like many other traditional recipes, there are many ways to make this recipe. You can look around and find many different variations. Some have figs, some have peanuts; choose the one that sounds the best to you. You can also vary the cheese. While this recipe uses Monterey Jack because it is easy to find, you could also try it with hard cotija cheese or soft Mexican cheeses like Chihuahua. You can even make it with good old cheddar cheese. If you have ever enjoyed a melted slice of cheddar on a warm slice of apple pie, you will understand how cheese can work in this recipe.

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This is a recipe you could play around with until you find the combination of ingredients that you like best. It is still a pretty simple dish. It is definitely comfort food. You can make it with just a few ingredients on hand, too. It may become a family favorite.

Recipe for Bread Pudding or Capirotada

This traditional recipe is delicious.

What You Need

1 2-foot loaf of French bread, cubed and toasted 2 cups brown sugar 2 cups water 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded 1 cup pecans, toasted and chopped 1/2 cup raisins 1/2 cup dried apricots, chopped 1/4 cup butter, melted

How to Make It

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix the sugar, cinnamon, cloves and water together in a saucepan. Reduce it to a syrup by boiling for 10 minutes or until it is the right consistency.

Grease a large cast iron skillet or 8x8 cake pan. Put half the bread in the pan and pour half the melted butter over the top. Toss to coat. Drizzle one quarter of the syrup over the bread. Toss to coat.

Layer with cheese, pecans, dried apricots, and raisins. Top with the rest of the bread. Drizzle with remaining butter and syrup. Mix the top layer slightly if necessary to make sure each piece of bread is coated in syrup.

Cover the pan with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove foil. Bake for 15 more minutes. Serve warm if possible.

Makes 8 servings.

Mexican Bread Pudding

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Fried Potato Recipe

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This spicy fried potato recipe can be used for making a morning snack for breakfast in combination with a bread or paratha. The spices used in this recipe are in crushed form which gives a slightly enhanced flavor when mixed with potatoes. In this recipe tomato can also be added with potatoes which will result in sour taste and will become even more tasty. But the the fried potato will not remain crispy when cooked with tomatoes - that is why I prefer to make these fried potatoes without it. Anyway, if you really want to add tomatoes, add them after onions have been half cooked. The preparation time for this spicy fried potato is just 20 minutes and is served for 3-4 persons.

Ingredients:

5 medium size potatoes (cut into tin slices)
2 medium size onions (finely chopped)
1 tbsp crushed red chili
1 tbsp crushed cumin
1 tsp crushed black pepper
Salt to taste
1/2 cup mustard oil

Cooking Instructions:

Take a frying pan, heat oil and fry potatoes in it on medium heat for 8-10 minutes until all the potatoes become completely soft and a bit crispy. You have to stir constantly while frying so that the potatos fry evenly and would not stick into the pan. After that add onions and fry with potatoes till they become light golden in color and keep stirring during frying. Now add all the crushed spices, red chili, cumin, black pepper, salt and cook for 2-3 minutes more so that all the flavors of spices absorb in the potato. Now its time to turn off the flame and then drain out the excess oil using a strainer. Your Spicy fried potato dish is ready to be served with paratha or flat bread.

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The Famous Banana Bread

Bread is one of the most eaten forms of food in the whole world and the Banana bread is one of the most famous varieties. Banana bread as the word implies, has bananas in it. It is usually moist, sweet and has a cake-like texture. It is considered a quick bread because it is easy and fast to prepare, just combine all the ingredients, mix them and "Viola!" it is ready to be baked. No one really knows where the banana bread originated or who invented it, but people speculate that it was created in the 18th century by housewives who were trying out the different uses of pearlash. During the 1960's when the home baking was revived, the banana bread suddenly became very popular. It was featured in almost every cookbook because of its simplicity in preparation; it can even be baked or cooked in a Zojirushi bread machine!

Here's a simple Banana Bread recipe that anyone can enjoy.

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Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups of all purpose flour
¾ cup of sugar (white)
1 teaspoon of baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 large eggs
½ cup melted butter
3 large bananas, mashed very well
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Procedure:

Oven should be preheated to 350 degrees Fahrenheit or about 180 degrees Celsius. Spread some butter and flour to baking pan and set it aside. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a large in a large bowl and set aside. These will be the dry ingredients.

In a separate bowl, mix the melted butter, mashed bananas, eggs and vanilla. Using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, lightly fold this mixture to the dry ingredients. Fold until the combined batter is thick. Do not over mix because this will result into hard and chewy bread. Pour mixture into the baking pan and bake until the bread is golden brown. To be sure that the bread is cooked, stick a toothpick into it and if the toothpick comes out clean, the bread is done. Let the bread cool for a while then remove it from the pan. Serve while warm to enjoy the full freshness of the bread or if you intend it to be eaten at a later time, freeze the bread. This recipe can make a loaf measuring 9 x 5 x 3 inches.

The Famous Banana Bread

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A Mini Loaf Pan Makes Your Cooking Easier!

A mini loaf pan is nothing but a single loaf pan which is used for baking the breads of any type that you would like and usually it would be in the size of standard size loaf but the size differs.

The standard pan can hold around 6 to 8 cups of butter, whereas some of the mini loaf pans hold 2 to 3 cups of butter but some others hold just half cup of butter. These pans are extremely useful, and comes along with varieties of features such as non-stick coating, etc that will perfectly suit to make a small loaf cake or desert bread or can be used to make the breads to present as a gift for people.

People doubt that anyone will surely object to receiving a larger pound cake or sweet loaf and you might consider a standard loaf pan when you are planning to give sweets to a family with many members. You can make use of the mini loaf pans if you are a great baker who would like to make tasty cake or bread recipes, so that you will be able to make mini loaves with each type. These pans can even be used to make some individual meatloaf servings for the guests at your home and for certain people; you can even omit some ingredients for the dinners.

When you are making a desert individually with one pan, you have to take care of the time carefully. Usually, the baking time in this pan will be one fourth of the standard pan. Few more minutes have to be added if you want to bake more than one loaf at one time. The directions of bake time must be followed and have to keep an eye on cakes or loaves that you make.

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The Homemaker's Bread Maker

A busy and hectic schedule need not necessarily mean skipping our daily bread which is the staple diet for so many millions world wide and for which one is struggling in the first place! Fresh and nourishing bread can now be made at home within no time at all because the process has become so simplified.

The bread maker is possibly the most essential accessory in the modern day kitchen and the end result can compare with the best bakery anywhere. After the mandatory mixing and kneading of the dough the baking itself is extremely easy with this contraption taking about 50 minutes in all to bake the bread. The maximum loaf capacity can be around 2 to 2.5 lb which is what a normal family requires. There are a number of programmes, nearly eleven in number to bake bread. This also allows for different loaves with differing size and quality. Two different kinds of loaves can be baked simultaneously. There is also an option to make different crust colours and crispness. The crust can be light, medium or dark depending on the settings. Similarly, depending on whether one is baking wheat bread, pasta bread, white bread, sweet bread, French loaf or cake the settings differ.

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Most of the bread making machines comes with a see through view window which will indicate to us the baking stage of the loaf. The walls remain cool because it is heat proof and even accidental touching, if kids are around to poke and investigate, will not burn. The bread pan is also the non stick kind which makes maintenance easy. There are no burnt remains or broken edges left in the pan. The whole process is smooth and clean. At one stage of the baking an indicator will signal us to add ingredients to enhance the taste with nuts or fruits as per our taste. This is a bonus for mothers who have to cater to the differing tastes in the family. There is also a jam function to cater to people with a sweet tooth.

The appliance is sleek and easy to maintain. The dimensions vary with each brand but generally it measures 37 cms in height, 35 cms in width and 24 cms in depth. There is a detachable lid which can be removed and cleaned whenever necessary. The starter can be set about 13 hours prior to the actual baking so that at the required time the family can sit down to have hot bread. There is also an option to keep the bread warm for nearly 60 minutes after the actual baking. The device comes with a measuring spoon and cup so that there can be no error in the measurement of the ingredients. Some also offer a recipe book with very tempting variations in bread making that invite us to experiment with new recipes.

Although it is called a bread maker, one can also bake cakes in it because the baking function is the same. Most of these devices need about 600 watts of power to function smoothly. The bread maker has thus become an essential food maker.

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Extra Moist Banana Pineapple Bread Recipe For Those Craving a Tropical Taste

Looking for a little twist on the traditional banana bread recipe? Do you have a yearning for a tropical flavor surprise? Then my Extra Moist Banana Pineapple Bread Recipe may become your new favorite dessert. Within the super moist bread, you'll happily discover chucks of delicious pineapple dancing with the walnuts. You're taste buds will love you for making this dish.

Here are the ingredients for the Extra Moist Banana Pineapple Bread Recipe:

2 3/4 cups of White Flour
1 3/4 cups of Sugar
4 Bananas (very ripe)
1/2 cup of Pineapple (crushed, not cubed)
1 teaspoon of ginger
3/4 cup of Vegetable Shortening
1/4 cup of Yogurt
3 Eggs
1/2 teaspoon of Salt
1/4 cup of Buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoon of Baking Soda
1 cup of Walnuts (chopped)

This recipe makes just enough batter for standard sized loan pans. If you just need to make one loaf of banana pineapple bread instead of two, just adjust the ingredient amounts accordingly.

Recipe Directions:

1. Set your oven to 375 degrees.

2. In a mixer, add the sugar, ginger, vegetable shortening, and salt. Mix until the batter is creamy.

3. Add the eggs and mix.

4. Add the yogurt, buttermilk, flour, and baking soda and mix until batter is a smooth consistency.

5. Take the ripe bananas and mashed them up in a bowl. Place in mixer along with walnuts.

6. Drain juice from pineapple chucks and add to mixer. Mix up the batter one last time.

7. Grease up your loaf pans and dust some flour over them (this is done to keep the bread from sticking to the sides and bottom of the pan).

8. Pour batter into both loaf pans. Place in the oven for 45-50 minutes.

9. To tell if the banana pineapple bread is done, just stick a toothpick in it. When it comes out without any batter, then its safe to take the loaves out of the oven.

9. Let the bread loaves stand for thirty minutes to cool off.

Banana bread is great, but the Extra Moist Banana Pineapple Bread recipe is different enough to get your friends and family talking. And this is doubly so if you let them discover the pineapple chucks on their own. This bread is served best warm and with a slight dab of butter.

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How to Make Homemade Bread With a Bread Machine

So one of your friends has decided to pass their bread machine on to you but you do not have the manual on how to use it? There are many different brands, types and steps on operating bread makers. No matter what model your machine is, these simple steps will point you in the right direction to get started making bread quick and easy. First things first, check all the machine parts to ensure that there is nothing broken. Does it have the baking pan, the kneading blade or paddle, the dough pin (if it is a pin type machine) and the rubber gasket? Well if everything is okay then let begin with the bread making process.

The second step is to determine if your machine has a sealed or an unsealed pan before you begin putting ingredients into it. However, almost all the modern machines have sealed pans. The sealed pan uses a rubber type of gasket so that when you insert the pan, the pan is sealed to prevent any leaks into the machine. If the bread machine seems old, be aware that it may have a worn out rubber seal so you may need to replace it. Once everything is set, next pour a small amount of water in the pan and let it sit for about 5 minutes to check for any leaks. If there is no leak, you can now dry out the pan and begin placing your dry ingredients into the pan starting with the instant raising yeast. Following the yeast, place the dry ingredients followed by the wet ingredients into the pan. Remember that what ingredients go in first depend largely depends on what type of machine you are using. Finally, you can now begin adding the remaining recipe ingredients of the bread recipe.

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Now that you have gotten the hang of your bread machine, you can now venture out online looking up different bread machine recipes. You can even just use your bread machine for just making things like pizza crust. One of my favorites is the honey oat bread recipe. My family loves it when I get the bread machine ready before bed and set the timer so that it begins to cook overnight and is ready first thing in the morning. There is nothing like waking up to the smell of fresh homemade bread when owning a bread machine. However, if you are still unsure of how to use your bread machine or have tried experimenting on it with no success, the size and weight of your machine determine the capacity and quality of how it bakes bread. One last resort you have now is that you may try searching for your bread machines model number or brand on the internet and you may be lucky to find downloadable instructions on how to operate it.

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Simple and Scrumptious Bread Recipes

Homemade bread is one of the most delicious and comforting foods around. Walking into a kitchen teeming with the yeasty smell of warm bread is like receiving a warm hug from a dear friend; unless, of course, your oven is billowing black smoke and smells of charred food. It's true that some types of bread do require a certain culinary finesse, however we've got a few recipes here that are virtually fool-proof;meaning even the most culinary-challenged can pull them off!

This first recipe is for Amish bread, which is essentially a sweet white bread. Slice it up for sandwiches or toast slathered with butter and preserves. YUM!

Ingredients
6 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tbsp. active dry yeast
2/3 c. white sugar
2 c. warm water
1/4 c. vegetable oil

To make: First, you need to activate the yeast. For this, you'll want to get a large bowl and add the water and sugar. Once the sugar is dissolved, add the yeast. Let this sit until the yeast takes on a foamy look. Next, add the oil and the salt to the yeast. Be careful not to stir too vigorously.

Mix in the flour one cup at a time. Set that aside and sprinkle a handful of flour on the (clean!) counter top. Transfer the dough from the bowl to the counter and begin to knead until the dough is smooth. If your dough is still very sticky, sprinkle flour into it as you knead until it becomes smooth.

Oil a large bowl and roll the dough just enough to give the dough a very light coat of oil. Put a damp tea towel over the bowl so the dough can rise (double in size). This usually takes about an hour.

Take the dough out and knead again for a few minutes. Split the dough into even halves and shape them into loaves. Place each loaf into a well-oiled bread pan and leave it to rise for about 30 minutes, or until the dough has risen about 1 inch above the top of the pan. Place in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F and bake for about 30 minutes.

This next recipe we have is for a Jewish bread called Challah. It's a very simple bread that is rolled into ropes and braided before baked. Challah will impress your friends and family in both the looks and the taste department-resulting in nods of approval and a boost to your pride!

Ingredients
7 1/2 c. bread flour
4 1/2 tsp. active dry yeast
3/4 c. white sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. warm water
1 c. margarine (melted)
3 eggs (beaten) plus 1 egg (beaten)-keep separate

To make: In a bowl, add warm water, melted margarine, the 3 beaten eggs, and sugar. Mix thoroughly. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, yeast, and salt. Slowly add the liquid ingredients to the dry and mix together.

Sprinkle a handful of flour on a counter-top and knead the dough until smooth. Add a few sprinkles of flour here and there if the dough seems too sticky. Split the dough into equal halves. Take each half and split it into three equal pieces (so you have six smaller mounds of dough). Roll each mound into ropes about 3/4 inches thick (you can do this by rolling them between your hands "prayer" style).

Once all six ropes are equal in size and length, you're going to braid them into two loaves. To do this, take three ropes and pinch them together at the top. Proceed to "braid" them, pinching them together at the bottom. Do the same for the three remaining ropes. If you can't braid, just make two ropes per loaf and twist them together.

Grease a cookie sheet and transfer the loaves onto it. Brush them with the last beaten egg. Put them in a warm place to rise until they have doubled in size (about an hour or so). Bake in a preheated oven at 325 degrees F for 20 - 30 minutes.

If you're looking to fill the chilly autumn or winter mornings nursing a hunk of sweet bread and a steaming cup of coffee or tea, then we have just the recipe for you! Portuguese sweet bread is brilliant on its own or warmed with butter. You can even sprinkle a bit of cinnamon on top for a spicy treat. But best of all: it's easy to make!

Ingredients
6 c. all-purpose flour
2 pkg. active dry yeast
3/4 c. sugar plus 1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. warm water
1 c. lukewarm milk-scalded, then cooled
3 eggs plus 1 egg
1/2 c. butter-softened

To make: Dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Once it has dissolved, add the milk, 3 eggs, butter, 3 cups of flour, 3/4 cup of sugar, and salt. Mix together, then stir in the remaining flour.

Take a handful of flour and sprinkle on the counter-top. Knead the dough until it is smooth (it should take on an elastic texture). Grease a bowl and place the dough inside, turning it over so the dough takes on a thin coating of grease. Cover with a wet tea towel and set in a warm place until the dough has doubled in size (usually this is about 1 and a half to 2 hours).

Knead the dough for a minute or two, then divide it into equal halves. Shape each half into a loaf and place in a greased bread pan. Cover with a towel and let it rise for another hour. When the loaves have risen, beat the remaining egg and brush it over the loaves. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and bake the loaves for about 35 - 40 minutes, or until golden brown.

You should find that these breads are all fairly simple in preparation and will deliver a wonderful result that you can enjoy time and time again. To make things easier, double the recipe and freeze a few loaves for when company comes or to save as a snack when you feel peckish. Give these recipes a try and you never know;you may find that you have knack for bread-making after all!

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Experiment With Your Bread Machine to Make Variety Breads

A bread machine is a great little appliance that makes a nice addition to any kitchen. It's amazing that someone figured out how to use the same pan for mixing the ingredients, kneading the dough, providing a warm place to rise the dough, squeezing out the gas in between dough risings, and finally baking the bread. The process is totally automated and for many recipes can be put on a time delay so that bread comes out of the hot oven when you are ready to eat it.

Bread produced by a bread machine is a little different from the store-bought sliced bread. The main difference is the texture. Bread produced by a bread machine has a coarser texture when compared to a slice of bread produced commercially. The crust may be firmer or darker depending on the bread cycle used and the amount of certain ingredients used in the bread.

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Sugar as an ingredient in bread gives browning to the crust and color to the loaf and it improves the taste. Try substituting honey or molasses for the sugar in your recipe for a more natural bread. Use equal amounts, so if your recipe calls for 1 tablespoon of sugar use 1 tablespoon of honey or molasses instead.

The kinds of bread that a bread machine can make are as varied as your imagination. The basic white bread is a standard on which variations can be built. Many bread makers will sound out an audible alarm to alert you that now is the time to add your special ingredients so they can be incorporated into the dough before the last rise and bake.

Add any kind of "trail mix" ingredient that you like a couple minutes before the kneading cycle is complete. Raisins, sesame seeds, millet, crushed walnuts, pecan bits, chopped dried apricots, sunflower seeds, or any other favorite ingredient can be added to the bread dough. Try at first a quarter cup of your special ingredient for a regular-sized loaf or half a cup for a large loaf.

Another easy substitution to make is one egg for 1/8 cup of the liquid called for in your recipe. Eggs add softness to the bread and give it a wonderful aroma and flavor.

Recipes may call for applesauce, peanut butter, cottage cheese, or canned pumpkin for a totally different taste. Flavored breads make for wonderful toast, especially with a dollop of jam or cheese.

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Bread Machines Delay Making Bread Until You're Ready

Bread machines have simplified bread making for the busy homemaker. It's really fascinating that one little kitchen appliance can do everything needed to turn out a loaf of bread, except for adding the ingredients. That's all you need to do to get fresh homemade bread with a bread machine. Just measure ingredients according to the recipe, push a couple buttons, and then come back in a few hours. When the beeper sounds, the bread is done and ready to take out of the oven. Total hands-on time is about 15 minutes for measuring ingredients into the mixing pan, which also serves as the baking pan, and cleaning up a few utensils.

Bread makers come in a variety of styles with an array of features and one of the most useful features is a time delay cycle. This is where you can program the machine to start at some time after adding the ingredients. You fill the mixing pan with the ingredients and enter in the time delay. Check the manual for your machine as some units may be limited to a certain time period for the delay.

For instance, an older Hitachi bread machine has an upper limit of 13 hours. This means that the start of the bread cycle can be delayed up to 13 hours, but no longer. That seems like that would fit into most schedules. Say you go to bed around 10 o'clock in the evening and rise at 6 am. You could fill and set the bread machine at 9 pm with a 5 hour delay. The bread cycle would be started at 2 am and, as the bread cycle in this example runs for 4 hours, the bread would be done at the time your alarm is going off. Hot, fresh bread at breakfast.

Plain white bread and whole wheat bread are good candidates for using the delay timer function of your bread machine. Other recipes do not turn out well on a delayed bread cycle. Recipes that call for fresh milk shouldn't be used on a time delay due to safety reasons. You want to use fresh milk for making bread and if left at room temperature too long, it could spoil. Recipes that contain moist ingredients may pre-activate the yeast and that would be undesirable.

A tip for using a timer delay is to make sure that water is added to the mixing pan first. The flour should be added second. Make sure that flour completely covers the surface of the water. Then add the remaining ingredients with yeast being the last added. This way the yeast will not be activated prematurely because it will have no contact with water until the mixer is turned on after the delay time has passed.

If you haven't been using your bread machine because it takes too long to make the bread, give it another try. Use the delay timer to your advantage and have the bread hot when you are ready to eat.

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Best Inexpensive Christmas Gift Ideas

In these economic times, consider trying to keep Christmas gift-giving simpler. Trying some of these ideas will even be fun! Once you start, your own creativity and imagination will be unleashed and gift-giving might be less stressful and not too expensive!

Select gift bags, baskets, fabric bins, pails, totes, any kind of containers that are fun and fill them with themed items.

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Pasta Night: include a jar of favorite pasta sauce, box of whole wheat pasta, a bottle of Italian dressing, croutons, parmesan cheese, kitchen towel, spiced olive oil, loaf of Italian bread, Biscotti, apron, etc. You get the idea... you can include as many as you like!

Movie Night: popcorn, popcorn seasonings, a DVD, candy, popcorn bowls or popcorn boxes, funny napkins.

Fancy/specialty magazines that interest the person on your list, tied with raffia or pretty ribbon.

Variety of individual packets of special coffee blends, or teas along with a unique coffee mug or tea cup. Add a package of gourmet cookies or box of chocolates.

A bottle of wine, a box of crackers, and a small cutting board for cheese, which you can add at the last minute.

A mixing bowl filled with packaged cookie mixes, a wooden spoon, and a potholder or 2.

"Cookie mixes in a jar" - recipes available from the book, Gifts for the Cookie Jar by Lia Roessner Wilson - you layer dry ingredients in a quart size wide mouth jar, add the lid, and tie a tag with instructions for adding ingredients and baking! Easy and a joy to receive!

A child's handprints, framed

For the writer on your list, a journal, note cards, Post-It notes and fancy pen

If you have access to photos of interest to the person on your list, get a collage picture frame for those photos, make a mini photo album, get a photo calendar or do a scrapbook, with the pictures.

For cat and dog lovers, get together treats, toys, a new leash or collar, a pet picture frame; explore other available pet items and to top your gift off, add an issue of the magazine, Cat Fancy or Dog.

For the gardener, a package or 2 of seeds, gardening gloves, gardening tools, garden shoes, flower pot, small bag of potting soil, and a gardening magazine - this is a great idea for kids who like to play in the dirt!

An all time favorite gift for kids is a box or tote bag filled with different kinds of paper, drawing and construction, note pads, glue, stickers, a mini stapler and staples, scotch tape, scissors - plain and decorative, stencils, a craft book with "how-to" instructions, colored pencils, markers, gel pens, crayons...Kids love to create and do activities.

Craft box (or other plain wooden items) with paints, brushes and stickers or decals with which to decorate.

Holiday serving platter or bowl filled with homemade cookies or snack mix.

Breakfast basket: pancake mix, syrup (maybe more than 1 kind), pancake turner and/or rings, potholder, mixing bowl with spout or pancake dispenser, measuring cup.

Fancy napkins, placemats, and napkin rings (Lots of times they are on sale!)

Bread pan with bread mixes and can of baking shortening spray.

Muffin pan with muffin mixes, and or cake mixes and cupcake liners.

Crockpot cookbook and Crockpot liners to make cleanup a snap!

Ingredients for easy homemade chicken soup: carton of chicken stock, canned chicken, small can of carrots, package of noodles; add a copy of one of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books.

A book from the genre you know the person enjoys, along with a special bookmark, a package of hot chocolate mix and a mug.

Pretty glass jar filled with Hershey Kisses, or M&Ms, or whatever candy you want to give.

Fuzzy, comfy socks, foot scrub, foot lotion.

A kid's cookbook (great suggestion: The Cheerios Cookbook: Tasty Treats and Clever Crafts for Kids) and add some of the non-perishable ingredients kids can use to make some of the recipes.

A box of greeting cards and book of stamps.

Fancy soap, shower gel and nylon net bath scrubby or loofah or sudsy sponge.

Homemade skin exfoliators recipes:

Almond Exfoliating Body Scrub: In a small bowl, stir ¼ cup course sea salt and ¼ cup baby oil together until the oil is thoroughly incorporated into the salt. Add ½ teaspoon almond extract, OR vanilla extract OR lightly scented perfume oil and stir until it's integrated. You can double or triple the recipe to make a larger amount. Put in a small glass airtight jar with these directions attached: Use in the shower, after you are thoroughly wet. Apply with your hands, a washcloth or body puff scrubber. Massage in. Rinse off. (Recipe from the Reader's Digest Homemade - How to Make Hundreds of Everyday Products Fast, Fresh and More Naturally)

Simple Sugar Scrub for Dry Skin: In a medium bowl combine 1 cup brown sugar, white sugar or half of each. Mix ½ cup of olive, grapeseed, or almond oil into the sugar(s) with a wooden spoon until you get a pastelike blend. Add 2 drops vanilla or almond extract and stir until well incorporated. Transfer to a clean, airtight glass container/jar. Store in the refrigerator for 6 months to a year. Directions for use: In the shower, massage this mixture gently over damp skin. It will exfoliate and moisturize at the same time. Do not use on broken, irritated or scarred skin. Avoid the eyes. This is an especially oily mixture, so it is best for dry skin. (Recipe from the Reader's Digest book, Homemade - How to Make Hundreds of Everyday Products Fast, Fresh and More Naturally)

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Artichoke and Rye Bread Appetizer

Artichokes are so handy! They are perfect for easy appetizers. Since Labor Day is just around the corner, this would be an excellent choice for an end-of-the-summer appetizer.

In this easy appetizer recipe, there are only 4 ingredients total. That, in itself makes this easy, but the artichoke and rye appetizers look so great, that your guests will think you spent a lot more time on it. Your friends and guests will love them and they'll get gobbled up in no time.

What you'll need:

- 1 pkg. cocktail rye bread

- 1 can artichoke hearts (in water)

- 1 cup mayonnaise

- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

First, drain the artichoke hearts. Cut the rye bread slices in half. Mix the mayonnaise and Parmesan cheese. Cut the artichoke hearts into slices and place on slices of the rye bread.

Next, spread about 3/4 tsp of the mayonnaise-Parmesan mixture on top of the artichoke hearts on the bread. Turn on the oven to broil and place mini open-faced sandwiches on a broiling pan and broil until it turns a golden brown. Serve it up, nice and warm!

This recipe makes approximately 2 1/2 dozen.

Yummmmmyyyyy! Make more than you think you'll need. They will go fast.

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Cuisinart CBK-100 Programmable Bread Maker

It is fun baking bread right into your very own kitchen, experiencing the aromatic fragrance of the delicious, tasty and appetizing pastry with this Cuisinart CBK-100 Programmable Bread maker. Its unit is has an innovative design and marked logo in it. It measures 18x12-1/5 by 15 inches. It is a multipurpose bread machine that ensures you an easy operation of the unit. All you have to do is you have to prepare all the exact ingredients measured by its measuring spoon and cups and just put it inside the bread maker. Then leave it all to the machine, and let it do all the works like mixing and kneading of the bread until it is perfectly baked.

It also offers you lots of selections from its 12 menus choices by means of the touch pad controls. This 12 menus allows you what kind of bread do you like your bread baked like, Italian, basic or white, whole wheat bread, sweet bread, gluten free, packaged mixed, quick bread, dough, pasta dough, jams, bake only and rapid bake. With this several options you will sure enjoy trying and taste each of it. It allows you to bake 1, 1-1/2 up to 2 pounds of loaf which is just enough for you to devour it. If you want the crust of your bread light, dark or medium you are free to choose because it has 3 crust settings.

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This bread machine has a viewing window where in it enables you to view how this machine works with your bread. It also has a 13 hour delay start timer where in if you have an important errand to make, you can delay your baking within 13 hours. There is a durable stay cool handles which allows you to handle it without getting burned. It includes recipes that enable you to bake different kinds of breads. This machine has also a power failure back up wherein it holds the memory of its operation in 15 minutes until the power returns back again. Cleaning it up is also easy because you can just remove the removable kneading paddle and bread pan and wash it with your own hands in the dishwasher. The rest of the unit, you can wipe it with a damp cloth.

Cuisinart CBK-100 Programmable Bread maker is just right for you as bread lover. You will love baking delectable breads with it and it is absolutely right for you as bread lover.

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How-To Freezing Bread Dough

Why should you freeze your dough? Well there are many reasons. The mixing process can some times be time consuming, so it is nice to be able to mix enough dough to make several loaves of bread at once and freeze what you don't use that day for another day. This allows you to pull out a frozen loaf and bake it with out having to go though the mixing process again for a while.

We recommend using a high quality kitchen mixer, like the Bosch Universal Plus Mixer, which can make enough dough for up-to nine loaves of bread at once (note: search YouTube.com for "bosch 9 loaves video" for a demonstration). This will get you several loaves of bread dough to freeze with the least amount of work. Mix and knead bread dough until it is ready to rise, but don't leave it out to rise.

Once the dough is mixed and kneaded you will want to shape it and then freeze it immediately, do not let it rise before putting in the freezer. When freezing dough for a loaf of bread, I find it best to place the dough in a lightly greased pan while freezing it. This will insure that it will fit in the pan you will be baking the loaf in when you are ready to cook it.

After the dough is frozen, it is time to package it. You can remove it from the pan after it is frozen or you can just package the pan and dough together if you feel like it, it may save you some time. To package it, place the frozen dough in a 1 gallon zip-lock freezer bag or use a kitchen vacuum sealer like the VacMaster Pro 130. If you are placing multiple loaves of bread in one package, it is best to use something like wax paper to keep them separated at thawing time.

Frozen dough will keep in the freezer for about 3 months or less. To de-thaw the bread dough, remove it from freezer package and place it in a lightly greased pan. Now cover the pan loosely with plastic wrap, the thawing will take a while and this will keep the dough from drying out. Set the pan on the counter and allow it to come to room temperature and then rise to double its size. This part of the process is going to take most of the day, so be patient with it and plan ahead for it. It is best to start this in the morning so you can cook it later that evening.

You may now bake and enjoy your loaf of bread. Remove the plastic and place the pan in the oven for what ever the recipe cook time calls for. Remember that when making home made whole wheat bread, it is best to do it with freshly milled whole wheat flour using a quality electric or hand wheat grinder.

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Excellent Banana-Pecan Bread That is Perfect For Diabetics

If you are diabetic or just trying to cut back on sugar in your diet, give this yummy Banana-Pecan Bread a try. This bread is made with Splenda but still offers the wonderful taste of banana bread. This bread has a touch of fresh orange juice which adds an extra touch of moisture, often lacking in sugar-free baked goods. Make this bread a day ahead, wrap in plastic wrap before cutting, and let set overnight for an even better bread. Makes a good gift for diabetics; use in gift baskets, housewarming, hostess gift, birthdays, or Christmas gifts.

BANANA-PECAN BREAD

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1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup Splenda granular
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (3 med bananas)
1/3 cup butter, softened
2 tbsp milk
juice from 1/4 large fresh orange
2 eggs
1/3 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, combine 1 cup of the flour, Splenda granular, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir the mixture to combine.

To the dry mixture, add the mashed bananas, butter, milk, and orange juice. Using an electric mixer, blend on low speed until well blended. Turn speed to high and blend for two minutes. Add the eggs and the remaining 3/4 cup of flour. Beat the mixture until well blended. Stir in the pecans.

Spray an 8 or 9-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray. Pour the batter into the pan and smooth out evenly. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes or until the bread is browned and a toothpick inserted in the thickest part comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and cool completely on the wire rack.

NOTE: This bread is even better if cooled, wrapped in plastic wrap and allowed to set overnight before slicing.

Enjoy!

Excellent Banana-Pecan Bread That is Perfect For Diabetics

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Delicious Pan Dulce

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Pan Dulce is a special slightly sweet bread that is served year round. It is colorful and attractive on the plate. They taste as good as they look, too. The bread itself is rich with eggs, making it perfect for special occasions and holidays. Leftover rolls can be frozen and thawed whenever you feel the need for a slightly sweet treat.

Pan Dulce can trace its history back to the French occupation of Mexico. When the French were defeated on Cinco de Mayo, the Mexicans still loved the French breads that had been introduced to their country. Mexican bakers did their own thing and came up with thousands of varieties of Pan Dulce. Conchas are shaped like shells, orejas are shaped like ears, roscas are formed into rings; you get the idea.

Pan Dulce is often eaten for breakfast with the morning beverage. Since the large meal is usually served in the afternoon, the evening meal is again something simple like Pan Dulce with a few other things to nibble. These delicious little rolls can brighten any day when you dig in and enjoy them with your cup of coffee.

Recipe for Pan Dulce

These sweet little loaves are delicious.

What You Need

1 Tablespoon dry yeast
1 Tablespoon sugar
1/3 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons vegetable shortening
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup lukewarm water
3-1/2 cups flour
4 eggs, beaten, room temperature

Topping

1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup flour
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
food coloring (optional)

How to Make It

Mix 1 tablespoon of sugar into the lukewarm water with the yeast. Let this rest for 10 minutes.

Cream the shortening and remaining sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add in the salt and eggs slowly. Gradually mix in the yeast water. Mix the flour in, one cup at a time, until it is all incorporated. Cover the bowl and let the dough rise in a warm place for 45 minutes.

Divide the dough into 16 pieces. Shape each piece into a ball. Place the balls on a lightly greased baking pan, giving lots of space between each piece of dough. Press each ball just a little to flatten it. Let the dough rise for an hour. While you wait for the dough to rise, mix up the topping.

Topping: Mix all the ingredients together in a food processor. When you finish, it should be smooth. Divide the topping into 16 portions. Roll each portion into a ball and roll it out on a floured work surface until it is big enough to cover each piece of dough. This should be approximately 5 inches in diameter. Press the topping onto the dough lightly. Use a knife to cut a pattern into the topping, but not the dough. Usual patterns are criss cross, lines or you can just let the topping crack on its own.

Bake the pan dulce at 350 degrees F. for 15 minutes or until the bread turns slightly golden.

Mexican recipes bring a lot of flavor and color to the table. If you have not explored Mexican desserts, give them a try. You may be amazed at how delicious and easy they are to make.

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Yeast-Free Living - Can I Eat Pita Bread?

If you have recently decided to give up eating yeast, there are probably questions in your mind regarding what foods you can or cannot eat on a yeast-free diet. One of those you may be wondering about it pita bread. Since it's not as well-risen as normal bread, does it still contain yeast?

Well, the answer is, yes, normal pita bread does in fact contain yeast. However, there are alternative pita breads that you can buy that are free from it, or you can indeed make your own. Here is a recipe.

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What You Will Need:

1 tablespoon of Olive Oil 1 cup of soy flour 1 cup of unbleached white flour 1 and a half cups of distilled or purified water Half a teaspoon of baking powder A dash of sea saltNote: if you are using gluten-free flowers, you will need to add egg to the mix in order for it to bind together well.

How to Make the Pita Bread:

Mix the olive oil, the water and the salt. Add the baking powder and flour, and mix to a smooth consistency like a pancake mixture. Rub inside of frying pan with a paper towel dipped in olive oil. Let frying pan sit for 10 minutes. Place the frying pan on a hob at medium-low heat, and wait about 3 minutes before pouring the batter into the middle of the pan. Tilt the frying pan in a circular motion until the whole of the bottom of the pain is covered with the desired thickness of batter. When the upper side looks dry, flip it over with your spatula and cook on the opposite side. This should take about 1 minute on each side.

Yeast-Free Living - Can I Eat Pita Bread?

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Pumpkin Bread

Now here is a recipe that can be used during the Thanksgiving season as well as the Christmas season although when it comes to food and of course I know how to prepare all the recipes that I share with everyone everyday can be a holiday for me depending on what my taste is for a particular day.

Every persons taste is different and that is what makes the world go around, but there isn't much that I don't like when it comes to the sweet things.

Remember your ingredients should be at room temperature.

1-2/3 cups all purpose flour

1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon salt

2 large eggs slightly beaten

1 ½ cups sugar 1 ½ cups canned solid pack pumpkin

½ cup vegetable oil

1/3 cup each walnuts and raisins

Preheat your oven to 350 degrease. Grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
In a 5 quart mixing bowl combine the first 5 ingredients then add eggs, sugar, pumpkin, oil and mix until well combined then add your nuts and raisins and mix until smooth.

Pour your mix into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 70 minutes or until a pick placed into the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes then remove from pan and continue to cool on same rack.

Well now it's time to eat it, get out the butter and coffee and "enjoy".

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Drywall: Top Seven Drywall Finishing Tips

Hanging drywall is almost an art. Just ask anyone who does it professionally and they'll tell you that it takes years of practice to do a perfect job. If you're lucky enough, you might even get a few drywall finishing tips out of the conversation. If not, don't worry. Here are some drywall finishing tips that everyone can benefit from!

Make Sure You Have Everything Before You Start

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Drywall finishing tip #1: You need to have at hand a taping knife spreader, application knife, joint tape, joint compound, bread pan and a corner taping tool.

Get Secure About What You're Doing

Drywall finishing tip #2: Drywall demands that all your measurements are accurate and that every panel is tightly secured to the supports that it's nailed to. Could there be anything more embarrassing than to complete a drywall job - only to have it unexpectedly fall down during dinner or entertaining guests?

Make sure that your nails are long enough to keep the panels on their supports. If you're more comfortable with using screws, then use them instead. You could even use a second set of nails as reinforcement. The important thing as that you feel as secure about your project as they're secured to its foundation!

Beware A Muddy Mess

Drywall finishing tip #3: When mixing your cement (or mud), strive for a consistency that resembles icing on a cake - not too stiff and not too loose. Essentially, you should be able to scoop some of this mud onto a trowel, hold the trowel upside down, and not lose any of the cement. At the same time, you should also be able to easily apply this cement into drywall joints without too much effort.

While mixing, take care not to "whip" the cement. A whipping action will inadvertently attract air - air which will form bubbles in drywall seams.

Mesh Your Work Into A Smooth Finish

Drywall finishing tip #4. Use mesh tape instead of paper tape. Because mesh tape is porous, it allows the cement to seep through it. The end result is much smoother than paper which is sometimes visually apparent.

Use More Glue And Save On Nails

Drywall finishing tip #5: Use an adhesive to hold panels in place. Although this technique can't and should never be used on the ceiling, you'll only need to insert nails at the edges of drywall panels.

Give Your Drywalls A Little Dimple

Drywall finishing tip #6: You can hid the heads of your nails by hammering them in just below the surface of the drywall. This might take a little practice beforehand, as you don't want the nail heads to show, but on the other hand, you don't want to break the surface of the drywall either!

Patch Like A Pro

Drywall finishing tip #7: Stuffing a hole with newspaper tends to leave weak spots on a wall. Instead, cut a sizeable circle around a hole that needs patching. Insert a support piece that will fit behind the hole, and then glue it in place with cement. After about three hours, use even more cement to adhere a small piece of drywall to the support piece you inserted earlier. When dry, cover the hole with more cement and tape. You want to continue this process in the same manner as if you were concealing a joint.

Drywall: Top Seven Drywall Finishing Tips

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