Veggie Pot Pie

 Ingredients:

 2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
8 ounces mushrooms
1 clove garlic, minced
2 large carrots, diced
2 potatoes, peeled and diced
2 stalks celery, sliced 1/4 inch wide
2 cups cauliflower florets
1 cup fresh green beans, trimmed and snapped into 1/2 inch pieces
3 cups vegetable broth
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 recipe pastry for double-crust pie

Directions: 
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

Heat oil in a large skillet or saucepan. Cook onions, mushrooms, and garlic in oil for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in carrots, potatoes, and celery. Stir in cauliflower, green beans, and vegetable broth. Bring to a boil, then turn heat down to a simmer. Cook until vegetables are barely tender, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch, soy sauce, and 1/4 cup water until cornstarch is completely dissolved. Stir into vegetables, and cook until sauce thickens, about 3 minutes.

Roll out 1/2 of the dough to line an 9x13 inch baking dish. Pour the filling into the pastry lined dish. Roll out remaining dough, arrange over the filling, and seal and flute the edges.

Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until the crust is brown.

You can use any kid of veggie I think. Last time I forgot to buy green beans and used peas instead. Corn or broccoli would probably be good as well. 

Easy Curried Shrimp

This is a Stay family recipe 

1-2 lbs Shrimp, the more the better. Use big ones as the little salad shrimp get lost in the sauce. Precooked and frozen are fine. Thaw them out and dry them off before cooking.

½ cup White Flour 

1 large Onion, diced

1 large Green pepper, coarsely chopped up

2-3 cans condensed Tomato Soup

Curry Powder

1-2 T Sugar

4-6 T Butter (replace with oil for Dairy-free)

Hot cooked rice `

Start the rice cooking first.
Melt the butter in a large frying pan (or just pour in the oil).  Add onions and cook just until golden. Meanwhile, dredge the shrimp in flour and then LIGHTLY fry in the butter with the onions. Sprinkle the shrimp liberally with curry powder and lightly with sugar. Fry a bit more, turn over and sprinkle second side with the curry powder and sugar. Add the green peppers after you season the second time. Add two cans of tomato soup. If you want more sauce, add another can of soup. Add water as needed to keep the sauce saucy. Taste the sauce and add more curry and hot sauce if wanted. Cook only until the sauce is all hot and bubbling. Serve over the rice.
You can make this more of a curry by serving it with small dishes containing finely chopped fresh green pepper, raisins, coconut, chunk pineapple, etc. (These are my mother-in-law's suggestions, I never do them, but they would probably be good.)

Red Dahl soup

 

• 1 tablespoon EACH: butter AND olive oil (use 2 tbs oil for dairy-free)
•  4 cloves minced garlic
•  1 medium onion, chopped
•  2 stalks celery, chopped
•  ½ teaspoon EACH: ground turmeric, garam masala, AND chili powder
•  1 teaspoon ground cumin
•  2-3 teaspoons curry powder (mild or hot)
•  1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes
•  1½ cups red lentils, washed and drained
•  3-5 cups vegetable broth (or chicken stock)
•  1½ cups of coconut milk (I use light coconut milk)
•  3 tablespoons lemon juice
•  Chopped cilantro, for serving

Instructions

SAUTE: Melt the butter and olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Sauté the onions and celery for 5-6 minutes or until tender and translucent. Add the garlic and continue to cook for 1 additional minute. Add the turmeric, garam masala, chili powder, cumin, and curry powder. Continue to cook the veggies for another 1-2 minutes.

MAKE ON THE STOVETOP: Add the tomatoes, lentils, 4 cups of broth, bay leaf, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and allow the soup to simmer for 10 minutes. Add the coconut milk and allow the soup to continue cooking for an additional 12-18 minutes or until the lentils are fall-apart tender. If the lentils soak up too much of the liquid, use the remaining ½ cup of broth to thin the soup to your liking. 

Use an immersion blender to puree the mixture if you prefer a smooth texture. Leave as-is for a chunkier texture. Turn the stove off and stir in the lemon juice. Taste and adjust with additional salt if the soup needs it.

I leave it chunky and serve with bread. 

French bread

 I just realized I never sent you my french bread recipe:

2 T yeast with 1/2 cup warm water, set aside

Combine:

2 c hot water

1 T salt

3 T sugar

1/3 c melted butter

3 c flour

Mix well

Then add in the yeast mixture and another 3 cups of flour and mix well.  

Every 10 min, stir again for about 30 seconds for 5 times.  

Then divide dough in half and form loaves. Slash the top of each loaf diagonally 3 times, and let rise for 20 min.   

Bake at 400 for 20-25 min.

Hawaiian haystacks

 
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size chunks 
3 tablespoons butter
½ cup finely chopped onion
3 cloves garlic; finely minced
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
¼ cup flour
2 cups milk
1 cup chicken broth (I use low sodium)

INSTRUCTIONS 

• In a large skillet melt the butter over medium heat and add the onion and raw chicken.
• Saute the onion and chicken until the onions are soft and translucent and the chicken is cooked through, about 5 to 6 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for about one minute, stirring, until fragrant.
• Sprinkle the flour over the onions and chicken and stir to combine. Cook over medium heat for one minute.
• Slowly whisk in the milk and chicken broth. Cook, stirring constantly, and bring the sauce to a simmer over medium to medium-high heat.
• Add the salt and pepper. Continue simmering, stirring the sauce frequently, until the sauce has thickened, about 5-8 minutes.
• Serve the chicken sauce over rice with your toppings of choice, such as olives, tomatoes, shredded sharp cheddar cheese, green onions, pineapple, coconut flakes, and chow mein noodles.

Original recipe found here: https://www.melskitchencafe.com/hawaiian-haystacks-chicken-sauce-reinvented/ 

Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats

 Ingredients

For the oats:

• 1 cup oats
• 1 cup vanilla almond milk
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

For the apple compote:

• 1 tablespoon butter or vegan butter substitute
• 1 large apple peeled, cored, and diced
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 teaspoon corn starch

Instructions

For the oats:

1. Combine oats, almond milk, maple syrup, chia seeds, vanilla extract, cinnamon and salt in a medium sized bowl and mix well. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

For the apple compote:

1. Add butter, apples, cinnamon and maple syrup to a medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat for 3-5 minutes until apples are very tender. 

2. Whisk water and cornstarch together in a small bowl, add to pot and continue to cook for another 1-2 minutes until mixture thickens. Remove from heat and cool completely.

3. To serve, spoon oats into a cup and top with apple compote.

From https://lepetiteats.com/apple-cinnamon-overnight-oats/?utm_source=whisk

Pumpkin Roll

Ingredients 

 

3 eggs

1 cup sugar

2/3 cup pumpkin

3/4 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp ginger 

1/2 tsp cloves

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

Directions

Heavily grease and flour a cookie sheet (15x10 jelly roll pan). 

Beat eggs on high until frothy with volume. Slowly mix in the sugar and pumpkin. Add flour, baking powder, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, cinnamon, and salt. 

Pour mixture into pan and if desired, sprinkle with chopped nuts. 

Bake at 375 for 15 min.

Put powdered sugar on towel and cool on towel, nut side up. Roll up in towel. Cool. Unroll carefully and fill with cream cheese frosting. Roll back up.