Egg Drop Soup

  • 1 egg
  • 2 1/2 cups chicken broth
  • 1 tbsp corn starch mixed with 1tbsp water
  • 1 tsp finely chopped tops of green onions
  • Pinch of white pepper
  • Dash of sesame oil

In a small bowl, beat egg slightly; set aside. Bring chicken broth to a boil over high heat. Add corn starch mixture to the broth stirring until it comes to a boil again. Reduce heat to medium-low. Hold the pan with beaten egg about 12 to 15″ above the → Continue reading “Egg Drop Soup”

Homemade Pie Crust

This is a pie crust recipe from my Nanna (my Father’s mother). I heard that often she used seltzer water, or orange juice in place of the water in her recipe, but never milk. I have not tried either, as of yet, just water.

This is a pie crust recipe for a 9″ or 10″ pie crust pan, for both single and double crust pies.

If you are going to make two, two crust pies, don’t double the recipe, make → Continue reading “Homemade Pie Crust”

Baking Powder Biscuits

  • 2 cups sifted flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 4 tablespoons butter or shortening
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 egg lightly beaten
  • about 3/4 cup milk

Sift your flour once, then measure the sifted flour.

Add the baking powder and salt, and sift sift together the dry ingredients.

Using a pastry cutter cut in your butter, margerine or shortening.

Lightly beat the egg and then add enough milk to to get about 3/4 cup of liquid.

Pour the liquid into the butter → Continue reading “Baking Powder Biscuits”

Oatmeal Raisin and Date Cookies

This recipe uses honey as the sweetener. You can substitute with sugar.

  • 3 cups oatmeal (not the quick oats)
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup honey
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 1/2 cup chopped dates?

Melt the butter in a sauce pan on the stove over very low heat.

Mix all of the dry ingredients together. Then mix in the raisins and the chopped dates.

Mix the honey into the melted → Continue reading “Oatmeal Raisin and Date Cookies”

Paleolithic Sugar-Free Cranberry Sauce Recipe

Posted to the http://paleofood.com ListServe by Ashley (http://ASHLEYMORAN.ME.UK)
Big bag of cranberries, jar of sugar-free apricot jam (the stuff sweetened with apple juice) and a healthy dollop of honey.

Pour some apple juice into the base of a pan, add all ingredients,
heat until cranberries have started to break up then simmer on low
heat until thickened.→ Continue reading “Paleolithic Sugar-Free Cranberry Sauce Recipe”

The Paleolithic Diet

My adventures with GERD have led me to investigate the Paleolithic Diet.  Essentially, this diet answers the question, "What is the natural diet of homo sapiens?".

So, I’m beginning my research into this diet and will be posting links and my own findings as time goes by.

To start, here’s a good link with an overview of the Paleolithic Diet, it’s premise and list of foods.

Continue reading “The Paleolithic Diet”