coleslaw

finely chopped or shredded cabbage shredded carrots (optional) finely chopped or shredded onions (optional) mayonnaise (I prefer Hellman’s, my grandmother uses Miracle Whip, but use whatever mayonnaise you have on hand) salt and pepper celery seed apple cider vinegar I am guilty. I’m like my grandmother. I make food without recipes, and this is one. My cole slaw never comes out the same and the ingredients vary greatly, but it always has cabbage, mayonnaise, celery seed, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper....

August 15, 2007 · 1 min · lmead

jamaican rice and peas

1 1/2 cups of dried red kidney beans, soaked overnight and drained 2 cloves of chopped garlic 1/2 cup of coconut milk 3 green onions, thinly sliced, plus more for garnish 1 Scotch bonnet or habanero pepper, FINELY chopped (I wear gloves when chopping. These little guys are HOT!) 3 sprigs fresh thyme (dried works fine) 1 1/2 cups long grain rice Salt and freshly ground pepper Place beans and garlic in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water....

August 15, 2007 · 2 min · lmead

whole wheat pancakes

2 cups of whole wheat flour 2 teaspoons of baking powder 1 teaspoon of salt 2 eggs, well beaten 2 cups of milk 2 tablespoons of vegetable or canola oil Stir together dry ingredients. Add eggs, milk, and oil. Stir until dry ingredients are moistened (batter may be lumpy). Cook on preheated griddle until bubbles form and edges start to dry. Flip and cook until lightly browned. Makes approximately sixteen small pancakes or eight large pancakes....

July 28, 2007 · 1 min · lmead

potlatch salmon

1 whole salmon 6 tablespoons butter, softened juice of 1 lemon 3 teaspoons dry mustard 3/4 cup brown sugar heavy duty aluminum foil Butterfly salmon with Ulu knife; remove head, tail and fins, run knife down backbone of fish until it opens flat, careful not to cut through. Or, just buy some salmon already prepared for you! Tear off a sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil large enough to handle salmon, coat lightly with cooking spray....

July 11, 2007 · 1 min · lmead

sour cream pound cake

2 sticks butter (1 cup), room temperature 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup sour cream 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 3 cups all-purpose flour 6 eggs Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla together; add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Sift baking powder and flour together, add alternately with sour cream, starting and ending with flour, and beating at low speed just until combined. Spread batter in a 10″ tube pan that is coated with butter and then dusted with flour....

July 10, 2007 · 1 min · lmead