Evaporated Skim Milk

Every find yourself needing evaporated milk for a recipe only to discover you have none???

Well fear not...today I will show you how to make it yourself...I promise it wont be time consuming or difficult to do.

OK Are you ready??? Good, let's start.

First the INGREDIENTS and EQUIPMENT (this will equal a 12 ounce can):

1-1/3 cups water
1 cup of instant dry non fat milk powder
1 quart container WITH lid (I use canning jars.)
Measuring cups

Step: Pour water into container

Step 2: Add powdered milk to container

Step 3: Put lid on container and SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE, SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE, shake your booty..........err I mean container.









That's it...ALL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHAKE WELL BEFORE EACH USE

See wasn't that easy as can be??? 

Easy Peasy Rice Pudding

Do you like rice pudding but hate all the mussin and fussin involved with making it????  Well then this recipe is for you.  All you need is a crockpot, a spoon, and the ingredients.  Sounds easy huh?

So lets get started, first lets gather up what we shall need:
These ingredients can be cut in half if you have a smaller crock pot(I have a small 1.5 quart I make mine in)
EQUIPMENT:
Crock Pot, at least 2.5 quart
Measuring cup
Measuring Spoons

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup chopped, dried apricots (optional)
1/4 cup dried cranberries or cherries (optional)
1 tsp. vanilla
Pinch of salt
3 Tbsp. cold margarine(I used Squeeze butter because that is all I had on hand)
1 cup sugar
1 cup uncooked rice
2 qts. (8 cups) vanilla soy milk(I have also used homemade Rice Milk...RICE MILK RECIPE and homemade Oat Milk, if lends a slightly different taste, ALL GOOD)

OK have you gathered everything???
Good now lets start.................

Step 1: Pour milk into Crock Pot

Step 2: Add Rice

Step 3: Add salt

Step 4: Add sugar

Step 5: Add Cinnamon

Step 6: Add vanilla

Step 7: Add butter









Step 8: Add dried apricots (Sorry no pic, family doesn't like dried apricots)
Step 9: Add dried cranberries or cherries(Sorry again about no pic, family doesn't like dried cranberries or cherries)

Step 10: Stir well 

Step 11: Cover Crock Pot  

Step 12: Cook on HIGH for 1.5 to 3 hours or until desired thickness is achieved, stirring every hour.

Step 13:  After cooking you can either serve warm or refrigerate until cold. We like our cold so into the fridge went the Crock Pot. 

Oh the agony of waiting........................................

After it is good and cold, that is if you like it cold, the torture is over!!!!!!!!!!!!!




 

RAW Rice Milk

What is rice milk??

Rice milk is one of several types of milk that are made from grain (I will show you how to make OAT MILK soon) and can be used as substitutes for animals' milk. No animal products are used during the production of rice milk, so most vegans and vegetarians consider it an acceptable alternative to animals' milk. It also does not contain lactose, so it is suitable for people who are lactose-intolerant, and it can be used to create dairy substitutes such as coffee creamers and ice creams. Although it has very little protein, it does provide carbohydrates.

OK so now that you have had a briefing on RICE MILK, let's make some.

First let's gather what we are going to need:

Blender or food processor -THIS IS A MUST
1 cup dry white rice
4 cups) water
1 tbsp (up to 1/2 cup) white sugar **OMIT if you DO NOT want sweet rice milk
1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)**OMIT if you DO NOT want vanilla flavored rice milk
Cheesecloth
Mesh Strainer
Large Bowl



OK now that you have gathered your ingredients and equipment, let's get started.

Add water,rice, sugar (IF USING)and vanilla extract(IF USING) and let soak at room temperature for at least 4 hours or in the refrigerate over night (I put rice,water,sugar and vanilla right into the blender container and refrigerate overnight)

Blend rice and water in blender on high for about 1 minute

Line a strainer with cheesecloth and place strainer over large bow. Pour blended rice into a cheesecloth lined strainer to strain out rice from water

 Let strain for a few minutes and then gather edges of cheesecloth so that the rice pulp forms a ball and squeeze out any remaining milk.

When you are all done squeezing out the milk, pour milk into a container that has a lid. I pour mine into a Quart Canning jar and compost (if you can) the rice pulp.

SHAKE WELL BEFORE USING.

Some folks use their rice milk strictly in smoothies. Some folks eat their cereal with rice milk. I have used in in a lot of recipes in place of cows milk.

Drop Biscuits

These are so tender they melt in your mouth. Perfect for breakfast with jam and butter!! Yummy!!!


OK first you need to make a batch of MaBacon's Pancake/Biscuit Mix

Ok now that you have the pancake mix, let's make some biscuits.


 You will need:

2 1/4 cups mix
2/3 cup milk(I used my homemade rice milk....click HERE for recipe)

Grease you cookie sheet and preheat your oven to 450.

Mix until just blend the pancake mix and milk.

I use my cookie scoop to measure out the dough, I also find that they bake more evenly when I use the cookie scoop.

All ready for the oven.

Bake 10 - 12 minutes or until nice and golden brown.

Don't they look yummers??



Now doesn't that make you want to make these for your family??

CurryWurst and Pommes Frites

I made my husband very happy the other day........made him CurryWurst and Pommes Frites which is something that he has not had in 23 years and the way he likes it is so EASY anyone can do it and I will tell you how.

First gather the ingredients:
Bratwurst
Ketchup
Curry Powder
Pommes Frites (French Fries)











Now that you have the ingredients, lets get on with the directions...I promise it is easy.

First preheat your oven for the pommes frites and cook according to the package directions(usually takes about 20 - 25 minutes)









While the oven is preheating, preheat the grill (or what you will need to cook your Bratwurst), I used the grill.

Grill/cook your Bratwurst until done
.
mmmmmmmmmmmm they sure did smell good when they were grilling

ok should be time to take the pommes frites out of the oven. Don't they look delish??

Now lets get those Brats off the grill and get them resting for about 5 minutes before we slice them.  After 5 minutes of resting it is time to slice them.  After you have sliced a bratwurst put it on a plate and cover with ketchup(the amount is up to you) and sprinkle Curry Powder on top of the ketchup (again the amount of Curry Powder is up to you), place your pommes frites on the plate and serve.

See now wasn't that easy??

Black Bean Brownies

This is one of those ULTIMATE fake outs.  Not only do you NOT taste beans you will be getting extra protein.

I do advise that you make these when no one is around or you probably wont get them to even try them.



Ok so lets get started shall we.
First the ingredients:

    1 (15 ounce) can black beans (or cook 1/2 c dried black beans)
    3 eggs
    3 tablespoons oil
    1/2 cup cocoa
    1/2 teaspoon baking powder
    1 pinch salt
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    3/4 cup sugar
    1/2 cup milk chocolate chips(I used semi sweet baking chocolate chopped up because that is what I had on hand)

OOOOOOOOPS!!! I chopped more than a 1/2 cup oh well who is gonna complain about extra chocolate?? Not me!!!

ok now for the directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Lightly grease 8x8 square baking dish. (I used homemade PAN GREASE to grease the pan(that is what is in the container with the brush)

Combine the black beans, eggs, oil, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, vanilla, and sugar in a blender.
Blend until smooth.

Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish.

Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the mixture or mix into the batter.











 Bake in a preheated oven until the top is dry and edges start to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 30 minutes.







Now all that is left is to let them cool............OH THE TORTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once they are cool, cut and serve and relish the fact that you pulled a fast one on your family.












  She never knew that they were made from black beans.

Please excuse the mess behind her, was in the middle of picking up when I saw that she was sneaking brownies LOL