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“Vegan recipes have no meat!”, Marry said loudly.

“Vegetarian recipes have no meat too!”, John said.

“Vegan recipes are without eggs!”, Mary said.

“I am a vegetarian and I eat eggs. We were told by our doctors to include eggs into our diet!”, Joan said.

“Is Vegan food healthier than Vegetarian food?” Mary asked.

“I don’t know exactly. What I know is, they are both without meat!”, John said.

“I was told by my mum, that we are switching to vegan diet soon. It means that we are eating only vegetables!”, Mary said.

“Class stay quiet for a moment! Today, our topic is how to create delicious recipes for both vegan and vegetarian?”, Vanessa announced.

In a minute, everybody started to look down at their notes quietly. After 30 minutes, came Judy and June. They said that they have some amazing recipes for both Vegan and Vegetarian.

“Oh, what lovely, I am really proud of two of you!”!” Vanessa said.

“Class, let’s see what they have created for us!”, Vanessa said.

Spinach Basic

Ingredients
Spinach
Boiling water
Vegetable oil
Salt
Slices of hard-boiled egg (optional)

Action
a. Trim the spinach and wash 3 or 4 times in water, to remove the grit.
b. Cook in boiling water about 20 minutes, removing the scum.
c. When tender, turn into a colander, drain, and press well.
d. Chop fine, put into a saucepan with vegetable oil and salt.
e. Set on the fire and cook till quite dry, stirring it all the time.
f. Turn into a vegetable dish, shape, and garnish with slices of hard-boiled egg.

Note: Do not cover the vessel while cooking.

Yeast Free Bread Recipe

Ingredients
1000g flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
2 heaping teaspoons baking powder
1/2 boiled potatoes
1000 ml water

Action
a. Sift the dry ingredients together thoroughly.
b. Rub in the boiled potato.

c. Add liquid to make a stiff batter or soft dough.
d. Turn into a greased bread pan.
e. Smooth the top with a knife dipped in cooking oil.
f. Bake in a 180°C oven for about 60 minutes.
g. When done, moisten the crust slightly with cold water.
h. Wrap in a clean cloth until cold.

Potato Fruit Candy

ingredients
250g mashed potatoes
125g chopped candied pineapple
125g chopped preserved cherries
125g chopped nut meats
200g pulverised sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon pineapple extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Soy butter

Action
a. Put the potatoes into a large bowl, and gradually add sugar.
b. When the mixture begins to stiffen, add the pineapple, cherries, nuts, and extracts.
c. Knead in sugar until it is so stiff that no more can be added.
d. Place in a buttered dish and set it in a cool place for 24 hours.
e. Turn out and cut in slices and place in paper case.

Not: The candy may be formed into any shape desired, and varied by the addition of dates or figs, or any flavours or colours preferred.

“What amazing! Shall we give Judy and June a big clap?”, Vanessa said.

Now we have Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian, and Yeast Free Recipes!

Aside from being a truly American art form, Apple Pie Recipes are one of those little culinary secrets. They produce beautiful and delicious deserts, that are sure to please any true connoisseur, with the cheapest ingredients and stupidly simple technique.

The Crust

The only real challenge in all apple pie recipes is the crust. Although the ingredients are simple, and the directions straight forward, it always takes a few tries to master a good pastry crust recipe. Below is my personal favorite:

Apple Pie Pastry Crust Recipe

2 - 4 tablespoons ice water

2 cups flour

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

4 ounces (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 16 pieces

1/2 cup Crisco shortening

Egg wash of 1 yolk whisked with 1 tablespoon water

In a large bowl, stir together one cup of flour, sugar and salt. With a hand-held pastry blender, cut butter into flour until butter is dime-sized. Add shortening, cut into mixture until dime-sized. Lightly stir in remaining flour and sprinkle with half the water. With a full palm, squeeze flour together against side of bowl. Rub hands together to drop damp flour into mixture. Drops at a time, add just enough water to hold together; the less water the better, dry crumbs on the bottom are good.

But if your not ready to take on the crust just yet, or don’t have the time, a pre-made pastry crust will do just fine.

Once you’ve mastered the art of the pastry crust, everything else is downhill. The variations of apple pie recipes are endless, as many recipes as people that bake them, but the simple fact remains that the technique and ingredients used for each are are strikingly similar with only slight variations. The heart of the pie is its filling. A delicious combination of fresh sweet apples and sugar cooked to perfection that melt in your mouth.

Below I give you a few of my favorite variations on traditional apple pie fillings.

Traditional Apple Pie

6 cups granny smith apples, cored, pared and thinly sliced

1 Tbsp lemon juice

3/4 cup sugar

2 Tbsp flour

1 dash salt

1 tsp cinnamon1 dash nutmeg

2 Tbsp butter

Make the pastry dough and refrigerate while you prepare the filling. Cut up apples and sprinkle with lemon juice in a large bowl and set aside. Combine sugar, flour, spices and a dash of salt. mix with apples to coat. Line a 9 inch pie pan with your prepared crust and fill with the apple mixture. Dot with butter. Lay over your top crust and seal very well. Use a knife or tines of a fork to make steam slits on the top crust. Sprinkle the top of the pie with sugar. Bake at 400 F for 45 minutes or until golden brown.

Sweet Apple Pie with Streusel Topping

Filling

1/4 cup butter

1/2 sugar

1 egg

2 tbsp. flour

5 cups apples, peeled and sliced

Streusel Topping

1/2 cup flour

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/4 cup firm butter

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Place cookie sheet in oven to heat. In 1-quart saucepan, cook 1/4 cup butter over medium heat, stirring constantly, until melted and lightly browned. Cool completely for about 15 minutes. In a large bowl, beat eggs and 1/2 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in 2 tbsp. flour and 1 tsp. vanilla. Beat in cooled butter. Stir in apples. Pour into crust. In a medium bowl, stir together all streusel ingredients together except butter. With pastry blender, fork or your hands, cut in 1/4 cup butter until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over apples. Place pie on baking sheet in oven. Bake for 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and cover crust with strips of foil to prevent browning. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes longer or until apples are tender and crust is golden brown. Cool completely.

Do you like fruit juices, shakes and smoothies? Do you like to enjoy the comforts of home during your camping trips? We often assume that “roughing it” means giving up any luxuries that are part of our everyday routines. Granted, microwaves and refrigerators do not fit well into your camping backpack. And you probably do not have 60 miles of extension cord to run from the wilderness, to your home. But does that mean that camping trips in places such as Berlin Ohio will reduce your meals to trail mix and canned beans? Fortunately, technology has made camping not only more convenient, but tastier as well.

Some drinks may seem improbable or even impossible in the wilderness. A fruit shake is certainly out of the question, right? In fact, a Coleman rechargeable blender makes it easy to whip up all kinds of tasty beverages:

Juices: Blenders are perfect for creating tasty and healthy fruit and vegetable juices. With fruits alone, you can make juices from grapes, strawberries, apples, mangoes, pears, and melons. If you make a vegetable juice, you can use, among other vegetables: carrots, spinach, celery, tomato (though it is technically a fruit), peppers, and even turnip greens (ugh!). The combinations that you can whip up with your Coleman rechargeable blender are limitless. You could even mix fruits and vegetables, though it is not highly recommended.

Juice tips
- It is better to keep the skins on the fruits and vegetables - they are full of vitamins, and fiber in particular.
- Experts recommend that everyone, including those in Berlin Ohio
- consume five servings of fruits and vegetables daily. So one glass of fruit and vegetable juice daily will help you to meet your daily requirements.
- If you are not used to eating many fruits, start your juicing gradually.
- Sweet fruits make the best juice. If you are going to use citrus fruits such as oranges, use them as a base and then add the sweet fruits.
- Add a banana to create a smoother consistency and reduce the tartness of fruits that are high in citric acid, such as grapefruits and oranges.

Shakes: Shakes are a little fancier than juices, but also provide as many varieties as your imagination can cook up. One of my favorite flavors is strawberry and banana. Along with the fruit, add six ice cubes and a cup of yogurt or milk. These two ingredients will make your shake chilled and creamier. If you are a chocoholic you can prepare a chocolate shake, instead of a fruit shake. A protein shake is another option for those who use them as a part of their daily regimens. Whichever shake you make, blend it for about 30 seconds.

Diet shake tips
- Your diet shake should have about 26-28 calories per ounce
- Use skim or low-fat milk. There should only be one cup of milk per shake
- Consider adding 1/2 teaspoon of toasted wheat germ. It is low and calories and will make your shake even healthier.
- If you want your shake to be sweeter, use a sugar sweetener with no calories

Smoothies: Smoothies are closer to shakes than to juices. These beverages have a liquid base (i.e. fruit juice, milk, or yogurt). If you like a thicker smoothie, add less liquid base. Add more if you like a thinner smoothie. Then add frozen or fresh fruit to the liquid base.

Coleman rechargeable blenders are perfect for campers who want to maintain a healthy diet during their camping trips to Berlin Ohio or another location. Juices, shakes and smoothies are easy to prepare and can be an outstanding pick-me-up before or after your full day of camping activities. Let’s drink to your health!

Everybody has a trick up their sleeve when it comes to making the perfect cheesecake, but there are a few things you should know before attempting to create perfection. First, make sure all of your ingredients are at room temperature. Remember texture is the key. Second, is the simple fact that water baths are for babies, not cheesecakes. Use a spring form pan even when the recipe calls for a water bath. We don’t live in the 50’s anymore. Third, is always completely cool your cake before chilling it in the fridge. Texture, texture, texture! And one more thing, plastic wrap is so much better than foil.

Many folks would also agree that running a nice and wide knife blade around the cake after it’s finished cooling, avoids anything sticking to the pan once you’re ready to serve. Cheesecakes are a delicate process, so bake with care. Be creative, after all a garnish here and a little sprinkle there are what makes people cheese over cheesecakes.

If you’re trying to watch your weight, or count your carbs, or just avoid all the sugar, you can try an Atkins cheesecake like rhubarb or raspberry. Any fruit can be added to your plain cheesecake, just remember if you’re counting or watching calories that the natural sugars in fruit cause the number to rise. You should be okay though, it’s the right kind of sugar! Regardless of the flavor or type of cheesecake you’re trying to make, avoid over baking and bake with love.

There is nothing better than an enjoyable evening in with friends with a lovely meal and a glass of wine or two and as the host or hostess, it is essential to be totally organised so that you can enjoy the evening too without worrying. To help you along, here are top 5 dinner party tips to help your evening go smoothly.

1. Give people plenty of notice
Set the date at least 2 weeks in advance and let your friends know as soon as possible. This will give them time to confirm that they are free that evening and more importantly, give you plenty of time to plan.

2. Decide what you want your focus to be
If you are looking to impress with your cooking ability, then the meal is your focal point but if you just want an enjoyable evening without too much fuss then you will want to keep the meal simple and concentrate more on the atmosphere.

3. Make a list
Even if you are not normally a ‘to do’ list person, this is one time when a list is essential to keep you on track and to stop you worrying. Start making your list as soon as possible once the date is set and refer back to it over the next few days to add any bits and pieces you may have forgotten. Examples of items to add to your list are: Guest list, what’s on the menu, shopping ingredients, seating, cutlery and glasses inventory, decorations if appropriate and what needs to be done around the house to prepare.

4. Plan your time
Plan your time so that you can complete what is on your list. It is no good getting to the day of the dinner party and realising that you still have most of the list to do. Plan in advance and organise what you can ahead of time so that you do not end up feeling frazzled on the day.

5. Keep Things Simple
Keep things simple. Your friends want to enjoy the food and the company but they are not expecting you to be super human. Keep a good balance between making it a great atmosphere and being able to take time to enjoy yourself. Make sure your evening includes enough time for you to relax and enjoy time with your guests as well.

There are countless articles written about meal planning and numerous gadgets out there designed to save time in the kitchen. Yet there are still many, many of us who tense up when asked the dreaded question “What’s for dinner?” Most of the time people don’t know what to cook that’s quick and healthy. Another common problem is we are unable to find or do not have the proper tools to prepare a recipe. Here are a few simple things you can do to make meal preparation easier and faster.

Take 15 minutes and purge your utensil drawer. You may have duplicate items or infrequently used items that are cluttering up the drawer. If you can’t throw them away, move them to another spot in the kitchen that is less often used. This decluttering process may also alert you to basic utensils you may be missing. At a later time you can purge other areas (pots,pans,baking pans, and plastic containers). Cleaning out your utensil drawer is your first priority and will make it much easier to find the tools you need.

If you already own knives for cutting up meat and vegetables, get them sharpened. If you hate cooking, a good sharp knife will do wonders for your attitude. You’ll be able to prepare food much faster and you’ll spend less time in the kitchen. Check your local hardware stores or gourmet cooking stores in your area for sharpening services. If you don’t own the type of knife commonly called a chef’s knife - go out and buy some. These knives don’t have to cost a fortune. Check online or ask friends that cook frequently for recommendations.

Find a cookbook that emphasizes quick, healthy meals with a few ingredients. These books contain recipes that call for, at the most five or six readily available ingredients and you don’t need any fancy cookware to prepare them. I have several of these “easy meal” cookbooks and use them all the time. Again, go online or ask friends for recommendations.

Try as a first step to prepare one recipe a week from the book. You won’t be overwhelmed and feel you have to cook every night. As always, success breeds success. In time you will build up a repertoire of recipes and become more efficient at preparing them. You’ll eat better, feel better and save money.