A recipe that my grammie made for us. We all continue to make because it is sooooo yummy and you get some zucchini. So you can say, "but I am eating my vegetables!" and have your cake too :-)
1 cup of brown sugar
1/2 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of butter or margarine softened
1/2 cup of oil
3 eggs
1 tsp of vanilla
1/2 cup of buttermilk (or 1/2 cup of milk and a splash of vinegar)
2 1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp of cinnamon
1/2 tsp of salt
2 tsp of baking soda
1/2 cup of cocoa
1 3/4- 2 cups of shredded zucchini
1 bag of chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 325. Cream together butter and both sugars. Add eggs, oil, vanilla and buttermilk (or sour milk). Stir together flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and cocoa. Add dry ingredients slowly to the wet. Stir in shredded zucchini. Pour into a greased 13x9 pan. Sprinkle the whole cake with the chocolate chips. Bake at 325 for 45 minutes. Enjoy!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Indoor BBQ Chicken
This is a post for my friend, Jen :-)
4 pieces of boneless skinless chicken (more or less depending on your family)
2 teaspoons of oil (canola is what I use)
2 cups of favorite BBQ sauce (we make our own, but it is hubby's secret recipe)
Season the chicken with salt and pepper and brown the chicken on both sides (about 4 minutes on each side). Remove the chicken from the skillet. Add the BBQ sauce, scrape up any browned bits, and bring to a bubble.
Turn the heat to low, return the chicken to the skillet and coat with the sauce. Cover and cook until the chicken is done cooking (depending on the thickness of chicken) 10-30 minutes.
4 pieces of boneless skinless chicken (more or less depending on your family)
2 teaspoons of oil (canola is what I use)
2 cups of favorite BBQ sauce (we make our own, but it is hubby's secret recipe)
Season the chicken with salt and pepper and brown the chicken on both sides (about 4 minutes on each side). Remove the chicken from the skillet. Add the BBQ sauce, scrape up any browned bits, and bring to a bubble.
Turn the heat to low, return the chicken to the skillet and coat with the sauce. Cover and cook until the chicken is done cooking (depending on the thickness of chicken) 10-30 minutes.
Saag Paneer
This recipe I took from The Best Recipes in the World by Mark Bittman. My hubby and I, the two fans of Indian food in the house, like to eat it with basmati rice, and naan. I made it recently with spinach from our CSA, and it was delicious!
1 1/2 pounds of fresh spinach
3/4 pound of paneer cheese (I use less than this and sometimes none at all)
2 tablespoons of ghee
1 tablespoon minced ginger
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
3 small dried chiles (I substituted cayenne because I didn't have these, about 1/4 tablespoon)
2 tablespoons curry powder (I get this at the Indian grocer)
(I also add, not in the book recipe, some turmeric, cardamom and cumin)
1/2 cup of yogurt (I use the greek yogurt, which is less watery)
1 1/2 cup of half and half
Trim the spinach, and wash it carefully (it is usually grown in very sandy soil). Do not dry. Chop into pieces. Cut the paneer into 1 inch chunks.
Put the ghee in a skillet. Heat in a deep skillet at medium high heat. Add the ginger, garlic and chiles. Cook for a minute or two until the garlic turns blond. Stir in all the spices for about 30 seconds. Then add all of the spinach. Cook, stirring until the spinach wilts. Then add the yogurt and 1 cup of the cream (I usually stir these together before adding, it makes it smoother, in my opinion). Let the mixture boil fairly rapidly to cook off some of the liquid (stir constantly!). (If you are not going to add the paneer stop here and do not add the other 1/2 cup of cream.) When it has cooked down and most of the liquid has cooked off add teh paneer and the remaining cream to desired consistency. Taste, adjust seasoning if you like and serve with rice and/or naan.
1 1/2 pounds of fresh spinach
3/4 pound of paneer cheese (I use less than this and sometimes none at all)
2 tablespoons of ghee
1 tablespoon minced ginger
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
3 small dried chiles (I substituted cayenne because I didn't have these, about 1/4 tablespoon)
2 tablespoons curry powder (I get this at the Indian grocer)
(I also add, not in the book recipe, some turmeric, cardamom and cumin)
1/2 cup of yogurt (I use the greek yogurt, which is less watery)
1 1/2 cup of half and half
Trim the spinach, and wash it carefully (it is usually grown in very sandy soil). Do not dry. Chop into pieces. Cut the paneer into 1 inch chunks.
Put the ghee in a skillet. Heat in a deep skillet at medium high heat. Add the ginger, garlic and chiles. Cook for a minute or two until the garlic turns blond. Stir in all the spices for about 30 seconds. Then add all of the spinach. Cook, stirring until the spinach wilts. Then add the yogurt and 1 cup of the cream (I usually stir these together before adding, it makes it smoother, in my opinion). Let the mixture boil fairly rapidly to cook off some of the liquid (stir constantly!). (If you are not going to add the paneer stop here and do not add the other 1/2 cup of cream.) When it has cooked down and most of the liquid has cooked off add teh paneer and the remaining cream to desired consistency. Taste, adjust seasoning if you like and serve with rice and/or naan.
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