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My Mother's Peasant Bread: The Easiest No-Knead Bread You Will Ever Make

My Mother's Peasant Bread: The Easiest No-Knead Bread You Will Ever Make
This is the no-knead bread recipe my mother has been baking for 45 years. Start to finish, it can be ready in three hours. It bakes in well-buttered Pyrex bowls — no need to preheat a baking vessel for this recipe — and it emerges golden and crisp with a soft, tender crumb. 🍞🍞🍞🍞🍞 When I tell you that, if forced, I had to pick one and only one recipe to share with you that this — my mother’s peasant bread — would be it, I am serious. The reason I say this is simple. And upon tasting homemade bread, people act as if you’re some sort of culinary magician. The Magic of the Peasant Bread So what, you probably are wondering, makes this bread so special when there are so many wonderful bread recipes out there? But unlike the others, this is a no-knead bread that can be started at 4:00pm and turned out onto the dinner table at 7:00pm. Peasant Bread Variations The below post is organized as follows: Many more variations on the peasant bread can be found in my cookbook, Bread Toast Crumbs: Print Related:  MeatlessKAREN

Special Vegetable Soup Cures Cancer | Herb Research Japanese doctor, Tateishi Kazu, M.D., has a family history of cancer. Eventually, he even found himself fighting cancer of the duodenum; his stomach was removed but the cancer spread to his lungs. After much research, Dr. Kazu created a vegetable soup based on the Chinese “Five Elements” theory (aka “Wu Xing”). The Five Elements theory focuses on balance between the five governing elements of the world: wood, fire, earth, metal and water. Dr. Chinese researchers studied the effects of this “Wuxing soup” on cancer cells. “The anti-tumour effect of Wuxing soup and its mechanism in inducing apoptosis of tumour cells mediated by calcium.” Daikon Radish (leaves & root) (Raphanus sativus) Carrot (Daucus carota; UMBELLIFERAE) Burdock Root (Arctium Lappa; Lappa minor: COMPOSITAE) Shiitake Mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) (From Dr. Use fresh vegetables. Other Resources Like this: Like Loading...

Gluten-Free Recipes | Gluten-Free Goddess Kevin & Amanda's Recipes | Delicious Recipes to Spice Up Your Dinner Rotation This post is in partnership with French’s Sweet Yellow Mustard and Spicy Yellow Mustard. I received compensation to write this post through the Sweet and Spicy Influencer Program. All content, photos, and opinions are my own. Today I’m partnering with French’s Mustard to bring you this fabulous Honey Garlic Shrimp. How fabulous do these veggie noodles look?? Here’s all you need: Shrimp, garlic, honey, red bell pepper, zucchini, squash, parsley, red pepper flakes, chicken broth, and French’s Sweet or Spicy Yellow Mustard. You can use either one of these new mustard flavors from French’s today! First we’ll make a decadent sauce for this Honey Garlic Shrimp. Next, cut the zucchini and yellow squash into noodles (long, thin strips). Delicious yellow squash noodles! Next, dice up a couple red bell peppers and saute over medium high heat. Until slightly blackened. Add a few cloves minced garlic and a pinch of red pepper flakes for flavor. Then add the honey mustard sauce and veggies to the pan.

KY pension agency to get less than expected in budget plan Frankfort Gov. Andy Beshear’s budget plan would result in Kentucky Retirement Systems getting tens of millions of dollars less in pension contributions than it had expected during each of the next two fiscal years, aggravating the state pension system’s $14.2 billion unfunded liability, KRS officials told lawmakers Thursday. KRS Executive Director David Eager put the shortfall at $83 million a year in his public testimony. Later, the governor’s office challenged that estimate and said the correct shortfall would be $25 million a year. Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, said lawmakers will study this part of the governor’s budget plan in coming days. “This is obviously something we’ll have to look at,” Thayer said. Beshear included roughly $100 million in the two-year budget to help subsidize partial pension relief for these public employers, most of which are struggling just to cover their existing pension costs. Eager agreed. “Under Gov. Frankfort Gov. Eager agreed. Gov.

Pea Soup | Lunch Recipes | GoodtoKnow We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. If you like peas, you're going to love this classic pea soup recipe - ready in only 20 mins! This delicious pea soup is the perfect lunch option or light dinner. Healthy and delicious, this pea soup recipe is nice and easy too. Like this? Ingredients 1 onion, chopped 2tbsp olive oil 1tbsp plain flour 500g frozen peas 1 litre chicken or vegetable stock 2 sprigs mint 100ml single cream (optional) Method Fry the onion in the oil for 5 mins until soft and transparent but not browned. Top tip for making Pea soup If liked, you can add a few snipped bacon rashers to the onion when frying. Click to rate (168 ratings) Sending your rating Video of the Week

11 Vegan Cheese Recipes That Will Change Your Life 1. Baked Almond Feta 2. Vegan Unprocessed Cheese Slices A childhood favorite that’s perfect for sandwiches. 3. 4. Perfect for the holidays. 5. 6. 7. 8. Another amazing cheese ball that’s great for parties. 9. 10. 11. Brown Sugar Oatmeal Cookies Luscious, dark and chewy. A nice take on the ol' classic! I love cookies. I love allllllll kinds of cookies. I especially love cookies I don’t know very well! (Sorry. Anyway, I love cookies. So yesterday, in between the nine loads of laundry I knocked out (do you know how long it takes to do nine loads of laundry? Anyway, it turns out that brown sugar—not the oats—is really the star of the show (hence this recipe’s title) and the result is a dark, magical cookie that’s as good at room temperature as it is warm straight out of the oven. Here’s how I made ’em! First, soften some buttah. All I knew was, cookies would somehow be involved. Throw the butter into the mixer. Add two big ol’ cups of dark brown sugar. Then mix it around… Until it’s a big mushy bowlful of ridiculously delicious wonderfulness that’s you’d really like to spread on a piece of toast. Add some vanilla and mix it in… Then crack in an egg and mix it in. Scrape the sides… And beat in another one o’ dem egg thangs. A teaspoon o’ salt…

Κρήτη:γαστρονομικός περίπλους Governor Beshear joins Kentuckians rallying for Fairness bills FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - For the first time in Kentucky's history, a sitting governor attended a Fairness Rally at the Capitol. (Photo: WKYT/Olivia Russell) Sister station WKYT reports a large number of LGBTQ activists, state lawmakers and Governor Andy Beshear met in Frankfort to push for a statewide Fairness Bill. SB 130 would ban discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation, particularly in areas like employment and housing. "I'm working as best I can to make this issue nonpartisan, where there is a series of Republicans and Democrats who come to this podium," said Rep. Two other bills, SB 85 and HB 199, would ban conversion therapy by a licensed professional for minors. "Kentucky cannot reach its full potential if all of our people don't feel supported to be themselves. Some people at the rally said they were arguing against several bills filed by Republican lawmakers as well.

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