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Old-fashioned Apple Butter
Banana Quark Cream
Diabetic-friendly Potato Salad
Aviation Cocktail
Old-fashioned Apple Butter ... by food.chat
from US
Yield 5 cups
12 – 14 sweet-tart apples
2 cups apple cider or juice
sugar
ground cinnamon
ground allspice
ground cloves
freshly ground nutmeg
Lightly oil crockpot. Don’t peel, but wash, core and quarter apples. Put in crockpot. Stir in cider. Cover and cook on low for 10 – 18 hours (or high for 2 – 4 hours).
Put soft fruit in food mill to remove skins. Measure fruit back into crockpot. For each pint (2 cups) of fruit add: 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon allspice, 1/2 ground cloves and 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg. Stir well. Cover and cook on high for 6 to 8 hours. Stir every 2 hours. Remove cover after 3 hours to allow fruit and juice to cook down. Spoon into hot canning jars and proceed according to canning jar directions. Or spoon into freezer containers. Allow apple butter to cool and then store in freezer.
Banana Quark Cream ... by butterflydog
from NY, US
Serves 2 to 4
2 ripe bananas
250 g Quark ( you may also use soft tub cream cheese, or sour cream or mascarpone cheese if you wish )
1 Tbs lemon zest
2 Tbs milk
1 Tbs honey or to taste
2 Tbs chopped nuts
Easy, quick, delicious and healthy esp after a heavy meal. Simple ingredients for a surprisingly good dessert! Multiply as needed.
Mash bananas. Mix remaining ingredients except nuts. Blend bananas well with cheese mixture. Sprinkle with the nuts. Perhaps top with some grated nutmeg also.
Diabetic-friendly Potato Salad ... by 102735.17
from NY, US
steamed or cooked, etc. potatoes, as desired
oil, as desired (I use olive)
vinegar (I like white or red wine)
herbs (parsley, basil, dill, etc.)
salt and pepper, to taste
Splenda for sweetness
I have a diabetic relative who loves his potato salad but really never eats it anymore. I read some tips to lower the glycemic index and perhaps some diabetics can benefit. I know each is affected differently by what one eats and perhaps these tips can help some make dietary choices. Cooking potatoes ahead of time and chilling overnight decreases the glycemic index and slows down the absorption of sugar and starches. Boil the potatoes ahead of time and refrigerate overnight. The next day, make the dressing with vinegar and olive oil -- not mayo -- and mix with the potatoes. Both chilling and using vinegar neutralize starch's blood-sugar effects. One thing to remember again is not to use mayonnaise but oil and vinegar dressing instead for a heart healthy recipe
Some studies show that vinegar also reduces the glycemc index plus help one lose weight!
Hope these tips help some!
Use your favorite method to cook potatoes. Cool, till able to peel.
Cover and chill well overnight. Then cube potatoes and mix with your favorite oil and vinegar dressing, sweetened with something like Splenda.
Yield: depends on how many potatoes one uses.
Aviation Cocktail ... by butterflydog
from NY, US
2 oz gin
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz maraschino cherry liquor
1/4 oz crème de violette liquor
Anything purple or lavender catches my eye, recipe featured in Gourmet magazine.
In cocktail shaker 3/4 full of ice combine everything, shake well and strain into glass.
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