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51 - Sunday, March 10, 1985 - North Shore News

Chives spell spring

: HE CHIVES ARE UP. C-h-i-v-e-s spells
SPRING.

A neat way to do a bunch
of vegetables today, as well
as a present from one of my
men: making your own all.
purpose sauce. But first,

make a note to use Triticale
flour in your next batch of
apple drops; it makes them
even moister, I think, and
chewier,

And if you want stuffed
tomatoes or stusied onions in
a hurry, use a thawed
“spinach souffle’* — a clever
American friend uses this
shoricut and it's excellent.
Cuts down on the time in-
volved, if you're involved in

time. though its more
expensive.

The aforementioned
segetahle dish is) Chinese
Vegetables in the Slow

those take just twice as long

as if they were done in the

oven. But try this, whieh is

supposed to serve six:

t medium zucchini, vot
peeled, just cubed

bt medium onion, sliced thin

by Eleanor Godley

Cooker. There's a surprise
for you. Instead of standing
over a hot saute pan, you can
loaf all afternoon.

Probably, like me, you've
kept your slow cooker for
making stews and long-
cooking soups such as pea, or
bean: or you've put it 10
work making stock, or chili.
I've found it useful for doing
stuffed peppers, too, and
even baking potatoes, though

Brownies great
outdoor snacks

PLANNING A PICNIC? A
delicious take along treat is
the Cheesecake Marbled
Brownie ... so moist and rich
they don’t need icing. Perfect
to pack fora snack at the cot-
tage or on the cross-country
ski trail.

CHEESECAKE MARBLED
BROWNIES
(Makes one 9-inch/2,5 L
square pan)
¥% cup all purpose flour
(50m)
Y tsp. baking powder Q
mL)

Ys (sp. salt (ImL)
2 cup butter or margarine

(i25m1)

VY cup cocoa (125mL)

I cup sugar (250mL)

2 eggs 2

¥ tsp. vanilla QmtL)

Cream Cheese Filling

Mix together flour, baking
powder and salt. Melt butter
in a large saucepan. Remove
from heat. Stir in cocoa.
Blend in sugar, eggs and
vanilla, Blend in dry
ingredients. Pour half the
batter into a greased 9-inch

(2.5 L) square baking pan.
Spread Cream Cheese Filling
on top. Spoon remaining
chocolate batter over tilling.
Pull a knife through both
batters to create a marbied
effect. Bake in preheated
350°F (180°C) oven 40 to 45
minutes or until done. Cool
completely.

Cream Cheese Filling: Beat
one 250g package softened
cream cheese. Gradually beat
in Y cup (75mL) sugar, one
egg and 4 tsp. (2 mL) vanilla
until smooth,

Tred bell pepper, seceded
and diced (green will do)
4: cup of celery, sliced
slant-wise (125mL)
Le cup of fresh mushrooms,
sliced (125m)
1Thspn. of soy sauce (I
used nore) (5m)
4 Ispn. of ground pinger (E
grated some fresh root,
and used more than that)
(1.25mL)
Combine ali the foregoing,
with other stuff if you wish,
water chestnuts, almonds,
broccoli stems and flowerets,
in the cooker, stir it all well,
cover, and cook on the low
specd for one to two hours.
| made a gravy for mine,
like this: Heat 1-2 cups of
chicken stock to boiling, any
kind, canned, your own,
made from cubes, and when
it boils add a mixture of
equal parts of soy sauce and
cornstarch, say 2 tspns.

(10mL) of each. Keep stirring —

until thickening begins, then
cook gently on low for a few
minutes before pouring it
over the crocked vegetables.
They heat up well next day
(add some tofu!) but J
wouldn't try freezing such a
dish. .

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MADE CHELESAUCE trom
one of ny men. Phe slow
cooker makes if easy:
12 ripe tomatoes, pected and
chopped
8 large onions, peeled and
chopped fine
8 jalapeno chilis, seeded
and halved
' cup of brown sugar
a2smL)
43 cup of vinegar (180mL)
2 Thspns. of salt
Stir it all in the pot, cover
and cook on low until it’s as
thick as you want it — it may
take a couple of days, OF
course, | added several garlic
cloves, and some coriander
and cumin, and some
Cavender’s and some
Worcestershire, and as a con-
sequence mine is more like a
steak sauce than chili, But it’s
great on a baking meattoz!,
or over green peppers stuff:
ed, or added to hamburger
patties and stews and soups.
Try it your way.

Litt S

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