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Almond Flour Shortbread
Almond Flour Shortbread Ingredients: 112 g of Almond Flour (about 1 cup) 3 Tsp of butter, room temperature, soft enough to mix with flour, but do not melt butter 2 Tsp of confectioner’s sugar 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract Directions: Mix flour, butter and sugar Make 12 balls (about 14g each). I made a thumbprint cookie so that I can fill in the lime curd I made yesterday 350 F, bake for 8 minutes, then fill in the curd, and jam (fig preserve in the picture) of your liking, bake for another 2 minutes Let cool completely before handling
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Lime Curd
Lime Curd This lime curd is easy to make. It’s tangy, sweet, silky (straining egg and other liquid ingredients help!), and simply delicious. You can eat it plain, or spread on toast, or as filling for thumbprint cookies like this one, or cheesecake. Ingredients: 3 Tsp Butter 2/3 Cup Sugar 2 eggs beaten, run through strainer 5 limes, juice Lime zest from 1 lime (optional) Directions: Over double boiler, melt butter and sugar, stir in lime juice and lime zest Add couple tablespoon of butter lime mixture into the egg mixture to raise the temperature Slowly add egg mixture into butter lime mixture, stir continuously for about 25 minutes till…
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Jambalaya
Jambalaya Jambalaya is a Louisiana-origin dish of Spanish and French influence. It consists mainly of meat and vegetable mixed with rice. Meat usually includes sausage of some sort, chicken and shrimp. The common vegetable to use is onion, celery and green pepper. I also like to include whatever vegetable I can find my refrigerator or freezer. For example, mushroom, carrots, corn, and tomato. I have tried to cook with or without rice. Rice is definitely more flavorful cooked into the dish, however, leftover Jambalaya with rice seems a bit dry.
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Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Spinach and Artichoke Dip Ingredients: 1 bag of frozen spinach leaves 1 can of artichoke hearts 8 oz cream cheese 1/4 cup sour cream 1 clove of garlic minced 1 tsp garlic salt dash of cayenne pepper salt and pepper to tast 1/4 cup of cheddar cheese 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese Directions Drain and chop artichoke, spinach mix all ingredients except mozzarella cheese transfer to oven safe container, top with mozzarella cheese bake 30 minutes at 350F