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I have tried to reduce salt in my diet. I do this by using half the salt the recipe calls for. I have not noticed that much difference in taste. Besides there is a salt shaker on the table.

I just wanted to know if others were doing something similar.

Just wanted to share that I made quinoa the first time last week. No special recipe, cuz I didn't know how it tasted or how to use it. Recipes online didn't look exciting or interesting.

DH is recovering from by-pass surgery and so concerned about sodium content of everything. quinoa has no sodium so that wasn't a worry. But hubby's taste buds are all askew and not too much tastes good to him right now except desserts, LOL.

Anyway he said to just make the quinoa and add broccoli and veggies. Still not exciting. I sprayed some soy sauce on mine and enjoyed it.

Now the fun part ... the quinoa does not stick together at all when it is cooked or cold. We had left overs. I was making tilapia and decided to mix the quinoa with some panko crumbs and did the flour / egg wash / and coating of quinoa with panko and put the fish in a hot skillet with some canola oil and let it fry long and slow. OH MY it was soooooo good, even hubby said it was the best he's had. The quinoa made it really extra crunchy. Yum.

If anyone has any favorite quinoa recipes, please share!

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This is a favorite with my hubby, grand kids and family in general. My mother-in-law shared this with me over 40 years ago. Tho I have made some substitutions, additions etc which I'll explain after the real recipe.

recipe in first reply

"This recipe has sugar, but NO eggs, NO butter and NO milk."

Anyone got a recipe for peanut butter cookies that have jelly in them? At one time, I remember one i think were called thumb print cookies, where you made a dent in the dough & put jelly in the center b-4 they were baked. Can't find it anywhere.

My oldest granddaughter wants to make them for a bake sale at school for her soccer team. Any suggestions?

1 tbs.. all-purpose flour, 1 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce. Dash bottle of hot pepper sauce or crushed red peppers.1 pint shucked oysters,undrained , 1/4 cup butter or margarine, 1 quart milk scalded. BLEND flour, seasonings, and 2 tablespoons of water in a 3 -quart soup kettle. Add undrained oysters and butter. Simmer over very low heat 3 or 4 minutes till edges of oysters curl, stirring gently. Add hot milk: remove from heat and cover. Let stand 15 minutes. Reheat briefly. Top servings with pats of butter. Serves 4 to 5.

Belle, you posted this fabulous recipe last summer, but I can’t find it in the older threads so I’m re-posting it. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve made this - I’ve even made it with tart shells instead of pie.

By Granny Church
Hinton, West Virginia

4 cups whole fresh (ONLY FRESH) blueberries
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup water
2 Tbs corn starch
1 tsp butter
1 Tbs fresh lemon juice

One 9" baked pie crust.

CRUST:
I use the frozen pie shell, but you can also use the Pillsbury unfolded type. Let the shell sit until it’s at room temp. Whip 1 egg white with 1/8 cup sugar and 2 thsp. water (this is the egg-wash). Take your fork and prick the shell all over, sides and bottom. Go ahead and bake it for 10 or 12 minute until it starts to get a little brown. Take it out of the oven, brush it with the egg-wash mixture, put it back in the oven and bake for another 10 or 12 minutes - then take it out and brush it again with the egg wash (this means you brush and bake it twice). Let the crust cool. You can go ahead now and fix the filling at this point.

FILLING:
Combine sugar, salt, water, and cornstarch in a medium sized sauce pan. Stir in 2 cups of the blueberries and cook over medium heat until bubbling and the berries start to pop. Stir to prevent scorching.
Remove from heat. Stir in butter and lemon juice and let cool.
Take the remaining two cups of the whole, fresh berries and spread them out evenly in the fresh baked pie shell – do not crush them.
Pour the cool mixture over the top of the fresh berries in the pie shell – smooth it all over. Chill until firm.
(Optional) Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

This is a photo of my blueberry tart – I don’t have one of the pie.

Brought the Wine Spectator magazine back to the RV from the club house, so I could read all about Italy's wine country. Beautiful scenery, someplace I would love to visit. I also found an interesting article about coffee drinks with liquor that sound delicious.

1) Mocha martini, in a cocktail shaker with crushed ice combine

2 oz of cold coffee
1/2 oz of chocolate syrup
2 oz of coffee liquor
1 oz of vodka
1 oz of creme de cacao

Shake & strain into martini glass & dust with cocoa powder

2)Coffee rum smoothie

In a food processor or blender:

1 C of ice
3/4 C chilled coffee
1 Tbsp brown sugar
3 scoops coffee ice cream
1/3 c dark rum or coffee liquor

Process in blender & pour into 2 frosted glasses.