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Aug 18 2011
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Recipe: 10 Minute Brunch for Lovers and Fighters

Lately I’ve been on a quick yet savory meal kick. I want a great meal, but don’t want to spend an hour making it, and yet another hour doing the dishes. Below is a great huevos rancheros inspired brunch option using one pan and ten minutes of your time. I prefer fried eggs, olive bread, and a pico de gallo style salsa, but you can use whatever egg, bread, and salsa options you like. Plus, the recipe can be easily adjusted to accommodate 1 to 18 guests!.

Ingredients:

  • Eggs (1 egg per guest)
  • Bread (1 slice per guest)
  • Salsa (1 spoonful per guest)
  • Uncooked Spinach (quarter cup per guest)
  • Olive Oil
  • Lime Juice
  • Salt & Pepper

Directions are as follows:

  • Preheat your pan on medium heat
  • Add butter, margarine, or non-stick spray.
  • Add eggs to pan
  • Begin toasting bread
  • Flip eggs.
  • Next add spinach to each guest’s plate and season with fresh lime juice, olive oil, salt & pepper
  • Place 1 piece of toast on each guest’s plate and add 1 scoop of  salsa on top of each piece of toast
  • Remove egg from pan and place it on top of toast with salsa
Serve with a cup coffee or a glass fresh squeezed orange juice and enjoy.
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As an FYI, this post title was inspired by a great jam by Mos Def entitled Bedstuy Parade and Funeral March
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Nov 22 2010
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Recipe: Simple Brownies from Scratch (Vegan Option)

During a recent move I came across a folder that contained all of my grandmother’s recipes. Each recipe is meticulously written on a 3×5 notecard in her distinctive handwriting. In a way, it was like finding buried treasure, except the jewels were in the form of a history of family delicacies, as opposed to gold coins. Lately, I’ve been experimenting with some of the recipes – broccoli and cheese roll-ups, zucchini relish, strawberry preserves – and have decided this simple brownie recipe is by far my favorite. Plus, I was beyond excited to learn that delicious brownies could come as a result of many ingredients- not just water, oil, and power from a Duncan-Heinz box.
Recipe is as follows:

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) of butter
  • 1 cup sugar (i’ve been using sugar in the raw as an alternative)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (i’ve been using whole wheat flour as an alternative)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder

Directions are as follows:

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F
  • Next grease a 8 or 9 inch square pan.
  • Now melt the stick of butter, being careful not to let it brown.
  • Remove the butter from the heat, and stir in the eggs, sugar and vanilla.
  • In a separate bowl mix the cocoa, flour, salt, and baking powder.
  • Next add this dry mixture to the butter, egg, sugar, mixture.
  • Stir well until mixture is a creamy batter then add chocolate chips.
  • Spread batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes.


Be careful not to overcook.

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These brownies have turned out amazing each time I’ve made them! Lately, I’ve been making “healthy” substitutions like using whole wheat flour instead of white flour or carob chips as opposed to chocolate chips, and even with the substitutions they’re equally as delicious . Along this line, to make this recipe vegan simply remove the butter and eggs and replace them with 1 cup soy milk and 2 tbs of vegetable oil. Then use carob chips instead of chocolate chips.

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