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Low Fat Apricot Angel Food Cake Recipe is from other source and this blog just to republish with same information about Low Fat Apricot Angel Food Cake Recipe , if you are the owner from this article feel free to cantact me



What could be better for dessert than something that is tangy, tasty, light, and only contains a trace of fat per serving? Sound impossible? Of course not! Give this delicious Apricot Angel Cake a try today!


APRICOT ANGEL FOOD CAKE
1 1/2 cups egg whites (apprx 10)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup apricot preserves
2 tbsp water


Place egg whites in a large mixing bowl and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.


Sift flour and 1/2 cup of the sugar together twice; set aside.


Add the cream of tartar, almond extract, vanilla extract, and salt to the egg whites. Beat mixture on medium speed of electric mixer until stiff peaks form.

Gradually add the remaining sugar, about 2 tablespoons at a time, beating on high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is completely dissolved. Gradually fold in the flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time.

In a small mixing bowl, beat the apricot preserves and water until frothy. Gently fold this into the egg white mixture. Gently spoon the mixture into a non greased 10-inch tube pan. Cut through the batter with a knife to remove air pockets then place in the 350 degree oven. Bake 50 to 60 minutes on the lowest oven rack or until the cake is lightly browned and the top appears dry. Immediately invert pan and cool completely. This will take about an hour. Run a knife around the sides and center tube of the pan to loosen the cake. Remove cake to your serving plate. Frost, serve with fruit, glaze, or finish off to suit yourself.


Serves 12



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It's Angel Food Cake Hell If You Mix It Wrong! is from other source and this blog just to republish with same information about It's Angel Food Cake Hell If You Mix It Wrong! , if you are the owner from this article feel free to cantact me



No, you're not. You're not looking for another Angel Food Cake recipe. The recipe really doesn't matter as much as the procedure. So, rather than look for a new written set of instructions, how about scrutinizing the steps that professionals take in creating this fat free dessert?


 


When you perfect the procedure for mixing cakes, all your recipes will come out better. I've told you before that it's not the BAKING of cakes that causes problems, it's the MIXING of cakes that creates the biggest mistakes.


 


The key to creating a great Angel Food Cake is in making the egg-white foam. Whipped egg whites give all the structure to this cake, as well the ability to leaven or rise.

One of my best Chef-Secrets is to warm egg whites to 110F before whipping them. They hold more air at a warmer temperature and create better structure for the finished cake.

 


The most important part of an egg-white foam is knowing the difference between soft and stiff (or wet and dry) peaks.


 


Egg whites can hold a tremendous amount of air, evidenced by the difference in volume after they're whipped.  After a certain amount of time, the whisk will leave a trail or small white "peak" when pulled from the foam. If this peak quickly folds upon itself and falls back into the foam, it's "soft" or "wet".  If the peak stands tall without moving, it's "stiff" or "dry".


 


An outstanding Angel Food Cake is achieved by creating an egg white foam to soft peaks. If the egg whites are over-whipped, the cake will set too quickly on the edges but will not have enough moisture to evaporate and leaven the center of the cake.

This is the characteristic "fallen Angel" food cake.

 


This unique fat-free cake doesn't need any help from baking powder or baking soda. It has no chemical leaveners at all! Yet another reason why MIXING is more important than BAKING in cakes, because the structure that you create by whipping egg whites, along with the moisture that turns to steam and evaporates, does the job of baking powder in most other recipes.


 


As soon as you're finished mixing, your Angel Food cake will begin to lose air. NEVER knock the whisk against the side of the mixer bowl, bang a spatula against the baking pan, or slam an oven door because all your careful mixing will be for naught.


 


Bake your cake immediately! Remember, you're losing air like a punctured tire and the more quickly your creation is in the oven, the more steam you'll have to create a light, fluffy cake.


 


Angel Food Cake is a fantastic fat-free dessert and makes an excellent canvas for all fresh fruits, compotes, and dessert sauces. But, remember that how you mix the cake has more to do with success or failure than what happens in the oven.


 



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CONTENTAPPLE SLICE PANCKES


POLISH PYROGY


MEXICAN SALAD


CURRIED POTATOES


CORN BREAD


SPINACH AND MEAT CAKES


VEGAN INFORMATION


SUPER EASY VEGAN PASTA SALAD


APPLE CHUNK CAKE


GRANDA'S FRENCH DRESSING


FOOD INFORMATION


BAR MIXES, DRINKS


APPLE SLICE PANCAKES
1 Granny Smith apple
1 1/4 cup any type pancake mix
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg
2 teaspoons canola oil
1 cup low-fat milk


Lightly coat a griddle or skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat.
Peel, core and thinly slice apple into rings.
In a large mixing bowl, combine ingredients for pancake batter. Stir until ingredients are evenly moist. (Small lumps are ok! Over-mixing makes pancakes tough.)
For each pancake, place apple ring on griddle and pour about 1/4 cup batter over apple ring, starting in the center and covering the apple.
Cook until bubbles appear.

Turn and cook other side until lightly brown.

Serving Size: 2 pancakes.
Yield: 6 servings.


POLISH PYROGY
Everyone enjoys this dish. It's one I could eat every day.
Dough
5 cups flour
2 cups warm water
1 tablespoon salt
4 tablespoons oil
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vinegar
Mix flour and salt together.
Mix eggs, oil and water to make 2 cups.
Make well in flour add water mixture.
Mix well then knead. (the more you knead the better)
Roll dough flat, thin and cut into 2-3 inch squares
Put filling (below) in each, seal edge, and use flour to pinch
seal shut.
FILLING
Mashed potatoes.
Course cottage cheese.
Salt and pepper.
Mix together until course.

Drop into boiling water and boil for 5 minutes. Do not place to 
many in boiling water at one time as they all should have enough
room to float to top.

After cooking place in different pot and add butter, or
place in frying pan, add butter, and (onions) if you
prefer.  Fry for a few minutes until they start turning
a light brown.  Can then be served with or without sour cream.


MEXICAN SALAD


2 cucumbers
2 oranges
1 lemon or lime (the juice)
1/2 teaspoon chilli powder
1/2 teaspoon salt


Wash the cucumbers, oranges and lemon or lime under cold running water.

2. Slice the cucumbers. Peel and cut the oranges into small pieces.


Place cucumber and oranges in a medium size bowl. Add chilli powder, lemon or limejuice and salt.
Serving Size: 1/4 of recipe.


Yield: 4 servings.


CURRIED POTATOES
1/4 cup margarine or butter
1 small finely chopped onion
3 cups cold, boiled, cubed potatoes
3/4 cup chicken broth
1/2 Tablespoon curry powder
1/2 Tablespoon lemon juice


Peel the onion, and chop it into small pieces.
Peel the potatoes, and chop them into 1-inch cubes.
Boil the potatoes in a medium saucepan until they are soft. Drain off the hot water.
Add ice cold water to cover the potatoes.
Melt the butter on medium heat in a frying pan or skillet.
Cook the onion in the butter until it turns yellow.
Drain the water from the potatoes, and add them to the frying pan. Stir and cook until they absorb the butter.
Add the broth, curry powder, and lemon juice.
Cook until the potatoes have absorbed the broth.


Serving Size: 1/2 cup.
Yield: 6 servings.


CORN BREAD


1 cup cornmeal
1 cup all purpose flour
2 Tablespoons sugar
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 egg
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup skim-milk


Heat oven to 425 degrees. Grease 8- or 9-inch square pan.
Measure cornmeal, flour, sugar, and baking powder into a large mixing bowl. Stir to combine ingredients.
Crack egg into a small bowl and beat with a fork to combine white and yolk.
Add egg, oil, and milk to flour mixture. Mix until ingredients are well blended.
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until firm to touch or wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.


Serving Size: 2 inch square.
Yield: 12 servings.


 Change flavour


Cheesy Corn Bread. Add 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese with the milk.


 SPINACH AND MEAT CAKES
1 pound ground beef, or turkey, 7% fat (93% lean)
2 bunches spinach - washed and cut into pieces (may substitute a 1-pound bag of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained)
1/2 small finely chopped onion
2 minced garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
black pepper to taste
3 cups brown rice


Preheat frying pan (no oil).
Combine all ingredients except brown rice in a large mixing bowl. Mix well.
Form mixture into 12 small balls. Place in frying pan and flatten into patties using a spatula.
Cook over medium heat until cooked on both sides.
Serve over brown rice.


Serving Size: 2 meat cakes.
Yield: 6 servings.
Time: 25 minutes.


VAGAN INFORMATION
Vegan:
A person that chooses a lifestyle that aims to eliminate the use of products obtained from animals for food, clothing or any other reason. This means that they don't eat any meat, fish, dairy products or eggs. They also avoid products that are tested on animals and do not wear fur, wool or leather.
A Vegan's diet includes foods such as: beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, Soya products (for protein), whole grains, vegetables, fruits and healthy oils.
People choose to become vegan for various reasons, the most popular include -
-Ethical views concerning animal rights
-Concern for the environment
-To improve personal health
Super Easy Vegan Pasta Salad
2 cups whole wheat pasta, cooked & cooled
2 ripe tomatoes, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1 green onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cucumber, chopped
1/2 cup organic sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup ketchup
1/4 cup vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon paprika
Directions:
Mix together the sugar, ketchup, vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and paprika. Pour the dressing over the pasta and veggies, and stir well.


In a large skillet, cook onion in hot oil until tender.  Add
Meat and garlic, brown lightly.  Add remaining ingredients.
Simmer uncovered 1 ½-2 hours or until sauce is nice and thick.
Stir occasionally.  Remove Bay leaf.  Serve hot over spaghetti.
Top with Parmesan cheese.
YIELD:  6 servings.
Time:  2 ½ hours.


APPLE CHUNK CAKE
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 cups diced apple chunks
1/4 cup applesauce
2 cups sliced apple to place on cake


Preheat oven to 350° F.
In a large bowl, mix sugar, oil and eggs together. Beat well.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking
soda. Add to egg batter and mix well


Add apple chunks and applesauce to the batter. Stir to combine.
Coat a baking pan with vegetable oil spray, and pour in batter. Bake until done, about 1 hour.
Place apple slices on top of apple cake and serve.


Serving Size: 1 piece.
Yield: 12 servings.


GRANDMA'S FRENCH DRESSING
1 teaspoon …………(5 ml)…………sugar
2 teaspoons………..(10 ml)………..salt
½ teaspoon………..(2.5 ml)………...pepper
½ teaspoon ……….(2.5 ml)………...paprika
1 ½  cup……………(375 ml)……….salad oil
½ cup………………(125 ml)……….vinegar
1 clove of garlic (if desired)
Put sugar, salt, pepper and paprika in jar.  Add oil, vinegar and
garlic.  Shake well.  When dressing is thoroughly blended, pour
over salad.
YIELD:  approximately 2 cups (500 ml)
CALORIES: 92 per tablespoon (15 ml)
TIME: 10 minutes.


FOOD INFORMATION.
How safe is our food supply?
Increasingly, the corporations that supply us with processed foods are unable to guarantee the safety of their ingredients. As a result, not just red meat and poultry, is now a potential carrier of pathogens, government and industry officials concede. As the drive to keep food costs down intensifies, most corporations do not even know who is supplying their ingredients, let alone if those suppliers are screening the items for microbes and other potential dangers.

Some concede that they cannot ensure the safety of items — from frozen vegetables to pizzas — and that they are shifting the burden of safety to the consumer. It seems the only time we know the products are unsafe, is when there is a problem, people get sick, and the product is recalled.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association has called for new safety initiatives.  They include new training and more food safety audits.  The grocers also want a new internet-based recall system to speed up the process of finding and removing recalled food products.


For information on receiving recalls by e-mail, or for other food safety facts, visit: www.inspection.gc.ca

Don't just guess to tell when meat, poultry and seafood are done.  Instead, use a food thermometer to make sure foods have reached at least the following internal temperatures:
Steaks: 145 degrees F (medium rare)
Ground beef: 160 degrees F
Chicken breasts: 165 degrees F
Whole poultry: 165 degrees F
Pork: 160 degrees F
Fish: 145 degrees F


BAR MIXES
If you have teenagers, or in fact any adult, impress on them the risks of driving while intoxicated. Statistics demonstrate drunk drivers cause many fatal road accidents.

It should be known that like any other drug, addiction is a potential hazard.  Excess of alcohol will affect organs such as the brain, heart, and liver.

Trader Vic's Rum Fizz
1 ½ ounces light Puerto Rican rum
1 ounce lemon juice
2 teaspoons bar sugar
1 egg
½ ounce cream soda
Grated orange peel
Shake all ingredients except orange peel in electric mixer (or in
shaker can with mixing glass) with ice cubes.  Strain into fizz glass.
Sprinkle with grated orange peel.

Fresh Fruit Punch
8 ounces apiece of orange juice, pineapple juice, and grapefruit
juice.
1 bottle ginger ale.  Sugar to taste.
Combine the juices with the sugar.  Stir until the sugar is
dissolved and refrigerate.  Add the ginger ale plus chunks of ice before serving.


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



Article Source: Bruce Chambers sold his printing, publishing, mail order business and retired in 1980. He came on the Internet in 2003. He researched for 1 year, and then started a free monthly Internet marketing report, plus free monthly recipes, bar mixes, tips newsletters. At present he resells from his website. You can subscribe to either or both free newsletters by going to his web site. Please visit: http://www.cbestbuys.com

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Halloween Food Recipes For Everyone is from other source and this blog just to republish with same information about Halloween Food Recipes For Everyone , if you are the owner from this article feel free to cantact me



October 31st is approaching and everybody is busy picking up suitable Halloween food recipes to complement their Halloween party theme. It's good to have traditional things in your party, but it's also good to conjure up some modern and innovative ideas to make your party more interesting.


 


Halloween Party Ideas For Kids


Kids' parties demands entertainment. You must have lots of games and fun things to do. You can keep the scary quotient a little on the downside to not let small kids get the fright of their life. After all, you're throwing a party to make the kids happy, not scare them out of their wits. Bobbing for apples is a favorite activity since the kids can eat those apples, too.


 


For example, the Harry Potter theme is one of the popular ones. You can dress kids up in their favorite characters.

Cook up some fantastic Halloween recipes that go with this theme, like lemon sherbet, flavored beans, chocolate frogs and other delights.

 


Halloween Party Ideas For Teenagers


It's tough to scare teens nowadays. Even if they are scared, they won't admit it. Although skeletons toppling out of closets and false floors are age-old tricks, they still work. You can combine them with the right eerie sounds and screams.


 


Food is where you can capture the interest of teens. Prepare some ghastly Halloween food recipes and dare the teens to eat them. For example, eyeballs in a dish, brains sticking out, cut fingers, and other recipes are horrifying to look at.


 


Other food ideas are pizzas with deathly looking toppings, soups with false eyeballs floating in it, sausages with blood, and lots more. However, make sure that the recipes taste good. You should use organic food as much as possible.


 


Halloween Party Ideas For Adults


You can have couple themes. Let them get dressed like Dracula and his dame, Frankenstein and his Bride, and more. Adults may not like to play games, but they would notice your decor. So, make sure you have scary props all around to make your guests jump out with fright with every step they take. Hey, it's Halloween – no mercy!


 


For an adult's party, food is important. You must have some filling Halloween party recipes, along with light treats, cocktails and soups. Don't forget the dessert. Pumpkin cakes and pies, apple pies and other delicacies make for a great party. Your guests will remember the food more than anything else. If the food is bad, the whole party gets spoiled, no matter how real your hanging vampire looks.


 


Halloween Party Ideas For Seniors


Please spare the horror here. The ideal way is to go traditional. Play some good music, have modest lighting, and place pumpkin lanterns around the house to get the Halloween feel. Setting up surprises and shocks is a bad idea at this kind of party.


 


 



Food and wine are important. Your Halloween food recipes should be filling and pleasantly presented on the plate. So forget those cut fingers and bloody brains and stick to good and palatable food.

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Soul Food Recipes - Top 3 Cakes Eaters Love is from other source and this blog just to republish with same information about Soul Food Recipes - Top 3 Cakes Eaters Love , if you are the owner from this article feel free to cantact me



Soul food desserts follow the best southern recipes to top off the best meals. The one layer cakes have the reputation as tasty, satisfying and light. I polled a sample of my readers on their favorite cakes. Many were eaters and others were cooks who prided themselves on baking these cakes. Of course those were the one's with the interesting stories and memory.


The memories of family gatherings accompanied by their cake creations filled their thoughts. Most of the cakes that finished at the top of the favorites list were the one layer or the sheet cake variety. But others that received votes but finished lower on the list mentioned the multi-layer cakes. These received fewer votes perhaps because they had more elaborate baking techniques than the 3 that finished at the top of our voters list. For example, the 3 layer chocolate and coconut cakes.


Here's a list of the top 3 soul food cakes voted by readers.


1.

Sock-it-to-me Cake - This cake started out as an excellent cake eaten for the holidays. But it has grown in popularity and now many people enjoy it all year. The pecans, cinnamon and nutmeg gives it a tasty and crunchy texture. An excellent coffee cake if you drink coffee. Also an excellent light snack also.

2. 7-Up Cake - This light cake has grown into a popular soul food cake. As the name implies, 7up is added to the cake mix instead of water. This helps to make the cake light and airy. The texture is similar to pound cake. It's shaped and baked in a bunt pan and topped with a glaze or white frosting.


3. Lemon Jell-O Cake - This is another favorite with readers who love the hint of tang plus the lightness of the cake. This sheet cake is topped with a clear lemon glaze that gives it just the right look and taste.

People love this cake because it's super simple to make and taste good. It's especially good right out of the oven and topped with glaze.

Cake is an all time favorite when it comes to soul food recipes. These desserts represent celebration and good times to those who consume them. Their simplicity encourages more people to try their hand at baking them and many have. These are beginners cakes. Some creative types even add their own imagination to give the cakes their own unique touch or signature.



See the top 20 soul food recipes chosen by readers this month, plus watch soul food experts cook the most popular soul food dishes and watch the recipes come alive Free Soul Food Recipes

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