Bread Pudding

For this recipe use either whole wheat or white bread slices. I generally use whole wheat and never throw away end pieces. Bread can always be stored in the freezer until ready to use. When making this use an 8"x 11" casserole dish, lightly greased. Cut the bread into about 3/4 inch cubes. Mix the egg, sugar, butter, milk and spices together. Combine this mix with the bread. Be careful not to over mix. Bake in a preheated oven 350 degrees farenheit for about 35 minutes. This is what you'll need for ingredients:

3-4 cups of bread
3 eggs
1/2 cup of white sugar
3/4 cup of brown sugar
1 cups of milk
3 tbsp of melted butter
1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
1/2 tsp of cinnamon
1/4 tsp of nutmeg
3/4 cup of raisons, raisons should be soaked for about 30 minutes in liquid before use
1/2 chocolate bar, chopped

Linguine Mango Curry with Beef

Okay traditionally beef is not something that i consider traditional. nor is curry. However as a Mikmaq and a Wabanaki Citizen i like to sample many foods of other cultures. So here is the recipe. It is a quick put together recipe. The mango curry was purchased off the shelf but i will eventually offer up a recipe soon. Cook slow in a crockpot so as to make the stewing meats very tender. The way meat should be.

2 lbs of stewing meat
2 tbsp of butter or oil
2 medium onions, quartered
4 celery stalks, medium chop
1 carrot, medium chop
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp of onion flakes(optional)
1 tsp of black pepper
1/4 tsp of salt
1/8 cup of milk
1 cup of mango curry sauce
3/4 cup of sour cream
1 box of linguine

Cook of the stewing meat in a crockpot with either oil or butter for approximately 2 hours. Add onions, celery, garlic and cook off an additional 1 hour. For the final 45 minutes add onion flakes, pepper, salt, milk, mango curry and sour cream. Cook the linguine. When the liguine is cooked strain and let rest for 1 minute. Pour portion of sauce mix over each serving portion of linguine.

Apple Crumble

This is a nice treat. Put it all together and place in a preheated oven set at 350 degrees farenheit for about 30 to 40 minutes. For the first 15 minutes you may want to cover the crumble with aluminum foil. After this time cook the crumble without the cover. Make sure you soak the raisons in water or apple juice for about an hour prior to cooking. This is what you need to get started:

For the mix:
3-4 cups of apples, peeled and sliced
3 tbsp of flour, for the apples
1/2 cup of raisons
1 squirt of lemon juice
1 tbsp of sugar
1/2 tsp of nutmeg
1/2 tsp of cinnamon

For the crumble;
1 cup of brown sugar
1 cup of oat meal
1 1/2 cups of flour
1/2 cup of butter

For the mix combine apples and flour. Strain the raisons and combine the remaining ingredients together and pour into a 9"x 13" casserole dish. For the crumble combine brown sugar, oat meal and flour. Cut in the soft butter into this until it looks crumbly. Spread evenly over the apple and raison mix. There you have it. Hope you like.

Creamy Tomato Peach with Tarragon

This is one of my favorite soups. Very interesting flavor. This is what you need to get started:

1 can of 791 ml of diced tomato
1 can of 791 mil of crushed tomato
1 tsp of minced onion
1 tsp of granulated garlic
2 tsp of tarragon
1/4 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
1 tsp of black pepper
2 cups of chicken stock
1 medium onion, small dice
1 celery stack, small chop
1 chorizo sausage
1 cup of peach yogurt
tabasco sauce, to taste

Combine first eight ingredients and heat in pan. Saute onion, celery and chorizo sausage. Add this to the mixture. Bring to a boil and reduce to simmer. Cook for 15 minutes at a simmer. Add yogurt and tabasco and stir completely. Enjoy

Ground Meat with Tarragon and Mushrooms

A few days back i wrote down the recipe for making a version of soldier beans. This is was the meat side of the dish. I used ground beef, just to be different but i would highly recommend ground moose. Next time i serve up this recipe that is what i will be using to keep up with the traditions of Wabanaki Society. This is what you need to get started:

2 lbs of ground meat
1 tsp of oil
3 medium onions, large chop
4 celery stalks, cut diagonally
2 cups of button mushrooms, whole
1 tsp of tarragon
1/2 tsp of cinnamon
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp of minced onion
1 tsp of oil
2 tbsp of sundried tomato vinaigrette
1 cup of tomato sauce
3 slices of bacon, cooked and chopped

Heat up pan with oil and cook ground meat completely. In seperate pan with oil cook onions, celery, mushrooms. Add tarragon, cinnamon, garlic and minced onion. As it cooks add the remaining ingredients and combine with the ground meat. Serve with soldier beans.

Soldier Beans

These beans go as an excellent side with ground meat either moose or beef. Soak for 1 hour. Rinse well. Combine beans with remaining ingredients and add water and bring to a boil. From boil reduce to a simmer. Keep it like this for 1 hour. After this transfer to slow cooker and cook for about 4 hour or until beans are tender to your preference. Feel free to make adjustments prior to cooking. You may even want to add additional ingredients. Now if you are at this level well now you are really cooking and that is the whole idea. Remember, recipes are only guides. Use them in a way that suits your taste.

1 lb soldier beans
1 medium onion. chopped medium
1/4 cup of celery, small dice
1/4 cup carrot, small dice
1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar
2 tbsp of oil
2 tsp of oshi sauce. optional
1/2 tsp of oregano
1/2 tsp of basil
1/2 cup of tomato sauce
1/4 cup of molasses
6 slices of Bacon
salt, to taste(tt)
pepper, tt
tabasco, tt

Scallop Linguine with Bacon and Tarragon

Hey folks. Its beena few days since i've been on the site.But here i am back from travels. Made this dish last night. It was so delicious i thought it would be great to share this scallop dish with you. If you are a scallop fan you're going to love this dish. This is what you need so call you freinds and lets get cooking.

16 scallops
1 tsp of butter
1 box of linguine
1 oz of oil
6 celery stalks
3 medium onion
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 tsp of minced onion
1 tsp of tarragon
1 tbsp of butter
3 slices of bacon, chopped
2 tbsp of chicken stock of concentrate

This is my fancy smacy get-together-real-quick-to-make dish for a sudden gathering. Pan fry the scallop until there is a slight carmelization or browning on both sides. Set them aside in a casserole dish. They can be placed in a warm oven just to keep them warm as you finish off the linguine. The linguine cooks in nine minutes. Bring water to boil add oil and salt. Thats all there is to cooking linguine. Cut up the vegetables. Cook them in a pan with butter. You can use oil or margarine. Add the rest of the ingredients. The bacon can be cooked seperately. Drain the fat when the bacon is cooked. Now combine the scallops, vegetable mix, bacon and linguine in the casserole dish. It makes about 4 servings.