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Elegant, Nutritious Radishes
In Elegant Vegetable, Elegant Vegetables, Entertaining on a Shoestring, Gall Bladder Tonic, Health Food, Healthy Snack, Himalayan Salt, Home Cooking, Liver Tonic, M-J Recommends, Photos by M-J de Mesterton, Radishes, South of France, Stylish Living, stylish living on a shoestring, Summer Dip, Summer Drinks Party, summer harvest, Vegetable Dishes on 05/08/2010 at 7:46 pm Elegant Tahini Sauce
In Appetiser, Cauliflower, Cavolfiori, Cool Summer Party, Copyrighted Material, Cruciferous Vegetables, Cucumber, Cuisine, Dead Sea Salt, Diet, Diet Food, Do-It-Yourself, Drinks Party, Elegant Appetizer, Elegant Barbecue, Elegant Canapés, Elegant Cocktail Party, Elegant Cook, Elegant Cookery, Elegant Cooking, elegant cuisine, Elegant Culture, Elegant Drinks Party, Elegant Entertaining, Elegant Hors d'Oeuvres, Elegant Living, Elegant Party, elegant potato recipe, Elegant Recipes, Elegant Serving, elegant survival, Elegant Survival Entertaining, Elegant Survival Favorite, Elegant Survival News, Elegant Tahini, Entertaining on a Shoestring, Sesame Dip, Summer Dip, Tachini Sauce, Tahini, Tahini Dip, Tahini Recipe, Techina on 23/06/2010 at 9:02 am
M-J’s Simple Recipe for Elegant Tahini Sauce
Sesame paste mixed with lemon juice, water, salt and the merest hint of garlic powder makes an elegant tahini dip or sauce for mezedes, or pre-prandial appetisers.
Use this elegant and simple tahini sauce as a dip for flat-breads, steamed cauliflower, celery, other fresh vegetables, and fried potatoes. Optionally, you may drizzle olive oil over the tahini.
People find tahini sauce very pleasing in the summer months, and it is economical to make, since the sesame paste expands greatly when mixed with water and lemon juice.
Sesame paste mixed with lemon juice, water, salt and the merest hint of garlic powder makes an elegant tahini dip or sauce for mezedes, or pre-prandial appetisers.
Use this elegant and simple tahini sauce as a dip for flat-breads, steamed cauliflower, celery, other fresh vegetables, and fried potatoes. Optionally, you may drizzle olive oil over the tahini.
People find tahini sauce very pleasing in the summer months, and it is economical to make, since the sesame paste expands greatly when mixed with water and lemon juice.
How to Make Cake-Balls
In Entertaining on a Shoestring on 29/06/2009 at 9:04 amI’m sure this takes some skill and patience, but making cake-balls, which are enjoying extreme popularity in many venues, is explained comprehensively in the Dallas Morning News.
Editor’s Note: I like to use home-made cake. There are a couple of recipes at the Elegant Survival main site.
Make Your Own Elegant Hamburger Buns
In Elegant Barbecue, elegant decorating on a shoestring, Elegant Entertaining, elegant living on a shoestring, Elegant Serving, elegant survival, Elegant Survival Household Hints, Elegant Survival Kitchen Essentials, Elegant Survival Living on a Shoestring, Elegant Survival: Stylish Living on a Shoestring, Entertaining on a Shoestring on 25/05/2009 at 8:37 am
M-J's Home-Made Hamburger Buns, Copyright Elegant Survival 2009
Elegant Hamburger Buns
Ingredients:
• 2 tablespoons of active dry yeast
• 1 and 1/4 cup of warm water (110° to 115°)—hotter water will kill the yeast
• 1/3 cup of vegetable oil (do not use canola oil, which tastes fishy in baked goods; peanut, corn or pure vegetable oils are preferred)
• 1/4 cup of sugar, any variety
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 3 and 1/2 cups of unbleached or all-purpose white flour
Directions:
In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in the warm water. Add oil and sugar; let stand for 5 minutes. Then, add the egg, salt, and flour.
Turn onto a floured surface; knead for about four minutes, until smooth and elastic, adding flour as needed. Form the dough into a ball, cover, and let it rise for ten minutes. Divide the dough into 12 flat, round pieces. Place 3 inches apart on buttered baking sheets.
Cover and let rise for 30 minutes. Bake on top oven rack at 400° for 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Monitor closely to prevent burning. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. This recipe makes twelve hamburger buns. For dinner rolls, do not flatten but shape your twelve dough pieces into balls.
Turn onto a floured surface; knead for about four minutes, until smooth and elastic, adding flour as needed. Form the dough into a ball, cover, and let it rise for ten minutes. Divide the dough into 12 flat, round pieces. Place 3 inches apart on buttered baking sheets.
Cover and let rise for 30 minutes. Bake on top oven rack at 400° for 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Monitor closely to prevent burning. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. This recipe makes twelve hamburger buns. For dinner rolls, do not flatten but shape your twelve dough pieces into balls.
~~Copyright M-J de Mesterton, Elegant Survival 2008
Elegant Survival Food Safety, and Recycling Cake-Covers
In elegant survival health, Elegant Survival Household Hints, Elegant Survival Kitchen Essentials, Elegant Survival Living on a Shoestring, Elegant Survival Recommendations, Elegant Survival Summer Cocktail, Elegant Survival tactics, Elegant Survival: Stylish Living on a Shoestring, Entertaining on a Shoestring on 16/05/2009 at 6:58 am
Cake and Croissant Container Top Made of Thin Plastic, Recycled as a Food-Safety Tool; This One is Four Years Old! Keep flies off your food, in the house or outdoors. These lightweight tops are stackable, washable by hand (not dishwasher-safe), and will protect your family and friends from the awful germs carried by flies and other pests.~~Copyright M-J de Mesterton, May 16th, 2009
M-J's Four-Year-Old Cake Cover, Recycled from Croissant Container (Painting and Photo by M-J de Mesterton, Copyright)
Elegant Survival Pick of the Week from Christabelle’s Closet
In Elegant Survival Summer Cocktail, Elegant Survival: Stylish Living on a Shoestring, Entertaining on a Shoestring, Evening wear for middle aged women on 09/02/2009 at 9:06 am
Allen Dress by ABS, Just Reduced to $28.00
Wear something simple, black and filmy underneath, if this is too low-cut for you.
