Scones

Plain scones. Kind of like biscuits.

 

8 oz flour
1.5 t baking powder
2 oz soft butter
1 oz sugar
5 T milk (plus a little bit for glazing)
1 egg

Preheat the oven to 425F.

Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, butter. Mix with a wooden spoon until chunks are gone and mixture is sandy. Add milk and egg, mix just until incorporated. Cut into shape with a cookie cutter or 2" mason jar. Makes about 6 scones. Bake on a greased sheet, brush with milk, bake for 12 minutes.

 

Source: https://oedelicious.blogspot.com/2011/05/lesters-scones-plus-vegan.html

Brownies

These are fine brownies. In case you want to make brownies. Makes an 8" square pan; double for a 9"x13" pan.

1/2 cup melted butter or oil
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder

Mix oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla. Then add cocoa, flour, salt, baking powder. Grease and flour pan, pour in, bake at 350F for 25-30 min.

Source: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/10549/best-brownies/

Meatballs

These are totally fine meatballs. Nothing fancy, but if you have some meat and want to make meatballs, they work.

 

1 lb ground meat (ideally beef, veal, and pork, but whatever; impossible/beyond meat works fine too)
1/2 cup freshly grated Romano cheese
1 eggs
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoons chopped parsley
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 cups bread crumbs from stale Italian bread
3/4 cups lukewarm water

 

Mix everything but the bread crumbs and water. Then add bread crumbs, then water a bit at a time until the whole mixture holds together. Form into meatballs, fry until browned or roast in the oven (not sure how long).

 

Source: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/40399/the-best-meatballs/

Peach salad

1/2 red onion, soaked in ice water

2 tbsp white wine vinegar

2 tsp honey

1-2 tsp dijon mustard

1/4 cup olive oil

6 peaches, sliced

1/2 cup walnuts

1/4 cup basil

1/4 cup mint

 

Mix the onion, vinegar, honey, mustard, olive oil. Mix everything.

Source: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/peach-salad-3764779

Bread salad

1/4 cup quinoa

4 slices sourdough bread

1/3 cup olive oil

salt

4 ripe tomatoes

3 small cucumbers, unpeeled

1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced

4 tbsp cilantro

2 tbsp mint

2 tbsp parsley

1 tbsp lemon juice

3/4 tbsp red wine vinegar

2 small garlic cloves, crushed

black pepper

Preheat oven to 350. Cook quinoa.

Brush bread with olive oil and salt, bake 10 minutes, turning halfway through. Break into chunks.

Dice tomatoes and cucumbers, add everything.

Source: Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi

Sandstorm

3/4 oz mezcal

3/4 oz fernet branca

3/4 oz sweet vermouth

1/2 oz falernum

1/4 oz absinthe

star anise, cinnamon stick, orange peel

Light a cinnamon stick and star anise on fire. Invert a rocks glass over them to catch the smoke until it's cloudy. Mix all the ingredients with ice. Strain into smoked glass over one big ice. Garnish with an orange peel and singed star anise. dun nun nun nun nun

Source: https://cocktailsforendtimes.com/, though she had a more complicated name for it

Mujadara

1 cup coarse bulgur wheat

1 cup small green lentils

2-3 tsp lebanese spice blend (allspice, cinnamon, black pepper, cardamom, coriander, ginger, clove)

1 tbsp butter

1/4 cup olive oil

2 large onions, sliced evenly

Boil 1 1/4 cup water, add butter, bulgur, 1 tsp spice mix, some salt. Simmer until cooked.

Cook lentils, adding some salt and 1 tsp spice blend

Cook onions until caramelized, add wheat and lentils, and more spice blend if you want.

Source: http://www.spicetreeorganics.com/mujadara