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Dill-ightful Veggies

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This recipe graciously conjured by Lauren’s Madre.

The Goods
1 (16 ounce) package frozen broccoli, cauliflower, & carrots
2 Tbsp. butter
1 Tbsp. chopped fresh dill
salt and pepper to taste

The Gettin’
1. Add water and frozen vegetables into a pot and bring to boil.  Let boil 5-8 minutes.
2. While, vegetables are boiling, chop the dill, and set aside.
3. Drain water from vegetables.
4. Add butter, dill, salt, and pepper to vegetables over heat and stir until butter melts and covers the veggies.

The Take
So quick, so easy, so good… so why aren’t you making them yet?

Total Time: 7-10  minutes
Prep –  2 minutes
Cook–  5-8 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Level: Easy

¡Es Guacamole!

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This recipe graciously stolen from allrecipes.com.



The Goods
3 avocados – peeled, pitted, and mashed
1 lime, juiced
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup shallots
3 Tbs. chopped fresh cilantro
1 medium tomato, diced
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 pinch ground cayenne pepper

The Gettin’
1. In a medium bowl, mash together the avocados, lime juice, and salt.
2. Chop onion, cilantro, tomato, and garlic.
4. Mix in onion, cilantro, tomato, and garlic.
5. Stir in cayenne pepper.
6. Serve immediately.  Guacamole will brown quickly!

The Take
Éste es guacamole perfecto. Usted tiene que intentarlo con tocino curruscante o con pollo. ¡Yum!

Total Time: 10 minutes
Prep –  10 minutes

Yield: 6 servings

Level: Easy

Bakin’ Bacon

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This recipe inspired by many sources.

The Goods
1 package SCD bacon (no sugar added.)

The Gettin’
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Line baking sheet with foil.
3. Place nonstick cooling rack on top of the foil lined baking sheet.
4. Line slices of bacon without overlapping on cooling rack.
5. Cook in oven for 20 minutes or until desired crispness is reached.

The Take
Do you love bacon?  Are you tired of the troublesome grease pops and painful burns when cooking bacon?  Wouldn’t you rather be watching TV than standing over the sweltering hot stove for your bacon?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, this dish is for you!  Bakin’ Bacon!  It is so easy to do, even ______ can enjoy bacon with ease!  If you’re interested in leading a happier and more successful life, try Bakin’ Bacon!  Enjoy Bakin’ Bacon for only 1 easy payment of $2.95 at your local grocery store (shipping and handling not included).

We love bakin’ our bacon.

Total Time: 30 minutes
Prep –  10 minutes
Cook–  20 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Level: Easy

How Lauren Got Cocky, or Scrambled Eggs

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This recipe created masterfully by Lauren.

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The Goods
12 eggs
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup chopped portabella mushrooms
2 bundles of scallions

**For best results cook in grease from either SCD sausage or SCD bacon, otherwise oil or butter may be used.**

The Gettin’

1. As mentioned before, for out-of-this-world-wet-your-pants-what-the-am-I-really-not-in-heaven-can-this-I-can’t-believe-how-oh-my-word-*CENSORED* results, begin by keeping grease from previously cooked SCD sausage in skillet.  SCD bacon will create a lessor, but-seriously-can-you-go-wrong-with-bacon, effect.  Oil or melted butter will be fab and delish, if you begin with them in the skillet instead.
2. In mixing bowl, crack eggs and add salt and pepper to taste.
3. Beat egg mixture until well blended. Set aside.
4. Cut off the long green leaves and any roots from scallions.
5. Chop remaining white base of scallions along with portabella mushrooms into chunks.
6. Pour egg mixture, onions, and scallions into skillet on medium heat.
7. Continue cooking – pulling, lifting, and folding together- until egg becomes thickened and no visible liquid remains.  No need to stir constantly.
8. Take off heat and immediately, you just got served.

The Take
Her head was in Texas- that’s right- it was bigger.  The table talk was flattery toward the wizardry of the eggs… who compliments eggs?  The better question is… who wouldn’t compliment these!

Total Time: 15-18 minutes
Prep –  10 minutes
Cook–  5-8 minutes

Yield: 7 servings

Level: Easy

Bacon Bundles… Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong With That

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This recipe stolen graciously from Rachael Ray.

The Goods
1 1/2 lbs. asparagus spears, trimmed 4 to 5 inches long tips
extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
few grinds black pepper
4 slices center cut bacon
Chopped chives or scallions, optional garnish

The Gettin’
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Lightly coat asparagus spears in extra-virgin olive oil.
3. Season the asparagus with black pepper.
4. Divide the asparagus spears into a total number of four groups.
5. Take a group of spears and use a slice of bacon to wrap the bundle and secure the spears together. Repeat until finished with each group.
6. Place bundles on baking pan into oven for 12 minutes.

The Take
We decided to have some friends over for a great meal and knew we would have all the burners in use, our plate was full so to speak.  Instead of pan cooked asparagus, we went with the oven.  The group seemed pleased with the result overall.  In general I prefer it cooked with butter over oil, but it was nice to pop it in and out with ease!

Total Time:  20 minutes
Prep –  8 minutes
Cook–  12 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Level: Easy

Cheers to Cheers!

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This is a recipe created graciously by Jordan, THE stud muffin.

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The Goods
1 bottle dry sparkling wine
fresh strawberries
* the love of your life (this could be you)

The Gettin’
1. Open bottle of bubbly.
2. Pour into glasses.
3. Place one strawberry into each glass.
4. Enjoy a very happy SCD 1 year anniversary with the love of your life, thanks Jordan.

The Take
Jordan, Mr. Snazz, pants treated me to a very special day vaca including splurging for a couples massage – what – a – guy.  I should compliment the hotel we stayed at because we brought a prepared SCD meal along and room service heated it up and brought it like room service along with covered dishes and ice water.  Thanks to the Kimpton company for great customer service.  Thanks to my husband, too…. 🙂

Total Time:  2 minutes 1 year
Prep –  2 minutes
Married – 1 year

Yield: 2 servings

Level: Easy

Honey, Mustard Sauce is lovin’ on that Tilapia.

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This recipe graciously inspired by the back of a package whose brand I have forgotten, oh yeah.

[Insert delicious picture here!]
[Please forgive us recipe thieves
for indulging in the dish before
taking any photos… ok seriously,
we were dying you guys! Trust
us, you have got to try it!!!!!!!]

The Goods
4 tilapia filets
2 Tbsp. butter
1 1/2 Tbsp. honey
2 Tbsp. Mustard
2 tsp. finely chopped parsley
salt and pepper to taste

*optional- 1/4 chopped pecans, lemon wedges and parsley for garnish*

The Gettin’
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Place tilapia in a lightly greased baking pan.
3. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
4. In small skillet or microwave-safe bowl, melt butter and honey together.
5. Stir in mustard to butter and honey mix and brush on fish.
6. Sprinkle parsley (and if desired pecans) evenly over fish.
7.Bake 8-10 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.

The Take
Simple and satisfaction characterize this meal.  You know when you get home and you really wish you didn’t have to make anything AND you’re so hungry that the thought of waiting a second seems earth shattering?  Sometimes the best recipes come on the package itself, and well, credit is due to a package from Tom Thumb. When you don’t want to labor, but you want a sweet meal- Honey Mustard Tilapia.

Total Time:  23-25 minutes
Prep –  15 minutes
Cook–  8-10 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

Level: Easy

Hamburger Help Me Stoup

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This recipe inspired and derived from Lauren’s Pop’s Hash, the concept of Hamburger Helper, and the new genre categorization by Rachael Ray.


*What’s thicker than a soup and thinner than a stew… STOUP!  Thanks Rachael Ray for our new genre!*

The Goods
1.5 lbs. ground beef (80/20)
4 large portabella mushrooms, cut into 2 inch chunks
handful of baby carrots
15 sprigs of fresh chives, chopped
3 springs oregano, leaves only
16 fluid ounces tomato juice (we used three small cans of Campbell’s)
salt and pepper to taste

The Gettin’
1. Begin cooking ground beef with salt and pepper in large skillet.
2. Once meat is browned add in tomato juice, chives, oregano, mushrooms, and carrots into skillet and let simmer with lid for 20 minutes.

The Take
Lauren liked this more than I did.  If I would change anything, I would use half and half tomato juice and SCD ketchup to give it an extra twang from the vinegar.  Or maybe I would just add vinegar…  or Tabasco sauce… hmm…

Total Time: 40 minutes
Prep – 10 minutes
Cook–  30 minutes

Yield: 6 servings

Level: Easy

Blueberry Muffins

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This recipe stolen graciously from Elaine Gloria Gottschall of Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet.


The Goods
2 1/2 cup almond flour
1/4 cup melted butter (or home made yogurt)
1/2 cup honey
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1/2 – 3/4 cup blueberries

The Gettin’
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Blend everything together.  (The original recipe added the wet ingredients last to make sure you had a muffin batter consistency, but I skipped this step and it worked out fine.)
3. Stir in blueberries.
4. Spoon the mixture into muffin tin lined with paper cases (or non-stick muffin tin).  We used two spoonfuls per muffin hole.
5. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until muffins spring back when pressed. Let cool 5-10 minutes.

The Take
Due to the almond flour, these muffins have a slightly sweet, nutty flavor to them.  I love these muffins!  If your muffins (or any other baked goods, especially if you’re not using wheat flour) don’t rise, make sure you have fresh baking soda – it weakens over time.

Total Time: 30-40 minutes
Prep– 10  minutes
Cook– 15-20 minutes
Cool– 5-10 minutes

Yield:  16 muffins

Level: Easy

Vanilla Ice Cream & Strawberry Jam

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The following dishes were graciously stolen from NoMoreCrohns.com and Peggy Rogers at BTVC Yahoo, to be married and consumed forever and ever, amen.

Vanilla Ice Cream (NoMoreCrohns.com)

The Goods
3/4 cup honey
3 eggs
4 tbsp melted butter
2 ½ cups homemade SCD yogurt
3 tsp. vanilla extract (made with vanilla and alcohol only)

The Gettin’
1. In a saucepan over medium heat, constantly whisk honey, butter and eggs together until thick and starting to boil (and we mean constantly, if you don’t want egg chunks!)
2. Allow mixture to cool (using the freezer or refrigerator will cool it faster, 1 hours time, if you need the ice cream to be ready quickly).  A colder mixture makes fluffier ice cream – patience is a virtue!
3. Combine yogurt, and vanilla extract and add to the honey and egg mixture using a whisk or electric
mixer (mix well).
4. Pour into a countertop electric ice cream maker, and process for about a half hour; or until thick and creamy.
5. Carefully spoon into a low, long container and freeze immediately.  The ice cream will lose its soft texture over time – better eat it quickly!

The Take
This is very good!  It has a tartness that is kinda refreshing (due to the SCD yogurt.)  If you want a creamier, less tart ice cream, try making your yogurt with half and half or heavy cream!

Total Time:  1 hour 45 minutes
Cook– 15 minutes
Cool – 1 hour
Ice cream Maker–  30 minutes

Yield: 8 servings

Level: Intermediate

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Strawberry “Or Your Fav. Fruit” Jam (BTVC Yahoo)

The Goods
4-5 cups fruit
1 cup cranberries
1 cup honey, or to taste (plenty of honey helps cancel out cranberry tartness)

The Gettin’
1. Combine fruit and cranberries, bring to a boil (add a little water or orange juice if liquid is needed).
2. When fruit is tender, mash with potato masher or anything else that works.
3. Simmer until desired consistency is reached.  It splatters a little bit, so be careful!

The Take
4 or 5 cups of fruit will get you about 2 jars of jam.  We made red plum, blueberry, peach, strawberry, and cherry jams!  Our favorite is strawberry!  We think it will last a few weeks in the fridge or a few months in the freezer.

Total Time:  1 hour 5 minutes
Cook– 1 hour
Mash- 5 minutes

Yield: 2 jars

Level: Easy