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Menopausal Bi-Polar Witch Babbling

Monday, October 11, 2004

I have two recipes today;

Beef Stew

INGREDIENTS
Beef Stew Meat
Potatoes - chopped
Onions - chopped
Carrots - chopped
Turnip - chopped
Parsnip - chopped
Celery - chopped
Better than Bullion - Beef
1 cup hot water
INSTRUCTIONS
Brown meat, place into a crock pot or Dutch oven. Cook on low for 2 hours, dissolve better than bullion in the cup of hot water, add bullion-water mix and vegetables to stew. cook 6 hours. Allow to cool. Refrigerate. The next morning, cook on low again for 5 hours.
Amounts are up to you.
Magickal Associations: Health, Prosperity, Grounding, Peace, Vision
Celebrations: Imbolc Winter Solstice (Yule)

Barley Mushroom soup

From the New Diabetic Cookbook Number of servings: 12 (1 cup serv)
INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup pearl barley
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 lbs. fresh mushrooms, sliced
2 cups celery, diced
2 cups onion, julienne
4 garlic cloves, minced
3 quarts vegetable stock
salt to taste
1/8 - 1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup mushroom flavored or regular soy sauce
INSTRUCTIONS
1) Put barley in a food processor, preferably a small one, and give it a couple of pulses to chop barley into grits. Set aside.
2) Pre-heat a 4 to 6 quart heavy pot on medium heat for 1 minute. Swirl oil around the bottom of pot. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring frequently, until mushrooms are well browned. Add celery, onions and garlic and continue to cook and stir until onions are soft.
3) Add vegetable stock and barley, bring to a rolling boil. Decrease heat, cover, and simmer until barley is tender. Add salt and pepper. Remove soup from heat and stir 1/2 cup of soup into the yogurt. Add the yogurt mixture and soy sauce to the soup. Serve hot, but do not boil after adding the yogurt.
Nutritive values per serving: 129 Calories, 17 gm Carbohydrates, 5 gm Protein, 5 gm Fat,
142 mg sodium (low-sodium diets omit salt and use low sodium broth)
Food exchanges per serving: 1 bread, 1 fat
Magickal Associations; Love, Controlling Pain of Any Nature, Passion, Grounding,
Peace, Stolen Kisses, Fun, Love, Protection, Piercing Illusions, Cleansing, Purification,
Banishing, Health, Spirituality, Goddess Magick

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