MAKING YOUR OWN COCONUT MILK

Will spoil you for the real thing.


Poke two holes in end of Coconut, Drain. If cloudy or pinkish fluid, discard coconut. One of these was a spoiled coconut. But hey they are only 1.29 and you can get a refund.



Bake in oven 325 for 30 minutes.

Hit the Coconut a few times with a hammer, and take out the meat.


Grind the coconut or fine shred it or put it in blender with a little hot water.


Cover with hot water and stir. Let sit ten minutes.



Run it through a cheesecloth and strainer setup.


You got Coconut Milk!

SUCCOTASH (in lemon butter sauce with mint)

SUCCOTASH is a traditional Thanksgiving vegetable dish, and this is my take on the classic. I borrowed some ideas from ZAYTINYA's. A great restaurant in DC.

12 oz bag frozen organic CORN
12 oz bag frozen organic LIMA BEANS
1/4 stick organic grass-fed BUTTER
2 LEMONS
1/4 cup chopped MINT
SALT, PEPPER to taste

Cook the Corn and Lima Beans in water and drain well
In another pan, melt the butter. Stir in the vegetables, drench with
juice from the lemons, add Mint and stir gently. Serve.

SUMMER VEGETABLE SOUP

This is a Summer Vegetable Soup. Plenty of farmer's market vegetables right now,
and included are some that Jason Korb's family gave. Here is the recipe, with
instructions.

SUMMER VEGETABLE SOUP

6 qts water, natural artesian
2 tsp sea salt
1 tsp MAGIC Seasoning Blends, Vegetable Magic (all natural)

1 lb Carrots Cut ends, slice, rinse and add to pot
1 lb Celery Cut ends, slice, rinse and add to pot
2 EA LG Potato Cube, rinse, add to pot
1 Bunch Kale double chop, rinse and add to pot
1 LB Dry Lima Beans rinse, sort, and add to pot
1 LB Fresh String Beans Cut ends, slice, rinse and add to pot
1 LB Brocoli Cut ends, slice, rinse and add to pot
3 Chicken Breasts pictured, cube and add to pot


Try to use Organic Produce, Bring to boil and reduce to simmer. Simmer for 1.5 hrs.
You got soup! Kale wants to cook a little longer, but will be fine.
Serve with Rudi's Organic 100% Whole Wheat Bread.

HONEY BUCKWHEAT BREAD

Collect your ingredients:
5 cups Whole Wheat Flour, Organic
2 Cups Buckwheat Flour, Organic
1 pk instant yeast
1/2 cup Honey
1/2 cup cold-pressed Oil (I used coconut)
2 cups warm water (I used bottled water, Ice Mountain)
2 and 1/2 teasp salt
2/3 cup milk (or kefir plain!)

You can find the flours at bulk food dispensers
This makes a dense loaf and as you can see, i make a long
narrow loaf. To Begin:

Mix water and yeast in large bowl. Let set 5 minutes. Add rest of ingredients,
Stir, and turn out on dusted flour table and knead for 5 minutes.

Let dough raise in a warm area, like near the oven which is warming up.
For about 40 minutes. Then cut the dough ball in half.



Flatten the piece, fold the ends in, and make a log of the dough.
Put both logs in a greased 9x13 pan, Now let the dough raise again
for 40 minutes in the pan.

Bake bread at 375 for about 30 minutes, remove from pan, let cool and enjoy!

SPRING IS ALMOST HERE!

Construction in Wisconsin starts early, here are the forms for a cement slab
to be poured. This is going to be a large garage for our Realty Business. You
can see the bobcat in the background that did the digging. Looks like a nice job.

Ella's Deli. Open faced sandwiches, potato salad, pound cake. Here I am with a New York Cherry scoop in a cup. A great place to take kids.

At the lake, the ice is melted. Grass is greening up but trees are still
bare. Basketball, frisbee, every once in a while the sun breaks through today.
In a week or so, people will be out here getting a tan. Good for their Vitamin D level!