Recipes

Tzatziki

Yields 2 cups.

Ingredients	Step
1 cucumber (8 oz.)	Peel, seed, shred, drain.
1 c. Greek yogurt 3 T. mint, chopped 2 t. lime or lemon juice ⅛ t. salt 2 garlic cloves	Combine with cucumber.

Source: Cooking Light (May 2013), as "Fried Chickpea and Arugula Pita Sandwiches with Lime Tzatziki"

Ingredients	Step
1/2 stick of butter, room temp	Let butter warm to room temperature.
3/4 t. garlic, minced 1 T. Parmesan, finely grated 3/4 t. garlic powder 1/4 t. Italian seasoning (basil, marjoram, thyme, oregano) 1/8 t. black pepper 1/8 t. paprika	Combine with butter.
	Store in glass container.

Ingredients	Step
	Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 12 small or 6 large muffin cups.
1¾ c. AP flour 2½ t. baking powder ½ t. salt ¼ t. nutmeg 1 t. cinnamon ½ c. sugar	Combine.
1 egg ¾ c. milk	Combine.
⅓ c. butter, melted egg mixture flour mixture	Stir until just blended.
1¼ c. blueberries	Stir in.
	Pour into muffin cups. Bake 16-20 minutes, until toothpick test passes.

Source: Mom

Nutrition: 169 calories per small muffin (3 g. protein, 6 g. fat, 25 g. carbs, 246 mg sodium)

Ingredients	Step
	Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
	Heat a 10" cast iron skillet.
3 T. butter	Add. Let melt until it sizzles.
3 eggs, ideally room temp ½ c. dairy milk, ideally room temp	Whisk together in a small bowl.
½ c. flour 1 T. brown sugar pinch nutmeg pinch salt	Combine in a large bowl.
	Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Whisk until smooth (or blitz in blender for more height).
	Pour into heated skillet. Transfer skillet to oven to bake for 20 minutes.

Source: NYT

I have multiple pizza sauce recipes.

This recipe makes 4 cups of sauce, which can be used for ~3 pizzas depending on size. It freezes well.

Ingredients	Step
28 oz. crushed tomato 6 oz. tomato paste 1 t. sugar (increase for deep dish) 1 t. black pepper (decrease for deep dish) 1/4 t. cayenne (decrease for deep dish) 1/2 t. garlic powder 2 t. basil (6 t. if fresh) 1 t. oregano (2 t. if fresh) 1/4 t. fennel	Combine.
salt	To taste.

Source: Mom's pizza cookbook

An alternative pizza sauce recipe, less spiced.

Ingredients	Step
head of garlic	Roast by rubbing with olive oil, sprinkling with salt, then wrapping in aluminum foil and baking at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes.
2 T. olive oil 2 twigs fresh oregano ¼ white onion, finely minced ¼ yellow onion, finely minced 2-3 squished roasted garlic cloves up to 1 T of combined salt, black pepper, red pepper	Cook in a saucepan over medium-high heat until onions are translucent.
28 oz. can peeled San Marzano tomatoes (avoid tomatoes packed with calcium chloride)	Add to saucepan. Stir intermittently until sauce develops a deep red color.