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~Make Your Own Popcorn Flour~
Here is how you do it!
One 45 ounce jar of Orville Redenbacher's Original Gourmet popping corn makes 7 gallons of popcorn flour.
It took me, with my husband's help
one hour and fifteen minutes to make the 7 gallon zip lock bags full.
We had two magic bullet blenders going at once and one popper machine. We put a cup and a half of popped, popcorn into the blenders at a time, dumped it into the zip lock bag, repeat, again and again, just to see how much was in a jar. :) That is a lot of flour for only $2.78.
UPDATE: I have found that the smaller white kernels make a better, finer, flour
so you can use less in your recipes.
You can use any popcorn ...it all works!
The name of our popcorn Popper is Presto Pop Lite
See it at the link below...it works great!
http://www.pressurecooker-outlet.com/popcorn.htm
You can make just what you need for a recipe, we wanted to see how much we could get from a jar.
It is best to pop your own as the pre made bags have added salt and oils. The salt will throw your recipe off.
"Corn/Bean Muffins"
(I know, they look like oatmeal cookies)
One can pinto beans (drained)
2 eggs
(mix only beans and eggs together in blender) (I used my magic bullet)
Pour mix into four quart bowl
add
One can whole kernel corn (drained)
add
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon chives
1 Tablespoon parsley
1 Tablespoon garlic crystals
5 cups Popcorn flour
Pour 1/8 cup EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) in each 9" x13" oblong cake pan.
(Tip pans until oil covers bottoms)
Makes 16 big Muffins
Bake at 350º for 25-30 minutes or until brown.
(I put both pans in at once on middle and bottom racks)
No milk or baking powder in these...(Not an error)
(oil in the batter does not improve the flavor)
(they don't seem to need baking powder to rise)
If you want your muffins to be crunchier for dropping in your soup prior to eating it (like crackers) turn off oven and leave them in until the oven cools.
If you want to eat less meat, I think ground sirloin added to this dough and made into patties and fried, would make a good veggie/meat burger.
White popcorn kernels by Orville Redenbacher, make a better flour, you don't
need as much to thicken the dough.
Note:
Each cup of popcorn has 1 gram of protein.
Each cup of popcorn flour has 2 Grams of protein.
~Special Bran Bud Muffin Recipe~
Pre-heat to oven 400º
In four quart bowl, place...
6 eggs
whisk
2 Cups whole milk
2 Tablespoons Rumford baking powder (or calumet or clabber girl)
Mix with fork after each addition below.
1 tsp salt
1 Tablespoon honey
1 Tablespoon Extra virgin olive oil
2 cups Bran buds
6 cups popcorn flour
Mix in order given...whisk eggs and add each item and mix with big fork after each addition.
Makes 24 delicious muffins
Grease tins with olive oil and a little butter.
Bake at 400º for 25-30 minutes until brown. Middle oven rack.
These are very delicious muffins.
(two of these muffins make you feel full for 7-8 hours) I drink water with them.
Sometimes I drink cocoa water...1 teaspoon
cocoa per cup of hot water. (no sugar or cream)
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You can add raisins, currants, other dried fruit if you wish without changing the other ingredients.
Serve with Polaner preserves.
'Delicious Crunchy Toppings'
Put two and 1/2 cups of popped popcorn in a gallon size zip lock bag.
Close bag...(let out most of air)
Roll with rolling pin until the popcorn looks kinda like rice.
In four quart Pyrex mixing bowl, put one teaspoon of some of the below items of your choice
over the "crunched up" popcorn. (I used garlic, chives, turmeric, curry and cayenne)
Then heat 1/8th cup of extra virgin olive oil (until a drop of water makes it splatter)
and pour over the spices and "crunched up" popcorn. Mix until it is coated and let it sit so flavor goes in. (one teaspoon of butter added to the oil makes it much more flavorful.
Dried Chives
Turmeric
Garlic crystals
cheese
Cayenne pepper
(maybe less of that unless you love hot stuff)
Grated Parmesan cheese
Curry powder
Dried parsley
Black pepper
(black pepper can be upsetting to the stomach)
Onion powder
Celery seed
(We all should eat at least one tablespoon of Extra virgin olive oil per day for a healthy colon)
This can be used to top casseroles, sprinkle over any veggies, (cooked or raw) or just eaten with a spoon as a quick tiny "spoon snack". (Maybe could be mixed with a big bowl of popcorn) (Store in same zip lock bag you used to crush the popcorn)
~I totally LOVE this stuff~
'Sesame Crunchies'
(Contains no sesame seeds)
3 c Popcorn flour
1/4 teaspoon Rumford baking powder
1/8 c olive oil
1/4 cup plus 2 tablesoons Skim milk
Put milk, olive oil and baking powder in bowl
Mix with fork
Add popcorn flour (add flour until it looks like consistency of cookie dough)
Line cookie sheet with foil
Do not grease
Take small amounts with fingers and press very flat on sheet
Bake ten to 12 min in 375º oven (watch closely after 8 min)
Makes a dozen "crisps"
(We are supposed to have 1 TBLSP olive oil per day for healthy intestines)
'New pumpkin custard bake'
Six large bananas (speckled, not overripe and not frozen)
1 1/2 cups low fat yogurt
6 eggs
2 Cans pumpkin 15.5 ounce size
1 tsp Cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg
3 Tablespoons honey
1/2 tsp salt
Mix well (I used my Vitamix...it made a full container)
Grease pan bottom and sides with olive oil.
Pour into glass baking pan size:
Bake for ONE hour 15 minutes at 350º until knife in center comes out clean.
Serves 16
'Grandest Meat loaf'
(this is just too yummy for words)
(Actual photo of my meat loaf)
(can be fronzen in those wonderful kapak bags)
4 eggs beaten (use a large 4 qt bowl)
add the following
6 Tablespoons crushed pineapple
(Use double the pineapple if you wish)
4 Tablespoons Heinz 57 sauce
1 Tablespoon honey
1 Tablespoon Dried Parmeson cheese
1 cup 'Crunchy Topping Mix (Ingredients below)* optional
2 Tablespoons each, Chives and parsley (dried)
1 Tablespoon granulated garlic
2 cups Old Fashioned Quaker Oats
Add 2 pounds ground lean sirloin
Mix with spoon or hands
Fill two glass baking bread pans (greased with olive oil) half full of mixture
Put side by side in center rack of 350º oven. Bake for 50-60 minutes
'Crunchy topping mix'
(Combo used in above Meat loaf) <----optional if you use Quaker Oats
Put two and 1/2 cups of popped popcorn in a gallon size zip lock bag.
Close bag...(let out most of air)
Roll with rolling pin until the popcorn looks kinda like rice.
In four quart Pyrex mixing bowl, put one teaspoon of garlic, chives, turmeric, curry, and cayenne
over the "crunched up" popcorn.
Then heat 1/8th cup of extra virgin olive oil (until a drop of water makes it splatter)
and pour over the spices and "crunched up" popcorn. Mix until it is coated and let it sit so flavor goes in. (one teaspoon of butter added to the oil makes it much more flavorful)
NOTE: If you think the above meat loaf
recipe already has enough herbs, just crush the popcorn and put it in by itself. (Gives texture to the meat loaf)
(I prefer Quaker old fashioned oatmeal)
(Actual photo of 'Muffins De-Lish')
'Muffins De-Lish'
Make oatmeal flour and popped popcorn flour first.
1 cup Old Fashioned oatmeal made into flour from the vita-mix (takes five seconds)
4 cups popcorn flour (should have this pre-made in a zip lock bag)
(you can make pop corn flower faster in a Magic bullet blender...do a cup at a time)
In bowl put the following:
3 bananas (not frozen) (cut up)
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 cup CRaisins (Cranberry raisens) (Or any dried fruit you like)
CRAISINS
1 1/4 cups milk
2 small apples Peeled and cut up (large slices ok)
3 eggs (crack eggs in small bowl first to make sure they are fresh and no shells break off)
Stir
add the flour, stir, then mix in your vita mix and mix until blended. (won't take very long)
(the oatmeal flour is needed for consistency)
Grease muffin tin with olive oil.
(It isn't an oversight, No oil in this muffin recipe)
Bake at 350º for 30-35 minutes until golden brown. (they get golden brown on top) (see picture)
Put hot muffin tin on wet cold towel to make the muffins easier to tip.
Makes twelve big Muffins.
(He just ate some Muffins De-Lish!)
~Salmon Croquettes~
JUST TOO DELICIOUS!
Use 4 quart size bowl
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp Rumford baking powder
1 tsp salt
Stir well
Add six eggs
Whisk well
1 can Deming's Red Sockeye (wild Alaskan) salmon ( 14 3/4 ounce) (Pour off liquid, discard skin and any 'soft' stuff)
Stir
2 TBLSP dried parsley
2 TBLSP dried chives
Stir
Add 6-8 plus cups of Popcorn Flour
until it makes a very thick batter.
(that you can drop by big spoonfuls)
(It will be very yellow in color)
Grease oblong cake pan generously with olive oil
Drop into pan...should make sixteen croquettes
They will "round off" while baking.
Oven temp 350º for 25-30 min until they are browned well.
~APPLE PIE~
Make a triple batch of "Morning Biscuits"
Set aside thick batter.
In 2 quart bowl peel and slice thin
4 Large Granny Smith apples.
Add 2 teaspoons honey
dash of salt
1 Teaspoon cinnamon
1 Tablespoon corn starch
Mix together thoroughly
Place half Biscuit dough in 8 " glass pie dish
dip fingers in popcorn flour and press
dough into dish to make bottom crust.
Fill with above apple mixture
Put other half of biscuit dough in sections
on top and press with floured fingers
to make top crust.
Bake for ten minutes at 400º then turn oven down
to 350º for 40-45 minutes.
It should look like the Photo when baked.
This is very tasty pie.
~REAL PIZZA~
Ok...here it is! This is without a doubt, the best Pizza I have ever eaten.
Make a double batch of Morning biscuits
(see above)
Put foil on cookie sheet
Grease lightly with Olive oil.
Place entire ball of dough in center of sheet.
Put dry popcorn flour on hands and press into pizza shape...(round or oblong)
Pour on tomato sauce. I make my own. You only need a cup of sauce. see below
Add cut up sausage
Sprinkle with allowable LDL vegetable cheese. (shredded Kraft Free cheese or veggie cheese with jalapenos) (Veggie Grated Parmesan Alternative cheese)
Bake in 375º oven for 18 minutes
Small Batch Tomato Sauce
6 ripe tomatoes
1 Tablespoon olive oil
one finely chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon of dried herbs...basil, oregano parsley
Pinch of salt
1/2 tsp honey
1 tsp garlic granules.
Boil on low heat until it is thick and tasty.
Worried about burning? Put the pan in water in a frying pan.
(double boiler technique)
Add your favorites....(to your pizza) onions, Pineapple chunks, anything LDL approved. !
Next time I will make the dough with water, salt baking powder and popcorn flour as pizza dough has no eggs or milk. I will let you know if it is even better.
" Baked Cauliflower Florettes"
Don't miss these!
Heat Oven to 400º
ONE head cauliflower...Wash it and SLICE entire head about 1/4 inch width size slices.
You will have Lots of Florettes that look like lace and some crumbs.
Put sliced cauliflower and cauliflower crumbs in large bowl.
Pour 1/4 cup of Extra Virgin Olive oil over it.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Stir to coat.
In two oblong cake pans make a single layer of the florettes and florette crumbs.
Place in hot oven.
Bake ten minutes...stir...bake for five minutes...stir...Bake for five or ten minutes more, checking often. (this is well worth the trouble) The browner it gets without burning the better. (It is hard to wait as the good smell permeates the kitchen)
Eat it hot out of the oven. It is delicious by itself.
'Salmon Loaf with Corn Flakes'
(actual photo of Salmon Loaf I made)
This is so delicious!
Serve with asparagus, corn or beets.
1 can Deming's Red Sockeye (wild Alaskan) salmon ( 14 3/4 ounce) (Pour off liquid, clean off skin and any 'soft' stuff (save for your cat) :) ...(keep the bones in for the calcium value)
1 can Pinto beans (15.5 ounce) Pour off just the top juice ...(leave enough to almost cover beans)
Blend the beans in a magic bullet or smoothie maker.
Place above in two quart bowl
add
1 Tablespoon dried chives
1 Tablespoon dried Parsley
1 teaspoon dried cilantro
1 beaten egg
2 cups Kellogg's corn flakes.
Measure corn flakes before "crunching" them with hands and add to above.
Stir until well blended.
A tad of olive oil in the bottom a of glass (bread loaf) baking dish. Place evenly in dish and press down slightly with a fork.
Bake for 35 minutes at 350º.
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Update: You may add popcorn flour to this instead of corn flakes.
You may use a can of drained peas instead of beans.
You may use more eggs if you like.
You may add chopped onions to this recipe.
You may serve this with the "Two Bean/Fruit Salad"
(no weight gain with any of these changes)
:)
~Large Batch of Tress's Chili~
2# very lean ground sirloin
Brown very, very, well. (flavor starts with browning)
Add:
Three large chopped onions
5 cloves fresh garlic (to prevent flu, use whole bulb)
3 cans of pinto beans pureed
1 can of kidney beans whole
2 and 1/2 quarts of tomato sauce (or canned tomato juice)
4 Tablespoons chili powder
2 Tablespoons parsley
2 Tablespoons chives
1 Tablespoon cilantro
1 Tablespoon honey
2 teaspoons cayenne (red pepper) (more if you like it hot)
Pinch of thyme, basil, oregano
1 teaspoon salt
Simmer for one hour (tastes better the second day when flavors meld together.
Serve with "Morning biscuits"
See Recipe on this page. YUMMY!
Kids need more veggies? You may Add peas, corn, carrots, zucchini, celery, any vegetable pureed to this.
(You should add more salt to taste if you add veggies)
Learn all you can about Cayenne Pepper! (the health benefits are astounding!)
~Tress's home made tomato sauce~
(I freeze a lot of this when tomatoes are plentiful)
In large pan:
4 Tablespoons EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive oil)
4 quarts cut up fresh tomatoes
6 Tblsp granulated garlic
1 Tblsp cilantro
5 Tablespoons Parsley
5 " " " Chives
1/2 tsp oregano (dried)
1 tsp or more of salt....(to taste)
1 heaping teaspoon basil
6 Tablespoons Chili powder
1 tsp chervil
2 teaspoons red pepper (more if you like it hot)
1 Tablespoon Honey (don't leave this out, it makes a big difference in taste)
As it cooks, Mash the tomatoes with masher.
Simmer until the flavor suits your tastes...may need more salt if it seems bland.
(Formerly I used butter instead of olive oil and also five tablespoons of Sesame seeds, but those are not LDL approved)
I put the chili in canning Quart jars and keep two in fridge, I freeze the rest in Kapak freezer bags.
It keeps in the jars for a week in fridge. (like it ever lasts that long..lol)
Happy Eating!
Tress
Pay Attention to this about Popcorn!
http://www.dietbites.com/article0158.html
Too much corn blocks the absorption of Vitamin B. Individuals deficient in this Vitamin may experience skin rashes, depression, anemia, memory loss, and low energy levels.
Corn is a very common allergen.
·Some individuals are 'corn sensitive' and lack the ability to digest corn. The affected individual may experience skin rashes, hives, gastro upsets, breathing problems, and in rare cases, life threatening anaphylaxis.
Go to tthe link below, to find out all content in all foods.
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