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Lately, we have been trying to replace foods with either homemade by us like bagels, muffins, pasta, etc. or made by someone local like sour dough bread. This weekend I plan on making our own butter! Any recipe suggestions on other foods we can make ourselves! We do work full time and DD is 18 months so really the weekend is when we have the time to make these items for the week!
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NotYourAverageStepMama wrote:
Lately, we have been trying to replace foods with either homemade by us like bagels, muffins, pasta, etc. or made by someone local like sour dough bread. This weekend I plan on making our own butter! Any recipe suggestions on other foods we can make ourselves! We do work full time and DD is 18 months so really the weekend is when we have the time to make these items for the week!
I wish you luck with the butter! A couple of years ago, I made my own butter - for some reason there was a utter shortage in France but not a cream shortage. After shaking the first batch in a jar, I found myself thinking longingly to the churn that dad's auntie used for the same purpose on her farm. Far more ergonomically sound.
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Turkey Tortillini Soup
Considering that it is peak soup season in the N Hemisphere, Turkey Tortellini Soup is one of our favorites. My bride found a recipe in a massive cookbook I bought when a young man knocked on our door doing fund raising. This is not exactly the recipe but it has all of the elements of that recipe.
As we have adopted a no/low carb lifestyle and way of eating model we have modified the recipe to substitute LIVIVA Shiratake Pene "pasta" with Oat Fiber in lieu of the cheese tortellini. We top it with a bit of cheese (usually an Italian blend) to pick up some of the cheese tortellini flavor profile. The "pene" only needs to be heated and not cooked from a dry pasta state so adjust accordingly if you go with a Shiratake noodle substitute for actual pasta. Rinse it throroughly before adding. It picks up flavor profiles from the rest of the ingredients nicely.
It is incredible hot and fresh from the stove top Dutch oven, and when reheating the leftovers for lunch the next day.
- This hearty turkey tortellini soup with bok choy combines cooked turkey, cheese tortellini, and fresh baby bok choy in a savory chicken broth, often seasoned with ginger, soy sauce, and garlic for an Asian-inspired flavor. It can be prepared by simmering broth, veggies, and aromatics, then adding tortellini and bok choy leaves until tender, typically taking under 30 minutes to make. Key Ingredients & Preparation
- Protein: Cooked turkey breast (diced) or ground turkey meatballs.
- Pasta: Fresh or frozen cheese-filled tortellini.
- Greens: 2-3 cups of chopped baby bok choy.
- Broth & Aromatics: Chicken broth, gingerroot, garlic, soy sauce, and sesame oil.
- Optional Add-ins: Sliced carrots, shiitake mushrooms, green onions, and white vinegar.
Steps to Make
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This soup serves well with toppings like grated parmesan or a sprinkle of fresh cilantro.
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Why do you want to make it yourself? to eliminate chemicals? or just for fun. For example butter generally just has 2 ingredients.. cream and salt. So, there isn't much risk of chemical additives.. unless you normally buy things like country crock.. which isn't really butter.
You can make mayonnaise with raw eggs and oil.. but you do need to do a pasteurizing step on the eggs for safety.
If you are trying to save yourself from chemicals and other additives.. I would focus on things that generally contain them commercially.
Like salad dressing. You can make your own.. often cheaper and better. whether a buttermilk cream based or oil/vinegar based.. homeade dressings are a great addition to your repitoire.
For baked goods, homeade yeast rolls... biscuits.. bread and of course your own PIZZA dough (which freezes well).
Making your own tomato sauces from scratch.. if you have a garden.. you can even can your own tomatoes for that .. making it double good.
You can make your own cream cheese.. and even mozzerella.. though I have tried mozz and my results were a bit tougher than I would have liked.. so practice might help there.. haha.
Making your own stock.. ie beef, chicken and seafood stocks.. those can be frozen to use in recipes later.
When we get a whole chicken.. my husband actually debones it.. we throw the bones (with bits of meat left) in water with seasonings to boil.. then let it cool.. pick the bones clean.. and add it to the broth.. that makes a great chicken soup if you add your fav veg.
but, that gets the "most" out of a chicken.. we bake the spatchcocked deboned chicken.. then we use the bones for a soup.. makes multiple meals.
Making your own mashed potatoes from scratch is fairly straightforward... and better than a box.
homeade pasta is also great.. but there are probably a lot of organic and specialty options that are available... I would be putting my effort into things I can't get health conscious alternatives easily.