Pumpkin Bread

I wish I could have followed Alton Brown's recipe http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pumpkin-bread-recipe/index.html but I'd need to go to the store and I don't think I can get pumpkins anymore to make the 'shredded pumpkin' part of it anymore. Also, as said in another post, don't have time to go to the store and found a recipe where everything is already in my apartment: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/pumpkin_bread/

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups (200g) flour
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1 cup (200 g) sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup (240 ml) pumpkin purée
• 1/2 cup (120 ml) olive oil
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 cup (120 ml) chopped walnuts (or pecans)
• 4-5 ginger cookies

Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 350°F (176°C).
2) Sift together the flour, salt, sugar, and baking soda.



 




3) Mix the pumpkin, oil, eggs, 1/4 cup of water, and spices together.








4) Combine with the dry ingredients, but do not mix too thoroughly.
5) Stir in the nuts.






6) Pour into a well-buttered 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. (or whatever pan you have....and I didn't butter it either)








7) Add ginger cookies on top
8) Bake 50-60 minutes until a thin skewer poked in the very center of the loaf comes out clean. (due to my pan size it took 20 minutes)
9) Turn out of the pan and let cool on a rack.

'Greek' Mac n Cheese

As you can see from my last post, I need to go to the store. But I still need to eat and compiled this.

Ingredients:

• KRAFT mac n cheese box
• Milk
• Butter
• Oil
• Garlic
• Ginger
• 1 small red onion
• 1/2 normal yellow onion
• Salt and pepper
• Parmesan cheese
• Feta cheese
• Coriander

Directions:

1) Heat the Oil in a pan.
2) Add the Garlic and Ginger.
3) Boil the water and add the pasta.






4) Add the onions and season with salt and pepper. Cook until they caramelize.
5) Strain the pasta and add the cheese powder, Milk and, Butter and mix.
6) Add the Feta and Parmesan and mix.
7) Add the Onion and Coriander and mix.

Chips/Wedges/Fries...Potatoes!

 Simple, but half the time I see a recipe online that is simple and I would have never thought of myself unless someone else showed me.
Came home from school, work and the library all day to find that the food I planned on eating had gone bad...and realized all that I had was onions and potatoes.

Ingredients:

• Potatos
• Red Onion
• Yellow Onion
• Oil
• Salt
• Pepper
• Corriender
• Ginger
• Garlic
• Cumin
• Chillies
• Paprika
• Any spices you want actually...that's what I used

Directions:
1) Preheat the oven to the max.
2) Cut the potatoes and put them into a large bowl.
3) Bash the garlic, grate the ginger and cut the onions (if you put them in the freezer first they won't make you cry!) and add them to the bowl.
4) Add oil and spices and mix together
5) Put the potatoes on an oven tray and in the oven (even if its not preheated)
6) Cook to whatever point you want them to be done!