Tomato Basil Soup

300g onion

30ml EVOO

800-1000g tomatoes

1 796ml can fire roasted tomatoes

2 540ml cans tomato juice

50g brown sugar

70ml vegetable soup concentrate

6.5g dried basil (or 13g fresh basil)

Sautee onions in oil until golden. Add all other ingredients (except if using fresh basil, add while puréeing). Bring to boil, simmer for 30 minutes. Cool.

When cool enough, puree soup using blender. If using fresh basil, add basil in blender. Strain through fine-mesh sieve.

Curried Sweet Potato Coconut Soup

 2 tbsp oil
1 onion
2 tbsp ginger paste (or 1/2 tbsp powder)
2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
1/2 tbsp curry powder
3/4 tsp turmeric
800 g sweet potato
200 g carrot, chopped
1.25 L veggie stock
1 13.5oz can coconut milk

Heat oil. Add onion, ginger, curry, turmeric, cook until onion is soft. Add garlic, cook 1 minute.

Add carrots/sweet potato and stock, bring to boil, reduce to simmer. Cook until veggies are soft. Remove from heat, add coconut milk. Puree until smooth, then strain. Season with salt and white pepper.

Garnish with coconut milk and crunchy chickpeas.

Cream Drop Scones

1 1/3 cup flour

2 tsp sugar

2.5-3 tsp baking powder

1 cup cream

Pinch of salt

Mix it all together and bake at 400 for 10-15 minutes. I think I usually do 11 or 12 minutes.

Flourless Fudge Cookies

Makes 3 dozen

408 g icing sugar
3.2 g salt
2 g espresso powder (optional)
136 g cocoa powder
172 g egg whites
18 g vanilla
360 g dark chocolate chips

Oven 325F

Prepare a cookie sheet with parchment sprayed with cooking spray.

By hand, whisk the dry ingredients. Add the wet ingredients and mix until the consistency of syrup. Add the chocolate chips.

Rest in the bowl for 30 minutes before scooping.

Portion cookies onto the sprayed parchment using a 3/4oz scoop, leaving room for them to spread.

Bake 7-9 minutes. They will get shiny and when they're done they will crack.

Cool right on the pan. Peel off gently when completely cooled.

Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is B. Dylan Hollis' recipe, so good!!!

1/2 cup bacon grease

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

Vanilla

2 cup flour

3/4 tsp baking soda

1 heaping cup chocolate chips

1/2 cup chopped up bacon (my addition, optional)

Whisk first set of ingredients together. Add flour and soda. If too dry, can add some milk. Add chocolate chips (and bacon bits).

Chill (I did 1 hour).

Bake at 350F for about 12 minutes (mine took over 16).