Mayo

 With the huge increase in the cost of  Mayo.....I have decided to give homemade Mayo a try.  I simply cannot pay ten dollars for a jar of Mayo!!!

Mayo

1 egg

1 c. avocado oil

2 t. lemon juice

1/2 t. salt

1/2 t. mustard

Place ingredients in a wide mouth jar.  Blend with an immersion blender until thick and turns to mayo.  Chill.

To make it longer lasting add fermentation.  2 T. Plain yogurt and let sit out for 12 to 24 hours.  

Ketchup

Homemade KETCHUP............... with NO high frutose corn syrup.
 6 oz can tomato paste 
1/4 cup honey (or agave) 
1/2 cup white vinegar 
1/4 cup water 
1 tsp sugar 
3/4 tsp salt 
1/4 tsp onion powder 
1/8 tsp garlic powder. 

Homemade Mayonnaise

Got this from a friend.....LaRae Harris Wilson
http://wholeandhealthychange.com/homemade-mayonnaise
Homemade Mayonnaise

2 tablespoons honey

1 teaspoon dry mustard

1 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons vinegar

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups olive oil

2 tablespoons lemon juice

Mix the first five ingredients well in a blender.

With the blender running on high, slowly drizzle in the oil. Blend until creamy consistency.

Add the lemon juice at the end of blending.

Store covered in the refrigerator. This will set up as it cools.

NOTE:   You can adjust ingredients to get the flavor you want. For a Miracle Whip flavor increase sweetener and vinegar a bit. For a milder mayonnaise flavor cut back on those a bit. I love it as it is!

Credit: Jean Harris (LaRae's Mom)

Fruity Pancake Syrup........and Queezeable Honey Butter

Karla, Do you know how to make fruit syrup for pancakes? I found a recipe online and you add poilet paper to it. I didn't think that would go over too well with Toby. I don't know if I would want to eat something with toilet paper in it either. Weird. Alisha

Alisha, Actually I do have this recipe that I've been meaning to try.

Huckleberry Sauce
2 c. huckleberries or any kind of berries
1/3 c. sugar
2 T. lemon juice
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat & simmer for 5 to 8 minutes. (I'm not sure but I think you would need to add some water to this? and then I would strain the berries after cooking so I had a nice clear syrup)
Then mix together:
2 T. cornstarch or clear jel
1 T. water
Slowly add to the huckleberry mixture and continue to cook til thickened.

Also in the Atkinson cookbook on page 59 there is a "Rich Maple Sauce". I think you could use any flavor of extract instead of maple and it would be good????
Also on page 94 "Strawberry Topping" is a great recipe for a fruit sauce. If you don't want fruit in it you can leave out the berries.

Also on the same piece of paper I wrote down this idea for Easy Squeeze Honey Butter.
1 bottle of squeezeable margarine - Remove about 1/4 from the bottle and then add 1/4 c. honey. Stir well and then simply squeeze onto biscuits, toast, cornbread, etc.
I wrote these down when I was at the hotel in Denver. I think I was watching the Paula Dean cooking show. She does have a web site that probably has the actually recipes if you have any questions.

Anyway hope this gives you some ideas....let me know what you do and how it turns out.
I don't think I would put toilet paper in anything I was going to eat?? Was it maybe wanting you to use toilet paper to strain it or something and then throw it away??? Strange!!!
Good luck! Aunt Karla

From: Alisha Youngberg
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: syrup
For the "Strawberry Topping" in the cookbook, can you substitute cornstarch for clear jel? Is it a 1:1 ratio?

Yes you should be fine using cornstarch. It may take a little more. The advantage to clear jel is that it will not separate or change texture even when refrigerated.
I do have another recipe that I used to use before I got this one. and it does call for cornstarch.
Here it is.....
Strawberry Pie (an old recipe from Margaret Vickery)
1 3 oz. box Strawberry Jello
2 c. water or juice from strawberries
1/2 c. sugar
2 T. cornstarch (heaping)
strawberries
Mix together the first 4 ingredients and boil. Let sit until real thick. Add berries and put in pie shell. Refrigerate until set up. Serve topped with whipped cream.
I used this recipe in place of Danish Dessert. Which is what I always used to use for a filling for cake.