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Macaroni Pie Recipe

December 27, 2016

Mom's Macaroni Pie
2016-12-27 13:31:28
Crowd pleaser macaroni pie that my mom sent instructions for how to make when I went away to college.
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Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
30 min
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
30 min
Ingredients
  1. 1 Pyrex dish or deep foil dish needed
  2. 1 lb cheddar cheese (hard cheese) not soft
  3. 2pks Carnation milk
  4. 1 pk. macaroni (small/med.)
  5. 1pk. Crix or Dixie Biscuit crumbs (or any other Biscuit crumbs selling in the grocery)
  6. ¾ amt. of water in a sauce pan or deep boiling pot
  7. 1 Grater needed as well
Method
  1. Grate cheese (first) ½ of it for mixing with the pie in the Fine side of (a grater) and ½ on the rough side of grater (for the top of the pie)
  2. Check in the grocery to see if they sell fresh rough and fine grated cheese. (Buy this instead of grater and cheese)
  3. Put ¾ pot of water to boil and then add some salt about one teaspoon( be careful not to burn yourself when straining the water in the sink )
  4. When the water is boiling (Break up macaroni in 4 to put it in the water (do not let fingers touch water to burn) Do it easy!
  5. Let boil for a while about 10 -15 mins. (not too soft) then strain it in a rice strainer or colander.
  6. Add fine grated cheese to strained, cooked macaroni and add 1pk. of carnation milk and a pinch of salt. Then stir with a spoon.
  7. Put it in greased dish (grease dish with butter). Flatten it out.
  8. Then add course cheese on top (Add more carnation milk).
  9. Press down and put biscuit crumbs on top.
  10. Put in oven (center) at 325 degrees to bake for 30 mins. or (1/2 hour). Check and take out when golden brown (use gloves to take it out of the oven and place on mat).
  11. Let it cool and cut with bread knife when cool.
Notes
  1. N.B. Your father say for you to stay in the kitchen until it is finished or monitor the oven so you would not burn down the apartment. Also to make sure that the oven is coming on and coming off properly.
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Recipe: Fresh Shrimp Spring Rolls

October 4, 2016

Fresh Shrimp Spring Rolls
2016-10-04 22:35:33
Easy to make fresh shrimp spring rolls
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Ingredients
  1. Round sheets of rice paper
  2. Pre-cooked shrimp. (2 shrimp per rice paper roll)
  3. Bean sprouts
  4. Vermicelli noodles
  5. Fresh Mint leaves
  6. Fresh Cilantro
  7. Lime juice
  8. Peanut sauce
Prepare the precooked shrimp
  1. Sprinkle lime juice all over shrimp.
  2. Let the shrimp sit in the lime juice in the fridge till needed for the rolls.
  3. Chop the mint leaves and cilantro.
Prepare the noodles
  1. Boil enough water to cover the noodles. Do not add noodles to the pot yet.
  2. After the water is boiling, remove from heat and carefully add the noodles and let them soften in the hot water.
Prepare rice paper rolls
  1. Boil 5 cups of water in a medium-sized saucepan, then remove from heat and let cool to a warm temperature. Make sure your water is not too hot or your rice paper will break apart!
  2. Once your water has cooled to a warm temperature, take one rice paper and dip it completely in the warm water for about 10-20 seconds, or until flexible and sticky.
  3. Place rice paper flat on a smooth plate.
Assemble the roll
  1. Place 2 shrimps in the middle.
  2. Add a few pieces of mint and cilantro pieces.
  3. Add some bean sprouts.
  4. Add a small amount of noodles on top.
  5. Gently fold your rice paper burrito style. Fold in the sides then the bottom then roll it up. Seal off your roll by folding the rice paper completely, and place on a serving plate.
  6. Repeat until you have your desired amount of spring rolls.
  7. Dip in peanut sauce and enjoy!
By Sunita
Sunita Girl http://www.sunitagirl.com/

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Diya Diwali

November 10, 2015

Diya

Electric Diya

Hindus all over the world will be celebrating Diwali including me.

Diwali is the Festival of Lights and celebrates Light over darkness.  See the Wiki link for the more info. about Diwali.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali

I miss being able to be at home in Trinidad for Diwali. Back home I would celebrate by fasting, cleaning, doing a Lakshmi Puja (prayers). After the puja would come my favorite part, lighting diyas and fireworks.

A diya is a small oil filled clay pot that’s lit with a wick. It’s been 9 years since I’ve had a ‘proper’ Diwali back home.

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