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Luxo Cafe Pancakes

 Recipe By: Luxo Cafe Serving Size: 4 Yield: About 4 pancakes Summary: As served Tuesday mornings at the Luxo Cafe. NB: Buttermilk in Spanish is Suero de Mantequilla. Ingredients: 1 cup buttermilk 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1 large egg 1 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1. Beat the buttermilk, butter and egg lightly in a mixing bowl.    Mix the flour, baking soda, sugar and salt and add them all at once to the first mixture, stirring just enough to moisten the flour. Lightly butter or grease a griddle or frying pan and set over moderate heat until a few drops of cold water sprinkled on the pan form skittering globules.  If using an electric griddle set it at 375 F. 2. Pour about 1/4 cup per pancake on the griddle; bake until the cakes are very bubbly on top and the undersides are lightly browned, about 4 minutes.  Turn with a spatula and brown the other side.  Place finished cakes on a heated plate in a very slow (200 F) oven until ready to ser

Cheesy Giant Rice Cooker Okonomiyaki Pancake

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https://soranews24.com/2020/05/14/rice-cooker-recipe-how-to-make-a-giant-cheesy-okonomiyaki-pancake-in-a-rice-cooker/ Lightly oil rice cooker pot. Prepare okonomiyaki mix as usual, placing wet batter and ingredients together in bowl. Pour mix into pot gradually, layering with slices of cheese. Cook one cycle.  If not done, cook another cycle. Top with okonomiyaki sauce, aonori (green laver sprinkles) and criss-cross Japanese mayonnaise pattern to get the distinctive okonomiyaki look. "Okonomiyaki" literally means “grill as you like”. Popular additions are pork slices, cabbage, corn, shallots, mung beans, pork slices, octopus, roe. If you don't have Okonomiyaki Mix, here's a quick 2 pancake recipe to adapt from  Sora News   one cup of okonomiyaki flour 3/4 cup of water one egg 300 grams of cabbage a few scallions (chopped, including the tops)  pork (one slice for each pancake) other stuff as desired Toppings okonomiyaki sauce (sweet and sticky) nori seaweed dried bonit

Rice Cooker Bacon Onion Rice

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 https://soranews24.com/2021/03/06/rice-cooker-cooking-bacon-onion-rice-is-amazingly-easy-awesomely-delicious/ Prepare rice as usual, let sit in cooker for 30 minutes. Peel the onion, add partial longitudinal slices, place on top of rice. Add bacon slices on top of rice. Cook one cycle Mix bacon, onion and rice before serving. Many Additions/Substitutions: sausage, garlic, little smokies, soy/bonito stock, chicken broth, butter, extra onion Video of mixing finished dish

Epic Rice Cooker Pancakes

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From Japan!   https://soranews24.com/2014/06/14/how-to-make-epic-pancakes-with-your-japanese-rice-cooker https://soranews24.com/2016/12/09/how-to-make-amazing-sweet-apple-pancakes-using-a-rice-cooker tl;dr: Toss your pancake mix and any other ingredients it calls for into the rice cooker’s pot. Stir everything together until it reaches a uniform consistency. Don't overfill. Press start! If center is gooey, cook one more cycle or microwave. Mix-ins: bananas and chocolate sauce sweet beans maple syrup, brown sugar, sweet potato cream cheese, sugar, and lemon juice (for cheesecake fans) potato and okra 1.5T matcha powder, topped with sweet red bean paste (azuki) Sweet Apple Pancakes 2 apples, cut into wedges 50 grams (1.8 ounces) butter, sliced lemon juice honey 50 milliliters (1.7 ounces) nonfat milk 100 grams (3.5 ounces) pancake mix 1 egg Mix apples, butter, honey, lemon juice in rice cooker.  Adjust mixture for desired sweetness or tartness. Cook for one cycle. Pour drippings into

Seven-layer dip

 https://www.homesicktexan.com/2022/02/seven-layer-dip.html Beans: 2 cups (16 ounces) refried beans, homemade or canned 1 teaspoon chili powder Kosher salt Guacamole: 2 avocados, pitted and peeled 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 jalapeño, seeded, stemmed, and diced 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt Pico: ½ cup grape tomatoes, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 jalapeño, seeded and stemmed 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro ½ teaspoon kosher salt ¼ teaspoon ground cumin Remaining layers of the dip: 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream ½ cup salsa 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Colby-Jack cheese 2 green onions, chopped, green part only 8- ounces sliced canned black olives, drained Instructions Layer in 9 inch baking pan or skillet. Beans - Guac - Sour Cream - Salsa - Pico de Gallo - Cheese - Green Onions - Olives

Palak Paneer

https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/palak-paneer-recipe-easy-paneer-recipes-step-by-step-pics/  INGREDIENTS (1 CUP = 240ML ) 1¼ cup paneer (150 grams) Indian cottage cheese 3½ to 4 cups palak (spinach) (100 to 120 grams) (2 cups tightly packed) 2 tablespoons oil (or 1 tbsp oil & 1 tbsp butter) 2 green chilies (deseeded) (less spicy kind) ¾ cup onions (fine chopped) (2 small, 90 grams) ½ cup tomatoes (deseeded & chopped) or puree (2 small) 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste (or 1 tsp each fine chopped) ¾ teaspoon salt (adjust to taste) 8 to 10 cashew nuts or 7 blanched almonds ½ to ¾ teaspoon garam masala (adjust to taste) ½ teaspoon kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves) (skip if you don't have) 3 tablespoons cream (optional) (optional) Whole spices for palak paneer ⅛ teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera) (optional) 2 green cardamoms (elaichi) (optional) 1 inch cinnamon (dalchini) (optional) 2 cloves (laung) (optional) Preparation 1. Pluck only the young & tender spinach leaves and

Apple Pie

Pretty good and not too sweet. double pie crust, 9 inch Unsalted butter, 1/2 C All-purpose flour, 3 T Water, 1/4 C White Sugar, 1/2 C Brown Sugar, 1/2 C packed Granny Smith Apples, peeled, cored, sliced thin Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Sauce: Melt butter in a saucepan. Stir in flour to form paste. Add water, white sugar and brown sugar, bring to a boil. Reduce temperature and let simmer.  Place bottom crust in your pan. Fill with apples, mounded slightly. Cover with a lattice work crust. Gently pour sauce over the crust and into lattice. Pour slowly so that it does not run off.  Bake 15 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 350 degrees F. Continue baking for 35 to 45 minutes, until apples are soft.