Back to Basics with Rose Complete Cookbook

By Rose Brown

Get your family to eat out of the palm of your hand and making them nutritious and easy to prepare meals without adding preservatives or MSG. Even when your children leave home they will still come back for your cooking and take home care packages (mine still do after over 50 yrs). Educators are recognizing the importance of Back to Basics with our children today, so why not start with what we feed them. By using natural spices not only do we enhance the flavour of food but we improve the health of our family. For instance garlic, parsley, ginger, thyme and onion all have medicinal properties. So now there is a need knowing how to blend these natural spices. That is where this book comes in with many recipes. Added to my recipes are some Jamaican dishes that I know you will also enjoy, prepared with the same natural spices as the rest of the recipes, give them a try, you will be pleasantly surprised. Lunch box has never been as exciting, healthy muffins, cookies and buns to say the least of squares etc. – Eat desserts without the guilt – GUARANTEED!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rose Brown
• Release date: May 5, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310221552

Rose Brown

Over the years raising a large family, 4 boys and 1 girl I realized I had to take drastic measures to make sure they remained healthy. So I decided that healthy meals were basically the way to go. I started spending a lot of time in the kitchen creating interesting and healthy meals. I then noticed that not only did my family start complimenting me but my grocery bill started going down. Then I started to learn how to spend less time in the kitchen still creating the same meals with natural ingredient, having more time for myself and loving it.I wanted to share some of my secrets with you and hope that you will enjoy my delicious recipes and have as much joy as I have had over the years watching my family and friends dig in.

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Meet Rose Brown

Over the years raising a large family, 4 boys and 1 girl I realized I had to take drastic measures to make sure they remained healthy. So I decided that healthy meals were basically the way to go. I started spending a lot of time in the kitchen creating interesting and healthy meals. I then noticed that not only did my family start complimenting me but my grocery bill started going down. Then I started to learn how to spend less time in the kitchen still creating the same meals with natural ingredient, having more time for myself and loving it.

Another point to eating natural home cooked meals is adding less of any type of fat along with your natural spices help to keep your weight in check without having to go to the trouble of regimented costly diet programs.

I wanted to share some of my secrets with you and hope that you will enjoy my delicious recipes and have as much joy as I have had over the years watching my family and friends dig in.

My husband and my children are my best critics, they help me to keep improving.

The way to a mans heart is through his stomach and that goes for your kids too.

So learn to cook meats without adding all that oil or butter. learn to bake breads and rolls in half the time.

Foreword

Will this be the year you get your family to eat out of the palm of your hand? If so you are about to discover how to do this. Need nutritious and easy to prepare meals without added preservatives nor MSG?

Make healthy, tasty breads and desserts without spending long hours in the kitchen?

Benefit:

Children get good start on the road to life. Even when they leave home they will still come for your cooking and take back care packages {mine still do after over 50 yrs.} Educators are recognizing the importance of Back to Basics with our children today, so why not start with what we feed them.

By using natural spices not only do we enhance the flavour of food, we improve the health of our family. For instance garlic, parsley, ginger, thyme and onion all have medicinal properties, but because of not knowing how to blend them, many eat out at an elevated cost.

Added to my recipes are some Jamaican dishes that I know you will also enjoy, prepared with the same natural spices as the rest of the recipes, give them a try, you will be pleasantly surprised.

Apart from having healthy communication with our family there is nothing to top healthy meals.

Lunch box has never been as exciting, healthy muffins, cookies and buns to say the least of squares etc.

Eat desserts without the guilt - GUARANTEED.

Crab Cakes

1 lb. fresh or canned crab meat

Sprinkled with 1 tsp. lemon juice

1 tsp. celery seeds

1 1/4 cups mashed potatoes or Bread crumbs

1 tsp. seasoning salt

1 small onion, grated

1 egg, beaten

1 tsp. garlic powder

1 tsp. dry mustard

1 cup mayo Hot pepper sauce to taste

Mix all ingredients together well and shape into balls of desired size and then flatten. Coat both sides lightly with flour and in a heated pan fry in about 1 tsp. Olive oil turning once. Should be a light brown and crisp. You can serve with Tartar or your favorite sauce.

Crab Appetizers

1 can Crab Meat drained or 1 cup fresh meat

1cup Mozzarella Cheese shredded

1/2 cup Mayonnaise

1/4 tsp. Curry Powder

2 tsp. Lemon juice

1/4 tsp. Salt

Dash hot pepper sauce

1 small Onion grated

1 Baguette sliced on angle in 1/2" slices

Combine all ingredients, and spread on bread slices. Place on cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for about 10 mins. You can sprinkle with Parmesan or Feta cheese.

Cocktail Meatballs

Meat Balls

1 lb. Lean ground beef or turkey

1 tsp. Chopped parsley

1 tsp. thyme leaves

1 egg slightly beaten

1 finely chopped onion

2cloves finely chopped garlic

Salt, pepper and hot sauce to taste

1 cup fine breadcrumbs

1/2 cup milk

Combine all ingredients with meat and shape into small balls. Place single layer into 13x9" baking pan.

Sauce

1/2 cup brown sugar,

1tsp. Dry mustard,

3/4 cup ketchup,

2 tbsp. crushed pineapple

Mix sauce ingredients and brush on balls. Cover and bake at 325 degrees for 25 mins. Open and baste for another 35 mins or till done.

Chicken Wings

2 1/2 to 3 lbs. wings washed 4 cloves garlic

1 tbsp. lemon juice 1 tsp. nutmeg

2 tsp. marmalade 2 onions chopped

1 tbsp. Soya sauce 1 tsp. Dry mustard

1 tbsp. Oyster sauce 2 tsp. Pepper & salt

1/4 cup brown sugar 2 tsp. Thyme or 2 fresh sprigs

1/4 cup ketchup 2 tsp. ginger powder

2 tsp. Italian seasoning Hot pepper sauce to taste

Puree all ingredients in blender

Put wings in roasting pan and pour mixture over them. Cover and marinade at least 2 hours. Roast at 350 degrees for 30 mins. Open and baste frequently till done.

Can be prepared the day before and is great done with Jerk Seasoning.

Sausage Rounds

4 lbs. ground pork

1 lb. ground beef

1 1/2 tbsp. salt non-iodized

2 tsp. pepper

Hot pepper sauce to taste

1 tsp. sage

1/2 tsp. ginger

2 tsp. nutmeg

2 tsp. thyme

1 tbsp. garlic

2 tbsp. white sugar

1/2 cup bread crumbs

1 1/2 cups milk or cream

In large bowl mix all ingredients thoroughly and let rest in fridge for 5