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Farmhouse Frittata Surprise

• 8 eggs, beaten with 1/3 cup grated cheese
• 2 cups (more or less) leftover vegetables
• 1/2 small onion
• salt and pepper

Preheat broiler to medium high and move oven rack to top position. Saute a small onion in butter or olive oil in a large cast iron skillet. (If you don’t have cast iron, saute in whatever pan you use, then transfer everything to an ovenproof dish.) Add your vegetables. Cook on top of the stove for a couple of minutes – just until everything is heated through. Add cooked meat, cubed or shredded cheese, stale bread or leftover pasta at this point. Add eggs. Slide pan into the broiler and set the timer for 3 minutes. Start checking the frittata. You want it nice and brown on the top and set in the middle. If the top starts to get too brown before the middle is done, turn off the broiler, move the pan lower in the oven, and bake at 425 until done.

This comes from the book Baking Bread with Children by Warren Lee Cohen.

Bagels

• 4.5 cups of bread flour (I use a combination of white, whole wheat and 1/2 cup of rye)
• 1 T honey or sugar
• 2 t salt
• 2 t yeast
• 1.5 cups warm water
• 1 egg white
• sesame or poppy seeds to sprinkle on top

Proof yeast with honey. Add flour and salt – knead for 10 minutes. Let rise until doubled. (I make this at night, let the dough start to rise and then stick it in the fridge to rise overnight for hot bagels in the morning.) Divide dough into 12 pieces and shape into small balls. Poke your thumb through the center of the ball, stretch the dough and create rings. Let rise for about 20 minutes. While bagels are rising, boil about 2 quarts of water with 2 T of sugar. Boil bagels for about 30 seconds per side. Place them on baking sheet with cornmeal to prevent from sticking. (I bake them on a baking stone.) Brush with egg white and sprinkle with seeds. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes.

Oh so good.

Pancake Mix

the Mix:

• 1 cup flax seed
• 3 cups oat flour ( I grind 3 cups regular oats in the food processor until it resembles flour)
• 6 cups whole wheat pastry flour (could be spelt or regular white flour)
• 2 Tablespoons baking powder
• 1 Tablespoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt

Then I use 2 cups of the above mix and add:

• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk (or regular milk or whatever your white-liquid alternative is)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 stick butter, melted OR 1/4 cup oil

Paul’s Granola