683 brown and with optional Recipes

brown lentils, vegetable broth, diced onion, chopped red bell peppers (optional) or 1 cup green bell pepper (optional), shredded monterey jack cheese, red pepper flakes, salt

flour tortillas, eggs, beaten, onion, chopped fine, bell pepper, chopped fine, potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1/4 inch cubes (hint - use your food processor and just shred them!), browned sausage (optional) or browned bacon (optional) or browned chicken (optional) or browned turkey (optional), shredded cheese (optional), butter (optional)

boneless skinless chicken breasts or 1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized chunks, unsalted butter, ketjap manis (indonesian sweet & thick soy sauce), diet cherry coke (optional cherry coke or cherry pepsi), splenda brown sugar blend (optional brown sugar or palm sugar), rice vinegar, ground ginger, salt, black pepper, liquid smoke

gelatin (can use a smidge less for a softer set), splenda granular or 2 tbsp white sugar, boiling fruit juice (apple juice is a great neutral flavor), cold fruit juice (any but real pineapple & kiwi), mixed fruit , in fruit juice (or canned fruit of your choice), fresh fruit, cleaned and small-chunked can be substituted for canned. (do not use kiwi or pineapple because those fruits contain enzymes that prevent the gelatin from gel) (optional), lemon juice (for keeping fresh cut fruit from browning..can also use commercial product like (fruit-fresh, option) (optional) or 1 -2 tbsp orange juice (for keeping fresh cut fruit from browning..can also use commercial product like (fruit-fresh) (optional), we like the extreme colors ) (optional)

vegetable shortening (i prefer crisco ), light brown sugar, milk, vanilla, extra large egg, all-purpose flour (unsifted), salt, baking soda, real semi-sweet chocolate chips, coarsely chopped english walnuts (optional) or 1 cup butter nuts (optional) or 1 cup pecans (optional) or 1 cup black walnuts (optional) or 1 cup similar nuts (optional) or 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

quick oats, milk, egg, cottage cheese, berries (optional) or 1/2 cup mashed bananas (optional) or 1/2 cup raisins (optional) or 1/2 cup canned pumpkin (optional) or 1/2 cup chopped fruit (optional), sugar (brown is nice instead, and splenda works too to keep it healthy), cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, sliced almonds (optional) or 2 tbsp chopped pecans (optional) or 2 tbsp chopped walnuts (optional)

chicken thighs, skin on and bone in are ok, coconut oil or 1 tbsp other cooking oil, onion, diced, curry powder, dried thyme, grain brown rice, coconut milk, chicken broth (or 2 cups and water), black beans or 1 (15 oz) can dark red kidney beans, rinsed and drained, salt and black pepper, frozen spinach, thawed (optional) or 1 cup fresh spinach (optional) or 1/2 cup broccoli florets (optional) or 1/2 cup green beans (optional) or 1/2 cup frozen mixed vegetables (optional)

butter, softened, shortening, brown sugar , packed, sugar, baking soda, eggs, vanilla, flour, coarsely chopped semisweet chocolate, chopped walnuts (filberts, optional, optional) (optional) or 1 cup pecans (filberts, optional, optional) (optional) or 1 cup hazelnuts (filberts) (optional)

butter, room temperature, brown sugar, honey, egg, water, whole wheat flour (all-purpose is good too), salt, baking soda, rolled oats (aka oatmeal), chopped dates (optional) or figs (optional) or raisins (optional) or currants (optional) or chocolate chips (optional) or chopped nuts, etc (optional)

chicken or 3 -4 lbs beef, pieces, garlic cloves, finely chopped (garlic powder does not work for this recipe because it burns and turns bitter), salt (more or less to taste as ingredients like worcestershire sauce, and maggi cube contain salt.), oil, brown sugar, grain rice (not instant ), cooked pigeon peas, sweet pepper, water , and, maggi chicken cubes or 1 chicken stock or 1 beef stock, hot pepper sauce (do not use tabasco sauce. any hot or mild caribbean pepper sauce is fine., optional) (optional) or 1/2 chopped seeded scotch bonnet pepper (do not use tabasco sauce. any hot or mild caribbean pepper sauce is fine.) (optional), golden ray cooking margarine (optional), coconut milk (optional) or 1 cup water, angostura bitters, worcestershire sauce, fresh chives, fresh spanish thyme, fresh french thyme, fresh culantro (substitute 2 bunches cilantro), pimento pepper (seeded ), stalks west indian celery & leaves (local celery is different from american variety)

cooked steak, hash browns (simply potatoes), eggs, beaten, onion, diced, green pepper, diced, tortillas (optional) or cheese (optional) or avocados (optional) or salsa (optional) or sour cream, etc (optional)

brown sugar, cornstarch, salt, crushed pineapple, mustard, honey, lemon juice, crushed clove (optional, if not on ham ), raisins (optional)

brown sugar, butter, softened, egg, egg white, nonfat milk, unsweetened applesauce, molasses, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour (about 4 1/2 oz), oat bran, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon, coarsely chopped peeled granny smith apple, turbinado sugar (optional) or 2 tsp cinnamon sugar (optional)

vegetable oil, chopped onion, chopped bell pepper, frozen corn kernels, chile, minced (optional), ground cumin, ground coriander, cooked brown rice, black beans, drained, salsa, chili powder, salt and pepper, shredded cheese (to garnish ) (optional) or sour cream (to garnish) (optional) or cilantro (to garnish, optional) (optional) or scallion (to garnish) (optional)

boneless round steak or 1 lb stewing beef, cut into bite sized pieces, garlic powder, ground ginger, onion powder, frozen broccoli florets (or frozen cut broccoli, the florets just look nicer), soy sauce (i prefer lite , less salty), cornstarch, water, rice vinegar, brown sugar, vegetable oil (whatever you have or prefer) or 1 tbsp sesame (whatever you have or prefer) or 1 tbsp peanut oil (whatever you have or prefer), shredded carrots (optional) or 1/2 cup sliced sweet red peppers (optional) or 1/2 tsp ground red pepper (optional) or 1 tbsp sesame seeds (optional) or 1/4 cup peanuts (optional)

ducklings (1 bird, drawn weight), soy sauce, peanut oil, canned purple plums, pitted, skinned, and mashed (syrup liquid reserved to equal 1/2 cup), fresh ginger, chopped green onion top, garlic clove, mashed, plum sauce (optional, original recipe called for chinese sweet sauce ) or 2 tbsp chinese duck sauce (optional, original recipe called for chinese sweet sauce ) or 2 tbsp brown sugar (optional, original recipe called for chinese sweet sauce ), salt, cornstarch, plum juice

light rum, dark rum, raw brown sugar or 2 lbs dark brown sugar, whole vanilla beans, dozen oranges, dozen lemons, limes, grapefruits, bananas (ripe ), pineapple (ripe ), dry white wine, chilled, orange , slices (for decoration) (optional), lemon , slices (for decoration) (optional), lime , slices (for decoration) (optional)

butter, honey, whipping cream, brown sugar, vanilla extract, almonds, finely chopped and (toasted or untoasted, optional) (optional) or 1 cup shredded coconut (toasted or untoasted) (optional)