Sea of Green Life

My newest love: Brownie in a mug. The first recipe I found included cocoa powder and sugar. But I was out or c. powder. So I searched to see it was possible to make it with hot cocoa powder. No credit here, GV was in the cupboards insisting we could use it because it said "cocoa." Anyway I did find a recipe that used 2pkg of Swiss Miss and other stuff. I dind't have the packets so I combined the two recipes together and ended up with: 6 TB of cocoa mix (or 2 TB cocoa and 4 TB sugar) 3 TB flour 1 TB butter/oil 1 egg splash of vanilla Microwave for 1 min and test with tooth pick. Add 10 sec. intervals as needed. YUM and FAST! It was good. Not amazing. But definately worth five minutes. I will continue to experiment with substitutions to cut out the sugar and replace with honey or agave. The sugar gives me a headache. Enjoy! Went very well mixed in a vanilla milk shake.

Along with much of the nation and world, I'm making plans for 2014. It is by chance though, that I chose today to start blogging again. I've been thinking through the holiday season "I wish there was a site for that." Well now there will be. I will be posting all the substitutions that I use for foods on here. Find a recipe you love, and make it! You don't need all the ingredients listed. Most things can be substituted without much difference in flavor or consistency. Examples: Honey for sugar and sugar for honey. Yes flours are basically interchangable. Make your own evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk in a flash. Homemade baking powder with no cornstarch.