Whole Wheat Date-Nut Bread and a Molasses recipe!

Two recipes!!!! (See the Molasses recipe at the bottom.)

How is your Asylum today? We are half way through the week! We have such an exciting day tomorrow, wish I could give more details, but ya know...SPOILERS!

So, instead lets talk food. Ever wonder about what your favorite characters would eat? My son (LB) was asking if he can read Hunger Games. I got to thinking about the different foods for each District. I ran across this one and thought it would be perfect.

I did cheat and use my bread maker! Just use the setting you would for raisin bread.

Whole Wheat Date-Nut Bread
Makes 1 (9-inch) loaf

Ingredients
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
3/4 cup chopped dates
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup molasses

Preparation
Prep: 15 Minutes
Bake: 1 Hour, 15 Minutes

Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl; make a well in center of mixture.

Dissolve baking soda in milk; stir in molasses. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Spoon into a greased and floured 9- x 5-inch loafpan.

Bake at 325° for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan, and cool on a wire rack.

Whole Wheat Raisin-Nut Bread: Substitute 3/4 cup raisins for 3/4 cup chopped dates; proceed as directed.

Whole Wheat Nut Bread: Omit chopped dates; proceed as directed.

Diane E. Onachila, Hendersonville, North Carolina
SEPTEMBER 2004 Country Living

Don't keep Molasses in your cupboard, no problem!

Replace one cup of molasses with one of the following:

1 cup dark corn syrup, honey or maple syrup
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar, plus 1/4 cup water
Note: These substitutions may alter the taste of your recipe a bit. If the molasses flavor is vital to the success of your recipe, try the brown sugar substitute.

Rice and Raisins

So my Spicy Mom brought it to my atention a while ago, that we don't have a lot of recipes that she can get the ingredients for in her small town grocery store. So I thought I would try to pull out some oldies but goodies that she used to make me.

First up is a quick dish that she used to make me for any meal and use up the leftover rice. I tend to make extra rice just so I can eat this over the next couple days.

Rice and Raisins
Cooked rice (1-2 cups per serving)
Raisins
Cinnamon
Sugar
Milk

Everything is to your taste.  Put everything in a microwave bowl and heat until it is warm. Eat up! It is filling and great on a cold winter day!