PestoAndPrayers

hi everyone, i made a zine!! it's a recipe book full of recipes you can make when you don't have the energy to cook much!

i hope this can help you, whether you have adhd or not

if you're anything like me and you don't feel heat like you should, or you live in a normally not-hot area that's currently experiencing a heat wave, and/or you've been sipping plain water for hours and wondering why your throat is still dry and you're inexplicably exhausted, you probably need electrolytes.

in this situation your best line of defense is gatorade or some form of electrolyte tablet or powder. if you like those things, go get those things, this post is over.

BUT maybe you're also like me and you find gatorade unbearably sweet (it also gives me a headache, no idea why), and maybe you can't afford the fancy tablets or powders

if that describes you, I just did the following right here in my kitchen:

grab a big ol thermos/cold cup/giant glass of your choosing (i think mine holds 2 cups of liquid)

throw a pinch of salt in there and dissolve it in a lil bit of warm water

squeeze half a lemon in (or 1-2 tablespoons of store bought lemon juice. or lime, or orange, any citrus works tbh)

add 1-2 tablespoons of real maple syrup OR honey (maple syrup dissolves easier, honey will need a bit more warm water to melt it)

fill the rest with cold water

In highly precise recipes like baking and especially pastry: Eggs should be volumetric.

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If an Australian recipe calls for 6 Large Eggs (52g), and you are in the EU and use eggs marked as Large at the grocery store (63g), you will be putting in 7.27 eggs worth into the recipe.

That's more than an entire extra egg! And if you factor in the ranges from the second image then that could go up to 8.76 eggs!

That's like. A difference of anywhere from 21% to 46% in the amount of egg you're using!

Another comment:

"Twelve hours is a long rise that will lead to the bread collapsing and becoming denser unless you put the dough in the fridge, in which case it will make for better flavor. If you don't have room in the fridge, just let it rise an hour or so, it'll be fine. Then punch it down, shape it into a loaf or a braid or whatever you like, and let it rise another half hour or so before you bake it.

Also, 450 for 45 minutes is too hot for too long, in my oven at least. 400 works fine, and check it after 30 minutes - it should be golden brown and the bottom should sound hollow when tapped.

If you want to make bagels, take this bread dough, let it rise, cut it into eight or twelve portions depending on desired size of final bagel. Roll each portion into a ball, stick your finger through it and stretch it into a bagel ring. Then bring to a boil about 2 quarts of boiling water with about a half cup honey, sugar, or malt powder in it. Put the bagels in two or four at a time, depending on size, and boil them one minute on each side. Then put them onto baking sheets, give them an egg wash if you happen to splurge and have an egg handy, then bake them at 400 for 20 minutes or so.

Soft pretzels can be made pretty much the same way except shape them into pretzel shapes, instead of sugar add a half cup of baking soda to the boiling water, and boil only 30 seconds on each side. Top with pretzel salt if you like."

Fall inspired recipes

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

Baked Apple Empanadas

Chicken and Dumplings

Easy Pasta Fagioli

Buffalo-Style Chicken Pizza

Fall Fruit Salad

Cranberry Apple Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes

Caramel Apple Puppy Chow

Butternut Squash & Sausage Tortellini Soup

Apple Cinnamon Streusel Muffins

Baked Spaghetti

Chili Cheese Stuffed Sweet Potato

Chicken-Fried Steak

Grandma’s Baked Ham Salad Sandwiches

Farmer’s Market Vegetarian Enchiladas

Vegan Sweet Potato Casserole

Crockpot Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Slow Cooker Turkey Meatballs

"Beef" Recipes:

Vegan Tacos

Vegan Bolognese

Seitan Steaks

Vegan Mongolian Beef

Vegan Beef Stew

Loaded Vegan Nachos

Vegan Burger Recipe

Vegan Peppered Beef Stir Fried Noodles