Exotic Yogurt Muffins

Muffins:
2 six-ounce cartons Rachel’s Exotic Mango-Pineapple-Passion Fruit Yogurt
1 egg
½ cup canola oil
2/3 cups brown sugar
1 cup crushed canned pineapple

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda

Glaze:
1 six-ounce carton Rachel’s Exotic Mango-Pineapple-Passion Fruit Yogurt
2/3 cup brown sugar

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Butter/grease muffin pan.
Mix egg and 2 cartons yogurt in a mixing bowl. Add brown sugar, pineapple, and oil, and mix until combined.

Sift dry ingredients and add to wet mixture, stirring to combine. Do not overstir!

Fill 12 muffin cups with batter and bake for 15-18 minutes.

Prepare glaze by mixing yogurt and brown sugar. Drizzle over the top of warm muffins. Sprinkle generously with brown sugar.

Lotsa Love,
Dian

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Blueberry Pound Cake with Delicious Dipping Sauce

Cake
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 6-ounce carton Rachel’s Vanilla Chai Yogurt
1 ¼ cups sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ cup canola oil

Dipping Sauce
1 cup blueberries
4 tablespoons sugar
1 6-ounce carton Rachel’s Vanilla Chai Yogurt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a loaf pan.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a separate bowl, mix together 2 cartons yogurt, sugar, eggs and vanilla until just combined. Pour over dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Gently stir in 1 cup blueberries. Do not overbeat.

Pour into a loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

While cake is cooling, dump 1 cup blueberries into a small saucepan. Add 4 tablespoons sugar and 1 tablespoon water, and stir together. Over low heat, cook mixture until syrupy, about five minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 1 carton yogurt.

Eat sliced cake with dipping sauce and a cup of coffee. Close your eyes and feel really, really happy. Repeat as needed.

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Patsy’s Chicken Salad

Combine the following:
1 roasted chicken, deboned and cut or pulled into small bite-size chunks
1 – 1 ½ cups dried cranberries
½ - 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
2 tablespoons poppy seeds

Mix:
½ cup plain yogurt
½ cup sour cream
½ cup mayonnaise

Combine with chicken mixture, place in storage container and refrigerate.

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PW’s Pumpkin Cake with Whiskey Whipped Cream

1 cup golden raisins
1 cup whiskey (optional)
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 stick of softened butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 1/4 cup plain, unflavored yogurt
1 cup canned or fresh pumpkin puree

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Spray 9 x 13 inch pan with baking spray. Combine whiskey and raisins in a bowl and allow to soak for awhile.
Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Set aside.
Add butter to a mixing bowl and beat. Add sugar and beat. Add in eggs 1 at a time, beating after each egg.
Add yogurt and pumpkin and mix gently until just combined.
Add flour mixture in increments, beating until just combined.
Drain raisins and stir in by hand.
Pour batter into pan and bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until set. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.

When cake is cool, make Whiskey Whipped Cream:

1 cup heavy cream, very cold
2 to 3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons whiskey

Combine ingredients and begin mixing immediately on high speed until stiff, about 4 minutes. Spoon over cooled cake.

Eat extra cream with a spoon, if desired. I won’t tell anyone.

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Indian Grilled Chicken Marinated in Milk/yogurt

Chicken pieces (whatever kind your family eats)- must have the bone and skin still on.
Plain yogurt
2% Milk
Garam Masala spice
Kosher Salt
Black Pepper
Marinate chicken OVERNIGHT in a mixture of all ingredients.

Heat grill to around 300-400
Place chicken skin down on grill and bake for until internal temp is 140.
Flip chicken over and continue to bake until chicken has reached 165 F for at least 4 minutes.
Remove from grill and let it "rest" for at least 3 minutes.

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Savory Bread and Butter Pudding

6 slices stale bread, quartered
4 pieces bacon, roughly chopped (or ham or other meat, or no meat if you're a vegetarian)
2 tomatoes, halved and thickly sliced
Small bunch of silver beet/chard/spinach, roughly chopped
1 cup grated or crumbled cheese — cheddar, feta, blue, whatever floats your boat
8 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup yogurt, plain
Salt & Pepper
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease baking dish
Fry bacon 'til crisp
Scatter bread around dish
Intersperse bacon, tomato, and greens amongst bread
Whisk eggs, yogurt, milk, cheese, Dijon, and salt and pepper together and pour everything over the bread, making sure everything gets covered.

Bake for 30-40 minutes until custard is set.

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The Awesome-est Blueberry Muffins

3 cups minus 2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
Heavy pinch of salt
Dash of Nutmeg
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1 generous cup plain, unflavored yogurt (throw in extra if you want)
2 cups fresh blueberries
Vanilla Extract
Softened Butter, for muffin tins
Turbinado sugar (optional)

Preheat oven to 385 degrees.

In a large bowl sift flour, baking soda, nutmeg, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

In another large bowl whisk together sugar, oil, cap-ful of vanilla, egg, and yogurt. Add the dry ingredients and stir to a count of 10.

Add blueberries, reserving 1/2 cup, to mixture and stir 3 times.

Add mixture to well-buttered muffin pans. Sprinkle remaining berries on top and press down lightly. Sprinkle turbinado sugar over top. (Brown sugar can be used instead.)

Bake 20 to 25 minutes and allow to cool completely.

Yogurt-Blueberry Sauce:

In small saucepan over medium-low heat, stir together 1 cup frozen or fresh blueberries (if using fresh, add 2 tsp water) and 1 tsp sugar. Cook until berries pop and liquid begins to thicken. Dump in heaping 1/4 cup plain yogurt and stir to combine. Drizzle on muffins.

Enjoy!

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Yogurt-Marmalade Cake

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 heaping cup of plain, lowfat yogurt
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
Zest of 1 lemon
1/2 cup Canola oil
1/2 cup prepared orange marmalade
1/4 cup yogurt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray loaf pan with nonstick baking spray (or grease and flour it if it makes your skirt fly up.) Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a separate bowl, mix together yogurt, sugar, eggs, vanilla, lemon zest, and canola oil until just combined. Pour over dry ingredients and mix until just combined; do not overbeat. Pour into loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes. Remove and allow to cool slightly. Remove from pan. While cake is cooling, pour marmalade into pan. Heat until melted, stirring occasionally. Add yogurt to pan and turn off heat. Stir to combine, then pour slowly over the top of the cake, allowing icing to pool around the sides.

Eat. Groan. Repeat.

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