Dorothy’s Barley casserole 1 cup pearl or pot barley 2 cups sliced button mushrooms 1 cup chopped onion 1 litre chicken broth ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp pepper


2 tbsp butter or canola oil Preheat oven to 350 F. Sauté onions


and mushrooms in butter until soft. Add barley and sauté until slightly brown. Empty all into a three-litre casserole dish and add the chicken broth, salt and pep- per. Cover and bake for one hour until barley is cooked and somewhat chewy. Variations


You can add ¼ cup of chopped pars-


ley to the finished product. This is a very versatile dish that can be dressed up with other herbs such as chives, garlic, basil, rosemary or basil. Or try adding a handful of dried cranberries to the final product.


JL’s granola Recipe by Joan Cohen 4 cups oats


(quick cooking – about 3 minutes) ¾ cup canola oil ¾ cup brown sugar ½ cup chopped walnuts ½ cup raw pumpkin seeds ½ cup dried cranberries 1 cup bran buds


(e.g. Kellogg’s with psyllium) ¼ - ½ tsp ginger ¼ tsp cinnamon


Mix canola and brown sugar in pan


and place on low heat to dissolve sugar. Stir. Measure two cups of oats into mix- ing bowl and stir in sugar-canola mixture. In separate bowl combine the other dry ingredients, excluding remaining oats, and add to mixing bowl, stirring in. Add remaining oats and combine. Place in two medium sized pans (ap-


proximately 5½ x 9 inches). Bake at mid- level in 325 F oven for 35 minutes, stir- ring once.


Kutia Recipe by Kathryn Daviduk


1 cup of pearled wheat 6 cups of water 1 cup of honey ½ cup poppy seed


½ chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans) Pinch of salt Pick out any foreign objects from the


wheat and wash well. Place in heavy pot. Add water and soak over night. Do not drain. Bring to a boil and scoop off scum. Turn to low and simmer till kernels burst open and white appears. Stir occasionally and add water if necessary. Grind poppy seed, chop nuts. Add a cup of boiled wa- ter mixed with the honey till desired taste. Add poppy seed. Sprinkle with nuts and coconut.


Kutia is usually served at Christmas


in the Ukraine but can be eaten any- time of year. In the Ukraine, at Christ- mas (which is in January) they would throw a bowl of Kutia up in the air. If it stuck to the ceiling, it was going to be a good year.


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