Pound Cake w/Raisins

Note: I do not like my cakes too sweet, so I barely put any in this recipe, if this is not enough for you, by all means adjust it to your liking

Ingredients:

2 cups Cake flour

1 tsp. baking Soda

3 eggs

1 tsp Vanilla extract

1 stick butter

1/4 cup sugar

Prep:

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl thoroughly using a fork

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees

Butter and lightly flour a cake pan in preparation

Check the picture below to see what kind of pan i used

Pour the mixture into the pan

Sprinkle Raisins on top

Place pan in the bottom third of oven

Bake for just over 30 minutes

Check the cake to see if cooked through by sticking any utensil or toothpick down into the middle, if it comes up clean, its cooked through, if there is gunk on it, its not.

enjoy!

Chilli Beef Stir Fry

Ingredients for marinating:

1/2 lb. lean beef sliced into thin pieces

1/2 tsp. ginger paste

1/2 tsp. garlic paste

2 tbsp. yogurt (preferably greek)

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. pepper

1 tsp. oil

Ingredients:

Assorted sliced vegetables (bell peppers, mushrooms, onions, broccoli etc.)

peanut sauce

chilli sauce

soy sauce

Prep:

Marinate the beef in the other ingredients (except for the veggies) for an hour or so

Saute in 1 tbsp. olive oil in a wok style dish

when halfway through - add the chilli sauce to taste

keep sauteing to desired "done-ness"

Saute veggies in a separate wok with a splash of olive oil

when slightly tender add the soy sauce to taste

add some peanut sauce, don't over-do this, it can get too sweet

When the veggies are sauteed to perfection, add the beef

Serve with plain white rice

enjoy!

My beef in mid-stir fry with chilli sauce

 

My assortment of veggies (you can buy pre-cut at whole foods)

 The final product :)