Nachos

Nachos - red peppers, onions, corn melted into grated old cheddar on top of blue corn chips on top of a bed of refried beans (mashed pinto beans, olive oil, fresh garlic, onion powder, and chili powder)

It's very good just like this however you can have any or all of guacamole, salsa, or sour cream on the side.

Fried Leftovers

I found this in the fridge... white potatoes, mushrooms, and onions and I finished it with some chunks of old cheddar. I had it with some nice bread :-)

Another Breakfast Fry

Another Breakfast Fry - Pan fried mushrooms, sweet onions, yellow peppers, and brown rice in olive oil... spiced with some parsley, salt, and pepper and finished with some eggs.

Breakfast Fry

Brown rice, onions, and green peppers fried in a bit of olive oil and finished off with some eggs.

Banana Bread

• 4 large very ripe bananas
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 c melted butter
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup yoghurt
• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1.5 tsp baking soda

1. mash bananas with extreme prejudice
2. beat in yogurt, eggs, sugar, vanilla, and nutmeg
3. gently mix into flour and baking soda
4. a buttered Bundt is best
5. bake at 350F
6. ~45 minutes

Yoghurt

Even using organic milk this yogurt is 1/3 the price of non-organic yogurt. Yea! Thanks for the idea Alice.

Use store bought plain yoghurt as a starter for the first time. I got one that says it has an active culture of Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus. After the first time use the homemade yoghurt as the starter.

1. 4 of 1 litre mason jars in a pot that is shorter than the jars
2. put sticks (i.e. wooden skewers or popsicle sticks) under the jars for thermal separation and to minimize blurping
3. fill with 1% milk
4. fill with water to well below lids
5. bring to 180F (~50 minutes on small burner at high)
6. remove from burner and let sit for 30 minutes
7. carefully flush pot water with increasingly cold tap water
8. let sit until cooled to 115F (~30 minutes)
9. pitch starter at 25ml per litre and stir well
10. put entire pot with water in oven
11. keep at 110F for 6 hours
12. refrigerate immediately 

This yoghurt will last for several weeks if unopened and in the fridge. The $20 remote thermometer works very well!

references:
Food Fermentation Technology‎ - Yogurt
Formation and Physical Properties of Yogurt 
Sensory Quality Aspects of Yoghurt