Savoury Quick Bread

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Savoury Quick Bread

Ingredients:
500 ml (2 cups) all-purpose flour
50 ml (1/4 cup) cornmeal
12 ml (2 1/2 tsp) baking powder
5 ml (1 tsp) salt
30 ml (2 tbsp) sugar
250 ml (1 cup) sour cream
45 ml (3 tbsp) melted butter
2 eggs
250 ml (1 cup) cooked, mashed potato (unseasoned)
Mix-ins (see fact box)

Preparation:
1. Heat oven to 180 C (350 F). Coat a loaf or muffin pan with cooking spray.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, cornmeal, baking powder, salt and sugar. In another bowl, mix together sour cream, butter, eggs, mashed potato and the mix-ins of your choice. Add potato-sour cream mixture to flour mixture and mix just until combined.

3. For loaf, spread batter into prepared pan. Cook until a wooden skewer inserted at the centre comes out clean, 60 minutes. For muffins, spoon batter into prepared tins and bake 20 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes in pan, then turn out onto a cooling rack. Let loaf cool fully before cutting.

• Emily Richards is a professional home economist, cookbook author and a tv celebrity chef. For more, visit emilyrichardscooks.ca.

Variations
    Southwestern
    125 ml (1/2 cup) diced cooked bacon, 50 ml (1/4 cup) cooked diced green pepper, 125 ml (1/2 cup) cooked diced onion, 15 ml (1 tbsp) diced jalapeno
    Olive-herb
     175 ml (3/4 cup) chopped olives, 125 ml (1/2 cup) grated Parmesan, 30 ml (2 tbsp) chopped capers, 15 ml (1 tbsp) chopped fresh thyme, 15 ml (1 tbsp) chopped fresh rosemary
    Blue  cheese walnut
    50 ml (1/4 cup) diced roasted red pepper, 125 ml (1/2 cup) toasted chopped walnuts, 125 ml (1/2 cup) crumbled blue cheese, 2 ml (1/2 tsp) black pepper

Pear Oatmeal Cookies

1/2 Butter

1 cup brown sugar

1 egg

2 cups rolled oats

1  1/2 cup flour

2 pears chopped

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

granulated sugar

Cream butter with brown sugar until smooth. Beat in remaining ingredients just until combined. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto lightly greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with granulated sugar. Bake in 350 degree oven 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Makes about 4 1/2 dozen.

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2. It's antimicrobial and anti-fungal: Mint has the ability to not only kill the bad bacteria that are in our digestive tract, it also combats the overgrowth of fungus that is present after many of us take prescription antibiotics. Mint is a powerful herb in the prevention and treatment of candida albicans (a common yeast infection).

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4. It may have the potential to kill cancer cells: Mint is in the early stages of research for cancer treatments for its cytotoxic (cell-killing) effect on certain types of cancer cells, because of a specific phytonutrient it contains called perillyl alcohol. It is also a great preventative treatment, as it is packed full of antioxidants.



5. It can relieve common cold and flu symptoms: Inhalation of the essential oil found in mint leaves (through steam or humidifier) has been shown to clear the passages of the nose and throat to aid in the discomfort we experience during a cold or flu. Mint can also aid in the recovery of a cold or flu due to its antimicrobial and anti inflammatory actions.

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