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Lentil kale salad

Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil over high heat and boil 1.5 cups black beluga or French green lentils  Until al dente - check after 15 minutes  Make the flavored oil.  On low heat 0.5 cups olive oil add. 3 scallions, sliced  4 smashes cloves of garlic as many large pieces of peel as you can get from 1 lemon once lemon peel starts to curl add  0.5 cups chopped raw almonds cook on low heat 5 minutes, ideally almonds will brown some but sometimes my pan is too crowded. Take off heat and immediately add 1 Tbsp. cumin seeds  0.5 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes Assemble salad  1 head Tuscan kale, leaves stripped from stems  Massage kale with salt until wilted, 2-4 minutes.  dress kale with  flavored olive oil, above juice of 1 lemon add to kale 5-10 oz of crumbled feta 1 cup pitted olives and combine Finally add  warm lentils, above toss again and serve with lentils still warm This is a pretty l...

Molasses Cookies (from Lorraine)

Given with no instructions so I guess cream above the line, mix below the line and add together.   0.75 cup crisco 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg 0.25 cup molasses  ------------ 2 cup flour  2 tsp  baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon 0.5 tsp cloves 0.5 tsp ginger  roll in sugar and cinnamon 375F 8-10 minutes 

Sugar cookies

This is the recipe Lorraine used for sugar cookies  mix  1 cup butter 1.5 cups confectioner's sugar  1 egg 1 tsp vanilla 0.5 tsp almond extract add in 2.5 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cream of tartar  If you are not going to frost you can sprinkle with granulated sugar  Bake at 375F for 7-8 minutes Original instructions are to chill dough for 2-3 hrs but bon appetit says to roll it out between two sheets of parchment paper and chill flat in the fridge on a cookie sheet , stacking rolled out dough. Make sure your cookie sheet fits in the fridge 

Pine nut cookies (lorraine)

 Pine nut cookies 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup confectioners sugar 1/4 cup flour 1/8 tsp salt  1 can (8 oz) almond paste 2 egg whites, slightly beaten 1 jar pignolis preheat oven to 300F, lightly grease 2 cookie sheets mix dry ingredients in a medium bowl break up almond paste with a wooden spoon and loosen with the egg whites put 1 tsp into your finger, squish into the plate of nuts and put on the cookie sheet 2" apart bake for 20-25min remove to wire rack and sprinkle with confectioners sugar