Cannabis Recipes

Cannabis butter, or ghee, is probably the best way to get the THC from the pot into the food without mixing the buds directly in (which has its own advantages and disadvantages).

Melt a pound of butter in a pan. Mix in an ounce or two of thoroughly sifted pot (buds or shake) letting the mixture boil carefully ten minutes, or so, until the butter has gotten a green color from the cannabis. Strain the mixture to get as much of the butter as possible. If you don't want any leaves in the butter, you can strain it through some muslin. A problem with this is that you lose some butter in the muslin. If you want you can use the left-over leave mixture in some other food (although it will have certainly lost its kick).

A simpler and stronger version of the cannabis butter is to mix melted butter with hashish or hash oil instead of pot. It is not necessary to fry this as long as using pot. Just warm it up, mixing until the hash or hash oil is dissolved in the butter.

• 3 ripe Avocados
• 1/2 cup chopped Onions
• 2 tsp Chili Powder
• 3 tbs Wine Vinegar
• 1/2 cup finely chopped Marijuana

Mix the vinegar, marijuana, and chili powder together and let the mixture stand for one hour. Then add avocados and onions and mash it all together. It can be served with tacos or as a dip.

In a saucepan, melt 1/4 cup of cannabis butter. When it is melted and starting to sizzle, add 8 ounces of vodka. Be cautious that the hot butter does not make the mixture spatter. It is best to pour in the vodka swiftly. Continue boiling for 30 seconds or more, stirring all the while. A pinch or two of powdered cardamom seed may be added during the boiling. Sweeten to taste with honey if desired and/or add milk. Pour the liquid into shot-glasses or 4 oz. wine glasses. Serves two.

• 2 cups Water
• 1/2 cup Cannabis Butter
• 4 cups warm Milk
• 2 tbs finely chopped Almonds
• 1/4 tsp Garam Masala (cloves, cinnamon, and cardamom)
• 1/2 tsp finely chopped fresh Ginger
• 1/4 cup Honey

Melt the Cannabis Butter in a 2 qt saucepan. Stir in milk until mixture reaches boiling. Stir in honey continuing to mix, then almonds, garam masala, ginger, and water. Bring to a boil. Cover the saucepan and turn off the heat. Let sit for 10 minutes. Pour into mugs letting almond residue stay in the bottom of the pan.

• 1 box Brownie Mix
• 1/2 oz. Marijuana Buds
• 1/2 cup Butter
• 2 Eggs

Actually, this one is pretty easy. Just follow the directions on the box of Brownie Mix. Instead of using vegetable oil, use butter, following the directions for Cannabis Butter, the difference being that for the brownies we will mix in both the butter AND the Cannabis. Let cool and enjoy.

Caution: Don't eat the brownies too fast, or you will find yourself seriously messed up. Take it easy and eat one or two. Wait an hour before eating more.

• 1/2 oz. Marijuana (finely chopped)
• 1/2 cup Butter
• 1 1/4 cup Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 2 Bananas (ripe ones)
• 1/3 cup Milk
• 2 tsp Vanilla
• 2 cups Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Soda

Preheat oven to 350 F

Follow the directions for Cannabis Butter except that you leave in the Cannabis. Cream Cannabis Butter and sugar. Add eggs. Beat it all well. Mash up the bananas. Stir them into the bowl. Mix milk and vanilla in a cup. Sift the flour and baking soda in a separate bowl. Add flour and milk to the butter bowl. Mix it all well. Spread evenly in a greased bread tin. Bake it for 1 hour, or until you can stick a toothpick in the middle, and it comes out clean.

Let cool. Slice and butter. Mmmm...

Try adding 1 heaping tablespoon of manicured, cleaned, finely chopped buds to your breakfast cereal (2 works better), add milk and sugar like normal, and voila. It works, stays with you, and is different!

• 4 Apples (cored)
• 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
• 1/4 cup Water
• 4 Cherries
• 1/3 cup chopped Marijuana
• 2 tbs Cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 F

Mix Marijuana with sugar, water, and most of the cinnamon. Stuff cores with this paste, sprinkle apples with remaining cinnamon, and top with a cherry. Bake for 1/2 an hour.

• 3/4 cup Cannabis Butter
• 3/4 cup Brown Sugar
• 3/4 cup White Sugar
• 2 tsp Vanilla
• 2 Eggs
• 2 1/2 cups Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 tsp Salt
• 8 oz Chocolate Chips
• 3/4 cup Chopped Walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 F

Mix the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt) in a large bowl. Mix the wet ingredients (brown sugar, white sugar, cannabis butter, vanilla, and eggs) in a separate bowl. Mix the wet and dry ingredients together. Fold chocolate chips and walnuts into the cookie batter. You should be able to make cookie balls without the batter sticking to your hands too much. If the batter is too sticky, then mix in some more flour until the batter is fairly hard to mix. Roll the batter into 1 inch balls, placing 12-25 balls per cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. I like my cookies chewy and bake for 7 minutes. Find out what works best for you. While one cookie sheet is baking, get the next one ready. Scoop cookies off cookie sheet, taking care not to break them, and place on a cooling rack. I always double this recipe cause the cookies are sure to get scarfed down fast. Heed the same warning as with Pot Brownies!

Actually, sometimes the best way to eat buds is just straight up. I know that I always eat the stems while I clean pot. A rule of thumb is that good pot tastes good. Of course, if it's good, it may taste kind of intense and get stuck in your teeth. But, it will give you a good sense of the bud that you have. And, like all the recipes above, the buzz is slow to hit and long to last.