Apple Crisp

1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cups flour
3/4 cups oats
2 tsp cinnamon
5-6 medium apples, peeled, cored and sliced

  1. Cream together the butter, sugar, flour, oats and cinnamon until crumbly.
  2. Place the apples in an un-greased 8” X 8” pan. Sprinkle the mixture over the apples. Pat it in with your hands.
  3. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

Suggestions:
Serve this hot out of the oven with vanilla ice cream or milk.

Apple Bavarian Torte

Crust:
1/3 cup margarine
1/3 cup sugar
½ tsp salt
1 cup flour

Filling:
1 (8 ounce) pkg cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
½ tsp vanilla
1 egg

Topping:
4 cups sliced apples
3 Tbsp water
1 tsp cinnamon

Crumble:
3 Tbsp butter
1/3 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
¼ cup sliced almonds

  1. Combine ingredients for the crust and press into the bottom of an 8×8 pan.
  2. Cream ingredients for the filling until smooth and spread over crust.
  3. Place ingredients for the topping in a saucepan and cook over low heat until apples are just slightly tender. Spread over filling.
  4. Combine butter, flour and sugar for the crumble and sprinkle evenly on top. Sprinkle almonds over that.
  5. Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes. Decrease to 375 degrees and bake for 40 minutes, until golden brown.

Zucchini Muffins

Makes two dozen.

3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
3 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp baking powder

3 eggs

2 cups sugar
3 tsp vanilla
1 cup oil

3 cups grated zucchini

½ cup walnuts or pecans (optional)

  1. Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl.
  2. Beat eggs until light and fluffy, in another bowl. Add sugar, vanilla and oil. Stir in zucchini and nuts.
  3. Stir zucchini mixture into the dry ingredients. Fill greased muffin tins.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes.

Suggestion:
For chocolate zucchini muffins, add ½ cup cocoa to the dry ingredients in step 1.

Apple Cinnamon Crepes

Crepes:
1 ½ cups milk
3 eggs
1 cup flour
1 Tbsp oil
4 tsp butter

Crepe Filling:
Apples, peeled/sliced (about five)
Butter (2 Tbsp.)
Sugar (to taste)
Cinnamon (to taste)

Vanilla yogurt

Grated cheddar cheese

  1. Blend eggs and milk with an electric beater.
  2. Add flour and oil and mix until smooth.
  3. Heat frying pan to medium-high heat. Grease lightly with a little butter. Stir batter, then pour 2-3 Tbsp of batter all at once into the pan, swiftly tilting pan in all directions so batter flows over entire surface. After about 30-40 seconds (when surface looks slightly dry), flip the crepe. Cook for about 20 seconds longer.
  4. Fry apples in butter (leave slightly firm). Add sugar and cinnamon.
  5. To serve, place crepe on plate, top with apple filling, sprinkle cheese on top, add yogurt and wrap up.

Makes about 10 crepes.

Carrot Orange Muffins

½ cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar* (original recipe had 2 cups)
2 eggs
1 cup carrots, grated
1 orange, peeled, then grated
2 cups whole wheat flour (can substitute all purpose)
½ tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
½ cup walnuts or pecans (optional)

  1. Mix together the oil, sugar and eggs. Then stir in the carrots and orange.
  2. Mix together in another bowl the flour, soda, powder and salt. Stir the wet and dry ingredients together. Stir in the nuts last.
  3. Pour into greased muffin tins.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Makes 1 dozen.

* For a sugar-free option, you can replace the sugar with 1 cup of honey, or 2 cups of pureed dates.

If you have a food processor, just grate the carrots in there, and then puree the orange afterwards to save on dishes.

Pumpkin Spice Muffins

1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
2 tsp ground allspice
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground ginger

1 cup canned pumpkin puree (not pie filling)
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup water (approx.), divided
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

1. In a small bowl, combine all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, allspice, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together pumpkin, brown sugar oil. Whisk in eggs, vanilla and half of the water. Fold in flour mixture (do not overmix). If batter is too thick, stir in the remaining water, a little at a time. Fold in pecans.

3. Spoon batter into a lined muffin tin.

4. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until top is firm to the touch and a tester comes out clean. Makes 12 muffins.

Egg McMuffins

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12 English muffins
12 eggs
12 slices bacon (or bacon rounds), cooked
12 slices cheese (I prefer regular cheese, but you can use processed, or just leave the cheese off)

1. Grease a muffin tin with butter or bacon fat. Crack

one egg into each muffin cup. Break the yoke with a fork. Bake eggs at 350 for 20-25 minutes, until set.

2. While the eggs bake, slice the English muffins in half.

3. Toast the muffins under broil for 2-4 minutes. (This step is optional.)

4. Lay out all the muffins on the counter. On each one, add a slice of bacon, an egg, and the cheese. Put the top on the muffin. Wrap in tin foil or saran wrap.

5. These can be stored in the fridge if you’re eating them within a couple days. Otherwise, freeze them.

6. To reheat (thawed) muffins, remove wrapping, wrap in a paper towel, and microwave on 50% heat for one minute.

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Lentil Salsa


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2 (19 oz) cans lentils

1 (10 oz) can corn

1 (pint) container cherry tomatoes, cut in quarters

1 ½ cups feta

4-6 green onions, chopped

4 cloves garlic, minced

½ cup parsley, chopped

1 tsp dried oregano

½ tsp cumin

Juice of 2 lemons

5 Tbsp olive oil

  1. Drain the canned ingredients. (Rinse to reduce sodium.)
  2. Combine ingredients. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
  3. Serve with Tostitos.

Homemade Hamburgers

1 tsp oil (for frying)
1 small onion, diced small
2 garlic cloves, diced small
1 lb lean ground beef
1 egg
2 tps Dijon mustard
1 tsp Montreal steak spice
½ tsp Worcestershire sauce

  1. Fry the onion in the oil over medium heat for a couple minutes until soft. Add the garlic and fry for another minute or so.
  2. Mix all the ingredients (onion/garlic, hamburger, egg and spices) together in a bowl.
  3. Using your hands, make sure the mixture is well mixed. Form into four patties about ½ inch thick.
  4. Place patties on a greased grill over medium-high heat. Close lid and cook, turning patties once, for about 10 minutes or until no longer pink inside. (They’ll be less likely to stick to the grill if they’re chilled first.)

If you’re making these ahead, they can be refrigerated for up to six hours. Or layer them between waxed paper in an airtight contain and freeze. They can be cooked from frozen.