recipes

Ingredients:

• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup orange juice (pulpy is best) or fruit of one orange
• 1/4 cup milk

And Add These According To Taste (a dash each):

• Orange zest
• Cinammon
• Nutmeg

Whisk with a fork (or a whisk) to get a good mix. Fry in a pan (buttered or non-stick) for a few minutes on each side until browned. For a bonus add more of the spices onto the toast as it fries up in the pan to really bring out those flavors.

To go all out garnish with a slice of orange and some fruit salad in addition to whatever topping you choose.

We made this recipe tonight. It’s delicious.

1 medium eggplant, fresh
1 head spinach or 1 package frozen
1 pkg. lasagna noodles
1 pint cottage cheese (low fat if you prefer)
1 jar Favorite meatless sauce
1 sm. pkg. Mozzarella cheese
Salt and pepper
Several plump tomatoes
Parsley, oregano, etc.

Preparation: Cut eggplant in rounds thinly sliced, lay on paper towels and lightly salt, lay another paper towel on top and continue layering with eggplant rounds, salt, paper towel etc. Place a heavy pan on a cookie sheet on top of stack, let sit for at least 1/2 hour to 2 hours. This makes the eggplant softer and tastier.

Wilt spinach (or defrost spinach) and drain as much water out with a colander as possible).

Cook lasagna noodles until tender. Mix cottage cheese with spinach in a bowl, salt and pepper and season to taste. In a casserole pan, spread a light layer of sauce. Add layer of noodles, layer of eggplant, sauce, layer of cottage cheese, spinach mix, another layer of noodles and repeat process until pan is full or desired height achieved. Top with remaining Mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce and cover evenly with thinly sliced peeled tomatoes. Sprinkle on parsley flakes.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes, until eggplant is soft and has changed a brown color.

Naturally we skipped the spinach part because of the current spinach scare, but spinach seems like a reasonable thing to add next time.

I always buy bananas and forget to eat them, so why not turn brown bananas into a tasty treat!

3 1/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
2 1/3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 cups partly mashed bananas
1/4 cups creme fraiche or sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/3 cups walnuts

Prehead oven to 350. Butter 2 9X5 pans and dust with flour.

Mix together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt into bowl.

Beat together eggs and sugar with electric mixer until thick and pale mixture forms a ribbon when beater is lifted. Mix in bananas, creme fraiche, and vanilla. Fold in flour mixture and walnuts.

Bake for 1 to 1.2 hours!

This is a recipe from Mom Kneser.

Greg’s Tip: when you add in the chocolate chips and caramel into the middle you can also add bacon. Bacon adds a very subtle flavor and a little crispiness. I recommend using bacon that you have cooked fully - highly crispy bacon. Remember: Bacon makes everything better.

Ingredients:

• 14 oz. light caramels (approx. 34)
• 1/3 c. evap. milk
• combine in sauce pan, low heat, melt, set aside

Next:

• 1 pkg German choc. cake mix
• 3/4 c. butter, melted
• 1/3 c. evap milk
• 1 c. chopped walnuts
• mix by hand, it should be thick, press 1/2 batter into 9x13 greased pan; bake 350 degrees, 6 to 7 minutes.

• 1 c. semi sweet choc chips
• sprinkle over semi cooked batter
• drizzle melted caramel over top of the current cake/chocolate chips
• flatten tablespoons of remaining 1/2 batter in hands and place over top

Bake 350 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes. Do not overbake. (Lick your
finger & hit the bottom of the pan in the center. If it sizzles, it’s
done. OR look at the edges of the pan. The batter should be just starting to
pull away from the sides.)

Cut into SMALL pieces, 4 doz or more.

Tips:
1. The caramels are sometimes hard to find because all stores locate them differently. Sometimes they’re across from the vegies, sometimes near the bakery, sometimes near other bulk products. If you don’t locate them, ask where the bulk Brach’s candy is.
2. My original recipe listed step 2 as the first thing to do, but I learned that if you don’t start the caramels melting, they might not be ready to drizzle when the first layer is baked.