Sunday, January 8, 2012

GREEK YOGURT SNACK

1 Small Greek Yogurt
Honey
Toasted Walnuts, chopped

Take the walnuts and toast in the oven. Do not let scorch. Let cool and chop. Put the yogurt in a small dish and drizzle some honey over it and then add the chopped walnuts. A very fast and good snack.

BRINGING OUT BANANA FLAVOR

Did you know that if you put just a tiny pinch of salt on a piece of sliced banana, it will bring out more of the banana flavor. Just like putting a pinch of salt in sweet rice for breakfast will also bring out more flavor of the rice. My sister-in-law was making sweet rice, (which is just cooked rice with some butter and sugar added to it after it is cooked) ,and serve with hot biscuits for lunch or breakfast and my mother-in-law wanted to know if she had added some salt to the rice. What for, it brings out the flavor of the rice more. Never to old to learn something. If you will notice most of the time now in tv they add a small pinch of salt to cookies, cakes and sometimes candy. But don't use a lot or they will be to salty. Brings out flavor.
I know when my mom always made breakfast gravy she would put a pinch of sugar in her gravy with the salt.

YOGURT CHOCOLATE SUNDIES

1 Small Vanilla or plain Yogurt, frozen
1 Plank of the  Low-fat Graham Crackers, crushed
1/4 Cup Sugar-Free Chocolate Syrup
Marshmallow Fluff

In a glass sundie dish sprinkls some crushed graham crackers on the bottom of it. Next put some of the frozen yogurt and then add more crushed graham crackers over the yogurt. Pour some sugar-free syrup over the top of this and then can add a little marshmallow fluff to the top.

CARROT AND CREAM CHEESE SANDWICH

1/2 Block Cream Cheese, or Pineapple Flavored Cream Cheese in Tub
2 Slices Sour Dough or Thick Sliced Bread
Shredded Carrots
Dried Cranberries
Raisins
Toasted Sunflower Seeds

Put the cream cheese on both slices of bread. In a bowl mix the carrots, dried cranberries and raisins and sunflower seeds together. Spread on cream cheese and put the other piece of bread on top. May not sound very good but this is.

SLICED EGG SANDWICH

3 Boiled Eggs
Lettuce
Tomato
Roasted Red Pepper
Mayo
2 Slice Whole-Grain Bread
Salt and Pepper

Boil eggs, let cool. Peel. Take and lay a piece of bread on a plate. Slice the eggs and put on the bread. Add a little salt and pepper if you like. Then add the tomato and lettuce. Put some mayo on the other slice of bread and enjoy. Can toast the bread also. Serve with some yogurt or a cheese stick.

BREAKFAST BURRITO'S

3 Flour Tortilla
1 Can Drained Black Beans
4 Eggs, Screambled
Sour Cream, to taste
1 Jar Salsa

Scramble the eggs. Lay tortilla on a plate. Put some eggs on it and then some of the black beans and salsa. Add some sour cream on top and roll up. Very good. I leave out the black beans as I don't care much for them. Can add some stir fried green and red peppers to this if you like. Serve with orange wedges.

STEFEN'S OREO BALL CANDY

1Lb. Oreo Cookies, 3 sleeves
1 (8)oz. Cream Cheese, room temp.
1 Lb. Melting Milk Chocolate, if using milk choc.
1  Lb. Melting White Chocolate, if using white choc.

Using a food processor, grind cookies to a fine powder. If you don't have one put in a ziplock bag and shut and use your rolling pin or hammer to crush them. Using mixer, blend cookie powder and cream cheese until throughly mixed (should be no traces of cream cheese). Roll into small balls and place on wax-lined cookie sheet. Ref. for 45 minutes so you can handle them when dipping in chocolate. In a double-boiler, melt the white chocolate. If just using the white choc. (which I like best )then start by melting 1/2 lb. and may have to melt the other half of it. Dip balls and coat thoroughly. With a slotted tool, lift balls out of chocolate and let excess chocolate drip off. Place on wax-paper lined cookie sheet. If you want to use both milk choc. and the white choc. them melt them in two seprate kettles. When finished coating with a fork drizzle the milk choc. over the white choc. balls or if making milk choc. then drizzle some white choc. over milk choc, covered balls. Let cool. If not eating all the first day then make sure you store them in a air tight container in the ref. It has cream cheese in them and might mold.

Stefen's White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

  White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Raisin Cookies From Lisa B. Ingredients: 14 TBSP butter, softened (2 sticks) ½ cup granulated su...