03.17.10

Sausage and Biscuits

Posted in Breakfasts, healthy breakfast tagged at 7:30 pm by admin

Sausage and Biscuits

Sausage and Biscuits

1 lb Breakfast sausage

1/4 c Flour

1 t Salt

2 c Milk — or half milk,

Half cream

Make the biscuits with baking mix such as Jiffy or Bisquik, cutting in some additional butter if fat and calories don scare you. Break up the sausage as you brown it in frying pan. Then remove meat and set aside. Drain all but about 1/4 cup of the fat from the pan; remove pan from heat and stir in flour. Add milk gradually, stirring. Return pan to heat and cook as with any white sauce, stirring until thick and smooth. Return sausage to sauce, turn heat low, and let simmer a bit to blend flavors. Taste for seasoning; you are unlikely to want pepper, but you may need a bit more salt. Serve with eggs of you choice, but scrambled is my preference… Source: Esther H. Vail, Rochester NY USA Formatted to MM format by Fred Goslin in Watertown NY on Cyberealm Bbs, home of KookNet @ (315) 786-1120

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Jims Granola

Posted in Breakfasts tagged at 7:29 pm by admin

Jims Granola

1 c Unpopped AM Popcorn

4 c AM Oat Flakes

1 c AM Wheat Flakes

1 c AM Barley Flakes

2 c AM Cracked Wheat

-OR- 7 Grain Cereal 2 c Coconut (optional)

1 c AM Sunflower Seeds

1 c Peanuts

1 c AM Sesame Seeds

– (Mechanically Hulled) 1 c -to…

2 c Honey or other sweetener

1/2 c AM Unrefined Vegetable Oil

1 tb Mapleine or vanilla

-OR- other flavor ———————————-OPTIONAL———————————- 1 c Raisins

1 c Dates, chopped

1 c Dried apricots, chopped

1/2 c Dried pineapple, chopped

1/2 c Dried papaya, chopped

1 c Almonds, chopped

1 c Pecans, chopped

1 pk Banana chips

Pop popcorn. Combine all dry ingredients. Combine honey, oil, and flavoring in a separate bowl. Stir honey mixture into dry ingredients. Bake in non-preheated oven at 350 F. for 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes. Remove from oven; stir in fruit. Cool. Source: Arrowhead Mills “Holiday Recipes” tri-fold Reprinted by permission of Arrowhead Mills, Inc. Electronic format courtesy of: Karen Mintzias

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    03.16.10

    Cream Of Wheat Crepes with Sesame Potatoes & Chutney

    Posted in Breakfasts tagged at 6:59 am by admin

    Cream Of Wheat Crepes with Sesame Potatoes & Chutney

    ———————————–CREPES———————————– 2/3 c Quick cream of wheat cereal

    2/3 c White flour

    1 tb Extra-vrigin olive oil

    2 1/4 c Water, or as needed

    1/2 ts Mustard seeds

    1/2 ts Salt

    1/8 ts Baking powder

    ——————————-POTATO FILLING——————————- 2 tb Sesame seeds

    1 sm Jalapeno pepper, seeded &

    – minced 2 2/3 c Mashed potatoes

    1 1/2 tb Lime juice

    Salt & pepper Olive oil spray —————————–GREEN PEA CHUTNEY—————————– 1/3 c Almonds, chopped & toasted

    1 c Peas, defrosted

    1 ts Ginger, grated

    1 ts Jalapeno pepper, minced

    2/3 c Water

    1/4 c Cilantro leaves

    Salt & pepper CREPES: Mix cream of wheat & flour, whisk in oil & 2 c water. Cover & set aside. POTATO FILLING: Pan toast seasme seeds in a skillet until they jump. Stir in jalapeno peppers & potatoes & fry 3 minutes. Sprinkle with lime juice & season. Toss to mix, remove from heat & spary with oil. Place mustard seeds in a small pan, cover & toast. When they pop, pour them into the crepe batter. Add salt & baking powder. The batter should be thin, add water as necessary. Heat crepe pans, spray with oil & pour 1/3 c of batter into each pan. Ensure batter spreads into a 10″ crepe. Cook 3 to 4 minutes, flip & cook for another 1 to 2 minutes. Repeat with remaining batter. When cool, stack crepes between waxed paper. Preheat oven to 375F, line a shallow oven-proof dish with parchment paper & spray with oil. Lay each crepe on a work surface & spoon 1/3 c of potato mixture into the centre of each. Roll into logs & place on a baking sheet. Srpay with oil & bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Place two crepes on a warmed serving plate & spoon green pea chutney down the middle. CHUTNEY: Pulse almonds in a food processor until they are minced. Add remaining ingredients & process till smooth. Yamuna Devi, “Yamunas Table”

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      03.14.10

      Pancake Batter

      Posted in Breakfasts tagged at 10:25 am by admin

      Pancake Batter

      ———- exported from cookworks for meal-master, v7.0

      title: pancake batter categories: servings: 12

      1 c flour

      1 t salt

      2 t sugar

      2 t baking powder

      1 c milk

      2 ea egg

      3 t butter

      combine flour, salt, sugar, and baking powder-mix well combine eggs, milk, and melted butter-beat to mix well add to flour mixture-mix well cover and chill adjust consistency with additional milk as necessary

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        03.12.10

        Super Duper French Toast

        Posted in Breakfasts tagged at 2:26 am by admin

        Super Duper French Toast

        6 Eggs, slightly beaten

        1/2 pt (1 cup) whipping cream

        1 c Orange juice

        1 To 1 1/2 ounces Orange

        -Liqueur 1 Loaf French Bread

        Butter, margarine or cooking -oil Powdered sugar * Mix eggs, whipping cream and orange juice. Then add liqueur to taste. Pour into large casserole or glass baking dish. Remove ends from the bread and cut loaf into 12-15 slices, each about 3/4″ thick. Place slices in egg mixture and let stand for a few minutes to absorb some of the liquid; then turn so the other side of the bread can absorb some of the mixture. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate until you are ready to prepare the French Toast. Some cooks soak the bread in the egg mixture overnight, refrigerated so that it becomes almost custardlike in texture. * Preheat heavy skillet or electric griddle to 325-350 degrees. Melt butter, margarine or place oil in skillet. Place four or five slices in to cook, but do not crowd. Cook on one side until golden brown, turn and cook on the other side. Remove and keep warm while you cook remaining slices, adding more oil or butter as needed. Place toast on serving plates and dust with powered sugar. Garnish with fresh fruit, if desired, and serve with honey, jam or syrup of your choice. Yields 4-5 Serv.

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          03.11.10

          Apple Crisp Oven Pancake

          Posted in Breakfasts, healthy breakfast tagged , , at 1:25 pm by admin

          Apple Crisp Oven Pancake

          1/2 c Oats — regular

          1/4 c Bisquick

          1/4 c Brown sugar

          2 tb Butter — softened

          3/4 ts Cinnamon

          2 c Bisquick

          3/4 c Milk

          3/4 c Chunky applesauce

          1/4 ts Vanilla

          1 Egg

          Heat oven to 425F. Grease jelly roll pan. Mix oats, 1/4 cup bisquick, brown sugar, butter (or margarine)

          and cinnamon. Reserve. Beat remaining ingredients with whisk until well-blended. Pour into pan. Spread batter to edges. Sprinkle with oats mixture. Bake 14 to 16 minutes, or until light golden brown. Cut into 6 pieces and serve.

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                Tra-La Coffee Cakes

                Posted in Breakfasts tagged at 8:16 am by admin

                Tra-La Coffee Cakes

                10 California dried figs

                – (stewed and drained) 2 Eggs

                1/2 c Sugar

                1/2 c Milk

                3 tb Shortening; melted

                1 1/2 c Sifted all-purpose flour

                1/2 ts Salt

                2 ts Baking powder

                ———————————-TOPPING———————————- 1/2 c Brown sugar

                1 tb Flour

                1 ts Cinnamon

                3 tb Butter or margarine; melted

                Chopped walnut meats — (if desired) Snip stems from figs, cut them into small bits. Combine figs, eggs, sugar, milk, shortening. Beat together until well mixed. Sift flour, measure and sift again with salt and baking powder. Add to first mixture, stir until just mixed. Place paper baking cups into muffin tins. Spoon batter into cups, filling them half full. Sprinkle with topping. Bake in moderately hot oven (375 F.) for about 15 minutes or until light brown and firm to touch. Source: 48 Family Favorites with California Figs Reprinted with the permission of The California Fig Advisory Board Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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                  Stage Delis Cheese Blintzes

                  Posted in Breakfasts, healthy breakfast tagged , , at 6:41 am by admin

                  Stage Delis Cheese Blintzes

                  FOR WRAPPER BATTER: 3 large eggs

                  1/4 cup water

                  1/4 cup milk

                  1/2 teaspoon baking powder

                  1/2 cup all-purpose flour

                  1 1/2 teaspoons sugar

                  1 tablespoon unsalted butter

                  FOR FILLING: 1 1/2 cups farmer cheese

                  2 cups cottage cheese

                  1/4 cup sugar

                  1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

                  1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

                  MAKE WRAPPER BATTER: In a blender blend wrapper batter ingredients and let stand 30 minutes.

                  In an 8-inch skillet, preferably nonstick, melt half of the butter over moderately high heat.

                  Pour in enogh batter to just coat bottom of skillet, swirling and cook, undisturbed, until top is set and nottom is golden (do not turn wrapper over.) Transfer wrapper to paper towels in one layer, golden side down. Make more wrappers with remaining butter and batter.

                  MAKE FILLING: In a food processor blend cheeses, sugar, and cinnamon until smooth. If necessary, add flour to thicken filling.

                  Preheat oven to 250 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

                  Put 3 tbsps filling in center of each wrapper and fold opposite sides of wrapper over filling until sides barely touch. Fold in ends to completely enclose filling, forming packets, and arnage, seams sides down, on baking sheet.

                  Make more blintzes with remaining filling and wrappers. Bake blintzes, covered loosely with foil, untl heated through, 5 to 10 minutes.

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                        03.10.10

                        Breakfast Cookie Bars

                        Posted in Breakfasts, healthy breakfast tagged , , , , , at 10:02 am by admin

                        Breakfast Cookie Bars

                        2 cups oats

                        1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

                        1 cup apple juice

                        1/4 cup wheat germ

                        1 cup dried fruit packed and chopped

                        3/4 teaspoon cinnamon

                        6 Tablespoons brown sugar

                        1/2 teaspoon salt

                        1/2 cup fat substitute (see instructions)

                        Preheat oven to 375. Spray 9×13 (or a little smaller) pan with Pam. Mix all ingredients, pat thinly on bottom of pan, sprinkle with extra cinnamon and bake for 30 minutes. WAIT TO COOL before removing or they will crumble. For a fat substitute we have used 1/2 cup of frozen cranberries thawed in a little water with a bit of sugar, mashed bannanas, mashed berries, you could even puree a few pears in some sauce. Be creative!

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                              03.09.10

                              Garden Scramble

                              Posted in Breakfasts tagged at 5:42 pm by admin

                              Garden Scramble

                              1 c egg substitute

                              1/8 tsp pepper

                              1/8 tsp marjoram leaves

                              1/4 c celery — finely chopped

                              1/4 c red bell pepper — finely chopped

                              2 tbsp green pepper — finely chopped

                              1 tbsp fat free chicken broth

                              1 c nonfat cheddar cheese — shredded

                              2 slices white or whole wheat bread — toasted

                              1 tbsp chives — chopped

                              In a bowl, combine egg substitute, pepper and marjoram; set aside. In a nonstick skillet spray with cooking spray, over medium heat, cook celery, red pepper, green pepper and chives in chicken broth until tender. Add egg substitute and grated cheese to mixture. Cook stirring occasionally until set. Serve immediately with toast halve if desired or plain.

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