Crepes

Crepes

1 1/2 C milk

1 C flour

2 eggs

2 egg whites

1Tbs + 1tsp veg. oil

1/2 tsp salt

Combine all wet ingredients in a blender, mix well.  Add flour and mix again.  Let sit for a minute or two.  Pre heat a small non-stick skillet on medium high heat.  I like to wipe mine down with a paper towel with just a tiny bit of oil before I start.  Pour crepe batter into pan tipping and tilting to cover just the bottom of the pan in a thin layer of batter.  Cook until top begins to look somewhat dry with some air bubbles - maybe a minute or two.  Using a very flexible rubber spatula work around edge and flip.  Cook for another minute.  Crepe should be a very lightly browned.  Really beige...

Eat immediately while hot & fresh!  Fill with sweetened cream cheese, fruit, warmed jam or jelly for breakfast and brunch and top with powdered sugar or whip cream.  Or fill with cheese, chicken etc. for lunch or dinner and top with a hollandaise or cream sauce.

*makes about 12....I usually double this and will have a little left over

Sweet Butter Waffles, take 2

I have been told the waffle link wasn't working, probably because I am a dope and the recipe is in my "private" recipe box.

Here it is - hope you didn't end up with cereal for breakfast one morning when you were wanting waffles!

Enjoy!!

Recipe Details
Makes: 2-4 waffles
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 min. each waffle

Ingredients
1 egg, room temp. & seperated
1c. flour
1tsp. baking powder
1/8tsp. salt
2T sugar
2/3c. milk, room temp.
6T butter, melted and cooled

Directions
Beat egg white until stiff, set aside.
Mix together dry ingredients, set aside.
Combine egg yolk, milk and butter.
Add to dry ingredients until just blended.
Fold in egg white.
Do not over mix!

Footnote
I usually double or triple this recipe. A triple batch makes 5 full (4 small squares) waffles on my iron which we devour!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

We had gotten tired of our old oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe and wanted to try something new. I found this recipe on allrecipes.com (one of my favorite places to browse for recipes) and it has become our new family favorite. If you aren't a fan of chocolate use about half the chocolate chips. A super yummy cookie, crisp, but soft and not too sweet!

INGREDIENTS
1 cup shortening
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups rolled oats
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
In a large bowl cream shortening, brown sugar and granulated sugar. Add eggs and mix thoroughly.
Combine the baking soda, salt and flour and stir into creamed mixture
Add oatmeal and chocolate chips and stir until well blended.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 15 minutes.

They come out perfect every time. I use my small Pampered Chef cookie scooper, but if we want a giant cookie I use the large scooper.

Cowboy Salsa.....

In my efforts to avoid the heat I have been blog browsing and came across this blog - Creative Chicks at Play.
Lots of cute and creative stuff.
I just had to try their recipe for Cowboy Salsa!
I would say it was a HUGE hit since it is almost gone two days later!

Just peachy.....

Every summer we have the opportunity to order peaches in bulk from the grower thru our church. Last year I ordered 1 lug (25lbs). They were gone in a flash. Between snacks and our favorite summer dessert (peaches, sour cream, brown sugar) there weren't any left to freeze or can. So this year I ordered 2 lugs. That is right 50 pounds of peaches. What to do? Search the internet of course! I came across this delicious recipe for a peach crisp.

My family loves it, hope yours does too!

yummy fresh peaches!

Katie is a pro at peeling.....

finished crisp ready for a bowl of vanilla ice cream!

Spicy Peanut Sesame Noodles

The last time I was craving Chinese food I dug around on the internet until I discovered this tasty recipe from epcurious.com.

We all loved it so much I have made it a bunch of times!

blend ingredients for yummy sauce

(I only use 1/4 tsp. of the red pepper and it is plenty hot for me)

cook the pasta
(I just used spaghetti, since that's what was in the cupboard)

toast the sesame seeds

toss the chopped peppers and scallions with the sauce and pasta

sprinkle on some sesame seeds and enjoy

Dinner in the time it takes for pasta to cook!

Super tasty, warm, room temperature or cold from the fridge!!!

A new endeavor.....

As I was cleaning up my mess this morning after making my favorite sweet butter waffles , I listened to my husband telling me what a great cook he thinks I am {blush}.

I am not half bad. I can follow a recipe. I can figure out substitutions. I can double or cut in half accordingly.

I, however, am not a chef. I do not come up with exotic creative concoctions. I cook what my family will eat. As the kids have gotten older, we eat less macaroni & cheese and more foods adults enjoy. Teenagers will even eat sushi voluntarily. Imagine!

Figuring I don't have enough to do I started another blog to devote just to food pictures, recipes and experiments, of which there probably won't be many.

Sit back, share & enjoy!