UPCOMING RECIPES:

Minstrone
Chicken Soup
Stuffed Hamburgers
Salmon with Tahini (Sesame Paste) and Lemon
Aged Steak for Grill
Pretty Pepper Soup
Jessica's Bow Tie Pasta with Sundried Tomatoes
Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Portabello Salad with Basalmic Dressing
Basalmic Chicken
Stir Fry
Dilled Rice
Garlic Smashed Potatoes
Aspargus/Green Bean Bundles

Oatmeal Buttermilk Pancakes

Oatmeal Buttermilk Pancakes
I enjoy the traditional fluffy pancake. These are an alternative. Buttermilk makes them moist and spongy, while the oats give them a slightly chewy texture. We made them this morning and ummmmmm they were good!

1 c Old Fashioned oatmeal
1 c buttermilk
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
2/3 cup flour
1 tsp soda
1 tbsp sugar
salt
1/4 cup melted butter (cooled to room temp)

Mix ingredients as given.
Heat oiled griddle until a drop of water dances when dropped on it.
Keep griddle oiled between pancakes.
Makes 6.

Optional: You can add a few chopped pecans to either the batter or syrup. I buy frozen blueberries to have on hand for just this.

Baked Fudge

This is so good! It is intended to eat right out of the oven. We will triple the recipe and take it for Care Group tomorrow night.

Warm Baked Fudge
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup flour
3 T cocoa
1/4 t salt
1 cup melted butter
2 t vanilla
1 1/4 cups chopped pecans

Beat eggs until lemon colored. Mix together dry ingredients and add to eggs, mix until well blended. Add melted butter. Stir in vanilla and chopped pecans. Pour into an 8 x 12 inch pan. Set pan in a larger pan of water. Bake at 325 degrees for 50 minutes, until set like custard. Serve warm with whipped cream.

SERVES: 10

Buttermilk Cornbread

These past two weeks have been very cold and icy. This weekend beans and cornbread helped take off the winter chill. Here is my cornbread recipe.

4 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups all purpose flour
4 tsps baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal
1 tsp salt
2 cup lowfat buttermilk
1/2 cup of melted butter

Preheat oven to 375F.

Whisk the egg and sugar together. In a separate bowl, mix all the dry ingredients. Melt the butter and set aside to cool.

Add the dry ingredients, alternating with the buttermilk...whisking in between to mix everything evenly.

Mix in the melted butter at the end.

Pour into a greased (I use pan spray and dust it with flour) glass cake pan. Bake at 375F about 28 minutes until sides come away from the pan, the bread starts to brown and crack. Turn the oven to broil to brown the top for about 3 minutes or so (optional).

This cornbread is nice and moist, and sweet but not too sweet. It slices into 12 good sized pieces. Nice for a larger family. The recipe can be cut in half and baked in an iron skillet for 20 minutes or until done.

Iced Chai

This is one of my personal favorites. I first heard of Chai Tea when I found it on a grocery list that was blowing around in my pasture about a year ago.





1/2 cup boiling water
1 Chai tea bag
1 tablespoon sugar (or to taste)
1/2 cup milk
crushed ice

In a tall glass, slowly pour boiling water over tea bag, being careful not to crack glass. Cover with towel and seep for 5 minutes. Sqeeze out bag and discard. Stir in sugar. Pour in chilled milk. Finish filling glass with crushed ice.

It is very good hot as well. Just omit the ice.

Italian Cream Soda

Club Soda
1/3 C. Milk
3 Tablespoons Torani Syrup (any flavor)
Crushed Ice

In glass mix syrup and milk. Add ice and finish with club soda.

Low-Fat Coke Cake

Thanks Mrs. Bowman for the good recipe!

Ingredients:
Any cake mix
Diet Soda

Mix together and pour into cake pan that has been sprayed and lightly floured. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Cut into 12 pieces. Top with 2 tablespoons fat free whipped topping.

**Try to combine interesting flavors. I used a strawberry mix with Diet Strawberry Cream Pepsi. It was yummy! I also tried Chocolate mix and Diet Dr. Pepper. My favorite so far is the Funfetti Cakemix with Zero.

Duck Breast

This is the only way I've had Duck

Duck breasts cut into peices about the size of your thumb
Italian dressing
Bacon

Marinate duck peices in italian dressing several hours or overnight.
Wrap each peice in bacon(your choice of length). Toothpick together.
Grill on low, turning often.

Quail

Quail fixed like this is one of my favorites!
4 to 6 quail
1/2 cup italian dressing

Place quail and dressing in an airtight container (ex. gladware). Marinate in refrigerator several hours or overnight.

Grill on low, turning often until done.