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French Toast Fresh from the Oven

July 11, 2009 By Laurie Leave a Comment

Ingredients:

8 ounces stale bread, remove crusts and cut into cubes
4 eggs
2 1/2 cups of milk (or half and half)
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup walnuts (chopped)

Instructions:

Butter a 9- by 9-inch baking dish. Layer the bread cubes in bottom.

In a bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla until sugar is completely dissolved. Pour over bread cubes and cover. Chill for one hour.

Once chilled, make the topping!

In a small bowl, stir together butter, sugar, and walnuts with a fork until mixture is crumbly and butter is evenly distributed. Sprinkle this mixture over the soaked bread cubes. Bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

*TIP: Optionally you can serve with a bit of maple syrup or powdered sugar drizzled on top!

Filed Under Kitchen Nook Tagged With Baking, Bread, Brown sugar, Butter, Cook, Home Matters, Maple syrup, Powdered sugar

Fruitiritto Burrito

July 9, 2009 By Laurie Leave a Comment

Ingredients:

tortilla shells
Creamy peanut butter
Banana
Strawberries
Fresh Peaches, pitted and sliced
Vanilla yougurt

Instructions:

Slice up fruit to get ready to fill tortillas. Amount of ingredients will vary per number of people being served. Slice some at a time so that none gets wasted. Spread approximately 1 tbsp of peanut butter onto each tortilla.

*TIP: warming tortillas in the oven makes this step much easier!

Add sliced bananas, strawberries, and peaches to each tortilla. Drizzle a small amount of yogurt over the fruit. Fold sides over and roll up tortilla. Peanut butter will help hold in place.

For eating with a fork, drizzle yogurt over top of the rolled up tortilla instead of inside it. And cut tortilla into chunks. Vary the fruit by season, or add favorites to the mix for different tastes.

Filed Under Kitchen Nook Tagged With Banana, Cooking, Fruit, Garden strawberry, Home Matters, Peanut, Peanut butter, Tortilla

Cheesy Twice Baked Mashed Potatoes

July 8, 2009 By Laurie Leave a Comment

Potatoe Ingredients:

4 cups mashed potatoes
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
3/4 cup parmesan cheese
9 slices of bacon, fried and crumbled
1/4 cup onion, chopped finely
salt and pepper, to taste
1 clove of garlic

Topping Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
3 slices bacon, crumbled
1 cup dry bread crumbs

Instructions:

Mix together mashed potatoes, cheddar cheese, sour cream, parmesan cheese, bacon, onion, salt, pepper, and garlic. Spread the mixture into a greased baking dish.

Time to make the topping! Yum.
Mix together melted butter, parmesan cheese, bacon, and bread crumbs. Spread this topping mixture evenly over potatos in the baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees F or until topping is golden brown.

*TIP: Using instant mashed potatoes makes this recipe even quicker, but if you have leftover mashed potatoes from yesterday’s dinner those would be even better.

Filed Under Kitchen Nook Tagged With Baking, Butter, Cook, Garlic, Home Matters, Mashed potato, Potato, Sour cream

That’s a Wrap! Ham n Cheese

July 6, 2009 By Laurie Leave a Comment

Ingredients:

Tortillas
Lettuce
Tomato wedges
Thin sliced ham (deli ham or leftovers)
Sliced American Cheese
Mayo
Potato Chips, crumbs or crushed

Instructions:

Spread a thin layer of mayo on tortilla. Layer lettuce, tomato, ham and cheese on top of that. Top with crushed potato chips. Roll, fold, or tuck into any shape you like your torilla for easy handling. Another great sandwich substitute for the lunch time blues.

Filed Under Kitchen Nook Tagged With American cheese, Cooking, Ham and cheese sandwich, Home Matters, Potato chip, Sandwich, Sandwiches, Tortilla

Better than Out of a Box Chili Macaroni

July 5, 2009 By Laurie Leave a Comment

Ingredients:

1 pound lean ground beef or ground turkey
1 medium onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 can (14-1/4 ounces) tomatoes, cut up
2 cups water
1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
1 tablespoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon oregano
8 ounces uncooked elbow macaroni

Instructions:

Brown ground beef, onion and garlic and drain as usual and return to pan. Add tomatoes, water, tomato sauce and seasonings to pan and bring it all to a boil. Cover and simmer for 10 – 15 minutes. Add uncooked noodles and return to boiling. Cook approximately 8 or 9 minutes (or until noodles are tender) stirring frequently. Better than those dinners out of a cardboard box on the grocery shelf any day!

Filed Under Kitchen Nook Tagged With Chili powder, Cook, Garlic, Ground beef, Home Matters, Oregano, Tomato, Tomato sauce

Turkey Lunch Kabob

July 4, 2009 By Laurie Leave a Comment

Because food on a stick tastes better!

Ingredients:

cheddar cheese, cubed
ham, chicken or turkey breast cubed
green pepper
cherry tomatoes
kabob skewers - *NOTE: for very small children you may want to cut off the sharp point of the kabob or use plasic skewers

Instructions:

Cut cheese and meats into cubes. Cut pepper into chunks.Thread onto skewers alternating cheese, meat, veggies. This makes a great sandwich replacement and makes veggies like peppers and tomatoes more fun for little fingers to try.

Filed Under Kitchen Nook Tagged With Bell pepper, Cheddar cheese, Cheese, Cooking, Home Matters, Hot, Sandwich, Sandwiches

Full of Mama’s Lovin’ Fries from the Oven

July 3, 2009 By Laurie Leave a Comment

: Image by alexrheadrick via Flickr

Much less greasy than their fast food counterparts.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
4 large baking potatoes of your choice (can even be sweet potatoes)
salt and pepper

Instructions:

Peel potatoes and cut into “fries” or strips or chunks. In a bowl toss potatoes in oil with salt and pepper to your liking. You can also add seasonings like garlic or all purpose seasoning for different kinds of french fries. Bake 20 minutes at 450 degrees F.

FLIP. Bake additional 20 minutes at 450 degrees F.

Filed Under Kitchen Nook Tagged With Cook, French fries, Fruit and Vegetable, Home Matters, Potato, Seasoning, Sweet potato, Vegetable fats and oils

Banana Fritters

July 2, 2009 By Laurie Leave a Comment

Ingredients:
1/2 cup milk
2 bananas, mashed
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
2 eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon margarine
vegetable oil for frying
1/2 cup confectioners sugar

Instructions:

Mix together mashed bananas and milk. Sift in the baking powder and salt. Blend in the eggs and margarine. Heat oil in skillet. Carefully drop spoonfuls of batter into the hot oil. Like you were making a pancake, Fry until edges set, flip, fry until golden brown. Transfer to a plate with papertowels to drain off excess oil/grease. Sift a dusting of confectioner’s sugar over fritters at serving time.

Filed Under Kitchen Nook Tagged With Baking powder, Batter, Cook, Fritter, Pancake, Powdered sugar, Sugar, Vegetable fats and oils

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