Friday, July 8, 2011
Wake Me Up! Granola Bars
Did you know that apples are more effective than caffeine at waking you up in the morning? These granola bars are full of delicious apples to get you moving!
Source:
Serving Size: 9
Ingredients:
1 ¾ cups Rolled Oats
1/16 cup Walnuts, chopped
¼ cup Raisins
¼ cup Apple, chopped
¼ cup Brown sugar
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
½ teaspoon Salt
1 ½ cups Skim Milk
¼ cup Egg Substitute
¼ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In two separate bowls, mix dry ingredients, then wet ingredients. Pour wet into dry, mixing until combined.
Pour batter into a 9 x 9 baking dish lined with parchment paper.
Bake 30 minutes. Once cool, cut into squares.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Patriotic Pies
These are easy, quick, and delicious. REALLY delicious. No more explanation needed.
Strawberry/Blueberry Pie
1 package of refrigerated pie dough
1 container fresh strawberries
2 teaspoons of corn starch
A sprinkle of sugar
A handful of blueberries
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
With a circular cookie cutter, cut out pie crust and place them into a greased muffin pan.
Bake for 10 minutes. Allow the crusts to cool.
Remove the strawberry stems and chop them. Coat in sugar.
Take half of the strawberries and saute them with the corn starch until soft.
Add a spoonful of this mixture to the crusts. Top with the rest of the strawberries and blueberries.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Star-Spangled Wedge Salad
I love the 4th of July and I love salads, so why not make a Star-Spangled Wedge Salad for the holiday!
Ingredients:
1 head of lettuce
3 slices of cooked bacon
6 slices of American cheese
3 large tomatoes
Ranch dressing to taste
Directions:
Wash the head of lettuce. Quarter the head of lettuce.
Slice the cheese squares. Peel and slice the tomatoes.
Tear or cut the bacon into small pieces.
Assemble your flag on the flat side by alternating tomatoes and cheese. Make the bacon the stars.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Chips and Salsa
What is a perfect light appetizer for a hot summer day? Chips and Salsa, of course!
Salsa
3 Tomatoes
1 Banana Pepper
1 Jalapeno
1 Lime
1/4 Onion
Salt and pepper, to taste
Chips
4 Tortillas
Cooking spray
Salt and black pepper, to taste
Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F. Cut the tortillas into eighths. Spray both sides of the tortillas. Coat with salt and pepper. Bake for 10 minutes. Flip chips and bake for 10 more minutes.
While chips are baking, finely chop the tomatoes, peppers, and onions. Zest the lime and squeeze 1/2 of the lime into the mixture. Add salt and pepper. Chill for at least an hour before eating.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Faux Fries
I personally love fruit more than any fried food, but some people may feel differently. This recipe is the best of both worlds... Faux Fries!
1 Apple
1/4 cup caramel or chocolate sauce
Peel the apple.
Cut all of the fruit from the core.
Slice the apple into fry-like shapes. (I used a vegetable slicer and it worked perfectly).
Dunk the faux fries into the caramel or chocolate!
Friday, June 24, 2011
An apple a day...
Perks up a rainy day! A fun and healthy after-school snack is this apple umbrella.
First, take an apple (I used a Pink Lady apple) and cut it in half. Remove any seeds that may be in it.
Next, cut the apple in half horizontally. Make sure that the curved end is facing up.
Now, carefully take the knife and cut 4 equally-distributed lines into the apple skin. Peel the skin off of 2 of the sections.
Take a bendy straw and cut right below and a little above the bend. Insert it into the base of the apple.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
When life gives you lemons...
Make raspberry lemonade! Wet your finger and run it along the outside of a glass. Take sanding sugar and lemon zest and lay it out on a a piece of wax paper. Dip the glass in the sanding sugar/zest mixture. This is the perfect way to dress up a normally casual drink for a party.
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