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Sweet Potato Crisps

admin — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:43:00 +0000

Ingredients:
2 large sweet potatoes, peeled
4 tbsp vegetable oil
Salt

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400

Chocolaty Breadsticks

admin — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:45:00 +0000

Ingredients:

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Witches

admin — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:42:00 +0000

Ingredients:
1 quart grape juice
1 quart orange juice
1 quart ginger ale

Instructions:
Combine all ingredients in a Halloween punch bowl. Add spooky Halloween decorations, such as spooky ice-cubes or a gruesome mask made of punch.

To make a mask, fill a plastic mask with punch and freeze overnight. Unmold and add to the punch bowl.

Crunchy Peanut Butter and Banana Wrap

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:41:00 +0000

Serves 2

Ingredients:
2 medium bananas, sliced
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tortillas
1/3 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 tbsp honey

Instructions:
Place the banana slices in a bowl and add the lemon juice. Gentle toss until the banana slices are well coated with the juice. Spread one side of each tortilla with the crunchy peanut butter and layer with the banana slices. Drizzle with the honey and roll.

Makes a great quick snack.

Hot Apple Cider Punch with Calvados

admin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:40:00 +0000

Makes about 4-6 servings

Ingredients:
3 cups apple juice
2 tbsp brown sugar
1-2 cinnamon sticks, broken into pieces
4 whole cloves and 3 whole allspice berries (in a spice bag)

Three Easy and Delicious Hanukkah Recipes

admin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:34:04 +0000

Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday celebrated in December around the time of Christmas. It is a festival lasting eight days and a candle on the menorah is lit each night. Part of the celebration is also eating traditional Jewish fare. Here are three recipes that would be served during the Festival of Lights.

Hanukkah celebrates the eight days that the sacred oil lamp in the temple burned after the Jewish people regained control of Jerusalem. The miracle here was that there was only enough oil for one night of light available. A messenger was sent for more oil but the sacred lamp stayed lit until his return eight days later.

Each day of that miracle is commemorated with food and festivity. If you are celebrating the Jewish holiday or Hanukkah, here are some of the recipes that you would make. One thing to remember is that Jewish food is to be kosher. This means that the ingredients of the meal all conform to the official Jewish dietary laws.

1. Potato Latkes

You have probably heard of these before but maybe didn’t know what exactly they were. Potato latkes are potato pancakes. These pancakes remind one more of hash browns than the traditional pancake. They are made with grated potatoes and onions, salt, pepper, flour and baking powder and an egg. The mixture is combined. The egg is used to hold everything together.

Formed latkes are only about the size and shape of a large serving spoon and are placed in hot oil to cook. They are served with home-made applesauce, sugar or sour cream on top. There are many variations on the theme of potato latkes so you can prepare one that meets your tastes.

2. Jelly-filled Donuts

These are traditionally called sufganiyot. They are made with flour, sugar, dry yeast, salt, nutmeg, water, egg and milk. The dry ingredients are mixed together. Water and milk are heated to activate the yeast and added to the dry mixture.

Dough is rolled and cut into round pieces. A drop of jam or jelly is placed in the center of a round and covered by another. The dough is allowed to rise until the size doubles. Now you are ready to fry them in hot peanut oil for a tasty treat. Sprinkle them with powdered sugar before serving.

3. Applesauce

If you are making potato latkes there is no reason why you can’t also make your own applesauce. It’s simple. Take about four or five apples; peel, core and slice them. Combine with lemon juice (prevents browning) and brown sugar.

You can simmer it on the stove or in a crock pot. As the apples soften, use a potato masher to get the consistency that you want. Traditionally, the apple peel is left on which gives the applesauce a reddish tint. Once it is done, sprinkle with cinnamon.

Coronation Chicken with Mango

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:33:02 +0000

(Serves 4)

Ingredients:

4 chicken breasts, skinned and cut into strips
9 fl oz mayonnaise
5 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp five spice powder
1 tbsp chives, finely chopped
4 oz flaked almonds
2 large mangoes, peeled and thinly sliced
Chopped fresh cilantro
Dried chili flakes (optional)

Instructions:

In a pot, bring water to a boil and poach the chicken strips for 12 – 15 minutes or until no longer pink inside. Remove from heat, drain and set aside to cool.

In a medium bowl, combine mayonnaise, soy sauce and five spice powder, then add flaked almonds, mango slices and chopped chives. Toss the chicken strips into the mayonnaise mixture and mix thoroughly. Add cilantro and chili flakes and serve in a jacket potato with a side salad.