French Toast Casserole.

This is one of the recipes (or a combo of a few) I saw online but made it out of what we had on hand :)

2 Packages of Cream Cheese
1/3 Cup of Maple Syrup
1/3 Cup of Almond Milk
1 T of Cinnamon
3 Eggs
10 Pieces of Wheat Bread

I greased my Rectangular Baker. And broke up the bread into "bite" size pieces and topped with all the other ingredients that had been mixing in the Kitchen Aid Mixer....which by the way I am in love with :)

350* for 30 minutes!

A Month's Worth of Vegetarian Meals

Week 1:

• Cold Taco Dip
• Cheesy Salsa Bake
• Pancakes
• Pot Pie
• Mac & Cheese
• Lasagna
• "Meat" ~ Mashed Taters ~ Veggie

Week 2:

• Veggie Subs
• Tacos/Nachos
• Biscuits and Gravy
• "Burger" & Fries
• (Food Bank Thursday) Order Pizza
• Spaghetti and Garlic Bread
• Rice and Broccoli Casserole 

Week 3:

• Warm Taco Dip
• Kelly's Taco Dip
• French Toast Casserole
• Stuffed Shells
• (Grown Up) Grilled Cheese & Soup
• "White" Spaghetti
• Spinach and Rice

Week 4:

• Veggie Pitas
• "Chipolte"
• Breakfast Burritos
• Taco Soup
• Fried Rice & Orange Sauce
• Squash Lasagna
• Home Made Pizza

Desserts

• Black Bottom Banana Bars
• Snickerdoodles
• Chocolate Milkshakes
• PB/Oatmeal/Choc Chip Cookies
• Cake
• Brownies
• Rice Pudding
• Raw Chocolate Banana Coconut Cream Pie

Peanut Butter/Oatmeal/Chocolate Chip Cookies!

1 C sugar

1 C packed brown sugar

1 C peanut butter

1 C butter, softened--2 sticks (i use margarine, for some reason they come out better)

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 C AP flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

3 C rolled oats (i use quick oats)

1 C mini choc chips (i like minis better in these cookies)

****you can use 1 C raisins if you wanted to nix the choc chips

1. preheat oven 375*

combine sugar, brown sugar and peanut butter in large bowl.  beat with mixer oh high until creamy (2-3 min).  add eggs and vanilla; beat until well combined.

2. combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in separate bowl.  mix well.  add flour mixture to sugar mixture.  beat on low until combined. stir in oats and choc chips.

3. drop rounded spoonfuls on cookie sheet.  bake 12-14.  cool 1 min, move to wire rack for remaining cooling time.

Cold Taco Dip.

8 oz cream cheese
8 oz sour cream
package of taco seasoning

Mix 3 ingredients.

Put it in a cake pan.....

....top with lettuce, tomato and cheese :)

Serve with Chips!

Crackers!

I can't wait to try my hand at these guys!!!!

Recipe 1

You need:
1 cup flour (can mix different flours)
1/2 tsp salt
Other additions, like herbs or seeds
2 tbsp. butter or neutral oil

Mix those together.

Then, add in 1/4 cup water and mix until it holds together but isn't sticky. Add more water as needed.

Then roll it out, score, and bake in a 400 degree oven for 10 minutes or until browned. Then, enjoy!


Recipe 2

Yummy Pizza!!

One favorite around here is pizza. When ever the kids are asked what they want for dinner almost always is pizza :)


This is our favorite Recipe.....tweaked...ya know cause that is what I do ;)


The Crust:

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

1. In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast and brown sugar in the water, and let sit for 10 minutes.
2. Stir the salt and oil into the yeast solution. Mix in 2 1/2 cups of the flour.
3. Turn dough out onto a clean, well floured surface, and knead in more flour until the dough is no longer sticky. Place the dough into a well oiled bowl, and cover with a cloth. Let the dough rise until double; this should take about 1 hour. Punch down the dough, and form a tight ball. Allow the dough to relax for a minute before rolling out. Use for your favorite pizza recipe. At this point we add oregano, little garlic and parsley.
4. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). If you are baking the dough on a pizza stone, you may place your toppings on the dough, and bake immediately. If you are baking your pizza in a pan, lightly oil the pan, and let the dough rise for 15 or 20 minutes before topping and baking it. We always cook our crust before we put the toppings on..... just seems to work better for us :)
5. Bake pizza in preheated oven, until the cheese and crust are golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.

This is the type of pizza we are going to try :)

.......'cept we will use THIS recipe for the sauce! Again....tweaked!!

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1-1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese.....we are using nutritional yeast!
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Cooking Instructions

1. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium low heat. Add cream and simmer for 5 minutes, then add garlic and cheese and whisk quickly, heating through. Stir in parsley and serve.

French Bread!!!

Hmmmm Cake :)

I took this recipe and gave it a small makeover lol!!!!

4 eggs.......I used "Egg Replacer"......our Chickens have stopped laying for the winter and I just can't bring myself to buy any eggs at the store!!
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup whole milk........Almond Milk
1/4 cup butter (lightly salted)
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt


1. Beat eggs in large mixing bowl with paddle attachment for 4 minutes.  Do not skip this step!

2. Add sugar, and continue beating for another 4-5 minutes until light and fluffy.  Add vanilla and stir on low until just combined.

3. In a separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients.  Add to eggs and sugar on low speed until just combined.

4. In a saucepan, heat milk and butter on low heat just until butter is melted.  Add to batter, beat just until combined.

5. Pour into two greased and floured 8" round cake pans.

6. Bake at 325 until the middle springs back when touched, or a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and let stand in pans for 10 minutes. Then turn out onto wire cooling racks and cool completely.

Hint: Cakes are close to being done when you start to smell them.....for our oven it is right about 25 minutes! 


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For the frosting I used this recipe :)


Ingredients

1/2 cup whole strawberries.......Winter = No Strawberries or at least none I want :) So Strawberry Jam was my substitute!!!!
1 stick unsalted butter, firm and slightly cold
1 8 ounce package of cream cheese, slightly cold
1/2 teaspoon clear vanilla extract.....didn't even know they made clear.....it's just "regular" ole Vanilla!
22 ounces of confectioners’ sugar (approximately 1.4 pounds)......2.75 cups.

Method I mixed all the ingredients together with using my hand mixer!!