Sourdough Bread!

Finally it turned out! Thank you Laura for the starter, we will be using it over and over again! The starter came form the William's Sonoma Cook book. The actual recipe I just made up:)

Esther

Strawberry Peach Mango Smoothie

1/2 mango/frozen
1/2 peach/frozen
3 strawberries/frozen
1T. rice bran powder
1T. flaxseeds
1/4c. ice


Mix in a blender till smooth and enjoy!

Wrap number 3!

This wrap is a burrito. Filled with savory black beans, crunchy peppers, rice, and Mexican seasonings. It is the most conventional mixture. For a more authentic treat, substitute the Monterrey jack cheese, with a mild flavored Mexican or Spanish cheese, such as Manchego.

Definition of hot Adobo marinade; A blend of dried red Chilies water sugar and salt. It is used as a marinade, or sauce that can be added to sauces, poured over prepared dishes, or used as a grilling sauce. It has a smoky Chile taste, you may substitute enchilada sauce.

Wrap Classico

1-15 1/2oz. drained black beans

1/2c. chopped red pepper

1/2c. chopped yellow bell pepper

3/4c. white rice warm

1/4c. chopped fresh cilantro

1/4c. picante sauce

1T. hot adobo marinade

1/2t. cumin

1/2c. shredded Monterrey jack cheese

sour cream

(4) 10 or 11 in. flour tortillas

Heat the bean in a saucepan over med. heat. Stir in the rest of the ingredients, cook until warm. 2-3min. divide the bean mixture on tortillas, top with cheese and sour cream. Roll up, and eat!

Italian Spinach Soup

This soup we made was a request for my birthday dinner. We served it with Italian bread and a salad with sun dried tomatoes, avocado, fresh mozzarella and our home made garlic dressing! For my dessert I had a pumpkin cheese cake, recipe coming soon, and for my special breakfast Maple Walnut Muffins.

Italian spinach soup

ingredients

• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tsp. dried Italian seasoning, crushed
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 2 Tbsp. dry sherry (optional)
• 2 14-oz. cans chicken broth
• 1 large potato, peeled and chopped
• 2 9-oz. pkgs. fresh spinach or 1-1/4 lb. fresh spinach, washed and trimmed
• 2 cups watercress, tough stems removed
• 2 oz. Parmesan cheese, shaved
• 2 small tomatoes, quartered, seeded and thinly sliced

directions

1. In 4-quart Dutch oven cook onion, garlic, and Italian seasoning in hot butter over medium heat 5 minutes or until onion is tender, stirring occasionally.

2. If using sherry, remove Dutch oven from heat; slowly pour in sherry. Return to heat; cook and stir 1 minute. Add broth and potato. Bring to boiling. Simmer, covered, 10 minutes or until potato is tender. Remove from heat.

3. Set aside 2 cups of the spinach. Stir remaining spinach, half at a time, into soup just until wilted. Cook about 5 minutes.

4. Transfer soup, half at a time, to food processor or blender; cover and process or blend until smooth. Return to Dutch oven; heat through. Season with salt.

5. To serve, top with reserved spinach, watercress, Parmesan, and tomatoes. Makes 6 side-dish servings.

nutrition facts

• Calories 151,
• Total Fat (g) 7,
• Saturated Fat (g) 4,
• Monounsaturated Fat (g) 2,
• Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0,
• Cholesterol (mg) 18,
• Sodium (mg) 881,
• Carbohydrate (g) 16,
• Total Sugar (g) 3,
• Fiber (g) 4,
• Protein (g) 8,
• Vitamin C (DV%) 65,
• Calcium (DV%) 23,
• Iron (DV%) 16,
• Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Espresso Banana Muffins

As I am sure you all remember about our Banana Cooler, well this is basically the same thing but in chewable form:-) We Love these delicious muffins, and just because they have coffee in them doesn't mean we skipped our morning coffee. By all means NO! I think we probably drank more coffee then usual. One bite.................. and it will give you more cravings for more of that coffee flavor:-)

Espresso Banana Muffins

2 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/3 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted
1 Tablespoon of fine espresso powder or instant espresso powder
6 Tablespoons Oil
1/3 cup honey
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup plain yogurt
3 mashed bananas


Heat oven to 375, butter 12 muffin cups. Combine the flour,baking powder, salt and espresso powder whisk together. In a separate bowl, beat together oil honey eggs, vanilla, mashed bananas and yogurt. Mix in dry ingredients, stir till just combined. Divide evenly into prepared muffin cups and sprinkle with walnuts. Bake for about 25 min. and till golden brown. Cool 5 min. in pan before serving.

Finally our next wrap recipe!!!!

This week we made three different wraps, but I only have a picture of one of them right now:) I have never heard of a dessert warp recipe have you? Well we made our first ones, they seemed to be a hit at least in our family. If you don't like sweet things don't make these ;0
Why we were able to do so many wraps this week was because at our monthly hymn sing the food of choice to bring was wraps, we made 2 savory warps one was called "Wrap Classico" the other "Thai one on".


ABBA ZABBA

3/4 c. cream cheese, softened
1/3 c. peanut butter
3 T. powdered sugar
1 c, coarsely chopped yogurt covered pretzels
1/3 c. white chocolate chips
1/3 c. salted peanuts
Four 8-inch flour tortillas

Combine the cream cheese and peanut butter in a medium bowl. Mix thoroughly. Stir in the powdered sugar until thoroughly combined. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Divide among the tortillas and wrap. Eat immediately, or refrigerate for up to 1 hr. before serving.


Serves 4 large or 8 small

Ah busy day!

Well, all the cooking for church is over! I made some Challah bread, yikes it got huge, way bigger then it was supposed to! Esther and I put together some cabbage rolls, and we are also bringing a plate of cookies, (pumpkin cranberry oatmeal, and cranberry bars.) For dinner tonight it was kinda a fend for yourself day.............the kids had grilled PB and Honey, and Esther and I had a salad.

We'll see how much updating we do this week, we are very busy with our cookbook, sewing projects, our cookbook, music/teaching and working on our Eleganza strings website.......( our families music group)

Have a wonderful Sabbath everyone!

Hannah