Author: Sarah Zitzelberger

Ingredients:

• Broccoli
• Can of cream of chicken or celery
• Shredded Cheese
• Milk

Instructions:

• Broil the broccoli head for about 5 minutes or until fully cooked
• Chop up broccoli into florets
• In a pot add the broccoli, can of cream of chicken, and milk on medium heat
• Once warmed start adding in the shredded cheese one handful at a time and continue to stir until all cheese has been melted
• Lower heat and enjoy!

Ingredients:

• Butter
• Sweet Potatoes
• Brown Sugar
• Marshmallows

Instructions:

• Cut up sweet potatoes and boil in water for about 20 minuets or until soft
• Pre heat oven to 400 degrees
• Use 1/4 cup of butter and slice into 6 small slices
• Drain the sweet potatoes and mash them into a small oven safe pan
• Place the 6 butter slices on top of the mash
• Sprinkle brown sugar all over the top then add your marshmallows as the topping
• Bake in the oven for 20-25 min or until the marshmallows have a nice golden brown on the top
• Take out to cool for 5 minutes and enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Rolled Oats
• 1/2 cup Honey
• 2 tablespoons Cocoa Powder
• 1/2 cup Peanut Butter
• 1/4 cup Mini Chocolate Chips
• Pinch of Salt

Directions:

• In a medium put all ingredients into the bowl
• With wet hands mix all together
• Form mixture into 20 small balls
• Put on a baking sheet and let rest in the freezer for 20-30 minutes
• Take out and enjoy!
• These can be stored in a Ziplock bag in the fridge for 1 week or in the freezer for 3 months

learning about baking substitutions

Imagine you go to bake something and you find you are out of something. It isn’t a great time to go to the store and your neighbor isn’t home to ask.

This doesn’t have to mean abandoning the plan there are easy substitutions that can work for a lot of common ingredients.

Check out this list at AllRecipe.com https://www.allrecipes.com/article/common-ingredient-substitutions/

In today’s recipe we substitute banana for oil and mayonnaise for egg. The muffins are still tasty. Ingredients:

• Muffin mix
• 4 packets (about 3.5 Tablespoons) Mayonnaise
• Water
• 1/4 cup smashed banana
• Lemon (juice and zest from 1/2)
• 12 muffin cup liners

Directions:

• Pre heat the oven to 400 degrees
• Smash 1/4 cup banana till fairly smooth
• Add muffin mix into a mixing bowl
• Combine the water, mayonnaise, and banana into the mix
• Wash and zest the lemon with a zester/grater, or use a knife to cut off just the most exterior yellow layer, leaving the white pith intact. Chop the lemon peel very finely. Add to the mixture.
• Cut the lemon in half, and squeeze half a lemon into the mix (or to your liking, watch for seeds)
• Add the poppy seed packet in and mix well.
• Next scoop muffin mix into the paper muffin liners (mix should make 12)
• Bake in the oven for 17-19 min or until golden brown on top
• Let cool, and enjoy!

Ingredients

• 3 Strips of Bacon
• 1 Can of Green Beans
• Onion & Garlic Powder
• Pepper

Directions

• Cut 3 strips of uncooked bacon into 1″ strips
• Open can of green beans and drain into sink
• On medium heat, warm up pan and place bacon strips on pan
• Cook both sides until almost fully cooked
• Add in full can of green beans
• Put in garlic powder, onion powder, and pepper to taste
• On low heat, mix in well and cover with a lid for about 3-4 minuets stirring occasionally
• Serve and enjoy!

Ingredients

• Eggs
• Onion
• Red pepper
• Mushrooms
• Tomato’s
• Cheese

Directions

• Wash and chop vegetables into cubes
• Crack 2-3 eggs into a bowl whisk eggs until yokes have been beaten
• Heat your pan a little over medium heat (add oil or butter to coat pan)
• Once it is hot sauté vegetables until soft and brown
• Remove from pan onto the side
• Pour egg mixture into pan and season to taste (salt/pepper)
• Let it sit until the egg starts to solidify
• Then add the veggies and cheese on top of eggs evenly spread
• After the veggies are in wait another minuet to be fully cooked
• Then fold omelet over into thirds and remove from pan on to plate to enjoy

Ingredients:

• Olive Oil
• Sweet Peppers
• Parsnips
• Yams
• Seasoning packet: salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 425
• Wash all veggies (scrub yams well!)
• Peel parsnip, yams too if you want
• Cut parsnip and yams into cubes
• Put all veggies into a bowl
• Pour olive oil into bowl (a couple of tablespoons is enough) and add seasoning packet
• Mix the veggies and oil with hand
• Put the veggies on a sheet pan
• Place in oven for 45 minutes
• Set a timer for 25 minutes to flip the veggies half way through
• Use a fork to poke veggies to check if it’s fully cooked through once out of the oven

Food Strategy Thought: Roasted veggies are yummy straight out the oven. They can also be chilled and stored in the refrigerator and added to salads, pasta, or rice dishes later in the week. You can cook a whole pan of veggies and chill them to save time later and avoid the question: what do I do with half of a onion, yam, etc.

Ingredients

• 2 Apples
• 1 Box of Betty Crocker Super Moist Yellow Cake Mix
• 3/4 cup butter (melted)

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees, spray 8X8 pan with cooking spray or use butter to grease the pan
2. Peel and chop up 2 apples to spread evenly on the bottom of the pan
3. Top with dry cake mix and distribute evenly over top the apples
4. Melt butter in microwave and pour over top cake mixture, tilting the pan to get the top coated evenly
5. Bake 45 to 50 minuets, until lightly golden brown, mostly dry on top, and bubbly around the edges

Ingredients

• 4 Potato’s
• 2-3 Hard Boiled Eggs
• Mayo
• Sweet Relish
• Mustard
• Celery
• 1 Red Onion
• Green Onion
• Paprika

Directions

1. Cut potato’s in half, put into a pot of cold water and bring to a boil. Boil for 20 to 25 minuets.
2. Once cool and soft, cut potato’s into cubes
3. Peel hard boiled eggs, chop, and add into the potato’s
4. Cut and dice celery and red onion, add to the mix
5. Next add the mayo, mustard, and sweet relish packets and fold into the potato’s
6. Finally garnish with sliced green onion and paprika, enjoy!

Ingredients

• 2 cucumbers
• 1 medium onion sliced
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/3 cup fresh cilantro or dill
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Directions

1. Chop cucumbers into slices and dice or slice the onion, mix in the same bowl.
2. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Mix vinegar, water, sugar in a small bowl.
4. Pour over the cucumbers and onions to toss and coat evenly.
5. Sprinkle some fresh cilantro or dill to top it off!