Zucchini Alfredo

Zucchini Alfredo is a great way to use up your summer bounty of zucchini. It is an alfredo sauce with zucchini in it.
Quick and easy.

Serve it over pasta.
Serves 4-6.

Ingredients:

3 Tablespoons cooking oil
2 cloves of garlic, minced
4 cups shredded zucchini
1/2 cup milk
4 oz cream cheese
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil. Use 1/2 or 1/3 dried if needed.
salt and pepper to taste
Parmesan cheese for sprinkling

Heat your water for the pasta.
While the pasta cooks, make the sauce.
In a skillet, heat the oil over medium heat.
Add the garlic and cook and stir a couple minutes.
Add the zucchini and cook for about 10 minutes or until most of the water has evaporated. Stir frequently.
Add the milk.
Cube the cream cheese and add that to the skillet.
Stir until the cream cheese is melted and smooth.
Stir in the basil.
Taste and season with the salt and pepper.
Sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese.

Serve over the cooked and drained pasta.

Yorkshire Pudding

Yorkshire Pudding is a nice compliment to a roast. Try it instead of mashed potatoes for a change.
The texture is like a bread pudding and when it bakes in the oven it puffs up like a popover but deflates when you cut into it.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup of roast drippings
4 eggs
2 cups milk
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt


Bake your roast until done as you like.
Take out of the oven and raise the temperature to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.
Take the roast out of the pan and cover to keep warm while you make the Yorkshire pudding.
Measure the drippings and return 1/4 cup back to the roasting pan.
In a bowl, mix the eggs, milk, flour, and salt until smooth.
Stir it into the drippings in the pan.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until it is puffed and golden.
Cut into wedges or squares and serve with the roast.

Xavier Dumplings

Xavier Dumplings are Italian. They are classic Parmesan cheese dumplings.

 

 You will need a buttered cookie sheet.

 

 Ingredients:

 

6 oz flour

1/3 cup butter

6 oz Parmesan cheese

1/4 cup heavy cream

pinch of salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1 egg

1 egg yolk

Combine the flour, butter and parmesan cheese in a saucepan over low heat.
Stir until the butter has melted and is incorporated into the cheese and flour.
Add the cream a little at a time until you have a solid dough. 
Remove from the heat and work in the salt, pepper, nutmeg, egg and egg yolk. 
It should be like a very soft dough that you could pipe out of a frosting bag.
Either put the dough into a pastry bag and pipe out pea size amounts onto the baking sheet or drop pea size amounts from a spoon onto the sheet. 
Let them stand for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, bring some salted water to a boil.
Drop in the dumplings and cook for 5 minutes.
Drain.


Add to the soup or stew of your choice.


Sorry, I don't have a picture for these.
When I get one I will put up with the recipe.
Thanks to my sis who found me this recipe.

Whole Wheat Waffles

Waffles are so yummy! These are a whole wheat version and they are awesome!

You will need a waffle baker.
I have a Belgian waffle baker and the waffles are big with deep pockets.
If you have a smaller one, you may need to adjust the amount of batter you use per waffle.

Preheat your waffle baker

Ingredients:
2 eggs
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup butter, melted
1-3/4 cup milk
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs until fluffy.
Add the rest of the ingredients and beat until fairly smooth.
If you have some lumps, that's fine.
Pour 1 cup batter onto the center of the waffle baker and cook for about 3-1/2 minutes or until the waffle maker signals that the waffle is done.

You will get  4  Belgian waffles.

Serve with your choice of toppings.

Vanilla Pudding

Pudding is great. It's healthy. It's yummy. good for kids and adults.

Why not try making your own?
 You might want to try the butterscotch pudding too.

Serves 6.

You will need a medium sized saucepan.


Ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
3 Tablespoons cornstarch
3 cups milk
2 eggs, beaten
1 Tablespoon butter
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

In the saucepan, mix the sugar and cornstarch.
Stir in the milk.
Cook over medium heat until bubbly. Stir constantly.
Cook and stir for another 2 minutes.
Remove from the heat.
Gradually stir about a cup of the milk mixture into the beaten eggs.
Pour the egg mixture back into the pan with the rest of the milk mixture.
Turn the heat back on and cook until the mixture JUST starts to bubble. Stir constantly.
Turn down the heat so the pudding does not boil or the eggs will start to cook.
Keep stirring over the heat for 2 minutes.
Take off the heat.
Add the butter and vanilla extract.
Stir well.

Pour the pudding into a bowl and cover.
Chill.
You can also divide it into 6 individual bowls.

Apple Upside Down Cake

 This isn't the upside down cake you are probably used to seeing. It has apple instead of pineapple. It would also be great with peach.
It is so yummy!

You will need a 9" square pan.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Ingredients:

CAKE-
1-1/4 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup milk
1/4 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg


TOPPING-
1 large apple, peeled and sliced OR 2 smaller apples
3 Tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons lemon juice

To make the cake, put all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat on medium until the batter is smooth.
Set aside.

For the topping, pour the butter into the bottom of the baking pan. Tilt the pan to coat the whole bottom.
Mix the brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Sprinkle evenly over the butter.
Lay the apple slices over the brown sugar mixture.
Sprinkle with the lemon juice.

Pour the cake batter over the apple slices and spread evenly.

Bake for 40-45 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean when stuck in the cake.

Lay a plate or flat pan (that is bigger than the cake ) over the cake pan and invert.
Leave the pan for a few minutes.
Lift off pan and cake should be on the plate.

Serve warm or cold. Plain or with whipped cream or ice cream.

Serves 9-12.

Taco Seasoning

Sometimes you want tacos, but don't have the seasoning or need the seasoning for making something like Mexican Lasagna.
Instead of going and buying one, just mix this up instead.
You probably keep these ingredients in your pantry anyway.

Ingredients:

1 Tablespoon flour
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon paprika
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon minced onion
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon sugar

Mix together.
Makes the equivalent of 1 taco seasoning packet.