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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

green power smoothie

Ingredients

  • Servings: 48
  • 3 cups ice cubes, or as desired
  • 2 cups baby spinach leaves, or to taste
  • 1 (7 ounce) can crushed pineapple
  • 1/2 cup water, or to taste
  • 1 banana, broken into chunks
  • 1 orange, peeled and segmented
  • 10 fresh mint leaves, or more to taste
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 1 lime, juiced

Recipe

    Preparation Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 10 mins

  • blend ice, spinach, pineapple, water, banana, orange, mint, lemon juice, and lime juice in a blender until smooth.

cherry shortbread cookies

Ingredients

  • Servings: 2
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 cup cornstarch
  • 1/2 cup chopped cherries
  • 1 cup butter

Recipe

  • preheat oven to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c).
  • cream butter and confectioners' sugar together. add the cornstarch and flour and mix well. stir in the chopped cherries. drop teaspoonfuls of the dough a cookie sheet then press with tines of a floured fork.
  • bake at 300 degrees f (150 degrees c) until lightly golden, about 10 to 15 minutes.

date nut pinwheel cookies ii

Ingredients

  • Servings: 5
  • 1 cup butter (at room temperature)
  • 2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 8 ounces dates, pitted and chopped
  • 1 cup finely chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup white sugar

Recipe

  • cream the butter and brown sugar together in a mixing bowl until smooth. add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. stir in the vanilla. sift the cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and flour together in a second mixing bowl. slowly stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture until evenly blended.
  • divide the dough evenly into three portions and place each on a square of waxed paper. wrap and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
  • meanwhile, make the filling by combine the dates, pecans, water and white sugar in a saucepan set over low heat. cook and stir until the filling has a paste-like consistency. cool slightly.
  • working with one portion at a time, roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to make a rectangle about 1/4 inch thick. spread 1/3 of the filling evenly over the dough; roll up to make a log. repeat the process with the remaining dough. refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
  • preheat oven to 350 degrees f (180 degrees c). lightly grease two baking sheets.
  • using a sharp, serrated knife, cut the rolls into 1/4 inch slices. place the slices on prepared baking sheets.
  • bake in preheated oven until set and lightly browned, about 15 minutes. cool on racks.

Butter Fried Potatoes

Ingredients

  • Servings: 4
  • 4 1/2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 large potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1/2 onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons butter

Recipe

    Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 40 mins

  • melt 4 1/2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir potatoes until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.
  • meanwhile, melt remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons butter in another skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic until tender, about 5 minutes. reduce heat to medium-low and continue cooking until garlic is lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes more. stir onion mixture into potatoes.
  • cook and stir potatoes and onion until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes more.

Blueberry Banana Coconut Flax Muffins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 24
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats
  • 1 cup ground flax seed
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2/3 cup sweetened flaked coconut
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe banana
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup applesauce
  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups fresh blueberries

Recipe

    Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 40 mins

  • preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
  • whisk together flour, oats, flax, sugar, coconut, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
  • whisk together bananas, sour cream, applesauce, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl. stir flour mixture into banana mixture just until all dry ingredients are moistened; fold in blueberries. fill muffin cups 2/3 full.
  • bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes.

caramel corn iii

Ingredients

  • Servings: 3
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 cups unpopped popcorn
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 tablespoon baking soda

Recipe

  • in a 4 quart saucepan, add 1 tablespoon of the oil , and heat over high heat. when oil is hot, add 1/2 cup of popping corn. keep pan moving constantly. when corn stops popping, remove from heat. place popped corn in oven to keep warm. repeat until all corn has been popped.
  • preheat oven to 200 degrees f (95 degrees c).
  • boil sugar, butter, syrup, and salt for 5 minutes. remove from heat, add baking soda. stir well.
  • pour over popped corn. spread cookie sheets and place in oven for 1 hour. stir every 15 min. remove from oven and let cool, breaking apart the popcorn as it cools. store in air tight containers.

Fresh Peach Trifle

Ingredients

  • Servings: 8
  • 6 large ripe peaches - peeled, pitted and sliced
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 2 (8 ounce) containers vanilla yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1 (10 inch) prepared angel food cake

Recipe

    Preparation Time: 35 mins Ready Time: 35 mins

  • place peaches in a large bowl, and gently toss with lemon juice. place 1 cup of peaches in a blender, set aside remaining slices, and blend until smooth. place yogurt into a bowl; stir in the peach puree and lemon zest until well blended.
  • cut the angel food cake into squares and place half in the bottom of a glass dish. spoon half of the peach slices over the cake. cover with half of the yogurt mixture. place remaining cake squares over the yogurt. top with peaches, reserving 5 or 6 slices for garnish. cover with remaining yogurt mixture. garnish with peach slices. refrigerate until ready to serve.