Mock "Icecream"

Mock “Icecream”

½ banana
1 T peanut butter
¼ cup milk
1 T milk chocolate chips

Freeze banana. Thaw just a little to allow for easier blending. Blend with peanut butter and milk. Stir in chocolate chips. Freeze in a dish until it’s the consistency of a soft ice cream.

This makes one serving, but you can easily make multiple servings

Fruit Salsa

1 cup strawberries
1 kiwi
2 Golden delicious apples
¼ cup fresh squeezed orange juice
1 to 2 T brown sugar.

Mix together.

Chips for serving:
Cut a tortilla into triangles, brush with water and dust with cinnamon and brown sugar. Bake at 450 for 5-10 minutes

South African Carrot Salad

Carrots
Crushed pineapple (half drained)
Raisins
Splenda or sugar (optional)

1. Shred carrots
2. Add pineapple, the ratio is up to you, whatever tastes good to you
3. Stir in some raisins, again, as many as you want
4. Taste it, and if you think you’d like it sweeter, add splenda or sugar
Cover and refrigerate overnight before serving

Fresh Fruit Smoothies

Pineapple Blackberry

6 oz vanilla yogurt
1 cup pineapple
¼ cup milk
½ cup blackberries
1/8 tsp cinnamon

Blend until smooth


Peach Raspberry

6 oz vanilla yogurt
1 sliced peach
¼ cup milk
½ cup raspberries
1/8 tsp cinnamon

Blend until smooth

Strawberry Kiwi

6 oz vanilla yogurt
1 cup frozen strawberries
¼ cup milk
1 large kiwi, peeled

Blend until smooth

Apple Crisp

4-6 sliced apples
1/3 cup flour
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup butter
1 cup rolled oats
¼ tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon

1.Place fruit in shallow, buttered baking dish.
2.Mix other ingredients until crumbly and spread over fruit
3. Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes

Baked Apples with Maple Cream

2 large apples, halved lengthwise, and cored
4 tsp butter or margarine cut into small pieces
½ cup orange juice
1 T apple cider vinegar
¼ cup evaporated milk
2 T pure maple syrup

1. Chill small mixing bowl. Place apples flesh side up in slow cooker and dot with butter. Pour orange juice and vinegar over top
2. Cook on low 2-3 hours or until apples are soft but still hold their shape. Remove apples to plate and pour juice from slow cooker into small saucepan. Bring to a boil and reduce 3-4 minutes, until liquid is thick and syrupy. Set aside
3. Whip milk and maple syrup in chilled bowl with electric mixer at high speed for 3-5 minutes, until mixture thickens. Top each apple half with 1 ½ T maple cream and drizzle with 1 T reserved fruit syrup

Grandma Anne's Famous Banana Bread

Grandma Anne’s Banana Bread!!

1. Cream ¾ cup sugar, ¼ cup real butter, and one egg
2. Add two very ripe, mashed bananas (three if you want)
3. Add 1/3 cup buttermilk and ½ tsp vanilla
4. In separate bowl, sift together ¼ tsp salt, 1 tsp baking soda, and 1 ½ cups of flower (add cinnamon if you want… Meghan’s addition!)
5. Mix dry mix into banana mixture
6. Pour into a well greased loaf pan and bake for 45-60 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.

Yields one loaf