Most Scrumdiddleyumptious Crepe Recipe

I am in LOVE with Crepes lately!  I finagled a recipe and am lovin' them!  Too bad I can't eat them everyday...all.day.LONG!

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup water

2 TBSP butter (melted)

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 tsp salt

2 eggs

1 C. flour

DIRECTIONS:

Mix all of the above together, except the flour.  After it's all mixed, add the flour in a little at a time until it's all mixed.

In a 8" pan, put a little butter or olive oil.   Add 1/4 C. of the batter to the pan and swirl the batter around.  Let it cook on one side for about 30-45 sec then flip over an cook 30-45 sec longer.

Remove from pan and place on a plate.

For the filling, I like to make a homemade whip cream and top with fresh fruit.

Here's my homemade whip cream recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

1 C heavy whipping cream

4 oz cream cheese, softened

2 oz vanilla

2 TBS powder sugar

DIRECTIONS:

Put the whipping cream into a (preferably metal) bowl and freeze for about 3 minutes.  In another bowl, whip up your cream cheese and add the vanilla.  Take the whipping cream and beat it until soft peaks form, add the powder sugar.  Then mix in the cream cheese mixture.

Hope you enjoy!

Yeastless Almond Date Bread

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups whole wheat flour (preferably stone ground)

4 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups rice milk (works with any liquid) or 1 1/2 cups water (works with any liquid)

1/4 cup olive oil

1 cup chopped dates

1/2 cup chopped almonds

2 tsp Korintje Cinnamon  

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 400*

Measure all of the dry ingredients together in a bowl.  Mix all wet ingredients together.

In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients together first.  Slowly add the wet ingredients.  

The batter will be wet, but not soppy.

Place the dough into the Stoneware Loaf Pan.  

Bake at 400* for 40 mins.

Remove from oven and let stand in your pan for 2 mins then transfer it to your Stackable Cooling Rack & allow to cool completely.

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

Ok, in all honesty...I want to be part of Hungry Girl! I seriously LOVE what Lisa does with the foods, I love revamping & trying to make things "healthy" or just not so bad for you. I love the experimenting with things & just the whole flipping the switch.
With that being said, I have a recipe I want to share. There are quite a few recipes out there for Strawberry Pretzel Salad, but not one is "health-i-fied" (I know it's not a word, but whatev.).
I am meeting up with my Roof family tomorrow & my Grandpa is a diabetic. Not to mention, I am trying once again to keep my life style change on the "good side". So I've taken this salad, originally made by Paula Deen (probably not "The Original", but she has featured it) and I've revamped it to a healthier version.

Strawberry Pretzel Salad
Snyders Butter Snaps Pretzels
3/4 Cup Melted Butter
25 Packets of Splenda
1 (8 oz) pkg of Neutfella Cream Cheese
1 TBS of Vanilla
1 (8 oz) container of FF/SF Whip Topping
2 (3 oz) pkg of Sugar Free Strawberry Gelatin
2 cups Boiling Water
2 (10 oz) pkg of Strawberries (frozen)
1 (8oz) can Crushed Pineapple
Extra FF/SF Whip Topping

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

For the crust, lay the pretzels in a single layer of a 9x13" pan, add butter & 5 packets of splenda (mixed together). Bake for 7 minutes. Set aside and allow to cool.

In a mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese and the other 20 packets of splenda & vanilla. Fold in the whipped topping, and spread over the cooled crust. Refrigerate until well chilled.

In a small bowl, dissolve the gelatin in the boiling water (personally, I take the juice from the pineapple, then add water to make the 2 cups), and allow to cool slightly. Add the strawberries and pineapple, and pour over the cream cheese mixture. Refrigerate until serving time.

*Using the Butter Snap Pretzels helps you cut down on the amount of pretzels you are using. Replacing the Splenda for the sugar, cuts your sugar. FF/SF whip topping cuts fat & sugar. SF gelatin cuts more sugar. Because I'm not a scientific person & don't have time to figure out the calories, fat, etc. I can't give you the nutritional facts, but I can tell you, off hand, I'm cutting ALOT out & still enjoying an AWESOME desert!*

ENJOY

Snickers Salad

I have been DYING to make this salad. I had it first at MOTS & LOVED it. But, it's one of those salads you have to take to a potluck gathering or your introuble!

Snickers Salad
12 oz. tub Cool Whip, thawed
1 c. milk
1 large package french vanilla pudding mix, instant
6 Snicker Bars
3 apples, Granny Smith
Pretzels

Chop the snickers into small chunks.


In a mixing bowl, beat the milk and pudding mix for a few minutes, until mixed. Fold in the cool whip. Core & chop up the apples into bite-sized pieces ( toss with a dash of lemon juice to keep from turning brown). Add the candy bars and apples to the cool whip mixture & fold them in:


Refrigerate for a couple of hours, or overnight before serving. Add chopped pretzels to the top.

Spongebob Cupcakes

Dominic requested Spongebob Cupcakes for his birthday.
These were LOTS of fun! I was hoping to do more with the frosting and get more creative, but I was in SO much pain by the time I started decorating, I said, "FORGET IT!" they would be gobbled up in a flash.

No special ingredients or directions for this. I just used Funfetti cake mix and the same frosting. I added neon brite blue food coloring to the frosting to make it look like "the sea". Made the cupcakes in Spongebob cupcake papers, then topped them with the Spongebob candies and found Crabby Patties in the candy isle (Dom ate some before I could get them on the cake).
Here's pics...


The Happy Boy

Granny's Frito Candy

When I was growing up, there was a lady that lived next door to us, Granny.
She had the best recipes, but one that has always stuck out is her Frito Candy.
My mom and I have been looking for her recipe for years, with no success.
But ALAS! My mom made rice krispie treats for Thanksgiving and added something to it that really made it taste like Frito Candy.
So Mom headed out to the store to get more marshmallows and see if this was what we have been looking for....AND IT WAS!!!

Granny's Frito Candy
INGREDIENTS:
~1 stick of butter/margarine
~2 bags of Fritos
~1 bag of mini marshmallows
~1 cup of peanut butter

DIRECTIONS:
Melt butter in a pan over med/low heat. Once melted, add the peanut butter until creamy then toss in the marshmallows until they are all melted. It should look like this:

Pour that into the bowl of Fritos & mix until coated.

Spread out onto wax paper & let cool


You can break it up into pieces and ENJOY!!!