Rollkuchen & Watermelon

3 cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. salt

2 eggs

1 + cup whipping cream

Mix dry ingredients together add eggs, cream. Roll out on a floured surface to about 1/8"+ thick, cut into rectangles, cut a slit in centre and pull one end through. Fry in hot fat 375 degrees, till golden, turn and fry other side. Drain on paper towel. Serve with watermelon.

This is what's for supper tonight as its so toasty warm out, perfect meal for it. My hubby likes his thin and crispy so i use the same dough, just cut off a chunk and roll very, very thin and cut a slat in the centre and fry same temp. I like mine nice and soft & fluffy, he likes them cripsy

Bean Burgers

Don't knock 'em till you've tied em!

My handsome husband made up this recipe a while ago when we are craving the BBQ, but wanted a healthier (and even cheaper!) alternative to beef. He's made them a number of times since and has asked me to add the recipe to the blog!

Ingredients:
1 can corn
1 can chick peas
1 can black beans
A few pressed/minced cloves of garlic
1 egg
Breadcrumbs

Directions:
Drain and rinse canned ingredients (no need for the excess salt!); blend in food processor, along with garlic, in batches (as much as your food processor can handle at a time). Once combined and all mashed up, place in large bowl, add egg, and combine with well washed hands. Add breadcrumbs until 'batter' is able to stick together on it's own just like if you were making beef burgers.
Form into patties (about 10), BBQ, and enjoy!

Notes:
1) I like mine dressed with light mayo, Thai peanut sauce, a leaf of lettuce, and thin slices of bell pepper.
2) He usually only makes about 8 patties and forms the rest into meatballs - fantastic for a ground beef substitute in spaghetti!!
3) They freeze really well, so instead of BBQ all of them, just throw some ready-made patties in the freezer and treat just as you would frozen beef patties.




Sorry there's no pic... but I will add one next time we have 'em.

Yeast Water Doughnuts

I often enjoyed fresh, homemade donuts growing up. Never having made them myself, my Mom came over last week and we made a bunch. Delicious!!!

Doughnuts

• 4 tbsp yeast
• 2 tsp sugar
• 2 cups warm water
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 4 cups warm water
• 1 3/4 cup oil
• 8 eggs (beaten)
• salt to taste
• flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water with 2 tsp sugar and let stand 10 minutes. Add 4 cups warm water, oil, sugar, beaten eggs, salt. Add enough flour to make a soft dough. Knead well and let rise. Roll out about a half inch thick and cut out using a doughnut cutter. Let rise 1/2 hr and fry in hot fat.

*Best eaten the day they're made, but also quite good if frozen as soon as they're cool. We usually make a butter icing with a bit of cinnamon in it, to ice the doughnuts. One recipe makes about 6 dozen.

Rhubarb Crunch

A delicious recipe from my sister in law Christina. Yum, yum, yum.

Rhubarb Crunch

Crumbs:

• 1 cup flour


• 3/4 cup oatmeal


• 1 cup brown sugar


• 1 tsp cinnamon


• 1/2 cup melted margarine

Put half of crumbs on the bottom of a greased 9 x 13 pan. Save remaining crumbs for topping.

Add 4 cups of chopped rhubarb on crust.

Filling:

• 1 cup sugar


• 2 tbsp cornstarch


• 1 cup water


• 1 tsp vanilla

Bring to a boil and let simmer until thick and clear. Pour over rhubarb and top with remaining crumbs. Bake at 350 for one hour.*

*I usually only bake it for 45 minutes.

Delicious with ice cream!

Steamed Asparagus with Sauce

A few years ago I bought some asparagus, never having tried it before - it's delicious!! Especially local and fresh! This is one of my favorite ways to prepare it.

Steamed Asparagus with Sauce

• 1/2 pound asparagus
• 1/4 cup miracle whip
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup shredded cheese

Steam asparagus. Heat and whisk remaining ingredients on stove top. Add steamed asparagus and heat thoroughly.

Fruit Pizza

We enjoyed this delicious dessert last week, at a May/June/July birthday celebration. Thanks to Aunt Lil for making it and sharing both the dessert and recipe with me.

Fruit Pizza

• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 6 Tbsp icing sugar
• 1 1/2 cups softened margarine

Mix above 4 ingredients in bowl until it forms a ball. Press into the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan. Bake in 350 oven for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool.

Topping:

• 2 - 250g pkg cream cheese
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla

Beat topping until very smooth and spread over crust.

Top with strawberries or fruit of your choice and 2 packages of strawberry glaze. You can slice strawberries in half and arrange on cream cheese mixture and then pour glaze over top, following directions on glaze package. Or slice strawberries in quarters, make glaze and mix strawberries & glaze together and pour over cream cheese.

*This dessert is best eaten the day it's made as the crust softens overnight. The crust can be prepared a day ahead and then assemble the remaining layers the following day. This dessert is a hit with everyone, due to it's visual appeal and also it's great taste.

Home made White Bread

1/3 cup oil

1/3 cup white sugar

4 cups warm water

1 egg

1 TBSP salt

2 TBSP fast rising yeast

10 cups white flour - depending on brand and humidity you may need more or less

Place oil, sugar salt and egg into mixing bowl, add warm water then yeast, slowly add one cup at a time of flour and mix until dough is soft but not sticky. Place in warm place for 35 min. cut into 4 and make loaves, (i have the large pans so if you have sm. pans i'm sure it would make 6) place in warm palce and cover w. plastic & tea towel. for aprox. 50 min - 1 hr. Bake 350 for 20 min. of course this will depend on your oven, as the oven i have now i bake 400 for 20 min.

When cool i slice my bread and put into bread bags and freeze so when i need a loaf i just take it out and let thaw. enjoy