Pancake Tuesday,

I love these things, and my kids do too. I often don't put anything inside. Just stack them up or fold them over and sprinkle cinnamon sugar on them or maple syrup.

Crepes

1 ¼ c. flour
1/34/ c. milk
Pinch salt
2 tsp. sugar
2 eggs – separated
1 tbsp. butter melted

Sift flour, salt & sugar. Separate eggs- beat egg whites and add to flour mixture- do not mix yet. Mix milk & egg yolks together- add to flour mixture. Blend well and add enough milk to make batter runny. Add melted butter.

Fry on crepe pan as thinly as possible. Fill with desired mixture and enjoy.


Donna Nowak- Allerton
Registered Nurse



But if you must put something do.

Eating in other places

My friend Anna, who was my "Boss" when I worked for Elections Canada comes up with some unusual sandwiches. You must understand in the 36days of election period in Canada we are stuck in an office for 12hrs. a day 7 days a week. You get pretty tired of eating take-out, so you end up bringing lunches an dinners to work and doing a little more than heating up. Well Anna was having this sandwich with veal and lemons. Yes she sliced lemons really thinly and was eating them. Now I know most of you have probably gotten that email talking about the germs one can find on the rind of a lemon, but if you watched City TV they actually did a scientific experiment and went to some of the local eateries and bars and swabbed the boards and lemons and sent them off to the lab. Well as it turns out your toothbrush has more germs than lemons in your water. I don't particularly like lemons in my water so it was never an issue for me, but that lemon sandwich sure was. So I went out and bought these lemons. They are"DANDY" Meyer Lemons. So today will be veal cutlets for supper, (with leftovers for lunch sandwiches) and I'm definitely making the recipe on the tag. I'll post it for tomorrow if it is any good, sounds great. Chocolate is involved.

A little fuss for family day

Monday, February 16th is Family Day in Ontario. Most places are closed. So families are stuck together with not much to do. My guys are preparing for exams. So I think I'll make a little something for breakfast that isn't cereal.

Cornmeal Muffins

¾ c. cornmeal
1 ¼ c. milk
Mix together set aside

Sift together

1 c. flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/3 c. sugar
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Stir into cornmeal mixture and add 1 slightly beaten
egg and ¼ c. melted shortening. Stir in blueberries.
Do not defrost frozen blueberries. Fill muffin tins ¾ full.

Bake in muffin pan lined with paper cups, @ 400 degrees, for
20- 25 min.


Connie Bronze
Neighbour on Elora Dr.

My Royal Valentine

If you don't feel like a Valentine today, just make yourself this lovely desert it will make you feel Royal.


Cherry Cream Crown

2 pkgs. Lady Fingers
¼ c. brandy or rum or your favourite liqueur
1 pkg. 8oz. cream cheese softened
½ c. sugar
1 pint of whipping cream, whipped
1 tsp. vanilla*
1 can of cherry pie filling (21oz)

Brush Lady Fingers with liqueur of choice. Line the sides and bottom of a 9”springform pan, rounded sides against the pan.

Beat whipping cream and vanilla until stiff, set aside. In another bowl beat cheese and sugar. Gently but thoroughly fold in cheese mixture. Spread a layer of mixture in pan, top with lady fingers repeat with mixture. Refrigerate until firm.
Top with Cherry pie filling before serving. DO NOT freeze.

* I like to use an almond flavoured liqueur so I then use almond extract here. Optional


Meryl Folger,
Human Resource Supervisor
Co worker Robert Simpson Co.

Broccoli Casserole

Broccoli Casserole

2 pkg. broccoli
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup mayonnaise
2 eggs
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
2 tbsp. onion
1 can sliced mushrooms, drained
Salt and pepper
Ritz crackers crushed.

Steam broccoli, leaving it crisp, & broken in bite-size pieces.
Combine eggs, soup, mayo, cheese, onion and mushrooms.
When broccoli is ready place in large casserole dish, toss with
Mushroom mixture, sprinkle with additional cheese if desired.
Tope with crushed crackers, bake about 45 minutes at 350degrees.
Or until done. Don’t you just love it when recipes say this, how do
You know it’s done if you’ve never made it before. Well I’ll tell
You. If your casserole is 9 x 13 and somewhat shallow it bakes
Quicker, if it’s deep you do need to leave it in for a longer period
Of time. The mixture when baked through should resemble a
Quiche.

WARNING


A woman goes to her boyfriend's parents' house for
Christmas dinner.


This is to be her first time meeting
the family and she is very nervous.

They all sit down and begin eating a fine
meal.


The woman is beginning to feel a
little discomfort, thanks to her nervousness and the
broccoli casserole.. The gas pains are almost making her
eyes water. Left with no other choice, she decides to
relieve herself a bit and lets out a dainty fart.



It wasn't loud, but everyone at
the table heard the poof.

Before she even had a chance to be
embarrassed, her boyfriend's father looked over at the
dog that had been snoozing under the woman's chair, and
said in a rather stern voice, 'Skippy!'.



The woman thought, 'This is
great!' and a big smile came across her
face.

A couple of minutes later, she was
beginning to feel the pain again.

This time, she didn't even hesitate. She
let a much louder and longer rrrrrip.

The father again looked at the dog and
yelled, 'Skippy!'

Once again the woman smiled and thought
'Yes!' A few minutes later the woman had to let another
rip. This time she didn't even think about it.


She let a fart rip that rivaled a train
whistle blowing.




Once again, the father looked at the dog
with disgust and yelled, 'Skippy, get away from her,
before she shits on you!'

Just a little tid bit, for those of us out there not wanting our children to marry that person they are bringing home for dinner, Broccoli Casserole is not a registered weapon, but it should be.

A slice of sunshine

It's been a long cold winter, and the vegetables out there are not so nice. But then there is always, cabbage, I needed a slice of sunshine so the addition of pineapple is nice, keep the dressing to a minimum and it's even o.k. for our diets.
When I reduce this recipe, I just reduce the amount of cabbage and mayo and leave the rest it gives me a whole new surprise. It's quite a large recipe otherwise.
Hawaiian Coleslaw

8 c. shredded cabbage
¾ c. pineapple chunks
½ c. raisins
½ c. diced celery
3 or 4 shredded carrots
1 orange, peeled, sectioned & cut in half
¾ cup mayonnaise, or Miracle Whip dressing
Combine all ingredients and mix well. Serve chilled.



Teresa Chrapala-Makarewicz
Home Economist

Teresa Chrapala-Makarewicz is my sister in law on my husband's side (married to my husband's brother) she is a professional Home Economist, I think this recipe was developed during her days with The Barn Food Markets. My family like coleslaw so this makes a nice change to the usual combo. You may sometimes see Teresa on the shopping channel or CHCH cooking show I think at noon.

Happy Day Cake

My friend Janice is celebrating a Birthday, so I hope her mom bakes this great cake she always bakes. It just doesn't taste as delicious when I make it, but here's the recipe anyway.


Blueberry or Cherry Cake


1c. sugar
1 c. Crisco oil
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 ½ c. flour
3 tsp. baking powder
Pinch salt
1 can cherry or blueberry pie filling

Combine sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla. Beat well. Add sifted flour, baking powder and salt: mix again. There is no milk or water in this batter. It is very stiff. Put ½ of bake batter in and ungreased 9 x12 inch pan. Spread evenly. Spread can of pie filling over batter and spread with remaining batter. ( dot evenly over the pie filling). Sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 325 degree for 1 hr. The cake gets moister the longer it sits. Can be served with whipped cream. Freezes well.

Janice McEwen- Catherwood
Best friend ever.

Beets that are really good ...

Sasha works tonight so it will be a dinner with just my husband and I. I always get away with having what I like on those nights. So beets it is. I found this recipe on a tag attached to the beets, made it and loved it. I'm not sure what any of the food values are or fat content or calories but what the heck, I'm not frying, or adding cream so I'm up one.

Baked Grated Beets

5 medium sized beets shredded
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 smallish potato, grated
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
2 tbsp. white vinegar
2 tbsp. brown sugar ½ tsp. salt
1 tsp. water ¼ tsp. pepper.

Place beets in a greased 1 quart casserole. Add onions and potato. In a small bowl, stir together oil, vinegar, sugar, water, salt and pepper. Stir into vegetable mixture, cover tightly, and bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 min. Stir once or twice during cooking. Makes 4 serving.

After I make a dish once, I try to reduce the fat and sugar so that’ll be tonight’s adventure. I used a non-stick casserole so I skipped the greasing of the dish. Enjoy.

Angel Food Cafe

I few years ago we took my mother out to the Angel Food Cafe in Grimsby Ontario, for her birthday. The chef there made a incredibly delicious soup. He also sold the spices for that soup. I've been saving this spice for special occasions, because for some reason the cafe is no longer open, and thus the spices are no longer available. I wish I knew someone in a CSI lab so they could tell me what was in this great mixture. So Sunday's soup was Sweet Potatoe and Parsnip. My husband doesn't particularly care for the angel mixture, so I kept it for myself. If anyone knows this chef please beg him for the spice recipe. Here it is ...

Sweet Potatoe and Parsnip

1 med. to large sweet potatoe
1 parsnips
3 cups stock, about
1/4 c. heavy cream

I steamed these two, after peeling and cutting into approx. the same size pieces. When they were fork tender, I mashed them coarsely with a potatoe masher. Add stock to desired consistency. Just before serving whisk in cream. Serve with a great rye bread. Ambrosia I say... * I put 1/4 tsp. of my angel mixture into my bowl and BAM is not a strong enough word to describe it.

Remember I'm using the stock I made on Saturday night so I've been able to control the salt and fat.

Supper Bowl Crab Dip

I think it must be nurse requirement, that you must make awesome appetizers. Anyway my sister Donna is a nurse and this is one of her awesome appetizers. I don't think I've ever known her not to be tired, so maybe they(nurses) make awesome appetizers because they can't stay awake for the main course, Just kidding. Enjoy


Donna ‘s Crab Dip

1 large can of crabmeat
1 8oz. pkg. cream cheese
3 tbsp. Mayo
½ tsp. Worcestshire sauce
½ tsp. lemon juice
½ tsp. tobasco
½ tsp. garlic juice

Cream cheese until softened, add drained and crumbled crabmeat and the remaining ingredients. Bake at 320 degrees for 25 -30 min. Serve warm with Triscut crackers or crackers of your choice.