PUTTING BERRIES IN YOUR MUFFINS OR PANCAKES

When making muffins with berries in them the berries usually sink to the bottom. Noone wants their berries all in one place. To prevent this from happening coat your berries in flour before adding them. For pancakes, place batter on griddle then spinkle your berries on top.

SOFT SCRUB

Did you know that you can make your cleaning supplies? You can make soft scrub with baking soda and dish soap. I mixed up a little today to try it out, I did a few tablespoons of baking soda in a dish then added soap until I got a thick paste. I put a tiny bit in my sink and scrubbed it and it worked great! Give it a try.

Baked Cinnamon/Sugar Tortilla strips (GUILT FREE)

My Sister said to me."sure wish I could have something sweet and yummy" I said "I can make Tortilla Strips with cinnamon and sugar" Then I thought to myself, not good cuz they are fried. Well, I experimented and this is what I came up with. Kind of guilt free Yummy snacks

Pre-heat to 350

You will need 2 8inch flour tortillas (I think they even have fat free ones)
Butter Spray
1/2 cup Sugar
Cinnamon to your liking

Mix sugar and cinnamon together and set asdie
Cut tortillas into 1/2 -3/4 inch strips
lay in single layer on cookie sheet
Spray with butter spray and then sprinkle generously with cinnamon and sugar
Turn and repeat on other side.
Place in heated oven for 12-15 min. until crisp.

let cool for a minute and ENJOY!

You can use as many Tortillas as you wish. Just adjust sugar and cinn. You can store these in a ziplock. Make sure they have been out of oven for a long time to cool completely. What am I saying lol there won't be any left to store

Ever cut that piece of fruit that wasn't ripe?

OMG how many time has this happened? A million! then its like damn...you either eat the flavorless hard thing or throw it away. Dice it up, toss it in a small pot with a little water or juice and cook it. You can add a little honey or sugar or agave to sweeten it up. Maybe a dash of spice. Cinnamon, star anise maybe. and cook it until it is soft. It is quite tasty. I am cooking 3 pears as we speak. I will have the yummy stuff with some baked Brie.

Asparagas

So you see some lovely asparagas at the store but you really don't want to cook it right away? When you get it home get a shallow tupperware or something like it and put about a half inch of water in it and stand the asparagas up in container. They will stay fresh just like they are growing. I cut about a 1/4 inch off of the bottom first and I use a square container so they don't fall over.
When you decided to cook them, you can Blanch them, then use them however you like.
To Blanch them you will need a Shallow pan. I use a skillet. You will also need a vessel of some sort that will be big enough so you don't bend them and it needs to be filled with ICE and water.
Take each piece of asparagas holding at top and bottom and kind of bend. it will snap off where the woody part stops. This will guarentee that you will not get any woody pieces.
get your pan with a couple inches of water in it. You can salt it if you want. When water is at a good simmer toss your asparagas in and watch them turn a beautiful dark green. This process takes about a minute only. Take them out and drop them in the ice water. this stops the cooking process.
when completely cold take them and place them on a kitchen towel and dry them.
You can now grill them, or eat them just like that or do whatever you want with them.
I store them wrapped in paper towel in a container in the fridge.

You can make little bundles about 4 pieces and wrap them in prosciutto. You can then grill them to get prosciutto crispy or just leave them as they are.
Enjoy!

Cherry Angel Dessert

This is really yummy but it is a make ahead. Needs to sit in fridge over night. I am doing this by memory so I hope it is right. dont think you can mess it up

1 large store bought Angel Food Cake
2 Large boxes of French Vanilla pudding. I have used reg vanilla and cheesecake pudding and it was great
Milk to make pudding
1-2 cans of cherry pie filling
Triffle dish if you have one. or a large glass bowl

Make pudding until pretty thick
Tear up angel food cake and set aside
open cans of pie filling

this is done in layers
Cake first, then pudding then pie filling repeat until your bowl is full. I think I ended up with the cherries on top.
Place in fridge over night.
Scoop out to serve like you would a triffle.
Very yummy
Enjoy!

Kinda Cobbler

Need something in a pinch for dessert or a pot luck? This is just what you need.

1 box yellow cake mix
1 stick melted butter
2 cans pie filling of your choice. cherry, blueberry or apple. if you can find peach in a can that would be good too

13x9x2 pan   pre-heat 350

Dump cake mix in a bowl and add the melted butter. Mix well! remove about 3/4 cup and set aside. (this will be your topping. if you want more topping hold out more.
Take the mixture and pat it in the bottom of your cake pan to make a crust.
Dump your pie filling on top and spread out evenly. Take reserved stuff and crumble in on top as even as you can. Pop in the oven and bake about 20 minutes or until it is golden on top and bubbly. Serve hot or cut in squares and serve cold or room temp. You can serve with a scoop of ice cream too
Enjoy!