Puffless Pita Pockets?

KITCHEN TIP TUESDAY TIP:

Ever put your pita bread in the oven, only to remove a flat frisbee?
Me too!
Ugh!

Well, I've discovered that I've usually added to much flour and my dough is a little too stiff when that happens. Yes, rising time is important and I usually let them rise while the oven is preheating and they are ok- except when my dough is too stiff.

Pita dough should be very light, it should be soft to the lightest touch. Not sticky, but light enough that it would certainly need a little extra (light) dusting of flour to have to roll it out. If your dough can be rolled out without a light dusting of flour and if you are really having to press on your rolling pin- you may also end up with a flat pita!

But don't despair, even if they are flat!
You can often cut them in half and slice them open with a knife, or stuff and fold them like a taco.

With Tammy's (excellent) whole wheat pita recipe, she uses a good dose of gluten, which help keep your dough nice and soft, but if you are using another recipe that doesn't use gluten and uses all wheat, you could also try subbing 1 cup of wheat flour for plain white flour for a little more softness.

hApPy BaKiNg!

Menu..

(Pizza Pockets (and peach pockets) using Laura's recipe, except with kefir)

I will be trying to fix up some healthy "convenience'' foods for my crew this week. We will be taking some nightly walks (and 'picnics') through the old part of 'town' and stopping in on Shakespeare In the Park! This is a free play they are doing throughout the rest of this month. Dh and I would love to sit through the whole thing but the kids...boy do they have a different view!

We caught a few minutes of the show the other night and after being seated for less than 2 minutes, one of my own comedians got up and whispered in my ear "if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go hang myself now".
Funny, kid!

Remember the line in Toy Story from Potato Head about "you uncultured swine"? Well no, I didn't say that BUT I thought about it and how I had taken them to see ALL three of those and I had been a good little mother and sat through all of them, without even ONE complaint- why can't I see ONE Shakespeare In the Park? ;-)

Now- for Menu Plan Monday!

Breakfast will be: oatmeal, homemade french toast sticks from the freezer, biscuits from the freezer, Coconut-pecan pancakes from the freezer

SATURDAY:
-Salmon Patties, peas and carrots, creamy pasta
-Pita bread stuffed with tuna salad, apples, Chewies
Snacks: yogurt, apple slices, popcorn
SUNDAY:
-chicken tacos, dark chocolate brownies
-snack supper
Snacks: smores around the fire pit
Monday:
-Chicken Soup, toasted pita bread
-Grilled BBQ chicken thighs, green salad, rustic rolls
Snacks: Real Pumpkin Pecan Cakes, carrots and celery sticks
TUESDAY:
-grilled salmon fillets, lima beans, steamed cauliflower
- Pizza Pockets, carrot sticks, apples, Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Snacks:  Tutti Fruity Compote over White Cake, chips and homemade salsa
WEDNESDAY:
-Baked Chicken Cheddar Pasta, spinach, mapled carrots
-stuffed burritos, salsa and veggies, dried pears
Snacks: sour gummy worms, apple slices, popcorn
THURSDAY:
-Grilled Maple-Dijon chicken, green beans, corn
-pita bread stuffed with chicken salad, sliced apples,
Snacks: Banana Split Yogurt Smoothie, juice from the juicer, popcorn
FRIDAY:
-Cranberry Beans and Bacon, spinach, corn, cornbread
- pita bread stuffed with egg salad, carrots and dip, Glazed Apricot Molasses cake-like bars
Snacks: Chocolate Covered Cream Filled Donuts, raisins, cottage cheese in peppers

YOU are the best nurse you can have!

Recently, after weeks of feeling bad and having strange things happen to me, I decided to have blood work drawn. It showed some things but they didn't do everything that I wanted, so here's my arm, stick me again!

At my specific request, I discovered that my D and B levels were low. All part of auto-immune problems and are common and to be expected. But- they would not have even looked at those if I had not requested it! They should know this has to be looked after!

Well, what was even more mind boggling to me was that when dumb ole me spoke to the well educated physician about cod liver oil for the D, he said I couldn't get D from it, only E! WHAT!?!?!

I wanted to argue the point but hey- he had his handy dandy computer in front of him and it told him so!
But- don't put it past me to take a bottle in when I go back for the results of my next requested test!

Homemade Chocolate Pudding...

2/3 cup sugar
3 T cornstarch
dash salt
4 cups milk
2 eggs
1/2 t vanilla
5 Ghirardelli dark chocolate squares*

Pour all but 1 cup milk into sauce-pot, heat on low.
To the remaining cup of milk, beat in cornstarch, sugar, dash of salt, and eggs.
Add to saucepan. Continue heating on low-medium heat, whisking. Once mixture
thickens and begins to bubble, heat one more minute. Remove from heat. Add vanilla
and chocolate and stir until chocolate has melted. Serve warm or chill. (* I used 60% cacao
but I prefer darker!)

Real Pumpkin-Pecan Cakes...

Made with real cooked pumpkin from our garden!


-1 cup pumpkin (can use canned but may need to adjust cooking time and liquids)

-1/2 a stick of melted butter

-1/4 t salt

-1 t baking soda

-1 1/2cups unbleached flour

-1/2 t cinnamon

-1 cup cane sugar

-2 beaten eggs

-1/2 cup chopped pecans

Mix wet ingredients, then stir in dry ingredients.

Bake at 375 for approx. 15 minutes.

Topping, optional:

-8oz cream cheese whipped with

-1/4 cup honey (or to taste)

-Spread on cakes, then dip into chopped pecans.

A Marriage Saver, link

I read this post through a link from WFMW.

I thought others might enjoy the wisdom this lady shared in the article.

Its so opposed to what the world (and Oprah) tell us today.

I wish that I had began to learn these things so much sooner, and had not had to learn them the hard way!

Anyone Want a Free Pass for Netflix for One Month?

I got 4 cards in the mail, each for a 'friend', for One Free Trial Month of Netflix!

Netflix is a great program. You can watch on a pc, get them delivered to your mail box- ALL POSTAGE PAID BY THEM, or if you have a Wii or Xbox (or ???) you can watch them on your TV.

If anyone would like one, they are good through OCT 31.

Email me: laptopmail (at) twlakes (dot) net

I can email you a code from the card, or snail mail the card to you.

Waited So Long....

Are you singing Two Tickets to Paradise now? Uh-huh, and you thought you were the only one old enough to remember that song ;-)...........and those of you who don't get that...be glad you are YOUNG ENOUGH not to get it! :-) Ok-

Do you know what that is in the pic?

Go ahead guess, I'll wait.....tick tock tick tock.....

I cut THE ONLY pumpkin that we got from our garden open and to my surprise, 3 of the seeds had sprouted!

Ever seen that before?!?!?!?

Keeping it simple...

I like to keep homemade pita bread around in ziplocs, for a quick snack or meal. They can be stuffed with just about anything! PB&J, tuna or chicken salad, butter and honey, leftover spaghetti or other pasta dish, leftover shredded meats, scrambled eggs and cheese, beans and cheese, beans and rice, taco fixings, sandwich fixings, steamed veggies, cheese and then heated, and just about anything else! ;-)

This time of year gets busy for our house. Home School is starting back up, we go walking several nights a week, and the winter prep for the garden has to be done as well. Keeping meals good and simple Works for Me!

A main meat dish, often prepared earlier in the day, easy sides, or refrigerator rolls (or butter-grilled leftover bread) all help to pull a fairly quick meal together.

Kitchen tip: green onions

My tip is:

Chop up green onions and store them in a airtight containers in the fridge, right after you bring them home.

They last longer this way and they are so convenient to just grab and toss a handful in a dish for a great mild onion flavor and/or a nice touch of color .

(These will be used -in salads, in Mexican dishes, as garnish on casseroles and soups, and maybe even an omelet or frittata!)

These were my last ones in the garden :(

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Gourmet Popcorn....

I posted a link on my menu yesterday to Gourmet Popcorn Recipes. I thought seeing a pic may be more enticing that just a link....and of course eating it is even better! ;-)

Especially since chocolate changes everything when it enters into the equation.

This is simply popcorn, melted chocolate chips, and peanuts. Yummy!

Menu...

For this week's menu, I have several breakfast items made up and frozen for quick use in the mornings.

Breakfasts: Coconut Pecan Pancakes, French Toast Sticks, Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits

SATURDAY:

L-burgers, grapes, brownies

S-shrimp and potato logs, apples

snacks:vanilla pudding, pretzel sticks, grapes

SUNDAY:

L-spaghetti from home canned tomatoes, Apple Crisp

S- grilled Maple-Dijon Chicken, salad, lima beans, frozen pudding pops

snacks: sunflower seeds, raisins, yogurt

MONDAY:

L- shrimp fajitas, Tutti Fruit Compote

S- Poor Man's Steak, salad, speckled butter beans, fried apples

snacks:gourmet popcorn, mixed fruit slushies

TUESDAY:

L-Salmon Loaf, peas-n-carrots, Rustic Spelt Rolls, leftover fried apples

S-Seafood Lasagna, Choco-wheat Cake

snacks: Sour Gummy Worms, apple slices, homemade crackers with cream cheese spread

WEDNESDAY:

L- Cranberry Beans-n-Bacon, cornbread, spinach,

S- BBQ Chicken Quarters, leftover beans, turnip greens

snacks: carrots and cream cheese dip, apple slices, Banana Split Yogurt Smoothie

THURSDAY:

L-Split Pea Soup, cornbread, cookies

S- Salmon Patties, marinated vegetables, peas Chocolate Silk Pie

snacks:apple slices, Cracker Candy with peanuts, Braided Swiss Bread with jelly

FRIDAY:

L-Baked Lemon Pepper Salmon, salad, corn , Lemon Bread

S- Homemade Pizza with my favorite dough, Cranberry Salad

snacks: Oh My Stars Cookie Bars, yogurt, sliced apples

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Be sure to check out other plans at Menu Plan Monday!

O Love of God...Horatius Bonar

O love of God, how strong and true!
Eternal, and yet ever new;
Uncomprehended and unbought,
Beyond all knowledge and all thought.

O love of God, how deep and great!
Far deeper than man’s deepest hate;
Self fed, self kindled, like the light,
Changeless, eternal, infinite.

O heavenly love, how precious still,
In days of weariness and ill,
In nights of pain and helplessness,
To heal, to comfort, and to bless!

O wide embracing, wondrous love!
We read thee in the sky above,
We read thee in the earth below,
In seas that swell, and streams that flow.

We read thee best in Him who came
To bear for us the cross of shame;
Sent by the Father from on high,
Our life to live, our death to die.

We read thy power to bless and save,
E’en in the darkness of the grave;
Still more in resurrection light,
We read the fullness of thy might.

O love of God, our shield and stay
Through all the perils of our way!
Eternal love, in thee we rest
Forever safe, forever blest.


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Book It! Free Pizza 4 Homeschool Kids!

These came in the mail this week. There are 24 coupons in all for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut- for kids! I signed them all up HERE, several weeks ago so it may take a little time to get them, unless they are just now mailing them out before their official start date in October?!

I can't believe they gave me so many of them- perhaps they saw my list of six children and thought "she deserves a break today at Pizza Hut"! ;-)

These are great incentives for kids to read more in their spare time.

Mine are already asking; "whatta we gotta do to get 'em?"

What a great treat from Pizza Hut!

Check out more frugal tips on FrugalFridays

Apricot-molasses Cake-like bars...

Mix, in order:

beaten egg

1/4 cup cane sugar

1/2 cup plain yogurt

1/3 cup molasses

1/4 cup melted butter

1/4 t salt

1/2 t baking soda

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup unbleached flour

2/3 cup dried, chopped apricots

1 cup quick oats

Spread in greased 9x13. Bake at 350 for 18 to 20 minutes, just until lightly browned and edges pull from the sides of baking dish. Cool completely. Can be glazed with powdered sugar glaze.

Cut into squares once cooled.

*raisins can be subbed for apricots and cinnamon added

*I made these for a picnic but they are very good for breakfast too, since they are not overloaded with sugar. ;-)

Tutti Fruity Compote...

This is super easy and can be prepared while the meal cooks.

You can mix and match fruit to make it different every day! :-)

1 can frozen (no added sugar) apple juice

1/2 can of water

1 can drained pineapple tidbits

3 peeled and diced apples

3 cups blackberries
Heat, medium low, ten minutes.

Blend in:

3 T cornstarch or arrowroot

Heat until syrup thickens slightly.

Serve in small dishes or cups OR over ice cream, over plain cake, at breakfast, or for dessert.

The compote was a perfect dessert with our Hawaiian Haystacks!

Kitchen Tip.... 2 french toast tips...

I make a simple dip for french toasts (3 eggs, 2 cups milk) but I no longer toss in the cinnamon. It doesn't stay evened out so some pieces have LOTS of cinnamon while others have NONE.

SOLUTION:

sprinkle the cinnamon on once they are on the griddle!

Then when you flip them, sprinkle again- nice and even.

And you can also cut the pieces up to make French Toast Sticks.
I like to do this on the weekends and flash freeze them for the kids for breakfast throughout the week.

What makes it even better? Using homemade bread!

:-)

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Banana Split Yogurt Smoothie...

1 1/2 cups plain yogurt (I used Creamy Top Stonyfield, mmmm)
2 bananas
2 cups frozen cherries
1 1/2 t vanilla
2 cups milk
2/3 cup cane sugar
1 to 2 cups ice
Whirl in blender.

Optional toppings:
chocolate syrup, chopped pecans, dried flaked coconut

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This yummy treat WORKS FOR ME!

Menu....

Be sure to visit MENU PLAN MONDAY for more menu planning!

SATURDAY:
-kids choice
-chili (made from leftover beans), crackers, brownie
-Baked Italian Chicken, marinated vegetables, corn, homemade chocolate chip cookies
snacks: chocolate pudding, grapes, yogurt

SUNDAY:
- Coconut-pecan pancakes with honey
-Chili, chips, cheese, and guacamole, pudding pie
-Chicken and Dumplings, marinated vegetables, honeydew melon
snacks:grapes, sliced apples, carrots and veggie dip, toasted breakfast bread with cream cheese

MONDAY:
- Homemade French Toast sticks from the freezer
-Leftover Chicken and Dumplings, cornbread, steamed broccoli, honeydew melon
-Shrimp Stir Fry, brown rice, blackberry compote
snacks: grapes, yogurt, White Cake with lemon

TUESDAY:
-Homemade French Toast Sticks from the freezer, leftover berry compote
-Taco Casserole, black bean salsa (with home cooked beans from the freezer), cookies
-Poor Man's Steak, lima beans, Quick Bread-sticks, cinnamon sticks
snacks: grapes, carrots and veggie dip, cinnamon sticks

WEDNESDAY:
-kids choice
-Frittata, steamed broccoli, brown rice, fried bananas drizzled with honey
-Pepper Steak and Rice, brownies
snacks: sliced apples, popcorn, cheese

THURSDAY:
-Coconut Pecan Pancakes from the freezer
-Breakfast Burritos, green salad, brownies
-BBQ chicken, cole slaw, green beans, Buttermilk Pie
snacks: chips and home canned salsa, juice from the juicer, raisins

FRIDAY:
-Homemade French Toast Sticks from the freezer with honey
-Soft Tacos with lettuce and tomatoes, pudding
-Beans, cornbread, spinach, Blueberry Cake
snacks: Monkey Bread, carrots and celery with dip

Brethren, We Have Met to Worship by George Atkins

1. Brethren, we have met to worship and adore the Lord our God;
Will you pray with all your power, while we try to preach the Word?
All is vain unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down;
Brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.

2. Brethren, see poor sinners round you slumbering on the brink of woe;
Death is coming, hell is moving, can you bear to let them go?
See our fathers and our mothers, and our children sinking down;
Brethren, pray and holy manna will be showered all around.

3. Sisters, will you join and help us? Moses' sister aided him;
Will you help the trembling mourners who are struggling hard with sin?
Tell them all about the Savior, tell them that He will be found;
Sisters, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.

4. Is there here a trembling jailer, seeking grace, and filled with tears?
Is there here a weeping Mary, pouring forth a flood of tears?
Brethren, join your cries to help them; sisters, let your prayers abound;
Pray, Oh pray that holy manna may be scattered all around.

5. Let us love our God supremely, let us love each other, too;
Let us love and pray for sinners, till our God makes all things new.
Then He'll call us home to Heaven, at His table we'll sit down;
Christ will gird Himself and serve us with sweet manna all around.

Coconut-Pecan Pancakes...

Its important in this recipe, that you mix the ingredients correctly. If you are like me, that'll be tough because I just like to dump everything in and go! ;-)

But with the coconut oil, if you get it to a liquid point and you dump it into cold ingredients, its not going to blend in. It will re-solidify and whatever it touches will be stuck to it- then you may end up biting into a big lump of baking powder and that's YUCKY!

This is a big batch and makes approx. 40 -4inch pancakes.

Mix dry ingredients together:

4 2/3 cup of spelt or whole wheat flour (or a mix)

2 T baking powder

1 t salt
1/4 cup can sugar

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1/2 cup flaked or shredded coconut

Beat

4 eggs into

4 cups milk

Stir this into dry mixture.

Drizzle, as you stir

1/4 cup gently melted coconut oil

Cook on a buttered griddle.

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I cool these on a baker's rack and then spread them on a pan and freeze them.

Then I store them into a container for the kiddies, for a quick and good-for-you breakfast.

They are also a good snack, as is, or with a little peanut butter or jelly.

*Can sub part of the flour for ground flax.

Rendered Chicken Fat?

I've rendered lard before, and render beef fat almost monthly, and now- chicken fat!

I removed the skin from some chicken the other day- and I just couldn't resist!

I had to see if it would produce any fat.

It did!

First I put about a 1/4 inch of water in my saucepan, then the skins.

I heated it on low for several minutes and then turned it up to simmer.

You don't have to babysit the pot, but you do need to stir it every few minutes to make sure its not sticking- and the higher your heat, the more chance of sticking.

I simmered it for over an hour.

It produced a pretty yellow oil, which I strained.

Its very tasty and unique as it does not solidify at all at room temp, like lard and beef tallow.

After it cooled overnight, I discovered that it made a layer of gelatin at the bottom of the bowl, underneath the layer of oil. This would be the real deal; gelatin. Not a manufactured product.

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Chicken fat is used in most chopped liver/liver pate recipes to cook the liver and onions in.

This would be great to fry any chicken or turkey in, or to use it to start a gravy.

I used this tonight to make this dish. It was very tasty and didn't have a strong chicken taste.....and no one knew it! ;-) Sneaky mom strikes again!

Yeah, real meat fat!

Not some hydrogenated fat from whatever a canola is! ;-)

Paperless Homework!

These handy dandy, dry-erase, pre lined boards are great for homework! Especially writing assignments! (Good for art too- the back is plain, no lines.)

They can often be found this time of year for $2-$3.

Beats paper, and its reusable for years and years!

Oh and- those cute little pears are from a pear tree that we planted last year!

It has several more on it, but not a bunch, but it also has man-eating wasps hovering around it.

Well, maybe not man eating, maybe man-stinging? ;-)

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Paperless Homework- Works for Me!

A sneaking I will go....Can U keep a secret?

These are Chicken Meatloaf Muffins made like meatloaf except with ground chicken. But NO ONE would guess what else is hiding in them! You wanna try? Ok- go ahead.......give up?

Well, I almost didn't pull this one off because I kept having kitchen visitors and its really hard to be sneaky when they keep coming in the kitchen! But, I bought a tub of chicken livers and ground them up in the mini food processor. 1/4 of the batch went in these- and NO ONE knew! Not even me- well I mean, I couldn't taste it- at all!

The other 3 batches of frozen ground liver are tucked safely in the freezer. When I'm ready to sneak again, I can drop them in lukewarm water and once thawed, dump them in, and no one will ever EVER know....'cept you! So- please keep my secret! ;-)

Homemade White Cake...

This is super easy and the ingredients are usually on hand in most kitchens.

2 cups unbleached flour (yeah, you could use plain)

1 T baking powder

1/2 t salt

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 t vanilla

1/3 cup melted butter (slightly cooled)

2 eggs

1 cup plus 3 T milk

Mix as you would a boxed cake; about 30 seconds until blended and 2 minutes on high.

Bake at 350. Bundt-approx.43-45 minutes. 9x13 approx. 30 minutes.

Served here with a drizzle of chocolate syrup and blackberries.

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My kids loved it with these toppings and dh loved it plain.

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This cake could be made lowfat or fat free with subs.

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This cake is good with fruit as it is textured somewhere between spongecake and angel food cake.

Would be great with lemon zest in the cake and a glaze made from lemon juice and powdered sugar.

Could add chocolate chips, or blueberries, etc.

YMCA-one way to get a free day!

Did you know that if you set up an appointment for a 'tour' at your local YMCA, that they will give you a One-Day-Pass after a super quick consultation on prices?

They also have a program where your payments are based on your income!

Just a thought-
this might be a nice treat for your children as a ''field trip''.

Weekly menu:

SATURDAY:
-pancakes
-breakfast burritos (eggs, turkey bacon, peppers, onions), applesauce
-oven fried chicken, broccoli, fried apples
snacks:popcorn, pb and crackers

SUNDAY:
-kids choice
-Turkey and cheese sammys, candy
-picnic at the old train depot (then a walk!)
snacks:fruit and nut bars, milk, grapes

MONDAY:
-kids choice
-natural peanut butter and banana sandwiches, strawberries, bananas
-Turkey, dressing, green bean casserole, Chocolate Meringue Pie
snacks: baby carrots and cream cheese dip, toasted breakfast bread with cream cheese

TUESDAY:
-millet
-Beef-n-leeks stew, Rustic Spelt Rolls, honeydew
-Easy Italian Baked Chicken, speckled butter beans, layered salad, cookie
snacks: Yummy Snack Bars, grapes, juice from the juicer

WEDNESDAY:
-eggs and sausage wraps
-Potatoes, onions, peppers, Polish sausage stir, leftover snack bars
-Roaster Chicken, layered garbanzo bean and veggie salad, brownies
snacks:grapes, strawberries, toasted breakfast bread with cream cheese

THURSDAY:
-English Muffins with cream cheese and homemade jelly
-Butter beans and polish sausage, cornbread, turnip greens, honeydew
-Chicken thighs, green beans, cauliflower, Sour Gummy Worms
snacks: Berry Cherry Smoothie, Cheddar Crackers, raisins

FRIDAY:
-Bug Oats
-Butternut Squash Soup, Rustic Spelt Rolls, Cheesecake
-Beef Stir Fry, brown rice, leftover rolls and honey
snacks:Apple Spice Muffins, carrots and cream cheese dip

Easy Italian Pasta with Roasted Peppers...

1 box spiral pasta (I used a kind that is made from whole grain and flax.)
Cook according to box directions, to the lesser time.

Chop 1/4 cup of cherry, pear, or other tomatoes (yellow pears used here) or even drained, canned

1/3 or to taste of your favorite Italian Dressing (homemade or bottled) I use a homemade with flax oil

1 T chopped chives

1/4 cup chopped roasted peppers (bottled or roast your own)

Toss, chill, serve. This makes enough for a side for several meals at our house.

You can also add more veggies; shredded carrots, diced green peppers, chopped green onions, peas, diced zukes, summer squash, chopped cukes, etc. Can also be topped with Parmesan cheese.

A great frugal side when you're in a pinch or need a big side dish for guests or church picnics!

The new fish in town: Swai...

I bought this fish because it was on sale. I brought it home and went digging for recipes and found that it was in the catfish family. Well, I knew dh would love it but I wasn't sure about the rest of us :-)

So- digging I went for recipes and I found one that really was wonderful for this fish!

I did bake it longer than the suggested time as well as broiled it longer, until I got the crispy look.

I will use this in the future with tilapia for sure!

And again, for the record, this type of fish is really pretty tasty and is said to have good Omega 3! (and its cheap!..I mean frugal;-)

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The above link has some very good recipes for all sorts of seafood!

"natural candy"...

I put up the recipe for these a few moons ago, but here are some rolled in coconut as well as the sesame seeds, that we've made this week. The basic recipe is in one of Airola's books.

The recipe is easy and simple:

My kids really like it, but soon discovered that you can't eat too much of it! Its just too rich!
1/2-honey
1/2C butter
1 t-vanilla
1/4C -carob powder (or cocoa)
3/4C-milk powder
1/2C-sesame seeds
Cream butter and honey. Blend in vanilla, carob powder, milk powder. Roll into balls and coat in the sesame seeds. Place in the refrigerator.


(NT suggests sprouting seeds before use. I am not sure how that would work, but I hope to try to soak, sprout, dry, and see if I could make it work!)
**There are numerous variations to this recipe: add cinnamon, roll in coconut or crushed graham crackers, add or roll in crushed nuts, add a good quality peanut butter, etc