CARROT LATKES (Fried Carrot Patties)

CARROT LATKES 

Ingredients: 

• 3 eggs
• 2c. grated carrots (6-8 carrots)
• 2 c. breadcrumbs or flour
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• ½ tsp. salt
• oil for frying

Directions: 

1. Put eggs in bowl and beat with fork.
2. Wash and peel carrots, and grate into bowl or place in food processor and process until mostly shredded.
3. Add rest of ingredients and mix well.
4. Heat oil in frying pan. 
5. Form batter into patties and fry on both sides until brown (about 3 minutes each side).
6. Drain on paper towels.

Serves 4-6

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Donuts

Ingredients:

• ½ c. water
• 1 stick of butter or margarine (1/4 cup)
• 4 Tbsp. sugar
• 2 pkg. dry yeast
• 3-4 C. flour
• 2 eggs, beaten
• Dash of salt
• oil for frying
• 1/2 C. Sugar

Directions:

1. Combine water, butter, and 4 Tbsp. sugar in small pot. 
2. Heat to melt butter. 
3. Cool to lukewarm.
4. Add yeast, 3 c. flour, and beaten eggs. 
5. Knead until smooth, adding more flour if necessary.
6. Cover with damp dish towel and let rise 30 minutes.
7. Punch down. 
8. Divide into portions the size of a golf ball. 
9. Shape into balls, rings, or braids. 
10. Let rise 30 minutes more.
11. Heat 1 c. oil in frying pan. 
12. Fry donuts, turning to brown on all sides. 
13. Remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
14. Put 1/2 C. Sugar in paper bag and shake warm donuts to cover (optional). Serve warm.

Makes 12-14

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Cheese Latkes (Fried Cheese Patties)

CHEESE LATKES (Fried Cheese Patties)

Ingredients: 

• 1 c. ricotta cheese (works best, but any shredded cheese will do)
• 4 eggs
• 3c. flour
• ½ tsp. salt
• Cinnamon and sugar
• 2 Tbsp. margarine or oil for frying

Directions:

1. Put cheese and eggs in bow and mix well.
2. Add flour and salt and mix again.
3. Heat oil or margarine in frying pan over medium heat.
4. Carefully spoon batter by tablespoonfuls into pan. 
5. Fry on one side until pancakes bubble. Turn and fry on second side until brown.
6. Drain on paper towel. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.

Serves 3-4

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Quick yeast rolls

Quick Yeast Rolls

Ingredients:

• A cup of oil
• 4 cup warm water.
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• l pack yeast.
• 4 cup sugar.
• 1- 2 tablespoons of melted butter 

Directions:

1. Mix water, yeast, sugar and oil.
2. Stir in self-rising flour.
3. Knead together until smooth
4. Make the rolls.
5. Place on baking sheet.
6. Let rise for 45-60 minutes.
7. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes.
8. After baking, brush tops of rolls with melted butter.

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Banana Nut Bread

This banana nut bread recipe is delicious. My family loves it. 

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3-4 very ripe bananas (mashed up)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease 9 x 5-inch loaf pan
2. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
3. Stir in the eggs, 1 at a time mixing well each time. 
4. Stir in vanilla and bananas.
5. Stir in salt and baking powder.
6. Stir in flour.
7. Fold in the nuts. 
8. Pour into baking pan and bake for 1hr or until a case knife comes out clean. 

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Tuna Dip for a Crowd

Tuna Dip for a Crowd

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs, boiled, peeled, and sliced
• 4 cans water packed tuna; drained
• 2 packs of cream cheese, softened
• Juice of 2 lemons 
• l cup onion, finely chopped
• 2 cups salad dressing
• Seasonings to taste; salt, pepper, Tabasco, garlic salt, and paprika

Directions:

1. Mix first five ingredients together.
2. Add salad dressing and seasonings.
3. Serve with crackers or raw vegetables.

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Spinach and egg scramble

 

Ingredients:

• Spinach 12-16 oz
• eggs 6-8
• salt and pepper (optional) 
• cooking oil

Instructions:

1. Heat a little oil in a pan. 
2. Cook spinach until tender and slightly dry
3. Beat the eggs
4. Add in the eggs and salt and pepper if using
5. Cook until the eggs are done. 

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Hot Chocolate Making

When you make hot chocolate,  boil the water and chocolate in a tea pot. 

It makes it easier to pour. Just add the milk after pouring.  

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Easy Potato Latkes

Potato Latkes

Ingredients:

4 medium (about 4 C. pieces)

1 medium onion 

2 tsp. salt

2 eggs

Add 

1 cup flour

What You Do:

1. Peel potatoes and cut into large

2. Shred potatoes 

3.Dice the onion

4. Mix shredded potatoes, salt, onion, eggs, and flour.

5.  Heat 2 Tbsp. oil in pan. Add more oil as needed. 

6. Spoon by tablespoonfuls into oil, and fry on one side until brown. Turn and fry on other side.

7. Drain on paper towel.

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Home Style Cornbread

Home Style Corn Bread

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• l cup self-rising flour
• 1 cup of milk or water
• 2 cups corn meal
• 1 tbs. sugar
• Butter

Directions: 

1. Pre-heat oven to 350°.
2. Butter pan.
3. Mix all of the ingredients except butter together.
4. Pour into prepared pan.
5. Bake for about 25 minutes or until golden brown.

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Easy Fruit Salad

Easy Fruit Salad

Ingredients:

• 1 can pineapple chunks, drained
• l cup coconut
• 1 cup miniature marshmallows
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 can Fuit cocktail, drained 
• 1 small container cool whip

Instructions: 

1. Mix all ingredients very well.
2. Chill for 3 hours
3. Enjoy

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Easy Lemonade

Lemonade

Ingredients: 

• 1-quart hot water (this helps to dissolve the sugar)
• 6 lemons
• 1½cups sugar

Directions:

1. Squeeze lemons all but 2 lemons. 

2. Slice lemons the 2 lemons thin.

3. Add sugar

4. Add water

5. Mix well

6. Serve on ice

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Apple-Cinnamon Latkes

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 3 Tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/3 cup water
• 3 cups chopped apples (about 3 apples)
• 1 cup self-rising flour
• 1/2 cup oil for frying

Instructions:

1. Cut the apples with an apple cutter.
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2. Place the apples into a food processor and chop.
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3. Put the eggs, sugar, cinnamon, apples, flour, and water in a bowl.
4. Mix well.
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5. Heat, over medium heat, about 2 Tbsp of oil in a frying pan.
6. For each latke, spoon about 1/4 cup batter into hot oil. 
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7. Fry until the edges are brown. Turn and fry on the other side. 
8. Remove from pan and let drain on a paper towel.
9. Sever while warm.

Notes:

I bought my chopper about 2 years ago. I use it at least 3 times a week. It is still going strong. My husband does sharpen the blades about every 3 months. Here is the link to where I got it. Food Chopper.

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Eggs and Corned Beef Hash

Ingredients:

• 6 eggs
• 1 Can of corned Beef hash

 

Directions:

1. Cook corn beef until it starts to turn brown.
2. Beat eggs
3. Add eggs to corn beef and cook until done.

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Tuna and Scrambled Eggs

 

Ingredients:

• 1- 12 oz can of tuna
• 4 eggs
• Cooking oil

Directions:

1. Drain can of tuna
2. Cook tuna over medium heat until it starts to turn brown.
3. Beat eggs.
4. Add eggs to tuna and cook until done.

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Cilantro and Scrambled Eggs

 Ingredients:

• 1 bunch of cilantro 

• 6 eggs

• ¼ cup of onion (optional) 

• Cooking oil

Directions:

1. Chop onion

2. Put onion into frying pan and cook over low heat.

3. Cut cilantro into small pieces. Cilantro cuts easily with a pair of kitchen scissors. 

4. When onion is half done, add in cilantro. Cook the cilantro down. 

5. Beat eggs

6. After the cilantro has cooked down and the onion is done, add in the eggs.

7. Cook until the eggs are done. 

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Green beans and Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients:

• 1- 16 oz can of green beans

• 6 eggs

• Cooking oil

Directions:

1. Drain the can of beans

2. Put green beans into a frying pan with a small amount of oil and cook over medium heat.

3. Beat eggs.

4. Pour over beans

5. Cook until the eggs are done.

Scrambled Eggs and hotdog

 

Ingredients:

·       2 hotdogs

·       6 eggs

·       ½ onion (optional)

·       Cooking oil

·       Salt and pepper to taste

 

Directions:

1.    Cut hotdogs into small pieces

2.    Put onion into frying pan with a small amount of oil. Heat over medium heat.

3.    Add in hotdog pieces.

4.    Beat the eggs.

5.    When the hotdogs are hot, add in the eggs.

6.    Cook until the eggs are done.

Cactus and Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of Cactus (drained)
• 6 eggs
• ½ chopped onion (optional)
• Cooking oil

Directions: 

1. Over medium heat with a little oil, cook the cactus until tender. 
2.  Beat eggs.
3. When cactus is tender, add in the eggs. Salt and pepper to taste.
4. Cook until egg is done.

Potato and Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients:

• 1 small potato
• 6 eggs
• Cooking oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Peel and wash potato.
2. Dice potato into very small cubes.
3. Cook potato in frying pan with a small amount of oil over medium heat covered. Remember to stir occasionally. Salt and pepper to taste. 
4. Beat eggs. 
5. When potato is soft, add in eggs. 
6. Cook until eggs are done. 
7. Remove from pan and eat.