Recipes – Page 20 – a hippie with a minivan

Pizza night…

We had a pizza night on sunday… in our house that means that we make pizza.. I love when we do this… Xavier helps grate the cheese, put the sauce on, the pepperoni…

Here is theirs…

and mine… with onions, mushrooms, broccoli, zuchini, and peppers…

and then for a treat…

I made this for dessert …

I took a bit of extra pizza dough… spread some butter on it, sprinkled a bit of sugar and cinnamon… sliced some apple pieces quite thinly and spread them out and then made a crumble with oats, sugar and butter and put that on top and baked for about 15 min…

this is before it went in the oven…

and my slice….

Homemade Sushi…

I make this about once a week…

I am addicted…

Hunan Dumplings

To make Dumplings

1/2 lb ground raw pork
2 tbsp finely chopped water chestnuts
1 tbsp tamari
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp sesame seed oil
about 36 wonton wrappers

Chicken or veggie stock

Green onions (chopped)

mix all ingredients together and fill wonton wrappers. Bring a large pot with veggie or chicken stock and chopped green onions to a boil and add dumplings in batches of a dozen for a few minutes (they will float when done)… the pork will cook while boiling… (this makes a good soup in itself with the broth and wontons)

When done, drain and add Peanut sauce

Peanut Sauce

1 cup smooth peanut butter
1 cup hot water
4 tsp tamari
2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
1 tsp sambal Olek or other garlic chile sauce
2 tsp of chopped green onions

heat all the ingredients on low heat in a sauce pan and add to dumplings… (great sauce for fresh spring rolls also)

serve with rice and garnish with green onions..

Oatmeal “pudding”…

This is one of the boys favourite breakfasts… and it tastes like rice pudding…

3 cups of Milk (I use Vanilla Almond Milk)
pinch of salt
about a tsp of cinnamon

a bit more than a tsp of Vanilla
a tbsp of Maple Syrup (the real stuff of course!)
a handful of raisins
1 1/2 cups of Oats

In a pot, bring mix Milk, salt, Maple Syrup and raisins to a simmer… add Oats and then cook on low until done…

Chocolate Oatmeal Variation: Change the milk to Chocolate milk, or milk + a few tsp of cocoa to taste and leave out the cinnamon…

Pouding Chomeur (poor man’s pudding)

This is a traditional french-Canadian dessert that was made during the depression era… the ingredients are simple and were cheap and it is one of those staple desserts in french-canadian homes…

(yes… it is full of sugar… but OH so good)

Cake:

1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla

Sauce

3/4 cup Maple Syrup
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 cup boiling water
1/4 cup butter

In a bowl sift flour and baking powder together… in another bowl, cream butter and sugar and add vanilla… then slowly add the milk and flour in alternating 1/4 cup increments until all together and smooth… spread in a buttered baking dish…

for the sauce… in a sauce pan, mix all the sauce ingredients together and bring to a boil… boil for a few seconds and then pour over the cake batter (do not mix)

bake in a 325 preheated oven for 45 min