Peanut Butter Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 C b. sugar
1/2 C w. sugar
1/2 C butter
1 t vanilla
1 egg
1 C peanut butter

1 1/2 C flour
1/2 t salt
1/2 t baking soda

1. Cream peanut butter, sugar, & vanilla together. Add vanilla and egg, then mix in peanut butter.

2. Add the dry ingredients and mix well. Form into balls about the size of a ping-pong ball and space evenly on a greased baking sheet.

3. Press ball down with a fork in a cross-hath pattern.

4. Bake at 350F oven about 12-15 mins.

Easy Sour Dough Cinnamon rolls

Ingredients:

2/3 C water
2 T white vinegar
3 C all purpose flour
1/2 C sour cream
1/4 C sugar
1 t salt
2 1/4 t yeast

Filling:
2 T butter, softened
1/4 C brown sugar
2 t ground cinnamon
Mix sugar and cinnamon. Spread butter on dough and sprinkle w/ sugar mixture.

Glaze:

3/4 C powdered sugar
1/2 t vanilla
3-4 t milk
mix until smooth and thin enough to drizzle

If you have bread machine, just put all ingredients in same order as above and set machine on dough cycle. Otherwise just do it manually.

Bake at 375 F for about 25 mins.

Fried Tofu w/ Garlic Dipping Sauce

Ingredients:

Tofu
Cooking oil for frying

Dipping sauce:

chopped garlic
vinegar
salt

1. Drain tofu and slice. Deep fry.
2. Chopped garlic and mix w/ vinegar and salt.

Bruschetta and Berry Smoothie

Ingredients for bruschetta:

french bread or baguettes
chopped tomatoes (seeded)
minced garlic
chopped basil
salt & pepper
olive oil

1. Sliced bread, brush w/ olive oil and toast.
2. Meantime chop tomatoes, basil and mince garlic.
3. Mix chopped tomatoes, garlic and basil. Season w/ salt and pepper and drizzle some olive oil.
4. Serve w/ toasted french bread or italian bread would do too!

Berry Smoothie

Strawberry
Blueberry
Yogurt (non fat)

Fresh Spring Roll

Ingredients:

Filling

Shredded Tofu
Shredded Carrots
Shredded cabbage
Thinly sliced green beans
ground pork or chicken
chopped garlic


rice paper spring roll wrapper
curly leaves lettuce
ground peanuts
dried shredded seaweeds
chopped cilantro

sauce:
brown sugar
water
chopped garlic
teeny bit of vinegar
teeny bit of sesame oil
cornstarch

Pot Stickers

Ingredients:

40-50 siu mai wrappers
Filling:
1 lb ground pork
2 C chopped nappa cabbage
1/4 C green onions
1 T chopped ginger
1 t soy sauce
1 t salt
2 t sesame oil
1 t chinese rice wine
1 T sugar
2 T cornstarch

1. Combine filling ingredients.
2. Place about 2t filling in center of wrapper. Wet edge and seal to form a circle.
3. Hold top edge and press down to flatten bottom.
4. At this point you may either steam it the way we want it, or fry until medium brown on both sides.
5. If you fry it, add 1/2 a cup of stock or water, cover and cook until liquid is absorbed.

Serve with sauce

soy sauce
rice vinegar
sugar
chopped green onions
minced garlic
a drizzle of sesame oil

Bibingka

Ingredients:

4 eggs beaten
1 C w. sugar
2 C rice flour
1/2 t salt
2 T baking powder
2 C coconut milk
1/4 C melted butter

Toppings:
1/4 C coconut milk
1/4 C brown sugar

1. Beat Eggs, sugar, salt, coco milk and melted butter.
2. Mix rice flour and baking powder.
3. Slowly, mix dry ingredients w/ wet ingredients.
4. Bake in 375 deg. oven. When half done brush with topping mixture, may add grated cheese at this point and continue baking till golden brown.