Peach Cinnamon Crisp

I made this for the first time last night. It was so delicious! It takes a little bit longer with a 40-45 minute bake time but it is so worth the wait. Its not overly sweet either but there is a nice contrast between the sugar/cinnamon topping, tart oj, and sweet peaches. It will be a party in your mouth that your waist won't have to suffer for! Enjoy :)

Ingredients:
4 cups of sliced peeled fresh peaches ( I used frozen to save lots of time)
1/2 cup of oj
2 Tb brown sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg lightly beaten
2 Tbs melted butter or margarine (used tub margarine)

Topping: (I didn't measure these out to save time just sprinkled)
1 tsp sugar
1/8 tsp or a dash of ground cinnamon

Method:
1. In a bowl combine peaches, oj, brown sugar and cinnamon (if using frozen fruit let thaw first)
2. Spray a baking dish with nonstick spray
3. Pour peach mixture into bottom of the baking dish
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
5. In a med size bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder.
6. Add the egg and melted butter and mix until crumbly. Mine was a little more doughy than would be defined as crumbly.
7. Sprinkle crumble mix over the top of the peaches in the baking dish... if yours is more doughy also no worries just dot the peaches all over using the entire crumble mix. It still turns out very well!
8. sprinkle with sugar cinnamon topping and bake for 40-45 minutes until topping is golden brown and filling is bubbly.

Serve warm possibly with some frozen vanilla yogurt! :) This makes 6 servings. When I made it I cut the recipe in 1/2 to make 3 servings. One for me and my husband and then one serving for my husband's lunch.

Nutritional info:
1 serving = 245 calories, 5 g fat, 46mg cholesterol, 90mg sodium, 48 g carbs, 3 g fiber, 4 g protein
This recipe is from: Light & Tasty Magazine August/September 2003

Jamaican Pork Stir Fry

Originally I was going to write about pancakes but after tasting this Jamaican pork stir fry I had to write about it instead. Confession: I have never had Jamaican style food before. I know. I am a bit sheltered. So this being a new experience I had some cash on hand to order a pizza incase it didn't work out - as you can guess - it was amazing and the pizza guy never needed to show up. Must try this easy dinner.

The recipe was adapted from Better Homes & Gardens Magazine Jan 2007 Page 108

Jamaican Pork Stir - Fry 

Start to finish 20 minutes

Serves 4

Ingredients:
1 Tbs oil (used light olive oil)
16oz pkg frozen stir fry veggies (found one with long green beans, peppers, broc) find one your family likes
12 oz pork strips for stir-frying (used pork stew meat - love buying meat already cut up)
2 tsp Jamaican jerk seasoning
1/2 cup bottled plum sauce ( I had to look around for this but found it at a bigger grocery store)
soy sauce (used prob 1/4 cup or less)
dry roasted unsalted peanuts (handful)
2 cups of hot rice or pasta or tortillas or a combo of two


Method:
1. In a wok or skillet heat oil over medium
2. Pour frozen veggies into pan and stir around to break up big clumps
3. Cook for 5 minutes having a bowl nearby to deposit them into after they become tender crisp
4. Remove veggies from pan
5. Toss seasoning with pork (now or before in the day if you want to give it a good dry rub)
6. Add pork to wok/skillet and more oil if necessary - I needed more oil prob 1-2 Tbs
7. Cook meat for 5-6 minutes until almost completely done (no pink)
8. Add plum sauce over meat and stir around so everything is covered
9. Return the veggies to the pan
10. Gently toss, heat through
11. Season with soy sauce and peanuts just before serving
12. Serve with heated tortillas (wrap in foil and heat in the oven 4-5 minutes at 350 degrees) or 2 cups hot rice 

See its easy. This makes 4 servings although we ate 3 servings just my husband and I for dinner. So do make more rice or add an additional side if you are needing 4 adult sized servings.  

Dinner Can Be Breakfast

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Breakfast can be Breakfast. Breakfast can be lunch or even dinner. Once a week my family usually ends up having breakfast of some kind at a meal other than breakfast because its easy and a good way to stretch our food budget.  According to Wikipedia, dinner was actually referred to the first meal of a two meal day and was the heavier meal. The word dinner actually comes from the French word "disner" meaning breakfast so you see we have been confused about this whole breakfast thing since the early 1300's. Please see wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner for more info.  Now, if your dad is anything like mine he was good at two things. He was awesome at breakfast and the bbq. So this recipe is adapted from his wondrous breakfasts in the kitchen. Thanks Dad for all those great pancake breakfasts. I tweaked your recipe (which was almost perfect).My Dad's Pancake Recipe Almost 

Ingredients:1 & 1/2 cup of flour (a combo of whole wheat/white or oat flour)1/2 Tbs of SugarDash of Salt1 Tbs of Baking powderWater or Milk (start with 1/4 cup - slowly add more if needed)1/2 cup of applesauce (or some other fruit such as a mashed up banana)1 egg2 TBS oil or melted non salted butter

























Method:

1. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a dish or bowl and all the wet ingredients together in another dish or bowl 

2. Add any extra nutritious ingredients you want to sneak in here to the appropriate bowl. Nuts would be a dry ingredient so it would go into the dry mixture. No sugar added applesauce is a wet ingredient so it would go into the wet mix.

3. Stir dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet ingredients with a large spoon

4. Heat a pan or skillet with non stick cooking spray (instead of butter)

5. Make sure pan is hot before adding circles of pancakes to your pan. Remember to space them out. They do spread out a little and rise to get fluffy.

6. Wait until the surface (side facing up has lots of little bubbles) and then carefully flip it over. Only takes 2-3 minutes per side on medium heat.

*** Optional: For a crispy texture apply just maybe a 1/2 Tbs of oil to the pan or grill after you flip them just around the pancakes.

7. After both sides are golden brown remove from heat and serve immediately. Top with fresh fruit, strawberries and whipped cream, pb, dab of butter and syrup, or some cinnamon and a little bit of applesauce whatever you prefer.

This recipe makes about 6-7 pancakes depending on what size you are going for. I usually use a 1/3 or 1/2 measuring cup to help me pour equal size amounts on to my grill. If you double the batch it keeps nicely in the fridge for several days just be sure to keep it covered in the fridge, and before cooking mix it well, and add more water or milk .