Monthly Archives: May 2009

May 11

Amish Corn Bread

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Tim and I went for a drive the other day and we stopped by the Amish General store off of Dovetail Rd. in Loveville. We had a nice drive and a good shopping spree at the General Store. I bought some fresh ground Corn Meal and some fresh asparagus. It was a fun afternoon. Here is a recipe for Amish Corn Bread that I received years ago on one of my shopping trips.

AMISH CORN BREAD:

1 cup sifted flour  I sift mine twice to get a better rise while baking. (This is a tip I received from an Amish woman I met in Pennsylvania years ago.)
1/4 cup sugar  or less depending upon how sweet you like your corn bread
1 tbsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1 cup yellow cornmeal
1  large egg, well beaten
1 cup milk
5 tbsp. shortening melted and cooled,I prefer to use Butter Flavored Crisco

Sift first 4 ingredients. Mix in cornmeal. Blend egg, milk, shortening until mixed. Add to dry ingredients and beat until smooth. Use greased (bottom only) 8x8x2 pan. Bake 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

 

I hope ya’ll give this recipe a try and please let me know what ya’ll think of it.

Hope all you mothers had a terrific Mother’s Day.

See ya’ll soon.

May 06

Smoothie,Smoothie,Smoothie

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This is a good smoothie recipe for the hot days of summer.   It is also a great source of potassium.

Watermelon Wave Smoothie

2 cups of cubed watermelon pieces (fresh or frozen)
1 cup of raspberries
2 scoops of reduced sugar,  low – fat vanilla ice-cream 

 

To make this summer smoothie add fruit to the blender first, blend for about 20 seconds or until your preferred thickness. Next, add the ice-cream, blend again for about 20 seconds. Enjoy

 

 

 

 

 

Peach Colada Sunshine Smoothie

2 medium sized cups of chopped (fresh or thawed) peaches
1/2 medium sized cup of pineapple juice
1/4 medium sized cup of cream of coconut milk
1 1/2 cups of ice

 

Place ice, pineapple juice and cream of coconut in blender and puree until smooth. Next add peaches then blend until smooth. Then sit back and sip and enjoy.

May 04

Smoothies

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Tim’s diet is being changed yet again. His having high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol it makes meal planning a real challenge here lately. Tim has a sweet tooth that is hard to tame but this is one recipe that I came up with that is healthy and sweet but doesn’t effect his diet to much as I can do exchanges in other areas of his diet.

Strawberry Banana Smoothie:

8 large strawberries
1 large banana
8 ounces low fat vanilla yogurt
1 cup milk
4  crushed ice cubes

 

 

Slice strawberries and banana in half and place in blender.

Add vanilla yogurt and milk.

Add ice cubes.

Process in blender until smooth.

Garnish with a strawberry and sprig of mint leaf if desired.