Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

In celebration of Thanksgiving, here is one of my favorite fall recipes.  Enjoy!

Apples with Sweet Potatoes



6 medium sweet potatoes

2 medium apples, Fuji

½ cup butter

½ cup maple syrup

4 tablespoons brown sugar

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

1-9”x13” baking pan
Boil potatoes for 20 minutes or until done.  Cool and peel.  Slice ½” thick rings and arrange a layer of potatoes in a greased baking pan.  Peel, core and slice apples ½” thick.  Place a layer of apples over the potatoes.  Continue layering until the apples and potatoes are all used up.  Melt butter and add syrup.  Mix well.  Pour over the apple and potatoes layers.  Sprinkle with brown sugar and nutmeg.  Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Makes 1 entree, 6 servings.

Can be made a day or two ahead.  Place in refrigerator and bake before serving.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Mocha Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

  • 1 cup margarine

  • 1 1/4 cups white sugar

  • 1 egg

  • 3 ripe bananas

  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules, dissolved in

  • 1 tablespoon water

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

  • Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
    2. Blend butter or margarine, sugar, egg, banana, dissolved coffee, and vanilla in food processor for 2 minutes. Add flour, salt, baking powder, and soda, and blend just until flour disappears. Add chocolate chips and mix in with wooden spoon. Spoon mixture into a greased bread pan.
    3. Bake for 45 minutes to one hour. Cool on a wire rack.

    Friday, October 8, 2010

    New MITI Whatcom County Blog Up and Running

    Do you have anything other MITI moms in Whatcom County should know about? If so, email your ideas to me and I will get them on our blog for other MITI moms to see. God bless!

    Shari Walsh
    sharikiyo@comcast.net

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