Here’s how to prepare “Gourmet Tuna Sandwich”

Ingredients:

* 2 Large Cans of Tuna in Water
* 2 Braeburn apples or Gala Apples
* 3 Stalks of Celery
* 1 Small Red Onion
* 1 Cup Golden Seedless Raisins
* 1/2 Cup Mayo
* 1/2 Cup Sweet Pickle Relish
* 1/2 Cup Crackers (I used Ritz Chips)

Directions:

* Wash and chop the apples and celery coarsely, and mince the onion. If your apples start turning brown, you cut too slow.
* Add the raisins to the bowl and mix.
* Open a can of tuna and strain.
* Strained tuna.
* Stir the tuna loosely with the other ingredients in bowl.
* Add mayo and relish to taste.
* Take the crackers and crumble them into the tuna. You can crumble them by putting them into a zip loc bag and smashing them or use a food processor like I did.
* Mixing the cracker crumbs into the tuna:Serve tuna mixture on pita bread, crackers or my favorite: dark rye. Add sunflower seeds or sprouts if you are brave. Enjoy!

Now that you have learned how to make gourmet tuna sandwich, please be sure to view the other sandwich recipes and the seafood recipes.

Here’s how to make “Blueberry Oat Muffins”

Ingredients:

* 1 cup flour – I use whole wheat flour
* 1 cup quick oats
* 1 cup milk
* 1 tbsp lemon juice
* 3/4 cup brown sugar
* 1/4 cup melted butter
* 1 egg
* 1 tsp baking powder
* 1/2 tsp baking soda
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 1 cup frozen bluberries or carnberries
* muffin cups
* non-stick cooking spray or shortening
* muffin pan

Directions:

* Mix 1 cup of milk with 1 tbsp of lemon juice, and let it sit for a few minutes. You can probably get away with using the pre-bottled stuff, but you’re using fresh-squeezed juice because you’re awesome, right? Right. Of course you are. That’s why you spend your Saturday evenings making muffins.
* Add 1 cup of quick oats to the milk + lemon juice mixture. Stir. You will be rewarded with this:
* Beat 1 large egg lightly, and melt 1/4 cup of margarine or butter. Add the butter and egg to the milk + lemon juice + oats mixture.
* Stir it until it looks like this: Cover your goopy oatmeal mixture and set it aside.
* Mix 1 cup flour, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. baking soda, and 1/2 tsp. salt together in a large mixing bowl.
* Stir it up. Work out as many of the brown sugar clumps as you can. Use the underside of a spoon to press the clumps against the side of the bowl. Mine still has some small clumps, but that’s okay.
* This would be a good time to pre-heat your oven to 400 degrees F. Now you get to mix the liquid ingredients with the dry ingredients. Take your oatmeal mixture and dump it into the flour mixture, stirring as you go.
* Keep mixing the dry stuff with the wet stuff until you’re left with nothing but wet stuff. It’ll get thick and hard to mix toward the end, but just muscle through it.
* Gently fold about 1 cup of frozen blueberries into the mixture. Try not to crush all the berries as you fold them in. I used a little more than a cup because I like blueberries.
* Line a muffin pan with paper cups. Alternately, you can spray it down with non-stick cooking spray or lightly grease it with shortening. Doesn’t matter. Then, fill each cup about 3/4 of the way with the muffin batter. If you haven’t done so already, preheat your oven to 400 degrees and slide the muffins in. Go do something productive for 20 minutes while they bake.
* Once the muffins are lightly browned and a toothpick comes out clean, take them out of the oven.

Now that you have learned how to make blueberry oat muffins, please be sure to view the other recipes.

Here’s how to make “Banana Bread”

Ingredients:

# -3 large ripe bananas
# 1/3 cup melted butter (I didn’t have enough butter today, so I used light tasting olive oil as a substitute – the bread turned out nicely)
# 3/4 – 1 cup sugar
# 1 egg ,beaten
# 1 teaspoon vanilla
# 1 teaspoon baking soda
# pinch of salt
# 1/2 – 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
# 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Directions:

* Combine all ingredients in a bowl – I know, I know…one is “supposed” to combine like ingredients first…but this way has always worked for me
* Beat with mixer.
* Grease and flour a bread pan (or muffin tin). .
* Pour batter into pan..
* Bake at 350 degrees for one hour or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean..

Now that you have learned how to make banana bread, please be sure to view the other bread recipes.

Here’s how to make “Potato Skin Chips”

Ingredients:

* 3 or 4 baking Potatoes
* seasoning of choice
* 1 1/2 cup cooking oil

Directions:

* Slice potatoes, paper thin, Dry chips with a paper towel and chill in the freezer for a bit. (just to keep cool)
* Get oil nice and hot med-high (5/6) Test with a small piece of potato, should start to brown in less than a minute. If it does…you are ready make chips.
* Drop 5-6 chilled chips in the oil, till golden brown. get a plate and line it paper towels for drainage. Repeat till you have a nice portion of chips, top with seasoning of choice. (I like the popcorn cheese, but you can use whatever you want.)

Now that you have learned how to make “Potato Skin Chips”, please be sure to view the other recipes.

Here’s how to make “Strawberry Swirl Cupcakes”

Ingredients:

For the batter:

1-½ cups Baron All Purpose Flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1-¼ cups brown sugar
¼ cup cocoa powder
1 cup water
1/3 cup Magnolia Baker’s Best, melted

1 tbsp. Purefoods Supremo Vinegar
1 tsp. vanilla

For the filling:

½ cup Magnolia Cream Cheese, softened
½ cup Best Fruits Strawberry Jam
1 small egg
pinch of salt

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 350ºF. Combine in a small bowl the cream cheese, egg, salt and jam. Whisk to mix well; set aside.

Sift together in a large bowl the flour, salt, baking soda, brown cocoa powder.

Add water, melted margarine, vinegar and vanilla.

Mix very well until free from lumps.

Fill small muffin tins, lined with muffing tins, lined with muffin paper ½ full with chocolate batter.

Top each with ½ teaspoon cream cheese filling.

Bake cupcakes for approximately 18 to 20 minutes.

Makes 16 pieces.

Here’s how to prepare “Honey Graham Muffins”

Ingredients:

3 cups honey graham crackers
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup skim milk

1/4 cup egg substitute
2 tablespoons honey
dash of cinnamon (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Place cupcake liners in muffin pan and set aside.
3. Crush crackers in a food processor.
4. In a medium mixing bowl combine crackers, sugar and baking powder.
5. Pour in milk, egg and honey and stir until moistened.
6. Spoon batter into muffin pan cups and bake for about 15
7. Let stand 5 minutes; remove from pan.

Serves 9. Per serving: Cal 167, Fat 2.9g, Fib 0.8g, Pro 3.3g, Sod 274mg, WW points 3, Carb 32.8g.

This is how we make spaghetti. Fairly easy to do. No fancy herbs. Deep red in color and sweeter than the Italian version. And the ingredient that sets it apart the most, we use our very own red hot dogs in it!

Here’s how to prepare “Filipino Style Spaghetti”

Ingredients:

* 1 kilo (2.2 lbs) spaghetti noodles
* 1 cup minced onion
* 1 head of garlic finely minced
* 3/4 kilo (1.65 lbs) ground beef
* 3/4 kilo (1.65 lbs) hot dogs
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 750g (26.5 ounce) Spaghetti sauce
* 1 bottle banana ketchup
* 1 box quick melt cheese
* 1/2 cup water
* salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

* Cook the noodles as per package direction.
* Slice the hot dogs in wedges. Better do this when their still in a slightly frozen state. Split them in half
then just do slanting cuts.
* Heat some oil. Saute garlic and onions. Then add in the meat. Cook till brown. Season with some salt and pepper.
* Pour in the spaghetti sauce, ketchup, sugar and water.
* Mix and let it simmer for about 10 minutes until it gets thick and red.
* Add in the hot dogs last.
* Mix and just let the hot dogs heat through. Sauce is done!
* This is just a personal preference. Since I’m not mixing my sauce with the pasta I make sure to give the noodles a quick rinse after their cooked and strained them. Just to remove the excess starch.
* Top the noodles with the warm sauce. Sprinkle with quick melt cheese! In this picture I added some hot dogs and marshmallow finger food to go with it. Enjoy!

Now that you have learned how to make Filipino style spaghetti, please be sure to view the other pasta recipes.

Here’s how to prepare “Grilled Cheesedogs”

Ingredients:

1 k Swift’s Mighty Meaty Jumbo Hotdogs
2 tbsps. Butterfresh Margarine
2 cups frozen mixed vegetables (carrots, corn, peas)
lemon slices & fresh green for garnishing
For the cheese sauce:
2 tbsps. Butterfresh Margarine

1 tbsp. White King All Purpose Flour
1 cup evaporated milk
1/4 tsp. dry mustard
1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
dash of cayenne pepper

Directions:

* Makes slashes on hotdogs, brush with margarine and put under broiler for 2 minutes.

* Heat margarine on a skillet and sauté mixed vegetables; set aside.

To prepare cheese sauce:

* Heat margarine in a medium-size saucepan until melted; stir in flour, salt & pepper.

* Gradually add milk, stirring constantly until thick; reduce heat.

* Add the dry mustard, cheddar cheese and cayenne; stir over low heat until cheese melts and sauce is smooth.

* Arrange hotdogs and mixed vegetables on a platter.

* Pour cheese sauce over hotdogs; garnish with lemon slices and vegetables.

* Serve hot with potatoes, roll or pasta.

Here’s how to make “Spaghetti with Creamy Ham Sauce”

Ingredients:

250 gms. White King Fiesta Spaghetti
1/4 cup Butterfresh Margarine
1 1/2 cup onions, chopped
1 cup Swift cooked ham
1/2 cup green pepper, diced
1 cup cheddar cheese, grated
1 cup tomato sauce

1/2 cup water
1 small bay leaf
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
parmesan cheese, grated
parsley, chopped

Directions:

Cook White King Fiesta spaghetti according to package directions. Drain and set aside.

Melt Butterfresh Margarine, saute onions, Swift ham, green bell pepper and grated cheddar cheese. Pour tomato sauce and water over mixture. Season with salt, pepper and crumbled bay leaf. simmer until slightly thickened.

Place cooked pasta in a serving platter, pour sauce over. Top with Parmesan cheese and chopped parsley.

Serve warm with herbed garlic bread on the side.

Here’s how to make “Open-Faced Grilled Sandwich”

Ingredients:

1 loaf French baguette, sliced 1/2″ thick diagonally
olive oil
Dijon mustard
slices of tomatoes

assorted cold cuts — cooked ham, spiced ham, salami, bologna, cut into wedges
mozarella cheese(or quick melt cheese), shredded
parsley or slices of olives for garnish, chopped

Directions:

Brush baguette slices with olive oil. Bake bread slices until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Lightly dress sliced baguette with Dijon mustard. Place slices of tomatoes and arrange a slice of cold cuts on top. Top with cheese and grill in the oven for about 3-5 minutes or until cheese has melted and top lightly browned. Garnish with chopped parsley and olives.