Vegetarian Pot Pie

• 2-3 carrots, sliced
  
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• 6.5 T butter
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 cups chopped mushrooms
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• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon celery salt/seed
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• 1 3/4 cups vegetable broth
• 2/3 cup milk
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• 1 can sliced potatoes, drained (use fresh, if you want, and cook with carrots)
  
• 1 cup frozen green peas
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• 2 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F
2. Put carrots in a saucepan (with potatoes IF using fresh), add water to cover and boil for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and set aside. Go ahead and throw the can of potatoes in with the carrots at this point.
   
3. Meanwhile, in a large frying pan, over medium heat, cook onions and mushrooms in butter until onions are soft and translucent. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and celery salt/seed (Carrie strongly suggests adding copious amounts of sage at this step). Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk. Simmer over medium-low heat until thick. Remove from heat. Mix in carrot/potato mixture, and frozen peas.
   
4. Pour the mixture into bottom pie crust. Cover with top crust, seal edges, and cut away excess dough. Make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape. Brush with milk.
   
5. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.

Blueberry Coffeecake Muffins

So, Levi has become more tolerant of dairy especially when cooked and then Beth sent me a recipe for no-egg chocolate chip cookies that had cream cheese and were delicious, and it made me start thinking about what else I could try.  I found this recipe and substituted cream cheese for the egg and they turned out great!  These muffins got a thumbs up from all parties. The only change I would make is: I think the crumble topping recipe makes too much and only ended up putting on 2/3 of it on top of the muffins. So next time I'm going to adjust accordingly.
Cream:
3/4 c sugar
1/3 c oil
1/3 c milk
4 oz cream cheese (softened)

Combine and add
1.5 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Add last
1 cup blueberries

topping
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup butter, cubed
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
400 degrees for 15-20 mins

Banana cake

4 oz butter
1 cup sugar
3 mashed bananas
1 egg, whisked
1 1/2 c flour
1 tsp baking powder
1tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda (dissolved in 2 Tbsp milk)

Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, bananas and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients together and Mix with the rest. Bake at 350' for 30-40 minutes. Cake will be brownie pan sized.

Glaze:
Mix 1/4 c brown sugar and 1 1/2 ox butter in pan. Add 1/8 c milk and stir over heat. Add 1/4 tsp vanilla and 3/4 c icing sugar. Pour over slightly cooled cake. Eat most of cake by yourself w a fork.

crepes

cup of flour
pinch salt
2 large eggs
7 ounces milk
3 ounces water

beat til smooth

melt 2 tablespoons butter into batter

makes around dozen 7-inch crepes

Ricotta Rolls

3 sandwich rolls, cut in half, and hollowed out

MIX TOGETHER:
1 cup shredded mozarella cheese
1 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 tsp. salt
basil to taste (~2 tsp. fresh, chopped)

1 tomato, sliced and lightly salted

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Place some tomato in each bread half, then fill with cheese mixture.
Put two halves back together, and wrap in foil.
Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, and let sit for 3-4 minutes.

Pumpkin Bread

1 15 oz can pumpkin
4 eggs
1 c vegetable oil
2/3 c water
3 c white sugar
3 1/2 c flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ground ginger

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 3 loaf pans.

In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, egg, oil, water and sugar until blended. In a separate bowl mix flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.

Bake for about 50 minutes.

William's (Cinnamon) Chip Muffins

This recipe was originally made with chocolate chips, but I've only had it with cinnamon chips, which are delicious. We've made them twice in a week.

1 1/2 c. flour
1/2 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
1/3 c. melted butter
1 egg
1 c. (mini) cinnamon chips

Preheat oven to 375. Mix together dry ingredients, then add liquid ingredients. Add cinnamon chips last. Like pancakes, do not over stir; this toughens the muffins.

Bake for 25 min.

Makes 1 dozen.