foil wraps

i wanted to note down some ideas for different camping (or stove) foil dinners.. just keeping record for future use.. you can make all these ahead of time and take them out with you.

enchiladas.. tortillas w/ cooked chicken, etc, wrapped in foil

cooked apples- core apple, stuff with brown sugar and cinnimon, raisins and even oats.  wrapped and baked

breakfast - sausage, hashbrowns, peppers, onions.. not sure about some scrambled egg, and seems like the sausage ought to be cooked first..

chili cheese fries- frozen fries w/ chili on top with cheese. a baked potato would work too.. just heat up and eat

loaded baked potato -

dinner- sausage, potato cubes, grean beans.. spices?  sauce?

refrigerated cinnimon rolls, in a hollowed out orange peel.  yum.

grilled s'mors banana.. wrap in peel/foil, add choc and marshmellows after hot

apple crisp.. you know what time it is.

fish - a bit of oil, lemon pepper, s/p

apple bread

i love this bread/cake.  it is wonderful.  they call it  "the teddy bear of cakes".  i don't have the fancy pan with the hole in it, but it worked just fine in a loaf pan.  and mini loaves too, if you cut the cooking time in half.
here is the official version, with cool pictures:
http://shine.yahoo.com/shine-food/genius-apple-cake-182500453.html


OK.  here you go..

mix 1 1/2 c oil
2 c sugar

add and mix till creamy
3 eggs

then add
3 c flour
1tsp salt
1 tsp cinnimon
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla

then mix in 3 c of BIG chunks of apples
1c raisens
1c walnuts

pour into a greased loaf pan or 4 mini loaves.
cook at 350* for 1 hour (minis for 40 min or so..) then check with a toothpick.
it says 1hour 15 min, but mine got too brown on top so i added a sheet of tin foil and cooked it for a little longer.

so good.

my vegetarian salad

In honor of Claire's birthday, here is a vegetarian dish that I made today and was pretty awesome. This called for cilantro, which of course i took right out. And the recipe was huge, so this is half, just right for 2 with leftovers. You mix the sauce and pour it over the other ingredients, then toss on the sesame seeds, but I didn't have any. It looks kinda crazy in the picture, but it was yummy, i swear! Here it goes:

Sauce:

• 1/4 cups Soy Sauce
• 1 T Sesame Oil
• 1 T Canola or veg Oil
• 1 T Rice Wine Vinegar
• ½ tsp Red Pepper Flakes
• pinch of salt and pepper to taste
• 
  
• 1/2 lb. spaghetti noodles, cooked and rinsed (called for wheat)
• A few Green Onions, Sliced, Divided
• 1/2 Red Pepper, Sliced Thin
• ¼ heads Red Cabbage, Sliced Thin
• 1 Carrot, Shredded With Vegetable Peeler
• 1 cup Shelled Edamame, Cooked
• 1/4 cups Toasted Sesame Seeds

And since I changed so much, if it turns out nasty, here is the original recipe.. http://thepioneerwoman.com/tasty-kitchen/recipes/main-courses/last-minute-sesame-noodles/ i love claire!!

Wednesday Wars Cream Puffs

We made cream puffs in honor of reading "Wednesday Wars".

(They are on pg 137 of Grandma A's cook book) I have made 1/2 a batch before and they work fine.

They are easy. Behold:

1 C water

1/2 C butter or shortening (choose butter!)

1C flour

1/2 tsp salt

4 eggs

Some kind of good, gooey stuff and opptional powdered sugar.

So you heat the butter (good choice!) and water and salt to a boiling point and add the flour all at once, stiring quickly (it says "vigorously", but sheesh, don't hurt anything). It will thicken quick, but keep beating it and stiring it till it leaves the sides of your pan and balls up around your wooden spoon. Let it cool slightly, then beat eggs in one at a time (doing all 4 at once is hard!), beating each in well. You can use a machine- it makes it lighter.

Then drop by spoonfuls (the bigger the spoonful, the bigger the

puff) onto greased baking sheet. Spread 'em out - they puff.

Bake at 400* for 30 min (this is a lie, as mine were too dark by min 18). They just need to be dry and browned. Cool, cut the tops off, gut them if necessary, and fill with pudding, whipped cream, jam, a bit of syrup, sugared strawberries, etc. etc. They aren't all that great by themselves (no sugar to speak of), but they are the vessel to hold all the other goodness. We used instant choc pudding. Very nice.