Peach Blueberry Frozen Yogurt

This is adapted from my brother Jacob's (brilliant) frozen yogurt recipe.  It is so creamy and full of flavor.  I think I liked his nectarine better than peach-blueberry.  Try any fruit you want!

Peach Blueberry Frozen Yogurt

1/4 c. egg beaters
1 c. sugar
1c. Cream

1 c. vanilla yogurt

3 frozen peaches

1/3 c. frozen blueberries.

Blend egg and sugar then Beat in cream for several minutes. Blend together yogurt and fruit in a blender then mix into the cream. Freeze in an ice cream freezer.

Pumpkin Fruit Pizza

Happy Halloween! Try this at home with sugar cookie dough, frosting, and some fruit!

Winger's Sticky Finger Salad

I wanted to copy the sticky finger salad that I'm always ordering at Wingers, using the Amazing Sauce that we bought from them.  Here's what I did.

Sticky Finger Salad

Green Leaf Lettuce, chopped
Shredded Cheddar Cheese
craisins
Sticky fingers
cherry tomatoes (optional)
Ranch Dressing

Layer on the plate just before serving.  It's as simple as that!  The magic is in the craisins, yum, yum.

 Sticky Fingers


First, I bought a bag of frozen pre-breaded chicken tenders from Costco, which cook for around 20 minutes.  Five minutes before they are done, I take them out and cut them into strips and return them to the oven.  Then I cook them 10 minutes longer (five minutes over time) so they are nice and crunchy.  I pull them out, put them in a bowl, and drizzle the Amazing Sauce over and I have sticky fingers for under $2.50/lb.  I estimate that I am using $1 worth of sticky fingers on each salad (and that is the most expensive part).

Note- Here is an attempt at reproducing Winger's Amazing Sauce.  I use 3 cups brown sugar and boil it with 1 cup Frank's hot sauce.  Tastes just like it!

Winger's Amazing Sauce Burgers and Sweet Potato Fries

We are just raving this week that I finally found a burger that's tastier than going out to eat.  The key was to buy a bottle of sauce from our favorite place to get burgers.  The second key was to make hamburger buns with the recipe from Prudence Pennywise.  That is one of the most successful "try a new recipe" experiences I've had.  I had the mistaken impression that hamburger buns were just rolls, but these are exceptional.

So for the hamburgers, just grill up your beef and when it is done, pat out the grease and let a piece of swiss cheese melt on the top.  Add lettuce, tomatoes, winger's sauce, and ranch dressing.  Serve with my made-up recipe for Sweet Potato Fries.

Sweet Potato Fries

Shredded yams
Bread crumbs
Garlic salt
Flour
Molly McButter
Oil

Toss yams in oil until sticky.  Add a hand full of flour in equal parts with bread crumbs, then add 1/2-1 tsp. garlic salt and a sprinkle of Molly McButter.  Toss everything together and then, I don't know if this is necessary, I refrigerated overnight.  Pouring some oil in the bottom of the pan, I cooked these in a 400 degree oven for 25 minutes, stirring halfway through.  The oil in the pan in the oven made it kind of like frying them, which turned out to be important because yams make really soft fries and needed some crisp.

Copycat Tim Tams

There is an Australian cookie called Tim-Tams and I changed around a recipe from a college roommate to make it resemble this cookie. The trick is how to EAT the cookie. You nibble off the top, and you nibble off the bottom, then you suck hot chocolate through the cookie, and eat it up before it has a chance to fall into your cup of hot chocolate.

Copycat Tim-Tams

Almond Bark (dipping chocolate)
Town House butter crackers
Chocolate Frosting and Powdered Sugar
OR Peanut Butter
Colored Candy Chocolate (optional)

Add powdered sugar into the chocolate frosting until it becomes dry/thick/mold-able. Spread/mold it onto half the crackers and use the other half to make a sandwich. OR make the sandwich with peanut butter and crackers (this is not as good for hot chocolate dipping). Dip in the melted almond bark. Pipe colored candy chocolate on the top.

Maple Syrup and Strawberry Syrup

I developed the strawberry syrup from our family recipe for maple syrup. You can use other kinds of berries instead of strawberry. The picture with the animal waffles is actually raspberry syrup.

Maple Syrup	Strawberry Syrup
2 Cups Sugar	2 Cups Sugar
1 Cup Water	1 Cup Strawberry (Pureed)
Few Drops of Mapleine	Few Drops of Lemon Juice
Bring sugar and water to a slight boil, turn off and add maple.	Bring sugar and strawberry to a slight boil, simmer 10 minutes, turn off and add lemon juice.