April Fool's Day Breakfast

Tomorrow is April Fool's Day and I made breakfast for my family and neighbors---BACON & EGGS!!!

...aren't they cute???

BACON & EGGS

Ingredients:
120 mini pretzel sticks
60 yellow M&M's.
60 white chocolate candy wafers
1/4 tsp. shortening

Melt white chocolate wafers and the 1/4 tsp. shortening over low heat.
On a wax paper lined cookie sheet, lay out 2 mini pretzel sticks next to eat other.
Drop a small dollop of the melted white chocolate across the pretzel sticks and lay a yellow M&M on top of the melted white chocolate.
Place in refrigerator for 10-15 minutes to harden.
Have fun offering breakfast to your family and friends this April Fool's Day!!!

 Enjoy! Élvez! Piacere! Gustirati! Radosť!

Bev's Soft Biscotti

3/4 cups sugar
1 stick margarine at room temperature
3 eggs
1 1/2 Tbsp. whiskey
1 Tbsp. anise extract/flavoring
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
3 cups flour

Preheat oven to 350°.
Cream together sugar and margarine.
Add the eggs, whiskey, anise and salt, mix well.
Add baking powder and flour until thoroughly incorporated.
Divide dough in half and on a parchment lined baking sheet, form each piece into a 11" X 3 " log which is approximately!/2 " high.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool logs on wire cooling racks completely.
On a cutting board; cut diagonally with a serrated knife into 3/4 " slices.

Icing:
Mix together well:

1/2 cup powdered sugar 

1 tablespoon milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Drizzle freely over tops of the Biscotti and let air-dry.
After dry, store in an airtight container.

These Biscotti are different from the traditional ones that are twiced baked, thus giving you a Softer Biscotti.

Enjoy! Élvez! Piacere! Gustirati! Radosť!


 

Zuppa Toscano the Hungarian/Czech Way

ZUPPA TOSCANO

64 ounces chicken broth
16 ounces whipping cream
1 tsp. salt
1/2  tsp. pepper
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, diced
1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 pound bacon (I use 1 package of 100% Real Bacon Bits (2.5 oz. bag)
10 ounce frozen, chopped spinach
1 lb Jimmy Dean's Original or Italian Pork Sausage Roll
2 large russet potatoes scrubbed and cut in half lengthwise, and then into 1/4 inch slices
Fresh grated Parmesan cheese to sprinkle on when served.

 
      Cook and crumble the bacon, set aside. (or have Real Bacon Bits on hand).

      In a Dutch Oven, heat the chicken broth to boiling. Turn off the heat and add the spinach. Place a lid on the pot and let the spinach thaw in the chicken broth.

      Meanwhile, crumble and brown the sausage in a large skillet over medium high heat.

*(Prep potatoes and onion while sausage is browning.)
 After the sausage is browned, place it into the hot chicken broth. Also add the bacon bits to this mixture. Cook over medium low, with out the lid, while you prepare the potatoes.

      In the same skillet you browned the sausage, add the Tablespoon of olive oil . Heat oil over medium heat, add the potatoes and diced onion. Cook potatoes and onions until slightly browned and softened, turning periodically. Halfway through browning, sprinkle potatoes and onions with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.

Continue cooking until potatoes are cooked almost through.

Add cooked potato/onion mixture to the chicken broth, sausage/bacon and

spinach. Stir thoroughly, replace lid and turn off heat. Let it set until almost ready to serve.

When ready to serve, add whipping cream in very slowly, with no heat on.

When thoroughly incorporated turn heat to medium/low and heat to serving temperature. (without a lid on.)

Have the fresh grated Parmesan cheese available to be sprinkled by each person to their liking.
I also serve this with homemade bread or pepperoni rolls...oh so yummy!

Enjoy! Élvez! Piacere! Gustirati! Radosť!  

Graham Cracker/Jello Dessert Squares

1 box of Graham Crackers
1 small box lime jello
1 small box strawberry jello
1 jar of applesauce (25 oz.)
1 small container of Cool Whip, thawed

Put half of the applesauce into 2 small bowls each.
Stir the lime jello into 1st bowl and the strawberry into the 2nd bowl thoroughly.
Take a 13" X 9" pan and line the bottom with graham crackers.
***Spread half of the lime mixture evenly over top of graham cracker layer.
Now add another layer of graham crackers over the lime mixture.
Spread strawberry mixture over this layer of graham crackers.
Once again add another layer of graham crackers over the strawberry mixture.
Repeat from *** with remaining jello mixtures and end with the layer of graham crackers.
Top the entire top with the Cool Whip.
Cover with lid, foil or plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight, or at least 4 hours, so the crackers have time to soften.
This is sooo easy....soooo colorful and soooo delicious! Don't have to make only at Christmas---I like to make it in the Summer using lime and orange jello, for a citrus Summertime treat!!    
Decorate a 2" X 2" square with a thin slice of orange or lemon. Oh so refreshing!!!

Enjoy! Élvez! Piacere! Gustirati! Radosť

NOTE: It's a good idea to buy two boxes of graham crackers.Boxes of graham crackers seem to have gotten smaller. If you do run out, that's okay...just cover until you run out and the cool whip will cover the exposed jello mixture.   The person getting that slice/square will just get a shorter stack of cake----that would be ME!!! ha-ha

Hearty Oatmeal Waffles

1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup quick oatmeal
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups milk
6 Tbsp. melted butter
2 Tbsp. brown sugar

In a large mixing bowl, mix flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
Add eggs, milk, butter and brown sugar and stir until well blended.
Scoop batter onto a preheat, lightly greased waffle iron.
Close waffle iron and don't open until done. (usually when there is no longer steam escaping out of waffle iron).
Serve with butter and maple syrup.

Enjoy! Élvez! Piacere! Gustirati! Radosť!