Friday, March 12, 2010

Seasoned Tropical Shrimp

What You Need:
1/2 of an onion, sliced thin
6 garlic cloves, crushed
1 t of ginger
1 sweet potato, halved lengthwise and sliced into 1/4 in. pieces
1 1/2 lbs. shrimp
3 bananas cut into 1/4 in. slices
1 bell pepper, cored, seeded and cut into thin strips
1/2 T of water
1 T of sugar
1 t red pepper flakes
4 T of white [...]

Fruity Trix Smoothies

What You Need:
6 (8 oz.) containers of vanilla yogurt
3/4 C of orange juice
3 bananas
3 C of frozen whole strawberries
Trix cereal, crushed
How to Make It:
In a blender put the yogurt and orange juice and stir just to incorporate into the yogurt.
Break each banana into chunks and put in the blender.
The strawberries are added to the blender.
Cover [...]

Strawberry Apple Bagel Spread

December 22, 2009 by The Recipe Mom  
Filed under Appetizers, Kid Friendly, Party Foods, Recipes

What You Need:
1/2 C of strawberry cream cheese, softened
1 large red apple, cored and chopped small
2 bananas, chopped small
4 cinnamon flavored bagels
How to Make It:
In a mixing bowl put the cream cheese and stir until smooth and creamy.
Coat the apples and bananas with the cream cheese.
Toast each half of a split bagel in the toaster [...]

Steak Dinner with Banana and Yams

What You Need:
2 C of water
1 (12 oz.) lean round steak
4 yams, scrubbed and sliced
8 T of barbecue sauce
4 bananas, unpeeled
4 T of honey
1 t cinnamon
How to Make It:
In the bottom of a pressure cooker put the trivet.
The water is poured over the trivet.
Trim any visible fat off the steak.
On the trivet in the cooker [...]

Brown Sugar Bananas for Kids

What You Need:
4 large ripe bananas, peeled
2 T of brown sugar
1/8 t of nutmeg
1 C of water
How to Make It:
Lay the bananas in a single layer into a casserole dish.
Sprinkle the brown sugar evenly over the bananas then add the nutmeg.
Tightly seal the dish with heavy duty aluminum foil.
Place the trivet into the bottom of [...]

Golden Almond Oatmeal

What You Need:
2 C of orange juice
1 C rolled oats
1/4 C of golden raisins
1 T almonds, sliced
1 t vanilla extract
1/2 t of cinnamon
1/4 t of nutmeg
How to Make It:
Pour the juice into the pressure cooker.
Stir in the oats, raisins, almonds and vanilla until well blended.
Add the cinnamon and nutmeg and stir to combine.
Bring the pressure [...]

Munchy Strawberry Mini Rounds

September 25, 2009 by The Recipe Mom  
Filed under Appetizers, Halloween, Kid Friendly, Recipes, Snacks

What You Need:
1/4 C creamy peanut butter
1 t honey
3 fresh strawberries, cleaned and stems removed
24 mini rice cakes
How to Make It:
In a small mixing bowl put the peanut butter and honey and mix until well combined.
Cut all the strawberries into 4 slices.
Smooth the peanut butter mixture over 1 side of all the rice cakes.
Place strawberry [...]

Frozen Halloween Banana Bites

What You Need:
4 bananas, peeled and cut into bite size chunks
2 t Halloween sprinkles
2/3 C semisweet chocolate chips
2/3 C milk chocolate frosting
10 toothpicks
How to Make It:
Using wax paper cover a serving plate completely.
Put the banana chunks, cut side down onto the prepared plate.
Stick a toothpick into the center of each banana chunk.
Freeze the banana chunks [...]

Marvelous Chocolate Waffles

September 4, 2009 by The Recipe Mom  
Filed under Breakfast Foods, Kid Friendly, Recipes

Ingredients:
1 1/2 C of baking mix
1 C of sugar
1/3 C of baking cocoa
3/4 C of water
2 T of canola oil
2 eggs
How to Cook It:
Spray a waffle iron with a non stick cooking spray and allow the iron to heat.
Toss together the baking mix, sugar and cocoa in a large mixing bowl.
Add the water, canola oil [...]

P B and Banana Oatmeal

August 25, 2009 by The Recipe Mom  
Filed under Breakfast Foods, Kid Friendly, Recipes

Ingredients:
3 C of milk
1/4 t of salt
1 1/2 C quick cooking oats
2 large bananas, sliced
2 T of peanut butter
1/2 t vanilla extract
How to Cook It:
In a small saucepan over medium heat put the milk and salt.
Bring the mixture to a steady boil then stir in the oats.
Stirring often cook 2 minutes or until thickened.
Add the [...]

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