Kid Friendly Foods

Theme	Name	Ingredients	Directions
	Spinach Cheese Bake	½ cup cooked spinach 1 cup cooked mashed potatoes 1 tblspn grated cheese	Preheat 350 *. Wash, remove stems and cook for 5 mins, drain and puree. Combine ingredients in a glass buttered dish. Bake 15 mins.
	Cranana Crush	1 banana 1 cup cranberry juice 1/3 cup orange juice 5 iced cubes	Blend until smooth. Makes 2-3 servings.
	Sun Tea	3 caffeine free tea bags 1 gallon glass jar Honey/sugar to taste	Fill jar with water. Drop in tea bags. Place in Sunny spot for 4 hours. Remove tea bags. Chill and serve over ice.
	Plump Pear Bread	2 cups flour 2 tspn baking powder 1 cup diced pear ¼ cup pear/apple juice ½ cup honey 1/3 cup mayo 1 egg ½ tspn vanilla	Preheat 350*. Combine 1st 2 ingredients in bowl. Blend remaining ingredients until smooth. Pour over dry ingredients and mix. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans and sprinkle top with cinnamon. Bake 25 mins.
	Very Berry Muffins	2 cups flour 4 tspn baking powder ¾ cup sugar 1 tspn salt 1 cup berries 2 eggs ½ cup melted butter 1 cup milk	Preheat 400*sift flour, baking powder, sugar and salt together. Add berries and mix until coated. In a small bowl, beat eggs with milk and butter and add to dry mix, quickly stirring. Fill muffin tin 3/4 , sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake 20 mins.
	Zucchini Bran Muffin	2 cup bran cereal 1 cup shredded zucchini ¾ cup milk 1 egg ½ cup sugar 1/3 cup veg oil 1 ½ cup flour 2 tspn baking powder ½ tspn ginger / cinnamon	Preheat 375*. In a large bowl, mix bran, zucchini, milk, egg, oil, and sugar. Sift together flour, baking powder, and spices and then add to bran mixture. Stir until moistened. Drop batter into 12-well-greased muffin pans ¾ full. Bake 30 mins.
	Pumpkin bread	1 cup canned pumpkin ½ cup veg oil 2 eggs beaten ½ cup brown sugar ½ up white sugar 2 cups flour 1 tspn baking soda ½ tspn nutmeg  & cinnamon 1 cup raisim ¼ water	Preheat 350* beat eggs, oil, pumpkin & sugars, stir into dry ingredients. Stir in raisins & water  & mix. Pour into greased and floured loaf pan. Bake 1 hour.
	Savory cheese muffins	2 cups flour 3 tblspn grated parm cheese 3 tblspn grated romano cheese 2 tspn baking powder ¾ tspn dill weed 1/8 garlic powder 1 cup milk ¼ cup veg oil 1 egg	Preheat 400*. Combine flour, cheeses, powders, dill weed. Make a hole in the middle and add milk, oil & egg. Stir until moistened. Spoon in ¾ full. Bake 18-20 min.
	Apricot carrot loaf	1 cup dried apricot] 1 1/3 cups flour 1 tspn baking powder ¼ tspn salt ½ tspn cinnamon ½ c veg oil 2 eggs ¾ sugar 1 tspn vanilla ¼ c apricot jelly	Preheat to 350*. Grease loaf pan. Chop apricots. Sift ingredients into a bowl. Beat together oil, eggs and sugar until fluffy and lemon color. Add vanilla. Stir in dry ingredients. Blend in carrots and apricots. Pour into pan. Bake 1 hour. Warm apricot jelly with 1 tblspn water and brush over.
	Hawaiian Toast	4 eggs 8 oz crushed pineapple ¼ c milk 1 tbsn: syrup, sour cream, sugar 8 slices bread Powdered sugar Shredded coconut	Blend eggs, pineapple, milk, syrup, sour cream & sugar. Place bread in shallow dish, pour mixture over & turn to coat. Cook until browned on both sides. Dust with powdered sugar and sprinkle with coconut.
	Apple Fritter	4 cooking apples peeled/cored 1 ¼ c flour ½ tspn baking powder 2 tblspn sugar 2 eggs, separated ½ c milk	Cut apples into chunks. Stir together flour, powder & sugar. Beat egg yolks & milk together & stir in dry ingredients. Add apples. Beat egg whites until stiff & fold into mixture. Drop tblspns of batter into hot oil & cook until brown on both sides.
	Grilled Bananas	Bananas Raisins 1 tspn brown sugar/honey 1 tspn lemon juice / oj	Preheat 450*. Slice banana lengthwise sprinkle w raisins, lemon/oj brown sugar/honey. Cover w foil bake 5-10 min.
	Apricot chicken breasts	4 chix breasts 1 c dried apricots chopped 1 egg 1 tblspn oil, butter, ginger, brown sugar, lemon juice 2 tblspn oj 3 pears, peeled/coored	Fill a chix pocket w divided mixture of apricot, seasoning, egg & secure w toothpick. Brown chix breasts, add oj & cook 7-10 min. set aside. Cook pear & ginger 5 min, stir often, add brown sugar & lemon juice.
	Egg nests	1 ¼ lb ground meat ½ c bread crumb 4 tblspn grated cheese 4 mashed potatoes 8 eggs 7 tblspn melted butter	Preheat 350*. Mix meat, bread crumbs, cheese, potatoes & salt/pepper. Form balls, flatten and make depression in center. Cook 30 min. remove from oven crack egg in center. Return to oven 12 min.
	Layered bars	18 graham crackers 1 c margarine 1 c brown sugar ½ tspn vanilla 6 o choc. Chips Chopped nuts/coconut	Preheat oven 350*. Arrange crackers side-by-side on cookie sheet. Melt butter, sugar in pan – med heat , add vanilla & stir – boil 1 min. pour over crackers & top w nuts/coconuts. Bake till bubbly & brown, sprinkle w chips.
	Pineapple pasta	12 oz fettucine/egg noodle ¼ c peanut butter (NATURAL) 4 tblspn milk 1 tblspn salt ¼ c crushed pineapple	Boil water. Cream peanut butter, milk, salt & pineapple in a bowl. Bowl noodles gently. Cook uncovered 8 min. drain. Add noodles to peanut mixture. Stir until covered.