Chocolate French Toast

Submitted by Janette Barron

1. Spread Nutella in between two pieces of bread, and make a sandwich

2. Dip outsides in egg/milk batter

3. Cook and enjoy with powder sugar and strawberries or your choice of topping.

Garden Update

Neighborhood Garden

(6.26.2011)

Just in case you haven’t heard we are having a weeding party out at the garden

Monday, June 27, 2011

6:00pm.

Hope to see you there!!

BOM Challenge, Week 24

BOM Challenge Week 23

Apple Dumplings

Submitted by Julie Johnson

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup shortening
• 4 to 5 tablespoons cold water
• 2 cups chopped peeled tart apples
• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup butter, cubed
• Vanilla ice cream

Directions

• In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough into a 12-in. x 18-in. rectangle. Cut into six squares.
• Place 1/3 cup chopped apples in the center of each square. Brush edges of dough with water; fold up corners to center and pinch to seal. Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes.
• In a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, water and butter; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat. Pour over dumplings. Bake 25-30 minutes longer or until apples are tender. Serve warm with ice cream. Yield: 6 servings.

Neighborhood Garden Update

The Stake has begun to water…

…water days are Wednesdays

Expect the ground to be very wet and slippery Wednesdays and Thursdays

Another job that we need to start doing is weeding

The Greenbriar Ward and several other wards have their rows very neat and tidy, weed free for the most part.  Thus a silent competition has begun and we need to make our garden areas exceptionally well kept.

We will start with the corn rows which are south of the big, brick shed; we have 3 rows marked with a green steel post which has a paper on it that says “Angel Crossing 2.”  All 3 rows need to be weeded (they are very long rows).  The row that has the post is a walking row and the other two rows have corn planted in them.  The corn has not germinated yet so you won’t have to worry about weeding out the corn.

PLEASE, please don’t feel you have to be out there for a long period of time or that you have to do an entire row or section.  Do what you can and leave the rest to other people in our neighborhood, this is everyone’s garden project

Bow Tie Ham Bake

Submitted By Julie Johnson

Ingredients

• 4 cups uncooked bow tie pasta
• 6 cups frozen broccoli florets
• 4 cups cubed fully cooked ham
• 2 cartons (10 ounces each) refrigerated Alfredo sauce
• 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
• 1 can (8 ounces) mushroom stems and pieces, drained

Directions

• Cook pasta according to package directions, adding the broccoli during the last 5 minutes of cooking.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the ham, Alfredo sauce, cheese and mushrooms. Drain pasta mixture; add to ham mixture and toss to coat. Transfer to two greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking dishes. Cover and freeze one casserole for up to 3 months. Cover and bake remaining casserole at 375° for 20 minutes. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until bubbly.
• To use frozen casserole: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before heating. Cover and microwave on high for 8-10 minutes or until heated through, stirring once. Yield: 2 casseroles (6 servings each).

BOM Challenge, Week 22

BOM Challenge, Week 21

Garden Update

Neighborhood Garden

(6.8.2011)

WOW…this year’s garden is already AMAZING

There are:

 POTATOES

TOMATOES

BEANS

CORN

Out in the garden…

…and the

PUMPKINS

are growing stronger every day and will go out to the garden soon

Everyone has been so helpful and made this workout so smoothly

The next objective will be weeding (TBA)

We have two areas this year each is marked with a big green post

The first is south of the retaining pond and the very furthest rows on the west side (Angel Crossing)

The second is south of the big brick shed (Angel Crossing2)

I will go out later this week and clearly mark where everything is

ESPECIALLY WHERE THE WALKING PATHS ARE

The tomato plants are very hard to see right now

The beans are just starting to break through the dirt

Please, if you go out to the garden…

…NO don’t go out in the garden

IT’S TO DANGEROUS FOR THE PLANTS

Thanks everyone!!

Grandma Annette's Banana Bread

Grandma Annette's Banana Nut Bread - Katie Griffin

1/2 C shortening

1 C sugar

3 or 4 bananas, mashed

2 eggs

2 C flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 C water

1 C chopped nuts (optional)

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

Cream shortening and sugar, add mashed bananas and eggs. Add dry ingredients with water. Mix well. Pour into two greased bread pans.

Bake @ 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

Yield 2 loaves.

BOM Challenge Week 20

June 2011 Newsletter