Baked Oatmeal

I made this to have at Ruidoso when my hiking group came. It was nice because we could eat on it all week and just pour milk over the oatmeal in a bowl and warm it in the microwave.
Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup oil
Mix these together and add:
3 cups Oatmeal ( I used old fashioned)
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons baking powder
a pinch of salt and 1 teaspoon of vanilla
There was no baking powder at the cabin so I substituted 1 cup of sour cream and 1 teaspoon baking soda.
Stir ingredients well. Bake 350 degrees for 30 min. Add warm milk and enjoy!

Orange Muffins

We are leaving for Ruidoso, N.M. tomorrow morning so I am making these to take for our breakfast.  If they muffins are 1/2 as good as the batter, it will be delecious.
Ingredients:
1 orange peel grated
3/4 cup pecans (chopped fine)
1 stick butter (room temperature)
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk or plain yogurt
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/3  cup orange juice
Directions:
Cream butter and sugar together until fluffy. Add grated orange zest. Then add eggs and baking soda.
Add 1/2 of the flour and buttermilk. Mix well. Add other 1/2 . Fold in pecans. Bake 375 degrees for 20-25 min. Cool and brush the tops of muffins with fresh orange juice.

German Hotcakes

I serve these for breakfast, but I could see using these for a crepe recipe.
Ingredients:
3 whole eggs
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon salt
Directions:
In a blender add eggs, milk, and salt. Turn on the blender and then add the flour.  Pour into a non-stick pan. It will make 4 thin pancakes the size of the pan.  After you pour in about 1/2 cup of the batter, pick up the pan and tilt it from side to side to cover the entire pan. Replace on the burner and cook both sides of the pancake. Serve with butter and syrup.

Herb and Goat Cheese Omelet

I found a recipe for goat cheese omelet and bought the stuff to make it and then coudn't find the recipe.  I did a search for goat cheese omlet and found one that looks close. I plan to serve this for lunch with a piece of crusty bread and a salad.
Ingredients:
4 large eggs
1 Tablespoon water
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, divided
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon chopped fresh tarragon
1/4 cup (1 oz) crumbled goat cheese
2 teaspoons olive oil, divided
1/2 cup thinly sliced zucchini
1/2 cup julienne- cut red bell pepper ( I bought roasted red peppers for the other recipe so will use those)
dash of salt
1 teaspoon chopped fresh chives
Whisk eggs and 1 Tablespoon water in a bowl. Stir in 1/8 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Set aside. Combine parsley, tarragon, and goat cheese in a small bowl. Set aside. Heat 1 teaspoon olive in an 8 inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add remaining 1/8 teaspoon pepper, zucchini, bell pepper, and a dash of salt to pan. Cook for 4 min or until tender. Remove zucchini mixture from pan. Cover and keep warm.
Place 1/2 teaspoon oil in skillet. Pour half of the egg mixture into the pan, and let egg mixture set slightly (do not str). Carefully soosen set edges of omelet with a spatula, tipping the pan to pour uncooked egg to the sides. Continue this procedure for about 5 seconds or until almost no runny egg remains. Sprinkle half of the cheese mixture evenly over the cooked omelet.Cook omelet 1 min or until set. Slide omelet onto plate, folding into thirds. Repeat procedure with remaining 1/2 teaspoon oil, egg mixture, and goat cheese mixture. Sprinkle chives over omelets. Serve with zucchini mixture.

My Mama's Waffles

 Tonight we had breakfast for dinner.  Sometimes, that just sounds better than anything I can think to have. 

Ingredients:
4 eggs, separated
1/4 cup oil
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Beat 4 egg whites until stiff. Set aside
Mix 4 egg yolks, 1/4 cup oil, milk, flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Fold in egg whites by hand. Pour in waffle grill and cook until desired browness. Serve with your favorite syrup or jam.

My mama used to make these often. I have always loved her waffles and have a hard time ordering them at a restaurant because they are too hard. I could easily have these 2-3 days a week. But then I would probably gain about 20 pounds I don't need.

Lip Smackin' Trail Mix

I make this as a granola w/o the dried fruit. I serve it with flavored yogurt for breakfast. When I need a trail mix for my hikking buddies, I add the dried fruit.

Everytime I make anything with sunflower seeds, I think of my mom. One day she was making a slaw recipe that my sister-in-law gave her. Yes, you guessed it, she added the whole sunflower in the shell. She sent it with my grandmother for one of her Eastern Star occasions. Grandma reported that almost no one took any and those that did were pushing the sunflower seeds out. She tasted it and knew why, but she still didn't know what she did wrong. We never left her forget to only use the meat. I still like that story. It makes me remember that my mom didn't mind laughing at herself. She told the story as often as we did.
Ingredients
2 cups granola
3/4 cups coarsely chopped pecans
3/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1 (3 1/2 ounce) can flaked coconut (1 1/2 cups)
1/2 cup sunflower seeds (meat only)
1/2 cup wheat germ
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 (14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup canola or veg. oil

If as a trail mix
1 cup banana chips
1/2 cup dark or golden raisins
1/2 cup dried cherries
1/2 cup dried apricots, diced
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except the banana chips, raisins, cherries, and apricots. Mix well. Spread evenly on a foil-lined baking sheet.
Bake 40-45 minutes stirring every 15 min. Remove from oven and stir in dried fruit if making trail mix. Cool and store.

Orange Yogurt
Ingredients
4 cups plain yogurt
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 good honey
1 orange, zested
1/2 to 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
Directions
Place yogurt in a medium bowl and stir in vanilla, honey, and orange zest. Thin with orange juice until it is the desired consistency. Serve over granola for breakfast.