Spring rolls!

I wanted to try something new today and Em inspired me to make spring rolls. I wanted them fresh so I used the following as a guide:
http://iowagirleats.com/2010/05/19/how-to-make-fresh-spring-rolls/
I made my own version by only using lettuce, cucumber, carrots and tofu pieces soaked in soya sauce followed the peanut recipe and their how to wrap. Despues? Voila!

As you can see my wrapping skills got better eventually! :)

Enjoy..

Mango madness: Mango muffins

Mango season is here!!!!! Que emocion :) We were gifted with 2 bags of mangoes, we gave away one and kept the other but after 2 days of sitting on the counter the fruit flies tried to take over. I peeled them and mad the following recipe which had the girls begging for more! I saw this recipe on about.com and the reviews were okay so I went for it. I baked mine in a muffin tin because I was worried about the baking time. As an added bonus, it was easy to make!

See below:

ngredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups diced mango
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Preparation:

Sift dry ingredients into a mixing bowl. Make a well and add remaining ingredients. Mix until well blended. Pour into a greased and floured 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan and let stand 20 minutes. Bake at 350° for about 1 hour, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean..

I think I might be trying this again...if I get time to before the season is over. Enjoy! :)

Asian Slaw with Ginger-Peanut Dressing

We decided to have an asian themed lunch this Sabbath and I stumbled across this recipe a while a go on pinterest (of course!) I doubted it right up until the end when I tasted it! At which point I was pleasantly surprised! I  had way too much red cabbage, I used white kidney beans instead of the edamame it called for and wonderfulness started....This is a must try!

http://www.onceuponachef.com/2011/03/asian-slaw-with-ginger-peanut-dressing.html 

Choco-chip muffins...

It was about time I did this recipe de nuevo so I went here: http://www.egglesscooking.com/2012/05/18/vegan-chocolate-chip-muffins-recipe/#I must say....not bad at all. Powdered soya milk does not know how to curdle but its still good! Camera is broken entonces, there are no pictures but I'll try to take a picture before I eat the last one! ;) Enjoy!

BREAD!!!!

I love making bread, I learnt in Pathfinders and I can never have enough. I found this quick recipe and must try it! I was even more intrigued because it uses club soda so let's see how it turn out...

http://www.lovefoodeat.com/easiest-bread-recipe-ever/

The bread was pretty cool...the inside was moist but I cut is pretty warm so we'll see how it is in the morning. :D

Delish Dinner rolls...

Who would have thought it could be so easy to make these things! I thought that yeast hated whole wheat flour until now. I have had such bad luck with it that I had all but given up on it. I started the recipe and didn't see until too late that the recipe called for 9-10 cups of flour! I kneaded the flour and left it there for a good while and when I came back it had spilled over! I had to throw away a huge handful of dough! :(

I divided up the rest of the dough as stated in the recipe http://www.howdoesshe.com/delicious-dinner-rolls and wrapped up two sections to be frozen. I rolled out the other two, cut and rolled them as shown below then I went to the gym for a couple of hours...

 Before we went to the pool...there are spaces....

 Chilling with the kiddies...no that's not me...

 Now we got 2 trays filled with fat dough!

After they spend a little time in the oven and butter is rubbed over them...as you can see one is already missing! ;) 

They are best served warm. Enjoy!

Pineapple up-sidedown cake

Came across this recipe on pinterest...as usual...but my Mom would usually make this for our birthdays in Jamaica, so this is an old favourite of mine. I followed the recipe from the following website:

http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2012/04/09/pineapple-upside-down-cake/

 Mixing the sugar and the melted butter....

Adding the pineapple and cherries...

 The cherries stained my fingers...I don't even want to know what is in them!

 The pre-baking stage..

 Check out that layer of sweetness!

End product! Sweetness!

Sally likes her stuff sweet so I would recommend only using 1/4 C of sugar because it is REALLY sweet. I did the normal energ egg replacer substitute and it was ready in about 40 mins with our unpredictable oven...Enjoy!