Sour Milk = Crepes

Did your milk just go sour? Don't throw it away! (Unless it's so old it's curdled! yuck! Then definitely throw it out!)It's great for making crepes- French pancakes. It's a great way to use up that old milk and the crepes come out tasting great! I always use my Mom's favorite recipe when I make crepes. I think it's from an old edition of Betty Crocker.

French Crepes

1 1/2 cups flour
1 tbsp Sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder

2 cups Milk
2 eggs
2 tbsp melted butter
1/2 tsp vanilla


Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl. Add remaining ingredients and whisk together.
Heat a round frying pan or round griddle to a low-medium heat. Butter pan generously (butter will gently bubble if your temperature is right).
Drop 1/3 cup (for small pans use 1/4 cup or 3 tbsp) of crepe mix into  your heated pan and swirl pan to spread the mix evenly.
Allow crepe to set then flip.
Remove from pan and fill with your favorite jam or spread, roll and drizzle with maple syrup.

Notes: Crepes cook quickly -no more than a minute or so for each side. Remember to butter your pan again between crepes.

Makes around 12 crepes.

Goat Cheese Bagel Pizzas

I have an obsession for the pizza topping combination of Goat cheese, garlic & sun-dried tomato with a pesto sauce. I've had it at restaurants. I've made my own at home. But my favorite version is homemade on Asiago cheese bagels that I buy from a local shop in my city. The cheese bagels really tie the pizza together ;)

Goat Cheese Bagel Pizzas

2 Bagels cut in half ( I used Asiago Cheese )

1 clove of Garlic (2 if you're a Garlic lover like me )-minced, crushed,or pressed

8 leaves of Fresh Basil-finely chopped

2 tbsp of Olive oil (or your preference, I used ordinary vegetable oil and some oil from the sun-dried tomatoes )

2 tbsp of Sun-dried Tomatoes -chopped up

1tsp Parmesan Cheese

1 5oz package of Chevre Goat Cheese

Preheat oven to 450º

Mix together Garlic, Basil, Oil, Tomatoes and Parm. Cheese.

Spread evenly on bagels.

Break apart or cut up Goat cheese and crumble on bagels.

Cook @ 450º for 8-10 minutes or until cheese and bagels edges become golden brown.

$500 PB Banana Chip Cookies

I got the inspiration for these cookies from wanting to make that $250 cookie recipe but I needed to use up an aging banana and banana chips. So, I combined a few cookie recipes I have and … Voila! 

$500 PB Banana Chip Cookies

1/2 c Butter 

1/2 c Peanut Butter

1 c Sugar

2/3 c Brown Sugar

1 Banana - mashed

1 dash Vanilla

2 Eggs

1 c ground Oatmeal ( I used quick cooking because it's all I had and I ground the Oatmeal in my blender)

1 1/2 c Flour

1/2 c Whole Wheat Flour

1 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp Salt

1/2 c Chocolate Chips

1/2 c Banana Chips- chopped

1/2 of a Chocolate Bar -chopped (I used 85% Dark- Carpe Noctem ;)

Cream butter, PB and sugars until well blended.

Add eggs, banana and vanilla. Mix well

Combine Flours, Oatmeal, Powder, Soda & Salt in separate bowl. Mix into dough.

Stir in chocolate and chips.

Drop rounded spoonfuls onto a cookie pan or baking stone and cook 8-10 minutes in a 375º oven.

Makes about 4 dozen depending on size. (It's hard to count when you eat them whale your still cooking ;)

After Notes::

Needs more butter, maybe 2/3 c---they are too cake-like.

Dark Chocolate bar should have been grated not chopped.

(Maybe I should have called them the $125 PB Banana Chip Cookie... ; )

Welcome

Hi and Welcome! Starting my blog off with a little Howdy-Doo! I can't wait to share my recipes and recycling with you. I hope you enjoy yourself. In the mean time...
Keep on Cooking & Recycling!
:)
MsG