Molten Chocolate Cake

These were so yummy--like warm pudding in the middle of a cake. We served it with vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

1 cup butter
8 ounces dark chocolate chips
5 large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
4 teaspoons flour
8 extra-large paper muffin cups

Directions

(1) Melt butter and chocolate in a medium heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water; remove from heat. Beat eggs and sugar in a medium bowl. Beat egg mixture into chocolate until smooth. Beat in flour until just combined.
(2) Preheat to 430. Spray muffin papers with vegetable cooking spray. Divide batter among muffin cups.
(30 Bake 10 minutes.

Texas Caviar

I served this for dinner, oh yes I did. With tortilla chips. We all loved it, although the boys like to run theirs through the food processor first so they could pretend they weren't eating veggies and beans.

1/2 onion, chopped (I used 1015's)
1 bunch green onions, chopped
2 jalapeno peppers, chopped
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 can diced tomatoes, drained
1 (8 ounce) bottle zesty Italian dressing (I used homemade)
1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas, drained
1 bunch chopped fresh cilantro

Tortellini Salad

Layer in a bowl:

spinach
purple cabbage
cooked and cooled tortellini
cooked and diced bacon
homemade Ranch dressing

Garden Chowder

Saute 1 diced zucchini and 1 diced onion in 5T of butter. Stir in 1/3c flour and a little salt and pepper. Add 3 cups of water, 1T adobo, and 1t lemon juice. Boil. Add one can of tomatoes, 1c milk, and 10oz frozen corn. Bring to boil. Stir in 1/4c Parmesan and 2c shredded cheddar. Sometimes I add a little meat--sausage is nice.

Banana Muffins

Mix:

3/4c flour
3/4c whole wheat flour
1/2 c sugar
1 c oats
2t baking powder
1 t baking soda
1/2t salt
1 egg
3/4c milk
1/3c oil
1/2t vanilla
1c mashed bananas

Bake at 375 for 22 minutes.

Curry Omelette

Adapted from Cate's World Kitchen.

Saute:

1 tbsp oil
1 clove diced garlic
1/2 cup chopped tomato
1/4 cup diced purple onion
1-2 tbsp fish sauce
1/4 tsp sugar
one pound defrosted and finely diced mixed vegetables

Remove from pan.

In another bowl, mix:

4 eggs
2 tbsp coconut milk
1 1/2 tsp curry powder

Cook about 1/2 of the egg mixture until almost set. Then place 1/2c veggies on the egg and fold over and cook until completely set.

Blueberry Muffins

Yum.

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1/3 cup milk
1 cup still-frozen blueberries


Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.
2. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder. Place vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup. Mix this with flour mixture. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin cups right to the top.
3. Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until done.