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Friday, August 29, 2008



PREP TIME 10 Min
COOK TIME 17 Min
READY IN 45 Min

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

* 2 banana, peeled and mashed
* 2 cups peanut butter
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1 cup packed brown sugar
* 4 egg whites
* 4 cups whole wheat flour
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 2 cups rolled oats
* 2 cups raisins

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

2. In a medium bowl, stir together mashed banana, peanut butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Then mix in the egg whites. Add flour and baking soda, mix until just blended, then stir in the rolled oats and raisins.

3. Drop cookie dough by heaping spoonfuls onto an unprepared cookie sheet. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven. When cookies are done, remove from the baking sheet and cool on wire racks.

SUBMITTED BY: MUFFQUEEN

PHOTO BY: IKERONIOUS

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Banana Bread



Prep time: about 90 minutes

Ingredients:

* 2 eggs
* 1 3/4 c. sifted flour
* 2 tsp. baking powder
* 1/4 tsp. baking soda
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 1/3 c. vegetable oil
* 2/3 c. sugar
* 1 c. mashed bananas (about 3 bananas)

Utensils:

* oven (You'll need help from your adult assistant.)
* measuring cups and spoons
* mixer
* sifter
* spatula
* small bowl
* medium-size bowl
* large bowl
* bread pan coated with nonstick spray

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius).
2. Beat eggs well in a small bowl.
3. In a medium-size bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
4. In a large bowl, add the vegetable oil. Add the sugar a little bit at a time, and continue beating until the mixture is fluffy.
5. Add the eggs to the mixture in the large bowl and beat well.
6. Add some of the flour mixture to the large bowl and beat well. Then add some of the mashed bananas and beat some more. Continue adding flour, then bananas, then flour, then bananas, until everything is mixed in.
7. Pour mixture into the baking pan. Bake for 70 minutes.
8. Flip your banana bread out of the pan, let it cool for a bit, and cut it into slices to eat and share!

Serves: 16

Recipe By: Kids Health

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Tempura Shrimp



Ingredients:

* 12 large shrimps

* 1 egg

* 1 cup ice water

* 1 cup all purpose flour

* Vegetable oil for frying

How to Cook:

* Peel shrimp and make a couple incisions on the stomach side so that it stays straight.

* Beat an egg in a bowl.

* Add ice water in the bowl.

* Add flour in the bowl and mix lightly.

* Heat oil to 350 F degree in a deep pan.

* Pick shrimp up by the tail and dip the body part in the batter.

* Fry it until brown.

*Makes 4 servings

**Be sure to use very cold water.

*** Do not overmix the batter.

Recipe from: Free Cooking Recipes