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Breakfast Blintzes
Blintzes are versatile and adaptable to any diet. You can put whatever you want in there. Cheese or fruit is recommened, but you can get out of control with these if you want to.
The Wraps:
3 jumbo eggs
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
2 tablespoons butter
The Filling:
1 1/2 cups farmer cheese
2 cups cottage cheese
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon flour
1. Preheat Oven to 250
2. Combine wrap ingredients in blender and blend. Let sit in fridge for half an hour.
3. Process fillling until smooth
4. Melt Butter
5. Evenly distribute wrap batter around the bottom of the skillet
6. Cook until the top is crisp and the bottom is golden, and liftable with a spatula.
7. Don’t turn them over. Stack them on a paper towel golden side down. Repeat until all batter is used.
8. Put 3 tablespoons of the filling in the center of each wrapper keeping the golden side down for the exterior.
9. Fold the opposite sides of the wrapper over the filling. Fold in the ends to completely enclose the filling, forming packets.
10. Arrange these packets, seam sides down, on the baking sheet.
11. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes.
Lunch Pita Crisps
Pita Crisps work like chips, but they’re thicker so you can dip them into anything you want. We recommend something healthy and nasty sounding like Edadame.
6 6 inch PItas split in half horizontally, cut into triangles.
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 garlic clove minced
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 cups edamame
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cumin
2 garlic cloves peeled
1/2 cup parsley leaves
3 tablespoons tahini
3 tablespoons water
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon olive oil
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Arrange pita halves in a single layer on baking sheet. Add olive oil, garlic and salt, toss well. Bake for 15 minutes or until crisp; cool completely on wire rack.
3. Prepare edamame according to package instructions, omitting salt.
4. Place 1 tablespoon oil, salt, cumin, and garlic in a food processor; pulse 2 to 3 times or until coarsely chopped.
5. Add edamame, parsley, tahini, water, and lemon juice; process 1 minutes or until smooth.
6. Spoon hummus into serving bowl.
Dinner Grilled Veggies
4 medium zucchini, cut diagonally into 1/2-inch thick slices
3 red and yellow peppers, cut into 1/2-inch wide strips
1/4 cup Italian Dressing
1/4 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
1. Preheat grill to medium heat.
2. Grill vegetables until tender, but crisp.
Happy Hour
Smash Smash
1 1/2 ounce SKYY Melon Vodka
1 ounce lime juice
1 ounce Campari
1/2 ounce Vault Soda
Scrape Scrape
3 oz. Southern Comfort liqueur
1 1/2 oz. sweet and sour mix
1/2 oz. blue curacao
1/2 oz. sweetened lime juice
Splash Splash
1 1/4 oz Jose Cuervo Clasico
- 4 oz Lemon-lime soda
- splash of Blue Curacao
Combine tequila and lemon-lime soda in a rocks glass with ice. Add splash of Blue Curacao. Garnish with salt on rim.