Alfredo Sauce

A friend gave this really easy recipe to my mom. We enjoyed it very much when I made it! I hope you enjoy it too.

one stick of butter
1 bar of cream cheese
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

serve very hot over pasta

Yummy Tortillas!

I am making my own whole wheat tortillas now! They are delicious and easy! My family loves them! When it is time for lunch my brothers always ask me to make them some. They like to dip them in my homemade salsa that my mom taught me to make. I will give you the recipe for my salsa too. I like to make bean and cheese buritos with the tortillas that I make . Now here is the recipe:

Whole Wheat Tortillas

6 cups of whole wheat flour
2 cups of water minus 6 tablespoons, plus 6 tablespoon of raw apple cider vinegar (or you can just put 2 cups of water if you don't have any raw apple cider vinegar)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
1/2 cups extra virgin oil

In a bowl mix all the ingredients. Then take the dough out of the bowl and place on a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough for about 2-4 minutes. Divide dough in 32 parts for little tortillas or 24 parts for large tortillas. Roll each part into a ball and put it on a cutting board or any flat surface. Use a rolling pin to flatten out (this takes practice) Place on a griddle ( put the gridle on medium heat ) and let each side cook for 30 seconds or until ready.

Soaking: We soak all of our whole grains. This means that we prepare the dough a day ahead and let it soak overnight in the wet ingredients. I will write more about this later since I don't know too much about it, but my mom does. I'll ask her to explain it more clearly to me. Right now, it's just something she has taught me to do. She does say that the tortillas will be more nutritious and easy for your body to digest if the grains are soaked overnight.


Homemade Salsa

1/2 of a onion
2 cloves of garlic
6 whole red dried chili peppers or more if you like it hot or less if you want very mild hot salsa
4 cups of tomatoes sauce ( if it is to hot then add a little more)
salt and a little pepper to taste

You can add more water if you like a more watery salsa or if you like it thick leave it as is. We like our salsa thick.

Boil the onions ,garlic and chili peppers with 1/2 a cup of water until the onions are soft. Put it all in the blender and add the tomato sauce. Then blend till smooth.

Enjoy!

English Scones & Devonshire Cream

I love to bake and I made scones last week. They were very good and my family enjoyed eating them. I hope you will enjoy them too. I didn't take pictures of the scones after I made them. I forgot, but next time I will take pictures of my next baking project.

Scones:
3 cups flour
2 tablespoons baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup butter
1/2 cup sultanas ( white raisins) or currants
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 egg(for glaze)


Devonshire Cream:

1 3-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup whipping cream (or dream whip)
4 teaspoons confectioners sugar
1/4 teaspoons vanilla

Scones: Sift together flour, baking powder and sugar.Rub in butter until mixture is fine. Beat egg with milk; stir in raisins. Add to flour mixture, mix to make a dough. Roll out dough 3/4-inch thick; cut rounds with a 2 1/2-inch cookie cutter. Brush rounds with beaten eggs; place on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 400 degrees, then 350 degrees for 5 more minutes. When ready to serve, cut in half and serve with Devonshire cream and your favorite jam or jelly.

Devonshire Cream:
Beat cream cheese in a small mixer bowl unti light and fluffy. Beat in whipping cream, sugar and vanilla until mixture is smooth. Refrigerate, covered, 1 hour before serving with scones.

Delicious!