Rhubarb oatmeal cobbler

I love love love this recipe!!  It is so good, especially with ice cream. I have frozen rhubarb from the summer and  felt like baking something up.  

 

Crust

1  Cups rolled oats

1/2 Cup quinoa

1 Cup brown sugar, packed

1/4 Tsp. salt

1 1/2 cups flour

1 cup Butter

1/4 Tsp vanilla

Filling

3 Cups chopped rhubarb

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 Tbs cornstarch

1/4 cup water

1 Tsp. vanilla

Combine crust mixture until crumbly and pat half of it into a greased cake pan.  Bring the contents of the filling to a boil and pour on top.  Top with remaining crust mixture. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes.

Easy Refrigerator Pickles

2 Medium cucumbers

10 Cloves garlic

3 Thai peppers

1 Small onion

20 Sprigs fresh dill

1/2 Cup salt

1 Cup vinegar

2 Quarts water

Put 1/2 of the dill the garlic and onion in the jar.  Put spear sliced cukes in, than the peppers and the rest of the dill on top.  Bring the water, vinegar and salt to a boil until salt is dissolved.  Pour enough to fill the jar covering the cucumbers.  Let sit 2 days on the counter than 2 days in fridge.  Lasts 9 months to a year.

My husband and I tried one the same night and were pleasantly surprised!  

ENJOY!

OH MY DOG!!!!...........BONES

AHHHHH!!!

  I have never seen so many dog bones in my life!  Do you have a special pet that deserves something delicious this holiday season?  Get them COHO CRUNCHIES.  There smoked salmon snacks for your pups and cats!  My mother-in-law and I came up with a dog bone recipe containing real smoked salmon and all natural ingredients!  They are available at the Kodiak Island Smokehouse located on Millbay.  They have awesome Christmas gift packs available too!

Orange Cinnamon Pancakes

These Pancakes are so delicious, especially on a cold winter morning.  The aroma of cinnamon and orange makes me so happy!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4  Tsp baking powder
• 1 Tsp salt
• 1 Ttbs white sugar
•  1/4 cups milk
• 1 cup orange juice 
• 2 Tsp cinnamon
• 1 egg
• 3 Tbs melted butter

Mix together ingredients and fry in oil.  Top with whipped cream and additional cinnamon

Spicy Pumpkin Seeds

After Halloween all the pumpkins go on sale.....and I'm there to buy them!  Pumpkin cake, Pumpkin soup, Pumpkin rolls and and my favorite PUMPKIN SEEDS.  This year I wanted to make them a little different, so I did Cajun style!

Cajun Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkin seeds from one large pumpkin

2 ts. Chile powder

1/2 ts. Paprika

dash Sea Salt

Tabasco ( or any vinegar based hot sauce )

Soak your seeds overnight in salted water

 Drain them and pat dry.  Add 10 drops Tabasco and shake around, then add chile powder, paprika, and sea salt toss together.  Bake at 325 for 30 minutes.

Great for munching!!

Munchies Delight

                        

These chocolate caramel cupcakes in chocolate shells are amazing!  The whipped cream mellows out the sweetness to just the right amount of perfection, and the shells make for no dishes!

Chocolate shells

Blow up 6 small balloons

1 box cake mix

1 quart whipping cream

1 can dulce de leche

White chocolate chips

Milk chocolate chips

Microwave milk chocolate until melted stirring every 15 seconds

(make sure its not too hot)

dunk the balloons half way up, let dry on wax paper then dunk in the white chocolate chips

let fully harden ( about 30 min)

Cupcakes

1 box chocolate cake mix ( make as directed) except let the batter rest 10 minutes before putting into a greased muffin tin.

While baking, whip cream with 1/4 cup powdered sugar.

When the cupcakes are cool cut them in half with a bread knife so as not to break them. 

Pipe dulce de leche between the cupcake then layer cream.  Put a dallop of cream in each chocolate shell and set a cupcake inside.  Pipe a dab of the dulce on top and top with cream.