Banana Roll Up

These are great after school snack for your younger Residents. It is also something they can help make or make on their own- even better!

My Residents are old enough to make this on their own and usually share one.

Banana Roll Up
1 banana
1 soft shell tortilla
Nutella or Peanut Butter

Spread the Nutella on the shell and place th banana on it and roll it up.  That easy! That quick! That simple!

Insane I know, right?

Cinnamon Sugar Crisps

Today's recipe is very simple yet so very yummy!

As always I am on the search for healthier eats. When I saw several versions of these on the internet I knew I had to figure out how to reduce the calories.

The younger Residents even enjoy these as an afternoon snack.  Well, part of their after school snacks. They could eat a whole pig if I let them!  They were home last weekend for THREE days.  The only time they were nice to each other or not talking was when they had food in their mouths!  So, I gladly made these for them to much on through the weekend!

Cinnamon/Sugar Crisps

Soft Tortillas (one will make 8 wedges)

Cinnamon

Sugar

(We keep a mix of cinnamon and sugar in a old cinnamon jar, so that we can sprinkle on everything.)

Butter or Butter flavored spray

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the tortilla on a surface you can cut on. Spray with the butter flavored spray or coat with melted butter.  Sprinkle with your cinnamon and sugar mix. Use a pizza cutter to slice it into 8 wedges. Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes. 
NOTE:You can flip them over and repeat on the other side before cutting.  If you are into the low calorie meal planning like I am you will want to do just one side.  Each wedge will be roughly 29 calories per wedge.

Day after....

Sorry we are running late this morning!  Still recovering from last night!


I threw in some extras to my meal last night and thought I would share those, we call them horse-derves!  We had a wonderful time with our neighbor family!  Sadly the other neighbors had a few mishaps with stray fireworks!  We live on top of a hill so we had a great view of Rapid City's fireworks as well!  There were so many to watch!




Mexican Pinwheel
From my Aunt Amy


1pkg cream cheese, softened
1 cup salsa (or if you don't have it, diced tomatoes and taco sauce)
black olives (optional)
Mexican cheese (shredded)
Tortilla shells (soft)


Mix together and spread on the tortilla shells.  Roll them up and put in the fridge for an hour or until close to serving time, slice them and serve on a nice plate!






Pickle Pinwheels
1 jar dill pickles
1 pkg delli meat (ham or turkey)
1 pkg cream cheese, softened
Tortilla shells (soft)


Spread the cream cheese on the tortilla shells layer with deli meat.  Pit the whole pickles down the center.  Roll tightly and put in fridge until close to serving time.  Slice and serve!

Quiet Saturday

Hello all!  Quiet day at my Asylum today.  I like it that way.   I hope everyone had a wonderful week and will enjoy an even more wonderful weekend!  Love your families and enjoy your time! :D  I got my recipe for today when I lived in Ohio from a friend named Erma, she was doing weight watchers at the time.  And this has been at least 15 years ago.  So Weight Watchers is the only thing I know about it, except for the fact that is definitely delicious and super easy.  Enjoy!

Mexican "Quiche"

4 6" flour tortillas

1/4 lb crumbled sausage

1/2 cup red bell pepper

1/2 cup diced red onion

1 small garlic clove, minced

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

3 eggs, lightly beaten 

2 oz shredded cheddar cheese (or taco mix cheese)

1.  Preheat oven to 375°.  In a 9" pie plate arrange tortillas in a single layer over bottom and up sides of plate to form a crust.  Bake until browned, 5-6 minutes; set aside.

2.  Cook sausage, bell pepper, onion and garlic over medium heat, stirring occasionally until sausage is no longer pink.  Remove from heat, stir in lemon juice and cumin.  Add eggs and stir to combine.

3.  Sprinkle 1 ounce cheese over prepared tortilla crust; spread sausage mixture over cheese, then top with remaining 1 oz of cheese.  Bake for 20 minutes, until cheese is melted and sausage mixture is set.

And of course salad on the side is excellent!