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I remember the first time I had Huevos Rancheros… I was visiting my friends, Mary and Billy. ;-)

Enjoy this for a fun and *scary* Halloween breakfast! LOL

Tink

*When I dream, I cook and bake like an artist!*

Bloody Eggs (Huevos Rancheros)

HALLOWEEN MEMORY

My niece Sarah is living with me now while attending college and is having fun planning some things for Halloween. This is what we are going to have for breakfast that morning, as she gets to dress up in a costume (at her college the students all get to go in costume on Halloween, and her stepdad doesn’t want her to ride the public bus in costume so I will drive her in and we will make a special morning of it).

This is the type of dish that can just as easily have some fun non-traditional type ingredients
added on the side for friends and family at brunch to add to make their own creation extra “ghoulish”, like guacamole or Montery Jack cheese. It can also serve well for those who don’t like spicy foods by using salsas that are mild and using sour cream, guacamole and cheese.

INGREDIENTS

1 jar of your favorite salsa (you can sometimes purchase salsa at your
favorite Mexican restaurant also)
4 corn tortillas
Butter
4 Fresh Eggs
2 T Fresh Cilantro, Chopped (optional, although this gives it a nice
authentic and fresh flavor)
Other optional ingredients to taste that are not admittedly authentic:
Montery Jack Cheese
Guacamole
Sour Cream
Carmelized Onions (Fry up some Vidalia Onions before hand if you have time)
Hash Browns (actually on the traditional plate they would have fried
potatoes so this isn’t too far gone, cook the hash brows beforehand if you
are serving them)
Refried Beans (this is also a traditional accompaniement, cook them
beforehand if you are serving them).

INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1 – Prepare the tortillas.
STEP 2 – Heat the oven to 150F, and place serving plates in
the oven to keep warm.
STEP 3 – Heat a tsp of olive oil in a large non-stick
skillet on medium, coating the pan with the oil, and brown the tortillas a
minute or two on each side until they are heated through, softenened and
the pockets of air bubble up inside of them.
STEP 4 – Remove them and stack them on
one of the warming plates in the oven to keep them warm while you continue
cooking the rest of the tortillas and eggs.
STEP 5 – Warm up the salsa in a saucepan until heated through.

STEP 6 – Fry the eggs in the same skillet in a little butter, about 2 tsp for 4
eggs. The eggs are traditionally cooked either scrambled or over easy.

To serve, top the tortilla with the egg and then salsa. Top with sour
cream and guacamole if desired, and sprinkle with cheese if desired. Serve
refried beans and hash browns on the side if desired.

COMPANY INFORMATION – Kristmen’s Design Studio

Kristmen’s Design Studio is home to handknit designer JoLene M Treace.
JoLene is a member of the Association of Knitwear designers and has been
published in books and magazines as well as self publishes a line of
pattern leaflets.

Books currently in print include Handknit Holidays by
Melanie Falick (Stewart, Tabori and Chang), 101 Designer One Skein Wonders
by Judith Durant (Storey Publishing), Luxury Yarn One Skein Wonders by
Judith Durant (Storey Publishing) and Jamisons’s Shetland Knitting Books 2
& 3. Work soon to be published include projects for Interweave Press.

JoLene incorporates a story into each design and each part of the design
is chosen to support the story behind the design. She was a machine
knitter in high school, which is when she learned basic pattern drafting.
She switched to handknitting in her mid twenties and has not looked back.

Her basic philosophy is “take charge of your knitting”, which carries into
other areas of her life as well. If there is something that she wants to
do or learn, she finds a way to do it.

“Many knitters tell themselves too
much I could never do that” she says. “I like to encourage them to
remember that all knitting is a combination of a few simple things, no
matter how complex it might look. There might be a steep learning curve on
a technique, or you might have to practice something for awhile, or you
might have to use stitch markers or what-have-you to get into the rhythm of
a stitch pattern, but there are ways to learn what you want to do if you
keep in mind what you want, rather than what you tell yourself what you
think you cannot”.

www.atimetoknit.com
http://jolenetreace.wordpress.com

This is a cute idea and an easy way to give the kids a Halloween breakfast before heading out for the day!

Tink

*When I dream, I cook and bake like an artist!*

Spider Web Cereal

HALLOWEEN MEMORY

Halloween wasn’t a big thing in my family, so as a young adult I had to play catch-up when I began teaching preschool.  One thing I learned quickly is that you can get kids to eat almost anything if it’s presented in a way that captures their curiosity or imagination.  Since I love chocolate, it’s easy for me to try it with almost anything.  For kids who don’t like chocolate (hard to believe, but they do exist!), try substituting ice cream syrup in another flavor for this recipe.

INGREDIENTS

for each serving you will need:
a bowl of Cream of Wheat or oatmeal, prepared to package directions
chocolate syrup
a small cookie
a jelly bean
a 2″ piece of licorice cut into 8 skinny strips

INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1 – Squirt a small dollop of chocolate syrup on top of the cereal near the center, then draw 3-4 concentric circles of syrup around the dollop.
STEP 2 – Gently drag a butter knife or a toothpick from the center dollop to the outermost circle.  Repeat this step until you have 6-8 lines to make the web.
STEP 3 – For the spider, place the cookie on the cereal.  Add the jelly bean for the head and the 8 strips of licorice for the legs.
STEP 4 – Add milk if desired, then grab a spoon and eat!

COMPANY INFORMATION – Sundrop Designs

Sundrop Designs specializes in original applique and pieced block patterns for quilters, from realistic nature blocks to the whimsical Sundrop Wee Folk and Adventures in Atlantis (seashell houses).  Every month, a new Sundrop Critter block is featured.  Check them out – they’re really cute and many are very easy to do.  The theme for 2008 is Australian animals.

Web site: http://www.sundropdesigns.com
blog: http://bluecatcrafts.blogspot.com/

I will admit that I LOVE Black-eyed peas. I am not quite sure how this happened since Mom (bless her heart) doesn’t like them and rarely fixed them. I can only surmise that someone else fed them to me in my pre-school days when we were living in the Deep South.

Since I also love breakfast sausage and cornbread, rest assured, I’ll be making this sometime in the near future… just not serving it to Mom! LOL

Tink

*When I dream, I cook and bake like an artist!*

Black-eyed Pea and Sausage Cornbread

HALLOWEEN MEMORY

Fall is my favorite time of the year-not too hot and not too cold.-just right! I love the changing of color and crisp mornings. We get to decorate with pumpkins, gourds and squash and good old comfort food is on the table. This dish is great on a cool fall night. Serve with a green salad for a complete meal.

INGREDIENTS

1 pound breakfast sausage
1 medium onion
1 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. soda
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup oil
1 (4oz. can) chopped green chilies
3/4 cup cream corn
8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese
1 (15 oz. can) drained black-eyed peas

INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1 -  Brown and drain:
1 pound breakfast sausage
1 medium onion chopped

STEP 2 – Combine and set aside:
1 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. soda

STEP 3 – Beat together and add dry ingredients:
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup oil

STEP 4 – Add to cornbread mixture along with sausage and onion:
1 (4oz. can) chopped green chilies
3/4 cup cream corn
8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese
1 (15 oz. can) drained black-eyed peas

Pour into hot greased skillet and bake one hour or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

COMPANY INFORMATION – Calico Carriage Quilt Designs

At Calico Carriage Quilt Designs we specialize in traditional-style quilt designs that are made with our easy, accurate No Diamonds/No “Y” Seams technique! This deceptively simple technique results in surprisingly complicated looking quilt designs. All of the diamond designs are based on a square and its companion half-square triangle, so there are no fussy bias edges and all of the quilt assembly is done with straight-line sewing. Debbie travels the country teaching this method to quilters with all skill levels and they LOVE it. We also have books and patterns based on component sewing for those big bold graphic prints. 38 patterns and books for your sewing pleasure.

http://www.calicocarriage.com/

http://www.calicocarriage.com/blog/

When I was growing up, we would occasionally get into a state of craziness — I remember breaking in a new waffle maker with Chocolate Chocolate Chip Waffles… for dinner. We had a friend visiting (from a far more conservative family) and he just kept shaking  his head in disbelief. Of course, he also had two helpings of waffles! LOL

This recipe, from my friend Susan, of Blue Moon River, would probably garner the same reaction!

Tink

*When I dream, I cook and bake like an artist!*

Perfect Pumpkin Pancakes

HALLOWEEN MEMORY

When I was a kid, as the weather grew cooler, my mom always pulled out the electric griddle and made us pancakes. She even learned how to pour them in shapes so they resembled animals: elephants, cats… or with our initials in the middle (you pour the letter first, let it brown a bit, and then pour the rest of the batter around the letter). There’s nothing like hot pancakes and maple syrup on a chilly morning to get you going! If your pancakes are far from perfect, consider investing in an electric griddle with a non-stick coating. Then you can serve up a big batch of pancakes in a jiffy. – Susan Brubaker Knapp, owner, Blue Moon River

INGREDIENTS

1-1/4 t. pumpkin pie spice
1 t. salt
1 T baking powder
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 T packed brown sugar
1-3/4 cups milk
1 t. lemon juice
1/2 cup canned pumpkin (not canned pumpkin pie mix)
1 large egg
2 T vegetable oil

INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1 – Heat griddle.
STEP 2 – In a mixing bowl, combine the wet ingredients: milk, pumpkin, vegetable oil, lemon juice and egg.
STEP 3 – In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients: pumpkin pie spice, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, and salt.
STEP 4 – Add the dry ingredients gradually into the wet ingredients, stirring until combined but still slightly lumpy. (Add more milk if you want runnier batter.)
STEP 5 – Pour batter in circles onto griddle and cook.
STEP 6 – Serve with butter and maple syrup.

COMPANY INFORMATION – Blue Moon River

Susan Brubaker Knapp, the designer of Blue Moon River quilt patterns, and an art quilter whose work has won numerous ribbons and been exhibited nationally and internationally, loves Halloween for more than just the candy … it is also her birthday! She has a black cat and has been known to embarrass her children by dressing as a witch, from her witch’s hat down to her striped stockings and pointy-toed shoes, when she drives the carpool to and from school on Halloween. You can see her patterns and art quilts on her website, www.bluemoonriver.com, or find out what she is doing on her blog, wwwbluemoonriver.blogspot.com (please note: there’s no dot after the www in the blog address!)