Toasted Mediterranean Sandwiches

Ingredients:
-sesame seed hamburger buns
-leaf lettuce
-tomato paste
-chopped yellow onion
-olive oil
-garlic powder
-basil
-oregano
-black olives
-smoked gouda slices

Toast hamburger buns. If the buns won't fit in your toaster, flatten them first. (Or use a toaster oven). Fry onions in a pan with olive oil. Add garlic powder, basil and oregano to taste. Add olives and stir. Spread tomato paste on the top half of the bun. Stick gouda slices in the tomato paste. Place onion mixture on the bottom half of the bun. cover with leafs of lettuce. Close bun. Enjoy!

spinach raspberry salad

baby spinach
green leaf lettuce
sliced cucumber
raspberries
hemp hearts
a dash lime juice

mix veggies. garish with raspberries and hemp hearts. add a dash of lime juice

bbq shrimp wraps

serves 2

soft tortillas

1/2 cup frozen shrimp
1 red bell pepper chopped
1 stalk celery chopped
2 green onions chopped

1 Tbsp honey mustard
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
2 Tbsp bbq sauce
a dash powdered ginger
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 tbsp sesame seeds
3 Tbsp water
1/2 teaspoon worchestershire sauce
parmesan cheese garnish (optional)

in a pan fry shrimp and vegetables. add seasoning. let simmer until sauce thickens. place portions in wraps. garnish with parmesan cheese and fold.

BAKED APPLES

Hands-on time: 15 minutes
Total preparation time: 1 hour
9 servings

* 1-1/2 cups brown sugar
* 2 tablespoons cornstarch
* Dash cinnamon
* Dash nutmeg
* 1-1/2 cups water
* 4 tablespoons butter
* 9 small or medium apples

In a 1½-quart saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and spices; stir together with a wooden spoon to remove any obvious lumps. Add water and stir. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Add butter. Cook until thick, stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile, rub a 9x9-inch glass dish with butter. Wash and core the apples and place right side up in the dish. Pour the sauce into and over the apples.

Bake 45 minutes at 325F. Halfway through baking, remove from oven and cover the apples with hot syrup again. Return to oven to complete baking. Serve hot or cold.

Cold Remedy Tea

I invented this recipe as a teen and it seems to work well as relief for cold symptoms. (And it even tastes pretty good).

1 tablespoon honey
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon dried or fresh mint
a sprinkle of ground cayenne (optional)

Put all ingredients in the bottom of a mug. Add boiling water and stir.

Apple Raisin Crisp

Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup water
1 egg
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp half and half cream

8-10 apples
1/2 cup raisins
3 Tbsp cinnamon
1/2 cup oats
1/4 cup granola
1/4 cup pecans

Method:
cut and core apples. mix in a 9" by 13" glass casserole dish. cover with 2 tbsp of cinnamon then oats, then the remaining cinnamon.

in a saucepan combine butter, water, egg and brown sugar over low heat. stir occasionally until sugar is dissolved and mixture begins to thicken. add vanilla and cream. stir and let thicken a bit more. pour half the mixture over the layer of oats. cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake 35-40 minutes or until apples begin to bubble.

remove foil and add granola and pecans. pour the remaining half of the sugar mixture over the crisp. cook and addition 5-10 minutes without foil.

Healthy Banana Pancakes with Blueberries and Yoghurt

Ingredients:
* 1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
* 2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1 egg
* 1 cup milk, plus more if necessary
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 tablespoon honey
* 1/3 cup pureed banana

* banana flavoured flax oil

* natural peanut butter
* cocoa
* honey
* water

*fresh blueberries

*vanilla yoghurt

Directions:
Mix up flour, milk, egg, b. powder, salt, honey, and banana puree. Cook pancakes in flavoured flax oil. Mix peanut butter, cocoa, honey and water to make a chocolate, peanut butter spread. Spread between pancake layers. Top with vanilla yoghurt and blueberries.