Basic pancake

Serve these pancakes with butter and syrup.

Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour, stirred or sifted before measuring
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons melted butter

Preparation:

Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs and 1 1/2 cups of milk; add to flour mixture, stirring only until smooth. Blend in melted butter. If the batter seems too thick to pour, add a little more milk. Cook on a hot, greased griddle, using about 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake. Cook until bubbly, a little dry around the edges, and lightly browned on the bottom; turn and brown the other side. Recipe for pancakes serves 4.

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Banana bread

Banana Bread

3 overripe bananas (if frozen, make sure to use the liquid/syrup that appears after defrosting)

1 ½ cups flour

1 cup sugar

½ tsp baking soda

Dash of salt

1 egg

¼ cup melted butter or margarine

Optional toppings: Chocolate chips, nuts, etc.

Preheat oven 325. Mash bananas, add flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and egg. Just slightly combine. Melt butter/margarine and add to bowl, stir until just incorporated. Spray loaf pan with Pam (or grease the pan) Pour in the batter and sprinkle the top with chocolate chips and/or your topping of choice. Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes. Check around an hour because every oven is a little different. YUM!

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Maple Glazed Turkey with Dijon Gravy

Maple Butter

3/4 cup pure maple syrup

4 tbsp chopped fresh marjoram

1/4 cup coriander seeds, coarsely cracked in resealable plastic bag

2 tsp grated lemon peel

1 tsp cracked black pepper

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter (room temp.)

Turkey

1 16-18lb turkey; neck, gizzard and heart reserved

2 cups chopped onion

2 cups chopped celery with leaves

2 cups sliced peeled parsnips (around 5 medium parsnips)

3 cups canned low-salt chicken broth

Gravy

2 1/2 cups canned low-salt chicken broth

3 tbsp unsalted butter

1/3 cup all purpose flour

1 small bay leaf

2 tbsp madeira wine

1-2 tbsp Dijon mustard

1 tsp chopped fresh marjoram

For Maple Butter

Boil maple syrup and 2 tbsp marjoram in heavy medium saucepan until reduced to 1/2 cup. (about 4 minutes)

Game Time Salsa

1 (14.5 oz./430 ml) can diced tomatoes undrained; or 3 medium tomatoes finely chopped

1 medium white onion finely chopped

1-3 jalapeno peppers; seeded and finely chopped

1-2 tbsp. (15-30 ml) dried cilantro

1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice or lime juice

1/4 tsp. salt

Tortilla chips

Stir together all ingredients and serve with chips.

Parmesan-lime grilled corn

4 ears corn on cob in husk

1/4 cup (60 ml) butter, softened

1 tbsp. (15 ml) olive oil

1/2 tsp. grated lime peel

2 tbsp. shredded parmesan cheese

Soak corn in husks in cold water 10 minutes. Meanwhile, blend butter, oil and lime peel in small bowl; cover and refrigerate. Preheat grill to medium-high heat (350 - 400 degrees F/180 - 205 degrees C). Place corn on grill rack; grill 10 - 12 minutes or until tender, turning once or twice.

Remove husk and silks. Spread butter mixture evenly on corn; sprinkle with parmesan. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

205 cals. per cob.