Baked Oatmeal

For 3 small ramekins:

1 cup old fashioned rolled oats

<1/4 cup brown sugar

<1/4 tsp baking powder

handful crushed walnuts

1 egg

1tbsp melted butter

3/4 cup milk

1/2 banana

handful berries (fresh or frozen)

Mix all above ingredients, divide between ramekins

Bake at 375F for 18-20 min

Take out, sprinkle with more brown sugar, broil for <1min

Scavenger Meal: Savory Oatmeal

Steel cut oats in chicken stock

Hebrew Nationals hot dogs, broccoli, onions, garlic - fried up separately

Pine nuts, peas and chopped cilantro

Enchilada verde sauce (leftovers from enchiladas)

Thyme and black pepper for extra flavor/spice

Grated sharp cheddar

Diced pickle - oddly enough, this complemented everything else and distracted from the blandness of oatmeal

Combine everything, top with cheese, broil pot so cheese is melted and golden brown



Salmon Puffs

THIS base recipe with some alterations

Saute chopped spinach with onions and garlic for ~15min to remove extra moisture. Add lemon juice.

Cut up fresh salmon into squares

Thaw puff pastry dough and cut up into squares (larger than salmon)

Arrange: 1st dough square, spinach mix, feta cheese crumbles, salmon, fresh dill, 2nd dough square

Wet dough edges with extra spinach juice, pinch dough pieces together all the way around. They'll look ugly but will straighten/fill out during baking, and will taste great.

Brush tops of pastry puffs with beaten egg to help surfaces become golden brown (use brush). Bake for 20-25 min at 375F (no need to poke with fork, salmon will cook through for sure too)

Cross-section view. Tartness of lemon juice combined with feta complimented the fish nicely.

Chicken Enchiladas

Home made salsa verde: broil tomatillos, garlic, serrano peppers

Remove seeds from serano peppers, throw all in kitchen blender

Dilute sauce with chicken stock

Alternative to home-made sauce - canned/bottled verde sauce

Take apart 1 rotisserie chicken, mix with lightly fried peppers/onions, 1-2tbsp cream of chicken soup, spices to taste (we used paprika, pepper, oregano, salt)

In a glass pyrex pan add verde sauce first, then fill each tortilla with chicken mix, wrap, stack

For a better taste, use corn tortillas (microwave-heat them for 30-40 seconds before using)

Can add beans and rice in addition to the chicken filling

Top with grated cheese (we used a mix of sharp cheddar and jalapeno jack)

Stick in oven at 350F for 30min (until cheese is golden brown)

Enjoy with rice and beans and a dollop of sour cream

Breakfast Burritos

Flour tortilla with following ingredients:

Yellow peppers, scrambled eggs, bacon, tomatoes, chicken, cilantro, sour cream, hot sauce and home made salsa verde

Bruffins

"Bruffins" = brownies in a muffin pan

Ghirardelli brownie mix 

Crushed walnuts 

1/4 cut apple sauce AND 1/4 cup grapeseed oil (for extra moisture)