Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto

I love this stuff! It is perfect on bagel or panini sandwiches with turkey or ham or even just as a sauce on pasta. Perfect with spinach and cheese. It can be used as a sauce or a spread. If you haven't tried it you should!

Dora & Diego Let’s Cook Birds’ Nests

In honor of Easter coming up I'm posting a recipe I found. I love these, and I can eat lots of them! Oh, and my child who eats regular food loves it too. =)

Serving Size:
Makes 4 servings

Ingredients:
Nonstick cooking spray
5 cups frozen loose-packshredded-style hash brown potatoes
5 eggs
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shredded low-fat cheddar cheese
6 grape tomatoes, halved (optional)

Method:
Let’s make it! ¡Vámonos!

Preheat oven to 425°F. Coat a large baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Place potatoes in a large bowl, breaking up any large clumps.

In a small bowl, beat 1 egg, butter, oil, and salt with a fork until well combined. Add egg mixture to potatoes and toss to coat completely. Divide potato mixture into 4 equal mounds 3 to 4 inches across. With the back of a spoon create a ¼-cup sized indention in center of each mound.

Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Crack 1 of each of the remaining eggs into the mounds. Top with cheese. Bake for about 7 minutes until egg whites are set and yolk is almost cooked through, or to the doneness you’d like.
Transfer to plates and top with grape tomatoes, if you’d like.

Recipe reprinted from the book Dora & Diego Let’s Cook. Copyright © 2010. Photographs Copyright © 2010 by Greg Scheidemann and Chris Hennessey. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Roll-Out Sugar Cookies (My First Post!)

I'm sorry Kari that I didn't post this in time for Halloween knowing how much you like the chocolate version of these cookies. Better late than never. Thanks for asking about the recipe Heidi, and actually reminding me that I have this recipe on my laptop so I can post it :)

1 C butter
1 C sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp baking powder
3 C flour

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Mix baking powder and flour, add one cup at a time, mixing after each addition. The dough will be very stiff; blend last flour by hand (if too stiff and water a tsp at a time). Do not chill dough. Divide dough into two portions. On a floured surface, roll each portion into a circle approximately 12 inches in diameter and 1/8 inch thick. Dip cutters in flour before each use. Bake cookies on and ungreased cookie sheet on top rack of oven for 6-7 minutes, or until lightly browned. Makes 20-24 average-sized cookies.

For chocolate cookies, blend in three ounces melted, unsweetened chocolate.

Darcie's Note: I typically bake the cookies less than required because I love them to be super soft.