apple sauce turnovers

had some leftover applesauce that i didn't want to go bad so i made an applesauce crisp (yech) and applesauce turnovers. you just take a sheet of puff pastry cut a long strip, add the filling then fold in half. seal with a fork or water or whatever you can to make them stick together. if you add too much filling (is there such a thing?) they don't like to close. i froze mine to eat at a later time. then you cook them at 400degrees on a cookie sheet. i put down foil and sprayed it first so they wouldn't stick. then i brushed the tops with egg whites and sugar. bake for 15-20 minutes.

key lime pound cake

the recipe is from cook what you love. i don't think i would make it again, at least not from this recipe, it was not your typical pound cake (typical: very dense and moist and tastes like there is a pound of butter.) this was kind of dry. flavor was good. the recipe was written in my least favorite style where in the ingredient list it says you need a 1 1/2 cup of sugar but while reading the recipe it says add only 1 1/4 cup of sugar and you are supposed to save the sugar for some other part of the recipe. i hate that. i always add all of it then say oops i guess i wasn't supposed to. this recipe also had a syrup you were supposed to pour over the cake and glaze. the glaze recipe did not turn out at all. so i just sort of made it up until the consistency was correct. icing was delicious!

homemade gnocchi and sauce

potato gnocchi recipe from martha when i made the gnocchi i used a potato masher. i think next time i would whip it up in the kitchen aid. but i did not use a food mill or ricer.

tomato sauce recipe was from martha too, but i cannot find it online. it was something like:
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cloves of garlic
3 medium tomatoes cored
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
season with salt and pepper

it also called for bacon but i didn't use that. i also tripled the recipe and had lots of sauce. you cook the garlic for a minute or two in the olive oil. then add chopped up tomatoes and season. cook for 10 minutes or so.

peanutty noodles

peanutty noodles, yummy! with cilantro, carrots, cabbage, red bell pepper, and a bunch of seasoning. recipe is from the family dinner. i really liked this cookbook. lots of pictures, lists of jobs on how to assist in the kitchen, and activites on how to interact at dinner, it could for friends too not just kids, cause friends are family too.