Creamy Alfredo Sauce

2 TBS Butter
1/4 Cup Skim Milk
1/2 Cup Ricotta Cheese
1/4 Cup Shredded Extra Sharp Cheddar
2 TBS Parmesan cheese
1 TBS Dry Garlic
1 tsp Onion Salt
2 tsp. Italian Seasoning
2 TBS Flour or 1 TBS Cornstarch (I use whole wheat flour)

Melt the butter in a sauce pan on medium heat.  When melted, add milk and Ricotta cheese and stir until very smooth.  Add spices, onion salt, and Parmesan cheese.  Add the flour or cornstarch to thicken.  Finally, add in the cheddar and stir it in. I added broccoli and whole wheat spaghetti noodles to the sauce.

After adding the broccoli and noodles, I had about three 1 Cup servings of noodles, broccoli, and sauce.

Vegetarian Lasagna (bread pan size)

You can see the broccoli in the layers.

10-12 whole wheat lasagna noodles (or other noodle type like rice noodles...)
2 TBS canola oil
1 TBS evaporated cane juice crystals (sugar)

1 1/2 cup of spaghetti sauce
8 oz ground-sausage-style soy protein
1 cup of frozen chopped broccoli
1/4 cup ricotta cheese
1 tsp. onion salt
1 tsp. dry garlic
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
2 TBS shredded extra sharp cheddar 

You can see whole wheat noodles and pale ricotta cheese.

Precook the lasagna noodles in a pot.  In a separate frying pan, add oil and sugar to the sausage, stirring and breaking the soy protein sausage apart.  When cooked, add spaghetti sauce, garlic, onion salt, and broccoli.  Drain the lasagna noodles when cooked to desired tenderness. In a bread pan, spread a layer of the sauce mixture. Place a single layer of precooked noodles on top of it.  Next, add a thin layer of ricotta cheese.build the layers until the lasagna is the desired height.  Spread a thin layer of sauce and top the final layer with the shredded cheeses.  Cover the top of the pan in foil and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.   Remove the foil and bake until the cheese on top is melted and crisped to the desired texture.

Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread

2 cups of peeled shredded zuchini
1/2 cup of evaporated cane juice crystals (can use brown sugar instead)
1 1/2 cups of brown sugar
3 eggs
1 cup canola oil
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 TBS of vanilla
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
3-4 cups of whole wheat flour

Mix everything but the flour in a large mixing bowl.  Be sure to mix the eggs enough to make the bread rise more.  Once this is thoroughly mixed, add the flour until the batter is thicker than cake batter but not as tough as cookie dough.  Seperate the dough into two standard bread pans (9x5 will work well or slightly smaller).  I used shortening to grease the pans so the bread would slide out easily.  Bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 45minutes to an hour until a fork or toothpick comes out clean.  (The bread pictured above was baked for fifty minutes.)  When the bread is baked, remove from the bread pan and melt butter over the top.  Sprinkle sugar over the loaves. 

Why this bread is great:  The whole wheat and brown sugar combination make the zucchini less noticeable than typical zucchini breads! 

Get Some...

Here is a picture of my latest loaf of whole wheat bread.  I made this using the previous recipe on the blog.  Instead of honey or brown sugar though, I used organic evaporated cane juice crystals.  Costco was selling them, and I can't have white sugar, so I bought the bag!  The bread has turned out great and I find that some recipes are better with the crystals instead of brown sugar, but some are not.  Brownies are definitely better with brown sugar (consensus in my apartment.)

Sweet Potato Fries

Sweet Potatoes offer a better spectrum of nutrition than other common types of potatoes.  Sweet Potatoes even have Vitamin A!

First, wash or peel the sweet potatoes.  To make sweet potato fries, thinly slice the sweet potato with or without the peels.  (Mine have peels.)  Next, pour an even layer of oil across the cooking surface.  You can use a cookie sheet in the oven, a sauce pan, or a griddle... Fry the potatoes in the oil until very tender.  Add salt as they are cooking if desired.  Sometimes I add onion or garlic salt for a little extra flavor.  These fries are simple to make and absolutely delicious!