Middle Eastern Lemonade
8 lemons
3/4 cup sugar, or to taste
1 teaspoon orange blossom water, or to taste
generous 1/4 cup freshly chopped mint
water (or seltzer) and ice cubes Squeeze the juice from the lemons and sweeten to taste with the sugar. Add the orange blossom water and the mint, and stir or shake well together. Pour a little into a tall glass and fill with water or soda and ice.
Mexican Taco Bake
1 pound lean ground beef
4 large soft taco shells
1 package Taco seasoning
1 cup melted Velveeta cheese
toppings:
tomatoes, diced
scallions, diced
shredded cheese
sour Cream
1. Preheat oven to 350 F. In a 9 inch skillet brown ground beef until no longer pink. Follow directions on taco seasoning package and add taco seasoning and 1/2 cup of melted Velveeta.
2. In a 9-inch round cake pan, put in one soft taco shell. Spread 1/4 of the beef mixture evenly over taco shell. Place on next taco shell, adding 1/4 of the beef mixture on shell. Repeat until shells and beef mixture is gone. Add remaining melted cheese to top of final meat mixture layer. Put in oven until heated through, about 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Add toppings.
Beef Pizza
1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
2 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 tablespoon nonfat dry milk powder
1 tablespoon margarine
1/3 cup warm water
1 cup of fresh grated cheese of choice (more if liked)
1/2 a jar pasta sauce (more if liked)
1/2 cup of cooked hamburger meat (more if liked)
Italian seasoning
Garlic salt
2 cups bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 tablespoon nonfat dry milk powder
1 tablespoon margarine
1/3 cup warm water
1 cup of fresh grated cheese of choice (more if liked)
1/2 a jar pasta sauce (more if liked)
1/2 cup of cooked hamburger meat (more if liked)
Italian seasoning
Garlic salt
1. Combine flour, salt, sugar, dry milk, butter or margarine, yeast, and warm water. Gather into a ball. Turn out a lightly floured surface, and knead until the dough is smooth. Place in a well oiled bowl, and turn to coat the surface. Cover with a damp cloth, and place in a warm spot for 2 hours.
2. Punch down the dough. Roll out to fit pizza pan. Allow to rise until doubled in size.
3. Place sauce on dough (leave room for crust), add cheese, meat, more cheese, Italian seasoning, and garlic salt.
4. Bake at 375 degrees F until crust is a very light brown color (20 minutes). Remove from oven.
Yields: 1 pizza
