Cucumber Smoothie

Ingredients:
- Frozen banana slices
- Wheatgrass juice
- 1 T. peanut butter
- Half cucumber
- 4-5 cherub tomatoes
- Milk
Put all ingredients in juicer and alakazam!

Sugared Pecans

2 egg whites
1 tsp salt
2 c. sugar
4 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp allspice
1/2 pound pecans

1. Preheat oven to 270 degrees.  Beat egg whites lightly with salt. 
2. Sift together sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and allspice.  Mix well.
3.  Add pecans to egg whites and coat completely.
4.  Transfer pecans from which excess egg whites have dripped off to connamon sugar mixture.
5.  Coat pecans completely and place on parchment lined baking sheet.
6.  Bake for 60 minutes until sugar coating on nuts is crisp.
7.  Cool and serve or store in an airtight container.  Makes great gifts too!

Queso Dip

1 lb of hot sausage(breakfast)

1 lb of hamburger
3 small cans of cream of mushroom
1 can of cream of chicken
1 onion
1 bell pepper
2 tbs of garlic
3/4 box of velveeta
2 to 10 drops of tabasco(depends if your are cajun or not)
2 tsp pepper
2 to 3 cans of Rotel

Brown all meat, with onions, garlic, bellpepper.
Season to taste
Put all other ingredients. 
Heat until all cheese is melted and onions and bellpeppers are soft.
Serve with tortilla chips.

Granola Bars - Homemade

2 cups old-fashioned oats

1/2 c. flax seed, milled
1/4 c. quinoa
3/4 c. shelled sunflower seeds
1 c. chopped nuts (any kind or combination)
1 c. shredded coconut
1/2 to 1 tsp. cinnamon (desired amount)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. brown sugar or organic agave nectar
1/2 c. honey
2 tsp. molasses
4 T. butter
2 tsp. vanilla
4 T. peanut butter
1 c. dried, chopped fruit (optional)

1. Mix first 8 ingredients together and place on a rimmed baking sheet. toast in a 400 degree oven for 9-12 minutes. watch it so it doesn't burn! stir and let cool at least 15 minutes.
2. Bring next 4 ingredients to a simmer, stirring continuously. stir in the vanilla and peanut butter and cool for 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Put the toasted ingredients and dried fruit in a large bowl and pour the liquid ingredients over it. mix very well.
4. Place parchment or wax paper in the rimmed baking sheet and butter the top side, then place the granola bar mixture in the pan. put another butter sheet of paper, buttered side down, on top of the mixture and press down. (i use silpats instead of parchment or wax paper and they work perfectly!)roll with a rolling pin to make it very tight, smooth, and even.
5. Let set for 2-3 hours and cut into desired bar size. makes about 20-24 bars. package in snack size bags or an airtight container. if not using within next few days, store in freezer. they keep very well, and thaw quickly.

Source:  The Sisters Cafe