Healthy Food Recipes

Ingredients :

·         1/4 lb. (1 stick) butter, at room

·         temperature

·         1 c. sugar

·         2 egg yolks*

·         1 tsp. fresh lime juice

·         1/2 tsp. grated lime peel**

·         1 tsp. vanilla extract

·         1.5 c. all-purpose flour

·         1/2 tsp. salt

·         1 tsp. baking powder

·         powdered sugar for sprinkling

How To Make :

·         In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer or a wooden spoon.

·         Add egg yolks, lime juice, lime peel, and vanilla. Blend thoroughly.

·         Mix flour, salt, and baking powder in a separate bowl. Add to butter mixture and mix well. Wrap dough in waxed paper and refrigerate for 1 hour.

·         Preheat oven to 375°F. Use your fingers to form dough into walnut sized balls and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until very lightly browned. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack and sprinkling with powdered sugar.

Ingredients :

Garlic sauce (mojo):

·         6 cloves garlic, peeled

·         1 tsp. salt

·         1/2 c. sour orange juice*

·         1 large white onion, very thinly

·         sliced

Fried yucca:

·         1.5 lb. yucca (frozen yucca may be

·         available in Latin markets)**

·         1 tsp. salt

·         1/3 c. olive or vegetable oil 

How To Make :

·         To make the mojo, use a food processor or mortar and pestle to crush garlic cloves and salt into a thick paste. In a mixing bowl, combine garlic paste, sour orange juice, and onion. Mix well and let sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.

·         While mojo sits, peel yucca and cut into 2-inch sticks. Place in a saucepan with salt and just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes, or until tender. Remove pan from heat and drain. Be sure to remove any tough parts from the center of the yucca. Leave yucca sticks in saucepan.

·         In another saucepan, combine mojo and oil. Cook over medium-high heat until bubbling. Remove from heat and transfer to saucepan with yucca. Toss lightly and sauté over medium heat until barely browned. Serve hot.

Ingredietns :

·         4 eggs

·         14-oz. can sweetened condensed milk

·         1.5 c. evaporated milk

·         1 tsp. vanilla extract

·         2 tbsp. plus 1.5 c. sugar

How To Make :

·         Preheat oven to 350°F.

·         In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs lightly. Add sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, vanilla, and 2 tbsp. sugar. Stir well.

·         Place remaining sugar in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. When sugar is heated, it turns into a caramel-colored liquid, referred to as caramelized sugar. Cook sugar for 8 to 10 minutes, or until completely melted, stirring constantly so that it doesn’t burn. When the melted sugar begins to bubble, remove from heat and continue stirring until it stops bubbling. Don’t touch or taste the caramelized sugar, as it is extremely hot and sticky.

·         Carefully but quickly pour caramelized sugar into molds* and swirl gently to coat the sides.

·         Carefully pour egg mixture into sugar-coated molds.

·         Place molds into a larger pan or shallow baking dish. Pour about ¼ inch of water into the pan or dish. Place in oven and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, or until flan is set. When done, a knife or toothpick inserted into the center of the flan should come out nearly clean. Be careful  not to overbake, as the flan will have a tough consistency.

·         Remove molds from oven and cool on a wire rack before transferring to refrigerator. Chill at least 1 hour. To serve, carefully run a knife along the edge of each mold and tip flan out, upside-down, onto dessert plates. The caramelized sugar inside the molds will run down over the top of each serving of flan.