Potato Pancakes (Latke)

Ingredients:
Potatoes, grated
Onion, grated
One egg or egg replacement
Salt and Pepper
Oil, for frying

Directions:
1. Grate the potatoes and onions.
2. Place them into a cheesecloth or thin dish towel, squeeze all the excess liquid out of them.
3. Mix in one beaten egg and salt and pepper.
4. Heat oil in frying pan. Form pancakes and place in hot oil.
5. Cook 1-3 minutes on each side until golden brown.

6. Serve hot and tasty!

Fresh Summer Lumpias

I learned this recipe from my father-in-law who is a retired chef and a native Filipino! This would be a perfect lunch on the go, especially on a summer day. You can fill the lumpias with ANY ingredients. This is a method, not a recipe.

Ingredients:
Rice Paper or Tapioca Sheets
Cooked Chicken, Shrimp or both, thinly sliced
Green leaf lettuce
Daikon Raddish, julienned
Cucumber, julienned
Carrots, jullienned
Avocado, sliced
Garlic, thinly sliced
Fresh mint or basil
Peanuts, Almonds, or Walnuts, chopped
Soy Sauce, Oyster Sauce, and/or Thai Chili Garlic Paste (for dipping)

Directions:
1. Soak the rice paper or tapioca sheets in water to soften.
2. Lay the sheet on a plate. Place the lettuce down on one side, followed by all other toppings except for dipping sauce.
3. Roll up the sheet into an egg roll-type wrap.

4. Set aside to dry slightly.
5. Serve cold with dipping sauces.

Chocolate Crinkles

Ingredients:
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 squares (4 oz) unsweetened chocolate, melted
2 cups granulated sugar
4 egg replacements
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups Bob's Red Mill Baking Mix
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup confectioner's sugar

Directions:
1. Mix oil, chocolate, and granulated sugar.
2. Blend in one egg at a time until smooth.

3. Add vanilla.
4. Stir flour, baking powder and salt into oil mixture.

5. Chill several hours or overnight.

6. Heat oven to 350.
7. Drop tsp of dough into confectioner's sugar. Roll in sugar, shape into balls.
8. Place about 2 inches apart on greased baking sheet.

9. Bake 10-12 minutes.
DO NOT OVERBAKE

As you can see, some of the sugar stayed visible, but much of it baked in. My dough was a little too wet. I'm not sure if that was because of my ingredient replacements either with the flour or the egg replacements, which are very liquidy. You may want to add another 1/4 to 1/3 cup flour to see if you can get the powdered sugar to stay on the outside of the cookie.

Wheat and Egg-Free Cut-Out Sugar Cookies

Ingredients:
1 lb margarine
1 lb/2 1/4 cups sugar (I used unprocessed sugar, like sugar in the raw, which gave my cookies a "whole-grain" look)
4 tsp baking powder
2 lbs/6 cups Bob's Red Mill Baking Mix
4 egg replacements

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Mix together margarine, sugar, eggs, then flour and baking powder. Don't add all the flour right away, save some to roll in and work in.

3. Roll out the dough and use cookie cutters to cut out your favorite holiday shapes.

4. Bake until the edges are golden brown (about 8-10 min).