After eating french toast for several consecutive breakfast-at-dinner Wednesdays, we decided to experiment a little with a savory treat- quiche! This was much easier that I'd expected, and delicious too! It's officially on our regular list!
For the crust, I mixed 1 cup flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 Tablespoons oil, and 1/4 cup ice water and put it into a lightly sprayed 10" round pan. I lined the crust with leafy greens, added some veggies (garlic, potatoes, mushrooms, and tomatoes), and added a little ground beef. Then I mixed 5 eggs with 3/4 milk, lightly salted, and poured it over the top. Of course, everything's better with cheese, but there's none to be found in our town, so we put this guy in the oven for 35 minutes or so at 375 degrees and baked it until it was golden brown on top and oh so delicious!

Mini-muffins. Again. And again. And again. They just never get old. Here are some orange mini-muffins that are really good...

Oreos. One of the few "western"-style foods we can actually buy here. Nonetheless, on a home-alone evening when I most certainly did not feel like going out, I decided to have some Oreos waiting for precious Austin upon his arrival home. Here's how it happened:

-3 cups of flour (throw in some whole wheat so you feel better)
-1 1/3 cup of sugar
-1/2 cup cocoa powder
-2 teaspoons baking soda
-2 teaspoons salt
(The recipe I used from e-how was one of many recipes which calls for a box of chocolate cake mix, so I then had to google that, and the above is the starting base I found at a simplicity baking site, (Minus a little sugar).
-2 eggs
-2 T. oil plus some water (the recipe called for 1/2 cup oil, but that's way more than we ever like to use!

Mix it together, roll into small balls, about golf-ball shaped, and place on a cookie sheet.

Cook for 5-10 minutes at 350 degrees. If you cook for 5 minutes, they might seem a little undercooked... still delicious, but not as oreo-like. Cool for two minutes.

Add some frosting to the middle (If you live overseas, you'll have to make that from scratch too! :) ) Chill and enjoy with your favorite friend!

Last Christmas, we made some candied nuts to give as Christmas treats.

We combined 2 Tablespoons of water, 1/4 cup of white sugar, and 1 1/4 cup of mixed nuts in a saucepan. Just bring it to a boil, then reduce to medium heat and stir it all together until the water evaporates and the sugar begins to harden and brown. Place onto plates to cool. We're experimenting now with less sugar.

I bought some already cooked sweet potatoes from a street vendor and used the inside to make sweet potato casserole. I didn't want to waste the skins with so many vitamins, so I tossed them onto a baking sheet, lightly salted them, and baked them for about 15 minutes at about 375 degrees.