COTTAGE CHEESE BREAKFAST ROLLS

quick  and  easy..  for  kids  to make  for  "mom"  on mother's  day...or  any  day
1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine, softened
1 (12 ounce) carton cottage cheese
2 cups flour

Stir together margarine and cottage cheese; add flour. Blend together and refrigerate overnight.

Divide into two halves and then roll them into two circles. Cut into 10 pie-shape pieces per each circle. Roll up each piece, beginning with wide end, into crescent shape and place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Frosting:
3 ounces cream cheese , softened
1/4 cup butter
2 cups powdered  sugar

Blend ingredients together in a bowl. Frost rolls still while warm.

YUM YUM ...
ENJOY!!!!! 

MOTHER'S DAY FRENCH TOAST

Angel Food French Toast

Simple  and Quick...  and  so  YUMMY!!!!

Yield: Serves 10

Ingredients:
1 angel food cake
6 egg yolks plus 1 whole egg (or use a total of 4 whole eggs)
1 1/2 cups milk
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 tablespoon butter


Slice cake into thick wedges. In a shallow dish, beat egg yolks and egg (or eggs) slightly, then whisk in milk and vanilla. Soak wedges in egg mixture for 30 seconds to 1 minute per side.
Melt butter in a nonstick skillet or griddle over medium-high heat. Cook cake wedges in batches, a minute or 2 per side, until golden brown. Serve with syrup, fresh fruit and yogurt or whipped cream.

ENJOY!!!!

PER SERVING: 144 calories, 5 grams protein, 5 grams fat, 2 grams saturated fat, 18 grams carbohydrate, trace fiber, 153 milligrams cholesterol, 237 milligrams sodium
-- Adapted from recipezaar.com

MOMISMS

 HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

As a kid and even during our growing up years, we receive some sound scolding from our mothers time and again. These sharp comments and directives raise our indignation and irritation and we love to dismiss them as "unnecessary criticism" or "momism". But the fact is, we would not have mended many of our wrongdoings and grown up to be socially amiable without many of these timely utterances from our mothers. Amusingly, most of us grow up to mouth the same sayings of our mothers when we find ourselves in her shoes. This mother's Day, let us take a look at some well known "momisms". With little variations, these phrases have been repeated again and again by mothers around the world, irrespective of race, caste, social standing and religion. You may even find some of your own mother's  sayings here....

1. What if everyone jumped off a cliff? Would you do it, too?
2. If I talked to my mother like you talk to me....
3. If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
4. "If you see a penny pick it up, put it in your drawer and it will grow".
5. "Peel one potato per person, and one for the pot".
6. "What goes around comes around."
7. What's meant to be, is meant to be.
8. I've got eyes in the back of my head, that's how!
9. You tell that bully to cut it out or you'll tell the teacher...
10. You have enough dirt behind those ears to grow potatoes!
11. Honestly... You'd lose your head if it wasn't screwed on!
12. Who'll end up walking, bathing and feeding it...?
13. Get that thing out of your mouth!
14. You'll understand when you have kids of your own.
15. I hope that when you grow up, you have kids "Just Like you"!
16. I've told you a thousand times not to do so.
17. If you hurt yourself, don't come running to me.
18. Work hard! You were not born with a silver spoon in your mouth.
19. Close that door! Were you born in a barn?
20. It doesn't matter what you accomplish, I'll always be proud of you

feel free  to  add any   of  your own   in   a comment....

MAY DAY... different things to different people

May 1 is many things: A reason to turn the page on your calendar, the day after April 30, It’s also…a holiday? Huh? May 1—May Day—is a holiday? What is it, one of those Hallmark holidays like Sweetest Day (October 16) and Bosses Day (isn’t that every day? They’re bosses, they can do whatever they want!)? No? It’s a real holiday? And there’s multiple holidays celebrated? OK then.
May Day has origins dating back thousands of years to when the Romans paid tribute to Flora, the goddess of flowers. Other lore ties it to the Walpurgis Night, a celebration in parts of Europe of Saint Walpurga. In other parts of Europe, May Day signifies crowning a girl the May Queen; she then begins the May 1 celebrations, which include dancing around a maypole. In different parts of the world, aspects of paganism are heavily rooted in May Day festivities and tradition.
Around these parts, May Day doesn’t get the attention holidays like Thanksgiving and Halloween receive. But another holiday is celebrated on May 1 in these United States—Law Day. Coined in 1958 by then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Law Day was started to recognize and remember the importance of written rule in our country’s founding and it’s role in maintaining order.
Don’t think lawyers deserve an entire day in their honor? Keep it to yourself—they’ll sue you if word gets out. In seriousness, there’s still another reason to call in sick on May 1, 2012, (the next time it doesn’t fall on a weekend)—International Workers’ Day. IW Day casts a light on organized labor and remembers the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, where police shot workers striking. The holiday is celebrated on May 1 all over the globe, except here, where it’s moved to the first Monday in September, renamed Labor Day and is celebrated by everyone storing their white clothes away until Memorial Day.
So whatever your reason for breaking out the party hats and kazoos on May 1, make it a good time.

Sugar Free Peach Almond Upside Down Cake

Sugar Free Peach Almond Upside Down Cake

1 8 1/4 ounce can light peaches in fruit juice
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
5 1/2 teaspoons Equal® Measure or 18 packets Equal® sweetener or 3/4 cup Equal® Spoonful
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Fruit Topping, recipe below
1 cup cake flour
1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Cut peach slices into thirds; arrange in bottom of lightly greased 8 inch cake pan. Mix applesauce, Equal® , egg and vanilla until smooth in medium bowl. Mix in combined cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Pour batter over peach slices in pan. Bake in preheated 350F oven until cake is browned and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Invert cake immediately onto serving plate. Spread Fruit Topping over warm cake and sprinkle with almonds. Serve warm. Makes 8 servings.

Fruit Topping

3 tablespoons light apricot preserves with NutraSweet® brand sweetener or apricot spreadable fruit
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 3/4 teaspoons Equal® Measure or 6 packets Equal® sweetener or 1/4 cup Equal® Spoonful
1/4 teaspoon maple extract

Mix preserves, lemon juice and cornstarch in small saucepan; heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in Equal® and maple extract.

Food Exchanges:
1 bread, 1/2 fruit