Taquitos

We had these delicious taquitos for supper tonight, courtesy of our daughters. Taquitos are a Mexican dish consisting of rolled up tortillas with some sort of filling. They can be deep fried or crisped in a frying pan with a little oil as these were. They can be filled with shredded or ground meat, beans or potatoes and cheese. They are served with red sauce, green salsa and sour cream as desired.

Corn Tortillas, 6-8 inch diameter

Filling options: Refried beans with or without grated cheese
Cooked and seasoned shredded chicken, beef or pork
Mashed potato and cheese (can be mixed with meat)
Anything else you think of

Place some filling in the tortilla and roll up, securing edge with a toothpick
Fry in a hot skillet until crisp.

Red sauce- Crushed tomatoes (canned) , a little vinegar, oregano, salt
Hot green salsa and sour cream or any other topping or taco sauce/salsa your desire

Lemon Bread

This was my Mother's Day dessert and it was delicious! Homemade lemon bread was thinly sliced, layered with Devon Cream (vanilla pudding or custard would work too), whipped cream and fresh strawberries. The flavours mixed so well! This combination would also work as a trifle, layering the bread, pudding, cream and fruit in a bowl and letting it sit overnight. Other berries such as blueberries go well with lemon too.

Lower Fat Lemon Bread (less guilt with the cream fillings!)

1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar (Splenda)

Cream together and add

2 eggs, beaten

Add
1-1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup milk
rind of one lemon, finely grated

Place in a loaf pan and bake for 30 minutes at 325 F.

Glaze: juice of one lemon, 1/4 cup sugar. Drizzle on top of hot baked loaf.