Baked Brie Bites

Recipe and pic from plainchicken.com

mini phyllo cups

brie, cubed

brown sugar

chopped pecans

honey

Preheat oven to 350.

Place a cube of brie in each phyllo tart.  Sprinkle each tart with approximately 1/2 tsp brown sugar.  Top with approximately 1/2 tsp chopped pecans and a dollop of honey.  Bake for 15-20 minutes, until brie is melted. (use more or less of each ingredient according to your preference)

Tortilla Chips

Corn Tortillas
Flour Tortillas
Veg Oil or Shortening
Sea Salt to taste


Cut tortillas to make chip size. Fry over stove in hot oil/shortening. Sprinkle sea salt over chips right as they get out of the hot oil. Serve with dips like salsa, guacamole, bean dip, cheese dip, etc.

For sweet chips, fry up the flour tortillas. Sprinkle/coat with cinnamon and sugar in large bowl right as they get out of hot oil. Store in bag. Can serve with vanilla ice cream, sprinkled with cinnamon and some honey to make "Semi-Fried Ice Cream".

Cucumber Tea Sandwiches

• English (Seedless) Cucumbers, sliced thinly
• sandwich bread
• cream cheese
• sea salt
• white or black pepper

Take sliced cucumbers and put on top of paper towel, then put a paper towel on top of cucumbers to soak up the excess water.

Spread cream cheese onto both sides of bread. Place 4 or 5 slices of cucumber on one cream cheese bread piece.

Sprinkle salt and pepper on top of cucumbers. Place other bread slice on top, covering cucumbers.

Cut crusts off all sides of sandwich. Then cut crust-less sandwich in half.

May be placed in a container and refrigerated for one day.