Quick & Easy Apple Pie

Peel and slice 4 to 5 Granny Smith apples into thin wedges
Saute apples in melted butter until soft
Mix in 2 tbsp. of brown sugar & 2 tbsp. of maple syrup

Poor apples into store bought Graham cracker pie crust

I used an apple crisp recipe for my Pie Topping:
(For easy clean up- mix in large zip lock bag)
-3/4 cup all-purpose flour
-1/3 cup brown sugar
-1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
-1/4 teaspoon salt
-6 tablespoons of room temperature butter
-1/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans

Bake in oven at 375° for 15 minutes- until crust is cooked.

Finishing touch- serve with vanilla ice cream!

Fat Girl Friday

A tradition that my dear friends Luke and Jordan first started half a decade ago in their Washington Heights apartment continues....

This tradition entails inviting friends over to gorge in cheap junk food you would never allow yourself to have otherwise. We sit around and watch movies and eat to our hearts content all while gaining three to five pounds in one evening! It's quite guiltless when everyone is doing it but you're body definitely takes a beating the next day.

I thought it might be fun to share with you our FGF Menu!

Just in case you decide to be brave enough to host one as well!

What we inhaled at our Annual Fat Girl Friday:

• Chicken Nuggets 
• Tater Tots 
• Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce: Equal Parts of Honey, Mayonnaise, & Yellow Mustard 
• Nathans Crinkle Cut Fries covered in Utz Cheese
• Guacamole: 4 ripe avocados, half a red onion diced, 2 tomatoes diced & drained, 1 serrano/jalepeno pepper, 1 lime juiced, 1 tbsp cumin powder, and season with salt and pepper
• Store bought salsa of your choice
• Tortilla chips of course
  
• Doughnut Plant Donuts (www.doughnutplant.com) cut up and served with Breyers All Natural Vanilla Ice Cream 

Beverages included wine, beer, & bourbon! 
Movies we watched: "Drop Dead Gorgeous" & the "Glass Bottom Boat"

This is a tradition that should happen only once a year or not at all!  

Vegetarian New Mexican Lasagna

Ingredients:

• 18-24 Small Corn Tortillas
• 2 cans of Black Refried Beans
• 1 cup Yellow Rice
  
• 1 Red Onion- chopped
• 2 Roasted Red Bell Peppers- chopped
• 2 cans/2cups of New Mexican Green Chili *You can buy small cans at Trader Joes, unless of course you're in NM
• 1 Garlic Clove
• 2-3 Small Fresh Tomatoes- chopped
• 2 8 oz cans Tomato Sauce
• 1 cup of shredded Cheddar Cheese
• 1 cup of shredded Mozzarella Cheese
• Half an Iceberg Lettuce- Shredded
• 1 tablespoon Mexican Oregano
• Salt & Pepper to taste
  

Directions:

• Cook chopped red onions with Garlic, & Roasted Red Bell Peppers.
• Mix with cooked Yellow Rice and season with Mexican Oregano, Salt & Pepper.
• Heat up Black Refried Beans.
• Lightly cook corn tortillas on either side.
• In a rectangular deep baking pan- Layer the Mexican Lasagna as follows:
• Corn Tortillas- 6 to 8 per layer depending on size of pan
• Refried Beans
• Rice, Red Onion, & Red Bell Pepper Mixture
• Chopped Fresh Tomatoes
• Tomato Sauce (1 8 oz can per layer)
• Cheddar & Mozzarella Mixture
• Repeat Above
  
• Top Layer: Just Cheese
• Bake in oven at 425 for 15 minutes
• Garnish with layer of sour cream, shredded iceberg lettuce, & fresh tomatoes.