Sunday, January 23, 2011

Fun with food





Who would have thought that Ritz crackers would be so fun to cook with. Mandy and I are going to try to enter a cooking contest, and the catch is, it is a Ritz cracker contest, so the all the food has to include those dang crackers. the funny thing is, I never knew how versatile and good those crackers are. These are just the first few ideas that we have had. We had a little tasting party the other night. Everybody has their favorites.What do you think?

The last one is a Breaded Pork sandwich.
We made the bread crumbs from ground Ritz crackers.
Fried, and put in a sandwich, with a pickle, a cabbage leaf, and a honey mustard spread.

The third is my favorite. Falafel bites.
Cracker, with hummus, then the falafel, more hummus, a slice of cucumber and a yogurt tahini sauce on top. they were pretty dang good.

The second is one of my sisters most loved items. Originally they are sausage cups. we did the same recipe, just added the Cracker instead of the won ton cup. Everyone that tried them loved them of course.

The first one was a great hit. It is a the dessert. It is ground Ritz cracker on the bottom with a creamy middle, and raspberries and jello on top. The butteriness of the cracker makes it fantastic.

Overall we were pretty happy with how they all turned out. we are still tampering with the recipes to see what we can do to make them even better. Let us know what you think. Glad to hear comments.