Ooh La La Aloha Loaf Recipes

ALOHA QUICK BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in banana, milk, orange zest and extracts. , Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture just until moistened. Fold in coconut, nuts and pineapple. Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. , Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

ALOHA LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• In a large mixing bowl, cream margarine and sugar.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Combine the banana and buttermilk in a small cup.
• In a separate small bowl, stir together the flour, soda, baking powder and salt.
• Add the flour mixture alternately with the banana and buttermilk mixture to the egg mixture.
• Fold in chopped cherries.
• Pour into an ungreased loaf pan.
• Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the loaf returns clean.
• Makes 1 loaf or 18 slices.
• Calories per serving: 143 Fat: 3 gm. Cholesterol: 30 mg. with egg; 0 gm. with substitute Sodium: 142mg.
• For exchange diets, count: 1 bread/starch, 1/2 fruit and 1/2 fat.

OOH-LA-LA-SAGNA!

Steps:

• Pour 1/2 cup boiling water over the sun-dried tomatoes and let soak while you prepare the sauce.
• To make the sauce, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in a large pot.
• Add the onions and garlic.
• Cook and stir until the onions have softened, about 4 minutes.
• Add the ground turkey and sausage, breaking up any large pieces.
• Cook until the meat is no longer pink.
• Add the zucchini and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add all of the remaining ingredients except for the fresh basil.
• When the sun-dried tomatoes are soft enough, drain and chop them finely and add to the sauce.
• Bring the sauce to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to low and simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.
• Stir in the minced basil and remove from the heat.
• Combine the ricotta, feta, spinach and egg in a medium bowl and mix well.
• Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Cook the lasagna noodles according to package directions and drain well.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Grease a deep 9" x 13" baking dish and spoon some meat sauce over the bottom of the dish.
• Arrange 4 noodles over the sauce and layer as follows: 1/3 meat sauce, 1/2 shredded cheese, 4 noodles, 1/3 meat sauce, all of the ricotta/spinach mixture, 4 noodles, the remaining meat sauce and the remaining shredded cheese.
• Cover loosely with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake 10 more minutes.
• Let lasagna stand for 10 minutes before serving.

ALOHA ! BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, sugar, and cinnamon.
• In another bowl, combine remaining ingredients together, add to flour mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 3-inch loaf pans.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans and let cool on wire racks.