Cheater veggie stir fry noodles

Ingredients:
-Simply Asia sesame noodles
- 1/2 bag frozen stirfry veggies
- 1/2 cup pineapple chunks and juice
- 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon canola oil
- dehydrated peas
- unsalted cashews

Boil water. Add the Simply Asia noodles.

In a skillet, combine 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil and the canola oil. Add the vegetables and the pineapple (I always cook my frozen veggies halfway in the microwave).

Cook until veggies are hot. Add the sesame seeds from the Simply Asia kit. Sauté on high about two minutes. Reduce heat and add the Simply Asia sauce.

When noodles are done, mix them into the vegetable skillet.

Put on plate and top with a small handful of cashews and dehydrated peas.

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Microwave cobbler

I got out of my Intro to Political Theory class at 3 today. I left campus at 3:05 and was home before 3:15. I have to leave my house by 4:23 to return to campus to get my husband when he gets off work so that left about an hour. I ate a handful of trail mix, poured a cup of coffee and sat to check my email. Then, I told my daughter if she wanted we could make a cobbler. She was thrilled.

This cobbler can be a real life saver! And it's so adaptable. I snagged the recipe in one of my vegan cooking courses at Northampton Community College. The instructor, Eileen Breslin, had adapted it from a newspaper clipping. She made it vegan, but it certainly doesn't have to be.

One quick side discussion before I reveal the secret to the 30 minute start-to-finish fruit cobbler. If you're looking for a vegan, non-hydrogenated margarine that mimics real butter in flavor and cooking, try Earth Balance. I love it, but lately I have not been able to afford it.

Commercial done. Now, the recipe:

Microwave Blueberry Cobbler

1 cup flour

1 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons baking powder

3/4 cup milk or soy milk

1/2 cup butter or margarine

2.5 cups blueberries

Mix dry ingredients in 8 x 8 microwavable pan. Stir in milk. Melt belter and pour over batter. Drop in fruit. Microwave 12-14 minutes until batter sets and butter dries.

Now my version today was a peach cobbler and I didn't have quite as much fruit. My ingredients were more like:

Angel's peach cobbler

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup wheat flour

3/4 cup sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 tsp honey

1/3 cup margarine

1 small can peaches

cinnamon

I drizzled the honey on the batter before the margarine and sprinkled cinnamon on the peaches before cooking.