Burnaby Community Kitchens

  Tapioca Pudding 4-6 servings This is very a delicious and inexpensive dessert. Ingredients: 3 cups milk or coconut milk ½ cup small pearl tapioca 1/3 – ½ cup sugar  ¼ teaspoon salt 2 eggs, beaten ½ teaspoon vanilla Directions: Put milk, tapioca, sugar and salt into a pot.  Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and stir frequently.  Cook for 5 to 15 minutes until tapioca pearls have plumped up and cooked through. Remove 1 cup of hot tapioca mixture from the pot and gradually add 2 tablespoons at a time to the beaten eggs.  (This is called “tempering” the eggs and helps to avoid curdling.)   Add the egg mixture to the rest of the tapioca mixture in the pot.  Cook for 2 more minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla. Enjoy warm or cold.  Serve with fruit if desired.

  Granola yield: 12 cups This is one of my favourite granola recipes.  It is worth the effort to find all the ingredients as it will last for about one month is a sealed container. Delicious! Ingredients: 8 cups (1 kg.) rolled oats 1 ½ cups wheat germ/flax 1 ½ cups oat bran and/or coconut 1 cup sunflower seeds ¼ cup sesame (optional)   3 cups nuts (optional) 1 ½ teaspoon salt ¼ - ½ cup brown sugar ¼ cup maple syrup ¾ cup honey ¾ - 1 cup vegetable oil 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon and/or ginger 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 2 cups raisins, dried cranberries, apricot or other dried fruit Method: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line two or three large baking sheets with parchment paper. Combine the grains and nuts/seeds in a bowl. In a saucepan, add the salt, sugar, maple syrup, honey, oil, cinnamon and vanilla.  Bring to a boil over medium heat then pour over the dry ingredients and stir to coat. Spread the mixture out evenly on the baking sheets. Bake i...

  Frozen Banana Yogurt Pops yield: 6 pops This is a simple and healthy fruit dessert that takes just minutes to prepare. Ingredients:   3 bananas. peeled and cut in half ¾ cup vanilla yogurt or flavor of your choice  Sprinkles or toppings of your choice  popsicle sticks Instructions: Halve and peel each banana. Insert a popsicle stick into each banana half. Dip bananas into yogurt, using a spoon to coat each banana evenly. Let excess yogurt drip off. Add sprinkles or topping of your choice. Place bananas on a plate covered in wax or parchment paper. Freeze until the yogurt has hardened, about 2 hours. (Allow for more time if you would like the banana to be frozen through). Enjoy! Other toppings: Crushed nuts or seeds Colourful cereal Toasted coconut Mini chocolate chips Wheat germ or bran Crushed candies Adapted from recipe by The Produce Moms

  Tina’s Apple Crisp Get Recipe Ingredients 1/4 cup granulated sugar 2 tbsp honey 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg 3 tbsp brandy, Calvados or Grand Marnier 5 large granny smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced 2 cups blueberries 3 tbsp all-purpose flour topping 3 tbsp butter, softened 1/4 cup whole wheat flour 1/2 packed brown sugar 1/2 cup rolled oats 1 tsp ground cinnamon Directions 1. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, honey, cinnamon. Nutmeg and brandy and then add the sliced apples and the blueberries. Toss to coat the fruit with the spices and set aside to marinate for 1 hour until the fruit releases its juices 2. Preheat the oven to 350F 3. Butter a shallow baking dish 4. Stir the flour into the fruit and spice mixture and then pour the mixture  into the prepared baking dish 5. To make the topping: in another bowl, combine the butter, flour, and brown sugar mixing to form coarse crumbs. Stir in the rolled oats and add the cinnamon 6. Spread the oat mixture...

This is my childhood favourite.  You can make a a big batch of red bean or green mung bean so you can put together this drink on a hot summer day.     ingredients 3/4 cup red beans or green mung beams 2 tablespoons condensed milk 1 cup milk, or mix with evaporated milk 2 tablespoons coconut milk (optional) Scoop of vanilla ice cream (optional, but consider it extra yummy if you have it) Instructions 1 To cook the red beans, soak the beans for 1 to 2 hours. Then cook the beans in large pot of boiling water, bring it to boil, then cover the lid and cook for 45 minutes. 2 Add some rock sugar at the end and let the beans cool completely. 3 Put milk in a ziploc bag, freeze for 1 to 2 hours, not completely hard. Use a fork to prick it to make shredded ice. 4 Put some red beans, condensed milk and coconut milk in a glass, then add the milk ice. You can add scoop of vanilla ice-cream on top.

  This is a classic Chinese dessert made without gelatin.  Agar agar is flavourless and extracted from seaweed; it printer-friendly recipe can be found in most Asian supermarkets. serves 12 Ingredients: ¼ oz agar agar 5 cups water 1 cup sugar 1 ½ cup evaporated milk /soy or almond milk 1 tablespoon almond extract 1 16 ounce can fruit (e.g. peaches, lichee, mixed fruit) Two types of agar agar:      You can buy agar agar that looks like translucent strands.  You may also find it in a powdered form. Follow instructions to cut and rinse if you buy this type. (No need to rinse and cut. Method: Cut agar agar into pieces, then rinse it.  Place the agar agar in a sauce pan. Add 5 cups water; soak it for 30 minutes. Heat the agar agar over medium heat until it dissolves.  Add the sugar and bring it to a boil. Add the milk and almond extract; stir and turn off the heat. Pour the liquid into individual serving bowls. Allow to cool the ...

  Mango Coconut Jelly Cubes วุ้นมะม่วง (woon mamuang) printer-friendly recipe Author:   Pailin Chongchitnant   Yield:   One 8-inch square pan MANGO LAYER 250 g  mango flesh (for purée), roughly cubed (from about  1 ½  -  2  mangos, scant 2 cups) Flesh of  1  peach or mango, 1-cm cubes ½ cup  peach syrup or orange juice 1 ¼ cups  water 2 tsp  or 7 grams agar agar powder  or roughly 1/2  stick or  agar agar Buy agar agar at vietmanese store, may need to ask cashier as they store it behind counter OR at asian stores it can be in stick form Agar Conversion:  15g of agar ( strips or powder ) to 1 liter of water / liquid for a manageable form of firm agar. ⅓ cup  sugar Lime juice, to taste COCONUT LAYER ⅔ cup  water 1 tsp  agar agar powder 4 Tbsp  sugar 1/8 tsp  salt ⅔ cup  coconut milk FOR THE MANGO LAYER: In a blender, blend the mango cubes (for purée) and o...