Cedar Maiden Fry Bread

Just so you all know Cedar Maiden is my Hopi name, when I was just a young sprout my parents took me to the Hopi reservation and my Great Grandfather gave me the name in a little ceremony. It is pronounced Ho-kwap-nim in Hopi (I am not totally sure if it is spelled this way but this is how you say it) My mom is Pinon Maiden, my brother Cody is Pile of Wood (exciting huu?) and my youngest brother is Fire Spark (very cool) Since I married a non-Indian my children will not receive a name because I am the bare minimum of Hopi (1/4) that can be admitted to the tribe. Okay, on the the recipe. Now....I have a family fry bread recipe but I found one from Emeril online that is really good & easy. So, I guess you can say that I am a drugstore Indian.....is that like a rhinestone cowboy??

Indian Fry Bread

2 cups flour

1 T baking powder

1 t salt

1 T veggie oil (and more for frying)

3/4 c warm water

mix ingredients, turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead until dough is elastic and comes together. Shape into a ball and put in plastic bag or plastic wrap and keep in refrigerator for one hour.

Divide dough into 10 equal pieced (less if you would like larger breads) Roll out into a circle, make as thin as possible. Poke a hole in the center and in a frying pan filled with HOT veggie oil (I use about 3 cups) The oil is suppose to be 360*....I wait until I can drop the dough right in and its starts to fry (use a small piece of dough to check) cook for about 2 minutes flipping once. Drain on paper towels.

For a dessert sprinkle with powdered sugar and honey.

For a vegetarian meal top with pinto beans (whole beans or re fried) shredded lettuce, tomatoes, grated cheese and you have yourself an Indian Taco.

Spinach Lasagna Roll Ups

We have been eating one meat-less meal a week at the Becker home and this is one of the best veggie recipes!

Spinach Lasagna Roll Ups

12 lasagna noodles (boiled)

2 eggs, lightly beaten

2 1/2 c ricotta cheese

1/4 c Parmesan cheese

1/2 c mozzarella cheese

1 package frozen chopped spinach

1/4 t salt

1/4 t pepper

1 jar meatless spaghetti sauce ( I like Emeril's pasta sauce)

Mix eggs, cheeses, spinach, salt, pepper....spread 1/3 cup cheese mixture over each noodle & carefully roll up. Pour 1 cup spaghetti sauce onto ungreased 13x9 in baking dish. Place roll up seam side down over sauce. Pour remaining sauce over top. Back, uncovered 375* for 20-25 minutes.

Girl's Camp Sausage

1 Polska Kielbasa, cut into bite size pieces

4 Med. Potatoes, diced (I use red or golden)

1/2 sweet onion, diced

1/2 bag of carrots (the little dipping kind)

salt & pepper

add all ingredients in a glass casserole dish with lid....cook 400* for 40 minutes or until carrots & potatoes can be easily pierced with a fork.

---> Why is this called Girl's Camp Sausage you may be asking.......well here is the story. (This may only be interesting to Amy, Sonnet, Kambria and Mimi) At GC one year they gave us a fire pit, dutch oven, and the ingredients listed above and told us to make a meal. Well.......after a few hours of trying to get this cluster into an edible dish we used our secret weapon....LaDonna Coplan, (she knows everything and can do anything...this woman is a friend you WANT to have) and she lit our fire and got our food going.....we had a wonderful meal followed by some yummy brownies we also made in the dutch oven while the other cabins and addies were still cooking well into the night. So really I should call this LaDonna saves the day sausage. OH and I know its kielbasa but I always call it sausage :)

Fran's Garlic Shrimp

30 X-Large Shrimp (deveined)
6 T Butter
2 T Garlic Salt

Thaw Shrimp and pull off shell
Melt butter in a bowl, and add garlic salt
Add shrimp to butter & garlic and let stand for 10 minutes
Put shrimp on skewer about 6 on each
BBQ on top shelf (the butter melts off and they can catch fire on so must be high off flame)
BBQ until no longer pink (we leave ours on until ours are very done) so cook to your liking.
ENJOY!