On Food

Food is a major part of our existence here. Given all the manual labor we are constantly re-supplying our calories. In addition to that we also have been given tons of food from Terry, Dorothy and the Meadowbrook community. We are so grateful. Also, Terry's daughter is in culinary school and doing an internship at a local bakery, she keeps us in parties and cakes. To make meals out of what we have we get pretty creative. So far here are our favorite concoctions: 

Fruit at Hopewell kitchen

We have donations of food and water

Jessica's Pastries

Dry goods pantry at Hopewell

7 Layer Nachos by Chris

• 350 degrees preheat oven
• Layer of tortilla chips
• Layer of refried beans (about ½ can
• Layer chopped onions (red or white)
• Layer chopped green, yellow, and or red bell pepper,
• Layer chopped tomatoes
• Layer shredded cheese (lots)
• Bake for 10-15 minutes, after baking add salsa and sour cream

Banana Walnut White Cake by Sarah and Chris

We had three bananas that were going to go bad, so we found some Pillsbury white cake mix and replaced the oil with banana, then added walnuts. Turned out pretty good right out of the oven with coffee ice cream.

“Breakfast for Dinner” Blueberry Pancakes by Chris and Sarah

Griddle Burgers – by Anthony, Marc, and Ariel

Somehow we scored a large griddle as part of the kitchen equipment. We made burgers.

Hand-made spaghetti and meatballs ( beef and vegetarian)

There is a large supply of pasta, so we have spaghetti and meatballs, for the vegetarians we replaced the meat with Morningstar meal starter loose “sausage”. A good Sunday meal.

Blueberry Corn Muffins

The great thing about this is that we started with two boxes of jiffy mix, then add apple juice, blueberries, and sugar. Came out lovely.

Brown Lentils with bell pepper, onion, and cilantro

A pretty simple meal by hearty just the same.

“Breakfast for Dinner” Breakfast Quesadillas by Chris

Sort of a combo meal, egg and veggies in a tortilla and pan crisped

The “ChrisLee” – sliced apple, cream cheese, and cheddar on toast

Our new favorite snack that everyone enjoys. Try it!

Hot dog and Cottage Cheese By Sahar

Sahar pan seared hot dog slices by replacing the butter or oil with cottage cheese. In case you are wondering, the cottage cheese got stringy and the result was a little iffy in looks, but tasted okay.

Kielbasa with peppers and onions

Fruit Salad Topping by Joanne

This stuff is totally amazing!

•  8 oz cream cheese 
• 16 oz marshmallow cream
• 2 tbls brown sugar