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This is out 2nd annual girls cooking night and sleep over. My dear friend Lindsey and I do this every year with friends. This year we cooked fig and brie tartlets, which are super easy and make for the best hor s d’oeuvres. ( Recipe Below ) For dinner it was baked salmon with a beurre blanc sauce over a parmesan risotto. Above are me with my tartlets, just out of the oven! Soooo Yum!

Brie and Fig Tartlets

Ingreditants:

• Mini Filo Dough Puff Pastry Shells
• Fig Jam ( Organic Adriatic Fig Spread is my favorite )
• Brie Chesse

Instructions:

1. Chop Brie Cheese into cubes
2. Place one cube of bride cheese and dolop of fig jam into tart shell
3. Bake at 325 Degrees until cheese has melted.

Lindsey with her 3 puppies as she pulls ingrediants out of the fridge.

I start to cut up blocks of brie for the tarts.

Lindsey as she marvels at her beautiful arrangment of snack foods.

Empty Tart Shells with brie blocks inside waiting for the fig jam.

I put the tarts in the oven to bake.

Brie and Fig Tarlets

Carrie and I  season the salmon and cook the risotto.

Red Velvet Pancakes

1/2 of an 18.25 oz box Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Red Velvet cake mix (about 2 cups lightly filled)

2 large eggs, beaten (see Cook’s Note)

2 Tbsp oil

1/4 Cup Water + 1 Tsp water

Whipped cream (optional)

Powdered sugar (optional)

Combine the cake mix, eggs, oil and water in a mixing bowl until just thoroughly blended (don’t overmix). If batter seems too thick, add another tablespoon of water. Cook the pancakes in a non-stick pan over medium heat. You want to cook these a little slower than regular pancakes because you don’t want them to brown too much. Keep them warm in a low oven.

When ready to serve decorate with whipped cream or powdered sugar, if desired.

Makes about 8 pancakes (about 5 inches across)

Cook’s Note: To make these (or any pancakes) lighter, separate the yolks and whites. Combine the beaten yolks with the other batter ingredients; beat the whites to soft peaks and gently fold them into the batter.