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Low Carb Shortbread
This is a great recipe for diabetics and those of us who want to cut down on carbs. It is one of my own creations. They are great with a cup of tea.
1/2 cup corn starch
1/2 cup Splenda (cup for cup, not packets)
1 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup butter

Put dry ingredients into a bowl. Mix and blend in butter. Roll out and cut cookies out with a cookie cutter. Place cookies onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 17-20 minutes or until edges just start to turn brown.

Happiness is contagious...when you reflect happiness, then all others around you catch the happy bug and are happy, too. Jennifer Leese

Date Squares
I got this recipe from a very sweet old lady years ago. Her name was Mildred Ganong. She didn't have many things that she baked but what she did always tasted great. The secret to her date squares is that she mixed in seeded raisins with her dates.

Base:
3/4 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cup rolled oats
1/2 tsp soda

Mix butter and brown sugar. Then, add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Press half of the mixture into the bottom of an 8x12 pan. Put the other half aside for now.

Filling:
1/2 pound dates
1/2 pound seeded raisins
1 cup of water (adding more when necessary)
1 cup of brown sugar

Put ingredients for filling into a sauce pan and simmer until dates and raisins are soft and mixture has thickened. Do not let dry out. Keep adding water until dates are soft and juicy.

Pour filling over base and sprinkle left over crumbs on top. Bake at 350 degrees until top is browned.

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. - Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Oreo Cheesecake Squares

This recipe comes from an 11 year old friend of mine, Courtney. She was visiting Rita, her grandmother. Rita is my co-host on my other program, Rendezvous. Courtney co-hosted with us while she visited. One day she made these fabulous squares for us and I asked if I could share her recipe with you. She was pleased to share it. It is very simple and tastes delicious. Enjoy!

Base:
1 1/2 cups Oreo crumbs
1/2 cup melted butter
Mix both ingredients and press into the bottom of and 8x8 pan saving about 1 Tbs. of crumb mixture for topping.
Bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes. Cool.

1 package of Dream Whip (prepare according to package directions)
1 pkg. cream cheese
1 cup sugar
Mix sugar and cream cheese. Fold in prepared Dream Whip. Pour onto cooled base and smooth out. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture on top. Refrigerate until set.

Fresh Strawberry Glaze Pie
I picked this recipe up in British Columbia. When I tased this pie, I knew I had to have it again. My host was very happy to share it with me. Now, I make it ever strawberry season. Sometimes I make six at a time and share them with my friends. It is so good! I know you'll do the same.

1 cup strawberries
water
3/4 cup sugar
3 Tbs corn starch
pinch of salt
fresh whole strawberries, enough to fill a pie shell
whipped cream
1 cooked pie shell

Line cooked pie shell with ripe fresh strawberries. Big plump and a bit over ripe berries work the best.

For Glaze
Crush one cup of strawberries. Add enough water to crushed strawberries to make one cup again. Put into a sauce pan and simmer for 3 minutes. Strain. Measure juice. In another cup put enough cold water that with the juice it will equal one cup. To the cold water add the corn starch and mix it in. Then, add water mixture to juice with pinch of salt and sugar and put back into your sauce pan. Put over medium heat and stir until mixture thickens. Cool to warm to touch. Pour glaze over strawberries in pie shell. Cool for 3 hours to set. Top pie with whipped cream.

Welcome to the official Sunny Side Up blog.

I am Leanna, host of Sunny Side Up on CFMH radio. CFMH is UNBSJ's campus and Saint John, NB's community radio station. It is staffed with volunteer DJs both from the campus and the community. It can also be heard on the web at http://www.bytemegroup.com:8000/ .

I am so excited about finally getting my own weekday morning slot of CFMH radio. I've been waiting for over a year, often subbing in for other DJs with my program, Sunny Side Up, when they have needed a break. Now it is official. I have been awarded my very own slot Monday mornings 9:00 until noon, AST, and Sunny Side Up will be heard regularly on 92.5 FM in Saint John, NB and on the world wide web.

Sunny Side Up will mostly feature music from yesteryear, from the 50s onward. Hopefully you will find it uplifting and a great way to start your week.

Tune in Monday mornings and I'll serve you your morning Sunny Side Up.

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New Brunswick
Rhubarb-Custard Pie

2 eggs beaten
1 Tbs. milk
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup flour
3 cups sliced rhubarb
1 cup halved strawberries
1 unbaked pie shell

Mix sugar and flour together in a bowl and put aside.
Put rhubarb and strawberries into a large bowl, toss and put aside.
Beat egg, add milk and pour mixture over rhubarb and strawberries. Add flour/sugar mixture and mix well with other ingredients.
*Pour mixture into pie shell and bake in preheated 450 oven, for 10 minutes and reduce heat to 350 for 40-45 minutes.
Top with meringue and brown

*you can put a pie crust on top instead of using the meringue but this adds, fat, carbohydrates and unnecessary calories.