How to keep your man happy, or Delicious Nectarine Crepes

25th September 2007

How to keep your man happy, or Delicious Nectarine Crepes

posted in Recipes, Marriage, Food, How-To |

The other day, I read a post on an internet forum that asked the question, “The more _____ a man has, the less likely he is to stray.” Well, I asked the husband, and he immediately, with no hesitation, answered, “food.”

Other husbands on the forum answered “home cooked meals” and “good food” along with other answers I’m sure you can think of.

What’s your answer? Or ask your husband and let me know his answer.

Anyway, if your guy is like mine, this recipe is a really great way to use up the leftover egg yolks after you make Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins.

Delicious Nectarine Crepes

Delicious Vanilla Crepes Recipe

You Will Need:

1 1/2 cups milk
3 egg yolks
2 Tbsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tbsp sugar (I used brown sugar)
1/2 tsp salt
5 Tbsp. melted butter

Mix together the milk, egg yolks, and vanilla. Stir in flour, sugar, salt, and melted butter until well blended and bubbly.

Meanwhile, start your filling.

Fruit Filling Recipe - Nectarines

You will need:

3 nectarines, sliced thinly, though I’m sure fresh peaches would do quite nicely too.
a little bit of orange juice
a generous sprinkling of brown sugar
some cinnamon, if you like that sort of thing

Throw it in a saucepan and cook over medium heat, covered while you make the crepes, stirring occasionally.

Heat crepe pan over medium heat. Use nonstick spray if you need to, but my pans are so awesome I don’t need it.

Pour 1/4 cup of batter into the pan and tip in a circular motion until the batter is spread thin to the edges. When the edges pull away a little bit and it’s easy to shake the crepe in the pan, it’s ready to flip. A few seconds after I took this picture, I flipped this one.

Flipping in the air is best, because it’s just awesome.

Cook for a few seconds on the other side.

Keep going until you have a stack of them and you’ve run out of batter.

By now, your nectarines have cooked fully and are swimming in a delicious syrup. Put a bit in the center of each crepe, folding the crepe over, and top with some more of the fruit mixture. Delicious!

These crepes are fantastically easy and I’m sure you could fill them with almost anything. In fact, later in the week, we had some leftover chicken and rice with a creamy sauce, and it tasted fantastic wrapped up in a crepe for lunch.

I can’t wait to try them with fresh strawberries and whipped cream sometime. Mmm… The strong vanilla flavor can’t be beat.

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1 On September 25th, 2007, Helena said:

Yeah, my husband would probably say either food or homemade Italian food. He loves my cooking, which makes me love to cook for him. It’s way more fun to feed people who enjoy food than it is to feed picky people.

posted on September 25th, 2007 at 7:51 am

2 On September 25th, 2007, Stormimay said:

Yum. Can you give me an idea of how many servings this makes? Since it’s just you and hubby, I thought maybe two but you had leftovers…
I have a family of 8, so I just wondering what to multiply this recipe by. Thanks!

posted on September 25th, 2007 at 12:09 pm

3 On September 25th, 2007, Joyful Abode said:

Mmm… homemade Italian food. Delicious! I think it’s really fun to cook for people who enjoy it too. Though… cooking for really picky people and having them LIKE it is really rewarding.

Stormimay, the recipe for the crepes made 12. But 2 were ugly (wrinkled) so we ate them sans filling. hehe. So 10. I ate 1 and a half, and he ate 4 and a half. I don’t know how many “normal” people would eat.
The filling filled all 6 crepes, and could’ve filled possibly 2 more (we had a little leftover).

So if you did 2 crepes each, maybe double the crepe recipe and triple the filling?

posted on September 25th, 2007 at 5:55 pm

4 On September 26th, 2007, Stormimay said:

Thanks! I am going to try it next week!

posted on September 26th, 2007 at 11:41 am

5 On September 27th, 2007, Joyful Abode said:

Let me know how it goes!

posted on September 27th, 2007 at 5:07 am

6 On October 1st, 2007, edits « make, make, make! said:

[…] Joyful Abode via craftster (where else?) and am suddenly hit with the urge to make all of this food that looks really delicious. My current grocery-buying situation is somewhat tricky but come […]

posted on October 1st, 2007 at 9:52 am

7 On February 12th, 2008, Creamy Paprikash-ish Chicken (and Rice) » Joyful Abode said:

[…] We cut up the leftover chicken into little pieces, and put the chicken-and-rice mix inside of our leftover crepes. It was really really tasty. This entry was posted on Saturday, September 29th, 2007 at 9:40 am […]

posted on February 12th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

8 On June 7th, 2008, Jasi said:

I love crepes! This is a good recipe, but if you feel like boosting fiber try adding wheat germ. About a quarter cup should be enough and it adds a really awesome texture. I eat my crepes with apple butter and my husband digs strawberry preserves and a little maple syrup.

posted on June 7th, 2008 at 5:58 pm