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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Meatless Mission Chili Recipe
This is a nice recipe for 4 people.
INGREDIENTS:
2 tb Safflower oil
Clove garlic, minced
Green Bell Pepper, chopped
Stalk Celery, chopped
Sm Onion, chopped (1/4 cup)
Carrot, shredded
Med Zucchini, shredded
18 oz Can Tomatoes with juice
15 oz Can Kidney Beans,drained
8 oz Can Tomato sauce (1 cup)
1/4 c Water
1 1/2 ts Chili powder, or to taste
1/4 ts Hot pepper Sauce, to taste
1 ts Basil
1 ts Oregano
1/2 ts Black Pepper
DIRECTIONS:
GARNISH: corn, chopped scallions, shredded Cheddar or Monterey jack cheese,
or a combination, optional. In a Dutch oven or 4-5 qt saucepan, heat oil.
Saute garlic, green pepper, celery, onion, carrot, and zucchini until
crisp/tender, about 3 minutes.
As mixture cooks, stir in remaining
ingredients. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium.
Cover and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes.
Top each serving with a garnish, if desired. If you wish, set under broiler to melt cheese.
VARIATIONS: - add 1/2 cup whole raw cashews - add 1/2 lb firm tofu, cut
into 1/2" cubes ~ add 1 cup cooked corn If reheating, add addt'l liquid,
such as water, tomato juice, or veg stock
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Roman Spinach With Orzo Recipe
Yield: 2 Servings
INGREDIENTS:
10 oz Fresh spinach
1/4 c ~water
2 tb Fat-freee, low salt chicken
-stock
2 cl Garlic; crushed
2 tb Raisins
2 ts Olive oil
1/2 c Orzo
Salt and pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS:
Place a medium-size saucepan full of water on to boil for orzo. Place
spinach in a large saucepan, add water and cover. Cook on medium 5 minutes,
tossing once or twice. Remove and drain. Heat chicken stock in same pan and
add garlic and raisins. Stir for about 30 seconds. Return spinach to pan.
Add 2 teaspoons olive oil and toss about 2 minutes. Meanwhile add orzo to
boiling water and boil 9 to 10 minutes. Drain and toss with spinach. Add
salt and pepper to taste.
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Oriental Beef And Pea Pods Recipe - recipewitch.com
This is a really great recipe. Enjoy everyone!
Yield: 5 servings
INGREDIENTS:
1 ea Small head cauliflower
1 ea Med. green pepper
1 lb Steak
1 ea Clove garlic, minced
1 ea Med onion, chopped
3 tb Soy sauce
6 oz (1pkg) frozen pea pods
2 c Water
1/4 c Cornstarch
4 ts Instant beef bouilion
1/2 ts Sugar
3 c Hot cooked rice
DIRECTIONS:
Green Pepper is to be seeded and cut up into small strips.
Steak is to be Tenderloin Tip or Round steak cut into paper-thin
Break cauliflower into flowerets; cut each into 1/4-inch slices.
Combine cauliflower, green pepper, beef, and onion in 2-qt casserole.
Drizzle with soy sauce; stir lightly to coat evenly. Cover and microwave
on high (100%) 6 minutes; stir. Cover and microwave until meat is no
longer pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Add Frozen pea pods.
Cover and microwave until pea pods are thawed, 2 to 3 minutes.
Mix water, cornstarch, bouilion and sugar in 4-cup glass measure.
Stir in juices from meat. Microwave uncovered on high (100%) 2 1/2 minutes; stir.
Microwave to boiling, 2 to 3 minutes.
Stir into meat mixture.
Serve over hot rice.
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Sunday, January 04, 2009
Beer & Cheese Soup Recipe
Categories: Soups, Usenet
Yield: 6 servings
1 cup of Onions, diced
11 oz Beer (use a can or
1 cup of Celery, diced
-bottle and save a
1 cup of Carrots, diced
-swallow for the cook!)
1 cup of Mushrooms, diced
6 oz Cheddar cheese,
3/4 cup of Butter
-grated
1/2 cup of Flour
2 tablespoon of Parmesan cheese,
1 teaspoon of Mustard, dry
-grated
5 cup of Chicken stock
Salt
-(or vegetable)
Pepper
1 Broccoli bunch
Saute the diced vegetables in butter. Mix flour and mustard into sauted
vegetables. Add the chicken or vegetable stock to mixture and cook for
five minutes.
Break broccoli into small florets; cut stems into bite-sizes pieces. Steam
until tender-crisp.
Add beer and cheeses to the soup. Simmer 10-15 minutes. Check seasonings.
To serve, place some broccoli into a soup bowl and ladle the soup over it.
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Ambrosia Recipe
Categories: Desserts, Usenet
Yield: 4 servings
1 1/4 cup of Cream, heavy
-amount of soft fruit)
2 Bananas (or equivalent
Broken meringue
Whip the cream. Chop fruit coarsely, but don't crush. Break meringue into
large crumbs. Mix everything shortly before serving and pile into glasses.
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Quick Avgolemono Soup Recipe
Categories: Soups, Greek, Usenet
Yield: 4 servings
1 cup of White rice, cooked
1 Lemon, juiced
3 cup of Chicken broth
2 lg Eggs
If you don't have any leftover white rice, put about 1 1/2 cup of rice on
to cook.
Heat the chicken broth to boiling. While the chicken broth is heating,
beat together the lemon juice and eggs in a small bowl or glass measuring
cup until uniform in color.
When the chicken broth is boiling, stir in the cooked rice. Remove from
heat and stir briskly while slowly pouring the egg mixture into the pot
from about a foot in the air. The soup should end up resembling a cream
soup and there should be no large, visible threads of egg.
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Gingered Carrots Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
6 ea Medium carrots, 1" pieces 1 tb Sugar
1 ts Cornstarch
1/8 ts Ground nutmeg
1/4 ts Ground ginger
1/4 c Orange juice
1 ts Low fat margarine
DIRECTIONS:
Steam carrots just until tender; drain. While carrots are cooking, combine
sugar, cornstarch, nutmeg and ginger in a small saucepan; add ornage juice.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens. Cook 1
min, then remove from heat and stir in margarine. Place carrots in a
serving dish, pour sauce over them, tossing to coat evenly. Cover and let
stand 4 to 5 min before serving. Cal: 52 Fat 1g.
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Zippy Tomato Sauce Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
2 tb Margarine Or Butter
1/2 c Green Bell Pepper; Chopped,*
1 ea Onion; Small, Thinly Sliced
8 oz Tomato Sauce; 1 can
1 c Chili Sauce
1 ts Worcestershire Sauce
1/4 ts Chili Powder
DIRECTIONS:
Melt margarine in a small saucepan. Add green peppers and onion. Cook and
stir until the onion is tender. (Note: If using the canned peppers, just
cook the onion alone.) Stir in all the remaining ingredients and heat to
boiling, stirring occasionally. Serve hot over patties.
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Maple Glazed Carrots Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
8 ea Medium sized carrots
1/2 c Fresh orange juice
1 ea Rind, of orange grated
3 tb Maple syrup
1 ea Pinch of mace or nutmeg
3 tb Butter
DIRECTIONS:
Peel carrots; but into sticks. Pour the orange juice into a 4 cup
microwave safe dish. Heat 1 minute at high . Add the carrots and the
orange rind. Stir to coat the carrots with the orange juice. Cover and
microwave 8 to 9 minutes at high. Stir again, then add the remianing
ingredients. Microwave, uncovered 2 minutes at high. Stir then check for
doneness. If necessary, cook another 1 minute at High.
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French Herb Blend Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup of Tarragon
5 tablespoon of Chives (freeze-dried),
1/2 cup of Chervil
-chopped
2 tablespoon of Sage leaves
2 tablespoon of Orange rind,
1/2 cup of Thyme
-desiccated
2 tablespoon of Rosemary
2 tablespoon of Celery seed, ground
DIRECTIONS:
Dump everything together and mix until well-combined. Pack into small jars
and label (the now-empty spice jars that held the ingredients are a good
size). Store in a cool dry place. Crumble spices in hand when using.
Measure spices by volume, not by weight, because of the large variation in
moisture content.
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Pecan Pie Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
3 Eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon of Vanilla extract
1 cup of Corn syrup (dark)
1 1/2 cup of Pecans
1 cup of Sugar
1 Pastry shell, unbaked
2 tablespoon of Butter
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Blend eggs, corn syrup, sugar, butter and
vanilla together. Add pecans.
Bake at 375 degrees F. for 10 minutes, then lower the temperature to 350
degrees F. and bake for another 45 minutes or so (until a knife inserted
halfway between the edge and the center comes out clean. Remove and let
cool.
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
Butter Cookies Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup of Butter (unsalted)
1 lg Egg
-at room temperature
1 teaspoon of Vanilla extract
1/2 cup of Sugar, granulated
1 1/2 teaspoon of Baking powder
1 1/2 cup of Flour, white
DIRECTIONS:
Beat the butter with the sugar. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until you
get a uniform mixture. Mix the flour and baking powder and gradually blend
them into the mixture. When you're done, you should have a rather sticky
dough.
Shape the dough into balls, about 1 inch in diameter. Roll them in sugar
and place them on an ungreased cookie sheet, leaving about an inch of space
between cookies, so that they don't stick together when they expand.
Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees F. for 20 mins.
Remove from oven, let them cool for a while, and start eating right away.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Double Chocolate Chess Pie Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup of Butter
1 1/2 teaspoon of Vanilla extract
2 oz Chocolate, unsweetened 1/8 teaspoon of Salt
1 cup of Sugar
1 Pie shell, baked
3 Eggs, lightly beaten
Vanilla ice cream or
1/4 cup of Creme de cacao liqueur
-sweetened whipped cream
2 tablespoon of Flour (all-purpose)
-(optional)
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt
butter and chocolate. Remove from heat. Blend in sugar, eggs, liqueur,
flour, vanilla and salt. Beat until smooth. Pour into the pie shell. Bake
for 30 to 35 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack for at least 30
minutes. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
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Olive Tapenade Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
2 ea Anchovy Fillets
1 c Black Olives; Chopped
4 ts Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 c Mayonnaise
1/4 c Fresh Parsley; Chopped, OR
4 ts Dried Parsley; Crushed
1/2 ts Salt
1 tb Garlic; Minced
3 tb Fresh Basil; Chopped, OR
1 tb Dried Basil; Crushed
DIRECTIONS:
Chop and mash the anchovies on a cutting board. Put them into a bowl and
mix with the olives and worcestershire sauce. Blend in the mayonnaise and
add all the rest of the ingredients, blending well. Cover and chill. Makes
about 2 cups of dip. SUGGESTED DIPPERS: Scallions, French Bread, Seafood
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Green Tomato Minced Meat Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
1 lb Cubed stew beef
1/2 c Suet
20 ea Green tomatoes, cored
18 ea Tart apples,peeled
1 1/2 lb Raisins
3 tb Cinnamon
3/4 c Any sweet fruit juice
3/4 c Minced citron
6 tb Orange rind
3 ts Salt
1 tb Cloves
1 1/2 ts Allspice
1 ts Ginger
1 c Beef stock
1 x Brandy,if desired
DIRECTIONS:
1/2 to 1 teaspoon of nutmeg Cover meat with water and simmer until tender.Force
meat,suet, tomatoes and apples through coarse food chopper.Add remaining
ingredients(except brandy) and simmer 1 hour,stirring frequently. Fill 3
hot,sterilized 1 quart jars.Place 2 tbsp. brandy on top, if
desired. Seal. Store in cool place.
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Braunburgers Recipe
INGREDIENTS
1 lb Ground Beef
1/4 lb Braunschweiger Sausage
1/4 c Dairy Sour Cream
2 tb Onion; Finely Chopped
DIRECTIONS
Mix all the ingredients together. Shape mixture into 5 patties, each about
3/4-inch thick. Broil or grill the patties 4-inches from the heat, turning
once, until the desired doneness is reached, about 10 to 15 mins.
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Monday, July 21, 2008
Artichoke Soup Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
19 oz Artichoke hearts drained
1 1/2 c Chicken broth
1 tb Lemon juice
1/2 ts Salt
1 ea Dash of white pepper
1 c 18% table cream
1 ea Thin slices of lemon
DIRECTIONS:
Puree artichokes and chicken broth. Place in saucepan with lemon juice,
salt and pepper. Heat just to boiling. Remove from heat and stir in
cream. Chill Soup. If hot is required, reheat, but to not boil. Garnish
with lemon slices. Yield 4-6 servings.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Penne With Tomato, Black Olive And Feta Recipe
INGREDIENTS
1 lb Penne or Fusilli
1/2 c Feta Cheese, crumbled
1 tb Olive Oil
1/2 c Parsley, fresh, chopped
1 ts Garlic, minced
2 tb Basil, fresh, chopped
4 ea Tomatoes, large, wedges
1/4 c Parmesan cheese, grated
1/3 c Black Olives, halved
* 2 teaspoons of dried basil can be used instead of the fresh stuff.
DIRECTIONS
In a large pot of boiling water, cook pasta until al dente (tender but
firm).
Drain and return to pot to keep warm.
Meanwhile, in a large nonstick frying pan, heat oil over medium heat, stir
in garlic.
Add tomatoes and cook, stirring, for 3 mins or until heated
through.
Transfer to pot with drained pasta, add olives, feta cheese, parsley and
basil.
Toss gently to mix.
Sprinkle each serving with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
Serves 4.
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Sweet Potatoes Recipe
A fantastic recipe for sweet potato. Enjoy!
INGREDIENTS:
2 1/4 lb Sweet potatoes
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 ds Pepper
2 cup of Milk
1 ds Cinnamon
3 tablespoon of Brown sugar
1/4 cup of Raisiins
3 tablespoon of melted butter
Marshmallows
DIRECTIONS:
Mash sweet potatoes by putting through a sieve or beating in an electric
beater or using a potato masher or food mill.
Add milk gradually (if you add it too fast it splashes and is hard to mix in).
Mix in the remaining ingredients. Put in buttered casserole. Heat through
(bake in slow oven 250 degrees F.) for 20-30 minutes, or in microwave).
Cover top with marshmallows. Return to oven until marshmallows are
slightly melted and a bit brown. (If the oven is too hot, the marshmallows
will disappear!) This step cannot be done in the microwave.
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