Category: Salads and Serious Foods

Ingredients:

• 8 oz. campanelle pasta (or any small pasta)
• 2 thick slices bake ham trimmed and cut into 1″ long matchsticks
• 1 Tbls. minced garlic
• 2 large leeks, white and pale green part only – cleaned, split lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise.
• 2 cans cannellini beans rinsed and drained
• 48 oz. low sodium chicken stock (I use Swanson in a carton.)
• 3 scallions thinly sliced
• 1/4 C flat leaf Italian parsley snipped
•  1/2 head green cabbage
• salt and pepper to taste
• freshly grated parmesan for garnish
• olive oil cooking spray

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Ingredients:

• 4 large, skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
• 1/2 C buttermilk
• 1/4 C dijon mustard
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 C finely chopped ground pecans

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Ingredients:

• 1/4 C teriyaki sauce – for variations try different kinds of teriyaki sauces there are so many good ones these days.
• 2 Tbls. dry white wine
• 1 Tbls. Dijon mustard
• 2 3/4 lb. pork tenderloins

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Ingredients:

• 3 Tbls. olive oil or butter
• 3/4 C breadcrumbs
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 C warm milk
• 1 tsp. salt
• fish fillets – flounder or sole
• 2 Tbls. melted butter

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Ingredients:

• 6 potatoes (about 1 1/2 lbs.)
• 1 Tbls. peanut, vegetable, or corn oil
• 3/4 C finely chopped onions
• 1 Tbls. finely minced garlic
• 2 Tbls. curry powder
• 1 tsp. ground cumin
• 1 tsp. ground coriander
• 2 lbs. ground lean beef
• 1 C crushed, canned imported tomatoes
• 1/2 C chicken broth
• 1 tsp. sugar
• 2 C cooked fresh or frozen green peas
• 1/2 C hot milk
• 3 Tbls. butter

Continue reading “Shepard’s Pie with Curried Meat”

Ingredients:

• 2 C Sugar Snap Peas – halved
• 2 C Portabella Mushrooms cut into small chunks
• 3 T Cranberries
• 1/3 C Baby Carrots – thin rings
• 1/2  small purple onion quartered and thinly sliced
• 2 T Pine Nuts

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Ingredients:

• 2 lbs. sole fillets, cut in half
• 1/4 C dry sherry or apple juice
• 2 Tbls. lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 Tbls. butter
• 2 Tbls. flour
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1/2 tsp. prepared mustard
• 1 tsp. instant chicken bouillon
• 1/2 C whipping cream
• 1/2 C shredded Swiss cheese
• 1 lb frozen cleaned cooked shrimp
• 1 Tbls. snipped parsley
• 3 lemon slices, cut in half

Continue reading “Sole Au Gratin with Shrimp Sauce”

Ingredients:

• 1 package (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained
• 6 C cooked rice
• 1/2 chopped onion
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. curry powder
• 1 C milk
• 2 eggs beaten

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Ingredients:

• 4 Chicken breast, boneless & skinless
• 1 envelope Lipton onion soup
• 1 bottle of Russian salad dressing (see comments if you are west of the Mississippi)
• 12 oz. apricot preserves

Continue reading “Sweet & Sour Chicken”

Ingredients:

• 1 32oz pkg Frozen tater tots/hash brown potatoes, thawed.
• 3/4 C cup melted butter (divided 1/2 cup and 1/4 cup)
• 1/2 C chopped onions
• 1 – 10 3/4 oz can of cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup undiluted
• 1 – 8oz carton of sour cream
• 12 oz shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 C corn flakes

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