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Buffalo Shrimp
Hey, all you Couch Potatoes, get up and make this! Here is a guilt-free recipe to eat while you park yourself on your sofa to watch some idiotic game….. This is from I Can’t Believe It’s Not Fattening: Over 150 Ridiculously Easy Recipes for the Super Busy, by Devin Alexander, who wrote The Biggest Loser Cookbooks. Buffalo Shrimp […]
Continue ReadingEggs Carbonara
Breakfast for Zoe My daughter Zoe loves to come home and eat frozen peas (while they are still frozen) out of the bag as an after-school snack. Yes, it’s weird! I call it toddler food, but at 17, she is no longer teething. Anyway, she asked me to make her scrambled eggs carbonara for breakfast […]
Continue ReadingLemon Angel Food Cake
October 10 is … National Angel Food Cake Day! This is a lemon version from Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa Family Style cookbook. Lemon Angel Food Cake Serves 8 2 cups sifted superfine sugar, divided 1 1/3 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising) 1½ cups egg whites, at room temperature (10 to 12 eggs) ¾ tsp kosher salt […]
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A Holiday Gift Michael Laiskonis, executive pastry chef at New York City’s Le Bernardin, gave us the recipe for these caramel candies. Be sure to wrap them individually in wax paper to store them. These make a great hostess gift. Salted Caramels Makes about 50 1¾ cups heavy cream ¾ cup glucose or light corn […]
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This is my busy time of year and I do some parties for the same clients every year. This means I have to constantly come up with new recipes. Here is another version of meatballs, which is always a “smart” choice for any party, due to the fact that it’s excellent to soak up the […]
Continue ReadingCranberry Meatballs
2 lbs ground beef 2 large eggs 1/3 cup dry breadcrumbs 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp onion powder 1/2 tsp thyme 16 oz can cranberry sauce 12 oz jar chili sauce 1/4 cup orange marmalade 1/4 cup water 2 Tbs soy sauce 2 Tbs red wine vinegar 1 […]
Continue ReadingA Heavenly Bread
This heavenly bread recipe comes from the Monastery of the Angels, Los Angeles, California. It is delicious!! The nuns sell this homemade bread in their gift shop. The bread freezes well and makes a good make-ahead holiday gift. It’s been a best seller at the nuns annual Holiday Boutique, a fund-raiser with the proceeds going […]
Continue ReadingMonastery of the Angels Pumpkin Bread
3½ cups flour 3 cups sugar 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg 1½ tsp salt 4 eggs 1 cup oil 2/3 cup water 2 cups pumpkin, cooked & mashed or 1 (15 oz) cans pumpkin puree 1½ cups walnuts, chopped walnut halves, for decoration Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In […]
Continue ReadingAn Unusual Cauliflower Recipe
Here is an unusual cauliflower recipe with a sauce that contains egg yolks, vinegar and green onions. It was from a woman who got third place in a recipe contest in 1974. I love digging up really interesting recipes from the past. Apparently, this was a real crowd pleaser.
Continue ReadingCauliflower Louise
1 head cauliflower 1 stick butter or margarine 1 bunch green onions, finely chopped 1/2 cup minced garlic 1 small birdseye pepper, minced 2 Tbs minced parsley 4 Tbs flour 2 cups water Salt and black pepper to taste 2 egg yolks 2 Tbs vinegar Melt butter or margarine, add green onions, garlic and birdseye […]
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