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Good Afternoon & Good Night`s & Sweet Dream`s Tina & All CS`s & Marty!! -- Joyce/Mom, 15:03:54 02/23/07 Fri [1]

To Vog All !!
Hope that you will enjoy some of the recipes to day,Hope that you all have a very good weekend,Do some good cooking all.

CLAM AND PASTA CHOWDER
Yield: 6 servings
INGREDIENTS
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1-1/2 teaspoons crushed garlic
1 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup finely chopped carrots
2/3 cup chopped sweet green peppers
1-1/2 cans (5 ounces) clams, reserving juice from 1 can
1 cup diced potatoes
2-1/2 cups canned or fresh tomatoes, crushed
2-1/2 cups seafood or chicken stock
1/3 cup tubetti or macaroni
DIRECTIONS
In a large nonstick saucepan, heat oil; saute garlic, onions,
carrots, and green peppers until tender, approximately 5 minutes.
Add juice of 1 can of clams, potatoes, tomatoes
and stock. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
Add reserved clams and tubetti.
Simmer for 10 minutes or until pasta is cooked.

SHRIMP AND SNOW PEA TIDBITS
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
INGREDIENTS
16 snow peas
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
16 medium shrimp, peeled, deveined, tail left on
DIRECTIONS
Steam or microwave snow peas until barely tendercrisp.
Rinse with cold water. Drain and set aside.
In nonstick skillet, heat oil; saute garlic, parsley and
shrimp just until shrimp turn pink, 3 to 5 minutes.
Wrap each snow pea around shrimp; fasten with toothpick.
Serve warm or cold.

Cranberry Bread
1 cup fresh cranberries, coarsely chopped (frozen cranberries
can be used)
1 1/3 cups sugar
1 large orange
2 tablespoons butter, melted
About 1/2 cup boiling water
1 large egg, lightly beaten
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9�5�3-inch
loafpan. Set prepared pan aside.
Combine chopped cranberries and sugar in a medium bowl. Grate rind from orange using large eyes of a greater. Cut orange in half, and extract juice. Combine grated rind, juice and melted butter in a 1-cup liquid measuring cup; add enough boiling water to orange jice mixture to equal 1 cup. Add orange juice mixtureto cranberry mixture; let cool slightly. Stir in egg.Combine flour and next 3 ingredients in a large bowl. Addcranberry mixture, stirring must until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in pecans.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center of load comes out clean. Cool in pan ona wire rack 1- minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack and let cool completely.Loaves may be tightly wrapped in plastic wrap and frozen up to one month.Yield: 1 loaf.

Bacon and Onion Bread recipe
5 or 6 strips bacon
1 small onion, chopped
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne
2 large eggs
1 cup sour cream
1/4 cup butter, melted
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. grease a 9-inch loaf pan.
Cook bacon in skilled until crisp. Drain on towels, then dice coarsely. Remove all but 2 tablespoons of fat. Add onion and cook for 2 minutes or until tender.
Mix flour, baking powder sugar, salt, pepper and cayenne in
large bowl.Whisk eggs, sour cream and butter until blended; stir in bacon and onion. Pour liquid mix over dry ingredients and fold in just until combined. Do Not overmix.Spoon into prepared loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes or until it tests done. Cool in pan for 10 to 15 minutes, then remove to rack to cool completely.
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Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf recipe
Meatloaf:
1 1/2 pounds 85% lean ground beef
1 cup oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Secret Sauce:
1/3 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons catsup
Toppings:
8 large (about 4 x 6-inch each) slices cheddar cheese
8 strips thick-sliced bacon, crisp-cooked and halved
2 medium tomatoes, sliced
8 hamburger buns or other favorite roll or bread, split
and toasted (optional)
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray 13 x 9-inch metal baking pan with cooking spray.
For meatloaf, combine all meatloaf ingredients in large bowl;mix lightly but thoroughly. Press mixture evenly into pan.Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until meatloaf reaches medium doneness(160 degrees F) and center is no longer pink. Drain off any juices. Heat broiler.
For Secret Sauce, combine ingredients in small bowl; mix well.
Spread over hot meatloaf, completely covering; cut meatloaf into8 rectangles. (Do not remove from pan.) Top each rectangle with cheese, 2 half pieces bacon and tomato slices.Broil meatloaf 5 to 6 inches from heat source 2 to 3 minutes or until cheese melts. Serve, if desired, on bun or bread.Makes 8 servings.
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German Apple Pancake
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1 large or 2 medium size apples
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Mix sugar and cinnamon.
Mix flour, milk and eggs together. Melt butter in cast iron
skillet (this is essential). Remove from heat. Pour mixture
into skillet. Peel and slice thinly the apples. Place on top of mixture. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture. Bake 20minutes. Serve from cast iron skillet.

Cajun Shrimp or Crawfish Pasta
2 tbsps. butter
2 tbsps. flour
1 cup milk or more it too thick
1/4 cup white wine or more to taste
garlic to taste
cajun seasoning to taste, I used at least 2 tsps.
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese (or more)
at least 1/2 lb. peeled cooked shrimp or crawfish tails

If you start with raw shrimp or crawfish, saute it in butter
with garlic and some Cajun seasoning on it before adding to
sauce and reduce amount of seasoning in the sauce.
Serve over angel hair pasta.
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CRAWFISH SMOTHERED GRITS
1 pound peeled crawfish tails
Salt
Cayenne
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup chopped onions
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
2 cups beef stock
3 cups half and half
1 1/2 cups quick-cooking white grits
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
In a mixing bowl, toss the crawfish tails with salt and cayenne.In a 3-quart saucepan, over medium heat, add the olive oil. When the oil is hot, add the onions. Season the onions with salt and cayenne. Saute for 2 minutes, or until the onions are soft. Add the crawfish and garlic. Continue to cook for 2 minutes. Add the stock and half and half to the pan. Season with salt and cayenne. Bring the liquid to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 2 minutes. Add the grits and stir constantly until they are very tender, about 10 minutes. Add the cheese and stir to mix and melt it. Serve warm.Yield: 8 to 10 servings.
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BEST JUICY HAMBURGERS
2 pounds ground chuck
1 pound ground sirloin
3 tablespoons steak sauce
3 extra-large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
12 hamburger buns
Carefully mix the meats, steak sauce, egg yolks, salt, and
pepper with the tines of a fork, but do not mash it. Lightly
form each hamburger and lightly press into a patty shape.
Make an indentation and put a thin slice of butter inside each hamburger, making sure the butter is entirely encased in the meat.Heat a grill, broiler, or saute pan and cook the hamburgers
or 3 to 5 minutes on each side until almost done. Remove to a plate and cover with aluminum foil. Allow the hamburgers to rest for 5 minutes and serve immediately on buns.(I also added chopped onion to mine and I also used a large
pat of butter!)
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Herb Butter Hamburgers
1 pound unsalted butter, room temperature
1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage
2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 tablespoon chopped chives
1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
2 pounds freshly ground beef, combination chuck and shoulder
Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
Vegetable oil, for grill
4 semolina rolls, split
Baby lettuce, for garnish
Sliced plum tomatoes, for garnish
1.In a medium bowl, make compound herb butter by combining
softened butter, thyme, sage, parsley, chives, and rosemary
(this can also be done in a food processor). Turn out onto
parchment or plastic wrap, and roll into a log, 1 1/2 to 2
inches in diameter. Chill until firm, or freeze for up to 1
month.
2.Heat grill or grill pan.
3.Form four 8-ounce, 1-inch-thick burgers. Cut four
1/8-inch-thick slices of compound butter from the log. Make an
indentation in the center of each burger, and place half of a compound-butter slice inside. Reshape meat to cover butter,making sure it is not visible from either side; season both sides with salt and pepper.
4.Oil grill with a small amount of vegetable oil to prevent sticking.
5.Grill burgers for 5 to 7 minutes per side for medium
doneness. Remove from grill, and place each burger on a roll.
Serve garnished with lettuce and tomato.
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Recipe request....I got several emails from people that get the
newsletter about how to make garlic butter here you go.
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GARLIC BUTTER
1 c. butter, softened
6 cloves garlic, minced fine
2 tbsp. finely minced parsley
2 tbsp. onion, finely chopped
1/2 tsp. pepper
Mix together. Can be frozen for later use. I freeze in 1/2 cup portions. Garlic butter can be used when making garlic bread and is delicious on rice.
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BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH PECANS AND SWEET POTATOES
Yield: 4 servings
INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 cups cubed peeled sweet potatoes
3/4 pound brussels sprouts, cut in half
1 tablespoon margarine
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon crushed garlic
1/4 cup chicken stock
4 teaspoons brown sugar or honey
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons pecan pieces, toasted
DIRECTIONS
In a saucepan of boiling water, cook sweet
potatoes until just tender; drain and reserve.
Repeat with brussels sprouts. Set aside.
In nonstick skillet, melt margarine; saute onion
and garlic just until tender. Add sweet potatoes,
brussels sprouts, stock, sugar, cinnamon and pecans;
cook for 3 minute or until vegetables are tender.
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White Chocolate Cranberry Squares
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour 2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs, beaten
1 can (300 ml) sweetened condensed milk
1 cup white chocolate chips 1 cup dried cranberries 1 pkg (200 g) sweetened shredded coconut
1/2 cup semi-sweet or premium dark chocolate chips, optional Combine in food processor or large bowl, flour and sugar. Pulse or cut in butter to form fine crumbs. Press firmly into 13 x 9inch baking pan.
Bake in 350 oven about 12 minutes, until lightly browned. Mix together in large bowl, eggs and sweetened milk. Stir in whitechocolate chips, cranberries and coconut. Pour over crust, bake 18 to 22 minutes, until set in centre. Melt semi-sweet chocolate chips, drizzle over top.Makes about 48.
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Breakfast Pizza
1 package of pizza dough. To make one pizza.
1/2 lb. bacon cooked crisp
1/2 lb. sausage crumbled and cooked
3 green onion thinly diced
1/2 green pepper thinly sliced and diced
4 eggs. scrambled
8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese
Mix dough according to package.
While dough is rising cook bacon and sausage. Slice vegetables.
Cook scrambled eggs in the same skillet as the meat.
Spread dough thinly on pizza pan. Cook for 5 minutes at
450 degrees F
Remove from oven and add meat, eggs, veggies, and cheese. Return to oven until cheese is melted.
This recipe is a huge success! We have it every Sunday morning and it holds us over till dinner time.
Enjoy!
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Beer-Battered Chicken Strips
1 large egg
3/4 cup beer
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
ground black pepper
3 chicken breast halves; skinless, boneless
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
Beat the egg lightly with a whisk. Beat in the beer, then the dry ingredients, whisking until smooth. Cover and let stand for 25 to 30 minutes before using. Cut chicken breasts in half
lengthwise. Heat oil in 10-inch skillet over a medium-high heat until oil reaches desired temperature of 360 degrees (or use deep fryer). Using tongs to hold chicken strips, dip in batter;allow excess to drip off. Remove and carefully lower, one by one, into the hot oil. After about 1 minute, turn the strips.Continue to turn the strips occasionally until they are golden,cooking for a total of 4 to 6 minutes. Transfer to to a paper towel lined tray. Pat more towels on top to absorb excess oil.Serve immediately with barbecue sauce or sweet and sour sauce.
Serves 3 to 4.

All hope that you enjoy some of the recipes.

Good Night & Sweet Dream`s All Cs`s & Tina & Marty !!