Filbert Macaroons
December 1st, 2010 // 10:05 pm @ admin
These cookies have the distinct flavors of Fall and Winter. With a light dusting of powdered sugar, they make beautiful holiday treats. Makes 28 ½ -pound filberts (1 2/3 cups) 1/3 cup Splenda ¼ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon orange zest ½ cup chopped dried cranberries or dried apricots 1/3 cup egg whites, lightly beaten 2 [...]
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Roasted Duck Breasts
November 10th, 2010 // 10:04 pm @ admin
Serves 2 Not all ducks are ducklings but then not all ducklings are tender. We’ve long since decided to treat the breast differently from the less tender leg and thigh meat. It works wonderfully well so here goes with one “duckling” and three recipes; all of which make wonderful, flavorsome, and nourishing meals for two. [...]
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F.A.B.I.S. (the cream of soups)
October 10th, 2010 // 10:02 pm @ admin
Serves 5-6 Many years ago, whilst serving as the General Manager of the Royal Ascot Hotel I created what we then called the Farmhouse Vegetable Soup with Cream. It was very popular! Since then I’ve continuously upgraded this idea (see F.A.B.I.S. on Page 00). Here is the best to date, but that isn’t the end [...]
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Chicken Enchiladas
September 10th, 2010 // 9:57 pm @ admin
Serves 4 I know people who will drive for untold miles to eat a specific enchilada. We did, too – all the way to San Antonio, Texas, and it was a triumph. At one time in my ‘gourmet’ past-life, Iloved the fine French pancakes (crepes) filled with a dense creamy combination of seafood. Its that same [...]
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Fresh Fruit Flan
August 10th, 2010 // 9:56 pm @ admin
Serves 10 This is a dessert with a beautiful face. The colorful fresh fruit arranged symmetrically around the top sparkles with a thin coating of clear melted jelly. I use apricot preserves to glaze fruit like peaches, nectarines, and kiwi. Red fruit jelly or preserves highlights strawberries, blackberries and other fruit with a reddish tone. [...]
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No Cook Freezer Strawberry Raspberry Jam
July 10th, 2010 // 9:54 pm @ admin
This jam doesn’t require any cooking and should be stored in the freezer. It makes a wonderful ingredient for things like smoothies or topping for custards, yogurt, or other fruit. A bite in the middle of winter will take you right into a warm summer day. As with all no sugar jams, use a low [...]
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Roasted Vegetable Lasagna
June 10th, 2010 // 9:48 pm @ admin
This recipe looks long and complicated. It’s not! The versatile sauce is perfect for spaghetti, pizza or with a little water, can be made into soup. Double or triple the sauce part of the recipe and freeze the rest for another day. The vegetables roast while the sauce simmers, and there’s not much else to [...]
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Baked Salmon in a jacket
May 1st, 2010 // 1:50 am @ admin
Serves 2 This is a fun and fast supper dish providing you have a microwave to bake the potato swiftly. We began this idea as a treat after a long drive in our motor home. We used canned sockeye salmon (with lower sodium content.) but you can just as easily use any canned meat, poultry, [...]
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Carrot Muffins
April 1st, 2010 // 1:46 am @ admin
These are great for breakfast or tea! Makes 15 muffins Wet Ingredients 1 8-ounce can crushed unsweetened pineapple ½ cup liquid egg substitute 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 tablespoons light olive oil ½ cup buttermilk 2 cups grated carrots ½ cup raisins ¼ cup chopped walnuts Dry Ingredients 1 cups flour 1 cup whole wheat [...]
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Steamed & Sautéed Green Leaf Vegetables (Swiss Chard)
March 10th, 2010 // 9:49 pm @ admin
Serves 4 Many stores are now doing a much better job stocking green leaf vegetables (other than spinach). Kale, collards, turnip greens, Swiss chard (in designer stalk colors!!) and mustard greens are examples. We’ve used Swiss chard as an example of the steam/sauté method. INGREDIENTS U.S. Metric Preference SWISS CHARD (you choose stalk color!) 1-pound 454 g [...]
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