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Chocolate Chip Cheese Ball
By Hapemom
This is a dessert cheese ball
- 1-8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbs brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup miniature chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
- chocolate graham crackers
Bucatini and Broccolini
By Hapemom
1.Bring a large pot of water to a boil, salt it, add the pasta and cook until al dente
- Salt
- 1 pound broccolini or broccoli trimmed into 3 inch long, thin florets
- 1 pound bucatini pasta
- 1 cup pecorino Romano cheese, freshly shaved or grated
- 3 tablespoons EVOO – Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 small Italian red chili or Fresno chili pepper, thinly sliced or substitute 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 4 cloves garlic, very thinly sliced or grated
- 2 tablespoons fresh thyme, finely chopped
Eggplant Parm Bread Pizza
By Hapemom
What's not to love? A Rachael Ray 30 minute meal, to boot!
- 2 small, firm eggplants
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) Salt and pepper
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 large cloves garlic, finely chopped One 14.5-ounce can diced fire-roasted tomatoes
- 1/3 cup basil leaves (a generous handful), torn
- 1 loaf ciabatta bread, split
- 1/2 cup freshly grated or shaved parmigiano-reggiano cheese
- 8 slices smoked mozzarella cheese
Salmon Burgers with Dill Mustard
By Hapemom
These are amazing! No bread crumbs needed since using fresh salmon
- 1-1/2 pounds skinless salmon filet, cut into large chunks
- 2 T. capers, chopped
- Grated peel of half a lemon (lemon half reserved for squeezing)
- 1/3 c. flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- 2 t. seafood seasoning
- Salt and pepper
- 1 T. extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO)
- _______________
- 1/4 seedless cucumber, chopped
- 2 plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped 1/2 small red onion, finely chopped
- _______________
- 1/2 c. Dijon mustard
- 3 T. fresh dill, finely chopped
- _______________
- 4 kaiser rolls, split
- 4 red-leaf lettuce leaves
Uptown Figs
By Hapemom
You can make this recipe ahead of time and store the figs in the refrigerator
- 24 dried figs
- 1 (3-oz.) package softened cream cheese
- 2 tsp. powdered sugar
- 2 tsp. orange liqueur
- 24 roasted, salted almonds
Cappucino Blossoms
By Hapemom
You may question the amounts of sugar in this recipe - but they're correct
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup coffee liqueur
- 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons instant espresso
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chopped salted, roasted almonds*
- Parchment paper
- 42 dark chocolate kisses
Yum Yum Breakfast Rolls (Mini Blini)
By Hapemom
I've been making these delicious cream cheese/cinnamon breakfast treats for about 20 years now
- 2 8-oz. pkgs. cream cheese
- 1/2 C granulated sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 to 2 loaves of thin-sliced sandwich bread (square), crusts cut off
- 1 stick butter, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 T. cinnamon
Oprah Turkey Burgers (original Mar-a-Lago)
By Hapemom
Oprah found a new favorite food when she tried this turkey burger at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's private club in Pal...
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced scallions
- 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
- 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled and diced
- 1/8 cup canola oil
- 4 lbs. ground turkey breast
- 2 tbs salt
- 2 tbs
- Black pepper
- 2 tsp. chipotle Tabasco Chipotle Pepper Sauce
- 1 lemon juiced and zest grated
- 1/2 bunch parsley finely chopped
- 1/4 cup Major Gray’s Chutney, pureed
Nuevo Chipotle Beef in Butternut Squash Boats
By Hapemom
While browsing the food channels in the middle of a sleepless night, I watched this recipe win a competition
- GARNISH:
- 1 1/2 pounds beef for stew
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 2 T. brown sugar
- 2 T. balsamic vinegar
- 2 t. ground chipotle chile pepper
- 1 t. ground cumin
- 1/2 t. salt
- 1/2 t. ground black pepper
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- 1 medium butternut squash, about 3 pounds
- 1 1/2 cups water
- ______________
- 1 medium tomato, chopped
- 1 small ripe avocado, cut into cubes
- 1/4 c. freshly chopped cilantro leaves
Fresh Corn-Rice Salad
By Hapemom
This salad is a great way to use leftover rice
- 4 ears fresh corn
- 1-1/2 cups cooked rice, cooled
- 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
- 1 cup fresh arugula
- 1 small red onion, cut in thin wedges
- 1 jalapeno pepper, thinly sliced
- 2 Tbsp. rice vinegar or red wine vinegar
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil