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Banana Bread (Pat Clarke)
By michellecresta
cream shortening with brown sugar, add banana, milk and eggs sift flour, salt, baking soda and mix all together
- 1/3 cup shortening or crisco
- ¾ cup dark brown sugar
- 1 cup mashed bananas (2-3)
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup milk
- 1 ½ cups flour (sift)
- 1 tsp of salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ cup chopped nut (Pecans preferred) - optional
Lentils / Lentil Soup (Denise's)
By michellecresta
Boil beans as directed. Saute ingredients and add to beans while cooking
- Olive oil
- onion
- garlic
- parsley
- chopped carrots
Friday's Freeze
By michellecresta
Frozen screwdriver with sherbert
- 2 scoops of orange sherbert
- 1 1/2 oz. vodka
- Little OJ (use it to flavor and for mixture)
- 1/2 scoop of ice (preferably crushed ice)
- Option: if sweeter taste desired, 1/2 oz triplesec
Deviled Eggs (Kim's)
By michellecresta
Mash yolks with fork. Add mayo (3 to 3 ½ tablespoons mayo to every 4 yolks)
- Hardboiled eggs
- Mayo
- Salt and pepper
- Dry mustard (maybe 2 tsp. to very 4 yolks?)
- Worcestershire sauce
- Onion (maybe about 1 tablespoon minced onion for every 4 egg yolks)
- Sugar
- Parsley
Orange Crush Cake
By michellecresta
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- 1 1 1 box white cake mix
- 2 1/4 2 1/4 1/4 cups cold orange soda, divided
- 1/4 1/4 1/4 cup canola oil
- 2 2 2 large eggs
- 2 2 2 envelopes Dream Whip, whipped topping mix
- 1 1 can 1 small can mandarin oranges, drained
Greek Omelet with Feta, Tomatoes and Olives
By michellecresta
Add the eggs, feta, tomatoes, olives, scallion, basil, olive oil, about 5 twists of fresh pepper, and a pinch of sa...
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese
- 10 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 5 kalamata olives, pitted and chopped
- 1 scalion, thinly sliced (about 2 Tablespoons)
- 2 large basil leaves, thinly sliced plus extra for garnish (optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Salt
Creamy Lemon Squares
By michellecresta
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- For The Crust
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus more for pan
- 2/3 cup almond flour or ground nuts (any you prefer)
- 1 cup (4 ounces) graham-cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoons grated lime zest
- For The Filling
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup fresh lime juice (around 5 medium limes)
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (around 1 medium lemon)
Honey-Garlic Cauliflower
By michellecresta
These sweet and spicy florets reconfirms the power of cauliflower
- 1 c. all-purpose flour
- 2 c. panko breadcrumbs
- 3 large eggs, beaten
- 1 head cauliflower, chopped into bite-size florets
- 1/3 c. honey
- 1/3 c. soy sauce
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 tbsp. sriracha
- 1/4 c. water
- 2 tsp. corn starch
- 1/4 c. Sliced scallions
EASY SPINACH ARTICHOKE OMELETTE
By michellecresta
Heat an 8-inch nonstick frying pan to medium heat
- 3 egg whites
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon milk
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 Tablespoon green onions, diced
- 1 Tablespoon feta cheese
- Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh spinach leaves
- 3 marinated artichoke hearts, diced
Easter Bread (Denise's)
By michellecresta
M - I'm assuming you mean a paska recipe?? if so -- here's mine - it makes about 6 paska or so depending on the...
- 12 cups flour (Michelle uses 10 cups)
- 1/2 lb crisco and 1/2 lb butter or oleo ( 1 lb. total)(Michelle uses part crisco and part margarine)
- 3/4 cup sugar (Michelle uses 1 cup sugar)
- 1 T salt
- 1 can evaporated milk + enough water to make 1 quart (scald and let cool)(equiv to 2 cups evap milk and 2 cups water—4 cups = 1 qt)(Michelle uses either 1 can evap milk and 1 can water OR 1 can (14 oz)
- 6 eggs beaten
- 1 cake household yeast (put in cup and add 1 T sugar - mix and let liquefy) (or 2 yeast pack with warm water)
- -heat oven to 200'
- -mix dry ingredients
- -scald milk and let sit to cool
- -beat eggs
- -liquefy yeast