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Kale and Portobello Mushrooms
By melissaf
Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 portobello mushroom caps, sliced
- 1 1/4 pounds kale, stemmed and chopped
- Salt and pepper
- Freshly grated nutmeg, to taste, about 1/4 teaspoon
- 1/2 cup dry Italian red wine
Cauliflower Soup
By melissaf
For a creamy cauliflower soup without cream, we relied on cauliflower’s low insoluble fiber content to produce a ...
- 1 head cauliflower (2 pounds)
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces
- 1 leek, white and light green parts only, halved lengthwise, sliced thin, and washed thoroughly
- 1 small onion, halved and sliced thin
- Salt and pepper
- 4 1/2 – 5 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon sherry vinegar
- 3 tablespoons minced fresh chives
Collard Greens
By melissaf
Cover ham hocks with water, 3 qts or more and bring to a boil
- 2 Ham Hocks
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tablespoon seasoned salt
- 2-4 lbs collard greens (use prewashed chopped bags)
- 1 stick butter
Banana Bread
By melissaf
Add to Recipe Box Add to shopping list 1 egg, beaten No need for a mixer for this recipe
- 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
Banana Bread
By melissaf
c.1996, M.S. Milliken & S
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 3 ripe bananas
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
Pork Chops Stuffed with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Spinach
By melissaf
Warm the 1 tablespoon olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium heat
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 6 sun-dried tomatoes, diced
- 1 (10-ounce) bag of frozen spinach, thawed and excess water squeezed out
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more for seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more for seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 cup (2 ounces) goat cheese
- 1/3 cup reduced-fat cream cheese
- 4 (4-ounce) center-cut pork chops
- 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 lemon, zested
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
Mascarpone Frosting
By melissaf
Southern Living SEPTEMBER 2013
- 1 (8-oz.) container mascarpone cheese
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup whipping cream
Italian Easter Pie
By melissaf
Italian Easter pie, is a hefty construction of meats and cheeses wrapped in a pastry crust
- 3 large eggs
- 3 tablespoons cold water
- 3 cups (15 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled
- 6 tablespoons vegetable shortening, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 12 ounces broccoli rabe, trimmed and chopped
- 8 ounces hot Italian sausage, casings removed
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 pound (2 cups) whole-milk ricotta cheese
- 4 ounces Pecorino Romano cheese, grated (2 cups)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 8 ounces thinly sliced aged provolone cheese
- 6 ounces thinly sliced hot capicola
- 1 large egg yolk beaten with 1 tablespoon water
Oven Fried Chicken
By melissaf
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- 1/2 sleeve (about 20) whole-grain salted crackers, pulsed in a food processor until fine (about 1/2 cup)
- 2 1/2 cups corn cereal flakes, pulsed in a food processor to fine crumbs (about 1/2 cup)
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 egg whites
- 1 cup lowfat, plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Olive oil cooking spray
- 4 medium sized skinless chicken breasts and 4 skinless chicken thighs, rinsed and patted dry (about 3 1/2 pounds chicken)
Marcella Hazan’s Tomato Sauce
By melissaf
Combine the tomatoes, their juices, the butter and the onion halves in a saucepan
- 2 cups tomatoes, in addition to their juices (for example, a 28-ounce can of San Marzano whole peeled tomatoes)
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 1 onion, peeled and cut in half
- Salt