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Perfect Pie Crust
By RossanaV
1. For pastry shell, mix flour, salt, and sugar in a food processor fitted with steel blade
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, measured by dip-and-sweep
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, chilled and cut into 1/4-inch pats
- 3 –3 1/2 tablespoons ice water
Chicken Risotto (TJ'S)
By RossanaV
All TJ's ingredients
- 1 bag frozen, cooked chicken tenders, chopped
- 1 bag frozen risotto
Vanilla Ice Cream with variations
By RossanaV
Stir or fold in
- Banana Pudding:
- Fold 1 cup coarsely mashed large bananas, 1 cup vanilla wafers and 1 cup meringue cookies into ice cream.
- Rum Raisin with Walnuts:
- Plump 1/2 C raisins in 3 T rum over low heat, let cool. Fold into ice cream with 1/2 cup coarsely chopped toasted walnuts.
- Salted Carmel:
- Fold 1/4 C carmel sauce and 1 C coarsely crumbled pretzel nuggets (p-nut butter good too) into ice cream.
- Lemon Meringue:
- Fold in 1/4 C prepared lemon curd, 1 C crumbled meringue cookies and 1 C crumbled graham crackers.
- Strawberry Shortcake:
- Mix 1 C sliced strawberries with 2 T strawberry jam. Fold in along with 2 slices pound cake ( about 1 1/2 C, crumbled) and 1 C meringue cookies, crumbled.
- Ginger Peach Cobbler:
- Plump 1 C diced dried peaches in 3 T peach schnappes over low heat. Fold it in along with 1/2 C coarsely chopped pecan pralines or candied pecans and 1 c coarsely crumbled ginger snaps.
- Nutella:
- Stir in 1/4 C Nutella, 1 C crumbled Famous Chocolate Wafers and 1/2 cup roasted chopped hazelnuts.
- Turtle:
- Stir in 1/4 C caramel sauce, 1/2 C chopped pecan pralines or candied pecans and 1/w C chopped semi or bittersweet chocolate.
- Cookies and Coffee:
- Stir in 1 C crumbled refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough and 1 C crumbled chocolate chip cookies into slightly softened coffee ice cream.
- Mocha Latte:
- Stir in 1/2 C crushed chocolate covered espresso beans, 1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped to stiff peaks and 1 C crumbled Famous Chocolate Wafers into slightly softened coffee ice cream.
Crockpot Dog Food
By RossanaV
recipe from Dr. Vicki Chan
- 1 1/4 lbs organic chicken thighs, about 20% of total volume
- 1 bag organic sweet potatoes and 1 bag of organic potatoes of any other variety, rough chop. About 50% of total volume, approx. 2 cereal bowls
- 1 bag Trader Joe's organic carrots, rough chop, use entire bag for approx. 15% of total volume
- 1 bag organic celery, rough chop for 15% of total volume about 1 scant cereal bowl
- organic pumpkin puree
- organic black beans
Ground Beef and Vegetable Soup
By RossanaV
*Note: If you plan for this to simmer for a while, cook the pasta in a separate pot, rinse and set aside
- 1 pound ground beef
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 4 cups water
- 2 (1 ounce) packages dry onion soup mix
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 (16 ounce) package frozen mixed vegetables
- 3/4 cup uncooked elbow macaroni
Roasted Chicken and Corn Soup (TJ"s)
By RossanaV
all Trader Joe's ingredients
- 1 bag frozen cooked chicken tenders, chopped
- 2 cartons corn soup
- 1 bag frozen roasted corn
Zucchini Egg Bake
By RossanaV
In a large skillet, sauté the zucchini, onion and garlic in butter until tender; set aside
- 3 cups peeled, chopped zucchini
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup butter
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
- 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh basil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh marjoram
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Chocolate Pumpkin Bundt Cake
By RossanaV
You don't have to have pumpkin pie to still enjoy pumpkin and spice in a Thanksgiving dessert
- For Cake:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup nonfat buttermilk
- 1 15-ounce can unsweetened pumpkin puree
- 3/4 cup dark brown sugar packed
- 1 large egg at room temperature
- 1 large egg white at room temperature
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- For Glaze & Garnish:
- 1/2 cup packed confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon nonfat buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons mini chocolate chips or toasted chopped nuts (see Tip)
Peppertrees Shortbread Cookies
By RossanaV
Peppertrees Inn Bed and Breakfast, Tucson, AZ
- 1/2 lb. butter
- 1 cup and 2 T sugar
- 1/2 pound margarine
- 1 t pure vanilla
- 4 cups flour