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Fast roast-chicken dinner
By franny-2
You'll love our new take on this family favourite
- 6 * 6 skin-on or skinless bone-in chicken thighs
- 1 * 1 sweet potato
- * Generous pinches dried basil and oregano leaves
- 2 * 2 peppers, preferably yellow and red, or 1 zucchini
- * Tzatziki
Warm Cheese Dip in a Bread Bowl
By franny-2
The famous "dump method"
- 1 container onion and chive or herb and garlic cream cheese
- 1 c. sour cream
- 1/2 c. hellmans mayonaise
- 2 tbsp. worcestershire sauce
- 1 pkg. sliced mushrooms, fried
- bacon - as much as you like, cooked and crumbled
- handful of crispy fried onions
- 1/2 pkg (340g) cheese cut into small cubes
- 1 round bread loaf hollowed out
- crackers
Cheddar 'n' bacon stuffed chicken breasts
By franny-2
Many of us always have cheddar on hand
- 4 * 4 oz (125 g) cheddar cheese
- 4 * 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 1 * 1 tbsp (15 mL) bacon bits
- 1/4 * 1/4 tsp (1 mL) dried tarragon
- 1/2 * 1/2 tsp (2 mL) paprika
- * generous pinch of salt
- 1 * 1 tbsp (15 mL) garlic butter, or 1 tbsp (15 mL) butter and 1 tsp (5 mL) bottled chopped garlic
- 1/4 * 1/4 cup (50 mL) apple juice or chicken broth
Smokin’ Chicken Burger
By franny-2
1. In a large skillet, melt 3 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat
- 6 * 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 * 1 pound white mushrooms, finely chopped
- * Salt and pepper
- 3/4 * 3/4 pound ground chicken
- 6 * 6 slices bacon, cut in half crosswise
- 2 * 2 onions, thinly sliced
- 1 * 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 * 1 cup red wine
- 1 * 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 4 * 4 kaiser rolls, split
Italian Meatball Subs
By franny-2
Be a hero when you serve zesty beef/pork meatballs on big rolls to kick off the weekend
- 1/2 lb. ground beef
- 1/2 lb. bulk Italian pork sausage
- 1/4 cup Progresso® Plain Bread Crumbs
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 egg
- 1 (15-oz.) can pizza sauce
- sub buns or 2 cans (11 oz each) Pillsbury® refrigerated crusty French loaf
- 4 oz. (1 cup) shredded mozzarella cheese
Creamy Gorgonzola chicken
By franny-2
Is it possible to create a dish that's creamy and cheesy but has less than 500 calories? You bet! If you start with...
- 10 * 10 oz (284 mL) can undiluted half-fat cream of mushroom soup
- 2 * 2 tsp (10 mL) Dijon mustard
- 1 * 1 tsp (5 mL) dried sage leaves
- 8 * 8 oz (250 g) pkg sliced button mushrooms, about 4 cups (1 L)
- 4 * 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 1 * 1 cup (250 mL) frozen peas
- 2 * 2 tbsp (30 mL) crumbled Gorgonzola or blue cheese
Warm Fruit Spice Cake With Brûléed Topping
By franny-2
A wedge of spicy apple cake with a warm buttery-nut topping is the perfect note to wind up a cold-weather dinner pa...
- CAKE
- 2 medium-size apples
- 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) each of granulated and light brown sugars or 1 cup (250 mL) granulated sugar
- 2 tsp (10 mL) baking powder
- 1/2 tsp (2 mL) baking soda
- 1 1/2 . tsp (7 mL) cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp (2 mL) each of nutmeg, ginger, allspice and salt
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) butter, at room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) milk
- TOPPING
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) light brown sugar
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) all-purpose fl our
- 1/4 tsp (1 mL) salt
- 3/4 cup (175 mL) coarsely chopped
- 1/4 whole blanched almonds
- 1/4 cup (50 mL) melted butter
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) water
Peanut Butter, M&M, Pretzel Bars
By franny-2
Preheat the oven to 350°
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- One 12-ounce bag semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 1/2 cups mini pretzels, coarsely chopped
- 1 1/2 cup M&M’s
Spicy Pulled-Beef Sandwiches
By franny-2
Smoked paprika has smooth natural smokiness from roasting over oak logs and is startlingly different from everyday ...
- 2 ½ to 3 lbs (1.25 to 1.5 kg) round roast or cross-rib pot roast
- 2 to 3 tbsp (25 to 45 mL) canola or peanut oil
- 2 large yellow cooking onions, thinly sliced
- 2 large green peppers, thinly sliced
- 2 large garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) smoked hot paprika
- ¼ cup (50 mL) all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp (45 mL) tomato paste
- 2 to 2 ½ cups (500 to 625 mL) beef stock or broth
- Salt to taste
- Sour Cream
- Sweet onions, thinly sliced
- 8 to 10 ciabata or crostini rolls or whole-wheat pita pockets
PECAN BOURBON CARROT CAKE
By franny-2
Chock full of bourbon-soaked raisins and studded with toasty pecans, this mile-high belle is sure to seduce even th...
- 4 cups (1 L) grated carrot
- 3/4 cup (175 mL) golden raisins
- 1/3 cup (75 mL) bourbon, rum or orange juice
- 2 cups (500 mL) coarsely chopped pecans or almonds
- 2 1/2 cups (625 mL) all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) baking powder
- 1 tsp (5 mL) baking soda
- 1 tsp (5 mL) salt
- 1 1/2 tsp (7 mL) cinnamon
- 1 tsp (5 mL) nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp (2 mL) allspice
- 1 cup (250 mL) vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) brown sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp (10 mL) vanilla
- CREAM CHEESE ICING
- 2 pkgs (250 g each) regular cream cheese, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup (175 mL) butter, at room temperature
- 2 tbsp (25 mL) bourbon, rum or orange juice
- 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups (625 mL) sifted icing sugar
- GARNISH
- Whole pecan halves