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Fresh Basil and Navy Bean Soup
By jkenb
1. In a 4-quart Dutch oven bring broth to boiling
- 4 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 4 ounces dried medium shell pasta (1 1/3 cups)
- 1 14 1/2 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)
- 1 15 ounce can navy beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup chopped cooked chicken breast
- 1 cup fresh arugula
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- Kalamata olives
- Parmesan cheese
Rebecca’s Salsa Mexicana
By jkenb
Place the onion in a strainer, rinse with hot water, and drain
- 2 tablespoons finely diced white onion
- 8 roma tomatoes diced
- 2 Serrano chilies, finely diced with seeds
- 2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
Peach Sundaes with Bourbon-Pecan Sauce
By jkenb
1. Place lemon juice in medium bowl
- o 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- o 3 large firm ripe peaches (about 1 1/4 pounds)
- o 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter
- o 1/2 cup firmly packed golden brown sugar
- o 3 tablespoons whipping cream
- o 1/2 cup toasted pecan pieces
- o 1 tablespoon bourbon
- o 1 pint vanilla ice cream
Sandra’s Caramel Pecan Pie
By jkenb
• In a small heavy saucepan, combine the caramels, water and butter
- 36 • 36 caramels (I use about 2 cups of caramel bits; can't find wrapped caramel)
- 1/4 • 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 • 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 3 • 3 eggs
- 3/4 • 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 • 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/3 • 1-1/3 cups chopped pecans, toasted
- 1 • 1 unbaked deep-dish pastry shell (9 inches)
- • Pecan halves, optional
Stuffed Peppers
By jkenb
1. Place sausage in a large, deep skillet
- 1/3 • 1/3 cup ground Italian sausage
- 1 • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 • 3/4 tablespoon garlic salt
- 3 • 3 tablespoons grated Romano cheese
- 1 • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 • 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/3 • 1/3 cup Italian-style dry bread crumbs
- 1 • 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 6 • 6 Hungarian (Banana Peppers) hot peppers, cored and seeded
BLT Soup
By jkenb
Coarsely crumble bacon and set aside
- 8 slices crisply cooked bacon
- 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
- 14 1/2 ounce can chicken broth
- 15 ounce can white beans (cannelloni or navy)
- 1 1/2 tabelspoon Italian Seasoning
- 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 cup shredded leaf lettuce
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh basil leaves
Cod with Citrus Chili Glaze
By jkenb
1. Set a steamer in a wok or pot with 2 in
- 1/2 cup sake (rice wine)
- 1/4 cup mirin (sweet sake)
- 2 stalks lemongrass, outer layers removed
- 3 tablespoons chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- Juice and zest of 1 orange
- Juice and zest of 1 lime
- 1/4 cup sweet Asian chili sauce*
- 4 quarter-size slices fresh ginger
- 4 pieces (4 oz. each) Pacific cod*
- Cooked brown rice
- 1/2 cup cilantro sprigs
Barbebue Sauce
By jkenb
Simmer Dump all this stuff into pan on stove now approaching a simmer if you have been quick, and if you rinsed ou...
- Mix in a large bowl:
- Wet Stuff
- 3 - 24 ounce bottle of ketchup (catsup)
- Use the plastic ones, we will refill after making sauce.
- Fill with hot water, swoosh around and dump contents into bowl. (or use Grapette - see notes).
- Pour in plain ole cheap vinegar. "THE" recipe calls for just less than a quart, do not sweat this. use anywhere from a pint to a quart, strangely, this amount has scant effect on final product.
- Put "wet stuff' in a LARGE pan, put heat on "high"
- by the time it is approaching a boil, you will have "dry stuff' prepared.
- Dry Stuff:
- Since you dumped wet stuff out of bowl, why not use for 'dry'?
- Into bowl, dump:
- 1 - 4 ounce can of chili powder
- 1 - 4 ounce can of black pepper
- 1 - 4 ounce can of garlic salt (SALT, NOT garlic powder!!!)
- 1/2 cup - sugar (is the ORIGINAL amount, why not TRY that, and adjust to your very own taste after 'brewing' mess up...likewise with Tabasco. See below)
- 1 - small Tabasco (anywhere from 1 to 4 ounces..start with about 1 oz...you can 'play' to taste after whole mess is completed.
- 1 - small mustard (size of an apple, just regular ole smear on a hotdog yeller mustard)
- Stir
- ...btw, easier to put the mustard in last, and just swirl around till it looks like chocolaty brown tar.
Potato Corn Ham Chowder
By jkenb
Combine potatoes and onion in soup pot
- 6 -8 new potatoes, cubed
- 1/4 onions, diced
- 1 cup carrots, sliced
- 1 cup celery, diced
- 1/2 lb cubed ham
- 1 (8 3/4 ounce) bags frozen corn
- chicken broth
- water
- milk
- 1/2 loaf Velveeta cheese, cubed
- salt and pepper
Cucumber salad
By jkenb
Mix cucumbers, onions, peppers and salt; set aside Put vinegar, sugar, celery seed and mustard seed in a pot and br
- 7-cups unpeeled pickling cucumbers sliced thin (about 7 large dills)
- 1-cup sliced onions
- 1-cup sliced bell peppers
- 1-tbsp salt
- 1-cup white vinegar
- 1-tsp sugar
- 1-tsp celery seed
- 1-tsp mustard seed