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Pesto Chicken Quesadilla
By Stina
Try these easy quesadillas with a spin of basil pesto!
- 8 6-inch flour tortillas
- 4 tablespoons basil pesto
- 1 cup shredded cooked chicken
- 1 cup packed fresh spinach leaves
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Beer Battered Onion Rings
By Stina
Combine flour, salt, pepper, hot sauce, half-and-half, and beer in a large bowl and mix well
- 2 cups Flour
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 teaspoons Pepper
- 2 teaspoons Hot Sauce
- 1 cup Half-and-half
- 1/4 cups Beer
- 2 whole Large Onions, Sliced
- Canola Oil, Or Frying
Applebee's Steakhouse Salad
By Stina
Begin grilling steak to desired doneness
- 1 (1 pound) sirloin steak
- 4 to 5 romaine lettuce leaves
- 3/4 pound chopped romaine lettuce
- 5 ounces Blue Cheese Vinaigrette Dressing
- 4 slices tomato
- 4 slices red onion rings
- 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese
Cannoli Cream Dessert
By Stina
Directions Stir together ricotta cheese, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla and almond extracts in a bowl until smo...
- 1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/4 cup canned peach slices, drained and chopped
- 2 tablespoons grated semi-sweet chocolate
Whole Roasted Chicken with Homemade Tapenade
By Stina
I like to roast my chicken in the oven and then rest it, breast side down, so the juices flow back through the drye...
- 1 whole chicken, about 3 1/2 to 4 pounds, gutted
- Kosher salt
- 1 lemon
- 4 to 5 thyme sprigs, for stuffing chicken
- 6 ounces or 3/4 cup pitted, green olives, plus more for stuffing chicken
- 6 ounces or 3/4 cup pitted black olives, preferably oil-cured, plus more for stuffing chicken
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 shallot, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 to 2 teaspoons whiskey (recommended: Jack Daniels)
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus 2 tablespoons if needed
- 2 to 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- Sea salt
Light Wheat Rolls
By Stina
Directions In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water
- 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
- 1 3/4 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
Roasted Tomato Salsa
By Stina
TIP: For easier removal of the pepper skins: as soon as you take them out from under the broiler, place them into a...
- 1 pound tomatoes
- 1 jalapeno pepper (remove seeds to make the salsa mild)
- 1 serrano pepper
- 2 unpeeled garlic cloves
- 1/3 cup diced white onion
- 1/4 cup cilantro
- 2 tablespoons lemon or lime juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Pizza Pockets
By Stina
Directions Heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in a medium-sized, heavy skillet
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounces Italian turkey sausage
- 1 cup tightly-packed arugula (about 1 ounce)
- 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan, plus 1/4 cup
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 (13.5-ounce) package of store-bought pizza crust (recommended: Pillsbury)
- All-purpose flour, for rolling out pizza dough
- 1 egg, beaten (for egg wash)
- 1 1/2 cups marinara sauce, store-bought or homemade
Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake
By Stina
Wrap outside bottom and sides of a 9-inch spring-form pan with heavy-duty aluminum foil
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 cups crushed chocolate sandwich cookies
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 16 ounces cream cheese
- 2 cups Daisy Brand Sour Cream
- 4 eggs
- 3 1-ounce squares sweet baking chocolate , melted and cooled
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Ruth's Chris Creamed Spinach
By Stina
In small saucepan, melt the 1/2 cup butter over medium heat until foamy
- Bechamel Sauce:
- 1/2 C. butter
- 1/4 C. all-purpose flour
- 2 T. chopped onion
- 1 clove
- 1 small bay leaf
- 1/4 t. salt
- 2 C. half-and-half or whole milk
- Spinach:
- 1 lb. fresh spinach, well cleaned and stemmed
- salt and fresh pepper, to taste
- 2 T. butter, softened