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Painted White Chocolate Bark
By MaryEllen
Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper
- 1 /2 cup blue candy melting wafers
- 1 /2 cup pink candy melting wafers
- 1 /2 cup green candy melting wafers
- 1 /2 cup yellow candy melting wafers
- One 12-ounce bag white chocolate chips
Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Donuts GF
By MaryEllen
These gluten-free donuts will make your kitchen smell just like a bakery
- 1 cup white rice flour, more for dusting work surface
- 1/2 cup tapioca starch/flour
- 1/2 cup potato starch (not potato flour)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or non-hydrogenated shortening, room temperature
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sour cream of choice
- Canola oil, for frying
- Gluten-Free Glaze
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk of choice
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Shrimp Fried Rice
By MaryEllen
This healthy shrimp fried rice recipe is packed with vegetables and makes 4 generous servings, so you’ll need to ...
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup instant brown rice
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce (see Tips)
- 4 teaspoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
- 4 teaspoons canola oil, divided
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 8 ounces peeled and deveined raw small shrimp (51-60 per pound; see Tips)
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
- 4 cups stringless snap peas (12 ounces)
- 1 medium red bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 medium carrots, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
- 4 scallions, chopped
Apple Crisp
By MaryEllen
Reviews 5 stars - This came from the Betty Crocker Cookbook for Girls and Boys, my first cookbook! It has become a
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 4 cup apple, sliced
- TOPPING
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/3 cup margarine
- Servings: 4
Salmon Patties
By MaryEllen
1. Drain and flake the salmon
- 1 16 oz. can salmon
- 2 egg
- 2 Tbs onion, chopped fine
- 1 tsp Emeril's Essence
- 3 Tbs butter
- Servings: 3
- Nutrition Facts
- Serving size: 1/3 of a recipe (7.2 ounces).
- Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet.
- Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients. One of the recipe's ingredients was not linked. This ingredient is not included in the recipe nutrition data.
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 362.35
- Calories From Fat (59%) 213.06
- % Daily Value
- Total Fat 23.92g 37%
- Saturated Fat 10.63g 53%
- Cholesterol 254.12mg 85%
- Sodium 880.35mg 37%
- Potassium 547.22mg 16%
- Total Carbohydrates 0.94g <1%
- Fiber 0.09g <1%
- Sugar 0.55g
- Protein 34.08g 68%
- Reviews
- 4 stars - Nice change - ME 1/24/2007
Golden Pumpkin Drops
By MaryEllen
Cream shortening; add sugar and beat
- 2/3 cup shortening
- 1 1/4 cups sugar (not brown)
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 cup pumpkin
- 1/2 cup flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 3/4 cup raisins
- 3/4 cup chopped nuts
- Glaze
- 2 tablespoons soft butter
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
BLT Cheesy Mac for Two
By MaryEllen
This macaroni and cheese is for the grownups, just the 2 of you; let the kids have the stuff from the blue box
- 8 oz. dry elbow macaroni
- 4 strips bacon, diced
- 2 T. minced shallots
- 3 T. all-purpose flour
- 1/4 c. + 2 T. dry white wine like a Riesling, divided
- 1-1/2 c. 2% or whole milk, warmed
- 4 oz. sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
- 2 oz. smoked Gouda cheese, shredded
- 1/2 t. Dijon mustard
- Tabasco sauce to taste
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 4 T. Panko breadcrumbs
- 3 T. butter, melted
- 1 medium Roma tomato, seeded, diced
- 2 T. fresh parsley, chopped fine
Gnocchi with Bacon Cream Sauce, GF
By MaryEllen
Amazingly tender gnocchi are bathed in two of the best things in the world: bacon and cream, then sprinkled with ch...
- 1 lb gnocchi GF
- Water enough to fill a large pot
- 4 strips smoked bacon chopped
- 2 cloves garlic pressed or minced
- 2 egg yolks beaten well
- 1/4 cup milk or cream
- 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Dried parsley and more parmesan to garnish
Southwest Quinoa Cakes
By MaryEllen
This healthy quinoa cake recipe is packed with protein from the black beans, eggs, cottage cheese and quinoa
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup quinoa, preferably red quinoa
- 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup canned black beans, rinsed
- 3/4 cup reduced-fat cottage cheese
- 1/4 cup sliced scallions
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, plus a pinch, divided
- 1 cup shredded pepper Jack cheese
- 1 14-ounce can fire-roasted diced tomatoes
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 small chipotle pepper in adobo sauce (see Tip)
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 avocado, chopped
Aunt Dorothy's Potatoes
By MaryEllen
1. Peel and grate potatoes with coarse grater in 7x11 Pyrex dish
- 8 baking potatoes, boiled with skins
- 1 pint sour cream
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- 1/3 cup green onions, sliced
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, grated
- 3/4 stick butter
- 1 cup corn flakes
- Servings: 10
- Reviews
- 5 stars - A family favorite! - ME 1/21/2007