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Crockpot Caramelized Onions
By Stuart
Easy way to caramelize onions
- 3 lbs Texas 1015, Vidalia, or other sweet onions, or yellow onions, peeled and cut into 1/4 inch thick slices.
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) butter or 4
- tablespoons olive oil.
- Freshly ground pepper, to taste.
- Salt, to taste.
Sicilian Sweet-Sour Seafood Sauté
By Stuart
This is so typical of the fast and piquant dishes you find all over the southern Italian seacoast regions, especial...
- Cook's Note: Honey can replace the sugar, and hot red pepper flakes could stand in for the fresh chile.
- Good tasting extra-virgin olive oil
- 12 ounces firm fish fillets (see Tips below for suggested choices)
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 medium red onion, sliced thin
- 3 fresh basil leaves, torn
- 5 fresh spearmint leaves, torn
- 1 fresh Italian hot pepperoncino, or jalapeño chile, minced
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
Elegant Mashed Potatoes with Blue Cheese
By Stuart
This is a very simple but very tasty side dish
- 1 (1 lb, 4oz) package refrigerated mashed potatoes. (Use Simply Fresh brand refrigerated).
- 1/2 cup reduced-fat sour cream.
- 1/4 cup (2oz) crumbled blue cheese.
- Black pepper to taste.
Roasted Sweet and Sour Onions
By Stuart
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- 4 medium onions, unpeeled.
- 3 tablespoons Sherry wine vinegar.
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice.
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sweet vermouth or sweet Sherry.
- 1/2 cup dried currants.
- 2 tablespoons olive oil.
- 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted.
Avocado Pie
By Stuart
No one will believe that this pie is made from avocados
- 2 large, ripe avocados
- 1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk.
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup key lime juice (to taste)
- 1 (8 to 9 inch) graham cracker pie crust.
- Lightly sweetened whipped cream.
Southeast Asian Rice Noodles with Calamari and Herbs
By Stuart
Cold noodle dishes are a great way to cool off, and since both calamari and rice-stick noodles require little cooki...
- 1 pound cleaned squid, bodies cut into 1/3-inch-thick rings and tentacles halved
- 8 ounces 1/8-inch-wide dried rice-stick noodles (rice vermicelli)
- 6 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon Asian fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes
- 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 Kirby cucumber, sliced into thin half-moons
- 2 scallions, thinly sliced
- 1 cup mixed coarsely chopped herbs such as mint, basil, and cilantro
Molasses Cookies
By Stuart
In a medium bowl, mix together the melted margarine, 1 cup sugar, and egg until smooth
- 3/4 cup margarine, melted
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 cup white sugar
Balsamic Marinade for Lamb Chops
By Stuart
Marinade several hours
- 1 cup inexpensive balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup roasted garlic puree
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Hot Dogs
By Stuart
Preheat a grill for direct cooking
- HOISIN HAWT DAWGS
- 1/2 cup hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 8 hot dogs
Sweet, Sour and Spicy Meatloaf
By Stuart
Zest Factor: Hot
- For the sweet and sour glaze:
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 onion, minced
- 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored,
- seeded and grated
- salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 pounds ground beef
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1 Thai chile, stemmed, seaded and
- minded
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon white vinger
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 cup chili sauce, such as Heinz
- 1/4 cup cola
- juice of 1/2 lemon