3 cups water
1-1/2 cups great northern beans
1-1/2 cups small kidney beans (chili beans)
1 or 2 large ripe tomatoes
steamed swiss chard (red)
bay leaf

soak bean overnight, drain.
put beans, water, and bay leaf in pressure cooker.
Cook for 10 minutes at high.
Quick-release steam by putting cooker under cold water
chop tomatoes and swiss chard and gently mix with beans

enjoy over rice, pasta, or by itself.

you can probably substitute spinach for the chard.

FIG CHERRY COBBLER

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 5 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Desserts Fruits

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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16 California dried figs
1 No.2 can pie cherries
1 t Cinnamon
2 tb Cake flour
1 c Sugar
3 tb Butter — melted
Biscuit dough

With scissors, snip off fig stems, and cut figs into small bits. In a
pudding dish, combine figs, cherries and their syrup. Mix cinnamon, cake
flour and sugar together and stir into fruit. Melt butter and stir into
fruit. Make half the amount of your favorite biscuit recipe – or use
biscuit mix – and be sure to add 1 Tbsp. sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon and 3
Tbsps. more milk than the recipe calls for. Drop biscuit dough from a
teaspoon onto the fruit. Bake in a hot oven (450 F.) for 6 minutes, then
lower heat to moderate (350 F.) for about 20 minutes or until cobbler is
bubbly and biscuits are quite done. Serves 5 or 6. Extra good when
served with top milk or cream flavored with cinnamon, vanilla and
generously sweetened.

Source: 48 Family Favorites with California Figs
Reprinted with the permission of The California Fig Advisory Board
Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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New England Clam Chowder

Recipe By : Molly Walsh
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : American Soups Stocks

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 cans clams
2 large potatoes — diced
1/4 cup butter
1 small Maui onion — chopped
2 cups half and half
salt and pepper — to taste
Sherry — optional

Drain clams; reserve liquid. Saute onions in butter. Add potatoes
and clam juice and cook until tender. Add clams, half and half and
sherry. Heat and season. Do NOT boil. Yield: 4 servings.

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Chunky Chicken Chili

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Poultry Chili

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 pound Chicken breast meat — cut
bite-sized pieces
1 cup Onion — chopped
1/2 cup Celery — sliced
1/2 cup Carrots — sliced
2 Cloves garlic — minced
1 cup Fresh tomato salsa — (see following recip
28 ounces Can tomatoes
28 ounces Can water
3 teaspoons Chili powder
1/2 teaspoon Cumin
1/3 Bag garbanzo beans (soaked)
1 Green pepper — chopped
4 Chicken boullion cubes
<<>>
2 cans Chicken broth — salt/pepper to taste

Brown chicken, onions, garlic. Add all tomatoes, water, and beans and simmer 30
min. Add all other ingredients and simmer until beans and vegetables are
tender.

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Garbanzo Stew

Recipe By : Eat More, Weigh Less
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Entree Freezable
Stovetop Quick
Indian

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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4 c vegetable stock
1 c garbanzo beans — soaked overnight
1 c onion — diced
1 c tomatoes — diced
1 tbsp fresh ginger — minced
2 tsps ground coriander
1 tsp garlic — minced
1/4 tsp ground cumin
fresh ground pepper — to taste
salt — to taste
1 tsp lime juice
1 tbsp parsley — chopped

Combine stock and garbanzo beans, bring to a boil and simmer covered about an
hour, until tender. Reserve 1 c. liquid when drain. In large saucepan, combine
garbanzos, reserved liquid, onion, tomato, ginger, coriander, garlic and
cumin. Bring to a boil and simmer covered 20 minutes. Season to taste with
salt and pepper. Garnish with lime juice and chopped parsley.

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Per serving: 368 Calories; 7g Fat (17% calories from fat); 17g Protein; 62g
Carbohydrate; 2mg Cholesterol; 1820mg Sodium

Title: Apple Crescents
Categories: Desserts
Yield: 12 servings

MMMMM————————–CRESCENT——————————-
1 tb Yeast
1/2 c Milk, body temperature
1/2 c Butter
1/8 c Maple syrup
1 Egg
1 ts Lemon rind
2 c Whole wheat pastry flour

MMMMM————————–FILLING——————————-
1 c Diced green apples
1/3 c Dates, diced
1/4 c Butter

Dissolve yeast in warm milk; set aside. Melt together butter and
maple syrup; let cool; add egg, lemon rind, flour, and yeast mixture.
Mix together until you have a dough. Refrigerate overnight. Roll
dough into 9″ circles, one for each 4 rolls; cut each circle into 4
pie-shaped wedges.

Cut together apples, dates and butter. Spread fruit mixture over
dough wedges. Roll up each crescent, beginning at the wide end.
Place on unoiled cookie sheets, turning ends to form crescent shape;
let rise to double in size, about 2 1/2 hours. Bake at 350 degrees
10-15 minutes until golden brown.

MMMMM

Curried Penne with Shrimp

Recipe By : 365 Easy One-Dish Meals
Serving Size : 3 Preparation Time :0:30
Categories : Pasta* Main courses, fish*
Quick dishes*

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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8 ounces penne
1 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon Madras curry powder
2 scallions — chopped
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 pound cooked medium shrimp — shelled deveined*

* Can also use cooked chicken.

In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook penne until tender but still firm,
10-12 minutes; drain well.
Return pasta to pot.
Add cream, curry powder, and scallions.
Cook over medium heat, tossing gently, 8-10 minutes, until thickened slightly.
Stir in lemon juice and shrimp; heat through.
Serve topped with a sprinkling of grated Parmesan cheese, if desired.

Serves 2 very generously.

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NOTES : Serve with Pineapple-Apple Slaw.

Pico De Gallo (Dupree)

Recipe By : Nathalie Dupree’s Pantry, TVFN
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:30
Categories : Dupree

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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3 plum tomatoes — coarsely chopped
1/2 red onion — finely chopped
4 green onions — chopped
1 shredded carrot — optional
(opt)
1/2 cup black olives, chopped — optional
2 jalapeno peppers — seeded and chopped
6 garlic cloves — peeled and chopped
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1/4 cup grated lime peel
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper

In a large bowl, mix together the tomatoes, red onion, green onion, carrot,
olives, jalapeno peppers, garlic, parsley, cilantro, lime juice, lime peel,
and salt and pepper to taste. Let sit 2 hours before serving to allow the
flavors to marry. Makes 2 cups

Nathalie Dupree’s Everyday Meals from the Well-Stocked Pantry

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Banana Muffins (From Triple Muffin Mix) – Lighter

Recipe By : Kim in Huntsville
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories :
Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 egg
1/4 cup applesauce, unsweetened
3/4 cup bananas — mashed
1 1/2 cups Triple Muffin Mix

Combine egg, oil and bananas. Stir in muffin mix. Spoon into greased
muffin cups and bake @ 350 for 20 – 25 minutes.

Per muffin:

242.4 calories
1.3 grams fat (.4 grams saturated fat)
4.8% of calories from fat

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Cappuccino-Pistachio Shortbread

Recipe By : Gold Medal, The Best of Holiday Baking
Serving Size : 32 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 envelope cappuccino coffee mix — 0.77-ounce
1 tablespoon water
3/4 cup butter or margarine — softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup pistachio nuts — chopped
1 ounce semisweet chocolate
1 teaspoon shortening

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Dissolve the coffee in water in a medium
bowl. Stir in the margarine and powdered sugar. Stir in the flour and 1/2
cup pistachios, using your hands if necessary, until a stiff dough forms.
Divide the dough in half. Shape each half into a ball. Pat each ball into
a 6-inch round, about 1/2-inch thick, on a lightly floured surface. Cut
each round into 16 wedges. Arrange the wedges on an ungreased cookie sheet
about 1/2 inch apart with the pointed ends toward the center. Bake for
about 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Immediately remove from the
cookie sheet. Cool completely on wire racks. Place the remaining 1/2 cup
pistachios in a small dish. Place the chocolate and shortening in a small
microwavable bowl. Microwave uncovered on medium power for 3 to 4 minutes,
stirring after 2 minutes, until the mixture can be stirred smooth and is
drizzling consistency. Dip one edge of each cookie into the chocolate,
then into the nuts. Place on waxed
paper until the chocolate is firm. Nutrition Analysis: 100 calories, 1g
protein, 10g carbohydrate, 6g fat, 0mg cholesterol, 55mg sodium.

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