Hot Cocoa

Recipe By : Julie Gleitsmann
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Drinks

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1/2 c Sugar
1/4 c Hershey’s Cocoa
ds Salt
1/3 c Hot water
4 c milk (1 quart)
3/4 ts Vanilla extract
Miniature marshmallows or
Sweetened whipped cream (optional)

In medium saucepan, stir together sugar, cocoa and salt; stir in
water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture
comes to a boil. Boil and stir 2 minutes. Add milk; stirring
constantly, heat to serving temperature. Do Not Boil. Remove from
heat; add vanilla. Beat with rotary beater or whisk until foamy.
Serve topped with marshmallows or whipped cream, if desired. Five
8-oz. servings.

Variations: Add one of the following with the vanilla extract:

Spiced Cocoa: 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon and 1/8 teaspoon ground
nutmeg. Serve with cinnamon stick, if desired. Mint Cocoa: 1/2
teaspoon mint extract or 3 tablespoons crushed hard peppermint candy
or 2 to 3 tablespoons white creme de menthe. Serve with peppermint
candy stick, if desired. Citrus Cocoa: 1/2 teaspoon orange extract or
2 to 3 tablespoons orange liqueur. Swiss Mocha: 2 to 2-1/2 teaspoons
powdered instant coffee.

Cocoa au Lait: Omit whipped cream. Spoon 2 tablespoons softened
vanilla ice cream on top of each cup cocoa at serving time. Slim-Trim
Cocoa: Omit sugar. Combine cocoa, salt and water; substitute skim
milk. Proceed as above. With vanilla, stir in sugar substitute with
sweetening equivalence of 1/2 cup sugar. Canadian Cocoa: 1/2 teaspoon
maple extract.

Microwave Single Serving: In microwave-safe cup or mug, combine 1
heaping teaspoon Hershey’s Cocoa, 2 heaping teaspoons sugar and dash
salt. Add 2 teaspoons cold milk; stir until smooth. Fill cup with
milk. Microwave at HIGH (100%) 1 to 1-1/2 minutes or until hot. Stir
to blend; serve.

Hershey’s is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation .
Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens.

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Stuffed Shells

Recipe By : Mr. Food Cooks Like Mama
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time 0:15
Categories : Pasta

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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—Spaghetti Sauce— (my own recipe)
1 lb ground turkey — cooked
1 8 oz pkg mushrooms — sliced
1/2 c onions — chopped
1/2 c bell peppers — chopped
2 cloves garlic — minced
2 14.5 oz cans tomatoes — crushed
1 6 oz can tomato paste
1 tsp granulated sugar
3 tsps oregano
3 tsps basil
2 tsps salt
1 tsp black pepper
—Stuffing for Shells—
1 12 oz pkg jumbo pasta shells
1 24 oz pkg fat-free cottage cheese
3 c fat-free mozzarella cheese (I use Healthy Choice)
1/2 c fat-free Parmesan cheese (I use Weight Watchers)
2 egg whites
1 tbsp parsley
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper

To prepare spaghetti sauce, saute’ mushrooms, onions, peppers, and garlic
until tender. Then, add meat and cook until no pink remains. Drain. Stir in
undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, oregano, basil, salt, and pepper.
Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Cover; and simmer for 30 minutes. Then, set
aside. Preheat oven at 350. To prepare stuffing, bring water to a boil in a
large pot and add shells. Return to a boil, then continue cooking for 5 to
6 minutes more, or until shells are barely tender. Drain and set aside on
flat baking sheet (to prevent sticking). In a mixing bowl, combine cottage
cheese, 2 cups mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, egg whites, parsley,
salt, and pepper. Pour 1 cup of spaghetti sauce onto bottom of a 13 x 9 x
2″ pan. Fill each shell generously with chesse mixture, about 1 tablespoon
in each shell. Place filled shells in pan. Pour remaining spaghetti sauce
over each shell, then top with remaining mozzarella cheese. Bake for 45
minutes or until golden.

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Title: Fish and Mushrooms
Categories: Diabetic, Fish, Main dish, Vegetables
Yield: 4 servings

1 lg Onion; thinly sliced ds Salt;
1 tb Oil ds Pepper;
1 1/2 c Mushrooms; sliced thinly 1 Stack celery; sliced thin
1 lb Fish fillets; (cod, halibut 1 tb Soy sauce;
-sole) cut into 1″ slices 1 tb Dry sherry;

Preheat skillet (non-stick) and saute onion in oil. Add mushrooms and
saute about 2 minutes, stirring constantly, until mushrooms wilt.
Spread half of fillet slices on mushrooms; sprinkle with salt and
pepper; and remaining fillet; sprinkle these with salt and pepper.
Add celery, soy sauce, and sherry; cook gently, covered, for ten
minutes.

Food Exchange per serving: 1 VEGETABLE EXCAHNGE + 3 LEAN MEAT
EXCHANGES + 1 FAT EXCHANGE CAL: 200

Source: Recipes for Diabetics by Billie Little (1985 version)

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Title: Chocolate Soup
Categories: Diabetic, Chocolate, Side dishes, Soups/stews, Crockpot
Yield: 4 – 5 folks

1/2 c + 1 tb sugar;* (of course, we use low-fat)
-sugar sub may be used! 3 Slices bread;8
5 tb Flour; 1/4 c Stick butter;
2 tb Cocoa; -=OR=-
4 c Milk; 1/4 c Margarine;*

Combine sugar, flour and cocoa. Put under broiler and brown, stirring
frequently. Add a little milk until cramy. Heat the remainder of the
milk to boiling point. Slowly add a little until creamy. Heat the
remainder of the milk to boiling point. Slowly add the cold milk mix,
bring again to boiling point. Add vanilla and salt to taste (about
1/2 teaspoon vanilla and dash of salt). Cube the bread and fry
golden brown in the butter. Add the toasted bread at serving time.
Note: This is what you fix for your kids (even us big kids) on a cold
winter’s day. They (and we) love it for lunch.
(If the substitutions are made)
Food Exchange per serving: 1 LOW-FAT MILK EXCHANGES + 1 STARCH/BREAD
EXCHANGE + 1 FAT EXCHANGE

Source: The Ranch House Cookbook: Officers’ Wives’ Club Camp
Pendleton, Califorina

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Fresh Tagiatelle with Garlic, Rucola and Sundried Tomatoes

Recipe By : Molto Mario
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : New Text Import

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
6 cloves garlic — thinly sliced
18 sundried tomato halves — thinly sliced
1/4 cup dry white wine
1 pound fresh Tagliatelle — preferably homemade
2 bunches rucola, stemmed, washed spun dry — to yield 4C

In a 12-inch saute pan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add garlic and cook
until light golden brown. Add sundried tomato pieces and wine and remove
from heat. Drop tagliatelle into boiling water and cook until tender (about
1 minute). Drain pasta in colander and pour into pan with sundried tomatoes.
Return to heat and toss in the rucola, stir gently for about 30 seconds
until rucola is slightly wilted and serve immediately.

Yield: 4 servings

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Title: KOLACHE COOKIES
Categories: Cookies, Ethnic
Yield: 6 servings

2 c Flour
8 oz Cream cheese
1/2 lb Butter
1 Egg
2 ts Sugar
Nut Filling
1/2 lb Ground walnuts
1 Egg white, beaten
1 c Sugar or honey
1/2 ts Almond extract
1/2 ts Vanilla extract

Sift the flour and sugar together. Work in the butter,
cream cheese and egg. Knead together. And easy way to
do this is to put the dough inside a plastic bag –
much less messy! Let the dough stand in the
refrigerator overnight. About a half hour before
you’re ready to start making the cookies, put the
dough into the freezer.

For the filling, mix all of the above ingredients
together. You can also used canned poppy seed filling
(Solo brand) or an apricot or prune filling.

Spread flour and powdered sugar onto the surface where
you will be rolling the dough. Roll the dough out
thin. Cut into squares about 2 inches on each side.
It’s easiest to cut if you use a pizza cutter. Spread
a small amount of filling (1/2 to 1 tsp) from one
corner to the opposite corner. Don’t fill them too
much, or the filling will spill out when it is
cooking. Fold the two remaining corners to the center,
partially covering the filling. Wet your fingertip in
a small bowl of water, and seal the edge, or it may
open up during the cooking.

Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 13 minutes.

Makes 6 dozen small cookies.

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Title: SWEETENERS FOR VEGANS
Categories: Info/tips, Vegetarian
Yield: 1 servings

—————————ALTERNATIVE SWEETENERS—————————
Amazake
-(Rice culture sweetener)
Maple Syrup
Maple sugar
Brown date sugar
Molasses
Fructose
Date spread
Fruit sugar (unrefined)
Fruit butter
Fruit juice
Fruit concentrate
Fruit juice concentrate
Honeyleaf (setvia)
Natural raw Sugar (SUCANAT)tm
Sorghum
Barley malt powder syrup
Natural Granular sugar
(FRUITSOURCE tm)
Natural Liquid sweetener
(FRUITSOURCE tm)
Rice syrup

“SWEETENERS

The amount of sweetener called for in a recipe may be altered to suit
your own taste. if you like less sweetener, add less. A recipe can be made
sweetener by reducing the amount of flour by about 1/4-1/2 cup and adding
the same amount of granulated or powdered sweetener. Maple syrup or other
sweetener may be substituted for honey in most recipes from other books.
Fruit concentrates may be used in place of honey or maple syrup, in about
equal proportions.
Regular fruit juice may be used as a sole sweetening agent in some
recipes, with small variations in flavour. For example, if a recipe calls
for 2 cups maple syrup and 1 1/2 cups nut milk, use 3 1/2 cups of a thick
variety of peach or pear juice (other fruit juices are not sweet or as
light coloured.) There will be a slight change in flavour. If a recipe
using only fruit juice is not sweet enough, substitute 1/2 cup or so of one
of the recipe’s dry ingredients (like flour) with the same amount of
natural powdered or granulated sweetener.
When a recipe calls for a liquid sweetener, it is best to use maple
syrup, fruit concentrate or natural liquid sweetener for the best flavour.
if any other liquid sweeteners are used, the amount of sweetening must be
increased. Some sweeteners, like molasses or sorghum, can greatly change
the flavour of the recipe and must be experimented with.”

SOURCE: _Vegan Delights_ by Jeanne Marie Martin posted by Anne Maclellan

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Royal Icing

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Kid Stuff

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 egg whites
2 teaspoons water
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
3 cups confectioners’ sugar

Using an electric mixer on high, beat the egg whites, water and cream of
tartar until frothy. Gradually add the sugar and continue beating until the
mixture is of spreading consistency. You may need to add more sugar. The
icing should be firm enough to hold a soft peak. Cover with a damp towel to
prevent from drying out. May be stored in an airtight container for later
use.

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MARYETTA’S ITALIAN SAUSAGE BREAD

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breads

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 lb Italian sausage, sweet
1 1/4 c Water — lukewarm
1 t Salt
1 pk Dry active yeast
1 pn Saffron
1 tb Fennel seeds
4 c All-purpose flour — sifted
5 ts Olive oil
Cornmeal

If you think your sausage has too much fat, simmer in
shallow water in a frying pan, pricking the sausage
with a sharp knife to allow the fat to escape.

Combine the lukewarm water, salt, yeast, saffron, and
fennel seeds in a metal cup and maintain a lukewarm
temperature to keep the yeast active. Sift the flour
into a large bowl, and make a well in the center of
it. Pour in the yeast mixture and mix well (you will
have to use your hands). Knead the dough until smooth
and elastic (about 10 minutes), then pour the oil over
the dough and knead until no longer sticky (about 5
minutes). Place in a large bowl, cover with a towel,
and put in a warm place until it doubles in size.
(Press the dough with your fingertips; if they leave a
stubborn imprint, it has risen enough.)

When the rising time is almost over, presoak a clay
pot, top and bottom, for 15 minutes.

Roll the dough out to a thickness of 1/4 inch. Place
the sausages (about 5) on top of the dough, wrap each
in its own pocket, and pinch the ends closed. Place
each pocket side by side to form one loaf. Trim a
piece of aluminum foil, cover the bottom of the bottom
of the presoaked pot and sprinkle with cornmeal. Add
the dough to the pot and put lid on, then put the
covered pot in a warm place and let the dough rise
until doubled in size (about 60 minutes).

Cover the pot and place it in a cold oven.

Set the oven temperature at 450 degrees F.

Bake for 45 minutes, then check the bread and let it
continue baking, uncovered, in the oven to brown for
an additional 15 minutes (total cooking time about 60
minutes). The bread will be done when a finger thump
on the loaf’s surface sounds hollow.

Allow the bread to sit for 15 to 20 minutes before
serving.

NOTE: This recipe can be safely doubled, but use 2
pots for cooking.

Source: “The Clay-Pot Cookbook” by Georgia MacLeod
Sales and Grover Sales

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CHEF FREDDY’S STRAWBERRY-GLAZED FRUIT TART

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Desserts Fruits
Kooknet

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 qt Strawberrys [cleaned
halved]
1 cn Pineapple chunks [drained]
16 oz (jar) Strawberry glaze
1 9″ shortbread pie shell
1 tb Cinnamon/sugar

1) Prepare the pie shell according to the
directions, for baking… and sprinkle with « tb of
the cinnamon sugar before baking.

2) In a large bowl toss together the fruit slices
and chunks, and chill while the pie shell cools, then
fold in the glaze…

3) Add the fruit mix to the pie shell being
carefull not to over fill it then sprinkle the
additional cinnamon/sugar over the top…

4) Chill for at least 1 hour and preferably
overnight, top with whipped cream or your other
desired topping and serve cold…

Source: loosly adapted from a recipe found in
Cyber-space Formatted to MM format by Fred Goslin in
Chef Freddy’s Kitchen @ Cyberealm Bbs, home of
KookNet, in Watertown NY @ (315) 786-1120

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