ARTICHOKES WITH VINAIGRETTE

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Vegetables

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1/2 cup Vinegar
4 teaspoons Lemon juice
1 tablespoon Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Dry mustard
1/3 cup Olive oil
4 medium California artichokes — prepared and cooked
for whole — artichokes

(From the California Artichoke Advisry Board.) Combine vinegar, lemon
juice, sugar and mustard. Gradually add oil until blended. Serve with
cooked artichokes.

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Title: Orange Frosted Sour Cream Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 24 servings

2 c Sugar
2 Stick margarine
3 Eggs; beaten
1/2 pt Sour cream
4 c Flour
2 ts Double-acting baking powder
1 ts Baking soda
2 Oranges; juice, rind
3 tb Butter; softened
2/3 Powdered sugar
1 Orange; juice, rind
Milk

Recipe by: Jo Anne Merrill
Preparation Time: 0:25
Cream 2 cups sugar and 2 sticks butter (or margarine). Mix the dry
ingredients together. Add the 3 beaten eggs and sour cream, alternately
with the dry ingredients, to the butter mixture. Add juice and rind of 2
oranges and blend well.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake in preheated
400-degree oven for 8-10 minutes (check after 6 minutes).

ICING: Mix together last 4 ingredients (3 tbsp margarine, 2/3 box powdered
sugar, juice and rind of one orange and milk as needed for good spreading
consistency). Spread on cooled cookies.

Makes about 24 cookies.

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Date: Thu, 09 Dec 93 07:53:58 +0200
From: VSANNICE@WEIZMANN.weizmann.ac.il

CARROT CAKE

1 c apple sauce 3 c flour (you can use part whole wheat)
1 1/2 c sugar 2 t baking powder
substitute for 3 eggs 1 1/2 t baking soda
2 t vanilla 1/2 t salt
2 c shredded carrots 2 t cinnamon
1 c crushed pineapple, undrained wheat germ (for pan)

Mix dry ingredients together. Add wet ingredients and mix till blended. Do
not overmix. Lightly spray a 9"x13″ pan or a 10″ tube pan with vegetable
spray (i.e. Pam). Sprinkle with wheat germ. Spoon in cake batter. Bake
about an hour in a preheated 350 degree oven. A tube pan may take longer
than a rectangular one. Make sure you test for doneness.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, this cake is a bit heavy, but tastes
great! It also freezes very well.

SUNDAY’S BEEF PIE

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Main dish Casseroles
Hamburger

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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5 md Potatoes
1/4 c Butter (1/2 stick)
1/4 c Cream
1/4 c Milk
Salt (to taste)
Pepper (to taste)
1 tb Bacon drippings
2 lb Ground round
2 md Onions
1 Parsley sprig
1/4 c Shallots (chopped)
3 Garlic cloves (minced)
1 cn Mushrooms (chopped — sm. can)
2 ts Worcestershire sauce
2 tb Roux
1 c Boiling water
Salt (to taste)
Pepper (to taste)
1 Pie shell (9", unbaked)
1 c Cheddar cheese (sharp — gratd)

Boil, drain and mash potatoes. Add butter, cream, milk, salt and pepper.
Set aside.

In skillet, brown ground round in bacon drippings. Add remaining
ingredients except cheese and cook for 15 minutes or until mixture
thickens. Line pie crust with potatoes. Put in meat mixture and place
more potatoes on top. Sprinkle with cheese and bake about 20 minutes at
400 degrees.

SOURCE: 1979 Times-Picayune Recipe Contest Cookbook Typed for you by Nancy
Coleman

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Oatmeal Coconut Crisps

Recipe By : Phtt… (The best thing I got from my ex!)
Serving Size : 168 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Desserts Snacks

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 cups butter — softened
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
3 cups flour — sifted
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
6 cups quick-cooking oats
1 1/2 cups coconut

Cream together butter and sugars until fluffy. Stir in vanilla, then add
eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.

Sift together (I don’t, rather I just stir) flour, salt, and soda. Add to
creamed mixture. Stir in rolled oats and coconut (will be very stiff and
hard to do! Kitchen aid mixer with shield can handle the job and simplify
life!). Drop by teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart on well-greased baking
sheet.

Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes. Cool on rack.

Makes at least 14 dozen if you use tablespoon, I use teaspoon for smaller
cookie…the better to stuff one whole into your mouth.

Changes…divide dough into thirds, add 1/3 cup coconut to 1/3, add 1/3 cup
of raisins to 1/3, and 1/3 chopped nuts to 1/3. Or do Larry’s favorite and
add 1/3 cup chocolate chips to one or more of the thirds in addition!

Or (boring, like the originator of the recipe, his way of fixing…I added
all the other options!!) can omit the coconut and add NOTHING!!

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GREEN GARLIC SOUP AU GRATIN

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 2 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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8 Stalks Green Garlic
1 tb Olive Oil
1 tb Butter
2 tb Butter, plus
2 ts Butter
8 sl Day-old Bread
1 1/4 c Beef Broth
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Ground Black Pepper
1/2 c Parmesean Cheese, grated

Remove and discard upper third of garlic stalks;
(green leaf ends) thinly slice bulb. Heat olive oil
and 1 tb butter until beginning to foam. Add garlic;
saute 1-2 minutes. Reduce heat, cover tightly, and
cook 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally. SPread
bread with 2 tb butter; oven toast until lightly
golden. Add broth to garlic, season with salt and
pepper and bring to a boil. Ladle into 2 oven-proof
serving bowls; cover with toasted bread and top with
cheese. Dot each with a teaspoon of butter. Bake at
450øF for 10 minutes, until cheese has melted and
begun to turn golden.

Per Serving: Calories: 645, Protein: 23g,
Carbohydrates: 48g, Fat: 40g, Saturated Fat: 20g,
Cholesterol: 79mg, Sodium: 1,466mg, Fiber: 3g.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle Typed by Katherine
Smith Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY 315-786-1120

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Every single day in the United States, 50 million hot dogs are eaten.
This amounts to about 80 hot dogs per person per year.

The traditional hot dog is precooked, smoked sausage made of selected
meat trimmings and seasonings. Meat by-products and mechanically
deboned meat may be used in their production. Subject to federal
quality controls, they must be listed on the label when used, just as
the more commonly used meats must be. Hot dogs may also contain up
to 3.5 percent non-meat binders, such as nonfat dry milk, cereal,
dried whole milk, or 2 percent isolated soy protein. These binders
must also be distinctly labeled.

Sodium nitrite, a preservative, is added to maintain natural meat
color and impart the distinctive, cured meat flavor. The United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) permits 200 parts per million in
sausage. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration allows the addition of
nitrite on the basis of a long history of safety and closely monitors
its use. Nitrites have been linked with cancer in laboratory animals.

Beyond protein, hot dogs have little else on the nutritional plus
side. The minus side, however, is a different story. The average hot
dog has about 145 calories (jumbo size weighs in at 185), a good dose
of sodium, and more than its share of fat–about 13 grams. In many
cases, about 70 percent of the calories come from fat, making hot dogs
more of a fat source than a meat source.

Many manufacturers are making lower-fat hot dogs to please consumers
who want to watch their fat intake but don’t want to give up their
hot dogs. Many of these “slimmer” dogs have the word “Lite” or “Light”
in their name. Caution: Don’t believe everything you see on labels.
Presently, in order to call itself lite, a hot dog must contain at least
33 percent less fat by weight than the USDA standard for regular wieners.
In other words, it must be no more than 20 percent–not 30 percent–fat.

A practical way to judge which hot dogs are the leanest is to
figure how many of the calories in your hot dog come from fat.
You can figure this out by multiplying the number of fat grams per hot
dog by nine, then dividing this figure by the total calories per hot
dog. For example: 10 grams of fat x 9 calories per gram = 90 fat
calories. Divide 90 by the total calories per hot dog, say 180, and you
get an answer of .5. or 50 percent. This means that 50 percent of the
total calories in your hot dog come from fat.

Hot dogs made from lean poultry, vegetables, and even tofu are now
available. Not all of the newer hot dogs are more healthful than the
old version.

As you might guess, vegetarian franks are much lower in fat than
either the turkey or chicken versions, because their primary ingredient
isn’t an animal product. You probably won’t find veggie dogs at your
local supermarket. But they can usually be found in health food outlets.

Turkey franks are lower in fat than beef and beef-pork combination
hot dogs. But because they are made from ground light and dark turkey
meat, they still contain a significant amount of fat. Most could never
be considered low in fat. And with poultry wieners, it’s best to do
fat/calories calculations using the information on the labels.

The newest weiners are tofu hot dogs? Again, look out for them in
health food stores–but only if you’re determined to have a new hot
dog experience! Vegetable and tofu franks have a different texture
from meat franks due to the wheat gluten, soy protein, and vegetable
gum they contain. And, contrary to popular thought, tofu is not
particularly low in fat, so don’t bet on these dogs to be, either.
Always check the labels to be sure.

6 tbsp peanut butter
1/4 c water
3 tbsp light soy sauce
6 tbsp dark soy sauce
6 tbsp tahini
1/2 c dark sesame oil
2 tbsp sherry
4 tbsp rice wine vinegar
1/4 cup honey
4 cloves garlic large
2 heaped tsp minced ginger
1/2 c hot water
1 or 2 tbsp hot pepper oil [lime juice if you wish]
chopped cilantro and red onions slices and green onions and cucumbers for
garmis
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Combine ingredients in blender until smooth.
Thin the groud mixture with hot wtaer to whipping cream consistency
before use.

[This is a wonderful recipe i got from the Net ages back. If you use this over
noodles, sprinkle toasted sesame seeds, red onions and cilantro
for garnish]

Title: Frosted pumpkin-walnut cookies
Categories: Cookies, Desserts
Yield: 90 servings

1/2 c Butter/margarine, softened
2 Eggs
1/2 ts Lemon extract
2 1/2 c Flour – all purpose
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Walnuts, chopped
1/4 c Butter/margarine, softened
2 tb Milk
1 1/2 c Brown sugar, firmly
1 c Pumpkin -cooked, mashed
1/2 ts Vanilla extract
1 tb Baking powder
2 ts Pumpkin pie spice
1 Maple frosting recipe
2 1/4 c Powdered sugar, sifted
3/4 ts Maple extract

Cream butter; gradually add brown sugar, beating well at medium speed of
an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Stir in pumpkin and flavorings.
Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and pumpkin pie spice. Gradually add
to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in walnuts.
Drop dough by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets.
Bake at 375F for 12 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Frost with Maple
Frosting. Yield: 7 1/2 dozen. (Maple Frosting)
Cream butter; gradually add 1 cup powdered sugar, beating well at medium
speed of an electric mixer. Add remaining sugar alternately with milk,
beating until smooth enough to spread. Add maple extract, and beat well.
Yield: about 1 cup. From Southern Living Cookbook

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BACON ‘N CHEDDAR BEER SOUP

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 33 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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6 oz Vegetable oil
1 1/2 lb Onions — coarsely chopped
1 1/4 lb Potatoes — diced
1 lb Carrots — diced
1 lb Celery — sliced
1 cn Chef-Mate Bacon ‘n Cheddar
-Cheese Sauce (#10 can)
2 c Beer
1 qt Chicken stock
1 1/4 lb Mixed Vegetables — frozen
1/2 ts Paprika
1/2 ts White Pepper
1/4 ts Liquid Smoke flavor
2 tb Parsley — chopped

1. Place vegetable oil in large stockpot. Add onios,
potatoes, carrots and celery; saute 25-30 minutes or
until vegetables are cooked. 2. Add remaining
ingredients. Combine thoroughly. Simmer 20 minutes
over low heat, stirring occasionally. Serve hot.

Makes 25 one cup servings.

Source: Carnation Company