Title: Bacon-Wrapped Little Loaves
Categories: Cheese, Hamburger, Main dish, Meat loaf, Meat
Yield: 6 servings

1 1/2 lb Lean Ground Beef
1 c Cheddar Cheese;Shredded,4 Oz
1 ea Egg; Lg
1/4 c Bread Crumbs; Dry
1/4 c Onion; Chopped, 1 Sm
1/4 c Lemon Juice
1/4 c Green Bell Pepper; Chopped
1/2 c Water
1/2 t Beef Bouillon; Instant
1 t Salt
6 ea ThinSlicesofBacon,Cut In 1/2

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Mix all of the ingredients, except
the bacon, together. Shape the mixture into 6 small loaves.
Crisscross 2 of the half slices of bacon across each loaf, tucking
the ends under each loaf. Place the loaves on a rack in a shallow
baking pan and bake uncovered for 50 minutes.
Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 10:34:54 BST
From: Kathy.Jago@uk.sun.com (Kathy Jago – Sun CSIR)

Adapted from the Cranks Recipie Book (ISBN 0-586-0609001) – one of my
favourites.

Lentil and Buckwheat Slice
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Ingredients:

4oz Roasted Buckwheat
1 Carrot
1 Onion
6oz Red Lentils
1 pint veg stock
dried herbs (parsley + rosemary are recommended)
1 tsp Marmite (for the Brits amongst you)
pinch Nutmeg
Salt + Pepper as chef deems necessary

1. Chop onion and carrot, saute in a fairly large saucepan
2. Add all other ingredients – bring to boil
3. Simmer for 30 minutes, until liquid is absorbed
4. While 3. is taking place, preheat oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6
5. Put mixture in loaf/flan dish
6. Put loaf/flan dish in 4. above.
7. Cook for 30 minutes

Title: IMPOSSIBLE PIZZA
Categories: Pizza
Yield: 4 servings

—————————CRUST—————————
2 tb Cheese, parmesan, grated
1 c Milk
2 Eggs
1/2 c Bisquick

————————-TOPPINGS————————-
1/2 c Prego
Sausage; or ground meat
Onions, chopped
Bell peppers, chopped
2 tb Cheese, parmesan, grated
3/4 c Cheese, mozzarella, shredded

Heat oven to 425. Grease 1 pie plate per 4 servings.
Sprinkle onion and Parmesan cheese in pie plate. Beat
milk, eggs, and bisquick 15 seconds in blender on
high. Pour into pie plate. Bake 20 minutes.

Spread pizza sauce over top. Top with remaining
ingredients. Bake 10-15 minutes, until cheese is light
brown.

Cool 15 minutes.

Sylvia’s comments: still rose too much for my
preference. Try reducing bisquick.

FROM; BISQUICK RECIPE CLUB LISA CRAWLEY TSPN00B

Posted on GEnie’s Food Wine RT Dec 03, 1992 by
R.SHELTON3 [TEXAS RED]

From the recipe files of Sylvia Steiger, GEnie
THE.STEIGERS, CI$ 71511,2253, GT Cookbook moderator at
net/node 004/005

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Title: Brown ‘n’ Serve Sausage
Categories: Meats, Diabetic
Yield: 12 servings

1 lb Lean ground pork 1/2 ts Thyme
1/4 c Cracker crumbs 1/2 ts Oregano
1/4 c Water 1/4 ts Freshly ground pepper
1 ts Sage 1 pn Ground cloves
1 ts Salt

The two step cooking procedure ensures the removal of most of the fat.

Combine ground pork and cracker crumbs. Stir in water, sage, salt,
thyme, oregano, pepper and cloves. Mix until thoroughly combined.

Divide into 12 portions. Form each into a sausage-shaped roll or flat
patty. (Wet hands with cold water to make the job easy.) Place in a
cold, lightly oiled frypan.

Cook over medium heat, turning often, about 4 min each side until just
beginning to brown and pieces are no longer pink.

Remove to paper towels and blot to absorb any fat. Wrap. Store in
refrigerator up to 5 days or in freezer up to 2 months. Or cook a
second time and serve immediately.

To serve: Return sausages or patties to a clean, cold frypan. Cook
over medium heat, turning once or twice, about 4 min until sausages
are brown and crisp. (Cook frozen sausages in the same manner,
allowing about 2 min longer for cooking.

Each sausage or patty – 59 calories, 1 protein choice 1 g
carbohydrate, 7 g protein, 3 g fat.

Source: Choice Cooking, Canadian Diabetes Assoc. 1986 Shared but not
tested by Elizabeth Rodier Nov 93

Suggestion for Pork Pies: Stir-cook the ground pork mixture in the
frying pan, place it in a plastic colander to drain off most of the
fat and blot with paper towels. Spread the pork mixture in a baking
dish (try 8″ pyrex), add fat-free gravy if needed for liquid. Top
with about 2 1/4 cups seasoned breadcrumbs. Bake at 350-375 F until
crumbs are lightly browned.

1/12 recipe = 10 grams carbohydrate, 9 grams protein, 4 grams fat, 113
calories. Compare with 1/12 recipe Betty Crocker Pork Pies made with
1 lb sausage and 1 c cooked ham, cream of chicken soup, apples,
pastry: 19.5 gm carbohydrate, 10 gm protein, 15 grams fat, 250
calories.

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Title: HOT COUSCOUS BREAKFAST
Categories: Vegetarian, Main dish, Low-fat
Yield: 1 servings

1/4 ts Orange peel
– grated
1 oz Couscous
– uncooked
1/2 oz Almonds
– toasted, sliced
1 tb Half-and-Half

In saucepan, combine 1/4 cup water and the orange
peel and bring to a boil; remove from heat and stir in
couscous. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes. Transfer
couscous to serving bowl; top with almonds and
half-and-half.

Weight Watchers Exchanges: 1 Fat, 1/2 Protein, 1
Bread, 25 Optional Calories.

Nutritional Analysis per serving: 210 calories, 7 g.
protein, 9 g. fat, 26 g. carbohydrates, 61 mg.
calcium, 11 mg. sodium, 6 mg. cholesterol, 1 g.
dietary fiber (excluding couscous).

Calories from fat: 36.7%

Original recipe from Weight Watchers “Simply Light
Cooking” Conversion and additional nutritional
analysis by Rick Weissgerber.

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LAMBRATIS ANDROS (EASTER LAMB OR KID ANDROS S

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 20 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Greek Meats
Lamb

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
——– ———— ——————————–
Karen Mintzias
1 Baby lamb or kid, 10-12 kg
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
2 Lemons
1/4 c Butter — melted
1/4 c Olive oil

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Title: COLD CHERRY SOUP
Categories: Soups, Fruits, Alcohol
Yield: 6 servings

-JUDI M. PHELPS (G.PHELPS1)
2 1/2 c ;water
3/4 c Superfine sugar
1 3-1/2 inch cinnamon stick
4 c Sour cherries; pitted or
2 cn Water-packed sour cherries;
-drained*
1 tb Cornstarch
2 tb ;water
1/3 c Dry red wine
1/3 c Heavy cream
1/3 c Cherry Heering; chilled **
Mint sprigs
Sour cream (optional)

*Fresh cherries are a lot of work but really do taste better than the
canned variety. **Other cherry flavored liqueur can be used such as Cherry
Brandy but Cherry Heering works the best.

Bring water, sugar, cinnamon stick and cherries to a boil. Simmmer 30
minutes if using fresh cherries, 10 if using canned. Mix together
cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water, stir into cherries and cook and stir
until clear and slightly thickened. Remove about 1 cup of cherries and
some juice; puree in blender and return to rest of soup. Cool, add wine and
cream, blend well and chill thoroughly. Just before serving add Cherry
Heering or other type of cherry liqueur. Serve in chilled bowls garnished
with mint and dollops of sour cream.

SOURCE: The Whole World Cookbook.

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Title: Critters in the Hay
Categories: Popcorn, Holidays, Kids, Halloween
Yield: 4 quarts

MMMMM——————–FROM JONI’S KITCHEN————————-
1 1/2 c Sugar
1 c Light corn syrup
2 tb Butter
1 1/2 ts Pumpkin pie spice
1 ts Vanilla
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Green food color (optional)
3 1/2 qt Popped popcorn; remove any
-unpopped kernals
1 c Candy corn
-Licorice ropes;black
-wooden picks
-small black gum drops or
-other small black candies
-red decorating icing
-tiny red jaw-breakers candy
-wormshape candies

In Dutch oven, bring sugar,corn syrup and butter to a boil; boil 2 1/2
minutes. Stir in pumpkin pie spice,vanilla,salt and food coloring (if
desired) mix until evenly colored. Add popcorn and toss until evenly
coated. Spread popcorn mixture in a single layer on greased sheets of
foil and allow to cool and harden. Break into bite-size pieces and
mix with candy corn in a wide shallow bowl; set aside. To make
spiders, cut licorice into 2 inch lengths. To make legs, starting at
one end, make three 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch cuts to make four legs.
Repeat cuts at opposite end. Leave about 1/2 inch in center uncut.
Gently pull legs apart and curl down. Push wooden pick through center
of body, leaving about 1/4 inch exposed on top. Push one gumdrop onto
exposed pick to make a body. Using writing tip of decorating icing,
squeeze two small dots of icing into gumbrops. Press jaw-breakers
into icing to make eyes. Place“spiders” and worm-shaped candies in
popcorn. Remove wooden picks before eating. Makes 4 quarts.

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Roasted Veggie Tacos

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Beans Rice Main Dishes
Vegan

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
——– ———— ——————————–
6 Italian Plum tomatoes — cut into 1/2″ wedges
2 small green bell pepper, cut into — 1/2″ wide strips
2 medium onions, cut into — 1/2″ thick wedges
3 to 4 tbsp. olive or veg. oil
1 package taco seasoning mix
1 16 oz. can refried beans
12 taco shells
taco sauce or salsa

Place 1 oven rack in bottom rack position. heat oven to 475 degrees. Spr
ead tomatoes, bell peppers, and onions in ungreased 15x10x1-inch baking pan. D
rizzle with oil; toss to coat. Sprinkle with taco seasoning; toss to evenly co
at. Bake for about 15 minutes or until bell peppers and onions are crisp-tende
r.
Meanwhile, spread 2 tablespoons of refried beans on half of inside of each
taco shell. Arrange taco shells on ungreased cookie sheet. Place on middle o
ven rack in oven with vegetables. Bake both for an additional 1 to 2 minutes o
r until tacos are warmed and vegetables are tender.
To serve, spoon about 1/3 cup vegetable mixture over refried beans in each
shell. Serve w/taco sauce and/or salsa.

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Title: Tamales–Basic Procedure
Categories: Vegetarian, Vegan, Tex-mex
Yield: 9 servings

————————MASA DOUGH————————
1 ts Salt
3 c Water
6 c Masa harina

To make dough:

a. Dissolve salt in water and add to masa harina in
a large mixing bowl.
b. Mix and knead briefly in bowl to make a stiff
dough.
c. Transfer to a cutting board and form into an 8″
to 10″ log.
d. Cut dough into 18 equal-sized pieces (about 1″
each)
e. Roll each piece of dough into a ball. Set aside
and cover with a damp
cloth.

To assemble tamales:

a. If using dried corn husks, soften by steaming
for 3 to 5 minutes or soaking in warm water for 10
minutes. Fresh corn husks and parchment paper are
ready to use.
b. Flatten each ball of dough in the palm of your
hand and form into a shallow bowl shape.
c. Place 2 haeaping tablespoons of filling in
center of each piece of dough. Fold sides into corner.
d. Seal edges by pinching lightly with your
fingertips.
e. Gently roll sealed tamales between your hands
into a thick cigar shape.
f. Place each tamale lengthwise int the center of
a corn husk. Wrap the two wide ends of the corn husk
around the tamale. Fold the top edge of the corn husk
over the tamale.

To Cook tamales:

a. Lay tamales on stacked steamer trays. Cover and
steam 40 to 45 minutes over rapidly boiling water. Add
more water to pot as needed to create steam. (If
steamer trays are unavailable, 2 metal steamer baskets
placed in separate pots filled with water just below
the baskets may be used.)
b. Remove tamales from steamer, discard husks and
serve warm or at room temperature.

Per serving: (2 tamales) 144 cal, 0 g prot, 127 mg
sod, 30 g carb, 1 g fat, 0 mg chol, 3 mg calcium

From _Vegetarian Gourmet_ Summer 1993

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