Chocolate-Covered Cherries

Recipe By : Leanda Goss
Serving Size : 60 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Candies Fruits
Chocolate

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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60 Marachino cherries — w/stem
3 tablespoons Butter or margarine — softened
3 tablespoons Light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon Salt
2 cups Confectioner’s sugar — sifted
1 1/2 pounds Dipping chocolate or white — chocolate ( for coat

Drain marachino cherries thoroughly, Place on paper toweling. Combine
butter or margarine, corn syrup and salt. Stir in sifted confectioner’s
sugar. Knead sugar mixture until smooth ( chill if mixture is too soft.)
Shape 1 teaspoon of the sugar mixture around each cherry. Place on a
waxed-paper-lined baking sheet, chill.
In a small, heavy saucepan, melt chocolate, stirring constantly. DO NOT
ADD ANY LIQUID! Holding cherries by stems, dip one at a time into
chocolate. Spoon chocolate over cherries to coat. Chill until chocolate is
hardened.
Store candy in a covered container in a cool place.
Let candies ripen a week or two. makes 60 chocolate-covered cherries.

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Brandy Snaps

Recipe By : The Women’s Institute
Serving Size : 30 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories :
Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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4 ounces golden syrup
3 1/2 ounces caster sugar
4 ounces butter
3 1/2 ounces flour — sifted
1 teaspoon ground ginger
grated rind of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon lemon juice or brandy

Put the syrup, sugar and butter into a heavy saucepan and warm,
stirring,
until the sugar has dissolved and the butter melted. Remove from the
heat
and tip in the flour, ginger and lemon rind. add the lemon juice or
brandy
and mix well.
Drop teaspoonful of the mixture 3 inches apart, on greased baking
sheets.
Bake in a pre-heated moderate oven (325F) for 10 minutes or until golden
brown.
Remove from the oven and roll around the graesed handle of a wooden
spoon
whilst hot. do not allow them to cool as the snaps will become hard and
impossible to roll.

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Title: Low-Fat Macaroni And Cheese
Categories: Corky, Cheese/eggs, Low-fat, Good
Yield: 4 servings

One box of your favorite
Packaged macaroni and cheese
(with dry cheese)
One can, 14 1/2 oz, stewed
Tomatoes
Or
One can, 10 3/4 oz,
Campbell’s Healthy Request
Cream of mushroom soup
And 1/2 cup skim milk.

Cook macaroni as directed on package. Drain and
return to pot. Add dry cheese and stewed tomatoes or
soup skim milk (do not use any margarine or butter).
Stir to combine. Pour into one quart baking dish and
sprinkle with dry bread crumbs. Bake 30 min. at 350
degrees or until bubbling around edges.

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Skillet Hamburger Pie

Recipe By : “Jessica A. Walton”
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Beef

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 1/2 Pounds Ground Beef
1/2 Cup Celery — coarsely chopped
1/2 Cup Chopped Onion
1 Teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
3/4 Teaspoon Salt
1/8 Teaspoon Pepper
16 Oz. Can Cut Green Beans — drained
10 3/4 Oz. Can Beef Gravy
6 Servings Instant Mashed Potato Granules
1/2 Cup Sour Cream — (dairy)
1 Tablespoon Chives — snipped
Paprika
1/3 Cup American Cheese — shredded

In skillet cook beef, celery, and onion till meat is browned and
vegetables crisp-tender. (Electric skillet 350 degrees). Stir in
Worcestershire, 1/4 teaspoon salt, pepper, beans, gravy, and 1/2 cup
water. Reduce heat (220 degrees) and simmer to blend flavors. Whip
potatoes and 2 cups boiling water; add sour cream, chives, and
remaining salt. Spoon in mounds over meat. Top with paprika and
cheese. Cover; heat till cheese melts. Serves 6.

This recipe was taken from a REALLY old cookbook by Better Homes and
Gardens “Easy Skillet Meals”. I use a little more pepper (prefer
white pepper) and some garlic salt and a little minced garlic if I
have it on hand. Enjoy!

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NOTES : Use fresh or frozen vegetables rather than canned. Use packet of Knorr
g
ravy. Try a variety of cheeses.

Mexican Lentil Soup

Recipe By : Delicious Decisions/tpogue@idsonline.com
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Low Fat Beans/Legumes
Healthwise

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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6 cups nonfat chicken broth
3 cups water
2 cups lentils
4 bay leaves
1/4 cup garlic cloves — chopped
1 1/2 cups celery — chopped
1 1/2 cups carrots — chopped
1 1/2 cups salsa — green chili
1 large white onion — chopped
1 cup ham — chopped
2 tablespoons basil — fresh chopped
1/2 teaspoon black pepper — freshly ground
1/4 cup yellow cornmeal

Bring three cups broth and three cups water to a boil in a large pot. Add lenti
ls, bay leaves, and garlic. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Add
remaining ingredients except corn meal and the reserve broth. Bring to a boil,
reduce heat and simmer covered for 30 minutes. Stir in corn meal and cook an ad
ditional 15 minutes or until vegetables are tender but not overcooked. Remove f
rom heat and allow to cool.

Puree the mixture in batches. Heat reserve stock and stir in puree. Serve in wa
rmed soup bowls and garnish with a dollop of sour cream (Sour King) and sprigs
of cilantro.

The soup will thicken as it cools because of the corn meal. When reheated it re
turns to its original consistency. Additional broth or water ca be added to ach
ieve desired thickness.

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Per serving (excluding unknown items): 268 Calories; 4g Fat (13% calories from
fat); 22g Protein; 41g Carbohydrate; 10mg Cholesterol; 856mg Sodium

NOTES : This recipe doubles well, and any extra soup can be frozen. The recipe
called for 2 cups of ham, I have reduced that to one cup. Also, Sour King and
cilantro can be added as the garnish.

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Title: Spicy Baby Back Ribs
Categories: Chinese, Pork, Ceideburg 2
Yield: 5 servings

1/4 c Chinese fermented black
-beans, rinsed
2 tb Chopped garlic
2 tb Chopped fresh ginger
1 tb Red pepper flakes
1/4 c Minced scallions
1 tb Sesame oil
1/4 c Brown sugar
1/4 c Rice wine vinegar
1 tb Tabasco sauce
2 tb Worcestershire sauce
3 tb Asian fish sauce
1/4 c Tomato paste
1 c Soy sauce
1 Orange, chopped (with skin)
4 Sides (or racks) baby back
-pork ribs (substitute
-beef, if desired.)

This recipe is a favorite of old Charles Franz, whose father Mark is
the chef at Stars.

Combine all seasoning ingredients and pour over ribs. Marinate
overnight in the refrigerator .

Grill ribs over medium heat, using either mesquite or charcoal
briquettes, basting constantly with the marinade for about 1 hour.
The trick is to have just the right heat: too much and the ribs bum,
too little and they do not cook.

Slice and serve with lots of beer++for the parents, that is!

Serves 5.

PER SERVING: 955 calories, 104 g protein, 11 g carbohydrate, 51 g
fat (17 saturated), 287 mg cholesterol, 2,589 m sodium, g fiber.

From the San Francisco Chronicle, 6/29/92.

Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; February 24 1993.

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Sugar Cookies

Recipe By : Vicki O’Day Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto CA
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 1/8 c butter — softened
1 1/8 c salad oil
1 1/8 c powdered sugar — sifted if it is lump
1 c sugar
2 eggs
1 1/8 tsp vanilla
3 1/4 c flour
1 1/8 tsp baking soda
2/3 tbsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp salt
extra sugar (for dipping)

1. Cream the butter and sugars, then add oil and mix well.

2. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well.

3. Sift the flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt together, then add
to above and mix well.

4. Refrigerate overnight, or until dough is firm. If you want to speed
this up, put the dough in the freezer, but keep an eye on it.

5. Preheat oven to 175 C .

6. Drop dough in 3ml amounts on an ungreased cookie sheet. Dip a glass in
dough and wipe excess off. Then dip the glass in sugar and flatten a
cookie. Repeat the dip-in-sugar flatten-cookie sequence until all are done.
The cookies won’t spread in baking, so you can easily judge how far apart to
put them (you want room to cook, but not to grow). If you find that the
dough is getting too soft to flatten easily, put it in the refrigerator
between batches.

7. Bake for about 5-6 minutes, until the edges are JUST beginning to turn
golden brown. Take off the cookie sheet and put on waxed paper or foil to
cool.

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Title: Black forest parfait
Categories: Diabetic, Desserts, Cheese/eggs
Yield: 6 servings

3 oz Neufchatel cream cheese;
2 c Skim milk; cold
3 oz Pkg. Jell-o sugar-free;
-instant chocolate pudding;
1 tb Cornstarch;
1/3 c Cherry juice;
1 cn Red sour pitted cherries;
-1 lb., water packed
6 pk Equal sweetener;

Blend cream cheese with 1/4 cup skim milk on low speed of electric mixer,
until smooth. Add remaining milk and pudding mix. Mix 1 or 2 minutes or
until smooth.

Mix cornstarch in cherry juice until dissolved. Add to cherries and cook
until it boils for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in Equal.

Alternately spoon pudding and cherries into parfait dishes, ending with
pudding. Garnish with 2 cherries.

Nutrients per serving: Calories 116, fat 3.5gm, cholesterol 14mg,
carbohydrate 16g, sodium 304mg.

Exchanges: Bread 1/2, milk 1/2, fruit 1/2, fat 1.

Source: “There IS Life after Lettuce” by Pepper Durcholz, Alberta Gentry,
Carolyn Williamson, M.S.

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Title: BEEF LO MEIN

Categories: Chinese
Yield: 4 servings

4 tb Peanut oil
1-1/2 lb Flank steak; or shrimp or chicken
2 Celery; shredded
2 Slices Ginger; minced
1 c Cabbage
1 Green onion; minced
2 tsp Cornstarch
1/2 lb Spaghetti; or Chinese/noodles
1/2 tsp Sugar
1 tb Soy sauce; light soy
1/2 tsp Salt; optional

Cook spaghetti as directed on package, AL DENTE, drain, rinse in cold
water, add a few drops oil and mix to keep from sticking. Set aside. Slice
steak VERY THIN, across the grain, 2″ pieces. Mix together, steak, ginger,
scallion, cornstarch, sugar, light soy, set aside to marinate. Heat wok to
smoking, add 2 tbs oil. Stir fry meat mixture two minutes, do not
overcook, Reserve. Add 2 tbs oil, heat, stir fry carrots and cabbage two
minutes, add spaghetti, stir well and cook a few minutes, add meat
mixture, 1 tbs soy and salt. Stir a minute to heat and serve. Nice thing
about stir fry cooking, just about anything goes. So, substitute, add
other veggies, you just can’t go wrong.. MARTY FEINS (BGNJ11A)

Satay Dip

Recipe By : HAWGDAVE
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Kitmail21 Peanut Butter
Sauces Ethnic
Rice Seafood
Shrimp

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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8 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
1 onion finely chopped
1 cup “thick” coconut milk
1 tbsp palm or brown sugar
1 tsp red chili pepper — (cayenne)
1 stalk lemon grass — finely chopped
1 tbsp fish sauce — (Nam Pla)
1 tbsp dark — sweet soy sauce

It seems that making “thick” coconut milk is a little involved (I would guess
you don’t go out and buy it) and the following is a condensed and paraphrased
version of what she says: “When I refer to ”thick“ coconut milk in a recipe,
it is made from the first pressing of the milk or water through the coconut
meat….. To obtain 2 cups of ”thick“ coconut milk, you’ll need 2 cups of
coconut (she prefers to use dried, unsweetened [desiccated] coconut found in
health food shops or Oriental stores) and 3 cups of whole milk. Scald the
milk in a saucepan. Place the coconut in the milk. Stir and remove from
heat. Let stand until cooled to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
Strain this mixture through a sieve using the back of a spoon to express as
much liquid as possible.”

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NOTES : I found this one in Jennifer Brennan’s “Original Thai Cookbook”.