Title: Minted Tomato Saute
Categories: Diabetic, Sauces, Vegetables
Yield: 4 servings

24 Cherry tomatoes; 1 tb Dried leat mint OR;
1 tb Olive oil; 3 tb Chopped fresh Mint;

Trim stems from tomatoes and rince. In a large, non-stick skillet,
heat oil. Cook tomatoes 3 minutes, stirring. Add mint and stir to
mix Food Exchange per serving: 1 VEGETABLE EXCHANGE + 1/2 FAT
EXCHANGE CAL: 47; CHO: 0mg; CAR: 4g; PRO: 1g; SOD: 8mg; FAT: 4g;

Souce: Light and Easy Diabetes Cuisine by Betty Marks

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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 94 19:09:03 PST
From: J. Ari Kornfeld

LENTIL SAVOY
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serves two to four people

3/4 cup lentils
1 1/2+ cups well-spiced veggie stock
1/2 lb mushrooms
1/2 head purple kale (aka salad savoy) – 1 mixing-bowl-full
1 red bell pepper
1/2-1 Tbsp cinammon

1. Rinse lentils and cook in 1 1/2 cups of veggie stock.
(I used a rice cooker for this step.)

2. While the lentils are cooking cut the stems off of the kale.
Chop stems into 1/2 – 1 inch peices

3. Chop the red bell pepper.

4. Put pepper and stems in large pan with enough stock to cover the
bottom of the pan (1/4"?) and cook on medium for a couple of minutes
then turn flame all the way down.

5. While the peppers etc. are cooking wash and chop mushrooms.
Add to pan.

6. Around 20-30 minutes after step 1. (probably 5-10 minutes after end
of step 5.) pour the lentils into the pan. If you are using the rice
cooker, just shut it off manually – don’t wait for it to finish.

7. Add cinnamon and other spices (see note). Stir mixture in pan then
add the kale leaves on top – this will steam the leaves, don’t mix
them in.

8. Cook for another 15 minutes or so until the leaves have a buttery
taste.

9. Remove the kale from the top and serve separately.

enjoy!
Have some black pepper available on the table for the lentil stew.
Try the kale leaves with some nutritional yeast…

NOTES:
* If you don’t have stock handy try adding alot of spices in
step 7. Try oregano, chile passilla, roasted garlic, etc.
* Use wild mushrooms if at all possible – they are more expensive
than buttons (unless you or friends go mushrooming) but are
worth it for the extra taste. (IMHO, of course. 😉
* Purple kale – you know, the type they use as a decoration in
salad bars…

Bouquet of Cookies on a Stick

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

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 c. + 2 tbsp. cake flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. granulated white sugar
1/2 c. light brown sugar, packed
1/2 c. butter or margarine, softened
1/4 tsp. salt
1 lg. egg, beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
6 oz. chocolate chips
1/2 c. pecans, chopped (optional)
1/4 c. flaked coconut (optional)
36 lollipop sticks

Preparation :
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line cookie sheet with aluminum
foil. Combine flour and baking soda in small bowl; set aside. In
small bowl combine white and brown sugar. Press out lumps. In
medium bowl mash butter with fork. Add sugar and mix with butter
until light and fluffy. Add salt, egg and vanilla. Beat well. Add
small amounts of dry ingredients, mixing each time. Stir in chips,
pecans and coconut. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto lined cookie
sheet. Space 1 1/2 inches apart. Push a lollipop stick about 2/3
the way into each cookie. The free end of stick should rest on
foil. Gently press dough around stick to seal in place. Bake 8 to
10 minutes. Cool on pan 30 minutes. Remove with spatula. Wrap
each cookie in clear plastic wrap. Gather wrap at back of cookie
and tie with ribbon.

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Title: Garlic Coeurs a la Creme
Categories: Garlic Appetizers
Servings: 8

1 lb Low-fat Cottage Cheese 1 lb Cheese *
1 ea Purree ** 2 c Plain Yogurt

* Use either fresh, white goat cheese (Motrachet or Boucheron (scrape
off coating of wood ash or buy without.) preferably), or use Cream Cheese.
** Use the puree from 2 heads of Roasted Garlic.
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Rub the cottage cheese through a sieve into a mixing bowl.
With a wooden spoon, or electric mixer, beat the goat cheese and the
garlic puree into the cottage cheese. Beat in the yogurt.
Line 8 coure a la creme molds with damp cheesecloth, allowing an overhang.
Spoon mixture into molds, wrap an place on rack over a deep plate.
Refrigerate overnight to drain.
Unwrap and unmold onto 8 small plates. Discard Cheesecloth.
Serve with thin brown bread, toast, or bagels and slices of smoked salmon,
if desired.
SAVORY CREME:
Lacking coeur a la creme molds, spoon mixture into a cheesecloth lined
colander and refrigerate overnight to drain. Unmold onto a serving
platter and allow each diner to scoop off a portion.

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BRACIOLE BALSAMICO

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Beef Italian

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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—–ALYCE MANTIA (KRBS41A—–
—–FOR THE BEEF ROLLS—–
1 1/2 pound Top round — VERY thin sliced
1/2 cup Fresh basil — minced
2 Roasted red peppers — diced
4 tablespoon Parmesan — fresh grated
2 tablespoon Parsley — minced
Salt and pepper
6 sl Proscuitto — very thin
—–FOR THE MARINADE—–
2 tablespoon Olive oil
2 tablespoon Parsley — minced
1/4 cup Balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoon Pepper — black fresh ground
2 Cloves garlic — finely minced
1/4 cup Olive oil

Place beef slices on counter or flat surface. (Get your butcher to slice them;
he can do it so much neater than we can!) Sprinkle with the red peppers and
parsley. Cut proscuitto to fit each beef slice and place over peppers.
Sprinkle with basil leaves, Parmesan and pepper. Roll tightly and tie in two
places with kitchen twine to secure, or use toothpicks. Combine all marinade
ingredients and pour over beef rolls in non-reactive pan. Let set at room temp
for an hour, or refrigerate for several hours. Remove from marinade, reserving
marinade. Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in large heavy skillet. Brown beef rolls on
all sides. Add marinade and simmer for 20 minutes. Or you can put into tightly
covered baking dish and bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes. Adapted from a recipe
by Della Masia (TXBG93A).

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Title: Gingered Figs
Categories: Fruits
Yield: 5 servings

20 California dried figs
3 c Cold water
1 tb Light molasses
2 ts Powdered ginger
1/2 c Sugar

Place figs and water in saucepan. Bring to hard boil, then lower heat and
simmer. Cover figs and cook for 20 minutes. Add molasses, ginger and
sugar. Stir gently in order to avoid breaking figs. Simmer for 15
minutes more or until figs are plumped and tender. Serves 5 or 6.
Wonderful with ham, pork, chicken, steak or roast beef!

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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MENUDO

Recipe By : Thomas Fenske
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soup

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 pounds Tripe — cut in 1″ squares
2 teaspoons Salt
1 teaspoon Cumin
1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper
14 1/2 ounces hominy, canned
1 pound pork knuckles — Raw
4 Cloves Garlic — crushed
4 tablespoons Chili Powder
1 tablespoon Oregano
2 tablespoons Butter

Wash tripe in hot water and then boil with salt in three quarts of water
for two to three hours or until tripe is tender. In separate saucepan,
cook one pound in water for one hour.

In another saucepan, blend melted butter, garlic, cumin, black pepper,
chili powder and oregano and saute’ for two to three minutes. Combine
tripe, pork knuckles and the broth from both pans with the spices and
one can of hominy. Bring to a boil and boil for five minutes. Serve with
tortillas.

Top menudo with chopped onion and a few drops of lemon juice.

Note: it may be necessary to thicken the sauce with a flour and water
paste if it seems *too* soupy.

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Famous Taco Dip

Recipe By : DonW1948
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Appetizers Christmas
Holiday Mexican

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 can bean dip
1 can avocado dip — frozen
1 package taco seasoning mix
4 tablespoons sour cream
6 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 cup cheddar cheese — shredded
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese — shredded
6 green onions — chopped
1 tomato — chopped
1 can black olives — chopped

Layer ingredients starting at the top of the list. Mix together the taco
seasoning mix, sour cream and mayonnaise.

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NOTES : From: rec.food.recipes 12/12/95

1/4 cup shortening
2 cups flour
1 tbsp. sugar, if you like (which I do)
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
roughly 3/4 cup milk

Sometimes I add grated cheddar cheese after I blend the dry ingredients or
even while I’m kneading -depends when I think of it)

Cut shortening into flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. When mixture
resembles small crumbs add milk, but not all at once. Only add enough so
that the dough leaves the side of the bowl. Too much and the dough will not
cook through, too little and the biscuits will be dry- if they don’t fall
apart first. You’ll feel the right texture.

Knead on floured counter about 20 times and roll to about 1/2″ thick.
Cut out at about 2″ wide (a bit more or less doesn’t matter – at Christmas
I use Christmas cookie cutters and when I’m lazy I just cut the flattened
dough in rectangles with a knife).

Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 10 min. or until golden on
to. (In my oven I have to watch the bottoms) If you like, you can brush
with butter an sprinkle with Parmesan cheese just before pulling out.

You can also use up that buttermilk, just cut baking powder to 1/4 tsp
salt to 1/4 tsp and add 1/4 tsp baking soda, then use buttermilk instead
of milk.

Crystal Garden

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

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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6 tbsp Salt
1 tbsp Ammonia
6 tbsp Bluing — liquid
Food coloring
6 tbsp Water

Combine salt, bluing, water and ammonia. Pour over small pieces of rock
or coal in a shallow GLASS OR CHINA bowl. Drip food coloring on top, if
desired. Crystals will begin to grow soon. Add water occasionally to keep
crystals growing. You’ll probably want to place dish on a tray or wooden
board as crystals grow over the sides of the bowl.

Submitted by a Crafty Mom to keep her kids occupied.

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