OKRA WITH TOMATOES ONIONS

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Vegetables Vegetarian

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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2 lb Fresh young okra
3/4 lb Onion — sliced thickly
6 tb Olive oil
3 Garlic cloves — halved
1 lb Tomatoes — skinned sliced
Salt and black pepper
1 Lemon (juice only)

Wash okra. Cut off any hard stems and dry okra
thoroughly. Heat oil in large saucepan and fry onions
with the halved garlic cloves until slightly soft,
transparent, and golden. Add okra and continue to fry
until slightly softened. Add the sliced tomatoes and
saute for a few min. longer. Season to taste with salt
and pepper. Cover with water, bring to a boil and
simmer until the okra is very tender, usually about 1
hour. Squeeze in the lemon juice and cook for a
further 15 min. (If using canned okra, cooking time
will be much shorter. Serve hot or cold. If to be
served cold, allow to cool in the saucepan before
turning out into a serving dish. Recipe from “A Book
of Middle Eastern Food” by Claudia Roden. Alfred A.
Knopf, 1972. Posted by DEBORAH AKYUREK, Prodigy ID#
DNJS60B.

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Title: Banana Fudge Cookies
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 40 servings

1 18 1/2 oz chocolate cake mix
1/3 c Mashed bananas; ripe
1 Egg
2 tb Water
6 oz Semisweet chocolate pieces

Combine cake mix, bananas, egg, and water in a bowl. Beat with electric
mixer
at medium speed until smooth. Stir in chocolate pieces. Drop by rounded
teaspoonfuls, about 2 inches apart, on greased baking sheets. Bake in 350
degree
oven 8 minutes or until done. Remove from baking sheets; cool on racks.
Makes
3 1/2 dozen.

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Title: GREEN BEANS WITH FRIED BEAN CURD
Categories: Vegetarian, Beans, Oriental
Yield: 1 servings

2 ea Tofu cakes
4 tb Oil
2 tb Soy sauce
1 tb Dry sherry
1/2 lb French beans
1 ts Salt
1 ts Cornflour
2 tb Stock

Cut drained tofu into small cubes. Heat 2 tb oil in a
wok fry tofu till it turns golden. Remove
marinate in soy sauce sherry.

Cut beans into pieces 2″ long. Heat rest of oil
stir fry beans for 1 minute. Sprinkle with salt. Add
tofu marinade. Dissolve cornstarch in water stir
into the rest of the ingredients. Cook gently till
sauce thickens.

Serve hot over rice.

Jack Santa Maria, “Chinese Vegetarian Cooking”

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Title: Sundae Brownie Pie
Categories: Pies
Yield: 10 servings

1 Unbaked 9″ pie crust
2 Eggs
1 c Sugar
1/2 c Butter, melted
1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/3 c HERSHEY’S Cocoa
1/4 t Salt
1 t Vanilla extract
1/2 c HERSHEY’S Semi-Sweet
-Chocolate Chips
1/2 c REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups
1/2 c Chopped nuts
Ice cream
HERSHEY’S Chocolate Shoppe
-Topping
HERSHEY’S KISSESS Milk
-Chocolates

Heat oven to 375’F. Generously prick bottom and sides of pie crust
with fork. Bake crust 10 minutes; remove from oven. Meanwhile, in
large bowl, beat eggs; stir in sugar and butter. Stir together flour,
cocoa and salt, add to butter mixture. Stir in vanilla, chocolate
chips, peanut butter chips and nuts. Pour into pie crust, return to
oven. Bake additional 25-30 minutes or until almost set. (Pie will
not test done in center.) Serve warm or cool with ice cream, drizzle
with topping. Garnish with KISS.

MMMMM

Here’s an article from the Nov/Dec ’94 issue of Vegetarian Journal.

A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION

By Nanette Blanchard

The following recipes are adapted from my upcoming cookbook,
_’Tis the Season: A Vegetarian Christmas Cookbook_, to be
published in August of 1995 by Fireside/Simon Schuster.

POLENTA WITH CHIPOTLES AND SUN-DRIED TOMATOES
(Serves 6)

I make this recipe often; it is my favorite way to flavor
polenta. I buy coarsely ground cornmeal, called polenta, at my
health food co-op, but regular cornmeal can be substituted if polenta
is not available.
Use holiday cookie cutters to cut out interesting shapes for this
fun dish. If you can’t find a dried chipotle chile pepper, you
can either substitute a chipotle pepper canned in adobo sauce or
any other type of hot dried whole chile pepper.

3 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup polenta or cornmeal
2 cloves garlic, minced
5 sun-dried tomatoes
1 dried chipotle chile pepper

Bring water and salt to a boil over medium-high heat in a
heavy saucepan. Pour polenta in slowly, in a thin stream, stirring
constantly. Add garlic and cook polenta, continuing to stir
constantly, until it starts pulling away from the sides of the
pan.
Meanwhile, reconstitute tomatoes and chipotles by pouring
boiling water over both and let sit while polenta cooks.
After polenta is fully cooked, drain, mince softened tomatoes and
chipotle and add to mixture.
Sprinkle drops of cold water over marble pastry board or cookie
sheet. With firm spatula, spread cooked polenta onto board
into a rectangle 1/4-inch thick. Let cool and cut into shapes
with cookie cutters.
Place shapes on cookie sheet sprayed with vegetable cooking
spray. Broil 4-inches from heat source for 5 minutes and serve
immediately.

Total Calories Per Serving: 95; Fat: 1 gram

Title: Rolled Oat Burgers
Categories: Vegetarian
Yield: 16 patties

2 c Water
2 c Old-fashioned rolled oats
2 tb Low-sodium tamari or soy
1 tb Olive oil
2 ts Olive oil
1 c Diced onion
1/2 c Grated carrots
1/2 c Diced celery
1/2 c Diced red bell peppers
2 cl Garlic, minced
2 ts Dried oregano
6 Leaves fresh basil, minced
1/2 ts Fresh ground black pepper

Bring water to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high
heat. Add oats, tamari or soy sauce and 1 tb oil.
Reduce heat to low and cook 2 minutes; remove from
heat and set aside.

In skillet, heat the remaining oil over medium heat.
Add rest of ingredients and saute 2 minutes or until
vegetables are softened. Add t cooked oat and
combined well. Chill at least 2 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Using an ice cream scoop
(1/4 cup), portion mixture. Form each portion into a
ball and flatten slightly. Place on a lightly oiled
baking sheet and bake 20 minutes until golden brown.

Nutrition analysis per burger: 97 calories, 4 grams
protein, 3 grams fat, 15 grams carbohydrates, no
cholesterol, 80 milligrams sodium, 26 percent calories
from fat.

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Tortilla Stack

Recipe By : Crockery Favorites
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :5:00
Categories : Appetizers Crock Pot Dishes
Beef Mexican

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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1 lb ground beef, lean
5 1/3 corn tortillas — cut into 6 wedges
2/3 can cheddar cheese soup, undil
2/3 pkg taco seasoning mix
2 med tomatoes — chopped
1/4 c sour cream
1 1/3 c lettuce — shredded
any other desired toppings

Crumble 1/4 of ground beef into bottom of slow cooker. Top with 1/4 of
tortilla wedges. In a small bowl mix soup and taco mix. Spread 1/4 of soup
over tortillas. Sprinkle with 1/4 of tomatoes. Repeat layering until all
ingredients are used. Cover and cook on LOW 4-5 hrs.

Spoon onto individual plates. Top each serving with sour cream, lettuce, etc.

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Per serving: 417 Calories; 27g Fat (58% calories from fat); 23g Protein; 20g
Carbohydrate; 90mg Cholesterol; 355mg Sodium

NOTES : Could be used for dip if tortilla wedges were left out. Use chips to
dip after cooking.

Title: CROCODILE CAFE’S CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP
Categories: Mexican, Soups
Yield: 8 servings

2 qt Chicken stock
Red onion, large, diced
3 x Corn tortillas, fried/broken
3 x Roma tomatoes, diced
1/2 x Bunch of cilantro
8 oz Ancho chile paste *
2 x Chicken breast halves **
Salt to taste
6 oz Ranchero cheese, crumbled
2 x Corn tortillas, fried crisp

* or 6 or 7 ancho chiles pureed
** large, cooked and shredded
Bring 1 qt chicken broth to boil with onion in soup
pot. Combine remaining chicken broth with 3 fried
tortillas in a blender and blend until combined and
slightly thickened. Pour into heated broth along with
tomatoes, cilantro, chile paste, and chicken. Season
to taste with salt. Bring again to boil. Serve
garnished with ranchero cheese and tortilla strips.
NOTE: To puree ancho chiles, soak 6 or 7 chiles in
hot water until tender, or simmer just until tender.
Remove stem and seeds and puree in blender with small
amount of water until paste in formed. Strain
through sieve to remove skin, if desired. Each serving
with cheese and chips contains about: 146 calories,
866 mg sodium, 31 mg cholesterol, 4 g fat, 9 g
carbohydrates, 17 g protien, 0.55 g fiber.
— from the CROCODILE CAFE, Pasadena, CA.

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Mom’s Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

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

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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—–CAKE—–
1 1/2 c Butter (3 sticks), divided
6 lg Eggs, separated
1 1/2 t Baking soda
1 1/2 c Buttermilk, with
-pineapple juice
1 t Vanilla extract (or more)
1/2 t Salt
1 c Sugar, granulated
2 1/2 c Confectioner’s sugar (4x)
2 1/2 c Flour
—–TOPPINGS—–
Pineapple rings
Maraschino cherries
Pecan halves
—–SYRUP—–
2 c Light brown sugar (1 box)
1/2 c Butter
2/3 c Water
2 T Karo

Grease 3 cast-iron skillets. Drain pineapple rings, reserving juice. Add
all but 1 tablespoon of the juice to the buttermilk to make 1 1/2 cups
fluid (equal parts, if possible).

Separate eggs; place all the whites in a large bowl, place 3 yolks in one
small container, and the other 3 in another. Prepare 3 8-inch cake pans
with brown-paper rounds (for bottoms) greased with shortening. Preheat
oven to 350 degrees F.

Soften 1/2 C butter in a large bowl; add confectioner’s sugar and beat
until thoroughly mixed. Add 3 egg yolks, one after another, and continue
beating. Add vanilla and mix till thoroughly blended, scraping sides with
spatula if necessary.

Measure flour into a small bowl and stir in baking soda. Add to
butter/sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk in 4 steps, beginning and
ending with the flour.

Sprinkle about 1/2 t salt on egg whites. Beat till stiff, but not dry.
Fold egg whites into batter.

TOPPING: Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat; add 1 T of
pineapple juice and the sugar. Add water and Karo and cook at a high,
rolling boil for about 3 minutes. Pour equally into prepared cast-iron
skillets (about 1/2 to 3/4-inch thick). Place pineapple rings in bottom of
each skillet, and in the centers, place a cherry. (Can add pecan halves,
too.) Divide batter between pans and bake at 350 degrees F. about 30-35
minutes, until done.

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Pineapple Julius

Recipe By :
Serving Size : 2 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Beverages Breakfast
Brunch

Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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8 ozs crushed pineapple in juice
2 egg whites
3/4 tsp vanilla
1/4 c sugar
1 c water
1 c crushed ice

Blend on high for about 1 minute, maybe a little more if you want it less
frozen.

Try 1 cup frozen strawberries, thawed, instead of the pineapple for a
strawberry julius.

If you don’t want to use the egg whites, you might try a product sold at
GNC, called 100% Egg Protein (vanilla flavor). It’s mainly powdered egg
white, with vanilla flavoring and aspartame.
It will make a great “julius” of any flavour.
Careful, though-a little goes a long way. If you use a 1 oz scoop per
drink as the label suggests, the drink will be pretty thick. A tablespoon
may be enough.

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Per serving: 183 Calories; 0g Fat (0% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 43g
Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 63mg Sodium