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Horrible Harrys (appetizers)

Ingredients

1 cup Swiss Cheese shredded
1/4 cup Green onion chopped
1/4 cup Bacon precooked bacon bits
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup Black olives chopped
1/4 cup Mayonnaise
Party rye bread, sliced

Instructions

Mix all ingredients together
Place rye breads on cookie sheet and top 1 TBS on top of the breads.
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or lightly browned

 

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Beef Rib Roast with Rosemary

1 Tbls. salt
2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 shoulder-end bone-in beef rib roast with 4 ribs (about 8 lbs) ribs left long
8 large sprigs fresh rosemary
1 head garlic, separated into cloves ,peeled and crushed

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine salt and pepper in a small bowl. Using a sharp knife, cut a line down into the roast about 1/2 inch in front of the ribs to create a deep pocket into which you'll stuff the rosemary and garlic. Sprinkle the pocket with about half the salt/pepper mixture, then insert rosemary & garlic allowing rosemary sprigs to poke out of the roast. Tie the roast between the ribs with kitchen string. Sprinkle the remaining salt mixture on the outside of the roast. Place in a large roasting pan with ribs pointing up.

Cook 15 mins, then reduce oven temp. to 350 degrees and roast until thermometer inserted in center of meat reaches 130 degrees for rare (75-90 mins) or 140 degrees for medium (about 2 hrs.) Remove from oven, tent with foil and let rest for 30 mins. Cut strings and remove rosemary. Carve & serve.

 

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Vegetable-Pasta Soup (Diabetic acceptable)


2 tsp. olive oil
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 cups shredded carrot
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup thinly sliced celery
1 (32. oz.) box lo-sodium chicken broth
1 1/2 cups ditalini pasta
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
2 Tbls. snipped fresh parsley

In a 5-6 qt. dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Add garlic; cook and stir for 15 seconds. Add carrot, onion and celery; cook for 5-7 mins. or 'til tender stirring occasionally. Add chicken broth and 4 cups water; bring to a boil. Add the uncooked pasta; cook for 8 mins or 'til pasta is tender.

To serve, top each bowl with parmesan and parsley. Each 3/4 cup serving is 86 calories, 2 grams fat 14 grams carbo.

 

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Balsamic Pork Chops with Roasted Peppers
4 to 6 large 2 inch pork chops
1/2 jar roasted red peppers,
cut into 1 inch squares
3 cloves garlic
1 large yellow onion, sliced in 1/2 inch rings
1 cup balsamic vinegar
Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 tablespoon dry rosemary or 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup white wine
3 tablespoons fresh, chopped flat leaf parsley
Heat oven to 375 degrees. In a large frying pan, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil on high heat and
brown the chops on both sides. Remove chops and place them in a baking dish.
In the same frying pan, add the other tablespoon of olive oil and cook the onions and garlic for
3 to 4 minutes. Then add wine, lemon juice, rosemary and balsamic vinegar. Turn heat on high
and bring the liquid to a quick boil. Boil for about 1 minute. Pour mixture over the pork chops,
top with roasted red peppers and parsley.Cover, bake about 20 minutes. Makes 4 to 6 servings.

 

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Sloppy Joe Crescent Casserole

2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1 1/2 lbs hamburger
3/4 cup green peppers, diced
3/4 cup onions, diced
3/4 cup ketchup
3/4 cup barbecue sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons mustard
1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons vinegar
1 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
1 cup cheddar cheese, grated

1. Brown the hamburger, green pepper and onion; drain fat.
2. Stir in the remaining ingredients.
3. Simmer, covered, 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Cook, uncovered, until it’s the consistency you like.
5. Place 1 package rolls flat in bottom of 9 inch baking pan; seal perforations.
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
7. Cover with hamburger mixture.
8. Top with cheeses.
9. Place second package of rolls on top of cheese; seal those perforations.
10. Bake for 30 minutes.

 

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Chinese Chicken Wings

4lbs chicken wings, seperated, tips discarded
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 cup vegetable oil
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon msg

1. Mix soy sauce, oil, garlic, ginger, lemon juice and MSG. Add wings and marinate overnight. Spread in pan in a single layer, use 2 pans if necessary. Bake on 350 for 1/2 hour. Increase heat to 450 and cook 15 minutes or until desired doneness. Remove from pan to serving dish.
2. This is the original recipe. I cook them longer, about 45 minutes at 350 and then 15 minutes at 450. I like them very browned and sticky.

 

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Romano’s Macaroni Grill Crabmeat Mornay

1 stick butter
1 small bunch green onions
1/2 cup chopped parsley
2 Tablespoons Flour
1 Pint Half-n-Half
1/2 Pound grated Swiss Cheese
1 Tablespoon Sherry Wine
Red Pepper to Taste
Salt to Taste
1 Pound White Crab Meat

Melt butter in heavy pot and sauté onions and parsley. Blend in flour, cream, and cheese, until cheese is melted. Add other ingredients and gently folk in crab meat.

This may be served in a chafing dish with crackers or Melba toast or in patty shells.

Source: Romano’s Macaroni Grill​

 

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Dumplings

Ingredients
3 cups All-purpose flour
2 Eggs
1 cup Milk
2 tsp Salt

Instructions
Mix ingredients with a sturdy spoon - this is a stiff dough. Bring a large pot of water with salt added to a boil. Dip a metal spoon (soup spoon size not teasppon size) into the boiling water and then scoop out a dumpling from the batter. Immediately place the dumping and spoon into the boiling water - the dumpling should fall off. Repeat until all the batter is used. Stir the dumplings off the bottom with a large spoon and let boil for 10 minutes. Remove and drain dumplings. Serve.

 

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Cabbage Beef Soup

INGREDIENTS:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 pound ground beef
1/2 large onion, chopped
5 cups chopped cabbage
2 (16 ounce) cans red kidney
beans, drained
2 cups water
24 ounces tomato sauce
4 beef bouillon cubes
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
DIRECTIONS:
1.Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium high heat. Add ground beef and onion, and cook until beef is well browned and crumbled. Drain fat, and transfer beef to a slow cooker. Add cabbage, kidney beans, water, tomato sauce, bouillon, cumin, salt, and pepper. Stir to dissolve bouillon, and cover.2.Cook on high setting for 4 hours, or on low setting for 6 to 8 hours. Stir occasionally. Enjoy!

 

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Mexican Rice

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup long grain white rice
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 1/2 onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 green bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1 fresh jalapeno pepper, chopped
• 1 tomato, seeded and chopped
• 1 cube chicken bouillon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 clove garlic, halved

DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium sauce pan, cook rice in oil over medium heat for about 3 minutes. Pour in chicken broth, and bring to a boil. Stir in onion, green pepper, jalapeno, and diced tomato. Season with bouillon cube, salt and pepper, cumin, cilantro, and garlic. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to low. Cook for 20 minutes.

 

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Crockpot Pork Tenderloin

INGREDIENTS:
1 (2 pound) pork tenderloin
1 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion
soup mix
1 cup water
3/4 cup red wine
3 tablespoons minced garlic
3 tablespoons soy sauce
freshly ground black pepper to
taste
DIRECTIONS:
1.Place pork tenderloin in a slow cooker with the contents of the soup packet. Pour water, wine, and soy sauce over the top, turning the pork to coat. Carefully spread garlic over the pork, leaving as much on top of the roast during cooking as possible. Sprinkle with pepper, cover, and cook on low setting for 4 hours. Serve with cooking liquid on the side as au jus.

 

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Farfalle with Chicken and Spinach (Farfalle con Pollo e Spinaci)

Ingredients
1 lb.boneless skinless chicken breast halves, cut into bite-sized chunks
1 tsp.salt
1/4 tspfreshly ground black pepper, divided
3 tbsp.extra virgin olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
1 cup chopped red pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cupchicken broth
1/2 lbs.spinach, rinsed and chopped
1 (16 oz.) box BARILLA Farfalle (bowties)
2 tbsp.chopped parsley
1/4 cupfreshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese

SPRINKLE chicken with ½ teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper.
HEAT oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken, onion, pepper and garlic: cook and stir 5 to 7 minutes or until chicken is almost cooked through. Add chicken broth, spinach and remaining salt and pepper. Cook until spinach is wilted and chicken is cooked through.
COOK Farfalle according to package directions; drain and return to pot.
ADD chicken mixture to hot Farfalle; toss. Transfer to serving platter; sprinkle with cheese and parsley. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Tip: Substitute 2 small shallots for onion.

 

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Diner Meat Loaf & Mashed Potatoes

The Meat Loaf
1 1/2 pounds lean ground pork
1 1/2 pounds ground veal
3 large eggs
1 cup breadcrumbs
2 cups corn kernels, drained
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/8 cup steak sauce of choice
Salt and pepper to taste
The Mashed Potatoes
5 large baking potatoes
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
1 cup fresh scallions, chopped
1 cup heavy cream
Salt and white pepper to taste
The Meat Loaf

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Have all ingredients at room temperature and mix together well.
3. Form a loaf on a greased and sided baking pan.
4. Bake in preheated 325 degree oven until cooked through, about 2 hours. Test with meat thermometer if there is any question as to doneness. This makes a generous loaf. It is excellent cold, sliced, and made into sandwiches the next day.

The Toasted Scallion Mashed Potatoes

1. Peel the potatoes and cut into large chunks. Boil potatoes in lightly salted water until tender and easily pierced with the tip of a knife. Drain.
2. Heat the butter in a saute pan over medium-high heat and stir in the scallions. Sauté the scallions until toasted.
3. With an electric beater, beat the butter and scallions into the potatoes and continue to beat, while adding cream in a stream. Season with salt and pepper and whip until smooth and fluffy. Potato recipe can be placed in a casserole and kept covered in a warm oven until ready to serve.

 

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Spaghetti Carbonara


8 oz. spaghetti
4 oz. bacon
1 green pepper
5 tbsp. Parmesan cheese
5 tbsp. chopped parsley
1-1/4 cups cream
1/4 cup butter
8 slices cooked ham, lean
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp. dried basil


Cook spaghetti in boiling salt water for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, chop bacon. Core pepper and chop finely. Put bacon in saucepan, cook until crisp. Stir in cheese, parsley, cream, green pepper. Cook slowly 5 minutes.

Drain spaghetti, toss with butter, place in greased oven dish. Roll up ham slices, lay on spaghetti, cover with bacon sauce. Sprinkle with herbs. Bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes. Serve hot.

 

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Beef Tips in Crockpot


Stew meat; (any amount)
1/2 c Red wine
1 Envelope lipton onion soup
1 cn Mushrooms; drained
1 cn Golden mushroom soup


Mix all together in crock pot and cook "all day" on low. Serve over rice or noodles

 

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Lemon-Thyme Chicken

1wholechicken, about 5 pounds
1teaspoonolive oil
salt and pepper to taste
1lemon, halved
6sprigsfresh thyme
1stalkcelery, roughly chopped
1onion, peeled and quartered
Preparation Cook: 1 hour and 10 minutes

1. Preheat the oven to 400°friend.
2. Rinse the chicken inside and out with cold water. Pat dry with paper towels.
3. Drizzle the olive oil over the skin of the chicken. Season the inside and outside of the chicken with salt and pepper. Squeeze the juice from the lemon halves all over the chicken and stuff the lemon halves, thyme, celery and onion into the cavity.
4. Place the chicken on a rack in a roasting pan. Roast the chicken in the oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 160°friend. (Check that the final temperature of the meat is 180°friend. The meat will continue to cook after being removed from the oven).
5. Let the chicken rest for 15 minutes.

 

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"Recipe For A Merry Christmas"

Take the crisp cold of a December night, add two generous parts of snow, stir in air so clear it tinkles.

Into a generous heart, mix thewonder of a little girl, the sparkle of a young boy’s glance, the love of parents, and set gently before the chimney side. Add the lightest touch of a reindeer’s hooves, a sprig of holly, a scent of fir. Set the mixture to rise in the warmth of a dream of good will to men.

It will be almost ready to serve when it bubbles with warmth and good feeling. Bedeck with the light of a star set in the East, garnish with shining balls of gold, silver, and red. Serve to the tune of an ancient carol in the middle of the family table.

 

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Scalloped Potatoes with Ham


3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 1/2 cups milk
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
3 large russet potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
12 ounces 1/4 inch sliced baked ham
2 cups grated cheddar cheese

[SIZE=-1]Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray or butter a baking dish. In a saucepan, melt butter over medium high heat. Stir in flour and cook for 1 minute. Remove saucepan from heat and whisk in milk. Return pan to heat and bring to a simmer while stirring. When sauce has thickened remove from heat, season with salt and pepper. Spread 1/4 of the white sauce in bottom of baking dish and top with half of the potatoes. Add half of the onion, ham and cheese. Add another third of the sauce. Continue layering ingredients, ending with the remaining cheese on top. Bake for 1 hour or until golden and bubbly. Serves: 2[/SIZE]

 

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Fettuccine with Spinach, Tomato Cream Sauce


12 ounces fettuccine
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 garlic clove, minced
5 ounces spinach, finely chopped (2 cups fresh, 1 cup frozen)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup diced fresh ripe tomatoes, or canned whole tomatoes, drained
3/4 cup part-skim or low-fat ricotta cheese, pureed until smooth
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese (Parmigiano Reggiano)
Pinch nutmeg

1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Remove 1/2 cup pasta cooking liquid and set aside.

2. Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and continue cooking 1 minute. Add spinach and salt. Cook until spinach is wilted. Add tomatoes. Cook until heated through.

3. Add cooked fettuccine and 1/4 cup pasta cooking liquid. Add ricotta. Toss and cook until just heated through, adding more pasta cooking liquid as necessary to make a creamy sauce. Add Parmesan and nutmeg. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

 

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Roast Beef Tenderloin with Wasabi-Garlic Sauce

Preheat oven to 425°friend.

To make Wasabi-Garlic Cream, combine in saucepan and cook over medium-high heat until reduced to 1 cup, stirring frequently, about 15 minutes:
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
2 large garlic cloves, pressed

Whisk in and cook 1 minute:
1 tablespoon prepared wasabi
Remove sauce from heat. Season to taste with salt.

Place on rimmed baking sheet:
1 2 3/4- to 3-pound beef tenderloin, tied

Pour over beef and roll to coat:
2 tablespoons olive oil

Mix together and rub over top and sides (not bottom) of beef:
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon sugar

Roast until thermometer inserted into center registers 120°friend for rare. Remove from oven; let rest 10 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Remove strings. Reheat sauce over medium heat. Cut beef into thick slices; serve with sauce.