Baked Penne With Tomatoes And Peas

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Ingredients:

• 8 ounces penne
• 1 cup frozen peas thawed
• 1 cup cherries or 1 cup grape tomatoes halved
• 2 cups bottled pasta tomato sauce
• 2 cups shredded low fat mozzarella divided
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese divided

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees
• Cook pasta according to package
• Drain
• Meanwhile toss together peas tomatoes and pasta sauce
• Stir in 1 1/2 cups mozzarella and 1/4 cup Parmesan
• Toss pasta with vegetables and sauce; spread in pan coated with cooking spray
• Top with remaining cheeses
• Bake 15 minutes or until cheese on top is lightly browned and bubbly

Beets in Mustard Cream

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Ingredients:

• 1 lb fresh beet peeledboiled until tender and then slicevery thinly
• 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon tarragon vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup lite olive oil or 1/4 cup virgin olive oil
• 1 cup plain yogurt

Steps:

• Thoroughly combine mustard vinegar saltamp; pepper
• Slowly whisk in the olive oil pouring in a slow steady stream whisking all the while
• Stir in the yogurt to finish the dressing
• Pour the mustard cream over the beets toss cover and refrigerate for at least an hour

Carnation Maple Muffins

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3 tablespoons corn oil
• 3/4 cup uncooked quick oats
• 2/3 cup undiluted Carnation Evaporated Milk
• 3/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 beaten egg

Steps:

• Combine flour sugar baking powder and salt
• Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs
• Stir in oats
• Mix evaporated milk maple syrup and egg
• Add to dry ingredients all at once; stir just until moistened
• Fill greased medium muffin cups 2/3 full
• Bake in hot oven 400F 20 to 25 minutes
• Remove from pans immediately
• Serve warm or at room temperature

Citrus Haricots Verts

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Ingredients:

• 1 bunch fresh French haricots vert or 1 bunch green beans washed
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
• 2/3 cup water
• 1 navel orange segmented without membrane
• 1 red grapefruit segmented without membrane
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons cold butter
• salt and pepper

Steps:

• Trim ends from beans Heat olive oil in a large saut pan over medium high heat Add beans and toss to coat Add garlic and orange zest and saut 1 minute Add 2/3 cup water and simmer beans uncovered until almost all the water has evaporated about 4 minutes Remove beans from pan onto serving dish Note that haricots verts will cook faster than regular green beans
• Add orange and grapefruit segments and stir gently to warm through juices will come out When juices begin to simmer stir in sugar and remove from heat Stir in cold butter in small pieces until melted Season to taste and spoon over beans

Cranberry Apple Cake

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 3 apples peeled and diced
• 6 ounces dried cranberries
• 1/4 cup brown sugar packed
• 2 1/2 tablespoons light cream
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2/3 cup icing sugar

Steps:

• For the cake
• preheat the oven to 325 degrees F and grease and flour a 10 tube pan
• Beat the oil
• sugars and eggs in a large mixing bowl
• Combine the next six ingredients in a separate bowl
• Add to the wet ingredients along with the apples and cranberries
• stirring until moistened
• Spread the batter in the prepared pan
• Bake for 1-1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean
• Cool for 20 minutes in the pan
• then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely
• For the frosting
• heat the first three ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat
• stirring until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture comes to a boil
• Cool to room temperature
• Add enough icing sugar to make a drizzling consistency
• beating until smooth
• Drizzle over the cake and decorate as desired

Cranberry French Toast

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Ingredients:

• 1 loaf challah or other yeast egg bread
• 1 8 ounce package light cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar or Splenda
• 1 1/2 cups fresh cranberries or frozen some have even used dried cranberries and you may sub strawberries too
• 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup whole milk or almond soy or rice milk

Steps:

• Slice challah bread into thick pieces
• Combine the cream cheese sugar and cranberries together Cut a pocket into the bread and stuff cream cheese mixture inside
• Melt butter over medium heat in a skillet
• Beat eggs and milk together in a large bowl Dip stuffed bread into egg mixture coating both sides Place bread in skillet cook 1 to 2 minutes on each side till a nice golden brown
• Enjoy

Hearty Whole Grain Basil Bread

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Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 ounce envelopes active dry yeast
• 2 1/4 cups warm water 110 deg
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
• 3 cups whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 cup whole grain all purpose baking flour or could sub more whole wheat pastry flour
• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour or use white whole wheat flour
• 4 teaspoons coarse salt
• 1 cup chopped fresh basil large chunks
• 1/3 cup millet
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1/4 cup flax seed
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
• 1/4 cup sesame seeds
• 1 egg white

Steps:

• Soak millet in 1/2 cup warm water for 20 minutes set aside
• In a separate bowl add 1/2 cup warm water and sprinkle yeast inches Add 2 teaspoons of honey and whisk together until combined Set aside for 10 minutes or until foamy/frothy
• In a separate bowl add flours and salt and whisk together Once yeast is ready pour yeast into a mixing bowl fitted with dough hook Add melted butter 1 1/2 cups warm water and 3 TB maple syrup Mix until combined Then add 3 cups of flour mix Mix on low speed until smooth Then add in millet plus water in bowl and the rest of the seeds/oats and basil
• Mix at low speed until combined Then add remaining flour until dough is combined and somewhat smooth
• On a floured surface kneed dough for about 5 minutes until a smooth ball forms
• Place dough in greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap Let rise for an hour or so I did about 1 1/2 hours
• When dough has risen punch it down T hen divide dough into about 6 or 7 balls Form balls and place on cookie sheet fitted with a cooking mator parchment paper
• Take your egg white and add a little water and brush the tops of the dough balls Then cover baking sheet with plastic and let dough sit for about another 1 1/2 hours to rise
• Pre heat oven to 400 degrees and when the dough is ready bake for about 22-25 minutes rotating pan halfway through
• Try not to pass out of excitement due to the most amazing smell that will fill your house
• Pull out of the ovenand smile
• Dont forget to brush with more butter straight out of the oven

Kindness Cake

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter softened
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated orange rind
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 1/4 cups chopped pitted dates
• 1 cup cranberries fresh or frozen
• 1 cup chopped almonds
• 2 tablespoons butter softened
• 2 cups icing sugar sift through a sieve after measuring to remove lumps
• 2 tablespoons orange juice

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F; line 2 8x4 loaf pans with parchment paper and set aside
• In a mixing bowl beat butter with sugar until mixture is fluffy
• Next beat in eggs 1 at a time then stir in orange rind
• In a separate mixing bowl combine flour baking soda and powder and salt
• Stir dry mixture into butter mixture alternately with buttermilk dry buttermilk dry buttermilk finally dry
• Into this batter stir in dates cranberries and almonds just until combined
• Scrape batter into the two prepared loaf pans and bake in the centre of preheated oven until a tester comes out clean about 75 minutes
• Turn out onto cooling racks and cool completely
• You could now wrap cakes in heavyduty foil and freeze for up to one month if you wish
• To make icing beat butter with just 1/4 cup of the icing sugar then beat in orange juice
• Beat in remaining sugar until icing is smooth
• Spread icing over tops of both cakes

Mushroom Tarts

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Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cold butter diced
• 1 cup cream cheese diced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 8 ounces fresh mushrooms chopped
• 8 ounces wild mushrooms chopped
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/4 cup chopped green onion
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• salt freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

• PASTRY Place flouramp; salt in food processor and scatter butteramp; cheese over top; pulse together with on-off motion
• Remove from processor form into a ballamp; chill for 30 minutes
• Pinch 1 inch balls from the pastryamp; pat NOT rolled as this pastry is very rich into small tart or muffin tins- or foil tart tins
• Chill until needed
• Preheat oven to 400F
• Heat butter in skillet; add mushroomsamp; saute for 5 minutes or until juices disappear
• Add garlicamp; creamamp; bring to a boil; add lemon juice green onion parsleyamp; seasonings
• Spoon into pastry cases
• Bake for 15- 20 minutes or until pastry is edged with goldamp; mushroom filling is hot
• Turn out of tinsamp; cool for 10 minutes
• These may be frozen on cookie sheets placed in freezer containersamp; reheated from frozen state at 350F for 15 minutes or until filling is hot

Pancakes

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Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 1/4 cups milk

Steps:

• Beat egg
• Stir in butter and milk
• Combine flour
• salt
• sugar
• and baking powder
• Stir into egg mixture
• Lightly grease a griddle
• Heat griddle and drop about 1/4 cup batter onto griddle
• Spread lightly with a spoon
• When bubbles begin to appear around outside edge and break
• turn with a spatula and cook on other side
• I also lift edge a little with the spatula and peek under it to see how its doing You will need to adjust your heat so they do not cook too fast and burn
• For me
• the temperature usually ends up somewhere between medium and medium-high

Papaya Milk Drink

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Ingredients:

• 1 medium ripe papaya roughly 1 lb
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 3 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups finely crushed ice

Steps:

• Peel papaya
• Cut papaya in half remove seeds and chop fruit coarsely
• Combine the papaya milk cinnamon and ice in blender
• Blend on high speed until the mixture is smooth and thick

Pate Reinagel Vegetarian Spread

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Ingredients:

• 4 ounces reduced-fat goat cheese unripened
• 2 ounces black mission figs finely chopped about 6
• 1 tablespoon argan oil
• 2 teaspoons mild honey
• 3/4 teaspoon black pepper coarsely cracked

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients mix until well combined and fluffy Chill Serve with apple slices crackers or flat-bread or Belgian endive leaves Makes about 3/4 cup

Peach and Roasted Red Pepper Bruschetta

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Ingredients:

• 1 red pepper
• 2 peaches diced
• 1 cup roma tomatoes or 1 cup grape tomatoes diced and seeded
• 1 garlic clove minced
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
• salt freshly ground black pepper
• 1 baguette sliced on the diagonal

Steps:

• Preheat grill to medium-high or broiler Roast red pepper turning often until well blackened Place in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap Leave to cool
• Remove skin stem and seeds from pepper Finely chop the pepper and place in a medium bowl
• Stir in peaches tomatoes garlic vinegar and basil Season with salt and pepper to taste Marinate for 30 minutes before serving or cover and refrigerate for up to 8 hours
• Before serving bring peach mixture to room temperature Lightly toast baguette slices on both sides Spoon peach mixture on top of toasts

Rose's World Famous Pancakes

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Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk I prefer buttermilk
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Steps:

• Preheat griddle
• Beat eggs and milk together
• Add dry ingredients and beat well
• Pour on griddle
• Cook until bubbles appear and flip over

Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms

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Ingredients:

• 1 cup gruyere cheese shredded
• 1/2 cup fresh breadcrumb
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley chopped
• 1/4 cup almonds toasted and chopped
• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato packed in oil drained
• 2 tablespoons fresh chives minced
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 large portabella mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Steps:

• In a bowl combine the cheese bread crumbs parsley almonds tomatoes chives and pepper
• Set aside
• Remove the mushroom stems and reserve for another use such as stock
• Brush the mushroom caps all over with oil
• Place gill side down on a greased broiler pan
• Broil just until the juices release about 4 minutes
• Turn the mushrooms over
• Spoon the cheese filling evenly over the gills
• Broil until the cheese is melted and the mushrooms are tender about 4 minutes