14 aka the top Recipes

food cake mix (pillsbury is best ), eggs (or as called for by your cake mix), oil (or as called for by your cake mix), water (or as called for by your cake mix), instant chocolate pudding mix, crushed pecans, nestles milk chocolate chips, nestles peanut butter morsels, ready to spread pillsbury milk chocolate frosting, extra chocolate chips, for topping, pecans, for topping

ripe avocados, lemon juice, salt, pepper, sour cream, mayonnaise, taco seasoning mix, bean dip, green onions with top, chopped (1 cup), tomatoes, cored, halved, seeded and coarsely chopped (2 cups), pitted ripe olives, drained, coarsely chopped, sharp cheddar cheese, shredded, tortilla chips

cooked lobster meat (can sub cooked crawfish meat), asparagus tops, fresh mushrooms, whole, bacon , fried crisp and broken into very small pieces, olive tapenade(recipe follows, or your favorite ), melted(clarified is even better ) butter, diameter , about 1/2inch thick fried tortillas(recipe follows, or use your own), salt and pepper, olive oil, kalamata olives (measured whole), roasted red pepper, capers, garlic, olive oil, squirt of lemon or lime juice, fresh cilantro, instant mesa, room temperature water, salt(yes, really ), flour, oil heating for frying

lean beef, cleaned and cut into 1 cubes (top sirloin s good), red wine (a burgundy is fine, but any merlot also works), onions or 1 large onion, finely chopped, carrots, peeled , cut lengthwise and sliced, celery ribs, washed and chopped into 1/4-inch pieces, garlic cloves, minced, bacon, sliced into 1/4 pieces, olive oil, flour, salt, pepper, fines herbes, fresh rosemary, chopped, other spices or herbs, to your taste, big brown italian mushrooms, cleaned and sliced (cremini!), garlic powder, parsley, chopped, for garnish

baking potatoes, rubbed with olive oil, pierced and baked in a 400 degree oven for about 50 minutes, shredded jack or sharp cheddar cheese, sour cream, cooked bacon or ham, chopped, green onions, chopped, dijon mustard, hot red pepper sauce, chives for topping

dried wakame pieces, shiitake mushrooms (about 2 oz.), thinly sliced, red (aka ) miso, extra-virgin olive oil, divided, meyer lemon zest, meyer lemon juice, minced garlic, chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves, soba (buckwheat noodles), by 8 in.) square nori*, snipped into slivers, dried dulse*, snipped into small pieces, baby radishes and/or baby carrots, with tops

brownie mix, cream cheese, softened, butter, softened, cornstarch, sweetened condensed milk, egg, vanilla extract, prepared chocolate frosting

white bread, good quality, whole wheat sandwich bread, good quality, celery, diced, onion, diced, red apple, left unpeeled and diced small, dried apricots, finely chopped, fresh thyme sprigs, white wine, chicken stock or 1 1/2 cups chicken broth, apple cider vinegar, butter, onion powder, dried rosemary (the finely chopped 1), paprika, dried parsley, ground sage, turmeric, salt and pepper, to taste, chopped pecans (optional)

ice , as needed, vodka , such as zubrowka, pineapple reduction , recipe follows, strawberry pickling liquid , recipe follows, ginger sake, soda water, for topping, pickled strawberries , recipe follows, orange-flavored liqueur , such as cointreau, rice vinegar, fresh lemon juice, strawberry juice, strawberries, cleaned and hulled, pineapples, juiced

unsalted butter, green onion, chopped, white part only , reserve the green for garnish, garlic cloves, minced, green bell pepper, diced, red bell pepper, diced, stalk celery, diced, fresh mushrooms, sliced, boiling water, kosher salt, black pepper , to taste, whole wheat flour, low-fat milk, parmesan cheese, shredded or 1/4-1/2 cup your favourite cheese, whole wheat pasta, cooked and drained, hardboiled egg, sliced into rounds, paprika, sliced black olives , for flower centre, reserved green onion top, chopped, fresh parsley, chopped , reserving several stems for garnish

semisweet chocolate, good-quality, chocolate syrup (dove ice cream topping, if you can find it), butter, room temperature, vanilla extract, eggs, lightly beaten, sugar, flour

black-eyed peas, cooked, celery, finely sliced, green chilies, chopped, red bell pepper, finely diced, purple onion, diced, garlic cloves, finely minced, salt (or more to taste), ground black pepper, worcestershire sauce, italian dressing, red cabbage leaf, for garnish, minced green onion top, for garnish