9 almost french Recipes

thick slices french bread , cut into cubes, butter, garlic, minced, salt and ground black pepper to taste, dried parsley, lemon, juiced, dijon mustard, worcestershire sauce, kosher salt, anchovy paste, garlic, minced, fresh ground black pepper to taste, canola oil, head romaine lettuce, coarsely chopped, freshly grated parmesan cheese

reduced-fat vanilla wafers (you can use regular or reduced fat , which is what i use), bananas, sliced (they should be black on the outside and very soft on the inside), fat free cream cheese (or 1/3 less fat , which is what i normally use), fat-free sweetened condensed milk (or regular or low fat , which is what i normally use), sugar free fat free french vanilla pudding and pie filling mix (instant. you may have to use 1 1/2 packages of 3.4 oz if they don tsp carry the 5oz packages), low-fat milk (i normally use the 1%) or 2 -3 cups skim milk (i normally use the 1%), fat-free whipped topping (i normally use the lite)

here are the basics of making an excellent cheese fondue , the proper way (or at least the lindysez way)., use good cheese , i use half emmental swiss and gruyere, grate them up and toss them with some salt and a good amount of pepper. let them sit out at room temp so they melt better . cut your bread (good french bread, but not sourdough) into bite sized pieces making sure to have crust on each piece. let those sit out for a while too so they aren tsp too soft., cheese that you use , you are going to use 1 3/4 cups of a dry white wine, such as a fume blanc, a california sauv blanc (don tsp use a new zealand 1 as most are too grassy) or a pouilly-fume. when you are ready to make the fondue, rub the pot with a clove of garlic (we like garlic, so we leave the clove in, but you don tsp need to); then place over a medium heat and add the wine. when the wine comes to a simmer, start slowly adding the cheese, sprinkling in a handful at a time, allowing each addition to melt (my dad said you always have to stir in the same direction, in a figure 8 motion, it works. if you stir in a circle you will end up with a big glop of cheese in the middle of a pot of wine, the figure 8 is key); keep adding until you have a nice thick sauce, then add a splash of kirsch and a pinch of nutmeg. put over a burner to keep it bubbling, and stir often when you dip your bread., a lb of cheese is enough for 4 people; or more if you are serving other things. and the amounts are guesstimates. i almost always grate too much cheese, so only add as much as you need to get the right consistency ; when you dip a piece of bread into the fondue, you want a nice coating of cheese and for the bread to absorb the wine. that s what it s all about, cheese, wine and bread. so use the best you can of each ingredient. and any left over cheese makes for a mighty good ham and cheese omelet.

sushi-grade salmon , cut into 1/4--inch pieces, kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, heavy cream, lemon juice, oysters , finely chopped almost to a paste, french bread , cut toast points, chives , capers and microherbs, for garnishing plate

pie crusts, jello sugar-free instant chocolate pudding mix, skim milk, chocolate cool whip, cool whip topping

butter, onion, diced, scallions, chopped (or shallots), garlic cloves, stalks celery, diced, dry sherry, french bread, diced, cornbread, diced, wild rice, cooked, chicken stock, eggs, walnuts, coarsely chopped and toasted, fresh thyme, chopped or 1/2 tsp dried thyme, fresh oregano, chopped or 1/2 tsp dried oregano, fresh sage, chopped or 1/2 tsp dried sage, celery salt, salt, pepper, boneless turkey breast , butterflied (cut almost in half, opened), olive oil