51 favorite colored Recipes

tri-color spiral pasta (or your favorite - cooked and drained according to package directions.), onion, diced, green bell pepper, diced, roma tomatoes, seeded and chopped, ripe black olives, drained, cheddar cheese, grated or diced, bacos bacon bits, your favorite bottled ranch dressing (i use kraft free ranch), water , add to dressing if it very thick (optional), fresh black pepper

boneless, skinless chicken breasts, thawed, yellow bell pepper (any color is fine), diced, yellow onion, diced, garlic clove, minced, black beans, drained, frozen corn, jicama, peeled & diced, grape tomatoes, quartered, avocado, diced, your favorite ranch dressing (i use hidden valley), your favorite bbq sauce (i use sweet baby ray s honey bbq), a splash of white wine vinegar, flour tortillas , cut into strips, olive oil, salt , freshly ground black pepper

pasta, shaped , colored, tubular, flavoured, lots to choose from. i like to buy a bag of mixed as it adds a nice colourful look to the dish., vegetables, anything goes here , whatever your taste buds desire. the popular ones being, celery, onions-any kind, olives, carrots, broccoli, tomatoes -small cherry, cucumber, peppers-green, red, yellow , orange, jalepeno, garlic, parmesan cheese, salt pepper , spices, chicken, seafood, dressing, you can add your favorite bottled dressing or make 1 from scratch. here are 2 basic ones, mayonnaise, wine or cider vinegar, crushed garlic, basil, salt and pepper to taste, you can substitute yogurt or veganese for mayonnaise or mix mayo and yogurt together for your dressing base., lemon juice can be used in place of vinegar ., oil/vinegar, salad oil, vinegar-balsamic ,wine, cider etc., crushed garlic, basil and/or oregano, salt and pepper to taste

bell peppers (any color you prefer ), instant rice, water, your favorite salsa (i love the kind that has corn in it! it ads a whole extra texture to the dish.), shredded cheese (i use the mexican blend ), chorizo, removed from casing and crumbled (i cooked mine in a pan first to make sure it was heated through).

rose , leaf green icing colors, white ready-to-use decorator icing, your favorite yellow cake recipe (duncan hines or pillsbury)

olive oil, onion, chopped, garlic cloves, chopped, carrot cut into 1-inch pieces, butternut squash, cubed (for a quicker-cooking variation, use 1 cup yellow or crookneck squash, cubed), beans, drained (garbanzos, with their harvest gold color, are my favorite, but you could try butter beans, small red beans, or pintos - whatever pleases you), fresh or frozen corn kernels, sea salt, dried chipotle pepper (optional), water or vegetable broth, as needed, chopped fresh parsley

peanut butter (chunky or creamy doesn tsp matter), soy sauce (not carmel color and sodium benzoate), hoisin sauce (not high fructose corn goop but fermented soybeans), sriracha sauce or 1 -100 tbsp your favorite hot sauce or 1 -100 tbsp chili sauce, minced garlic clove, water (to thin out the sauce use as much or as little as you need) or coconut milk

ladyfinger (2 large packages), sherry wine (or more , to taste), red wine, cold (or white wine or rose, depending on the flavor of jell-o gelatin you are using), boiling water, pckg. raspberry flavor jello gelatin (or your favorite flavor ), peach slices, drained (or your favorite fruit, see note), prepared vanilla pudding (or your favorite flavor ), vanilla bean, scraped (optional), heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar, pure vanilla extract, colored sprinkles, to decorate (optional)

recipe dill dip (or your favorite raw vegetable dip), broccoli floweretes, cauliflower floweretes, whole small white mushrooms, cleaned and stems removed, green onions, whole radishes, whole grape tomatoes, zucchini, peeled, de-seeded , and cut into strips, cucumber, peeled, de-seeded , and cut into strips, jicama, peeled and cut into strips, baby carrots, celery , peeled (yes, try using a potato peeler to peel the outside of the stalk - a trick my chef sister taught me...ii think you ll like the results!), any color sweet peppers, but into strips (some hot peppers, too, if desired - just warn your guests if they aren tsp familiar with them!), any other veggies of your choice, your favorite italian dressing, dill dip recipe, sour cream, real mayonnaise, dried dill weed, beau monde seasoning (if you can tsp find beau monde, use 1 tsp each: garlic powder, celery salt and onion salt), dried parsley, dried onion, mix all ingredients together well, cover and chill several hours before serving.

cherry pie, by edra ward, time for memories, cherry pie . . ., brown crust and spice and sugar, jucie fruit , piled high., twas baked in the big oven, along with three or four, thier wonderful aroma, came floating out the door ., we watched through all the making, often got a taste . . ., was so delicious, not 1 must go to waste., helped to pick the cherries, that made it extra good, carried in the wood ., we saw the dough mixed quickly, how fast the rolling pin, smoothed it out, so nice and round, just right to fit the tin., firm deft fingers worked, soon each crimson sphere, was ready to be covered, sugar and spice., top would then be dotted, cinnamon , here and there, latticed upper crust, was put in place with care., when twas time for dinner, how everyone would beam, as grandma cut the cherry pie, pour the rich thick cream ., filling for cherry pie, into your favorite unbaked piecrust , place the filling, sugar, cornstarch, salt, cherry juice, red coloring

tri-colored rotini pasta, wishbone italian dressing, chicken tenderloins, red pepper, your favorite spices

rotini pasta, firm tomatoes, chopped, celery chopped, bell pepper (color of your choice) chopped, green onions chopped, salt, pepper, your favorite italian salad dressing (hi cal, lo cal, homemade as long as you like it), diced carrots (i prefer shredded here), cucumbers chopped, pepperoni chopped, smoked ham chopped, garlic minced fine

tri-color spiral pasta (cooked to package instructions), broccoli floret, blanched, cauliflower floret, blanched, artichoke heart, drained,cut into quarters, black olives, drained, green pepper , juilienned, red pepper , juilienned, bermuda onion , juilienned, tomatoes, carrot , juilienned, dry salami , juilienned, lemon pepper, garlic pepper seasoning, fresh basil , chiffanade, your favorite italian dressing

whole chicken breasts ( 4 pieces when cut in half), italian salad drrssing ( your favorite kind ), mayonaisse to bind, chopped onion to taste, salt , pepper to taste, options: use 1 or combos you like: red seedless grapes cut in half, toasted walnuts or pecans, chopped herbs such as fresh basil, cilantro, parsley, dill, frozen sweet green peas thawed, chopped fresh bell colored peppers

tri-colored rotini pasta, own (or your favorite brand ) balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing, garlic, minced, dried basil flakes, crushed red pepper flakes, salt, shredded parmesan cheese, tomatoes, halved, shredded mozzarella, sliced black olives

eggplant , halved lengthwise, zucchini , halved lengthwise, onions, peeled and cut in 8, ripe tomatoes, halved, bell peppers (mixed colors are the best), halved, garlic cloves, chicken stock, light cream, salt , pepper, thyme, olive oil, basil leaves or your favorite fresh herb, shredded

assorted dried beans (i get the 15 bean soup beans. i love beans.), red onion , rough chop, bell peppers , rough chop (any color), carrot, grated, celery stalks , rough chop, stewed tomatoes, chopped (with liquid ), crushed tomatoes with puree, whole green chilies, chopped, your favorite enchilada sauce, several cups of chicken or vegetable stock, half a bottle of beer, shredded chicken, several heaping spoonfuls of my taco seasoning to taste, tortilla strips or chips, sour cream, shredded cheese, hot sauce, sliced jalepenos, sliced olives, taco seasoning :

tri-color spiral pasta, cooked and drained, broccoli florets, italian salad dressing (your favorite ), parmesan cheese, grated, red pepper, chopped, pitted black olives, sliced, red onion, thinly sliced