108 its that Recipes

tri-color spiral pasta (bowties and pene work well too), pepperoni slices (you can also use stick and just dice it), fresh mozzarella cheese, cubed, grape tomatoes, halved, jumbo olives, halved, red onion, chopped, italian dressing (if you can find the roasted red pepper , go with that 1), parmesan cheese, to top

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bone in skin on chicken breasts, turnip, peeled, quartered, carrots, peeled, but in half (to fit in pot), stalks celery, cut in half, onion, quartered, fresh parsley , maybe about the size of a small fist, tied so that its not loose in the pot (its important to tie it, so that it s easier to remove when its done cooking), bay leaves, thyme, whole peppercorn, coarse salt, water

christmas with louise, as a joke , my brother, jay, used to hang a pair of panty hose over his fireplace before christmas. he said all he wanted was for santa to fill them., what they say about santa reviewing behavior and checking the list twice must be true because every christmas morning, although jay s kids stockings overflowed, his poor pantyhose hung sadly empty., year i decided to make his dream come true. i put on sunglasses and with a hat pulled down and went in search of an inflatable love doll. they don tsp sell those things at walmart., i had to go to an adult bookstore downtown. if you ve never been in an x-rated store, don tsp go. you ll only confuse yourself. i was there an hour saying things like, what does this do you re kidding me! who would buy that finally, i made it to the inflatable doll section. i wanted to buy a standard, uncomplicated doll that could also substitute as a passenger in my car so i could use the car pool lane, during rush hour. finding what i wanted was difficult. love dolls come in many different models. the top of the line , according to the side of the box, could do things i d only seen in a book on animal husbandry. i settled for lovable louise. she was at the bottom of the price scale. to call louise a doll took a huge leap of imagination., on christmas eve , with the help of an old bicycle pump, louise came to life., my sister-in-law was in on the plan and let me in during the wee morning hours, long after santa had come and gone, i filled the dangling pantyhose with louise s pliant legs and bottom. i also ate some cookies and drank what remained of a glass of milk on a nearby tray. i went home, and giggled for a couple of hours., next morning my brother called to say that santa had been to his house and left a present that had made him very happy but had left the dog confused. she would bark, start to walk away, then come back and bark some more. we all agreed that louise should remain in her panty hose so the rest of the family could admire her when they came over for the traditional christmas dinner., my grandmother noticed louise the moment she walked in the door. what the hell is that she asked. my brother quickly explained , it s a doll. . who would play with something like that granny snapped. i had several candidates in mind, but kept my mouth shut. where are her clothes granny continued., boy , that turkey sure smells nice, gran, jay said, trying to steer her into the dining room. but granny was relentless. why doesn tsp she have any teeth again, i could have answered, but why would i it was christmas and no 1 wanted to ride in the back of the ambulance saying, hang on granny! hang on! ., my grandfather , a delightful old man with very poor eyesight, sidled up to me and said, hey, who s the naked gallon by the fireplace i told him she was jay s friend. a few minutes later i noticed grandpa by the mantel, talking to louise. not just talking, but actually flirting. it was then that we realized this might be grandpa s last christmas at home., dinner went well. we made the usual small talk about who had died , who was dying, and who should be killed, when suddenly louise made a noise that sounded a lot like my father in the bathroom in the morning. then she lurched from the panty hose, flew around the room twice, and fell in a heap in front of the sofa. the cat screamed. i passed cranberry sauce through my nose, and grandpa ran across the room, fell to his knees, and began administering mouth to mouth resuscitation. my brother fell back over his chair and wet his pants laughing and granny threw down her napkin, stomped out of the room, and sat in the car., it was indeed a christmas to treasure and remember. later in my brother s garage, we conducted a thorough examination to decide the cause of louise s collapse. we discovered that louise had suffered from a hot ember to the back of her right thigh. fortunately, thanks to a wonder drug called duct tape , we restored her to perfect health., louise went on to star in several bachelor party movies. i think grandpa still asks about her whenever he can get out of the house

doughnuts, active dry yeast (1/4 oz, 1 packet), milk, warmed to about 100f, unsalted butter at room temperature, sugar, eggs, salt, flour (i used 5 1/2 this time, you want a soft dough, but not so soft that you cannot knead it...so you might need a bit more or a bit less ), oil for frying (i used a vegetable oil), alton brown s chocolate doughnut glaze, unsalted butter, whole milk, warmed (i did not have whole milk so i used half heavy cream half 1% milk), light corn syrup, vanilla extract, bittersweet chocolate, chopped, sugar , sifted

a how -to -tip from neil patrick hudson former chef at the nantucket hotel, canola oil, butter, bay scallops, patted dry, garlic clove, slivered, lemon juice, white wine (not cooking wine), salt, coarsely ground black pepper, chopped fresh parsley

eggs, vanilla extract, unsweetened applesauce (i realized too late that i was out, and i substituted with 3/4 cup of pumpkin puree and 1/4 cup of oil with great success), brown sugar, banana, sliced, fruit of your choice (i used frozen blueberries) or chocolate chips, old-fashioned oats, salt, baking powder, flax seed, ground, cinnamon, milk (i used skim ), chopped and toasted pecans and walnuts. (this is not part of the original recipe, but i had some leftovers toasted pecans & walnuts and added them in too.), recipe calls for 6 & 1/2 droppers full stevia + 1/2 cups sucanat or brown sugar. the recipe notes that if you are not using any stevia to increase your sugar choice to 1 cup.

slpenda sugar substitute, eggs, cream cheese, sugar free cherries (add any fruit that you like to it), cherry juice (that is with them)

consider pansies , violets, johnny-jump-ups, nasturtiums, and marigolds. all are edible with interesting flavors. use flowers that have not been sprayed with pesticides (some available at gourmet shops and whole foods markets), shaved cheese hard cheeses such as parmesan or pecorino romano take on an attractive lacy look when shaved paper thin and placed upon an open-faced sandwich, rolled cheese cut cheese into 1/4 squares. put 1 tsp of olive oil on your hands and roll cheese squares into balls. then roll in cumin, curry, or finely chopped herbs, piped herbed mayonnaise or creme fraiche use an icing flower tip and place a fresh or thawed frozen pea atop the piping, layer it place a small spinach leaf, with stem , atop an open-faced sandwich. place a thin slice of hard-boiled egg on top of that and sprinkle with either nutmeg and sea salt, pickled ginger and a dot of wasabi, or a combination of crushed herbs, chopped egg & asparagus finely chop hardboiled eggs, using only half as many whites as yolks, and press onto an open-faced sandwich with a mayonnaise based filling. upon this, lay a short piece of asparagus, citrus , herbs & spices cut small triangles of fresh lemon or orange, removing peel. sprinkle lemon triangles with fresh basil or parsley and orange triangles with cinnamon or curry, grilled vegetables grill red and green peppers, zucchini, or pearl onions. cut peppers into strips, zucchini into squares, and leave pearl onions whole, use a very small cookie cutter to cut hearts from thin slices of pickled beets. or, cut small hearts from bread, dip in melted butter, and sprinkle heavily with curry before toasting in a 350 degree oven, herb or nut dip cut filled tea sandwiches into triangles and butter the long cut side. press this buttered side into crushed s or very finely chopped nuts

milk (that s what was in the fridge, feel free to up it to whole), heavy cream, egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, prunes, chopped, armagnac, water

carrots, peeled and chunked (i usually buy the peeled baby carrots for convenience, and you could do that, but, i wanted large chunks), rigs celery , chunked, yellow onion, large diced, tub fresh mushrooms, quartered (i actually bought the larger mushrooms that you indivdually bag, and eyeballed it to match the amount in the tubs), red pepper, chopped large, margarine, chicken or veg stock, kosher salt, fresh ground black pepper, veg-it seasoning (i think ms. dash would work, too), worcestershire, lea & perrins chicken marinade, splash or two of dry white wine, cream of selery soup, handful grated parmesan, pepperidge farm stuffing mix

butter, semisweet chocolate, chopped, eggs, white sugar, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, chopped walnuts

venison steak or 2 lbs beef steaks, ground venison or 1 lb ground beef, kidney beans, black beans, red beans, chili beans, chili con carne , with no beans (for texture), tomatoes, chopped, spaghetti sauce (classico with basil), chili powder, garlic powder, hot sauce (it s not that hot with all the other ingredients), black pepper

rolls of lean sausage , as lean as possible(rae favors jimmy dean s), two medium onions, chopped, puff pastry sheets , or phyllo (no hydrogenated oils!), mixed fresh herbs, chopped (rae uses basil and cilantro., you can experiment with herbs that you like.), eggs, french bread (optional), chicken broth, heated (homemade is best if you have it!)

pork and beans (dig out the , drain off the extra sauce), bacon, cut in pieces (i buy the precooked stuff. there s a big debate in the family about whether you should use cooked or raw bacon. i prefer cooked so that i can eat it with the beans. and 1 package of precooked is perfect.), onion, cut in chunks (i process until pretty fine with a food processor), green pepper, cut in chunks (ditto food processor), worcestershire sauce, ketchup, brown sugar

olive oil, yellow onions (the recipe calls for a yellow onion but i used a red 1 and it just made the soup that much sweeter) or 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced (the recipe calls for a yellow onion but i used a red 1 and it just made the soup that much sweeter), no salt added frozen white corn, fat free sodium free chicken broth, chopped fresh rosemary leaves or 1 tsp crushed dried rosemary, salt, white pepper (i used 1/4 teaspoon), fresh rosemary (optional)

uncooked pasta rings or elbow or little shells or ditalini, etc - the smaller the pasta, the better, fresh crab meat (i prefer to use the refrigerated crab - or pick my own crab meat off the legs - over the shelved canned crab...it gives such a great fresh flavor that can tsp be matched by shelved or imitation crab meat), fresh medium shrimp, chopped coarsely, chopped green onions, whites and some of the greens, diced celery (i prefer to peel the outer stalks of the celery first, using a potato peeler - try it sometime...the celery is tender and crispy without all the stringy-ness!), mayonnaise, dried dill weed, two of old bay seasoning, juice of 1 lemon, salt and pepper to your taste (if even needed - taste it first)

olive oil, chorizo sausage, crumbled casing removed, butter, carrot, peeled and shredded, onion, shallot, garlic cloves, fresh rosemary, fresh thyme, diced portabella mushroom, chickpeas (drained ), chipotle chiles in adobo, diced, salt & pepper, flour, beef stock, turkey stock or 3 cups chicken stock, red wine , pour yourself a glass while you cook it too (if you won tsp drink it, don tsp use it), sherry wine, half-and-half