31 just great Recipes

fresh corn(about 2 medium ears just blanched (1 minute) and trimmed from the cob, or left over cooked is great, here, too, fresh sweet green peas, shelled (no need to cook), cucumber, chopped, but not too fine, roughly chopped carrots, tomatoes, halved or quartered , depending on size, bell pepper, roughly chopped, could also add fresh lima beans (this would make this more like a succotash , asparagus, etc, if desired), fresh lettuce leaves for serving, if desired, mayonnaise, sour cream, buttermilk, fresh lemon juice, chopped fresh dill, kosher or sea alt and freshly ground pepper

all-purpose flour , plus extra flour for dusting (start with 4 cups, you may sub 1 cup whole wheat flour or spelt flour), whole flax seed, slightly crushed (in the food processor works great-you just want to crack the flax, not grind it), sesame seeds, oat bran (may sub wheat germ), sunflower seeds, millet (or amaranth, quinoa, or poppy seeds, or any combo of these), dulse flakes (or 1 tsp kosher salt or sea salt or kelp powder), baking soda, good quality beer plus 2 tbsp beer (you may sub water or milk for the beer), buttermilk (or half-and-half, milk, or water or almond milk-my personal favorite), unsalted butter, softened for serving

diced tomatoes (san marzano or any good quality italian tomato, or if you can tsp find any, hunts or a similar brand w), tomato sauce, tomato paste, red wine (cabernet or merlot works great), vegetable broth (or you can use water), onion, fine diced (if you want more onion flavor, just use a large onion), garlic (again , add more or less according to your taste, i use 3 teaspoons), dried basil, dried oregano, fresh parsley (fresh please, it really makes a difference), sugar, red pepper flakes, red wine vinegar (at the end of cooking), olive oil (to saute onion and garlic), salt, pepper, fresh basil, fine chopped, ground meat (beef, turkey, chicken, sausage or any combination, you can also use diced pork sausage as well. if y), vegetables, fine diced (celery, peppers, red or green bell, spicy such as jalapeno, cubenelle, banana, etc. any of your favo), fresh mushrooms , rough chopped (you will use more mushrooms than the other vegetables because they cook down more)

warm potato cooking water (or just warm water), mashed potatoes (leftover works great ), flour, yeast, salt, fresh ground black pepper, shredded cheddar cheese, grated asiago cheese

spinach ala tom, i wanted to add that some cream cheese, sour cream added to this mixture would make a great dip, just add some milk to the cream cheese if needed to make it less thick, just don tsp over do it. i would add after all the other ingredients are cooked., a recipe something like my dad used to make , except he put 2 eggs in it and scrambled it all together, i don tsp do that. i also added a few things to it. of course all you velveeta fans can add that instead of the fresh parmesan., green giant frozen chopped spinach, oscar mayer chopped bacon ( in the yellow plastic pouch in the salad isle of your store) it s really lower fat and easier to use than regular bacon and it also tastes good., a small yellow onion diced, unsalted butter, amount of fresh shredded parmesan cheese for garnish .

turkey breast tenderloins (usually 2 breasts), dried thyme, garlic powder, cayene red pepper, olive oil, salt, pepper, savory turkey stuffing mix (savory herb or chicken will also work just fine, stove top or pepperidge farm works great), bacon, diced, onion, diced (2 medium onions), chicken broth or 1 1/2 cups stock, cremini mushroom, sliced (i just used the pre sliced), butternut squash (frozen , also called winter squash), cranberry sauce , not the jelly, turkey gravy (now you can use any brand you like. i have found jar sizes from 7 or to 15, use which brand looks be)

chorizo sausage links, casing removed and sauteed (mexican is the soft chorizo, whereas spanish chorizo is the hard cured chorizo, you want to use mexi), black beans (2 drained and rinsed, 1 drained and not rinsed ), cannellini beans (drained and not rinsed ), diced tomatoes, undrained, crushed tomatoes, corn, thawed (frozen works great, but canned is just fine , i love white corn personally, but not necessary), chicken broth, sweet onion, chopped (if you like less onion, use a medium onion), red bell pepper, diced, green pepper, diced, celery ribs, diced (include the leaves, also chopped fine), jalapeno, chopped fine (seeds and ribs removed if you want it a bit milder, leave the ribs and seeds in if you want a bit mo), chipotle chile in adobo, minced fine and chopped , 1 tsp of the sauce (optional), garlic, minced, chili powder, ground cumin, dried oregano, fresh cilantro, lime (1/2 juiced in the chili, 1/2 cut in wedges for a garnish), olive oil, salt, pepper

jumbo shrimp, peeled , devained and tails removed (jumbo is key for this dish, approximately 12-16 shrimp, depending on the size), links spanish chorizo (not mexican , which is the soft chorizo, spanish is the hard cured chorizo, you will get 5-6 slices p), pearl onions (1 box of frozen works great for this, it has approximately 16 onions), spanish olives (you could also use black olives if you prefer), fresh mozzarella ball (optional), italian salad dressing (i just use bottled , but you can always use a homemade dressing if you want), salt, pepper

salmon fillets (1 per person ), olive oil, lemon, cut in slices, salt, pepper, green olives, chopped fine, kalamata olive, chopped fine (black olives are fine for this, 1 - 4oz can of pre-chopped is just about 1/4 cup which works great), celery, chopped fine, shallot, chopped fine, capers, fresh lemon juice, olive oil, fresh parsley, chopped fine, garlic, minced, dried oregano, salt (go light, olives and capers are y), pepper, asparagus , steamed until soft (i like 1 lb for 4 people, more or less depending on the serving size you want), scallions , rough chopped, sour cream (no no fat, low fat will work ok), milk, lemon juice, prepared horseradish sauce (more or less to taste), fresh dill, salt, pepper