4745 optional designs Recipes

quick oats, milk, egg, cottage cheese, berries (optional) or 1/2 cup mashed bananas (optional) or 1/2 cup raisins (optional) or 1/2 cup canned pumpkin (optional) or 1/2 cup chopped fruit (optional), sugar (brown is nice instead, and splenda works too to keep it healthy), cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, sliced almonds (optional) or 2 tbsp chopped pecans (optional) or 2 tbsp chopped walnuts (optional)

cream cheese, granulated sugar, sour cream, eggs, prepared graham cracker pie crust, sour cream (mixed with 2 tbsp sugar) (optional) or 1 cup cherry pie filling (optional) or 2 cups fresh strawberries (optional) or 2 cups prepared jello gelatin (optional)

flour tortillas, eggs, beaten, onion, chopped fine, bell pepper, chopped fine, potatoes, peeled and chopped into 1/4 inch cubes (hint - use your food processor and just shred them!), browned sausage (optional) or browned bacon (optional) or browned chicken (optional) or browned turkey (optional), shredded cheese (optional), butter (optional)

granulated sugar, butter, softened (two sticks, no substitutions!), eggs, cake flour, heavy whipping cream, vanilla extract, maple extract (optional) or 1 tsp butter flavor extract (optional) or 1 tsp almond extract (optional) or 2 tsp lemon juice (optional) or 2 tsp orange juice (optional)

unsalted butter, flour, sour cream, cold water, sugar, flour, salt, milk, scalded, egg yolks, beaten, vanilla extract, chopped fresh fruit (optional) or berries (optional), melted chocolate (optional), jam (optional) or jelly (optional) or chopped nuts, may be added if desired (optional), sweetened condensed milk, egg yolks, beaten, vanilla extract, butter, softened, chopped fresh fruit (optional) or berries (optional), melted chocolate (optional), jam (optional) or jelly (optional) or chopped nuts, may be added if desired (optional)

potatoes, peeled, boiled and cubed, eggs, hard boiled, cocktail franks (or other similar), sour dill pickles, cut into small dice or 2 tbsp sour dill pickle relish, drained, fresh peas or 1 cup frozen peas, cooked if desired, onion, finely chopped, carrots, diced or 1/2 cup diced frozen carrot, cooked if desired, capers, drained, mayonnaise, sour cream, prepared mustard, dijon preferred, fresh lemon juice, salt & freshly ground black pepper, dried dill (optional for garnish ) or 1 tsp snipped fresh dill (optional for garnish), boston lettuce leaf, washed and dried (optional for serving), ripe black olives, cut in half (optional for garnish ), parsley sprig (optional for garnish ), ripe tomato, cut into small wedges (optional for garnish ), paprika (optional for garnish )

butter, room temperature, brown sugar, honey, egg, water, whole wheat flour (all-purpose is good too), salt, baking soda, rolled oats (aka oatmeal), chopped dates (optional) or figs (optional) or raisins (optional) or currants (optional) or chocolate chips (optional) or chopped nuts, etc (optional)

oil (more as needed), onions, thinly sliced, sliced fresh white button mushrooms or 1 (10 oz) can canned mushroom slices, drained, all-purpose flour (use 5 tbsp for a thicker gravy), cayenne pepper (to taste, optional, optional ) (optional) or 1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes (to taste ) (optional), canned low sodium beef broth, worcestershire sauce, fresh ground black pepper (or to taste), beef bouillon powder (or to taste, add in for a stronger beef flavor) (optional), ground beef, fresh minced garlic, egg, dry onion soup mix (can use 1 package, do not add in any extra salt to the hamburger mixture), worcestershire sauce, dry breadcrumbs, fresh ground black pepper

red potatoes, water , to cover potato, kosher salt, for boiling (don tsp increase salt for more servings), butter, cream cheese, sour cream, cream or 2 tbsp half-and-half, egg, kosher salt, fresh ground pepper, minced chives or parsley, paprika, italian seasoning (optional) or 1 dash onion powder (optional) or 1 dash garlic powder (optional) or 1 dash steak seasoning (optional)

fat free egg substitute, fat free mozzarella cheese, canned tomato sauce, chopped green bell peppers, chopped mushrooms, salt (optional) or pepper (optional) or oregano (optional) or garlic powder (optional) or onion powder (optional) or red pepper flakes, etc (optional)

boneless round steak or 1 lb stewing beef, cut into bite sized pieces, garlic powder, ground ginger, onion powder, frozen broccoli florets (or frozen cut broccoli, the florets just look nicer), soy sauce (i prefer lite , less salty), cornstarch, water, rice vinegar, brown sugar, vegetable oil (whatever you have or prefer) or 1 tbsp sesame (whatever you have or prefer) or 1 tbsp peanut oil (whatever you have or prefer), shredded carrots (optional) or 1/2 cup sliced sweet red peppers (optional) or 1/2 tsp ground red pepper (optional) or 1 tbsp sesame seeds (optional) or 1/4 cup peanuts (optional)

bottled lime juice, dried mint, sugar, water, ground cumin, salt, crisp tostadas, crab, iceberg lettuce (torn and shredded), sour cream (to garnish ) (optional) or salsa (to garnish) (optional) or sliced olives (to garnish) (optional) or shredded cheddar cheese (to garnish) (optional)

stew meat, trimmed & cut into bite-sized pieces, flour, salt & pepper, to taste, olive oil or 3 tbsp vegetable oil or 3 tbsp bacon fat, onion, chopped, carrots, peeled & chopped, red potatoes or 4 -5 medium , scrubbed & cut into quarters, garlic cloves, minced, bay leaves, dried marjoram, water, beef bouillon cubes, beef broth (if needed), corn (optional) or green beans (optional) or peas (optional) or mushrooms (optional) or tomato, etc (optional), barley (optional) or noodles (optional) or dumplings, etc (optional)

eggs, chocolate, sugar, butter, vanilla extract (optional) or 1 tsp raspberry extract (optional) or 1 tsp orange extract (optional) or 1/2 tsp mint extract (optional)

garlic cloves, smashed, ginger, finely chopped, dark sesame oil, dried shiitake mushrooms (for a little more flavor soak some dried shitake mushrooms in the dashi or a little bit of hot water), chicken stock, dashi stock, sake, salt, sugar, soy sauce, chicken bouillon (to taste), ramen noodles, cooked chicken pieces (optional) or chopped scallions (optional) or green onions (optional) or hard-boiled eggs (optional) or shoyu eggs (optional) or nori (optional)

tomatoes (ripe, halved or quartered if small, diced if large), mozzarella cheese, diced (optional), oil-cured olives (optional) or 2/3 cup kalamata olives (pitted and halved, optional) or 1/2 cup green olives (pitted and chopped) (optional) or 3 tbsp capers (optional), fresh herb (chopped , including basil, parsley, mint, chives, cilantro, scallion tops or a combination, more for ), lemon , freshly grated zest of (optional), extra virgin olive oil, black pepper, freshly ground, pasta (short , like fusilli, farfalle or penne), hot red pepper flakes (optional), pine nuts (toasted ) (optional)

hidden valley ranch dressing mix, lean ground beef (or extra lean, i use lean steak mince), low fat processed cheese slices (optional topping ), hamburger buns, low-fat mayonnaise (optional topping ), tomato ketchup (optional topping ), lettuce (optional topping ), sliced tomato (optional topping ), sliced red onion (optional topping )

chocolate (chopped finely. i like to use morsels because chopping takes forever), unsalted butter, heavy whipping cream, light corn syrup, cognac (if desired and available), chocolate (enough melted to coat truffles), coconut (shredded and toasted ) (optional) or sliced almonds (shredded and toasted) (optional) or cocoa powder (shredded and toasted) (optional) or confectioners sugar (shredded and toasted) (optional)