4721 optional Recipes

bisquick, milk, ground beef, onion, chopped, green pepper, chopped, chili seasoned stewed tomatoes, kidney beans, rinsed & drained, shredded cheddar cheese (optional) or sliced ripe olives (optional) or sliced green onions (optional) or sour cream (optional)

fresh beef tongues, water, to cover, salt , 1 per lb of meat, onion, whole, garlic cloves, 1 per lb of meat, stalk celery, cut into chunks, peppercorns, sugar , 1/2 per lb of meat, bay leaves, red potatoes , scrubbed, unpeeled, carrots , scrubbed, unpeeled, cabbage (optional) or parsnips (optional) or rutabagas (optional) or turnips (optional) or boiling onions (optional), fresh horseradish

vanilla wafer cookies (a tube of), condensed milk, cocoa powder, unsalted butter or 1 tbsp margarine, melted, drops almond extract, drops vanilla extract, rum or 1 tsp amaretto (optional) or 1 tsp vanilla liqueur (optional), almonds (optional) or peanuts (optional) or any kind nuts (optional), chopped nuts (optional) or chocolate, snow to cover them (optional)

quick oats or 1 1/8 cups old fashioned oats, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg (optional), salt, milk, vanilla, egg, ripe bananas, mashed, coarsely chopped pecans, golden raisin (optional), crushed pineapple (reduce milk if add pineapple due to added moisture, optional, optional) (optional) or 1/4 cup pineapple tidbits (reduce milk if add pineapple due to added moisture) (optional), sugar (to create brulee topping) (optional) or 2 -4 tbsp brown (optional), toasted pecans (optional), sliced banana (optional)

shrimp, small size (fresh ), coarse salt, egg white, tapioca starch (substitute cornstarch), sesame oil, granulated sugar, white pepper, firm tofu (firm recommended for frying ), chicken stock (option, won ton or chicken powder), light soy sauce, rice wine, bean sauce (amoy sichuan spicy noodle sauce or other similar types), garlic, chopped, chili paste with garlic, chili pepper flakes (optional), tapioca starch (substitute cornstarch), scallions (spring onion, green onion), peanut oil, grated ginger, cooked rice (optional yellow or white rice)

cream of mushroom soup or 2 (10 3/4 oz) cans cream of chicken soup, cooked ham (cut or torn into fair size pieces), potatoes , cooked but still firm, quartered, then thick sliced, milk or 1 1/4 cups half-and-half, butter or 1/2 cup margarine, melted, velveeta cheese, sliced and cubed, green onion, chopped, frozen broccoli (good without veggies, optional) (optional) or 3/4 cup fresh broccoli, partially cooked (good without veggies) (optional), kosher salt, pepper, celery salt, mayonnaise, sour cream, colby cheese or 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated

barley (i prefer hulled to pearled), quinoa, salt, water, dried fruits (optional, such as raisins , cranberries or cherry), honey (optional) or maple syrup (optional) or sugar (optional), spices , such as cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom (optional), milk (optional) or yogurt (optional)

slightly warm water or 1 1/4 cups slightly warm milk, yeast, sugar, salt, canola oil, egg yolks, egg, vanilla, lemon extract, unbleached all-purpose flour (or half all-purpose and half bread flour), fine sugar (for coating donuts) or sugar (for coating donuts), raspberry jelly (optional) or 1 1/2 cups raspberry jam (optional) or 1 1/2 cups apricot jam (optional) or 1 1/2 cups apricot jam (optional), oil, shortening (three parts oil and 1 part melted for frying, to fill up a good two-thirds of fryer)

prepared graham-cracker crust, fat-free condensed milk, canned whipped cream, optional garnish, low-fat cream cheese, at room temperature, fresh stalk mint, optional garnish, fresh stalk mint, optional garnish, still-frozen passion-fruit pulp, such as goya, fresh whole strawberries, optional garnish

fritos corn chips (optional -- try this with the flamin hot variety), white sugar, light corn syrup, creamy peanut butter (optional -- use chunky peanut butter or the nut butter or nut butter substitute of your choice, e.g.), milk chocolate chips (optional -- use dark chocolate instead ), marshmallows

fresh spinach , torn, fresh mushrooms, sliced, onion, grated, sugar (can also be made with splenda), salt, dry mustard, salad oil, cider vinegar, bacon , crumbled (optional & you may use more or less to your liking) (optional), almonds (optional & you may use more or less to your liking) (optional)

baking mix , all-purpose, raisins (optional) or 1 cup white chocolate chips (optional) or 1 cup cinnamon baking chips (optional) or 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (optional), quick oats or 2/3 cup old fashioned oats, granulated sugar, ground cinnamon, pumpkin pie mix , such as libby s easy (not canned pumpkin, they are different), eggs, all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, ground cinnamon, butter

ground lamb (or other lean ground meat of your choice), onion , chopped (optional, if short on time, use chopped frozen s), garlic cloves, minced (optional, use more or less or garlic power, according to taste), curry powder (use high quality, such as madras), water (or use low sodium chicken or vegetable stock, i usually use homemade), fresh marinara sauce (such as buitoni), baby spinach (or up to 1 lb of chopped fresh or frozen spinach, or kale, or other green of your choice)

butter, olive oil or grapeseed oil, onion, minced, garlic cloves, minced, squash, thinly sliced, chicken stock, half and half, salt, white pepper, your favorite cheese , shredded - i sometimes use cheddar and/or parmesan (optional) for topping, croutons (optional ) for topping, chopped chives or parsley (optional) for topping, bacon crumbles (optional) for topping

vegetable oil, potatoes, grated and squeezed of excess liquid, eggs, milk, salt, pepper, shredded cheddar cheese (tasty possibilities) or 16 oz colby-monterey jack cheese (tasty possibilities) or 16 oz mozzarella cheese (tasty possibilities), sliced black olives (optional), bacon (crumbled ) (optional), diced ham (optional), sliced smoked sausage (optional), bulk pork sausage (optional), bell pepper (optional), sliced mushrooms (optional), chopped yellow onions (optional) or white onions, optional (optional) or red onion (optional)

cold water, chopped white onion, ground cumin, ground chili powder, ground black pepper, chopped basil, salt or 1 tsp substitute, zucchini with italian-style tomato sauce, tomato sauce, cooked white rice, cooked cubed pork (optional) or 1 -2 cup beef (optional) or 1 -2 cup venison (optional) or 1 -2 cup elk meat (optional) or 1 -2 cup buffalo (optional), pam cooking spray, aluminum foil

carrots, uncooked beetroots (get the small, young ones, with smooth skin and firm flesh), garlic cloves, finely minced or 1 tsp garlic paste, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, strong dijon mustard, tabasco sauce or chili pepper flakes, to taste, smoked salt or regular sea salt or za atar spice mix, fresh ground black pepper, leafy fresh herb, chopped (cilantro, chervil, flat-leaf parsley) (optional), toasted nuts (almonds, pine nuts, cashews, peanuts) (optional) or seeds (sesame, sunflower seeds) (optional), grated apples (optional) or shallot (optional), any dried herb , spice (and you know there s only 1 way to find out) (optional) or mixed spice, you think might work (and you know there s only 1 way to find out) (optional)

water, quinoa, quick-cooking oatmeal, maple syrup or 1 -2 tbsp honey or 1 -2 tbsp brown sugar, flax seeds (ground or whole ), blueberries, fresh or 2 tbsp blueberries, frozen and thawed, milk (optional) or half-and-half cream (optional) or vanilla yogurt (optional) or soy (optional) or almond (optional)