7 party skins Recipes

olive oil, fresh cajun or hot italian sausages (about 1 3/4 lb), chicken thighs with skin and bones (about 4 1/4 lb), excess fat trimmed, very large onions, chopped (about 5 cups), garlic cloves, chopped , plus 1 garlic clove, minced, tomatoes, chopped (about 1 1/2 cups), bay leaves, zucchini , halved crosswise, then quartered lengthwise (about 1 1/4 lb), red bell peppers , cut into 1-inch-wide strips, uncooked large shrimp, peeled, deveined, generous pinch plus 1/4 tsp saffron threads, arborio rice or medium-grain white rice (about 17 1/2 oz), salt, canned low-salt chicken broth, paprika, chopped fresh parsley

refried beans, tortilla chips, fresh cilantro, olives (black ), corn, tomatoes, yellow bell peppers (or any color really), mild salsa, avocados (black skinned kind, ripe )

wonderful green peas and bacon salad, frozen small peas (early party peas best), bacon, cooked, drained (very well) and crumbled, tart , red-skinned apple, chopped celery, green onions, thinly sliced, fresh mushrooms sliced thin, cauliflower, chopped (optional), sour cream, horseradish, salt, pepper, lemon juice

asparagus (spears not too thick ), fresh carrots, fresh roma tomatoes, skinned, fresh zucchini, cauliflower florets, broccoli florets, stalks celery, green onions, complete with stems, fresh white mushrooms, pitted black olives, pitted green olives, fresh green bell pepper, fresh sweet red pepper, fresh orange sweet bell pepper, fresh yellow sweet pepper, chopped garlic, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, sesame oil, masala curry powder, splenda sugar substitute, sesame seeds, salt and pepper

haddock fillets, skin on , scaled and pinboned, milk, bay leaves, potatoes, peeled, big bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped, handful fresh mint, finely chopped, lemons , zested, eggs, red chile, finely chopped, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, plain all-purpose flour, sunflower oil, for deep-frying, lemons, to serve