2024 ziti our way Recipes

cream cheese, softened, sugar, peppermint flavoring, as desired (red, green, yellow ), granulated sugar

everywhere you look , there is a lot of emphasis on cutting the fat out of our daily diets, but who wants to cut out the fat if it means cutting out the flavor when it comes to baking, there is a way to cut down on your fat intake without changing the ingredients in your favorite recipes. if you switch to nonstick silicone bakeware, you can cut down on your fat intake with minimal effort. because the bakeware is nonstick, you never have to use butter, shortening, or grease on your pans or sheets to ensure easy food removal., first silicone items made exclusively for baking were small silicone mats that fit nicely on your cookie sheet and allowed you to bake cookies with out greasing the cookie sheet or worrying about the bottoms getting burned. these little mats were a huge success and stores were hard pressed to keep them in stock., as the popularity of these mats grew , manufacturers decide to explore the idea of making more bakeware from silicone. they began making spoons, spatulas, and whisks that could withstand high heats and could be used with nonstick cookware with no fear of ruining the coating. silicone utensils were the perfect choice for candy making or any other project that required a boiling and sticky liquid to be stirred., kitchen supply manufacturers also introduced silicone potholders and oven gloves. because they can withstand heats up to 500 degrees, they are the perfect insurance that you won tsp get burned when you pull a hot dish from your oven. they don tsp conduct heat the way that a cloth potholder does and they are much sturdier and easy to keep clean than traditional potholders. home canners fell in love with silicone baker s mitts because they could actually reach into a pot of boiling water to remove a hot jar of food once it was done processing. as an added bonus these durable potholders do double duty as lid grippers making opening jars a snap., once silicone hit kitchens in the form of baking mats , utensils, and pot holders, kitchen experts began to see the potential of this material in everyday baking. suddenly almost any type of bakeware that could traditionally be found in stainless steel, aluminum, glass, or stoneware was being offered in brightly colored silicone. stores began selling muffin tins, bread loaf pans, cake pans, and pie pans. the most popular pieces tend to be the specialty designed cake pans that allow you to make cakes shaped like everything from roses to pumpkins. they even have mini cake pans that make individual, fancy shaped cakes., popularity of silicone bakeware skyrocketed as cooks began to see the benefits of using this material in their kitchens. foods pop out of silicone pans with amazing ease. you never need to grease, flour, or even use cooking spray on a silicone pan and that adds up to lots of calories and fat grams saved with each meal. because silicone is very flexible, it is easy to bend and twist it so that cakes and breads pop out easily. you never have to force baked goods out of the pan, so they retain there shape and you don tsp see a lot of split and broken cakes., silicone is a bakers dream when it comes to making evenly cooked delicacies. the material distributes heat evenly, so you never end up with a cake that is burned around the edges and still not cooked in the middle. it also cools down quickly ensuring that your foods will not continue cooking and possibly drying out once you remove them from the oven., because silicone is nonstick , cleanup is a breeze. a little soap and water and any crumb left on your bakeware disappears. it is nonporous, so it never retains any odors from the foods you cook. completely versatile it goes from oven to table to freezer and can even be thrown in the dishwasher. once you are done cleaning it, storage is a snap. with its flexibility, you can twist it, bend it, fold it or mash it up so it can fit in the smallest of drawers or cupboards., if you haven tsp tried silicone bakeware , add a piece or two to your kitchen. you will be surprised at its quality and flexibility.

whole foods web site : there are endless variations on this soup, but the main elements are meatballs and greens. in our recipe, we make meatballs of ground beef and pork, and we add plenty of fresh herbs and kale for the green component. while the name indicates that the soup might be served at an italian wedding, it is actually a mistranslation of minestra maritata, which refers to the marriage of greens and meat in the soup., ground beef, ground pork, egg, fresh white breadcrumbs, grated parmesan, chopped garlic, chopped fresh oregano, chopped flat leaf parsley, ground nutmeg, paprika, salt, pepper, unsalted butter, chopped garlic, chopped white onion, chopped carrot, salt, pepper, low-sodium chicken broth, water, whole tomatoes, drained and halved, orzo (rice shaped pasta), shredded kale

test kitchen discoveries, use our recipe for double-crust pie dough or use 1 15-oz box of pillsbury ready to roll pie crust., we found a few tricks to create bright lemon flavor while tempering the bitterness of the pith: squeeze the seeded lemon slices and reserve the juice for the filling. simmer the slices and then add them to the filling with the uncooked juice for bright lemon flavor without any macerating time., remember to squeeze the lemon slices in a fine-mesh strainer to remove any seeds or pulp that would mar the otherwise smooth filling., pie spends a generous 40 minutes in the oven , which can cause the heat-sensitive eggs in the filling to curdle. to avoid this problem, a tbsp of cornstarch stabilizes the eggs and ensures a smooth filling., have an extra lemon on hand in case the three sliced lemons do not yield the necessary 6 tbsp of juice ., is right

store-bought pizza dough (or make your own with our recipe), part-skim ricotta cheese, honey, shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, divided, pear, halved, cored, and thinly sliced, canadian bacon, finely chopped, chopped walnuts, crumbled gorgonzola or other blue cheese, broccoli florets, divided, low-fat balsamic vinaigrette, divided

corn on the cob (with husks ), garlic butter (room temperature , divided 4 ways), seasoning salt (divided 4 ways), ground black pepper (divided 4 ways)

finding gold is really easy. i always go on saturday morning ., best spots to find gold is scraping the moss off rocks by the river or cleaning out crevasses in bedrock along the river shore. i scrap moss as it acts like the carpet in a sluice box and traps the gold that is washed down the river during the winter. i have had pans with hundreds for pieces, just amazing to see., i designed customs tools for scraping and getting the fine dust and matter off the rocks. well i am an inventor., nothing is better than sitting down against a rock at lunch time , having a great sandwich, ice cold water, the river is flowing by, the sounds of the water, birds on the wing, lizards scooting over the rocks, and there is gold in the bag., by bag i mean , i scrap the moss or clean crevasses, put the material in a special pail, place the pail under the surface and stir to get the dirt to float out., then i put this material in my pan , swish it around, work a little of the sand out and then tilt it back and let the water roll over the sand. bang! glitter all over. now most people sit there and pan out all the sand, get down to the black sand (iron), pan out the iron, and then put the gold in bottle. total waste of time., panning is strictly recreational. i have a limited time at the river and ever minute counts. i carry my 6 mil 12 x 12 inch zip lock bags. once i see there is color in the sand, it is dumped into the bag and i go get more material. this way i can collect the most material for the 5 hours i have to pan. this is a very cool way to get gold and developed by me., once i get home , i put the material onto cookie sheets and dry it in the oven. once dry and cool, i use a special magnet and remove the iron particles. once the iron is removed, i put the sand through different size brass screens to separate the larger particles so when i pan i am not trying to move large and small particles., sunday morning i sit in my recliner , a light over my shoulder and put a tbsp of material in the green pan in the pics. watching a dvd i start panning the material, suck up the gold and put in a bottle. i do this starting with the biggest particles, love seeing the biggest pieces of gold., i work all the sand i can on sunday and if i am down to really fine particles of sand, it is put in quart containers for another day. there are so many of these containers still not panned. 1 might say there is gold in the garage., if there is a river known to have been a producer of gold close to you, go out and give it a try. i have taught many kids to pan; 1 went and found a nugget as big as my nail on my finger. it was huge! rotten kid wouldn tsp give to me for teaching him. oh, its all right, i will find my own some day. what was cool was after teaching the kids they would go back and pan on their own and find gold. how cool is that, hope you enjoyed finding gold for fun. jj - thegoldminer

olive oil, onion, minced, salt, sweet italian turkey sausage or 1 lb hot italian turkey sausage, casings removed, garlic cloves, minced, sun-dried tomato packed in oil, rinsed and chopped fine, penne (can also use ziti) or 2 1/2 cups (can also use ziti), low sodium chicken broth, milk, baby spinach, parmesan cheese, grated or 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, pepper , to taste

olive oil, chopped garlic, peeled cubed tomatoes, preferably fresh,about 1 lb whole, white wine, salt & freshly ground black pepper, chopped fresh basil, dried oregano leaves, fresh medium-sized shrimp, about 48,peeled,deveined ,leaving the last tail segment on, red pepper flakes, crumbled feta cheese, rigatoni pasta or 1/3 lb ziti pasta or 1/3 lb spiral shaped pasta

penne or 1 (16 oz) package ziti pasta or 1 (16 oz) package rice, olive oil, cubed eggplants, chopped onion, garlic cloves, minced, salt, crushed red pepper flakes, fat free pasta sauce, chopped fresh basil, shredded parmesan cheese or 1 1/2 cups italian cheese blend, divided

frozen chopped broccoli partially thawed, condensed cream of celery soup undiluted, shredded sharp cheddar cheese divided, chopped white onion, worcestershire sauce, freshly ground black pepper, crushed butter-flavored crackers crushed, butter

several years ago my sister (jan) and myself where playing with biscotti recipes. we came up with a very easy and simple way to make biscotti ( a semi sweet scone like bisquit), we used about 4 cups bisquick and about 1 cup sugar (use what fits your taste),1 cup chopped pecans and 1 cup chopped dried cranberries. mix the ingredients well (with enough milk to make a thick dough) and put on a non stick baking sheet. form the dough into a half moon shape and bake. let cool, slice and drizzle with an icing made from melted chocolate or powdered sugar, vanilla and milk mixed thick ( imperial icing). we made several kinds and this is the 1 we liked best. i hope you try this easy way, it is good., i found a hard biscotti recipe and you can see it below and it is the real way to make biscotti., we didn tsp cook the biscotti twice , because we liked it baked once. biscotti is baked once whole and then sliced and baked again. it comes out pretty crisp.

fish (your choice , our favorite is salmon), cubed bread, butter (melted ), celery (chopped ), onion (chopped ), green pepper (chopped ), crabmeat, eggs (beaten ), salt (or to taste), dry mustard, black pepper (may add a dash of cayenne if desired)

cream of mushroom soup or 1 (10 oz) can cream of chicken soup, onion, chopped, mushroom, sliced, curry powder (or to taste), shrimp (great way to use leftovers) or 1 cup chicken (great way to use leftovers) or 1 cup tuna (great way to use leftovers), cooked rice

milky way bars or 21 miniature candy bars, butter or 1/2 cup margarine, sugar, shortening, eggs, all-purpose flour, salt, buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla extract, marshmallows, butter or 3/4 cup margarine, cut up, evaporated milk, unsweetened chocolate, chopped, powdered sugar, vanilla extract

frozen artichoke hearts, olive oil, cognac, fresh parsley, sea salt, lemon cut into wedges, aioli, for serving (aioli is garlic mayonnaise. the quick and easy way to make it is to simply add crushed garlic to your taste to store-bought mayonnaise. i also have a recipe for mayonnaise posted if you want to make it from scratch -- it is extra good that way!)

frozen chopped spinach, diced tomatoes (i use 1 with basil and oregano and another with onions and garlic), onion, chopped, crumbled feta cheese (we use more than this), heavy whipping cream, olive oil, pasta (like ziti or some other large, sturdy shape), fresh parmesan cheese