Archive for January, 2008
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Ingredients:
4 medium turnips
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cup heavy cream
4 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese — (or so), or 3 oz cream cheese
How to Prepare:
- Preheat oven to 350f.
- Cut the stem end off each turnip and rub with oil.
- Wrap each tightly in foil and roast for 1 hour or until soft.
- Carefully scoop out most of the insides, leaving the ’shell’ intact.
- Beat the insides w/remaining ingredients until smooth.
- Put back in shells and bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until nicely browned on top (place in a small baking dish for best results -so they are touching).
- (Too carby? Instead of cutting off the stem end, just cut in 1/2 across the equator and follow same directions -you get 8 - 1/2 turnip servings instead of 4!)
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Ingredients:
1 8oz pkg cream cheese softened
1 large box sugar free jello
1 oz square unsweetened chocolate
1 tbsp heavy cream
1 pkg splenda
1 tbsp butter
How to Prepare:
- Mix first two ingredients together in a mixer…Mix well.
- Form into 24 balls.
- chill for 1/2 hourMelt together chocolate, cream, butter and splenda..
- Dip cream cheese balls in chocolate.
- Refrigerate for another 20 minutes.
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
Ingredients :
1 pkg ready-made Coleslaw 9-8 oz.
1 pkg Top ramen noodles (oriental)
1 bunch Green onions
1/2 c Sunflower seeds
1/2 c Slivered almonds
2 tsp Butter (split in half)
~~DRESSING~~
1/2 c Oil
3 tbsp Sugar
3 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
Ramen seasoning
How To Cook :
- Break the top ramen noodles into small pieces, but don’t grind them in your hands, next brown them in butter.
- Noodles should be crisp. Set aside.
- Then brown green onions, sunflower seeds and almond slivers in skillet with remaining butter. Set mixture aside.
- Blend oil, sugar, vinegar and ramen seasoning to make the dressing.
- Shake ingredients vigorously.
- Don’t mix ingredients until you’re ready to serve.
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Ingredients:
18 large shrimp, peeled and de-veined
salt and pepper, to taste
1 Egg white
1/2 tsp. cornstarch
2 cups oil
1 clove Garlic, chopped
1/2 c diced onion
1-1/2 cups sliced water chestnuts
1/2 c sliced mushrooms
chopped scallions
~~Hot Sauce~~
4 garlilc cloves, minced or pressed
1/2 c chopped scallions
2 fresh chiles, seeded and finely chopped (or to taste)
3 tbsp Rice vinegar
2 tbsp tamari soy Sauce
1-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 tbsp brown Sugar
2 to
3 tbsp Rice wine
How To Cook :
- Marinate the shrimp in salt, pepper, Egg white and cornstarch for 30 minutes.
- Heat wok Hot and dry.
- Add oil. When just beginning to smoke, add shrimp, stirring quickly so that pieces separate.
- After 2 minutes, drain through colander or sieve, reserving 2-3 tbsp. oil.
- Prepare the Hot Sauce by combining all the ingredients.
- Return reserved oil to wok.
- Add Garlic and onion, letting them brown slightly.
- Add water chestnuts, mushrooms and shrimp.
- Blend in Hot Sauce and flip contents of wok for 1-2 minutes or until everything is Hot.
- Place on serving platter and sprinkle with chopped scallions.
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
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