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Sunday, January 10th 2010

1:21 AM

Potatoes and Ground Beef Casserole

List of ingredients:

1 pound of ground beef
¼ cup of dry bread crumbs
½ cup of milk
1 tsp of salt
¼ tsp of ground black pepper
2 tbsp of minced onion
1 large egg
3 cups of prepared mashed potatoes
¾ cup of shredded sharp cheddar cheese
A dash of paprika

Preparation and cooking directions:

The first thing that you will do is to soak the bread crumbs in your milk. Then you will mix together your ground beef, salt, pepper, bread crumb-milk mixture, onion, and egg. Take the mixture and spread it into a 9-inch pie plate. Now, you are going to put the pie plate into your oven and bake it at 350 degrees for around 35 minutes. The next step will be for you to top it with the mashed potatoes and then sprinkle the shredded sharp cheddar cheese onto it. Place it back into the oven and continue baking it for about ten more minutes or until the cheese is melted and the potatoes are all the way heated. If you choose, you can sprinkle the casserole with a bit of paprika.

This is a great meal for you to make for your family, or on a night when you have invited some friends over for dinner. You will be able to feed everyone something that they will enjoy. It can be hard to find a dish that will satisfy everyone, including the picky eaters. When you want to make something that won't cost you a lot of time or money, but that everyone will really enjoy, then you will want to make this recipe. It is definitely one that you will want to make sure that you save and make a point of making for your family.

Source: Ground Beef Recipes.

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Thursday, November 6th 2008

3:42 AM

Apricot and Walnut Muffins

Ingredient List:

2 cups of self-raising flour.
1/2 cup of light brown sugar, packed.
1/3 cup of dried apricots, finely chopped.
½ cup of walnuts, finely chopped.
1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
3/4 cup of milk.
1/2 cup of melted butter or margarine.
1 medium egg, slightly beaten.

Method:

Preheat your oven to 400F.

Grease 12 muffin cups.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, dried apricots, chopped walnuts and cinnamon.

Make a well in the center and pour in the melted butter.

Beat the milk and egg and pour into the well.

Mix until the flour is just moistened and the batter is lumpy.

Fill the muffin cups two-thirds full.

Bake for about 20 minutes or until the muffins are golden.

Allow to cool slightly, then loosen from pan.

Allow to cool fully on a wire rack.

Source: Walnut Recipes.


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Monday, July 30th 2007

10:07 AM

Broccoli Casserole

Ingredients

2 ½ cups of Cooked Rice.
1 small jar of cheese sauce.
2 can undiluted Cream of Mushroom Soup.
1 cup of Celery, chopped.
1 cup of Onion, chopped.
2 Large florets of broccoli, chopped.

Preparation Instructions

Cook celery and onions tender.

Boil the broccoli until tender.

Mix the cheese sauce with the hot rice.

Combine the soup, broccoli, onion and celery.

Put aside the mixture for half an hour and then bake uncovered in a hot oven for an hour.


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Saturday, January 20th 2007

5:58 AM

Virtual Fortune Cookie

It's not a recipe, but it is food for thought.

My Fortune Cookie
Next time you have the opportunity, go on a rollercoaster.
Open your own cookie!
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Wednesday, December 27th 2006

7:16 AM

Chocolate Fondue recipe

5 ounces of chocolate, chopped.
1 cup of cocoa powder, sifted.
1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar.
1 1/4 cups of water.
3/4 of cup heavy cream, plus.
1/4 of cup corn syrup.
1 tablespoon of heavy cream.

Your choice of cake, cut into bite-sized pieces.
Your choice of fruit, also cut into bite-sized pieces.

Sift the cocoa into a mixing bowl and then set aside.

Put the water, sugar and corn syrup in a pot and bring to boil.

Simmer for about 15 minutes, until the sugar solution has reduced by about 30%.

Pour the cocoa powder into the solution and blend with a whisk until smooth.

Return the chocolate mixture to the stove and continue cooking over a medium heat.

Add the heavy cream; bring to boil and allow to simmer for about 5 minutes.

Remove from the heat and stir in the chopped chocolate.

Pour into a fondue pot and keep warm.
Source: http://www.fonduerecipes.org/chocolate-fondue.html


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Tuesday, December 19th 2006

3:51 AM

Really easy recipe for lemon curd

Lemon curd is much more simple to make than I though - here is how to do it:

Ingredients:

2 cups of fresh lemon juice.
1 ½ cups of sugar.
16 medium egg yolks.

Method:

In a double boiler, over medium heat, whisk together the lemon juice, sugar and egg yolks.

Cook the curd for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly.

Remove from the heat and allow to cool.

Source:

http://www.lemonrecipes.net/fresh-lemon-curd.html


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Sunday, December 3rd 2006

11:31 AM

Venison Sausage

8 lb of ground venison.
2 lb of lean ground pork.
6 oz of corn syrup solids.
2 cups of Starsol powdered milk.
6 tablespoons of onion powder.
6 tablespoons of Tender Quick.
2 tablespoons of sage.
1 tablespoon of white pepper.
1 tablespoon of nutmeg.
1 tablespoon of black pepper.
Mix together all of the ingredients thoroughly.

Put in sausage casings.

Fry until cooked.


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Thursday, November 23rd 2006

9:10 AM

Christmas Hazelnut Stuffing

Christmas is getting closer every day now. It might not be time to actually start cooking for it yet, but to get prepared, here is a recipe for hazelnut stuffing that suits the holidays perfectly:
5 cups of diced bread.
1 ½ cups of chopped toasted hazelnuts.
1 cup of celery, chopped.
½ cup of mushrooms, sliced.
½ cup of chicken broth.
¼ cup of onion, chopped.
2 garlic cloves, minced.
5 tablespoons of butter.
1 teaspoon of dried thyme.
In a suitably sized starsol skillet, heat the butter on medium heat.

Add celery, mushrooms, onion, minced garlic and thyme. Cook, stirring regularly, until the celery is tender.

Add chicken the broth; heat to simmering.

Remove from heat and stir in the diced bread and the hazelnuts.

Cover and allow to stand for 5 minutes.

Spoon the stuffing into a greased casserole dish and bake at 350F for 35 minutes.
Source: http://www.christmas-recipes.co.uk/hazelnut-stuffing.html

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Tuesday, November 21st 2006

4:05 AM

Carrot-Raisin Muffins

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3 medium eggs.
1 ½ cups of all-purpose flour.
1 ½ cups of shredded carrots.
1 cup of powdered sugar.
¾ cup of granulated sugar.
½ cup of raisins.
½ cup of milk, plus 2 tablespoons of milk.
½ cup of melted butter, plus 1 tablespoon of melted butter.
¼ cup of cream cheese, softened.
2 teaspoons of cinnamon.
1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder.
½ teaspoon of baking soda.
½ teaspoon of salt.
½ teaspoon of vanilla.
Preheat your oven to 400F.

Combine the all-purpose flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Beat together the eggs and the granulated sugar.

Add the shredded carrots, raisins, ½ cup of milk, and ½ cup of melted butter; mix thoroughly.

Add the flour mixture and stir until the dry ingredients have moistened.

Spoon the batter into twelve greased muffin cups.

Bake for 20 minutes.

Mix together cream cheese and 1 tablespoon of butter.

Stir in the powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons of milk, and vanilla, then drizzle over top of the cooked muffins.


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Saturday, November 18th 2006

11:41 AM

Strawberry Shortcake

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6 cups of sliced strawberries.
2 cups of flour.
¾ cup of semi-skimmed milk.
½ cup of sugar.
½ cup of margarine.
2 teaspoons of baking powder.
1 medium egg, beaten.
Whipped cream.
Stir together the sliced strawberries and half of the sugar; then set aside.

Mix together the remaining sugar, flour and baking powder.

Cut in the margarine until the mixture looks like crumbs.

Combine the egg and milk; then add to the dry ingredients.

Stir until just moistened.

Spoon into a suitably sized baking pan.

Bake at 425F for 20 minutes.

Allow to cool in the pan for ten 10 minutes.

Remove from pan and split into two layers.

Spoon the strawberries and whipped cream between the two layers and over the top.

Serve.


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