Fresh Fruit Salad with Feta and Basil

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Wednesday 23 June 2010 1:05

Ingredients: Watermelon Bananas Apples Oranges Grapes Kiwis And any other fruit you like! Feta Cheese – crumbled Fresh Basil - chopped Cut up the fruit and crumble the feta cheese on top and add the fresh basil. You have just created a beautiful and gourmet fruit salad! Lots of Love, Catherine

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Bacon Salad

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Tuesday 22 June 2010 11:03

Adapted from bon appetite: Salad Ingredients: About 6-7 slices of bacon 1 head of romaine lettuce – torn Cherry tomatoes Cucumber Radishes Red Onion – sliced thin Baby Carrots – sliced thin Combine all of the ingredients for the salad and mix well. Dressing: 1 clove garlic 3 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 ½ tablespoons of vinegar 1 tablespoon of bacon drippings Heat bacon drippings in frying pan over medium heat. Add ...

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Lettuce Pray

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Sunday 20 June 2010 23:01

It’s been a ‘trial and error’ year of growing so far in 2010. The allotment that masqueraded as a council tip is now up and running and bearing some resemblance to an allotment. It may not win any awards, but there are things growing out of the ground that we can actually eat as opposed ...

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Oven Fried Potatoes

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Sunday 20 June 2010 16:01

Ingredients: 6-7 Baking potatoes Dressing for the potatoes: 3-4 tablespoons olive oil Juice of ½ lemon Small bunch of fresh basil - chopped 3 cloves of garlic - crushed and chopped Few dashes of red pepper flakes Few dashes of paprika Few dashes of black pepper Preheat Oven 350 degrees: Wash and peel the potatoes. Pat the potatoes dry and slice about ¼ inch thick. Prepare all ...

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Buttermilk Cherry Crumb Cake

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Sunday 20 June 2010 14:04

Cake Ingredients: 1 box of your favorite yellow cake mix 1 cup of all-purpose flour 3 tablespoons sugar 1 tsp baking powder 4 eggs 1½ cups buttermilk 1 tablespoon vanilla Dash of cinnamon Zest of 1 lemon Zest of 1 orange Juice of ½ orange ½ cup applesauce 1 tablespoon butter Cherry Topping: 1- 16 oz. can of cherries – drained 1 tablespoon orange marmalade Crumb Topping: ½ tablespoons of melted butter ½ cup ...

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Curry and Sage Chicken

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Saturday 19 June 2010 11:02

Ingredients: 1 whole chicken 3 tablespoons olive oil 3 cloves garlic – crushed & chopped juice of ½ lemon juice of ½ orange small bunch of fresh sage – chopped 3 tablespoons of honey dashes of black pepper tsp of curry dashes of turmeric Preheat Oven 350 degrees: Clean chicken inside and out and pat dry. Combine olive oil, lemon juice, orange juice, garlic, honey, sage, curry, ...

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Broccoli Rabe with Spaghetti, Feta Cheese and Croutons

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Saturday 19 June 2010 4:08

Ingredients: 2 bunches of fresh broccoli rabe – cleaned with hard stems cut off 8 oz. of feta cheese – crumbled 5-6 cloves of garlic – crushed and chopped 1 cup - Italian style croutons – crumbled Red pepper flakes Olive oil – for drizzling 1 box of your favorite spaghetti In a large pot cover the broccoli rabe with water and bring ...

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Perfect Chocolate Cake

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Tuesday 15 June 2010 16:02

The perfect chocolate cake has just the right amount of that chocolate-ness and fudge icing. I often bake this cake during birthday celebrations. Sometimes my relatives order this cake but I avoid baking for profit. I bake out of love. Here I will share the cake recipe and the fudge icing. The Chocolate Cake Recipe Ingredients Mix A- ...

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Citrus Chicken Salad

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Friday 11 June 2010 17:20

Ingredients: 3 boneless chicken breast – cooked and diced 2 stalks celery – chopped ½ small red onion – sliced Few sprigs of fresh cilantro – chopped Dressing: Juice of one lemon Juice of one lime Juice of one orange ½ tsp Sesame Oil ½ tsp Chili Garlic Sauce 2-3 tablespoons of mayonnaise Combine the chicken, celery, onion and cilantro in a bowl. In a small bowl combine ...

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Filipino Style Spaghetti

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Friday 11 June 2010 17:04

Before Jollibee or even Tropical Hut came out with the Filipino version of the Italian Spaghetti, there was Makati Supermarket’s spaghetti sold in their coffee shop in the early sixties. This is probably how the sweetish Filipino spaghetti evolved. A popular American blogger once commented that our Jollibee spaghetti tasted horrible. It must have ...

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