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Peas & Pasta

20 Friday Oct 2017

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Pea Fetticini

Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons Cooking oilwrks4me_terry_tested-11
  • 6-8 Spring onions
  • 1/2 head of broccoli
  • 1/2 cup of celery
  • 1 1/3 cup of frozen peas
  • 1 bunch of fresh mint
  • Milk to cover mixture (1-2 cups)
  • 1 Tablespoon of flour
  • 350 grams of cooked pasta
  • Optional cooked bacon, chicken, salmon or fish

Directions

  1. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat
  2. Chop Broccoli and celery and add to pan
  3. Add spring onions
  4. Add frozen peas
  5. Add diced mint
  6. Cook gently til tender
  7. Stir in 1 tablespoon of flour
  8. Add enough milk to almost cover peas
  9. When sauce begins to bubble use a hand blender and puré til smooth but keep some chunks for texture
  10. Remove from heat and add your favourite pasta
  11. Fold in your favourite optional meat
  12. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and serve

 

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Add flour and milk to mixture

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Puree mixture but make sure to keeps some chunks

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Add pasta and optional meat and blend. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese

Enjoy

Adapted from youtube video

 

 

 

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Autumn Apple Crisp with Walnut Topping

17 Tuesday Oct 2017

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Apple Crisp - Full

INGREDIENTS

For Filling

  • 8 apples – peeled and cored and sliced into bite sized pieces
    (choose from Cortland, Empire, Spartan)
  • Juice of 1/2 lemonwrks4me_terry_tested-11
  • 1/3 cup of white sugar
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon of water
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoon of butter

Apple CrispFor Topping

  • 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
  • 1/4 cup of white sugar
  • 1/4 cup of brown sugar

DIRECTIONS

Start with topping first

  1. Combine all dry ingredients together in a bowl
  2. Pour in melted butter and mix well
  3. Set aside until filling is ready

For filling

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Put diced apples into a bowl and drizzle lemon juice over top to prevent browning of apples
  3. Into a pan add butter, white and brown sugar and cinnamon
  4. Cook over medium heat mixing regularly til sugar is caramelized
  5. Add apples and coat them with sugar mixture
  6. Add water and cook til medium tender
  7. Pour mixture into an oven proof dish
  8. Sprinkle topping over top of apples
  9. Bake oven for 20-30 minutes

Remove from oven and serve with ice cream

Enjoy

Adapted from Youtube Video

 

 

 

Beef Stroganoff

26 Monday Jun 2017

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Beef Stroganoff

Ingredientswrks4me_terry_tested-11

  • 1 1/2  to 2 pounds round steak, cut into thin strips
  • All-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 medium onion, sliced
  • 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can beef broth
  • 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • Salt and black pepper
  • Cooked egg noodles

Directions

  1. Cut Beef into thin strips and put into a bowl
  2. Dust with flour and sprinkle with salt and pepper then add the garlic powder and mix
  3. In a fry pan add oil and brown meat, then put into a slow cooker
  4. Add onions to pan and brown lightly, add them to the slow cooker
  5. Add beef broth and mushroom soup to slow cooker
  6. Cook on low for 6 hours or until tender
  7. 1/2 hour before serving fry mushrooms in butter and add to slower cooker along with the sour cream
  8. Serve over cooked noodles with a dollop of sour cream

Enjoy

 

 

No Bake Cherrio Bars

25 Sunday Jun 2017

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Cheerio Bars

Ingredientswrks4me_terry_tested-11

  • 2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 3/4 cup of peanut butter
  • 4 cups of Cheerios™ (I use Multigrain Cheerios™)

Directions

  1. Place semi-sweet chocolate chips and peanut butter in a large microwave save  bowl and heat at 30 seconds at a time until chips are melted
  2. Pour over the Cheerios™ and mix until completely coated
  3. Spread the mixture into a parchment lined pan (or pre-buttered). Refrigerate until chilled and cut into bars and serve

Enjoy

Options: You can use other varieties of Cheerios™ or Cheerio type cerials, such as Chocolate, Gluten-Free, Honey-Nut

Original Recipe

Bean Salad (No sugar added)

25 Sunday Jun 2017

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bean salad

Ingredientswrks4me_terry_tested-11

  • 1 can drained green beans (396 ml or 14 ounces)
  • 1 can drained wax beans (396 ml or 14 ounces)
  • 1 (15 ounce) can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 (15 ounce) can of Romano beans or the beans of your liking, drained and rinsed
  • 1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1⁄2 red bell pepper, diced
  • 1/2 white or purple onion diced
  • 2 stalks of celery diced

Dressing

  • 1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt (I use “Windsor® Half Salt)
  • 1⁄4 cup olive oil
  • 1⁄3 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1⁄4 teaspoon hot sauce

Directions

  1. Put all beans and vegetables into a bowl
  2. Mix together all the dressing ingredients and whisk together
  3. Pour over beans and vegetables
  4. Put into the refrigerator and cool
  5. Serve cold

Enjoy

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Magnificent Meatloaf

21 Wednesday Jun 2017

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Ingredients:

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
  • 1/2 cup quick cooking rolled oats
  • 1/3 cup 1% milk
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped red pepper
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped green pepper
  • 1/4 cup shredded carrot
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • pepper to taste
  • 1 1/2 pounds extra lean ground beef

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
  2. Line a baking sheet with foil and set aside.
  3. Combine quick rolled oats and milk and set aside for about 5 minutes to allow the oats to absorb the milk
  4. Sauté onion, garlic and thyme in oil over medium-high heat for 5 minutes.
  5. Set aside to cool.
  6. Combine all the ingredients, including cooled onion mixture together except meat
  7. When well mixed add the meat by hand but do not overwork it.
  8. Place on baking sheet and shape into a 9 by 5-inch loaf.
  9. Bake for about an hour or until the center reaches 160° F. Let rest 10 minutes.

Enjoy

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Lucy’s Humongous Sandwich

19 Monday Jun 2017

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Lucy's Humungus Sandwitch

This monstrous sandwich is great as a family meal served with a hearty soup or can be served at a party along with cold beer

Ingredients

  • Sourdough bread
  • Variety of your favourite cold cut meats
  • Your Favourite Cheeses
  • Green and Black Olives
  • Mayonnaise
  • Mustard

Directions

  1. Mix 2 tablespoons of Mayonnaise and 5 tablespoons Mustard together and put aside
  2. Put 1/2 cup each of green and black olives together and mince together and put aside
  3. Cut the top of the bread and put aside
  4. Hollow out the bread
  5. Start by spreading some of the Mayo-Mustard mixture along the bottom of the bread
  6. Layer meats and cheeses then a layer of Mayo-Mustard
  7. Keep repeating til you come to the middle layer
  8. When you get to the middle layer add the olive mixture as a layer
  9. Continue layering the meats and cheese and May-Mustard
  10. Top it off with the remaining mustard
  11. Put the top of the bread back on
  12. Wrap the whole sandwich in plastic wrap or in a plastic bag
  13. Refrigerate overnight
  14. Serve cold

Enjoy

 

 

Baked Kraft Dinner

19 Monday Jun 2017

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Kraft Dinner Muffins

Ingredients

  • Kraft Dinner
  • Butter
  • Milk
  • Italian bread crumbs

Directions

  1. Prepare Kraft Dinner as usual with milk and butter added after noodles are cooked
  2. Sprinkle Italian bread crumbs around the edges of the muffin tin
  3. Spoon into muffin tin sprayed with oil (large for lunch or dinner, small for appetizers)
  4. Sprinkle Italian bread crumbs on top of the mixture
  5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Take them out and let them rest for 5-10 minutes before plating

Options

You can add vegetables, ham, chicken, salmon, tuna or extra cheese

Enjoy

 

Cheerio Cookies

11 Sunday Jun 2017

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Cherrio Cookies

Ingredientswrks4me_terry_tested-11

  • 1 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 cup of white sugar (or sugar substitute)
  • 1 cup brown sugar (or sugar substitute)
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 3 cups of Cheerios or similar cereal (I use multi-grain)
  • 1 (6 ounce) package chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
  2. Cream butter, peanut butter and sugars together
  3. Add vanilla and eggs
  4. Sift in flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder together and fold into mixture
  5. Add oatmeal (rolled oats), Cheerios and chocolate chips
  6. Drop by full tablespoon or small cookie scoop onto a parchment lined cookie sheet
  7. Bake for 10-12 minutes (depending on oven)
  8. Cool on a cookie rack

Enjoy

Original Recipe

 

Crunchy Apple Coleslaw

01 Thursday Jun 2017

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Apple Cole Slaw

Ingredientswrks4me_terry_tested-11

  • 1/2 medium cabbage shredded
  • 1 large carrot shredded
  • 2 stalks of celery (diced)
  • 2-3 red apples diced
  • Lemon juice
  • Coleslaw dressing (your choice)

Directions

  1. Put apples in a large bowl and pour a little apple juice over them to avoid them turning brown
  2. Put in cabbage, carrot, celery
  3. Pour in coleslaw dressing and mix until creamy but not soggy

Serve and enjoy