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This sweet, cinnamon scented dip is great with ginger snaps or your favorite sugar cookie.

Ingredients:

1  8oz package of cream cheese, softened

2  7oz jars of marshmallow cream

1  15oz can pumpkin

1  teaspoon of cinnamon

1/4 cup brown sugar

Cooking instructions:

1. With a mixer, beat together cream cheese and marshmallow cream and brown until smooth

2. Add pumpkin and cinnamon. Mix well.

3. Cover and chill until serving

Here is a great salmon spread for crackers or rye bread that you can make in your food processor or blender. 

Ingredients:

¼ cup fresh parsley
1 small onion
16 ounces of salmon filet
8 ounces of cream cheese
3 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 tablespoon horseradish
2 teaspoons dill
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 dash Tabasco sauce.
Salt and Pepper

Directions:

Mince parsley in the food processor, then set aside in a small bowl.  Mince the onion, and then add the remaining ingredients, turning the processor on and off until well blended, then stir the mixture until it becomes smooth.  Transfer the pate to a small bowl, and refrigerate overnight.  Sprinkle with parsley before serving.

I know, it sounds weird, but the combination of the crispy crunchy texture and the tart taste makes it something to be experienced. 

Ingredients:

8 slices sourdough bread
3 Tbsp butter, softened
¼ cup sour cream
2 pears, thinly sliced
½ cup shredded havarti cheese
½ cup crumbled cheese

Directions:

Preheat your Panini grill, then combine the cheeses in a bowl.  Spread sour cream on each slice of bread (one side).  Spread the cheese mixture and place the pears on the sandwiches.  Spread butter on each side of the bread, then grill for 2-3 minutes on the Panini grill.  Delicious if you don’t mind trying new things!

Stuffed Chicken Bake is easy to prepare and will be a favorite of the family. Cooking this delicious favorite is quick and easy. You will need:

2 Large chicken breasts

1 box of stove top dressing

1 10 oz can of cream soup

1 14 oz  can of chicken broth

1 14 oz bag of broccoli

2 cups of shredded cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×13 pan. Cut chicken breasts into 4 pieces. Slice each piece of chicken down the center, leaving it attached on one side. Mix the dressing with the required amount of liquid to soften. Mix in seasoning. Stuff each chicken piece with the dressing an set in the pan. Cover the chicken with the broccoli. Mix the soup and chicken breast until blended. Pour over the broccoli and chicken. Cover and bake 30 minutes. Take the cover off and bake for 20 minutes. Cover with cheese and bake until cheese is melted. Serves 8.

 1 lb ground chuck, 2 eggs,1 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs,                         1/2 cup parsley, 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese(for stronger taste use Romano cheese), 1 tsp salt,1 tsp pepper, 1 Tbs olive oil.Mix all ingredients until well blended. Roll into balls 1-2 inches in size. Heat oil in a large skillet. Brown meatballs on all size. Meatballs can be cooked until done or can finish cooking in the sauce.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Cooking Tip:                                                                                                                    Most good sales on ground chuck require that the purchase be 3lbs or more.To save time and money purchase the larger package of meat. When you get home prepare your meals and freeze them. The mess is done all at once and the meals are prepared for a busy night when there is not time to cook. Mix up a meat loaf, put it in a foil loaf pan, slip it in a freezer bag and freeze it. Meatballs can be made ahead of time. Put them on a cookie sheet and set them in the freezer. When frozen put them in a freezer bag. Take them out for your spaghetti diner or to make party meatballs. Brown a pound of the meat with your favorite seasonings to use for meat sauce, tacos or even hamburger helper.

There is nothing like a stir fry for a quick and tasty meal. This beef with broccoli stir fry recipe is a must for any recipe collection.

Sauce

Combine:

 2 Tablespoons of soy sauce

2 Tablespoons of rice vinegar

1/2 teaspoon of white vinegar

1 teaspoon of cornstarch

Set aside while preparing other ingredients

In a stir fry pan add:

2 tablespoons of vegetable oil

 1lb of flank steak thinly sliced into strips

2 cups of broccoli pieces

5 green onions cut into 1 inch strips

1 tablespoon of ground ginger

4 cloves of minced garlic

Stir and cook for 2 minutes

Add sauce, cook until sauce thickens and covers the vegetables

This is an economical, great-tasting veggie burger that feeds a family of four to six.  Use cheese and toppings to suit your individual tastes.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 eggplant, peeled and sliced into 3/4 inch rounds
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• 6 slices Monterey Jack cheese
• 6 hamburger buns, split
• 6 leaves lettuce
• 6 slices tomato
• 1/2 onion, sliced
• 1/2 cup dill pickle slices
• 1 (20 ounce) bottle ketchup
• 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard

DIRECTIONS

1. Place the eggplant slices on a plate, and cook in the microwave for about 5 minutes, or until the centers are cooked.
2. Melt margarine in a large skillet from your cookware set over medium-high heat. Fry eggplant slices until lightly toasted on each side, and place one slice of cheese onto each one. Cook until cheese has melted, and remove from the skillet.
3. Place eggplant on hamburger buns, and allow each person to top with lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickles, and dress with ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard.

Tomatoes are ripening and it is time to cook up the salsa. This sweet hot recipe’ is a favorite.

5 pounds Roma tomatoes
3 green bell peppers, diced Jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced
4-8 depending on taste 2 tablespoons white sugar
4 cloves garlic, minced
4 (4 ounce) cans diced green chiles
3 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons dried oregano
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
3 onions, chopped
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 can on crushed pinapple
1 can tomatoe paste

DIRECTIONS
1. In a six-quart pot of boiling water, blanch tomatoes, drain and cool under cold water. Peel and coarsely chop.

2. Return chopped tomatoes to pot, add chopped bell peppers, celery, jalapenos, garlic, green chilies, and paste bring to boil and reduce heat. Do not overcook and allow tomatoes to remain chunky.

3. Add salt, oregano, black pepper, cilantro and pinapple. Simmer gently for 15 minutes.

4. Hot pack the salsa in clean pint jars. Follow manufactures suggestions on preparing the lids and jars for proper sealing.

Beat the hot summer evening. Save energy. Cook a great meal without warming the house by using the toaster oven. Baking in a toaster oven with variable functions and heat setting is as easy as using a conventional oven.

Toaster Oven Italian Chicken

2 Tablespoons of olive oil

2 Chicken Breasts

2 Eggs

1 Cup Italian Bread Crumbs

1/2 teaspoon real salt

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground mustard

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 clove garlic crushed

Toaster oven pan

Cover the bottom of the pan with the olive oil

Whip eggs until blended

Add spices and stir well

Clean and cut each chicken breasts in 1/2

Dip chicken into the egg mixture then into the bread crumbs, be sure they are completely covered

Set them in the pan

Bake on 350 degrees F. for 30 minutes flip over and cook another 30 minutes

Let set 5 minutes before searving.

Great served with red skin potatoes and Italian green beans

4         center cut pork chops or chicken

2T       olive oil

1         small onion diced

2         cloves of garlic minced

1         12 oz can of tomato paste

1         16oz can of stewed tomatoes

2tsp     sugar

1tsp     pepper

2tsp     salt

12oz   water

In the “Family Cooker with the Glass Lid” heat the 2T of olive oil.

Add onions and garlic. Cook until onions are translucent.

Add the pork chops or chicken and brown for 5 minutes on each side.

Take the meat out of the pan and set aside.

Add the tomato paste to the pan.

Blend in the sugar, salt and pepper.

Heat the paste through.

Stir in the water and stewed tomatoes.

Put the meat back in the pan.

Simmer on medium for 30 minutes.

Serve over your favorite pasta.