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Mashed Potatoes with Goat Cheese
Ingredients
Directions
Bring medium pot to boil, boil potatoes for 15 minutes or until tender.
Drain potatoes and adjust heat to medium.
Add olive oil then butter, when butter has melted add shallots and sauté for 2-3 minutes
Add chives, thyme and potatoes to the pan with the butter and olive oil and mash adding broth until you have reach your desired consistency.
Add salt and pepper to taste
Cut goat cheese into 4 slices.
Serve on dinner plate with a slice of goat cheese on top.
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Ingredients
Our garden has just gone crazy in the Ohio heat and rain-just-in-the-nick-of-time all summer long. Of course, the zucchini is abundant. Here is a really good bar recipe!
Directions
Combine oleo. sugars, eggs and vanilla. Mix in dry ingredients. Fold in zucchini, coconut. and nuts
Spread in a greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until middle springs back when touched. Cool.
Then glaze with:
GlazeIngredients
Directions
Blend ingredients and then pour over cooled cake and spread evenly. Let set and cut into diamond shaped bars. Makes 2-3 dozen bars.
By Margie Minard
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Ingredients
Directions
In a large bowl mix all dry ingredients.
In a separate bowl beat eggs, milk, 1 can corn. mix dry and wet ingredients.
Stir well.
Pour half of mixture in an oiled aluminum pan, layer onion, crawfish, cheese, jalapeno, cream corn, then pour remaining mixture on top. Bake for 35-45 min or till brown. Let cool about 5 min best to serve hot.
Bon Appetite!
By Violet
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Taco Seasoning Convenience Mix
Taco Seasoning Convenience Mix
Great for seasoning tacos or chili. It's cheaper to make this mix yourself than it is to buy it at the grocery store.
Ingredients
Directions
Combine all ingredients. Store in a jar and cover tightly. To use, measure 2 tablespoons to equal a package. Makes 8 packages or 1 cup mix.
Recipes Using This Mix
Easy Tacos
Brown 1 pound lean hamburger in skillet. Drain excess fat. Add 1 package taco mix and 3/4 cup water; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes or until liquid is reduced. Stir. Place about 2 tablespoons meat mixture into each taco shell. Top the meat with shredded cheddar cheese, chopped tomatoes and finely shredded lettuce. Makes 8 to 10 tacos.
Chili
Brown 1 pound lean hamburger in skillet. Drain excess fat. Stir in 1 package chili seasoning mix. Add 1 (1 lb) can tomatoes (cut into pieces), 1/2 cup water, and 1 (15 oz) can kidney beans. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Source: University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Homemade Taco Seasoning Mix
Ingredients
Directions
Mix together and add to taco meat, chili or other dishes that called for a Mexican , Southwest flavor
By christi
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Green Tomato And Onion Pickles
Ingredients
Directions
Combine the first 4 ingredients in a kettle. Tie the Allspice and Cloves in a cheesecloth bag and add to the kettle. Bring to a boil. Add the tomatoes and onions. Boil, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until just tender, lifting the slices from the bottom to the surface with a fork during cooking. Drain, reserving the liquid, remove the bag and pack the pickles into clean, hot preserve jars. Reheat the liquid to boiling and pour at once into the jars over the pickles. Seal, adjusting the lids as the manufacturer directs. Process in a hot water bath, the timing adjusted to your conditions. Yield: 6 Pints
By Anna
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Buttermilk Biscuits With Tomato Gravy
Biscuits
Ingredients
Directions
In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and baking soda; cut in shortening. Knead in buttermilk. (The dough will be sticky, but don't add extra flour; biscuits won't be as light and fluffy.)
Roll out and cut with a biscuit cutter; place biscuits on a greased baking sheet with sides just touching. Brush with butter. Bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes or until the tops and bottoms are light brown.
Gravy
Ingredients
Directions
Meanwhile, for gravy, peel and cut tomatoes into a bowl, reserving the juice. In a sauce pan, melt butter; add flour and stir until browned. Gradually add water. Stir in tomatoes and juice. Add milk, salt and pepper; simmer for 15 minutes.
Serve over hot biscuits. Yield: about 10 biscuits and 3 cups gravy.
By Anna
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