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There's no flour in these cookies - they have a soft & chewy consistency
Cream peanut butter, butter, brown and white sugar together. Beat in eggs, 2 at a time. Mix in vanilla and syrup.
Add rest of ingredients. Mix. Drop teaspoonfuls on cookie sheet for small cookies. Flatten with hand. Use an ice cream scoop for larger cookies. Or use 3 cups of cookie dough and make a cookie pizza! Do not overbake or they will be hard.
Bake @ 350F:
Bake pizza on a 12" pizza pan. Sprinkle with more chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, smarties, nuts, coconut or anything you like. Can be served hot or cold, with or without whipped cream or ice cream.
From http://www.CanadianCountryGifts.com
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I save a lot of money with this recipe.
Ingredients:
1/2 C. Cocoa
1 C. Sugar
1 C. water
1 tsp. Vanilla
dash of salt
Preparation Instructions:
Combine cocoa, sugar, and salt in a saucepan. Add water, and mix until smooth. Bring this mixture to a boil. Allow it to boil for one minute, be careful this does not over boil. Remove from heat, when this cools add the vanilla.
I adapt this to the microwave by bringing it to a rolling boil in the microwave (about 6 min in mine) probably less in everyone elses :-) just put it in a bowl that is large because it boils over easy and makes a big mess
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There are a lot of items you can make yourself. I ususally stock up on tortillas when they are on sale at the store. I have had success freezing them. Sometimes it's fun to make a couple batches of your own and they are quite cheap to make.
Makes about 12 tortillas
- 4 cups Unbleached all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons Salt
- 4 teaspoons Baking powder
- 2 tablespoons Vegetable shortening or Lard
- 1 1/2 cups Warm water or more if needed
Mix flour, salt and baking powder in a large bowl. Gradually work the shortening or lard into the flour with a pastry blender (A pastry blender helps make the texture that you want with tortillas). Continue mixing until the flour and shortening (or lard) is completely mixed. Next, start adding water until the dough is soft but not so much that it becomes sticky.
Once the dough is ready, make three ounce balls of dough. You can use a small scale to get an idea of how big three ounce portions should be. Role each ball until they are about 1/8 inch thick and 6 incches in diamater (a great size for fajitas).
Too cook the tortillas, heat a skillet on medium high heat. Place the tortillas one at a time on a dry skillet. Cook until they are light brown and then flip and then flip over and brown the other side.
Now you have fresh warm tortillas! You can eat them warm or store them for later in the fridge.
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1. Anchovies should be drained and the oil kept. The fish should be cut into bite sizes. Take 45 ml of warm water and soak the sultanas for 10 minutes.
2. Prepare crushed garlic. Combine anchovies, garlic, fennel, pine nuts, olive oil and breadcrumbs.
3. Cook till crisp and brown turning occassionally. 200 deg C (400 F) for about 20 minutes. Add parsley and drained sultanas.
4. Combine bay leaf, peppercorns, fish, salt, white wine and water (300 ml, 10 fl oz). Cook in a shallow vessel below the breadcrumb mixture for about 15 minutes, till cooked. Separate the fish from the liquid.
5. Reduce the strained liquid in a pan to about 60 ml (4 tsp). AT the same time cook the spaghetti in salted water (boiling) till tender (10-12 minutes). Sieve the spaghetti and mix with the reduced liquid at high heat for a couple of minutes.
6. To present; Add the fish to the spaghetti. Add the breadcrumbs and garnish with lemon and parsley.
(c) Paul Curran, CEO of Cuzcom Internet Publishing Group and webmaster at http://www.gifts-for-christmas.com, bringing you recipes and unique gifts for christmas including their collectibles and russian gifts stores.
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This quick Southern dish contains no added fat and very little added salt in its spicy tomato sauce.
1. Spray a deep skillet with nonstick spray coating. Preheat pan over high heat.
2. Cook chicken in hot skillet, stirring, for 3-5 minutes, or until no longer pink. Reduce heat.
3. Add tomatoes and their juice, low-sodium chili sauce, green pepper, celery, onion, garlic, basil, parsley, crushed red pepper, and salt. Bring to boiling; reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.
4. Serve over hot cooked rice or whole wheat pasta.
* You can substitute 1 lb boneless, skinless, chicken breast, cut into 1-inch strips.
** To cut back on sodium, try low sodium canned tomatoes.
Yield: 4 servings--Serving Size: 1-1/2 cup
Each serving provides:
Calories: 255
Total fat: 3 g
Saturated fat: less than 1 g
Cholesterol: 100 mg
Sodium: 465 mg
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Spaghetti With Turkey Meat Sauce
Using nonstick cooking spray, ground turkey, and no added salt helps to make this classic dish heart-healthy.
1. Spray a large skillet with nonstick spray coating. Preheat over high heat.
2. Add turkey; cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Drain fat and discard.
3. Stir in tomatoes with their juice, green pepper, onion, garlic, oregano, and black pepper. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer covered for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove cover; simmer for 15 minutes more. (If you like a creamier sauce, give sauce a whirl in your blender or food processor.)
4. Meanwhile, cook spaghetti in unsalted water. Drain well.
5. Serve sauce over spaghetti.
Yield: 6 servings--Serving Size: 5 oz sauce and 9 oz spaghetti
Each serving provides:
Calories: 330
Total fat: 5 g
Saturated fat: 1 g
Cholesterol: 60 mg
Sodium: 280 mg
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Beat 1st 4 ingredients together. Stir in tomato. Best served at room temperature with chips, or anything else you desire.
By Terri from NV
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Pupusas Revueltas with Chicken
Ground chicken and low fat cheese help reduce fat and calories.
1. In a nonstick skillet over low heat, saute´ chicken in oil until chicken turns white. Constantly stir the chicken to keep it from sticking.
2. Add onion, garlic, green pepper, and tomato. Cook until chicken mixture is cooked through. Remove skillet from stove and let mixture cool in the refrigerator.
3. While the chicken mixture is cooling, place the flour in a large mixing bowl and stir in enough water to make a stiff tortilla-like dough.
4. When the chicken mixture has cooled, mix in the cheese.
5. Divide the dough into 24 portions. With your hands, roll the dough into balls and flatten each ball into a 1/2-inch thick circle. Put a spoonful of the chicken mixture in the middle of each circle of dough and bring the edges to the center. Flatten the ball of dough again until it is 1/2-inch thick.
6. In a very hot, iron skillet, cook the pupusas on each side until golden brown.
7. Serve hot with Curtido salvadoreño
Yield: 12 servings--Serving size: 2 pupusas
Each serving provides:
Calories: 290
Total fat: 6 g
Saturated fat: 3 g
Cholesterol: 31 mg
Sodium: 211 mg
Calcium: 149 mg
Iron: 2 mg
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Mix all ingredients in large pan bring to boil. Serve.
My kids love it and they are 4 and 8. Feeds family of four very comfortably. My kids eat several helpings when this is served I am sure that you could feed 6 on this recipe.
By Virginia Hilton from Virginia Beach, VA
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Tie licorice into bows; reserve. Line baking sheets with wax paper. Stir nuts into chocolate. Drop mixture by 1/4 cupfuls onto baking sheets. Using handle of wooden spoon, hollow out centers to make 3" wide wreaths. Immediately decorate with sprinkles and reserved bows. Refrigerate until set, 20-30 minutes. Using spatula, transfer wreaths to serving tray. Chill.
By Robin from Washington, IA
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Bake potatoes in 375 degrees F oven until tender, 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Prepare guacamole; cover and refrigerate. Increase oven temperature to 475 degrees F. Cut each potato lengthwise into halves. Scoop out potatoes, leaving 1/4 inch shell. Use left over potatoes as desired.
Brush outside and inside of shells with margarine. Cut each half lengthwise into halves. Mix salt and paprika; sprinkle over insides of shells. Place shells, cut sides up on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake, uncovered, until edges are brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve with guacamole, sour cream and bacon. Makes 25 appetizers.
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