Mexican Beef Tacos
Ingredients: 1 lb lean ground beef 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin 3/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 cup tomato sauce 1/4 cup water 12 taco shells – either hard shells or small 6-inch soft flour tortillas will work Directions: Add the…
Read MoreMushroom Soup
Ingredients: 1 pound mushrooms, sliced 2 shallots or 1 onion, rough chopped 2 cloves of garlic (crushed with side of knife) 2 tablespoons sherry cooking wine (a good splash!) 1 quart chicken/vegetable stock ½ cup Heavy Cream 2 Tbsp Butter Salt and Pepper to taste Crispy bacon and parsley for garnish Directions: In a heavy bottom pot, like a Dutch oven, sweat the shallots and garlic in butter over medium heat. Season with salt &…
Read MoreChocolate Crinkle Cookies
Ingredients 2 cups white sugar 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder ½ cup vegetable oil 4 large eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup confectioners’ sugar Directions Mix sugar, cocoa, and oil together in a bowl. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Stir in vanilla. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Gradually stir dry…
Read MoreHerb Roasted Turkey Breast
Ingredients: 1 (5 1/2 pond) turkey breast, fresh or frozen, thawed 4 tsp McCormick Italian seasoning 2 tsp McCormick season-all* seasoning salt 3/4 tsp McCormick ground black pepper 1 cup of water Method: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place turkey breast on rack in shallow roasting pan. Combine next 3 ingredients. Spread seasoning mixture…
Read MoreThanksgiving Meatloaf
Ingredients: 2 1/2 pounds ground turkey 1 1/2 cups chicken- flavor stuffing mix 2 eggs 1/3 cup milk Method: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) Mix together turkey, stuffing, eggs and milk in a large bowl. Mixture will be lumpy. Spread mixture in 9x 5 inch loaf pan. Bake for one hour…
Read MoreDonegal Mussels
Ingredients: 6.5 lb/3 kg olive oil 3 cloves of garlic, chopped 1 tin of plum tomatoes (14 oz) 1/2 pint lager (300 ml) 2 scallions (spring onions) Method: Wash mussels in cold water. Use only mussels which are tightly closed. In a large pan, heat some olive oil and saute the garlic in it to…
Read MoreSummer In a Jar
Peach Chutney in a Jar Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic 2 shallots finely diced 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced 1 ½ pounds fresh peaches, blanched and diced ½ cup sugar ¼ cup brandy ½ cup cider vinegar Salt and pepper Directions: Melt butter, add garlic, shallot and jalapeno and sweat…
Read MoreQuail With White Grapes
Ingredients: 4 quails 2 medium bunches of grapes Method: Brown the quail in the oven without additional fat Remove the seeds and peel the white grapes Cook grapes in a warm oven in a none stick surface pan. Place the browned quails on the white grapes a few minutes before the cooking time is finished.…
Read MoreGrilled Pepper with Cheese
Ingredients: 2 red bell peppers cut into half 2 yellow bell peppers, cut into half 1/2 cup sliced jalapeno peppers 1 pinch dried oregano 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese Method: Preheat grill for medium-high heat. when the grill is hot, lightly oil the grate. Place the pepper pieces onto the grill with the side facing…
Read MoreGramma Macklem’s Light Fruit Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup margarine (butter) 1 cup white sugar 2 eggs 3 cups flour 1 tin (15 oz) crushed pineapple, slightly drained 1/4 lb citron peel 1 lb sultana raisins 1/2 cherries 1 cup almond half’s 2 tsp baking powder 1/4 salt Method: Cream margarine and sugar together, add eggs. Coat fruit, excluding pineapple with…
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