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Stacked Butter Lettuce Salad | January 25, 2012

Staying healthy is our motto for the year. If today’s the day to cut a few carbs, try this gorgeous stacked butter lettuce salad with your girlfriends.

Stacked Butter Lettuce Salad with Pears and Taleggio Dressing Recipe
(Makes 4 salads depending on size of lettuce head)

Ingredients

For Salad Dressing

3 Tablespoons Champagne Vinegar

2 Tablespoons Hazelnut Oil

1 Tablespoon Spicy Mustard (I used a good French mustard)

1 Shallot (finely diced)

Small Pieces of Taleggio Cheese (amount is up to you)

 

For Salad

1 Head Butter Lettuce (cored, rinsed and dried)

2 – 3 Seckle Pears (or other pear variety cored and sliced thin)

 

Instructions

For Dressing

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Seared Loin of Tuna with Zaytoun Olive Oil & Pears | January 24, 2012

Do you like fish? Ready for something a bit fancy for dinner? Become a master chef tonight for your husband and try this recipe to wow his taste buds.

Seared Loin of Tuna with Zaytoun Olive Oil & Pears

What You’ll Need:

-Use 50g for a starter size or 100g for a main course.
-Ask your fishmonger to cut a long piece of loin (Similar in size and shape of a pork fillet)
-Zest and Juice of 1 unwaxed lemon
-50ml Zaytoun Olive Oil (Keep cold)
-1 tbsp caster sugar
-15ml good quality balsamic vinegar
-1 Bartlett pear (Thinly sliced on a mandolin)
-Thin Slices of Cibatta.
-1 … Read More »


 

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Ice Cream Sandwich Pie – Kid Friendly | August 10, 2011

By Kent “The Deck Chef” Whitaker – Cookbook author and culinary writer

Ice Cream Sandwich Pie anyone?

By golly, sometimes you just need some ice cream. And sometimes you need a slice of pie. And sometimes all you have is a box of Ice cream

sandwiches and some extra items in the pantry. Don’t worry, here is an easy kid friendly recipe that is perfect for combining kid time with kitchen time with little or no fuss.

Granted, this is not brain surgery. And it may, or may not be, a recipe that your kids will include in their … Read More »


 

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30-Minute Meals: Sweet Italian Sausages with Grapes | March 3, 2011

For quick and easy, for low cost, AND deliciousness, this recipe just simply can’t be beat. You don’t even need to write it down- it’s easy enough to remember!

Sweet Italian Sausage with Grapes

By: Roberta Hunter

INGREDIENTS:

Sweet Italian sausage (1 per person)

1 pound seedless green

1 pound red grapes

1-2 tablespoons olive oil

DIRECTIONS:

1.Brown sausage over medium high heat and cook through in half of the olive oil.

2.Remove from skillet and keep the sausages warm by tenting aluminum foil over them.

3.Add the grapes and cook until they start to wilt and split open. This will only take a few minutes. Shake the skillet occasionally to … Read More »


 

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Delicious Banana Bread | October 19, 2010

I know there are tons of banana bread recipes out there but this is my favorite. It is so good with coffee in the morning or in the evening with tea. The kids love to find it in their lunch box or having it as a snack after school. Next time you have some over ripe bananas try this recipe out. I usually never make the topping and just make the banana bread mixture but if you want to try it out I have it for you below.

Delicious Banana Bread

Servings: 8

Ingredients:

1 cup of butter
1/4 cup sugar
4 teaspoons of vanilla extract
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Best-Ever Brownies | March 11, 2010

I used to think that nothing in the culinary world could be easier than boxed brownie mix.  Open box, add wet ingredients, stir and bake.  Foolproof, yes, but it feels like cheating.  However, I recently came across a brownie recipe that is just as easy, just as affordable and a million times better!  This is a rich, dense brownie that stays moist for days after baking.  It’s also a brownie that just screams for a glass of cold milk.   I’m willing to bet that you already have all the ingredients for these bad boys in your pantry!

Ingredients:

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 … Read More »


 

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Skor Apple Dip | March 1, 2010

A co-worker brought this dip in for an office potluck a couple of years ago and it was gone within minutes.  Needless to say, it’s now become her “signature dish” and she’s requested/required to make it for each and every food event we have in our office.

It’s called “Skor Apple Dip”, but any fruit will do.  It’s really great with pear slices or with sliced bananas.  If I use apples, I always choose Granny Smiths – they’re just tart enough to counteract some of the dip’s sweetness.  This is a really rich and creamy dip that will please adults and … Read More »


 

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Tortine di Gianduja e Banana | December 9, 2009

Tortine di Gianduja e Banana
Chocolate, Hazelnut, and Banana Tartlets
by Mary Ann Esposito,
Author of Ciao Italia Five-Ingredient Favorites: Quick and Delicious Recipes from an Italian Kitchen

Nutella, chocolate hazelnut spread, is all the rage in Italy; “Nutellaphiles” eat it by the spoonful right out of the jar. And that may be as good tasting as it gets unless you decide to make these puff pastry tartlets. Nutella, mixed with mascarpone cheese and spread on top of banana slices in ready-made puff pastry is one of the easiest desserts I know.

1 sheet prepared puff pastry
1 cup Nutella
8 ounces mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
3 … Read More »