Main Dishes

1 medium onion, sliced

½ red pepper, slice

½ green pepper, sliced

2 Tbsp butter

1 pound fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined

Juice of one lemon

1 Tbsp Old Bay seasoning

1 tsp garlic salt

Flour tortillas

Sauté onion and pepper in butter until crisp-tender

Add remaining ingredients, except tortillas and sauté 5 min or until shrimp is pink.  Serve on tortillas.  If desired, top with salsa, sour cream, shredded cheese and guacamole.

Serve 6-8

4 chicken Breasts

3 Tbsp olive oil

1 cup barbeque sauce

8 slices bacon, cooked crisp, drained

4 slices Pepper Jack or Swiss cheese

1 cup dried onions

Salt and pepper

Season chicken with salt and pepper and sauté in olive oil until no longer pink

Top with bacon, cheese and dried onion

Serve over a bed of rice or on a bun

 

10  ounces   dried linguine or desired pasta

1  19  – ounce can  white kidney (cannellini) beans, rinsed and drained

1/2   of a lemon

3  tablespoons   olive oil

½ c prepared pesto

 

 

Cook pasta according to package directions, adding beans for the last 2 minutes of cooking time. Remove 1/2 cup of the cooking liquids; set aside. Drain pasta and beans; cover to keep warm.

Meanwhile, finely shred peel from the lemon half (about 2 teaspoons). In a small skillet heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium heat. Add lemon peel; cook and stir 1 minute, or until lightly golden.

Combine cooked lemon peel, pesto, the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, the juice from the lemon half, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add reserved cooking liquid, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring until desired consistency is reached.

To serve, toss hot cooked pasta mixture with lemon-basil mixture. Makes 4 servings.

Serves 6-8

1 pound ground pork

1 – 16-ounce bag coleslaw mix (shredded carrots and cabbage)

5 cloves garlic, minced

1 teaspoon ginger, minced

⅓ cup soy sauce

2 tablespoons sesame oil

Green onions, for garnish

In a small bowl, combine the garlic, ginger, soy sauce and sesame oil. Set aside.

In a large skillet, brown the pork over medium-high heat.

Add the shredded cabbage and carrots, and stir to combine.

Add the sauce mixture to the meat and veggies. Stir and cook for about 3 to 5 minutes, until the cabbage has just begun to wilt but is still crunchy.

Serve over rice, garnished with green onions if desired

Ingredients:

Meatballs
½ pounds ground turkey
½ cup shredded Italian fontina or mild provolone cheese
1 small garlic clove, crushed or minced fine
1/8 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1 Tbsp olive oil

Soup

1 Tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed or minced fine
½ pound carrots, peeled and diced
½ pound peeled and diced butternut squash
1 can (48 oz) chicken broth
1 can (15 ½ oz) can canelli beans, drained and rinsed
¼ tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
1 cab (14 ½ oz) Italian style tomatoes
½ pound escarole, trimmed and chopped
1 small zucchini, diced

Directions:

To make meatballs:
In a medium bowl, combine turkey, cheese, garlic, salt, and pepper; mix until just blended. Shape into about 24 (1-inch) balls. Pan-fry meatballs in 1 Tbsp olive oil, turning until browned; cool.

To make soup:
Heat oil in large 5 qt pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic. Cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Add carrots and squash, broth, beans, salt, and pepper, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer about 10 minutes or until vegetables are soft. Add cooked meatballs and tomatoes; return to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 4 minutes. Stir in escarole and zucchini.

Serve with extra fontina cheese on top!

Ingredients:

Base Ingredients

  • 1 package Hawaiian rolls
  • 10 slices Gouda cheese
Filling

  • 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
  • ⅓ cup Franks Buffalo sauce
  • 1½ cups shredded rotisserie chicken
Blue Cheese Spread

  • ½ cup mayo
  • ½ cup crumbled blue cheese
  • ¼ cup diced celery
  • ¼ cup sour cream
Topping

  • ½ cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup blue cheese crumbled
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Combine cream cheese, buffalo sauce and chicken for filling, stirring until smooth and set aside.
  3. Combine all of the ingredients for the Blue Cheese Spread and stir well to combine. Set aside.
  4. Slice rolls to open on one side. Spread top and bottom of the rolls with the spread mixture. Fill the inside of the sliders with the filling mixture. Put Gouda cheese on top of the mixture and close sandwich. Place sandwich in a spayed 9×13 baking dish. Repeat with each roll.
  5. For topping melt butter and add the blue cheese and cayenne pepper. Pour the topping over the top of the rolls.
  6. Cover with foil and bake for 13 minutes at 350 degrees F. Take the foil off and bake another 2-3 minutes.

Ingredients:

2 lbs boneless chicken breasts
2 (8 oz) blocks cream cheese
2 (1 oz) packets dry Ranch seasoning
8 oz bacon, cooked crisply and crumbled

Directions:

In a slow cooker combine place chicken, cream cheese, and Ranch seasoning.

Cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 4 hours, until chicken shreds easily.

Once the chicken is shredded, stir with a large fork or spoon so the chicken shreds and all the
ingredients combine.

Add in crumbled bacon and stir to incorporate.

Serve warm.

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp olive oil
½ pound bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp lemon zest
2/3 cup sour cream
2 cups halved cherry tomatoes
4 cups baby arugula, coarsely chopped
Salt and pepper
1 pinch cayenne pepper
1 Tbsp shredded Parmesan cheese
2 cups ditalini pasta, cooked according to package

Directions:

Pour olive oil into a heavy skillet over medium heat, add bacon and cook until almost crisp (5-8 minutes). Remove all but 2 Tbsp bacon drippings, and turn off heat. Stir in garlic and lemon and cook until fragrant, 2-3 minutes, add sour cream and warm pasta. Return heat to medium and add tomatoes and arugula. Season with salt, pepper and cayenne pepper and garnish with parmesan cheese.

Ingredients:

1 package (11 oz.) of tuna packed in water
1 can cream of mushroom soup
¼ cup diced onion
¼ cup diced green pepper
Salt and pepper to taste
¼ cup melted butter
1 pkg hamburger or slider buns

Directions:

Combine the tuna, soup, onion and pepper and salt and pepper. Place evenly into buns, and brush the top of each bun with melted butter. Bake uncovered 15 min or until tuna is warm.

Recipe courtesy of Joseph Warement, Floral Design Instructor. Photo: Google Images

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked shredded Turkey
6 oz egg noodles, cooked according to the package directions
8 oz sliced mushrooms
2 Tbsp butter
8 oz sour cream
1 can cream of celery soup
¼ c Parmesan cheese

Directions:

Melt butter and cook mushrooms 5-7 minutes.  Add soup, sour cream salt and pepper. Combine. Add turkey and combine. Spray a 9 x 13 casserole pan with pan spray and add noodles. Pour turkey mixture over noodles and top with cheese. Bake covered, 35-40 minutes or until hot and bubbly.