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Mom's Marinated Cucumbers
Ingredients:
-one to several large cucumbers, peeled and sliced
-1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
-1/3 cup oil
-1 tblspn sugar dissolved in 1/3 cup cold water
-salt and pepper
-2 to 4 sliced onions
*Combine all ingredients and coat cucumbers
*Marinade 4 to 6 hours
This Year's Thanksgiving Dinner
I hope everyone had a nice holiday. I had the honor of cooking dinner for a small group of four people. The meal was vegetarian (actually vegan, except for one dessert), mostly organic, with no added sugar and nothing refined.
2 Ingredient Recipes
My mother is a reader of Woman's Day Magazine (whose recipes I usually love) and she passed on these 2 ingredient recipe cards to me. Sure, some of them are a little odd and I will probably never, ever attempt, but there were a few that immediately grabbed my attention and I can't wait to try out! (Pineapple with coconut sorbet...:DROOL:)
If you want the actually cards to print out and some additional ideas: http://www.womansday.com/food/6577/2-ingredient-recipe-cards.html, http://www.womansday.com/food/6373/none.html
Appetizers
Marinate mixed olives (jar) with freshly grated peel and juice from 1 lemon in refrigerator at least 24 hours.
Shrimp Rolls With Spicy Vietnamese Dressing
Easy preparation is essential when entertaining guests, and this shrimp appetizer is a breeze to make for your Labor Day party. The shrimp packs in protein, the carrots offer a healthy bonus of vitamin A and the spicy dipping sauce gives an added kick. Makes 4 servings (6 wraps per person) Ingredients: 1/2 lb medium shrimp, peeled and deveined 1 tbsp minced ginger 1/3 cup rice wine or sake 1 1/2 tsp toasted sesame oil Juice from 6 limes (about 1 cup) 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup Splenda Granulated 1/3 cup light soy sauce 1 1/2 tbsp minced fresh garlic 1 tsp red pepper flakes 2 heads Boston, or butterhead, lettuce 2 cups fresh basil leaves 3 medium carrots, peeled and finely grated (about 1 1/2 cups) 1/3 lb rice stick noodles, softened in boiling water and drained thoroughly Directions: In a bowl, toss shrimp with ginger, wine and oil.Looking for great 'take along' lunch recipes
Here's my challenge... I'm looking for lunch ideas that are easy to put together, and that I can take along to work for myself. There are not many recipes out there for lunch time...Slow Cooker Basics
I just came across this great blog over on recipetips.com and I thought that I would share it with you - it's got everything from how to clean your crockpot to great features that you can choose from in today's world of slow cookery. About Slow Cooking Slow cooking is a cooking method that uses an electrical countertop appliance referred to as a slow cooker. Slow cookers are often referred to as Crock-Pots®, which is actually a brand name for a type of slow cooker.Help! Girl's Night In: Food Suggestions
I can handle dinner parties and I can handle casual hanging out parties, but I'm having a sort of nicer-casual all girl party that I need to come up with ideas for food. It'll be all appetizers but I don't want it to be all dessert, which is the only thing I can make. SO i need some suggestions of real-food type of appetizers that are small or even toothpick-bite size that are still quick, easy and super yummy!My trip to Italy (Part 3)
Intro
First I want to apologize for not writing this last part sooner. Work’s been very busy and for awhile there I couldn’t get in the right frame of mind to write. But I’m back now with the final installment :-D.
Grilled Buschetta Chicken
I made this for dinner tonight. It's so easy and it turned out tasty so I thought I would share. Enjoy!
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