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Kathy in West Islip, NY =================================================== Cavatelli for Melissa If she goes to http://www.kasbahouse.com/villawareonline/cavatelliandraviolimakers.a sp and scrolls about halfway down the page, she will see a "cavatelli maker," and there is a photo of what the pasta looks like -- basically it is a pasta dumpling. For Eileen's father, I recommend Kids in the Kitchen, by Lois Levine, as a perfect starter -- recipes are well explained and easy for anyone of any age to make (and no, they are not just recipes that kids would like). They are "ranked" for beginner, intermediate and advanced level cooks. Judy :) =================================================== Nancy Hi, This is for Dana Peters who is asking how to cook spaghetti squash: Barbara in Texas Meat Sauce And Spaghetti Squash 1/2 lb lean ground beef 1 salt and pepper to taste 1 tblsp minced onion flakes 1 dash garlic powder 1 can (8-oz) tomatoes sauce 1 tsp dried oregano 1/2 tsp dried basil 2 cups cooked; drained sp. sq. 1 tblsp plus 1 tsp grated parmesan cheese Place beef on broiler rack in shallow pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Brown meat under broiler. In large saucepan, combine beef, onion, garlic, tomato sauce, oregano, and basil. Cook covered over med heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Preheat oven 375. Add sp. sq. to beef mixture, toss to blend well. Pour into 2 quart sprayed (Pam etc) casserole. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered 20 minutes. Serves 2, 332 calories, 19 grams fat Spaghetti Squash 1/4 c margarine or butter 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 lb. Italian sweet sausage 1 tsp. sugar 1/8 tsp. pepper 1 tsp. basil 1 med spaghetti squash 1 lrg onion 1 lb. ground beef 10 ea tomatoes, cut up 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. oregano 1/2 c parmesan cheese, grated In a large pan boil whole squash in water until tender. Cut squash in half, scrape out seeds and gently scrape the sides of the squash and long spaghetti like strands will come from the squash. Set aside. Saut� onion and garlic in butter until almost brown; add beef and sausage until brown; set aside. To a large saucepan add tomatoes, sugar, salt, pepper, oregano and basil. Bring to boil and add meat mix. Allow to simmer for 30 to 40 minutes. While sauce is simmering, spread squash on a platter. Just before sauce is ready to serve, add Parmesan cheese. Stir while adding because cheese can burn on bottom of pan easily. Pour sauce over spaghetti squash and serve with more grated cheese. =================================================== This is for Fran who posted the Summer Freeze Cheesecake recipe. Is 250 grams of cream cheese an 8 ounce block and what size can of raspberry juice do you use. Your recipe sounds really good, I would like to try it. Marge in So. CA ===================================================== I just wanted to say thank-you to everyone who replied to my questions on making pickles that are close to "Bick's" flavor. Especially Joyce and Gayle! Though no one has responded to my icing question. Was wondering if anyone knew how to make the special icings in store bought little cakes like "Twinkies, King Dongs, ect... Thanks again for the cool recipes. I think my son will love the sweet pickles Gayle. Just have to wait for the crop to grow now. Happy cooking everyone! Rhonda, Southern Ont. Canada ===================================================== Hi all. I would like to know if anyone has any TNT salt free recipes. We are also trying to start trying to us Tofu. My brother in law is on a very restrictive diet. Also for Danielle check out the Taste of Home magazines they have lots of great recipes most of which are easy to prepare. I would also like to say hi to Mary Lou from Colonial Beach. I was raised there but have been in GA for about 27 years now. from Ellen ======================================================= For the bride to be Danielle ( and anyone else looking for easy recipes) We eat boneless, skinless chicken breasts a few times a week. These two recipes are my favorites: Honey Dijon Chicken Chicken breasts Honey Dijon salad dressing Cover the chicken with the salad dressing. Bake at 350 for approx. 40 minutes ==== Salsa Chicken Chicken breasts Salsa Parmesan cheese Cover chicken with salsa, sprinkle with parmesan cheese, bake at 350 for approx. 40 minutes === Barbeque Pork Boneless pork loin chops or pork loin roast Onions Barbeque sauce (we prefer hickory flavor) Put pork (can substitute other meats) in a crock pot. Cover with sliced onions. Pour barbeque sauce over top. Cook on slow for about 8 hours or until cooked. Catherine ================================================================= I hope this helps....Barbara in Texas Marinade Try this: make a marinade of balsamic vinegar (the cheap stuff will do just fine), olive oil, garlic, and rosemary. Marinate some boneless chicken breasts. Slice a purple onion - about 1/4 inch thick slices- and some sweet green or red bell pepper. Brush the onion and peppers with the marinade and grill, along with the chicken. Serve on a crusty roll. It's our favorite! Spicy Hot Marinade 1/4 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup honey 1 tablespoon sesame seeds 1 clove garlic, minced 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, minced 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper Combine all to marinate. Per tablespoon: 41 kcal, 21 percent fat, 9 g carbohydrate, 1 g protein, 1 g fat, 0 mg cholesterol. ================================================================================================= Hi Nancy: This is for nana nancy re: Coumadin. My husband is on the generic, Warfrin Sodium, after his strokes. It is to keep the blood thinned, so as to not block the arteries, and cause other strokes or other problems. We were given a list from the "Coumadin Clinic and Lab", which checks his blood every 8 weeks, as long as his level is good. More often, if the level is higher than his range. The main thing to watch for, besides lot of sodium in the foods we buy, as all food contains some natural sodium, is to be very careful with foods that are green and leafy, such as lettuce, spinach, etc. They contain Vitamin K, which blocks the Coumadin from working. They said to only serve a green salad or other vegetables in portions no larger than 1/4 of the rest of the meal. Just do not overdo the greens. It has been a little difficult for us, as we were great green vegetable eaters, but had to cut the amounts. Nana, Nancy should ask their doctor/s for some more advice. Good luck, from Pam, in Rancho Dominguez, Calif. *Please check with your doctor for any medical information ===================================================================================================== Patience, In response to Which foods should I make at home that I can feed to my one year old toddler. When my two-year old was younger, I fed him the same meals as we had (i wasn't about make him separate meals) but he also like anything frozen to soothe his sore gums & cool him down in the summer, so i froze fruit for him to eat in chunks, and this year we'll likely make fruit smoothies so he can "help". Also I discovered that he loves to drink soup from a Rubbermaid plastic drinking box, he can run around the house with it & it doesn't make a mess plus I can use the 12v-bottle-warmer (fill regular bottles with soup) to heat it up while we are traveling, .. Hopes this helps. Fran ===================================================================================================== Hi Nancy, I just read my Newsletter from you and saw that my recipe that I had sent for Lou was not in it. Then when I looked at the email that I had sent (5/30/04), I realized that I had not signed my name and was wondering if that is why it was not in the Newsletter. So, I decided to resubmit it and this time add my name. Thanks for all you do for all of us. I for one, very much appreciate you! Also, for Pat in Florida. I can't imagine what part of Florida she is in where she cannot find green cabbage. It is grown all over the South and I have never known of a time when it was not in the grocery stores. Perhaps if she would inquire with the produce department personnel where she shops they can help her find some. Lou asked for a frosting recipe that is unlike the traditional hard, really sweet type... I use the recipe that follows a lot because I do not like sickening sweet frostings. The great thing about this recipe is that you can make it any flavor you wish by simply changing the flavor of pudding that you get for it. 1 box (small) Jell-O instant pudding mix, your choice of flavor 1 cup cold milk 1 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese 1 small container of Cool Whip Mix the pudding mix with the milk. Add the cream cheese mixing well. By hand, fold in the Cool Whip. Spread this mixture on cake. Refrigerate This is such a refreshing frosting and not too sweet. Enjoy! Sara Jones in Florida ===================================================================================================== I keep sending in messages to Nancy's Kitchen and you keep sending them back to me requesting them to have capital's at the beginning of the sentences and something about punctuation. Why!!!! I have never put capitals at the beginning of sentences and I always hit a line return at the end of each sentence on all my emails not just yours. W Comment I love getting your recipes and am very sorry that you are upset with me. It has been taking time to correct most of your emails messages for the newsletter. What seems to you a minor problem to you takes additional time to prepare for the newsletter. When I combine the lines of your message (when it has no punctuation and a carriage return) it is necessary to put a period, take out the spaces and put a capital at the beginning of the next sentence. In your most recent email it would have taken up a great deal of space (51 lines to put your recipe the way you sent it in.) I did correct all the problems (all 92 of them). I really do need your help. I want so much to include yours and everyone else's information in the newsletter. Lately there are more and more members sending in a message with no capitalization at the beginning of sentences, no punctuation, or whole bunch of periods at the end of every sentence. Recipes that are sent in 2 columns have a problem as well. When I take out the formatting for the newsletter the columns run together and it is difficult to tell which part of the ingredients and what measurements go with what. I would love to post every response but if it requires 20 or more corrections it will not posted to the newsletter. In the past I sent out a newsletter almost everyday but recently it has been sent out once or twice a week because of the time required to identify Nancy's Kitchen mail from spam and the amount of time required to get the messages ready for the newsletter. I love doing this newsletter and sending it out and want to continue sending it out. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Nancy =================================================================================================== Siggy, my cat has been very busy and can't seem to stay out trouble lately. I provided a van for a friend to move and was gone most of Sunday. When I left there were some new toys (that were unopened) on top of the counter for Siggy. When I arrived home at the end of a hot day I decided to rest a bit. When I fluffed up my pillow out fell all his new toys. He had spent the day opening the package and playing with his new toys then deposited them inside the pillow. Luckily this didn't happen in the middle of the night like the time he placed his favorite furry toy mouse under my pillow for safe keeping. While asleep I put my hand under my pillow and felt this awful furry thing. It nearly scared me to death. I nearly beat his furry little toy mouse to death before he grabbed it from me and moved it to an undisclosed location. I have been unpacking my ceramic frogs and putting them on top of the mantle. Siggy, and I don't agree on who is the actual owner of the smaller frogs in my ceramic frog collection. My theory is that I bought them and own them. Siggy's theory is that he is the head cat and allows me to live in the house. He also believes that all things including the ceramic frogs belong to him. He was rather upset when I reclaimed MY frogs from his secret place inside my shoes in the closet. Nancy =================================================================================================== For Nina asking about a chicken marinade for a large group of people: The simplest thing I know of would be bottled Italian salad dressing; it's great, makes the chicken very moist; you can then grill or bake the chicken pieces. Carol in TX =================================================================================================== FOR CINDY BAILEY: Cindy, after reading your description of what you weren't looking for (cannolis), I remembered a Paula Deen show on Food Network where she made these delicate, cream filled cookies, similar to how you described yours. I searched the site and found just what I remembered, they were called Magnolia Lace Trumpets. They looked so delicious, I can't even describe them, here is the link and the recipe, I hope this is it! Mari http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_25198 ,00.html Magnolia Lace Trumpets The recipe was not included in the newsletter because it is a copyrighted recipe and the foodnetwork.com does not allow me to post any of their recipes on my site on in the newsletter. ============================================================================= This is for Cindy Bailey. It almost sounds like you are talking about a cookie that is called clothespin cookie. They can also be called other things. They are usually available in your local grocery store bakery. They are kinda expensive though. They are not very hard to make but you have to have a lot of time, patience and rods to make them. You may be able to look a recipe up on a site and get a picture of it so you can see if this is what you are looking for. I hope this helps! Good luck in your search! (You've come to the right place!) Sheri in Ohio ============================================================================= This is for Cindy who was asking about a dessert pizza. We used to make this a lot, in fact my daughter always wanted this instead of birthday cake! It's really good in the morning with a cup of coffee too. Fruit pizza Either make homemade sugar cookie dough or buy the kind already made and pat it out onto a pizza pan. Bake at 350 degrees until just golden. Do not over bake. Mix one 8 oz. package of cream cheese with 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 1 tsp lemon juice until smooth. Spread on cooled cookie. Slice strawberries, bananas, kiwi fruit. Drain a small can of mandarin oranges (It really doesn't take too many of these). Arrange the fruit in a circle on the cookie. I usually start with the strawberries on the outside, then bananas, kiwi fruit and end up with the mandarin oranges in the middle. Make a glaze of 1 cup apple juice, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1-1/2 Tablespoons of cornstarch. I usually cook this while the cookie is baking so it can completely cool before spreading over the fruit. Spoon the glaze over the fruit and chill. Enjoy! Kathy Clark ============================================================================= For Patience, and foods to give her one year old. I had triplets and could not afford baby food. I took the very same meals we ate which were healthy home cooked veggies, pasta, rice eggs, etc and started them with these foods pureed in the blender and as they reached the chopped food stage, chopped these same meals for them. As they grew, they did not refuse the meals in the natural way that we ate them. They loved baked sweet potato and banana pureed together with a little milk (NO other ingredients) in the blender as did my older two children and all five ate it for a good many years. Hope this helps. Marie I love your Newsletter and find a lot of answers here. Thank you so much for providing it for us. God Bless You for thinking of others. J ================================================================================= In response to Gail wanting a good punch recipe for her child graduating from 5th grade. Green Grog Punch ( kids said it tastes like Pop Tart Candy) In a large pot, combine limeade, lemonade and lemon-lime soda. Stir in a 7 up or Sprite (add more to taste if desired.) Mix in the lime sherbet 2 (12 fluid ounce) cans frozen limeade concentrate 2 (12 fluid ounce) cans frozen lemonade concentrate 2 (2 liter) bottles lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage 2 liters of sprite or 7 up 2 quarts lime sherbet Cat =================================================================================== Legal Stuff Because of copyright issues I can not post to my website, message board or newsletter recipes from the following foodnetwork.com and pampered chef Nancy ================================================================================= Hi this is for Shirely, I make this every year at Christmas time. Mix 1 cup flour &1/2 teaspoon salt. Spoon mixture through funnel into a quart glass jar. Add the following: 6tablespoons unsweentened cocoa 3/4cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup more granulated sugar 6 Tablespoons more of cocoa top with 1/2 cup chopped nuts 1/4 cup each of white and semisweet chocolate chips. To bake Grease a 9 inch pan, whisk brownie mix in bowl, stir in 1/2 cup melted butter,3 eggs,1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Spread into pan bake till toothpick has a few crumbs about 35 min in a 350 oven. Enjoy Rosie in PA ===================================================================================== Pages updated this week http://www.aliciasrecipes.com/almond_recipes.htm http://www.aliciasrecipes.com/blackberry.htm http://www.aliciasrecipes.com/cobber_recipes.htm http://www.nancys-kitchen.com/ice_cream.htm http://www.nancys-kitchen.com/corn_recipes.htm http://www.nancys-kitchen.com/strawberry_recipes2.htm http://www.annies-kitchen.com/Kitchen/soup.htm ===================================================================================== Hi Nancy, I thoroughly enjoy getting your newsletter and appreciate your hard work on it. The following recipe is a dessert pizza requested by Cindy from Romney, WV. Here goes: Fruit Pizza Ready made sugar cookie dough 1 (8.00 ounces) package cream cheese 1/2 cup white sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract assortment of fresh fruit such as bananas, peaches, blueberries, kiwi, pineapple, and strawberries Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll out cookie dough until it justs fit a pizza pan. Bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with 1/2-cup sugar and vanilla until light. Spread on cooled crust. Arrange desired fruit on top of filling, and chill. Hope she enjoys it. Have a great day. MAH ======================================================================================= Hi, I really enjoy your recipe site. Thank you. The recipes are delicious and easy to make. I live in Israel and cannot get "Bisquick". What do you recommend I use instead? Thank you, Rachel Comment: Check the message board. There is a recipe for a Bisquick substitute. ======================================================================================= This is for Judy and Lori who had failures with Splenda. I am a diabetic and have used Splenda for some time. I made about 50 half pints of jam and jellies last year and all set. I used the jell made by either Mrs. Wages or Ball, that is made for the light or no sugar jam and jellies. I followed the directions and just before I took it off the stove, I added 3 cups of Splenda and brought to a boil again and then went ahead and put in my jars and did the hot water bath. Mine turned out fine. Also, the pie, probably had too much liquid somewhere in it or not enough thickening. Splenda measures just like sugar but I found that the no sugar jell worked best with it. Also, if she still has her jelly that is runny, use it for syrup on pancakes and waffles or on deserts, squares of cake and such. Hilda =========================================================================================== This is for Nina, who wanted a marinade for chicken. I used to get the big bags of frozen chicken breasts (on sale, about 6.99/bag, something like that) & marinate them with cheapo brand Italian salad dressing (1 small bottle or half of large bottle per bag...can stretch it by adding a little more oil...Save-a-Lot or ALDI brands are fine). Add some extra oregano (a tsp. or so, crush in your hand), a good pinch of crushed red pepper (optional but good), and 4- 5 cloves garlic, chopped. Let it sit overnite in the refrigerator for the best taste. To make it go further, cut the breasts in half (usually enough for many people, then it's not wasted). This was a big hit in my husband's family...only problem, it was ALWAYS my job to do it after doing it once or twice! LOL Laura L. in Hamburg, PA =========================================================================================== Nancy. this is for Romney who wanted the Dessert Pizza Fruit Pizza Crust: 1 cup sugar 1 cup Oleo 1 egg, beaten 1 tsp vanilla 1/4 tsp. salt 1 tsp. soda 2-1/2 cup flour Cream together sugar and oleo then beat in egg and vanilla. Add rest of ingredients and press in jelly roll pan. Bake 350 for 15 to 20 minutes. Let Cool. Topping: 2 (8-oz) softened cream cheese 2/3 cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup powdered sugar Beat all ingredients together until fluffy then spread on crust. Put any kind of fruit over this topping and then drizzle with the glaze. I usually add strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, kiwi, apples etc: Glaze: 1 cup Pineapple juice 2 T. corn starch 1/2 cup sugar 1 T. lemon juice Cook the above until thick and pour over fruit. This make a large Dessert Pizza and so easy and very good. 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