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Recipe Exchange Newsletter http://www.nancyskitchen.com Saturday and Sunday's online newsletters will be posted late in the afternoon (Central Time Zone). To access the online version <a href==" http://www.aliciasrecipes.com "> Nancy's Kitchen Online Newsletter (Choose date of newsletter you wish to access.)</a> ========================= Email Address for Replies and Requests Please send all email for replies and requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] <a href=="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> Email Address for requests and replies</a> ========================= Nature Flavors (They have a great line of Splenda and Low Carb products as well as many great teas ) http://www.naturesflavors.com ========================= How to Subscribe - If you have a friend that wants to subscribe (Alicia's Kitchen, Recipes for You and Nancy's Kitchen. http://www.nancyskitchen.com ========================= Thought for the Day It is our conscience, not our mattress that has to most to do with our sleep. There have been a few messages asking why I don't send out the entire newsletter everyday as I used to do. Years ago (in 1996) I did send out a very short newsletter that had 3 to 5 recipes with a couple requests everyday. For the past several years our free email newsletter has been sent out 2 times a week. Nothing has changed in our email version of the newsletter. In addition we now have an online newsletter posted daily. Friday's online version of this letter is over 36 pages long and only 10 pages (in Word) fit into this newsletter due to limited space most email programs allow. It would take an additional 3-4 emails and 4-5 hours to format an email newsletter. I am physically unable to do this at this time. Come by and visit our newsletter and recipe family online. The site now has an index of recipes (including the online newsletter, replies and responses) and is updated each Sunday. http://www.aliciarecipes.com If want several recipes sent out daily I do send out a newsletter (Monday-Friday) that may be just for you. Annie's Kitchen is sent out daily. It has a thought for the day, 2-3 regular recipes and 2- 3 recipes that include the nutritional values and have the Weight Watcher points calculated for them. (Annie's Kitchen and D I E T Recipe of the Day are the same newsletter.) To sign up click on the Join link on http://www.anniesrecipes.com Singing Birthday Cards http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=950&U=g876&M=C32 Daily Horoscopes http://www.free-horoscopes.net =========================== Nancy, this is for the reader that wanted the Date Nut Care recipe. Kathy in Alabama Amish Date Nut Cake 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 4 eggs, separated 2/3 cup granulated sugar, divided 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 (8 ounce) packages chopped dates 1 pound chopped walnuts Adjust oven to lowest rack. Grease 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. In bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. In medium bowl beat egg whites until frothy. Beat in 1/3 cup sugar until light; then add dry ingredients and mix well. Beat in vanilla extract. Mix in dates and nuts. Fold in egg whites. Bake 1 hour at 375 degrees F; reduce temperature to 300 degrees F and bake 40 minutes more. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Turn out on rack; cool completely. Wrap tightly; can be stored 1 to 3 weeks. Before serving, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Whipped Cream Icing 1 (.25 ounce) package unflavored gelatin 4 teaspoons cold water 1 cup heavy whipping cream 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar 1/2 teaspoon clear imitation vanilla extract Mix gelatin and cold water in a small saucepan, and let the mixture stand until gelatin thickens. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until gelatin dissolves. Remove from heat, and let cool; do not let set. Whip cream, sugar, and vanilla until slightly thickened. Continue beating slowly, while gradually adding the gelatin. Whip at high speed until stiff. ============================================= Hi, Does anyone have any good recipes for chicken noodle soup, vegetable soup, French onion soup or any other good kind of soup? Lauren ============================================= Thank you Elizabeth from Bendigo for clearing up my wafer problem, I will get rum ball making straight away, it's such a small world. Lana ============================================= Hi Nancy, This is one solution for Pat Holmes in the 3 Nov. Newsletter: I have used evaporated milk in many dishes instead of the cream or half and half. It works very well. Take care. Agnes from Ontario, Canada ============================================= This is for Susie in Indy. I make these all the time for the kids in the morning for breakfast. Also, instead of rolling the whole thing in butter and cinnamon and sugar, I usually just roll the top in butter and roll in cinnamon and sugar. Cowboy Donuts 1/3 cup oil 1/2 cup sugar 1 egg 1-1/2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 cup milk - Topping 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter, melted 1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon Cream oil, 1/2 cup sugar, and egg. Mix flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg together. Add to creamed mixture along with milk. Spoon into greased muffin tin and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Immediately remove from pan when done and roll (or dip) in melted butter, then roll in cinnamon and sugar. Serves: 12 ============================================= Hi Nancy, this is for Dory in Va (November 4th newsletter) Thank you for the sweet potato casserole. Sounds delicious and will surely give it a try. My mother made her Candied Sweet Potatoes in an iron fry pan. She melted butter, added brown sugar and cooked that mixture for a long time. She then added the canned yams which when added to the brown sugar mixture gave the yams a crunch. I try each year to duplicate it (don't try other than on holidays) but just can't come up with the right amount of each. As always, will try again this year. All of you who still have their mothers, pay attention to their recipes. I surely wish I did. My mother was such a great cook. Rita NC ============================================= Nancy, I wanted to thank-you so very much for this wonderful newsletter and all the hard work you put into it. I have found and tried so many new recipes my family is eating better than ever before. Now for a favor from your many readers I'm looking for a pumpkin rice pudding recipe i had it at a little deli last year that has since closed and I'm looking to incorporate a new recipe into our holiday feast Thanks again Ricci in PA ============================================= Here is a soup recipe that was handed down from my German Grandmother. When I make it I always make a big pot. I have a Norwegian husband and he just loves it. Hope you do too. Sandy from ND. Borscht 2 pkgs soup bone 1-1/2 Pounds stew meat 1 Tablespoon Oil 2 Cups Carrots, diced 2 Cups Beets, diced 1 Medium Onion, chopped 1 Small Cabbage, chopped 2 Cups Potato, cubed 1 Cup Celery, chopped 3 Cups Water or to cover 1 Can Tomato Soup or Whole Tomatoes 1 Tablespoon Salt 1 Tablespoon Sugar 1 Tablespoon Vinegar 1/2 Teaspoon Pepper 3 bay leaves 3 cloves garlic 1-1/2 Cups Cream (optional) Brown steak in oil and drain ; Place soup bone in a large pot; cover with water bring to a boil and add stew meat. Simmer till tender. Add remaining ingredients except cream and cook 5-6 hours. About 45 minutes before serving skim off fat and add cream. When I make this I like to freeze some for later so I don't add the cream, instead we add as we eat. ============================================= I have a tomato soup recipe that calls for half & half. I am trying to cut down on the fat in my diet and I was wondering if anyone has ever substituted fat free coffee creamer for half & half or used it in soup. (I was NOT intending to use any flavored variety) I am curious as to how it worked out and if it was an acceptable substitute. Tomato Soup using Half and Half 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese 3 tsp. dried basil 1 Lg. onion, chopped 2 tsp. garlic powder 2 Lg can stewed tomatoes 2 tsp. coarse ground pepper 1 qt. half-and-half 1/2 stick of butter or margarine 6 cans of tomato soup Mozzarella cheese and/or croutons for topping Saut� onion in butter. Set aside. In large pot, mix cans of tomato soup and half-and-half. Blend stewed tomatoes very slightly (in small pieces) in blender or food processor. Add to soup. Put softened cream cheese in blender with a bit of the soup mixture and blend thoroughly. Add to the soup along with onions, basil, garlic powder, and pepper. Heat through. Serve with shredded mozzarella cheese and croutons on top. Pat Holmes Pat, My answer to you is it will absolutely work. My husband has renal failure and is on dialysis 3 x a week so he is severely limited in the amount of dairy (milk, cheese,) products he can consume. I use Nestle CoffeeMate liquid (I buy it by the quart at Walmart) on his cereal, oatmeal, in soups, in cakes, in cookies and nearly everything I add cream or milk to. I even use 1/4 cup to make potato salad creamier. Nobody has ever noticed the difference in my cooking and I am the family cooking expert. LOL If they only knew! Laughing. It tastes just the same ============================================= Easy Inexpensive Chicken Fried Steak (used to be on the Blue Plate Special at my Mama's Oklahoma Cafe) 8-10 Frozen or 1/2 frozen burgers Salt Pepper 1 cup flour 1 sleeve of saltine crackers crushed into 1/2 inch pieces 2 eggs 1 cup milk Oil -1 inch in bottom of skillet Salt and pepper burgers to your taste, dip in well beaten egg and milk mixture then into flour and cracker mixture then fry in oil in frying pan. Don't let oil get really hot because it will ruin the taste. Brown 5-6 minutes on each side and put into glass pan and into 350 degree oven for 10-15 minutes to continue cooking. Let steaks drain on paper towel before serving after removing from oven. FOR GRAVY When the last of the "steaks" are in the oven...Add 2-3 Tablespoons of Flour, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of pepper and I-2 chicken bouillon cubes into skillet. Let flour and oil brown for 3-4 minutes, constantly stirring then add 2-3 cups of milk and stir constantly until thickened into Chicken Fried Steak Gravy. Serve Gravy with Mashed Potatoes or over the chicken fried steaks. My family still doesn't realize it isn't really steak after all these years. ============================================= When I was 12, my next door neighbor who was 80, made the wonderful bars at Christmas. They included candied cherries, nuts, graham crackers, coconut, and evaporated or condensed milk. She called them O'Henry Bars. I would love to find a recipe for this bar cookie. This is a Canadian recipe I believe. Thanks for the help Lila Belinski, Ventura, California ============================================= Hi, Nancy! I really appreciate all of the hard work you do for us. Your site is terrific! I was wondering if any of your readers would have a recipe for meat turnovers (or fried meat pies) from Puerto Rico. When my husband was still in the army, we often bought some from a Puerto Rican friend. They were marvelous, but she wouldn't reveal the recipe. I would love to have some again and I hope I get lots of responses! Thank you, again, Nancy! It's a highlight of my day when I see your wonderful letters. Marge in New Mexico ============================================= Dear Nancy & Siggy, Yesterday, a pretty gray, black, & white cat appeared on my patio. Thinking of you Siggy, made me go out and pet him/her and make it comfortable as possible, Eventually the cat left hopefully for his/her home. However, I am buying cat and dog food today to keep just in case this happens again. I live in a no pet area so I can't have a cat or dog but I can help until I can find a nice home for the homeless pet. This is for Cindy in VA. Buy the best quality beef broth you can find, I get mine from Sonona Williams or Smart & Final Wholesale Foods. The less expensive beef broth's have little flavor and too much salt. Boil 2 cups of water, add enough beef broth to suit you taste buds, and thicken with cornstarch to make a thin gravy. Simmer for about 10 minutes and you have a wonderful gravy. I do this with chicken broth also. Hope this will help you. Jackie, Las Vegas ============================================= AnneE from Pa. requested a recipe for Pumpkin Pie Spice. Here is a mix recipe for you. Pumpkin Pie Spice 1/4 cup ground cinnamon 1 Tbsp ground ginger 2 tsp. ground nutmeg 1 tsp ground allspice 1 tsp. ground cloves Mix together well. Makes a scant 1/2 cup. Add 1 Tbsp per pie to pumpkin-pie filling. Stir 1 tsp. into 2 cups applesauce. Stir 1 tsp. into 2 cups softened vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt. Serve over warm fruit pies or gingerbread. Rose in Wi. ============================================= Cream Cheese Banana Bread 1 cup granulated sugar 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature 2 ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 cup mashed) 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups biscuit mix (Bisquick, Pioneer, etc.) 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts In a large mixing bowl, cream sugar and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Beat in mashed bananas, the eggs, and vanilla. Stir in biscuit mix and pecans just until ingredients are moistened. Pour into a greased 9x5x3-inch loaf pan. Bake banana bread at 350� for 1 hour, or until wooden pick comes out clean when inserted in center. Cover with foil the last 15 minutes of baking if too brown. Cool banana bread before slicing. Phyllis ============================================= Tomato Gravy and Rice 1 (28 oz) can crushed tomatoes 1/2 cup onions, chopped 4 slices of bacon 1/4 cup green peppers 3 tablespoons flour salt pepper Fry bacon in frying pan until done but not crisp, cut into pieces. Add onions and green peppers, saute until soft. Add tomatoes and simmer 20 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste. Mix flour with enough water to make a smooth paste. Add this to the other ingredients stirring constantly until thickened. Serve over rice. Serves 4-6. You can omit the bacon and use any meat available (sausage, ham, etc.), or you can substitute 2 or 3 tablespoons butter. ============================================= Tell your staff I enjoyed looking at the Staff Favorites calendars and bought a couple for Christmas presents. Thanks for posting the links on the newsletter. Linda ============================================= I am looking for is a copy cat recipe to 'pumpkin pie spice' sold in jars. I don't bake very often but plan to this Thanksgiving. I would rather not buy a whole jar and then end up throwing it out. If any one puts their own spice mix in their pies, would you be willing to share it with me. Thanks in advance. AnneE from Pa. Funny, I was just looking at my mom's old recipes for pumpkin pie. She was one great cook. Mom's Pumpkin Pie 1 1/2 cup pumpkin 1 cup of brown sugar 1/2 tsp of cloves 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp allspice 1/4 tsp ginger 1 1/2 cup of scalded milk 3 eggs beaten 1 min 1/2 tsp of salt Mix in the order above. Bake pie shells 350 degrees for 10 min. Let cool. Put pie shells and plates on top oven grate and pour pumpkin mixture into pie plates slowly to avoid a mess. Bake pies at 375 degrees for 45 min to 1 hour or until a knife can be inserted in the center and comes out clean. Hide the knife mark with a half of a pecan or half of a walnut if you wish. Serve cooled pies with cool whip, dream whip or frothed, beaten cream. Hope this helps, hugs, Cat in OK ============================================= Hi Nancy, In the November 4 newsletter, Nanci asked for some recipes for cookie presses. I bought an old Mirro press at a rummage sale to get the recipe that my mother used in the 1950's. If you would like other ones, the booklet has peanut butter, caramel, chocolate, and other cookie recipes. I food coloring to the dough and decorate with sprinkles. Vicki in Florida Quick-mix Spritz 2 1/4 c. sifted all-purpose flour 1 c. shortening 3/4 c. sugar 1 egg 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. vanilla 1/4 tsp. baking powder Sift flour, sugar, salt and baking powder together in a bowl. With a pastry blender or two knives cut the shortening into the dry ingredients until the mixture is full of very fine lumps. It will resemble pie crust or biscuit mix, although not as coarse. Measure the egg in a measuring cup. A large egg will measure 1/4 cup. If it does not, add water to the 1/4 cup line. Add the egg and vanilla and beat the mixture very well. Fill the cookie press. Form cookies on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Remove at once to cooling racks. Yield: 5-6 dozen. ============================================= Here are some recipes from Nancy's Kitchen that use Peanut Butter. These recipes are included in the online version. (The email version has limited space.) VANILLA PEANUT BUTTER CRACKERS CHOCOLATE CHIP PEANUT BUTTER MUFFINS PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD PEANUT BUTTER BREAD DIABETIC OATMEAL PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES PEANUT BUTTER BALLS PEANUT BUTTER COCONUT BALLS PEANUT BUTTER BONBONS PEANUT BUTTER REESE BARS PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE PEANUT BUTTER PRETZEL CANDY PEANUT BUTTER TAFFY PEANUT BUTTER CANDY GRAHAM CRACKER PEANUT BUTTER BALLS PEANUT BUTTER CORN FLAKE CANDY CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BALLS PEANUT BUTTER CREAMS PEANUT BUTTER HAYSTACKS PEANUT BUTTER RICE KRISPIE CRUNCHIES PEANUT BUTTER CUPS PEANUT BUTTER BUTTERSCOTCH KRISPIES PEANUT BUTTER SQUARES PEANUT BUTTER BARS PEANUT BUTTER POPCORN OLD FASHIONED PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES PEANUT BUTTER PIE FROZEN PEANUT BUTTER PIE PEANUT BUTTER CREAM PIE SUGAR FREE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PIE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PIE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CREAM PIE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CREAM PIE PEANUT BUTTER CREAM PIE WITH CRUMB TOPPED MERINGUE PEANUT BUTTER GOLDEN BROWNIES PEANUT BUTTER ICING PEANUT BUTTER CANDY PEANUT BUTTER ROLL CROCK POT CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CAKE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER DIP PEANUT BUTTER BANANA CAKE and 47 more recipes using peanut butter. ======================================================= Have a great day Nancy Yahoo! 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