Monthly Archives May 2020

Featured Recipe-Veggie Frittata

Featured Recipe from Cooking Lounge

Roseann Boller-Weisberg

Veggie frittata.

Ingredients:
Chopped cooked ham (use any cooked meat you’d like)
Veggies (use whatever you’d like) sautéed fresh mushrooms & red onions, green beans, grape tomatoes, cooked frozen spinach
8 large eggs
1/4 cup half n half
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
Salt & black pepper
2/3 cup shredded cheese (I used mozzarella and Muenster)
Few tablespoons of grated Locatelli Romano cheese (use whatever you’d like)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 – 10 inch deep pie dish, set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, half and half, garlic powder, and onion powder until well combined. Season with salt and pepper.
Add cooked ham, veggies, cheese and toss mixture...

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Cucumber, Onion & Tomato Salad

 

Cucumber, Onion & Tomato Salad

Servings 0

Ingredients

  • 3 Large Cucumbers - Halved Lengthwise and sliced
  • 3 Large Tomatoes Cubed or Sliced
  • 1 Purple Onion Halved and sliced
  • 1/2 Cup White Vinegar
  • 2 Tablespoon Sugar
  • 2 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1 Cup of Water
  • 1/4 Cup Olive Oil

Instructions

  • Mix well, Chill 2 Hour
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Potato Salad

 

Potato Salad

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Servings 0

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds yukon potatoes cubed and boiled
  • 1 orange bell pepper diced
  • 1 red bell pepper diced
  • 4 green onions chopped
  • 12 oz packed bacon air dried & crumbled
  • 1/2 Mayo w/olive oil
  • Salt pepper, dill weed & basil to taste

Instructions

  • Boil potatoes, drain, cool in fridge.
  • Air fry bacon crisp, let cool & crumble.
  • Once potatoes and bacon are cooled:  toss in a large bowl and mix potatoes, bacon, veggies, Mayo - seasoning. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving
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Pineapple Slaw

Pineapple Slaw

Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Servings 8 People
Cost $7

Ingredients

  • 1 20 oz. can pineapple tidbits
  • 3 cups shredded cabbage 1 bag slaw mix
  • 1/4 cup slivered almonds
  • 3-4 green onions - chopped

Dressing:

  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 3-4 tablespoons brown sugar **more or less to your liking
  • 3-4 tablespoons pineapple juice - reserved from drained pineapple chunks
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cracked black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Instructions

  • Drain pineapple tidbits reserving juice. Set aside
  • In a small bowl or jar with a lid, add yogurt, vinegar, brown sugar, pineapple juice salt, pepper and red pepper. Mix well...
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Featured Recipe-Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Caramel Poke Cake

Weekly Featured Recipe/Photo from Jeannie Sullivan-Cooking Lounge

 

Dessert for family dinner tonight chocolate, peanut butter, caramel poke cake 🤤
Ingredients:
Chocolate fudge cake mix ( ingredients for cake listed on box)
2 tbs melted peanut butter
Caramel dessert sauce
Chocolate dessert sauce
Whip cream
Chocolate chips
Store bought chocolate fudge cake prepared according to directions in a bundt pan. Remove from oven and put on serving dish. While still warm poke holes in cake with back end of mixing spoon, pour melted peanut butter on top of cake and in holes. Drizzle chocolate & caramel sauce over top of cake. Let cool then top cake with whip cream, drizzle more chocolate & caramel sauce over top then sprinkle with chocolate chips.

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Creamy Parmesan Tomato and Spinach Tortellini Soup

Creamy Parmesan Tomato and Spinach Tortellini Soup

Course Soups
Servings 0

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 onion diced
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped
  • red pepper flakes to taste optional
  • 1/4 cup flour rice flour for gluten-free
  • 3 cups vegetable broth or chicken broth
  • 1 28 ounce can diced tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 8 ounces cheese tortellini gluten-free for gluten-free
  • 1/2 cup Parmigiano Reggiano parmesan, grated
  • 10 ounces spinach coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 cup heavy/whipping cream or Greek yogurt
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup basil chopped (optional)

Instructions

  • Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat, add the onion and cook until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
  • Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook until fragrant, about a minute.
  • Add the flour and cook for another ...
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Hawaiian Salad

Hawaiian Salad

Course Salad
Servings 0

Ingredients

Salad:

  • 1 pound elbow macaroni cooked and drained
  • 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1 20 oz. can pineapple chunks, juices reserved
  • 1 8 oz. package diced ham, patted dry with paper towel
  • 1 cup carrots shredded
  • 1/2 cup green onions thinly sliced

Dressing:

  • 3/4 cup reserved pineapple juice
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise
  • 1 6 oz. container pineapple yogurt

Instructions

  • Once you’ve cooked macaroni and it’s cooling, stir in apple cider vinegar and set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together pineapple juice and sugar, stirring until sugar has dissolved, then mix in mayonnaise and yogurt.
  • In a large bowl, add macaroni, pineapple chunks, diced ham, carrots, and green onion.
  • Add dressing and toss together until combined...
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Crockpot Beans, Ham, Potato & Onions

Crockpot, Beans, Ham, Potatoes & Onions

Fresh Green Beans, Red Potatoes, Vidalia Onions and Smoked Ham. Seasonings Rosemary Pepper and Salt Crockpot Style.
Oh so good!! 😋😋 Recipe 👇👇👇
2 pounds Fresh Green Beans Cleaned and snapped
2 pounds Red Potatoes chopped
1 large Vidalia Onions sliced
2 pounds Smoked Ham cubed
Chicken Broth add little as the ingredients make juices as well
Seasonings Rosemary, Pepper and Salt to taste
Crockpot - High 6 hours or low 8 hours.
Follow instructions on package for Corn Bread Muffins! Oh so good!!
😋😋
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword Crock Pot
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 7 hours
Servings 8 People

Equipment

  • Crock Pot
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Tandoori Chicken-Featured Recipe

Recipe👇
Hi from India, This is my first post.

For us Indians, Tandoori Chicken is a love and hate relationship story. Many of us love tandoori chicken but preparing it at home has always been a hassle until I found this recipe with lil tweaks of my own. It has been a hit and miss a lot of times for me with Grilled chicken but this time I hit the nail on spot with the taste and method. I was extremely happy with the result. Try this at home. Takes less efforts than on OTG/BBQ Grill.

For Chicken Marination:

Take leg/thigh pieces of chicken in a bowl and cut deep slits on them. Add 1/4 tbspoon of turmeric, 1 tbspoon of chilli powder, Salt as per taste and rub properly on the chicken.The spices should be rubbed properly into slits as well and then keep it aside or in the refrigerator...

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Creamy Parmesan Tomato and Spinach Tortellini Soup

Creamy Parmesan Tomato and Spinach Tortellini Soup

Course Soup
Cuisine American
Keyword Soup, Tortellini
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 onion diced
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped
  • red pepper flakes to taste optional
  • 1/4 cup flour rice flour for gluten-free
  • 3 cups vegetable broth or chicken broth
  • 1 28 ounce can diced tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 8 ounces cheese tortellini gluten-free for gluten-free
  • 1/2 cup Parmigiano Reggiano parmesan, grated
  • 10 ounces spinach coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 cup heavy/whipping cream or Greek yogurt
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup basil chopped (optional)

Instructions

  • Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat, add the onion and cook until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
  • Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook until fragrant, about a m...
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