Party Mini Tacos

Ingredients:

3 lb. lean ground beef
2 large onions, chopped
2 (1.25-oz.) pkg. taco seasoning mix
1 1/2 cups salsa
1 cup water
3 (3.8-oz.) pkg. (24 shells) mini taco shells

Method:

1. Cook ground beef in 2 batches. For first batch, spray 12-inch skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Add 1 1/2 lb. ground beef and 1 chopped onion. Cook over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes or until beef is thoroughly cooked, stirring frequently. Drain.
2. Stir in 1 package taco seasoning mix, 3/4 cup salsa and 1/2 cup water. Reduce heat to low; simmer for 8 to 10 minutes or until most of liquid is absorbed. Cool first batch of beef mixture for 15 minutes.
3. Spoon into refrigerator or freezer container; cover tightly. Repeat to make second batch. Serve immediately, or refrigerate up to 24 hours or freeze up to 1 week.
4. To serve immediately, place beef mixture in slow cooker; keep warm on low setting. If beef mixture is frozen, thaw before heating. Place beef mixture in slow cooker; cover and cook on high setting for 1 hour or until hot. Reduce heat to low to keep warm.
5. To serve, spoon beef mixture into taco shells.
Makes 72 mini tacos; 24 servings
Preparation time: 45 minutes

Bacon Green Chile Roll-Ups

Bacon & Green Chile Roll-Ups

Ingredients:

8 slices bacon
1 (9-oz.) container (1 cup) bean dip
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
6 (8-inch) flour tortillas
1/4 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
1 (4.5-oz.) can chopped green chiles

Method:

1. Cook bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Crumble bacon; set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, combine bean dip and cream cheese; mix well. Spread each tortilla with bean dip mixture.
3. Sprinkle each with bell pepper, green chiles and bacon. Roll up each tortilla. Wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least for 2 hours or until ready to serve.
4. To serve, cut each roll into 8 pieces. If desired, secure each piece with toothpick.
Makes 24 servings
Preparation time: 20 minutes (excluding freezing time)

Chicken Vindaloo

Chicken Vindaloo

Ingredients

1 kg. chicken

For Seasoning:
3 sp. ghee
few coriander leaves
1/2 onion finely sliced
Salt to taste

For Vindalu Masala:
Grind these ingredients to a smooth paste.
3 sp. jira
12 dry kashmiri chillies
1/2 an inch turmeric
2 pods cardamoms
10 pod garlic
2 tbsp. vinegar

Method

1. Cut and wash the mutton and make pieces.
2. Grind masala in vinegar.
3. Fry sliced onion till brown, add coriander leaves and stir, put masala and fry it. Stir frequently.
4. Now add meat and salt to taste.
5. Cover the dish. Allow the meat to cook in its own gravy.
6. Stir frequently, so that it does burn.
7. Boil the potatoes, peel and cut into fours. Add them to the meat. Simmer for 10 minutes.
8. Serve with plain white rice.

Tuna Macaroni Salad Recipe

Tuna Macaroni Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
• 1 Can white tuna in water, broken up
• 2 Ribs celery, sliced
• 1/2 Cup mayonnaise
• 3 Cups macaroni, cooked and chilled
• 1/2 tsp Dried thyme
• 1-1/2 Cups frozen peas and carrots

Cooking Instructions:
• In a large bowl, mix tarragon and mayonnaise.
• Mix celery, pasta and tuna and stir gently in peas and carrots mixture.
• If desired, cover the serving plates with lettuce.
• Now top with salad and serve.

Colorful Rice Salad Recipe

Colorful Rice Salad Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups cooked rice
• 1/3 Cup sweet pickle relish
• 2 Cups shredded cheddar cheese
• Cherry tomatoes
• Lettuce leaves
• 6 Green onions, chopped
• 1 Jar diced pimiento
• 4 Eggs, hard-boiled, chopped
• 1 Cup cooked ham, diced
• 1/2 Cup chopped parsley
• 1 pkg Frozen peas, cooked and drained
• 3/4 Cup pimiento-stuffed olives, sliced
• 1/4 Cup mayonnaise

Cooking Instructions:

• Add peas, eggs, pimiento, ham, parsley, relish, olives, rice, chopped onions, and cheese; and stir well.
• Mix salad dressing, tossing until well blends. Allow it to chill and then serve on lettuce leaves.
• Garnish with cherry tomatoes and serve.

Watermelon Boat Recipe

Watermelon Boat Recipe

Ingredients:

• Watermelon
• Strawberries
• Mint

Cooking Instructions:

• Cut the melon longitudinally.
• Cut the corner of melon in saw-tooth shape with a sharp knife.
• Remove center with the help of a melon ball scoop.
• Leave an inch of melon fruit intact.
• Fill half of the watermelon with all melon balls.
• Garnish with strawberries and mint.
• Wrap it in foil.
• Chill the preparation.
• Watermelon Boat is ready.

Fruit Rice Salad Recipe

Fruit Rice Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
• 450g Cooked rice
• 1/2 Bunch spring onions
• 225g Broccoli florets blanched in salty water
• 2 tbsp Olive oil
• 100g Mushrooms
• 50g Raisins
• 50g Sultanas
• 2 tbsp White wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
• 25g Chopped parsley
• Salt and black pepper to taste
Cooking Instructions:
• Whisk vinegar, oil and mustard in a large bowl.
• Add rest of the ingredients except pepper and salt.
• Toss to form a coat of dressing.
• Now mix salt and pepper.
• Fruity Rice Salad is ready.

Ambrosia Salad Recipe

Ambrosia Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
• 1/4 Cup red seedless grapes
• 1/2 Cup Pineapple tidbits
• 1/2 Cup Minature marshmallows
• 3/4 Cup Sour cream
• 1 Cup mixed fruit chunks
• 1/2 Cup Mandarin orange sections
• 1/4 Cup maraschino cherries
• Lettuce leaves
Cooking Instructions:
• Drain fruits well.
• Mix all ingredients keeping apart lettuce,
• Mix gently and gradually.
• Chill it.
• Serve on lettuce leaves.

Fish Masala Recipe

Fish Masala Recipe

Ingredients:
• 1/2 kg Fish
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 2 Chopped onions
• 1 Chopped tomato
• 1 tsp Ginger paste
• 1 tsp Garlic paste
• 1/2 Cup tomato pulp
• 1 tsp Cummin powder
• 1 tsp Coriander powder
• 1 tsp Garam masala powder
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 1 tbsp Lemon juice
• 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder
• 3 tbsp Oil
• 1/4 Cup grated coconut
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves

Cooking Instructions:

• Marinate fish for about 1/2 hour.
• Clean it properly and cut into medium size pieces.
• Heat oil in a frying pan.
• Fry chopped onions till they turn golden brown.
• Add the ginger-garlic paste to it.
• Seethe for about 2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and again fry for about 3 minutes.
• Add all the powders, pulp and salt.
• Cook the mixture till oil gets separated.
• Pour 1 cup water.
• Add the fish pieces and cook till well done. Don't cook the fish excessively.
• Garnish the dish with coriander leaves and grated coconut.
• Fish masala is ready. Serve it with rice.

Keema Recipe Meat

Keema Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 lb Minced meat
• 1 Cup chopped white cabbage
• 1 Cup chopped carrots
• 1 Cup chopped celery and leaves
• 1 tsp Turmeric powder
• Green chilies
• 3 Onions
• 2 tsp Grated ginger
• 1/2 tsp Grated garlic
• 3 tbsp Vegetable oil
Cooking Instructions:
• Heat oil and fry the meat until it is well done. Keep it separate.
• Add chopped onions, chopped carrots, cabbage, celery leaves, grated ginger, turmeric powder, garlic and green chilies to the mince.
• Mix properly and cook it uncovered in a preheated oven for about 45 minutes. Remove from the oven.
• Kheema is ready. Serve it garnished with coriander leaves.

Chicken Colombo Recipe

Chicken Colombo Recipe

Ingredients:
• 2 Pounds chicken
• 4 tbs Colombo powder
• 2 tbs Chopped chives
• 2 Cups peeled and chopped onions
• 2 Cups chicken broth
• 1 tsp Chopped scotch bonnet pepper
• 1 Clove garlic
• 3 tbs Chopped parsley 1 Can coconut milk
• 2 tbs Limejuice
• 2 tbsp Fresh thyme
• 1 tbsp Butter
• 1 Cup peeled and chopped bananas
• 1/2 Cup shelled pistachios
• 1 tbs Pepper
• 1 tbs Salt
• 2 tbs Sunflower oil
Cooking Instructions:
• Heat oil and butter in a saucepan and smear in the chicken-Colombo powder.
• Cook the chicken-Colombo mixture over high heat for fifteen minutes until brown.
• Add the chicken broth, thyme, Scotch Bonnet pepper, chives, parsley, onions, 1/2 can of coconut milk, garlic, lime juice, salt and pepper. Heat it for 45 minutes and later turn off the heat.
• Stir in the remaining bananas, coconut milk and pistachios.
• Serve.

Moussaka -Traditional Greek Recipe

Moussaka - a traditional Greek Recipe Alexandra Tsakiridou
INGREDIENTS :

700 gr. (1 ½ lb.) shoulder of lamb. (boneless weight)

700 gr. (1 ½ lb.) aubergines

175 gr. (6 oz.) onions

225 gr. (½ lb.) tomatoes

150 ml. (Ό pt.) olive oil

5 ml. (1 teaspoon) ground allspice

15 ml. (1 tablespoon) chopped parsley

425 ml. (Ύ pt.) bιchamel sauce

Salt

Freshly ground black pepper

Coating

1 large egg

large pinch grated nutmeg

75 gr. (3 oz.) Cheddar cheese

Cooking:

1) Wipe, top and tail, but do not peel the aubergines. Cut them into slices about 6 mm. (Ό in.) thick. Put into a colander with a light sprinkling of salt between the layers and leave to drain for half an hour.

2) Peel and slice the onions; peel, de-seed and chop the tomatoes.

3) When ready to cook, pat the aubergine slices dry with paper.

4) Heat 45 ml. (3 tbsp.) oil in a frying pan over a low heat and, when hot, fry the aubergine slices gently until tender, in batches, turning once. Lift out and drain on absorbent paper. Add extra oil between batches as necessary.

5) When all are fried, make the oil in the pan up to 30 ml. again. When this is hot, fry the onions gently for about 5 minutes, until soft and pale gold.

6) Add the meat and fry. Add the tomatoes, allspice, parsley and salt and pepper to taste. Stir well, cover and cook very gently for 25 to 20 minutes.

7) Heat oven to 180-C. (350 F.), gas mark 4.

8) In a deep, ovenproof dish, arrange alternate layers of aubergines and meat, finishing with aubergines.

9) Warm the sauce over a low heat. Separate the egg and, off the heat, stir the yolk, nutmeg and salt and pepper to taste, into the sauce. Reserve the egg white for use in another dish.

10) Pour the sauce evenly over the surface of the dish. Grate the cheese over the sauce.

11. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes until the topping is golden and bubbling.

Koulourakia Smyrneika

Koulourakia Smyrneika ( A Greek Recipe )
* 1250 gr (2.8 Ib) butter
* 1 kg (2.2 Ib) powdered sugar
* 4 egg yolks
* 4 kg (8.8 Ib) flour
* 2 tablespoons baking powder
* 2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1/2 cup orange juice
* 2/3 cup brandy Vanilla
* 1 beaten egg for glazing

Cooking:

Cream the butter with the sugar. Add the egg yolks one by one, beating constantly. Sift the flour with the baking powder and bal

Arnaki Kapama Lamb Ragout Greek-Recipe

Arnaki Kapama (Lamb Ragout) ( A Greek Recipe )

INGREDIENTS :

* 1-1/2kg (3.3 lb) leg or shoulder of lamb
* 1 onion, finely chopped
* 3 tablespoons butter
* 4 - 5 ripe tomatoes
* Dash of cinnamon
* Pinch of sugar
* Salt, pepper

Cooking:

Wash the lamb and cut it into serving pieces. Heat the butter and brown the shoulder of lamb meat with the onion. Add the tomatoes, after peeling them, remove their seeds and put them through a food mill. Add the cinnamon, sugar, salt, pepper and a little water, and cook slowly for about 1 1/2 hours.

Cucumber Yoghurt Dip

Cucumber and Yoghurt dip ( A Greek Recipe )
INGREDIENTS :

* 2 medium size cucumbers
* 400g strained yoghurt
* 4 garlic cloves
* 2 tbsp. olive oil
* 2 tbsp. wine vinegar
* a little salt
* fresh chopped fennel

Cooking:

Peel cucumbers and grate each one length-wise with course grater. Salt, allow to drain and press out excess liquid from grated cucumbers. Peel garlic cloves, remove sprout if it exists and crush them. Mix cucumber, garlic, vinegar and salt. Fold the yoghurt and the olive oil into the mixture. Add the chopped fennel to garnish. You may use fresh chopped mint or fresh chopped dill, instead of fennel.

Strapatsada A Greek Recipe

Strapatsada ( A Greek Recipe )
INGREDIENTS :

500g ripe tomatoes
2 fresh green peppers
4 eggs
5-6 tbsp. olive oil
1 tbsp. chopped basil
1 tsp. sugar
salt
black pepper

Cooking:

Peel and chop tomatoes. Put them in a large frying pan and cook gently for about 5 minutes. Beat the eggs with a fork and put aside. Chop the pepper. When half of the liquid evaporates from the tomatoes add chopped pepper, salt, black pepper and sugar. Stir and let them cook gently for 5 minutes. When all of the liquid evaporates, pour the olive oil and the beaten eggs evenly all over the tomatoes, while stirring gently. Cook slowly for a few minutes until the eggs are cooked but not too solid.

Banana chestnut tartlets puff pastry

Banana - chestnut tartlets with puff pastry ( A Greek Recipe )
INGREDIENTS :

1 sheet of puff pastry, cut into 6 circles
flour
6 bananas, cut into ½-inch slices
2 cups boiled, shelled chestnuts
1 cup sugar
¼ cup water

Cooking:

Bring the sugar and water to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Brush the undissolved crystals down the side of the pot with a wet pastry brush. Swirl the mixture -do not stir- in the pan and simmer it until it takes on a light, amber color. Remove from heat.

Place the puff pastry circles on a parchment lined baking sheet. Turn in the perimeter of each to form a thick ring that will hold in the fruit mixture. Place the bananas and chestnuts inside each tartlet, forming a concentric circle with the bananas. Drizzle each tartlet with 2 ½ tablespoons of the caramel and sprinkle with a little additional sugar. Bake in a preheated oven at 375 F for about 25 minutes, until the bananas are softened, the caramel deep brown and the puff pastry golden. Remove, cool slightly and serve.

DOLMADES With Meat greek recipe

DOLMADES ( With Meat ) ( A greek recipe )

INGREDIENTS :

1 lb. ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
1/2 c. white rice
1 egg
1/2 c. dry mint
1 T. butter, softened
1/2 bunch fresh parsley dill, if convenient
3-4 T. lemon juice ,
salt
pepper
water, if needed
Cooking:
Knead all ingredients in a bowl. If the consistency is too hard, add water, one tablespoon at a time (up to 4 T.). Grape leaves are best picked from Grape Vines in the Spring, while they are still tender. They can be washed and frozen between layers of waxed paper and will keep for a year. They are also available in jars from some fruit markets (especially ones that carry a lot of Greek/Italian imported foods). Depending on the size, you will need 20 to 40 grape leaves (Fila - pronounced fee’-lah). Small leaves tend to be more tender. Boil grape leaves until they are soft, but not tender. The time will depend on the leaves. Fresh ones will only take a minute. Fold grape leaves around small spoonfulls of meat mixture, sealing completely. In a large pot (preferably one with a large surface area on the bottom), melt 1/2 stick (4 T.) butter. Arrange rolled dolmades on top. Do this all at once, not as you roll them. Pour 3-4 cups water or chicken broth over dolmades, cover, and simmer for 2 hours. AVGOLEMONO 1 egg 3-4 T. lemon juice corn starch Separate egg. Whisk egg white mixed with 1 tsp. water; add yolk and mix. Add corn starch (she gave no measurement) to lemon juice and stir; add to egg mixture. Skim broth off dolmades (it is now a chicken/beef broth and should be greatly reduced because of the rice) and add 1 T. at a time to the egg mixture, whisking well. Egg mixture should thicken. Remove dolmades from heat. Arrange dolmades in a bowl for serving. Mix remaining broth into egg-lemon mixture. Stir well and pour over dolmades.

Copycat Dq Ice Cream Cake

Copycat Dq Ice Cream Cake
2 quarts of your 2 favorite flavors ice cream, softened (DQ uses chocolate and vanilla)
1 (1 lb) package chocolate sandwich style cookies, crushed (Oreos)
1 (11 3/4 ounce) jar microwavable chocolate fudge topping
12 ounces non-dairy whipped topping
1. Butter the cake pan of your choice, then press wax paper over the bottom of the pan.
2. Allow one of the flavors of ice cream to soften, then spread one flavor on the bottom of pan until the pan is almost half full.
3. Sprinkle with crushed Oreo cookies.
4. Heat the hot fudge in the microwave until pourrable; let cool slightly then spoon hot fudge sauce over the top of this. Set in freezer until frozen.
5. Fifteen minutes before removing the pan, soften the second quart of ice cream. Smooth it evenly with the top of the cake pan. Return to the freezer and freeze until very hard.
6. Remove from freezer and frost with a mixture of equal parts vanilla ice cream and thawed frozen whipped topping beaten together. Return to freezer until serving time.

Branston Pickle Copycat recipe

Branston Pickle Copycat recipe

Ingredients:1 medium carrot, cut into 1/8 inch cubes
1 cup rutabaga, cut into 1/8 inch cubes
2 cloves garlic, minced
6 dates, pitted and cut into 1/8 inch cubes
3 cauliflower florets, finely chopped
1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
1 medium apple, finely chopped
1 medium zucchini, finely chopped
5 sweet gherkins, finely chopped
1/2 pound dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 lemon, juiced
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
caramel colouring or “Kitchen Bouquet”

Directions:Combine all ingredients except caramel colouring in a saucepan. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to a simmer and cook until rutabaga is cooked but still slightly crunchy. Add enough caramel colouring until colour is dark brown. Bottle and seal. I suspect the flavour will improve if aged for a few weeks before using.

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