Friday, January 13, 2012

Amaretto Cream Cheese Dip





Amaretto Cream Cheese Dip



Serves 10
Ingredients:
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar or 2 tbsps. honey
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped toasted almonds, plus a few for garnish
  • 1 1/3 teaspoons amaretto or almond liquer

Combine all the ingredients, leaving a few almonds for garnish, in a food processor fitted with a metal blade and process until well mixed. Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with chopped almonds. Serve with fresh fruit such as apples, pears and berries.



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Meatballs with Julienne Vegetables


Meatballs with Julienne Vegetables

Serves 5-6

Ingredients:
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 yellow onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 pound package frozen meatballs
  • 1 - 16 ounce package of julienned vegetables
  • 1/4 cup beef broth
  • salt and lemon pepper to taste

In large saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic, and cook for 5 minutes. Add meatballs, vegetables and beef broth, then cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 7 minutes. Uncover, season with salt and lemon pepper, and cook an additional 5 to 7 minutes, until meatballs are hot.

Lisa's Tip: Serve this recipe tossed with cooked spaghetti for a different version of traditional spaghetti and meatballs. garnish dish with 2 halves of lime.



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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Potatoes Persillade (Parsley Sauce)



Potatoes Persillade (Parsley Sauce)



Potatoes Persillade (Parsley Sauce)

By Eli Michaels




This potatoes recipe is the perfect side dish for any meat as pork, veal, beef, and also accompany surprise well fish as salmon or the kind. The taste provides by the rich flavor of garlic mix with parsley a special kick that upgrade meat flavor.

Therefore, the side dish ingredients can be bought for less than $10 dollars feeding six to eight persons. Once again the dish presented offers a few steps, which can be perform by a child of ten years old. So remember enjoy and relax cooking is an entertainment not a burden!

Please feel free to leave comments on the recipe, and please enjoy the dish with friends and family. Last, visit the article source for further recipes from salads to desserts all quick and easy recipes!

Ingredients

1 bunch of parsley

8 oz. olive oil

2 table spoon of fresh ground garlic

4 pounds of small red potatoes

Directions

1. Wash in cold water the potatoes, and then peel them.

2. Cut them in quarter and boiled them for twenty minutes in water with salt.

3. put the bunch of parsley inside a food processor or cut with a knife until the parsley size a quarter of inch or less.

4. Add 8 oz of olive oil and the 2 table spoon of fresh ground garlic and mix about 1 minute.

5. Put the mix contain of the food processor in a middle size bowl.

6. After draining the potatoes add them to the mix in the bowl.

7. Empty the bowl in a rectangle flat glass baking and bake at 350 degree Fahrenheit in middle oven for 1 hour.

8. the time of the potatoes can vary from 10 to 15 minutes depending the potatoes kind, please make sure that your potatoes are cook properly by inserting a knife inside one potatoes, if it is cook the potatoes will gently size down the knife by itself.

Eli's Secret

I do perform steps 1 to 6 the day before for the potatoes to maximize the flavor of parsley, olive oil, and garlic. Then I leave the bowl in a cooler.

Preparation Time

The time of preparation is 20 minutes, and the firing is approximately 1 hour.

Serving

6-8 persons

Eli's Comment

If you can find the little golden potatoes reduce the firing and boiling by half time and add them to strong flavor poultry like the duck. Besides, the recipe about can be the perfect stuffing for a thanksgiving or Christmas turkey. Thank- you, and please provide feedback on how your guests and yourself enjoy the dish.

Eli Michaels is a home business author and specialist.

He makes his living successfully from the comfort of his home office by sharing his passion for food.

You can find all his quick and easy recipes at http://easyelimichaels.blogspot.com/.




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