Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Silky Alfredo Sauce

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Silky Alfredo Sauce:

This sauce can be used with any type of pasta. Makes a quick and simple kids supper or a fast simple quick supper or dinner recipe idea for the whole family. Try this tonight for a fast simple supper suggestion.

Ingredients (for 16 ounces of pasta of your choice, before cooking):

½ stick (1/4 cup) butter
¼ cup flour
2 cups milk (You may use more for a thinner sauce.)
1 cup finely shredded Romano cheese
1 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese
salt, if desired
snipped fresh parsley, for garnish

Directions:

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt ½ stick butter. Add ¼ cup flour and stir until dissolved. Cook butter and flour mixture, stirring constantly, for about 5 minutes, until thickened and golden. Add 2 cups milk, and return to a boil. Add 1 cup shredded Romano cheese, 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese and a dash of salt, if desired. Cook until cheeses melt. Ladle Alfredo Sauce over cooked pasta of your choice. Sprinkle a small amount of fresh snipped parsley over top. Serve immediately. Enjoy! --Betty :)

6 Freaky Fast Food Creations

Your appetite is about to be attacked by zombies and vampires. I'm not talking about the children in plastic masks ringing your doorbell on Halloween night. I'm referring to the bowls of Snickers, Smarties, and other sugary snacks that will inevitably show up in your home today.
My advice: Indulge. In moderation, of course. And then focus your attention on the real food monsters among us. Every year, the mad scientists of the food industry gather in their creepy labs (or, possibly, boardrooms) to create new disguises for nutritionally inferior fare. In the past, that amounted to an extra patty on your burger or some cheese stuffed into your pizza crust. But as these tricks started becoming commonplace, the food industry began resorting to increasingly crazier creations. These are the strange, mutilated, dangerous monsters I call "Frankenfoods."
Below you’ll find a list of the most frightening of these freaky foods, courtesy of the new and completely updated Eat This, Not That! 2013 Edition. Be warned: Not only are these menu items a waste of your money, but eating them may elicit blood-curdling screams when you step on the bathroom scale.

#6: Scariest Chicken Dish

Pizza Hut Garlic Parmesan Bone-Out Wings (6 wings)
780 calories
57 g fat (10.5 g saturated)
2,130 mg sodium
Ever seen a chicken without bones in its wings? Of course not. Mother Nature put them there for a reason, and it wasn’t so multinational food corporations could go yanking them out for their own twisted purposes. Not only are these freakish “bone-out” wings just plain weird, but thanks to a generous coating of creamy sauce and a layer of greasy breading, they have more than three times as many calories as the Hut’s Traditional All-American Wings. They may not have their own bones, but they’ll stick to yours in the worst way.
Eat This Instead!Traditional All-American Wings (6 wings)
240 calories
15 g fat (4.5 g saturated)
870 mg sodium
SPINE-CHILLING SELECTIONS! From frightening amounts of fat to sinister doses of sodium, there are some nerve-racking nutritional facts lurking behind the walls of your favorite chain. Be a smart diner and don’t fall prey to the 8 Scariest Restaurant Meals in America.

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Bloody Hand Sandwiches

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Pasta Recipes to Make Tonight

By Sarah McColl, Shine staff | Shine Food – Fri, Oct 19, 2012 4:35 PM EDT

I hope you're planning on cooking this week, cause we're in the home stretch of this month's open call for pasta recipes for the Shine Supper Club. Get yours in by Sunday night at midnight, and you could win a copy of Weeknight Fresh + Fast. Here's how:

1. Write a blog post, on Shine or elsewhere, telling us about your favorite pasta recipe by Sunday 11:59PM PST, October 21st. Be sure to include a photo and a recipe.
2. Mention and link to the Shine Supper Club in your post: http://shine.yahoo.com/supper-club/
3. Tweet @YahooShine with a link to your post and include the hashtag #shinesupperclub. Aren't on Twitter? Email the link to shine_sarahmccoll@yahoo.com. We will compile the links for all participants to include in their posts so all Supper Club members can share in the link love.
4. The community will vote on the winning recipe to be featured on the Shine homepage and added to our winner's circle!
5. The winner gets a copy of Weeknight Fast + Fresh!

Meat Sauce with PappardelleAverage Betty says, "sure, you could call this a ragu or even a bolognese, but I'm not Italian. I'm an Irish-Mexican valley girl, so I call it meat sauce." Plus: there's a step-by-step video!

Recipe: Pappardelle with Meat Sauce

Garlic Anchovy Pasta with Kale and Cherry TomatoesSo says Sarah sometimes makes this pasta after her tots have gone to bed for an adults-only dinner over wine. "Don't be afraid, the anchovy adds a really rich and salty flavor, and isn't fishy at all," she writes.

Recipe: Garlic Anchovy Pasta with Kale and Cherry Tomatoes

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Brain Cupcakes

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Spooky halloween treats that are quick and simple for a spooky halloween treat. Try this simple spooky treat, of "Brain Cupcakes" that the kids will flip out for. View the Site Map Here: to browse the whole site in one location

Brain Cupcakes

Ingredients

12 Cupcakes (Classic Cupcake Recipe)
Buttercream Frosting
Food Coloring

Instructions

Bake a batch of classic cupcakes.

Spread a coat of light orange icing (we stirred drops of yellow and pink food coloring, and just a touch of green, into 2 cups of buttercream frosting until we had a hue we liked) on a dozen cupcakes.

Use a pastry bag fitted with a number 10 round tip to top them with fat zigzags. It works best to first pipe two zigzags down the middle and then fill in the sides.

Saucy Hotdogs

Makes a simple supper suggestion idea for kids supper ideas at the last moment. Also a quick and easy way to kick up hotdogs for the kids supper or anytime meal.

Saucy Hotdogs: Easy/Medium

Ingredients:

1 package hotdogs
1 tablespoon minced onions
1 can tomato soup
1 8 ounce can tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 pound egg noodles

Friday, October 26, 2012

spinach Dip

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Looking for a simple and quick easy dip recipe? Then take and try the following spinach dip recipe at your next paerty or just at home.Good way to get the kids to eat spinach. Makes a simple quick dip recipe to go with the next big game or anytime. TGI Friday's Spinach Dip Recipe. Think you can duplicate?

Spinach Dip:

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese (grated)
1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese (cubed)
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 package (10 ounce size) frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed of its juices
1 can (14 ounce size) artichoke hearts, chopped (can also use frozen & thawed)

DIRECTIONS:

Combine all ingredients. Place in shallow casserole dish. Bake the dip for about 15-20 minutes at 325 degrees F

Feta Turkey Burger With Spinach

FETA TURKEY BURGERS WITH SPINACH

Makes: 4

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Total time: 25 minutes

You can make these into mini burgers if desired.

BURGERS

1 1/4 to 1 1/3 pounds extra-lean ground turkey breast

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon minced onion

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons applesauce

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1/4 cup panko bread crumbs

1 1/2 cups chopped fresh spinach

1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese (regular or low-fat)

FOR SERVING

4 grilled zucchini slices

4 honey wheat or favorite hamburger buns, toasted or grilled

Romaine lettuce leaves

4 slices tomato

Tzatziki sauce, optional (see note)

Preheat the grill to medium.

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Bloody Severed Thumbs

Halloween is one of the most loved holidays for children; yet it may be the holiday that causes you the most worry. On one hand you don't want to deny your child all the fun and excitement Halloween brings, but on the other hand you need to know they are safe and you want to control what they are eating.

With a little creativity you can create a ghoulish party filled with treats that are safe, healthy, and fun.

Bloody Severed Thumbs

Ingredients:

Cocktail franks (you can even use veggies dogs, if you wish)
Premade pastry dough
Ketchup

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Bloody Hand Sandwiches

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Chicken Mushroom Casserole With Croutons

Here is a really fast and simple recipe for those of you who are always on the go, with the kids and what not. Give this chicken mushroom casserole with croutons . Also take and check out this simple and easy chicken noodle dish

Chicken mushroom casserole with croutons

5 chicken breasts (4 cups) uncooked and cut up
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1/2 pint sour cream
1 can mushroom stems and pieces
1 can water chestnuts
1 package crouton stuffing
Melted Butter

Sunday, October 21, 2012

CLASSIC CREAM OF CELERY SOUP

Here is a simple and classic cream of celery soup that can be ued in any of your favorite recipes the next time that quick recipe calls for a can of cream soup, try substituteing this in place of it. Goes great with many simple casserole recipes or with just a simple sandwich and chips. Take and try the home made croutons to top it off, and serve in one of the bread bowl recipes or try one of Franks bread bowls to serve this or one of the many other

cream soup recipes

in . Makes a simple supper suggestion, or a snack or simple and fast lunch/supper idea.

CLASSIC CREAM OF CELERY SOUP

1 onion, minced
1/2 cups celery leaves and stalks
1 bay leaf
4 sprigs parsley
1 sprig thyme
1 whole clove
1 cup cold water
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon butter (room temperature)
1 pint milk, scalded
salt, pepper, nutmeg, to taste
1 egg yolk, well beaten
2 cups light cream or undiluted evaporated milk
fresh parsley and paprika (for garnishing)

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Volcano Meatloaf

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Volcano Meat Loaf:

4 to 8 servings

2 pounds ground beef
1/2 of a 10-1/2-ounce can condensed cream of tomato soup
1 (1-ounce) package dry onion soup mix
1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup water
3 cups warm mashed potatoes

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Frito Pie

Here is another simple supper idea made with another all time favorite, Fritos this is a quick and easy supper idea for a Frito Pie. The kids will love this simple and quick kids supper idea. makes a simple kids supper idea or even a anytime snack with the leftovers. Try one of the many other simple supper ideas from the Main Casserole Page for a simple supper suggestion, or just a fasy and easy supper ideas for a fast supper tonight. This Frito pie is sure to be a hit for your next quick and easy supper or kids supper idea.

Frito Pie

3 cups Fritos corn chips
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup grated mild Cheddar cheese
2 1/2 cups of your favorite chili

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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Halloween History

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Here you can take a few minutes and read up on the history of Halloween of how it got started as well as the meaning of this holiday.

What is Halloween?

Halloween is a celebration in mainly North America and Ireland on the 31st of October, the day before All Saints, which traditionally revolves around themes of the super natural.

Why is Halloween Important?

It is important mainly from a traditional aspect and fun aspect for those in North America. Modern celebrations do not have a very religious overtone; it is a time for being a little bit silly.
Commercial aspects - Halloween , as with many themed days, has plenty of commercial flavour, for example the selling of halloween themed items.
Cultural aspects -Halloween can be thought of as quite a creative time. Spooky and supernatural themes are expressed in such things as costumes, art and music. Some pagans object to the festival for the way ancient traditions are severely altered. Other pagans are glad that some form of the traditions continue.

News about Halloween

Halloween is usually only in the press during the day or days leading up to the 31st of October. On occasion there are dramatic events occuring that are coincidently spooky or dramatic.

Shruken Carmel Apple Heads

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Shrunken Head Caramel Apple

Caramel apples are a fall favorite, made from crisp, in-season apples and rich, buttery caramel. Give the classic a Halloween twist with a shrunken head costume.

Shrunken Heads
Makes: 8 servings
Prep: 40 mins Stand: 1 hr

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Oozing Brain for Halloween Treat

Halloween Recipe's

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Quick Halloween Recipe Ideas

Cut orange JELL-O Jigglers with a pumpkin cookie
cutter and lime "jigglers" with a Bat or Witch.

Turn any punch into Witch's brew with Dry Ice -
Using tongs, place the ice in an empty ,margarine
container. Punch holes in the lid add a little water
& close. NEVER touch the dry ice!-
Always place it in a separate container.

Cut sandwiches with Halloween cookie cutters.
Wilton's make some great ones!

Mix cooled popcorn, chocolate chips and gummy worms.
In a bowl. "We call this Bugs in a Bowl!"

Halloween Spider Cookies
Easy

Oreo cookies
frosting mix
red licorice ropes
chocolate chips
or red hots

Split the cookies and put three lengths of red rope licorice across the frosting, letting about 2 inches hang out both sides for legs. Add a little canned frosting and put the cookies back together. Put two small dollops of frosting on edge of cookie and add two chips or red hots for eyes.

Halloween Ghoul Punch
Easy
surgical glove or
rubber glove
Juice or Colored water

Pour juice or colored water into the glove, tie shut and freeze.
Place into the punch bowl at serving time... watch the kids eyes when they see a hand floating in the punch!

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Dad's Turkey Pot Pie

Looking for something different for supper this evening? Then take and try this simple turkey pot pie recipe or one of the others located here on the site or send us your favorites by clicking the button up above. Turkey pot pie like you have never tasted before. It won't last long. Don't forget to stop on by the Online Store also feel free to take and check out the Site Map and browse the wole site from one location.

Prep Time: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 50 Minutes
Ready In: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Serves: 12

Dad's Turkey Pie:

Ingredients

2 cups frozen peas and carrots
2 cups frozen green beans
1 cup sliced celery
2/3 cup butter
2/3 cup chopped onion
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon celery seed
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 3/4 cups chicken broth
1 1/3 cups milk
4 cups cubed cooked turkey meat - light and dark meat mixed
4 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts

Sweet Potato Cheesecake In A Gingersnap Crust

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Once you try this sweet potato-based cheesecake, it just might compete with pumpkin pie as a Thanksgiving Day dessert staple. From the bottom of its gingersnap cookie crust to the top of its bourbon-laced sour cream frosting, every bite of this rich dessert will convince you that it should become a tradition for your holiday table.

Ingredients:

For Crust:
2 cups gingersnap cookie crumbs (about 30 cookies)
6 Tbsp. butter, melted
For Filling:
3 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
1-1/3 cups sugar
1 cup cooked or canned sweet potatoes, mashed
3/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 Tbsp. bourbon
1 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
For Topping:
1-1/2 cups dairy sour cream
2 Tbsp. sugar
1-1/2 Tbsp. bourbon
Additional gingersnap cookie crumbs (optional)

Dirt Cake With Oreo Crust

Dirt Cake with Oreo Recipe:

Summary:

Difficulty Level Easy

Servings 8

Ingredients:

1 pound package Oreo cookies (with regular stuffing included)

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

½ cup butter, softened (1 stick)

1 cup confectioner's sugar (This is the same as powdered sugar or icing sugar.)

(2) small [3 ½-ounce] packages instant white chocolate pudding mix (I used sugar-free, but you may use regular, if you prefer. Also, you may choose a different flavor,

such as vanilla or chocolate.)

3 cups milk

8 ounces whipped topping (You may use sweetened whipped cream or Cool Whip.)

1 package gummy worms (You may use gummy spider, or other gummy creatures.)

a large clear bowl (You may use a new [or very clean] sand pail, with tools, or a flower pot, with plastic flowers.)

Friday, October 19, 2012

How to Chop an Onion in Four Easy Steps

by Ken Haedrich

Whether you're making a sandwich or cooking dinner, there's a good chance that you may be chopping up onions for added flavor.
These wrapped wonders are not only good for cooking, but also provide natural health benefits!
Here are tips on how to chop an onion in four easy steps from expert cook Ken Haedrich.

Select a sharp chef's knife. Before you begin, peel off as many layers of papery skin as you can, the better to make your first cut without your knife glancing off the surface. Pull off any hairy roots, too. They have an unappetizing way of ending up where they shouldn't. Place the onion on its side on a chopping board. Hold your knife comfortably, with your forefinger running down one side of the blade and your thumb pressed against the opposite side. With one fell swoop, slide the knife down and away from you, slicing off the top half inch of the onion. (If your knife isn't particularly sharp, first pierce the surface of the onion with the tip of your knife so the blade has a starting notch.)
Turn the onion so it rests on the newly cut flat surface. Starting at the center of the root end, slice the onion in half. Peel off any remaining skin.
Rest half the onion on its largest flat surface, root end pointing away from you. Working from the far edge of the onion toward your body, slice down through the onion, leaving about 1/2 inch between each cut. Do not, however, slice through the onion at the root end. (An intact root end keeps the onion from falling apart.)
Rotate the onion so the end cut faces your knife blade. Then make 1/2-inch cuts perpendicular to the first set of cuts. The onion will fall apart into neat, 1/2-inch dice. Discard root. Repeat with the other half.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Try One Of The Easy Cakes

Take a moment and check out our different kinds of cake recipe's here on the site, we have several different kinds to choose from includeing a seperate page with pudding cake recipes. And as always if you have a favorite recipe that you would like to share with others to the site, please click on the button above, or on any of the pages OR you may also select the submit recipe link from the main menu as well. Hope you enjoy the recipes on the whole site. Take and Click Here: to take and view the different Pie Recipes. Also feel free to stop on by our Online Store, and pick up some new bakeware and or cookware plus a whole lot more.

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Friday, October 5, 2012

Home Remedies

Here you can take and find some different Home Remedies from this page as well as some different simple Winter Cold Remedies and others. If you have a home remedies of your own please take and send them to us by taking and Clicking Here:
Also take and check out the Soothing Facial Masks From Common things found right in your own Kitchen.

Dragged down by a cold? Here's some ways to get rid of it fast!

Winter colds can really drag you down. It's cold outside but your sweating. Or your raspy throat is rough and scratchy. Your nose is stopped up or it won't stop dripping. Sound familiar? Whatever your symptoms, winter colds are no fun. Use these winter cold remedies to help you get over your cold faster.

A Winter Rub Down

Apply vapor rub liberally to the bottom of your feet to relieve cough and help you sweat out the cold in your body. Use vapor rub to ease aching muscles including sore back muscles that often accompany cold and flu. Vapor rub is of course great to use on your chest and under your nose for immediate cough relief.

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