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Appetizers

Chipotle Shrimp

6/24/2013 meps 0

4 T butter, divided 6 cloves garlic, minced 2 lbs uncooked shrimp, large unpeeled 2 t minced canned chipotle chiles (adobo) 1/4 dry white wine 1 T minced parsley Melt 3 T of the butter […]

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Baked

Easy As Apple Pie

6/24/2013 meps 0

If you don’t count the water, this only has 6 ingredients! 1 C flour 1/2 C butter, diced, at room temperature 1 C sugar 1-1/2 lb Granny Smith apples 1 C water 3 T lemon […]

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Middle Eastern

Couscous with olives and garbanzo beans

6/24/2013 meps 0

14 oz chicken broth (if you use canned, use low-salt) 10 oz couscous 15-oz can garbanzo beans, drained 1 C chopped red onion 1/2 C chopped pitted Kalamata olives 1/2 C chopped parsley 5 T […]

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Appetizers

Green Onion and Cheese Popovers

6/24/2013 meps 0

This makes a dozen standard-sized muffins. If you want to use large muffin tins, it will only make six, and you’ll have to bake them for 48 minutes. 3 T plus 1/2 C butter, melted […]

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Appetizers

Spicy Sweet Potato Latkes

6/24/2013 meps 0

Makes about 48 small latkes. 2-1/4 lb sweet potatoes, peeled and grated 1-1/2 C diced onion 3 ggs 6 T flour 1-1/2 t cumin 1/4 to 1/2 t cayenne 3/4 salt 1/4 t pepper Put […]

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Appetizers

Potato-Apple Latkes

6/24/2013 meps 0

I’m not sure how to categorize these. I grew up thinking of latkes as breakfast food, but they’d be great as appetizers or a vegetarian main dish, too. 2-1/4 pounds russet potatoes 2 small firm, […]

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Cookies & Candies

Mint-frosted chocolate cookies

6/16/2013 meps 0

These cookies are soft, a little like tiny brownies. My brother Hank loves them! Cookies: 1 C cocoa 2 C powdered sugar 2 C flour 2 t baking powder 1/2 t salt 1/2 C oil […]

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Appetizers

Ouzo-flamed cheese

6/11/2013 meps 0

These are intended to be an appetizer, but they would also be a great thing to put on a bed of lightly-dressed greens as a meal-sized salad. 1 C flour 1 lb kasseri or romano […]

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Appetizers

Gingered Borscht Shots

6/11/2013 meps 0

This was originally published as an easy appetizer for a summer party. You can put a couple of tablespoons into shot glasses and place them in a bowl filled with ice, like vodka shots. Or […]

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Cookies & Candies

Orange-Apricot-Almond Shortbread Bars

6/10/2013 meps 0

1 C apricot preserves 3 T orange liqueur (Grand Marnier, Triple Sec, etc.) 1 C butter, room temperature 3/4 C sugar 1 t almond extract 2 C flour 1/4 t salt 1/4 C almond paste, […]