Appetizers
Chipotle Shrimp
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 […]
Month: June 2013
Baked
Easy As Apple Pie
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 […]
Middle Eastern
Couscous with olives and garbanzo beans
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 […]
Appetizers
Green Onion and Cheese Popovers
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 […]
Appetizers
Spicy Sweet Potato Latkes
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 […]
Appetizers
Potato-Apple Latkes
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, […]
Cookies & Candies
Mint-frosted chocolate cookies
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 […]
Appetizers
Ouzo-flamed cheese
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 […]
Appetizers
Gingered Borscht Shots
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 […]
Cookies & Candies
Orange-Apricot-Almond Shortbread Bars
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, […]