Side Dishes

Pre heat oven to 400
Lightly coat the spears with oil, salt & pepper
Divided bundles into 4
Wrap the bacon around each bundle and secure with a tooth pick
Place bundles on a slotted broil pan
Bake for 12 min.

ON THE GRILL

Follow the above instructions instead of cooking in the oven
Place on grill and cook 10-12 minutes.

BABY BOK CHOY

1 T butter

1 shallot minced

1 clove garlic

4 baby bok choy

¼ c water

½ tsp salt

Melt butter in frying pan with a lid

Saute shallots and garlic

Add water and salt

When boiling add bok choy, cover and steam 2 min

Uncover cook 2-3 min until tender crisp

BEEF STEAK TOMATO BAKED AND FILLED

Beef Steak Tomatoes (1 per person)
Gruyere Cheese (grated with extra for top)approx 1 cup
Fresh parsley (chopped fine or use dried)
¾ c Italian Bread Crumbs
Salt & pepper
Olive oil

Cut top off the tomatoes
Squeeze out the juice and seeds into a small bowl
Add to bowl cheese, parsley, bread crumbs, salt & pepper
Place mixture into a grease baking dish
Top each tomato with a mixture of bread crumbs, cheese & olive oil

CARMELIZED ONIONS

1 T vegetable oil
1 sweet onion ( Vidalia) thinly sliced
1 T white wine vinegar
1 tsp sugar
2 cloves of garlic minced (optional)
1 tsp thyme
¼ tsp each salt & pepper

Cook on med- low heat for 25 stirring once in a while until golden brown

CHEESE AND POTATO BAKE WITH HAM

8 medium russet potatoes
1/3 cup butter (melted)
1 T. parsley (fresh or dried)
Salt & pepper
1 ½ c cheese (swiss, cheddar )
1 cup cooked ham (cubed) (optional)
1 small onion (grated)
1 tsp garlic powder
3 eggs
½ milk
Paprika

Prepare mashed potatoes with the butter, salt, pepper and parsley
Place ½ & sides of the mashed potato into the bottom and sides
Of 8 in. square dish that has been greased
Combine cheese, ham, onions, and garlic powder.
Spoon into potato shell
Mix eggs and milk and pour over all
Top with the rest of the mashed potatoes and top with paprika
Back uncovered at 400 for 45-50 minutes. Top will be golden
Let stand 5 minutes before serving (can be cut into squares)

CHEESE TOMATOES ON THE BARBIE

Foil tin
Fresh tomatoes cut in half
Italian dressing
Mozzarella cheese
Parmesan cheese
Sea salt & fresh ground pepper

Cut tomatoes and lay in the foil pan (cake size)
Place a small amount of dressing on each on
Top with chesses
Bake 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and tomatoes are soft

COUS COUS

¾ c water

½ c cous cous

1/3 c raisins

2 tsp shallots

Bring pot to a boil and let stand 5 min. Add dressing

Dressing

½ of lemon juice

2 T olive oil

Sat & pepper

1 can chick peas (rinsed)

1 small cucumber diced.

Pour lemon juice, oil, salt & Pepper

Add to pot

Stir in chick peas and cucumber

Serve

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KAREN’S HOUSE CHOW MEIN

1 package fresh pre-steamed egg noodles

¼ cup oil

¼ tsp salt

1T. Dark soy sauce

½ lb. cleaned shrimp or chicken ( can use thinly sliced steak)

1 small onion, wedged

Celery, sliced

Broccoli, chopped

Mushrooms, sliced

Water chestnuts (optional)

Carrots, sliced

Snow peas

Bean sprouts

SAUCE

1 cup water or chicken broth

3 T. soy sauce

1T oyster sauce

1 tsp dry sherry

½ tsp sugar

1T cornstarch

1 thin slice of ginger

1 clove garlic, crushed (optional)

3T oil

¼ tsp salt

½ c water or chicken broth

Cook noodles according to the directions and set aside

Prepare vegetables, shrimp or chicken , combine sauce in a separate bowl

Place wok over high heat add ¼ cup oil, sprinkle salt add noodle and heat

Sprinkle noodle with soy sauce, toss. Transfer to platter and cover.

Reheat wok, add 1 T oil, and brown ginger. add shrimp or chicken till cook and remove .Add remaining oil . Sprinkle salt and add garlic. Add vegetables one at a time, stir frying in between.

Add broth or water , cover for 2 minutes or until the vegetables are tender

Return shrimp or chicken

Stir sauce until smooth, make a well in vegetables and add sauce, stir until sauce thickens

Toss to coat vegetables with sauce.

Remove from heat

Spoon vegetables over noodles and serve hot.

LEFSA

As a young boy Ron would come home from school to his Grandmother’s
House and their on the wood stove top would be Lafsa with a big paddle
She would take it off the stove and spread butter on it. A fond memory.
5 large potatoes (russets work best)
½ cup heavy cream
3 T. butter
1 tsp salt
½ c flour for each 1 cup of potatoes
To cooked potatoes add cream, butter, & salt, and cool
Add flour roll into a ball and mix until smooth.
Form into a ball ( size of a egg)
Roll until flat
Add to flat pan that is not greased over medium heat
Turn over and when both side are done cool between wax paper
Or spread butter on the top and serve

LEMON WILD RICE

½ cup of wild rice cooked in water for 50 minutes
2 c chicken broth
1 c long grain white rice
Zest of 1 lemon
Bring broth, white rice and lemon zest to a boil and simmer 20 min.
Combine the twp rice’s and add pepper

MAKE AHEAD MASHED POTATOES FOR 12

Russet Potatoes about 2 ½ lbs.
4 sweet potatoes about 2 ½ lbs.
1 cup each of milk and sour cream
¼ cup butter, softened
1 tsp salt
½ tsp ground nutmeg and pepper
TOPPING
2 cups panko bread crumbs
2 T. chopped parsley
2T melted butter
Grease 13X 9 inch baking dish
In 2 separate pots cook russets & sweet potato till tender
Drain potatoes and divide milk, sour cream, butter, salt, nutmeg and pepper. Mash until smooth
In a grease baking dish start with the sweet potatoes and add the russets on top. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate till ready to cook.
Top with topping and bake at 400 for 20 min. or until hot in the middle and golden brown on top

NEW RED AND WHITE POTATOES IN FOIL

Wash and cut potatoes in half (based on small potatoes)
In a large sheet of foil place potatoes
Top with olive oil, bacon bits and sliced green onion
Close tightly
Wrap in another foil and seal
Place on BBQ
Potatoes will be done when you can put a fork in and they are soft
* NOTE : turn potatoes often will take about 20 min.

PARMENSAN POTATO GRATIN

1 cloves of garlic, halved
1 ¼ cups grated parmesan cheese, can use any cheese you like
¾ tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
7 Yukon gold potatoes, peeled
¼ c butter
1 ½ cup vegetable or chicken stock

Rub sides and bottom of 13 x 9 inch glass baking dish with cut garlic
Discard garlic and grease dish
In a small bowl combine cheese, salt, pepper and nutmeg
Cut potatoes very thin and place 1/3 in the bottom of dish
Dot with butter, sprinkle with 1/3 of cheese mixture
Repeat layers once, place remaining potatoes on top and press lightly

In microwaveable liquid measuring cup cook on high for 2 minutes
Pour evenly over potatoes
Dot with remaining butter, sprinkle with remaining cheese mixture

Cover with foil , roast at 350 for 1 hour. Uncover and roast until tender about 45 minutes.

* can be made ahead and reheat covered at 375 for 30 minutes
* for creamy potatoes use milk in place of stock

POTATO BAKE WITH ONIONS AND CHEESE

3 lbs of potatoes Yukon gold or New potatoes, sliced thin
Fry 6 pieces of bacon until crisp and crumble, set aside
Grate Gruyere cheese, to taste on how cheesy you like it
In saucepan sauté chopped white onions and 2 cups of milk
Copped green onions.

In a greased with butter 9 X 12 dish layer
Potatoes
Milk
Green onion
Bacon
Cheese
Repeat until all is gone end the last layer with salt & Pepper and cheese

Bake at 350 for 1 hour until the potatoes are soft and the cheese is melted
* Cover with foil
Uncover the dish and cook 10-15 longer to brown the cheese on top

Scalloped Potatoes Simple and Good

4 cups thinly sliced potatoes
2/3 cup thinly sliced onions
2T flour
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
2 T butter
1 ½ cups scalding milk
Paprika

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Grease a 2 qt or 9x12 dish
Mix flour, salt & Pepper
Place a row of potatoes on bottom
Then a row of onions
Sprinkle with some of the flour mixture
Dot with some of the butter
Repeat layers until all are used ending with butter
Pour hot milk over all and sprinkle with paprika
Bake covered for 45 min
Uncover and bake 25 min longer until tender
And slightly brown.

SPINACH AND CHEESE QUICHE

1 bunch of baby spinach, trimmed

6 eggs

1/3c milk

1 c cheddar Cheese, grated

½ c finely chopped mushrooms

¼ c finely chopper onion or green onion

Pinch of salt, pepper and nutmeg

Rinse spinach and shake off

Place in a frying pan over medium heat just using the water left from the rinse

Heat until wilted

Let cool , squeeze out excess moisture and chop

In a large bowl add all the above and whisk together

Set oven at 350 and fill muffin cups ¾ full.

Bake for 18-20 until set

Remove and serve hot or cold

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