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Grilled Vegetable Pasta Salad with Parmesan Dressing. The Food Network Magazine doesn’t always grab my attention, but June’s issue jumped in my cart. With fifty recipes for condiments, new iced tea ideas, fresh fruit cocktails, hot dogs and make your own pasta salad concepts I’m going to be cooking out of it all summer. I added some of those pre-grilled vegetables, vegetable rotini and a tad more garlic and lemon to their sauce recipe. It’s so good I can’t stop sneaking forkfuls. Now I can’t wait to try the other sauces and suggestions! Summer here I come. Creamy Garlic Parmesan Dressing1/4 cup mayo (I used olive oil mayo)1/4 cup sour cream (non-fat is fine)1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice, to taste1/2 teaspoon garlic that’s been pushed through a garlic press3/4 cup shredded ParmesanSalt and Pepper to taste Mix all the ingredients together. 1. 2. 3. Sauce recipe adapted slightly from Food Network Magazine, June 2011.

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At the Drive-In Movie (Recipe: Sweet & Salty Kettle Corn) Ahhhh Drive-In’s… what says summer better than a night out, under the stars, watching a movie on the big screen? Really? Not much else does. I don’t know why drive-ins are a dying breed because I can’t think of a much better way to watch a movie in the summertime! I remember my first drive-in movie experience. I don’t remember anything about the movies, except that the double feature was The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal. Boulevard Drive-In, in Kansas City, KS, is a gem of a place nestled between a rail road track and the interstate highway. We quickly discovered on our first trip to the drive-in as a family that there is an art to the whole drive-in experience.

Arriving early to the drive-in is a must. Some people are pretty serious about seating. Boulevard lets you bring in your own food, but no grilling. If you get the chance this summer and there is a drive-in near you, I would like to encourage you to take the family out for a unique night of fun. The Best Ever Lemonade Recipe | The Family Kitchen.

I am ready for spring and summer to come. The first day of spring isn’t until March 20, but we’ve been having delicious spring and summer treats like this homemade lemonade for the past few weeks. To start off lent yesterday, my husband started his fast. He’s doing the master cleanse, which involves lemonade spiked with cayenne pepper. It’s really not my thing, especially since I couldn’t stand to go without food for more than a day. My secret to making the very best lemonade is to dissolve the sugar in the water first over heat. The Best Lemonade Recipe Ingredients 1 cup freshly squeezed organic lemon juice, 6 organic lemons 1 cup white sugar (I passed on raw because I didn’t want the hint of molasses flavor) 1 cup filtered water 6 cups filtered water 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 2 – 3 drops yellow food coloring (optional) Method 1. 2.

Summer Recipe: No-Bake Strawberry Icebox Cake | Apartment Therapy The Kitchn. See this? This is such an easy dessert. It looks a little fancy, doesn't it? Don't be put off. It only takes a few ingredients, and it doesn't even involve turning on the oven. I am a huge fan of icebox cakes (I even wrote a book about them!). Icebox cakes are layered desserts that usually involve custard or whipped cream sandwiched between graham crackers or wafer cookies.

Icebox cakes do usually call for some store-bought ingredients, but I like to tweak classic recipes to avoid boxed puddings and use simpler whipped cream or homemade custard. We recently gave you a basic formula for making a no-bake cake out of graham crackers, whipped cream, and any fruit. . → Read More: How To Make a No-Bake Icebox Cake This particular icebox cake is just as simple as it gets, inspired by the buckets of strawberries at the markets in late spring, and by my favorite dessert: strawberry shortcake. The whole cake is drizzled with a quick, simple chocolate ganache, and garnished with whole strawberries. French 75 - gin - Cocktail Recipes — Liquor.com. Affogato Mocha Recipe at Epicurious. Foodgawker | feed your eyes.

Petite Lasagnas « Can You Stay for Dinner? Recipe slightly adapted from Hungry Girl (makes 12) 12 oz raw ground turkey ¼ tsp salt, divided ¼ tsp pepper 1 cup chopped onion ½ cup chopped mushrooms 14.5 oz can crushed tomatoes, or tomato sauce 2 cloves garlic, minced 3 tsp dried oregano, divided ½ tsp dried basil 1 ½ cups part skim ricotta cheese 24 small square wonton wrappers (the kind near the tofu in the refrigerated section of the produce dept) 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese Preheat oven to 375ºF. Add the crushed tomatoes and 2 tsp of oregano. In a large bowl, combine the ricotta, a pinch of salt and pepper, the remaining teaspoon of oregano, and the basil. Coat a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.

Using half of the ricotta mixture, divide it among the 12 muffin cups. Gently press another wonton wrapper on top of the mozzarella layer. Repeat the process by distributing the remaining ricotta, then the remaining tomato sauce, and finally the rest of the shredded mozzarella. Nutrition Info for 1 petite lasagna: Grilled Steak with Red Wine Butter. Culinary Arts College » 100 Famous Restaurant Recipes You Can Replicate at Home. Eating out is becoming a more and more popular phenomenon. With fast food taking only minutes out of a day and costing a few dollars, it can be convenient. Likewise, fine dining is also on the rise and can put a considerably larger dent in your wallet.

But unless you were a master chef with a keen sense of taste, these recipes were lost to you. Until the internet came along and provided those with the ability to reproduce recipes and post them for the world to see. Famous Appetizer Restaurant Recipes You Can Replicate at Home Start your meal off the famous way with the help of these recipes. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Famous Soup Restaurant Recipes You Can Replicate at Home Instead of a cup or bowl, make an entire pot of your restaurant’s favorite soup with a peek below. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Famous Salad Restaurant Recipes You Can Replicate at Home Dressings, veggies, and more are featured in these famous restaurant recipes. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Quick Chicken and Gravy — Our Life In The Kitchen. It’s been a busy week, one where quick and easy is the only hope of cooking dinner instead of doing takeout. A bag of frozen chicken tenderloins pulled from the freezer, steamed rice and whatever veggie might be on hand and dinner’s ready in about 30 minutes.

Chicken tenderloinsButterFlourSalt/PepperMarjoram and Thyme tonight, because I’m out of Sage.Chicken Broth Melt enough butter to generously cover the bottom of a large saute pan. Heat until it’s just barely turning brown. Add the chicken and season with salt, pepper and herbs. Once the chicken is starting to brown, turn it over. Cook just another minute or two, stirring a bit. Sprinkle with enough flour to coat the chicken well. Stir until chicken is well coated, butter is absorbed and flour just starts to cook. Add 3 cups of chicken broth. And then stirring in Better Than Bouilion paste. Simmer over low heat until the chicken is completely done and the gravy is thickened. Serve over rice or mashed potatoes. Yum Yum Sauce | Sauce Recipe. If you have ever been to a Japanese steak house, then you know all about this sauce.

Depending on the place you go, it actually has many names: Yum Yum Sauce, Sakura Sauce, or just White Sauce. In reality this sauce is very easy to create and goes great with grilled meats, seafood, and vegetables. I enjoyed the sauce with a nicely grilled sirloin steak. Yum Yum Ingredients:1 cup mayonnaise1/4 cup water1 teaspoon tomato paste1 tablespoon melted butter1 teaspoon granulated garlic1 teaspoon sugar1 teaspoon paprika1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper Directions: Thoroughly mix all ingredients together in a bowl.Place in refrigerator, covered, for at least 1 hour and preferably overnight.

Steak Ingredients: 1 SteakCoarse saltFreshly ground black pepperYum Yum Sauce Prepare grill for medium direct grilling.Season steak with salt and pepper.Place steak on grill, and grill till desired doneness.Serve steak with Yum Yum Sauce. Tagged as: Condiment Recipe, Steak Recipe. Drunken Irish Stew. It’s freezing here in Phoenix! I woke up this morning and it was 40 degrees! I didn’t know what to do with myself; I can barely get out of bed!

It’s nice, though, being able to wear my coats and boots without feeling like a complete idiot. That’s why I figured that I had better make some stew while the weather lasts, as I’m sure it will be back in the 80s in a few weeks. I’ve made stew with beer and stew with wine before, but never a stew with both beer and wine. It’s really a brilliant idea. Your ingredients. Cut up your meat. Heat some olive oil in a large pot and then brown the meat in the pot. Add in the crushed garlic and stir until fragrant, just another minute or two.

Add the beef stock, the red wine, the Guinness, tomato paste, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, and bay leaves. Bring everything to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for one hour. While the stew simmers, chop up all of your vegetables. Melt the butter in another large pot. Add the vegetables to the pot. Orangettes. Saturday, November 18, 2006 How to make orangettes: Slice ends off four oranges, score the peel from one end to the other, and remove the peels from the oranges. Slice the peels into thin strips and trim the edges. Using a medium size pot, place the peels in boiling water and blanch them for a few minutes. Rinse the peels, and repeat this process a second time. This is done to remove the bitterness of the peels. Prepare the simple syrup by combining 8 ounces water with 8 ounces sugar in a saucepan. Melt 16 ounces dark chocolate over a double boiler.

Recipe adapted from here. Peanut Butter and Jelly Baby Lattice Pies. Good Tuesday to you! I had so much fun making these baby pies! For some reason party food seems more fun when it’s miniature right? I don’t know what it is, but I just love it. So, these are totally doable, they look detailed, but seriously are really easy. I snapped photos while I was preparing them to show how easy they are. I’m talking only 3 main ingredients, love recipes like this! Peanut Butter and Jelly is one of those combinations that I could do in almost any dessert. Time to create the lattice top… My strips were a little long, but you get the idea. Brush lightly with egg wash Here you have the lovely little PB&J pies. Peanut Butter and Jelly Baby Lattice Pies 1 roll Pillsbury pie dough 1/2 Cup creamy peanut butter 1 Tablespoon sugar 1/2 Cup Smucker’s Strawberry Preserves 1 egg white whisked with 1 teaspoon water for egg wash Sugar Crystals for sprinkling on top if desired 2 Tablespoons powdered sugar 1. 2. 3. 12 mini pies…..let’s see what the judges think… Other recipes you may enjoy...