Italian Sub Salad

Ingredients

  • 3 cups bread cubes
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 jar artichoke hearts, drained and chopped, plus 2 tablespoons brine from the jar
  • 3/4 cup fresh basil leaves, torn
  • 1/2 cup sliced pitted black and green Italian style olives
  • 1/2 cup chopped jarred sweet peppers
  • 1 large head romaine lettuce, shredded
  • 3 ounces sliced salami, cut into thin strips
  • 3 ounces sliced pepperoni, cut into thin strips
  • 3 ounce sliced capicola, cut into thin strips
  • 1 2-ounce piece aged provolone, mozzarella, or parmesan, shaved with a vegetable peeler

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Toss the bread cubes and 1 tablespoon olive oil in a bowl. Spread on a rimmed baking sheet and bake, tossing occasionally, until crisp, 6-8 minutes. Let cool.

Toss all other ingredients in a bowl. Drizzle with the artichoke heart brine and toss. Let sit about 20 minutes to let the flavors combine.

Top individual salads with croutons to taste.  Add pepper to taste.

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Beef Stroganoff

Ingredients

  • Cubed beef
  • 1 can cream of mushroom soup
  • 1 package mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 cup beef broth
  • dried onions
  • dried garlic
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1 package egg noodles

Directions

  1. Add all ingredients to crock-pot.
  2. Cook on low for 10 hours.
  3. Boil water, cook egg noodles until al dente.
  4. Add egg noodles to crockpot.
  5. Enjoy!
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Apple Crisp

Ingredients

Filling:

  • 5 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, chopped small
  • 1/4 oatmeal
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup

Topping:

  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into pieces
  • 1/4 cup oatmeal

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

For the Filling:

  • Mix all the ingredients together. Place into 9×13 glass baking dish.

For topping:

Mix the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in large bowl. Blend the butter into the mixture until it forms pea size lumps. Stir in oatmeal and sprinkle over filling.

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool 10 minutes before serving.

**Adapted from The Neely’s Apple Crisp on Foodnetwork.com.**

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Cookies and Creme Fondue

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup whole milk
  • 1 pound sweet gourmet Swiss chocolate
  • 1 tablespoon marshmallow creme
  • 1 ounce Bacardi 151 rum
  • 3 Oreo cookies, crushed

Dipping foods: poundcake, cheesecake, brownies, beignets, marshmallows, cut in half and rolled in graham cracker crumbs or cookie crumbs, strawberries, pineapple, cherries, bananas, apples, raspberries.

In fondue pot, pour in milk and turn burner to medium high. Be careful not to let the milk scorch. Break chocolate into small pieces. When milk becomes warm, add in half of the chocolate pieces. Stir continuously. As chocolate mixture thickens, add more of the chocolate until you have reached desired consistency. Turn burner to low. Add marshmallow creme, but do not stir. Just before serving, add the Bacardi Rum. Carefully light the chocolate sauce with a long match. While flame is still burning, stir the marshmallow creme to allow it to toast. Garnish with crushed Oreo cookies.

— From The Melting Pot

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Baked Oatmeal

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup oil
  • 1.5 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups milk
  • 6 cups quick oatmeal
  • 4 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Mix oil, sugar and eggs until glossy.
  3. Add milk and dry ingredients.
  4. Put in 9″ x 13″ greased pan.
  5. Bake for 40-50 minutes.
  6. Serve with milk and optionals (apples, nuts, raisins, craisins, bran, dates).

 

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