Beef and Mango Wraps

1 TBL Dijon mustard
2 limes
1 TBL EVOO
salt and pepper to taste

Cut the following into thin strips:
Left-over roast beef or chicken
1/2 Red Onion
Red Bell Pepper
1 Mango
Spinach

Instructions
1. Whisk first four ingredients together
2. Toss strips of other items with mixture
3. Put into tortilla and wrap

Beef (or Pork) Satay

1 Rib Eye Steak (approx 1 1/2 LB)

Instructions THE DAY BEFORE…
1. Put meat into freezer for about 30 minutes
2. Cut into thin strips (against the grain)
3. Marinate 1 to 12 hours in plastic bag
(Satay Marinade has its own recipe listing)

THE DAY OF SERVING…
1. Place skewers in a pan of water for 30 minutes
2. Prepare Peanut Dipping Sauce (has its own recipe listing)
3. Weave onto skewers.
4. If using Grill Pan, cover handles with Aluminum foil
5. Cook on Grill Pan 4 minutes, or George Foreman Grill about two minutes
6. If using Grill Pan, flip meat and cook 3 more minutes
7. Serve with rice and Peanut Dipping Sauce (see recipe)

BBQ Skewers

1 Flank Steak
1 TBL powdered ginger (or ginger juice)
1 TBL garlic (minced)
1 scallion (minced)
1 TBL red chili powder
1/4 CU soy (Tamari)
1/4 CU sesame oil
1/4 CU brown sugar

Instructions
1. Combine all ingredients except steak
2. Cut steak into thick strips
3. Put marinade in zip lock with steak strips
4. Let sit over night (or at least 4 hours)
5. Soak wooden skewers in water overnight
6. Thread onto skewers and put aluminum foil over ends of skewers
7. Cook on grill very short time… only about 2-3 minutes, flipping after one minute

BBQ Eggplant

1 medium sized eggplant (prepared)
1/2 CU EVOO
1/4 CU Worcestershire
1 TBL apple cider vinegar
1/4 CU A1 or other steak sauce
2 TBL honey

Instructions
1. Prepare eggplant with salt as described in Eggplant: Basic Preparation
2. Combine all ingredients (except eggplant) in bowl
3. Toss eggplant to coat, then fry, grill or broil 3 minutes on each side
4. Top with cheese and serve

BBQ Beef Sandwich

1 1/2 CU beef broth
1/2 CU low sodium soy
1/2 CU water
1/4 CU rice vinegar
2 TBL brown sugar
2 TBL molasses
2 tsp Five-Spice Powder (see Recipe)
1 tsp crushed red pepper
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 CU onion (chopped finely)
2 LB flank steak (trimmed)
1 TBL hoisin sauce
1/4 CU cilantro
1 TBL sesame oil
8 hoagie rolls

Instructions
1. Saute onions in sesame oil
2. Add all other ingredients except hoisin, cilantro, meat and buns
3. Bring mixture to a boil
4. Add meat and simmer approx 2 hours (or until tender)
5. Remove from heat, remove meat, and let cool 10 minutes
6. Shred beef with a fork, then return to pan
7. Add hoisin sauce
8. Simmer (without a lid) until most of the liquid evaporates, stirring occasionally
9. Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes
10. Stir in cilantro and serve

Top with sliced cheese
Easy BBQ beef – Buy the same amount of beef already cooked and thinly
sliced from the deli section. You can reduce step 4 to about 15 minutes.

Bayou Chicken

Ingredients 1 CU chicken pieces
linguini or angel hair pasta – enough for two
pasta water – don’t discard
1 CU milk
1 onion (diced)
1 can diced tomato
1 TBL fresh chives
1 TBL fresh parsley
3 cloves garlic
1 tsp corn oil
parmesan and rigiano cheese (used for topping)
chives (used for topping)

Instructions
1. Brown chicken in large fry pan in corn oil
2. Add onion and cook until onion is translucent
3. Add remaining ingredients (except pasta)
4. Cook until reduced to almost no liquid
5. Add 1/4 cup of the pasta water and cook two minutes
6. Add 1 CU milk and bring up to heat
7. Add drained pasta and toss
8. Plate and top with chives and cheese

Substitute 1 tsp for spices if fresh is not available

Butter Taste Tests

Butter – Saturated fat increases bad cholesterol and increases good cholesterol.

Margarine – Trans-fat, hydrogenated decreases good cholesterol raises bad cholesterol only slightly.

Artificial margarines – Gums & tropical oils, 80% fat=margarine (hard) like butter,

Taste Winners –
Land O’ Lakes, soft baking butter with canola oil
Olivio, Olive oil spread
Land O’ Lakes, Sweet Cream unsalted butter.

Burger Deluxe

1 LB medium-lean ground beef (formed into patties)
4 strips bacon
1 ripe avocado
1 tsp lemon juice
2 TBL chives (chopped)
2 roma tomatoes (see Special Steps) sliced thin
1/2 red onion (sliced thin)
1 OZ Blue cheese
1 OZ Shart Cheddar cheese
1 OZ Gruyere cheese
4 leaves Romaine lettuce
Ketchup, mustard and mayonayse (to taste) See Additional Notes
4 pepperoncinis or banana peppers (chopped)
2 dill pickles (sliced thin vertically)
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
1. Fry bacon (not too crisp) and set aside
2. Remove avocado from shell and combine with lemon juice, salt, pepper, chives and chopped peppers
3. Crumble or grate cheeses
4. Cook burger patties being careful not to overcook. Flip frequently essentially slow-cooking them.
5. Sprinkle on cheese near the end of the cooking cycle.
6. Top with remaining ingredients, and serve on high-quality deli-style burger bun using onion and lettuce to protect the bun from touching the meat (keeps it from getting soggy)

Cut the tomato around the equator and ROLL the halves over the sink. This loosens the seeds and removes the part that makes your burger soggy.

For the best taste, use Heintz ketchup, Grey Poupon deli mustard and Hellman’s manynnaise.

Breakfast Quiche

Start with Grandpa’s recipe for BASIC CUSTARD

Modify as follows:
1/2 CU Cheddar cheese (grated) – cheese mix is OK
1 tsp sugar OR
1 banana – a little bit on the over-ripe side

Instructions
1. Mash or chop banana and put into pyrex bowl.
2. Mix custard and pour until it “shows” through fillings
3. Top w/ grated cheese
4. Sprinkle w/ parsley and nutmeg
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 60 minutes
6. Allow to rest for 10 minutes before serving.

EVERYDAY REF ONLY – DELETE FOR BOOK

CUSTARD FILLING for two people
2 eggs (4 if small eggs)
1/4 CU whole milk
1/4 CU yogurt
1 TBL flour
1 TBL lemon juice
1 TBL olive oil
1 tsp chopped parsley
pinch nutmeg
pinch salt

Try replacing the banana with 1/2 CU chopped frozen spinach

Custard Filling appears in this book in the “OTHER” section
Custard Filling (see our recipe)

Breakfast Crepes

CrepeINGREDIENTS

  • 2 eggs or 1 carton Egg Beaters
  • 1 CU 2% milk
  • 1/4 CU Plain Yogurt
  • 2 TBL melted butter
  • 1 TBL canola oil
  • 1/2 CU All purpose flour (sifted*)
  • 1 TBL Whole wheat flour or Mesquite Meal
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 2 TBL sugar
  • Pinch of salt

Get optional ingredients ready as well – read below

STEP BY STEP

  1. Mix all ingredients
  2. Let batter set for 30 minutes – better 2 hours

Preheat pan to about 350º

  1. Drop 1/2 cup mixture onto lightly oiled skillet
  2. Immediately tip and rotate pan to spread batter across bottom of pan
  3. Start timer – Cover and cook for exactly 90 seconds
  4. Uncover and flip crepe – cook uncovered for about 30 seconds more
  5. Slip onto cloth to cool for a few minutes
  6. Serve with squeezed lemons and powdered sugar

Special Steps – FOLDING

  1. Fold in half, then in half again the same direction creating a long skinny burrito kind of pastry.
  2. Fold in half, then again in the opposite direction creating a triangle with a rounded side

Special Steps – SERVING OPTIONS

  • Serve sprinkled with powdered sugar
  • Top with REAL Maple Syrup
  • Fill with strawberry jam or preserves (or apricot, etc)
  • Fill with meat for a lunch crepe
  • Fill with lemon curd and blueberry dressing
  • Fill with banana, strawberry and chocolate
  • Fill with spinach, tomato, roasted garlic, goat cheese, onion
  • Fill with tarragon, mushrooms and gruyere cheese
  • Fill with Nutella and sprinkle with powdered sugar
  • Fill with something sweet, then top with lemon zest
  • Sprinkle with Turbinado Sugar, then put into over to caramelize a little bit

Special Steps – PREPARATION OPTIONS

  • Substitute 1/4 CU skim and 1/4 CU yogurt for 1/2 CU 2% milk
  • It’s not traditional, but if you add 1/4 tsp baking powder, you will get a fluffier crepe
  • Eliminate the sugar for lunch crepes.
  • If you don’t have a sifter (I don’t either) you can do what I do:  use a wire strainer basket and a wooden spoon

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Bottom of the Box Recipes

APPLE CEREAL
CHICKEN
CHIPOTLE
GRILLED APPLES WITH PEANUT BUTTER SAUCE AND CINNAMON

PICKLE JUICE
KABOB SANDWICH
GRILLED CHICKEN MARINATED
ONION, PROCHUTO

MOLASSES AND SOY TOPPING AND GINGER
BROILED CHICKEN
SERVED OVER MIXED GREENS AND VINAGRETTE

MAYONAISE
SEARED SAYMON, COUS COUS , SPINACH SALAD
PEPPERS

SMAL-IDAY

FIRST FLAT BOWL
FLOUR, PEPPER, SALT

SECOND FLAT BOWL
EGG – WHISKTOGETHER

THIRD FLAT BOWL
BREAD CRUMBS, CHEESE, PARSLEY

BAKE CUTLETS – LOW HEAT IN OVEN
FRY FOR EXTRA CRISPH
TOP WITH CUTLET TOPPING

SKILLET WITH HOT OIL

PUMPKIN POLENTA
3 cu stock
add 1 CU quick-cook polenta
WHEN NEAR DONE MIX IN 16 OZ PUMPKIN (NOT PUMPKIN PIE FILLING)
ADD A BIT MORE JPARMESAN CHEESE
2 TBL BUTTER
BIT OF FRESH NUTMET
SQUEEZE OF HONEY
MIX AND IT’S DONE

CUTLET TOPPING

HANDFUL MINCED ARUGULA LETTUCE
HANDFUL CHIFONADE SWEET BASIL
SWEET GRAPE TOMATOES
LEMON, SALT, PEPPER, EVOO
TOSS

Bob’s Big Boy Cream of Broccoli Soup

4 CU chicken broth
3 CU broccoli (chopped)
1 CU onion (diced)
1 bay leaf
1/4 CU all purpose flour
1/3 CU (2 OZ) ham (dced)
1/2 CU heavy cream
1/4 tsp salt and pepper

Instructions
1. Combine all except flour, ham and cream and bring to a boil
2. Cover and simmer 30 minutes
3. Transfer 2 CU at a time to blender or food processor
4. Chop, but do not purify
5. Pour blended mixture back into the pan
6. Sprinkle flour in SLOWLY blending constantly with a whisk
7. Add diced ham and cream, and simmer 15 more minutes

Blackend Tuna

1 filet sushi-grade ahi tuna
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2 TBL ginger – chopped
2 TBL green onions – chopped
1 TBL mint
4 cloves garlic
3 TBL lemon juice
1 TBL anchovy paste (or fish sauce)
1/4 CU rice wine vinegar
1/2 CU tamari soy
1/2 CU oil

Instructions
1. Whisk all ingredients together
2. Marinate tuna filet for about three hours in fridger
3. Roll filet in Curry Blackening Spice (see recipe) completely encrusting it
4. Put in very hot pan with a little bit of vegetable oil to sear (about 30 seconds all 6 sides) or 1 minute two sides
5. Pour a bit of olive oil on top as it is cooking
6. Slice in generous slabs, fan on plate and top with Lemon Grass – Yellow Bell Pepper Sauce (see recipe)

Black Bean Soup

Sautee 1/2 Vidalia onion in a large skillet with 1 TBL EVOO, then add (in order)
1 TBL butter
3 cloves of garlic (minced)
1 adobo chili
1 tsp cumin
1 can Black beans
2 TBL Cilantro
1/2 sliced bell pepper
2 C chicken stock
Simmer 30-40 minutes

To garnish:
2 Tortillas – toasted
Sour cream
1/4 C Ranchero cheese (shredded)
1/2 Avocado
1 bit of watercress for freshness
2 TBL Green onion or chives or grated lime zest

Instructions
1. Cut tortilla strips, fry till crispy
2. Cook soup, the drizzle with a bit of sour cream
3. Top w/ tortilla pieces, ranchero cheese, watercress & avocado

Serving suggestion, pour into bowl w/ squash soup for contrast

Black Bean Relish

1 Can Black Beans (drained and rinsed)
1 bunch cilantro
1/2 red onion (diced)
lime juice
2 TBL EVOO
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
1. Drain and rinse beans
2. Mix wet ingredients
3. Mix in beans and toss to coat
4. Mix in all else and toss to mix
5. Marinate 1-3 hours, but never more than 3 hours

Berry Salad

Baby Spinach Leaves
Baby Arugula
3 Types of Berries: (eg) Raspberry, Strawberry, Blueberry
1 TBL Balsamic Vinegar
3 TBL Olive Oil
Grated Parmesean or Mozzerella to taste

Instructions
1. Emulsify oil and vinegar with whisk
2. Add a pinch of salt and mix again
3. Toss in leafy greens and gently toss, covering all leaves
4. Add half of your berries and toss again
5. Plate tossed salad mixture
6. Toss remaining fruit in remaining liquid
7. Top greens with remaining fruit
8. Sprinkle lightly with grated cheese

Beets with Cheese

1 Red Beet
1 Yellow Beet
1/2 CU goat cheese
Olive oil
Rice – cooked (cooking instructions not included here)
1 lemon

Instructions
1. Wash beets and cover with olive oil
2. Roast @ 350 for 60 minutes
3. Remove from oven and cover. Let sit for another hour
4. Peel (using a towel)
5. Dice Red beet into small cubes (reserve juice)
6. Julienne Yellow Beat into thin “toothpicks”
7. Squeeze lemon over both beets
8. Use round measuring cup with push cylinder (or ring mold)
9. Layer in center of plate with rice on bottom, then red beet, then goat cheese, then more red beet
10. Surround with scattered yellow beets
11. Drizzle reserved red beet juice in circle around “tower”
12. Serve with parsley or micro greens on the side of the plate

Tips: Cheese

SOFT CHEESES
Cover is light mold.
Mozzarella, provalone, or fontina cheese are fairly interchangeable

HARD CHEESES
Rind will be hard. It is actually not bad for you and can pack lots of flavor.  Use the crust of parmesan cheese rind to flavor and thicken your pasta sauce.  Remove it before serving.  Cheese is squeezed and compressed. Nutrition is about 14
times more than the milk used to make it.

Parmesean Cheese – Grate your own, don’t use the round green box either.

Eg: Cheddar, machengo, parmesean, gruyere

Lower fat content means stringier cheese.
Lower fat content means stringier cheese.

KEEP AND CARE OF CHEESE
Likes cool moist environment, but not COLD and not WET
Likes to breathe
Soft and medium in plastic container with a slice of apple.
Hard cheeses lightly wrapped in waxed paper secured with rubber band or aluminum foil.

MEDIUM CHEESES
Reddish or brown rind is more natural
Milk is pasturized at 145 degrees for 30 mintues
At 160 degrees for 15 seconds kills everything. Applies to most cheeses.
You can use dental floss to cut soft cheeses

FREEZING CHEESE
You can wrap cheese in Saran Wrap and then put it into a zipper lock bag. This will keep it for about three months.

GOOEY CHEESE
The melty stringy cheeses are those with a lower fat content.  That’s why low moisture, low fat mozzarella cheese is so great for pizza.  Mozzarella, provalone, or fontina cheese are fairly interchangeable

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