Food Recipes Collection

Choucroute Garnie Simple Recipe Ingredients: 3 pounds sauerkraut 1/2 pound chunk bacon 2 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup carrots, thinly sliced 1 cup onions, thinly sliced parsley sprigs 1 bay leaf 6 peppercorns 10 juniper berries (or 1/4 cup gin) 1 1/2 cups beef bouillon 3/4 cup water 1 cup dry white wine salt 1 2 to 3 pound smoked pork butt 1 kielbasa 4 knockwurst 3 smoked bratwurst 3 unsmoked veal sausages Instructions: Drain the sauerkraut. Place in a large bowl and cover with cold water. Soak for 20 minutes, changing the water twice. Drain again. Then take up large handfuls and squeeze out as much water as possible. Set aside. Remove the rind from the bacon and cut into strips about two inches long and one half inch wide. Blanch bacon by placing in a saucepan and covering with two quarts of cold water. Bring to a boil, then simmer 10 minutes. Drain. Melt the butter in a two and one half or three quart casserole. Add the blanched bacon, carrots and on...

Boston Baked Beans Simple Recipe I saw a request for Boston Baked Beans a little while back. This is the recipe my mom has used for years. Note that this is one dish that is often even better as leftovers than the first time around! BOSTON BAKED BEANS Ingredients: 1 pound pea or navy beans water 2 tsp. dry mustard pepper 1 tsp. salt 3 onions, quartered 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup molasses 2 Tbsp. sweet pickle juice or 2 Tbsp. vinegar with 1/8 tsp. each of ground cinnamon and cloves 1/4 pound salt pork Instructions: Pick over beans and wash. Cover with 3 cups of water and soak 8 hours or overnight. Then add 2 cups of water, mustard, 1/4 tsp. pepper and next 5 ingredients. Boil, covered, about 1 hour or until skins start to wrinkle. Start heating oven to 250 degrees F. Cut salt pork into cubes and place beans over pork in beanpot. Sprinkle with pepper and bake 6-8 hours or until tender. When beans are two-thirds baked, add about 3/4 cup water or just enou...

Avocado Salmon Sandwich Recipe Ingredients: 1 ripe avocado juice of 1 lemon 6 hamburger buns, split 2 cans (7 3/4 oz each) sockeye salmon, or 1 large can 6 slices process type Swiss cheese Sesame seeds Insructions: Preheat broiler to about 475F. Peel and slice avocado and sprinkle with part of the lemon juice. Divide avocado slices evenly over the bottoms of the hamburger buns. Drain salmon and break into chunks. Divide evenly over avocado slices, and sprinkle with remaining lemon juice. Top with second halves of the buns, then with cheese slices. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Broil about 8 inches from heat until cheese melts and the sandwiches are heated through. Garnish with dill pickles.

Classic Guacamole Simple Recipe Ingredients: 4 avocados, seeded and peeled 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 tomato, finely chopped 1/4 cup finely chopped onion 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin 3 5o 4 drops hot pepper sauce Tortilla chips Instructions: Using a fork, coarsely mash avocado with lemon juice and garlic. Stir in remaining ingredient to blend. Garnish as desired and serve with tortilla chips.

Spicy Nachos Supreme Simple Recipe Ingredients: 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce 1 can (4 ounces) diced green chiles 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper 1 green onion, sliced 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce 1 bag (10 ounces) tortilla chips 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese 1 avocado 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1/2 cup sour cream Jalapeno pepper slices, optional Instructions: Combine tomato sauce, chiles, green pepper, green onion and hot pepper sauce in bowl; let stand 15 minutes. Place tortilla chips in shallow 8 x 10 inch baking dish. Pour sauce over chips; sprinkle grated cheese over all. Broil nachos 3 minutes or until cheese melts. Just before serving, seed, peel and mash avocado. Stir in lemon juice. Spoon avocado mixture and sour cream on hot nachos and top with jalapeno slices. Serve immediately.

Avocado Mousse Melba Recipe Ingredients: 2 avocados, seeded, peeled and mashed 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1/2 cup lemon juice 2 cups heavy cream Raspberry Sauce Instructions: Blend avocados, milk and lemon juice in blender until smooth. Whip 1 cup heavy cream; fold avocado mixture into whipped cream. Spoon mixture into 4 cup serving dish; refrigerate 3 to 5 hours. Prepare Raspberry Sauce. Just before serving, whip remaining 1 cup heavy cream. Spoon 1/2 cup whipped cream on each plate. Spread into 5-inch circle with back of spoon. Drizzle a thin line of Raspberry Sauce in a circle near the center. Drizzle another thin line of Raspberry Sauce in circle 1 inch from outside edge of cream. Using a knife, draw through whipped cream and Raspberry Sauce beginning at center and going to outside edge. Spoon avocado mousse on side of whipped cream; serve with Raspberry Sauce. Raspberry Sauce Ingredients: 1 package (10 ounces) frozen raspberries 1/2 cup currant ...

Pesto Avocado Torta Simple Recipe Ingredients: Pesto 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened 2 cups butter, softened 2 avocados French bread Instructions: Prepare pesto. Line 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan with foil. Beat cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Spoon about 1 1/2 cups cream cheese mixture into bottom of loaf pan; spread evenly. Spread pesto over cream cheese layer. Spoon aonother 1 cup cream cheese mixture over pesto, spreading evenly. Halve, seed and peel avocados. Cut each half into 8 slices but do not pull apart. Lay sliced avocado halves on cream cheese layer and top with remaining cream cheese mixture. Cover and refrigerate 6 to 8 hours or overnight. Thirty minutes before serving, lift torta from loaf pan and remove foil. Serve with large slices of French bread. Pesto Ingredients: 1 cup fresh spinach 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/3 cup olive oil 1/4 cup pine nuts 1 cl...