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Good morning to everyone. I have just returned from a night shift. It was not
terribly busy. I am grateful that I was able to work on today's issue yesterday
as today is going to be a busy one for me. I will try to sleep some, then have a
fundraiser to attend at 1:00. Afterwards, I drive my daughter about 40 miles
from here to stay the remainder of the weekend with her older sister. Then I go
in for a 12-hour shift. Somehow I must make time to finish up tomorrow's issue,
the final theme for this month of recipes using five ingredients or less.
Our friend, Maxine, expressed a desire for more simple recipes which help her as
she has some special physical needs. So...I will add quite a few of my own to
help out. I love it when something we do here at A to Z Recipes fills a need for
someone. It makes the time spent here more worthwhile (and especially when the
benefactor acknowledges). If ever I can help you with anything, please do not
hesitate to ask. I will do my best to accommodate any special requests. I ask
that you please consult your doctor and nutritionist for any special dietary
needs. I am not qualified to give direction and can only offer recipes that I
feel may suit your needs. We are all just recipe collectors and cooking
enthusiasts. To my knowledge, none of us are "experts". Eat wisely.
In today's issue we have some great recipes and other things I believe you may
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helped make it possible. A publication of this size takes a lot of work...TEAM
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Ramblings...
Those Who Love You
Shared by Linda, CA
If anyone should hurt you
And say a thing unkind,
Remember what I tell you,
And keep these things in mind.
For every one who makes you cry,
There are three who make you smile,
And a smile will last a long, long time,
But a tear just a little while!
If someone says a thing that's cruel,
Don't let it get to you,
There's so much good about you,
And your faults are very few.
So if a certain someone
Should act a certain way,
Just think of those who love you
And don't let it ruin your day.
Don't let someone who hates the world
Cause you to hate it too,
For behind the clouds is a golden sun,
And a sky that's bright and blue!
- Author Unknown
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Did You Know?...
KITCHEN TIPS
Shared by Jean, Syracuse, NY
To keep the unused portion of cottage cheese from becoming "soupy", replace the
lid tightly and store UPSIDE DOWN in your refrigerator.
If you put too much salt in a sauce, drop in a potato while the sauce is
simmering and it will absorb much of the salt.
Refrigerate cookie dough prior to baking to prevent the cookies from spreading
and going flat.
When rolling out pie dough, biscuits, ect, dampen counter top and then cover it
with plastic wrap. Dampening it will prevent the plastic from moving and when
your finished, you can just roll up the plastic wrap and through it away. No
mess!
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Hi Maggie,
Oops.
Guess I forgot to include that you had to bake the bread in one or two
(depending on the size of the pans) greased loaf pan(s) for about 35-50 minutes
at 350... sorry.
(the strawberry jam is supposed to "swirl" in the batter)
Hugs,
Jessica (Corfu, Greece)
Jessica,
Thanks for writing. I should have noticed that before posting and certainly
appreciate your correction. Your recipes are always perfect and I have used some
of them (to my children's delight!). Here is the entire recipe again:
BANANA JAM BREAD
~Submitted by Jessica, Corfu, Greece
1/2 c. shortening
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 c. mashed ripe bananas
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 c. all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. strawberry jam
1 c. chopped pecans
Cream the shortening; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add
eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine banana and lemon
juice; stir into creamed mixture. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to
creamed mixture, stirring, just until moist. Stir in jam and pecans.
Bake the bread in one or two (depending on the size of the pans) greased loaf pan(s) for about 35-50 minutes at 350.
(the strawberry jam is supposed to "swirl" in the batter)
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Next Monthly Theme...
Recipes Mom Used to Make
Did you swear by your Mom’s Chicken and Dumplings? Was her Meatloaf simply the best in the world? How about the way she used to make creamy Rice Pudding? Perhaps your Mother’s prize recipe was one handed down to her by her own Mother and she shared it with you. This topic should yield some of the finest theme recipes since A to Z Recipes began as we hope to share precious memories from our childhood with the “family” here. When you send along your prized favorites, I hope you will also share something about yourself, your Mother, and how the family reacted to the recipe being served. I love this theme and hope you will too...maybe enough to pass along a couple of your favorites with all of us? In honor of Mother’s Day, please send along your “Recipes Mom Used to Make”. My thanks go to Pam H. from Swanton, OH, for the great theme idea! Now, here is the NEW set of rules:
A to Z Recipes continues with its popular Theme Issues. We will share theme recipes and post them on the first Sunday of each month. Send your recipes no later than the last Friday of each month to have them posted in the next monthly theme issue. You may send in TWO of your favorite theme recipes and in ONE email. If the number of recipes exceeds those needed in the issue, the publisher will post as many from every submitter as possible and save the remaining recipes for the following Sundays of that month. The rules for recipe submissions for the monthly theme issues are the same as ALL recipes submitted for posting.
The rules are as follows:
As a service to your fellow readers, please send only recipes that are in a form that others could easily copy and save for their own use. Recipes that would require a lot of editing or cleaning up or use non-standard measurements should not be submitted. Recipes without a name and location of sender may NOT be posted or posted without any credit given. There will be NO recipes posted that are from other recipe-zines. A to Z Recipes protects the privacy of its readers and does NOT publish email addresses. There will be no exceptions.
The deadline for May's theme issue is Friday, April 30th.
Theme recipes must have subject: "Recipes Mom Used to Make" and will be posted on Sunday, May 2nd.
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Crazy Corner...
Who Should Let Go?
Shared by Dee, TX
Eleven people were hanging on a rope under a helicopter - ten men and one woman.
The rope was not strong enough to carry them all, so they decided that one has
to drop off. Otherwise they were all going to fall. They were not able to choose
that person, but then the woman made a very touching speech.
She said that she would voluntarily let go of the rope, because as a woman, she
was used to giving up everything for her husband and kids, and for men in
general, without ever getting anything in return. As soon as she finished her
speech, all the men started clapping their hands...
SEND THIS STORY TO AN INTELLIGENT WOMAN, SO THAT SHE HAS SOMETHING TO SMILE
ABOUT TODAY.
You know you are living in 2004 when...
Shared by Jean, Syracuse, NY
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends is that they don't have
e-mail addresses.
6. When you go home after a long day at work you still answer the phone in a
business manner.
7. When you make phone calls from home, you accidentally dial "9" to get an
outside line.
8. You've sat at the same desk for four years and worked for three different
companies.
10. You learn about your redundancy on the 11 o'clock news.
11. Your boss doesn't have the ability to do your job.
12. Contractors outnumber permanent staff and are more likely to get
long-service awards.
AND THE REAL CLINCHERS ARE...
13. You read this entire list, and kept nodding and smiling.
14. As you read this list, you think about forwarding it to your "friends."
15. You are too busy to notice there was no #9
16. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9
17. AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
Finally..... you forward this to your friends.
How did I get here...
Shared by Mary Jane, Stockton, CA
A 2nd grader asked her mother the age-old question: How did I get here? Her
mother told her, "God sent you."
"Did God send you, too?" asked the child. "Yes, Dear," the mother replied.
"What about Grandma and Grandpa?" the child persisted. "He sent them also," the
mother said.
"Did he send their parents, too?" asked the child. "Yes, Dear, He did," said the
mother patiently.
"So you're telling me that there has been no sex in this family for 200 years?"
No wonder everyone's so damn grouchy around here.
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Your Favorites...
CREAM CHEESE SHORTCAKE SQUARES
~Sent in by Larry Holmes, Ontario, Canada
2 cups Bisquick basking mix
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
½ cup sugar
2 egg yolks
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
2 cups cut-up mixed fruit
Heat oven to 375° F. Mix baking mix and 2 tablespoons sugar. Cut in butter.
Press in ungreased square pan, 8x8x2 inches. Bake until edges are light brown,
about 10 minutes.
Mix remaining ingredients except fruit; pour over baked layer. Bake until edges
are golden brown, about 35 minutes. Serve with fruit.
Makes 9 servings.
BAKED SPUD WEDGES
~Submitted by Linda, CA
6 large potatoes
1/2 cup flour
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/3 cup butter
Quarter potatoes and then cut in small chunks. Moisten with water. Mix cheese,
salt, pepper and flour in a paper sack. Drop potatoes into sack and shake to
coat potatoes. Put coated potatoes in a shallow baking pan. Melt butter and
drizzle over potatoes. Bake 1 hour at 375°, turning once after 30 minutes.
YAM BISCUITS
~Submitted by Treva, NC
A breakfast bread from the Cajun country, delicious served hot with butter.
Leftover biscuits can be wrapped in plastic, then unwrapped and reheated for 4
to 5 minutes in a hot oven.
1 large or 2 small yams or sweet potatoes (1/2 cup baked and mashed)
2 cups flour
1 tablespoons baking powder
1 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons sugar
1/4 cups vegetable shortening
1/2 cups milk
Bake and mash the yams. Sift the dry ingredients together into a large mixing
bowl. Mix in the shortening and mashed yams with an electric beater (at
medium-low speed) or a whisk, until they are evenly distributed and the mixture
appears light and crumbly (about 2 minutes). Gradually add the milk, continuing
to mix just until the ingredients are evenly dampened; do not beat.
Flour a marble pastry surface or board and turn the contents of the bowl out
onto it. Knead lightly for about 30 to 45 seconds, just until a slightly moist,
streaky looking dough is formed. Roll out gently to a thickness of 3/4 inch and
cut out biscuits with a biscuit cutter. As the biscuits are cut, place them
about 1-1/2 inches apart on an ungreased heavy baking sheet. Pat the leftover
pieces of dough together gently with your hands and again roll out lightly, as
indicated above. Cut the remaining biscuits from the patted-together dough. If
necessary, pat any leftover dough together once again, then roll out and cut,
until all the dough is used up.
Bake on the middle rack of a preheated 450-degree F. oven for 12 to 15 minutes,
or until the biscuits are lightly browned on top and appear flaky. Set to cool
for about 5 minutes on a cake rack. Serve warm, with butter.
Yield: 1 dozen
CRABMEAT SHARMAN
~Submitted by Jean, Syracuse, NY
2 (8-ounces) packages cream cheese
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
4 tablespoons grated onion
1 tablespoon cream style horseradish
2 tablespoons milk
13 ounces crabmeat (fresh)
Juice of 1 lemon
Worcestershire sauce
Mix all ingredients together until smooth. Add a dash of Worcestershire sauce
and juice of lemon. Bake in 10-inch buttered pie plate for 30 minutes at 350°.
Cover with a sprinkle of paprika.
SPICY ORANGE BEEF
~Submitted by Ingrid, Coos Bay, OR
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 and 1/2 pounds London broil
1/2 pound snow peas
1 8-oz. can sliced water chestnuts
Sauce:
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup rice wine
1/2 cup water
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. sesame oil
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp. orange rind, grated
1 clove garlic, minced
1 Tbsp. fresh ginger, grated
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
1 tsp. red pepper flakes
Combine sauce ingredients and mix well. Set aside.
Cut London broil into 1 inch pieces and trim away fat. Heat oil in a large
skillet or wok and brown beef. Remove beef and set aside. Stir-fry snow peas for
several minutes until crisp-tender. Add water chestnuts and then sauce
ingredients and beef and stir-fry until sauce thickens. Serve hot with hot rice.
The Skinny: Use low sodium soy sauce and low sugar orange juice. You could
probably leave out the beef or use tofu in place of the beef but we have not
tried this.
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Heart Healthy...
TOMATO, CORN AND BASIL SOUP
~Submitted by Larry Holmes, Ontario, Canada
1 cup finely chopped onion
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3 - 4 cloves garlic, minced
28 ounces canned ground tomatoes
1 cup purified water
3 cups fresh corn kernels cut from cob,
OR
1 pound frozen sweet corn
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
1 cup finely chopped fresh basil
Sauté the onions in the olive oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat until they
just begin to brown. Add the garlic and sauté for a minute, stirring constantly. Pour in the tomatoes and cook stirring occasionally, until they give
up their juice. Cover and continue cooking for about 5 minutes.
Add the water and corn to the soup and cook until the corn is soft and the
kernels lose their raw taste, about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt
and pepper. Stir in the basil, mix well, remove from heat, and serve
immediately.
Serves 4
Per serving: Calories: 191; fat: 8 g (saturated fat: 1 g); (38% of calories from
fat); protein: 5 g; carbohydrates: 31 g; fiber 4 g;
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For Two...
BEAN SALAD
~Submitted by Jean, Syracuse, NY
From Cooking for 1 or 2
1 can 8 oz - kidney beans
1 can (8oz) garbanzo beans
1 jar (6oz.) marinated artichoke hearts, undrained
small onion, sliced
3 tbsp. wine vinegar
1 tbsp. sugar
¼ tsp. salt
½ tsp. celery seed
½ tsp. mustard seed
Rinse beans with water and drain. In a mixing bowl, combine all ingredients.
Chill several hours or overnight before serving. Makes 3 cups.
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Publisher's Choice...
FAJITAS
1 pound beef top round steak, cut 1/2 inch thick
Juice of 1 to 2 limes (1/3 cup juice)
1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
4 flour tortillas, warmed (6 inch diameter)
1 cup each shredded lettuce and chopped tomato
1/4 cup each sliced green onions and shredded low fat cheese
Trim excess fat from steak. Pound steak to 1/4 inch thickness. Place steak in
plastic bag: sprinkle both sides of steak with lime juice, garlic salt and
pepper. Tie bag securely and marinate in refrigerator 6 to 8 hours. Drain
marinade; discard. Broil steak over medium-hot coals *2 to 3 minutes on each
side. Carve cross grain into thin slices. To serve, place an equal amount of
lettuce, tomato, beef strips, onions and cheese on each tortilla. Yield: 4
servings.
*Steak may also be pan-broiled in heavy, non-stick frying pan or griddle over medium-high
heat 5 to 7 minutes, turning occasionally.
Beef Calories: 153 per serving
Total Calories: 273 per serving
 
Nonstick Double Burner Griddle 13 x 20 - by All-Clad
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