Chopped Italian Salad

Chop all ingredients into bite size pieces. Place in a large bowl. Add olive oil, vinegar, garlic powder and oregano and mix. Add grated romano and mix again. Serve

Ada's Spaghetti Casserole

Prepare pasta according to the package, slightly undercook it. Cut bacon into ½ inch dice, sauté in frying pan until slightly brown, add olive oil and onions and cook until onions are translucent. Add in the juice from the can of tomatoes, cut or break the whole tomatoes into pieces and add to pan. Add garlic powder and half the Romano cheese. Stir and add cooked pasta, mix thoroughly, pour into a oven-proof casserole, sprinkle remaining Romano on top and bake at 350 until top is browned, about 50 minutes.

Easy Veggie Chili

Peel, seed and roast acorn squash. Cut into bite size pieces. Cut vegetables into bite size pieces. Cut dates in half. Sauté onions, peppers in oil until softened, add garlic, cook for 2 minutes, and add remaining ingredients. Simmer for 20 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Add optional hot sauce or pepper flakes.

French Bread

Dissolve the yeast in 2/3 cup of tepid (105 degree)
water. Allow to stand for 10 minutes to proof yeast.
(bubbles). Add flour, salt and additional tepid water
to the mixer bowl. Use the bread hook attachment
and mix until a large ball forms, Add a sprinkle
more of flour if dough is too sticky. Spray another
large bowl with Pam or oil and place dough in
bottom; cover with plastic wrap and allow to double
in size in a draft-free area. (1-11/2 hours). Remove
to a floured flat surface and punch down into a ball.
Place back in the bowl and repeat the rising.
Remove dough to a flat surface and cut into 4
pieces. Punch each piece down, fold back into the
top of the front, and the sides into each other.
Shape dough into the shape you wish. Place on
floured surface on parchment paper, cover with a
towel and let rise for 30 minutes.

Heat oven to 400 degrees, (place pizza stones in
oven if available) Allow the stones or oven to pre-
heat for at least 30 minutes. Slide bread and
parchment paper onto an upside down cookie
sheet. Slash top of bread with a sharp knife in two
or three places. Carefully place in oven, still on the
parchment, bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until brown
and hollow sounding when you thump the bottom.
Remove to a cooling rack. May be frozen. before
or after baking.

Note: For rolls divide the dough into equal logs, cut
logs into equal pieces , place each roll in the palm
of your hand and pinch the sides toward the middle
. Place on parchment, pinched side down, and
allow to rise for 20 minutes. Bake as above.

Grilled Pork Chops

Put oil on a paper towel and wipe grill. Salt and pepper the chops. Grill 3-5 minutes on one side, rotating 90 degrees to make grill marks. Cook 2 - 4 minutes on the other side. Drizzle the lemon juice on top of chops prior to serving.

Shown here with spaghetti squash and More than Spinach recipe.

Suggested Meal Plan!

Spaghetti Squash

Microwave the whole squash on high for 3-4 minutes. Remove squash; cut in half and remove seeds with a large spoon. Brush olive oil on squash; salt and pepper to taste and place in a preheated 350-degree oven. Cook for 20-25 minutes until tender. Remove squash; run a fork, tines down, along the length of the squash. The flesh will come out looking like spaghetti. Place in bowl, season with remaining oil, salt and pepper.

Mixed Vegetables

Place vegetables in a microwavable dish, heat on high for 3 minutes. Stir and heat an additional 2-3 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Chicken Louisiana

Place oil in pan, brown chicken; add celery and onions sauté for 3 minutes, add chicken broth and tomato paste, reserving 2 oz of the chicken broth. Cook for about 20 minutes, until chicken is done. Add remaining chicken stock to corn starch, add to pan, stir. Salt to taste, add hot sauce to taste.

Serve with rice and salad.

White Rice

Place all ingredients in a microwavable bowl. Mix and cook, covered on high for 15 minutes.

Best Barbequed Hamburgers

Shape ground beef into patties, salt and pepper to taste. Mix sliced onions with barbeque sauce, set aside. Mix together Roquefort cheese, mayonnaise, red wine vinegar and hot pepper sauce to taste. Place onion slices on hot oiled grill. Grill 5 minutes on each side and remove. Grill beef patties until thoroughly cooked and top with spoonful of Roquefort and mayonnaise mixture. Let mixture get hot then remove burgers to buns and top with barbequed onions.

Creamy Scalloped Potatoes

Slice potatoes as thinly as you can. Place in a large bowl. Add cream, cheese, fresh thyme, salt and pepper; mix thoroughly. Pour into an oven-proof casserole and bake at 250 degrees for 50- 60 minutes, until lightly browned.

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