Chicken Cacciatore

Brown chicken in oil, add onions, mushrooms and garlic sauté for 3 minutes. Add remaining ingredients, simmer for 30 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.

Note: If you prefer red sauce, add 1 LB diced tomatoes, 2 TB tomato paste and substitute red wine for the white wine.

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Pencil Points

Cook pasta according to instruction on the package. Heat sauce and pour over pasta, Sprinkle grated cheese and chopped basil over top.

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

Cuban Paninis

Layer thinly sliced pork roast, ham, cheese slices, and dill pickle slices on four pieces of bread. Spread other pieces of bread with mustard. Butter both sides of sandwich and cook on panini grill until cheese is hot and melted.

Note: no panini grill; use a grill pan with a heavy pan on top to hold the panini down.

Shown in picture with corn and pasta with herbs

Betty's German Potato Salad

Boil potatoes with the skins on for 25 minutes or so, until they are just tender without falling apart. Cook bacon in a large pan. Remove when browned; add onions to the pan and sauté until just tender, not crispy. Add vinegar and oil. Peel potatoes when they are still warm and cut into bite size pieces. Cut bacon in a large dice, add back to pan and then pour mixture over potatoes. Let stand on counter for an hour, stirring occasionally to blend. Add salt to taste. May be refrigerated at this point; be sure to allow the potato salad to come to room temperature prior to serving.

Honey Mustard Salmon

Put mustard, honey, thyme and bouillon in sauce pan and warm. Place salmon in oven proof pan, paint top of filets with mixture. Gently add enough court bouillon to sides of filets to cover 2/3 of filets, be careful not to wash off mixture. Place under broiler until golden brown, remove and place on stove top, add more bouillon to 2/3 level again. Poach slowly until done. Should take a few minutes, depending on the thickness of filets.

Optional: Reduce pan juices by half, add 1 TB butter and pour over filets.

Creamy Polenta

Simmer milk, cream and broth for 5 minutes. Add cornmeal and stir continually until polenta reaches a thick, creamy texture. Stir in cheese and place butter on top just prior to serving.

Carrots

Place carrots in a microwavable dish, heat on high for 4 minutes. Stir and heat an additional 3-4 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Beckie's Crockpot Salsa Chicken

Rinse the black beans. Mix all ingredients together in a crockpot. Cook for 6-7 hours on low. Shred chicken.
Serve over rice.

Bread - Honey Moist Cornbread

Heat oven to 400 degrees
Stir all dry ingredients then add the remaining ingredients
Pour onto a greased 9-inch pan
Bake for 20-25 minutes. ( for best results use a cast iron frying pan. Place in oven 10 minutes prior to baking, add 1 Tb of butter to pan then add the batter)

My wife has a sweet tooth; she recommends doubling the honey if you are making the cornbread for breakfast.

Jamaican Jerk Pork Tenderloin

Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor,with the exception of the pork and the PAM, and process until smooth.
Slice pork lengthwise, cutting to but not through, other side. Open halves, lying each side flat. Slice each half lengthwise,
cutting to but not through other side, open flat. Combine pork and green onion mixture in a dish or large Zip-lock bag. Cover or seal; marinate in refrigerator 3 to 24 hours. Remove pork from dish or bag; discard remaining marinade. Prepare grill. Place on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 8 minutes on each side or until meat thermometer registers 160 degrees.

Hint: If you like more heat, add one extra habanera pepper!!

Garlic Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Peel sweet potatoes, cook in a large pot of salted water (2 Tb) until fork tender. Melt butter in a small sauté pan, add garlic briefly, and cook until in just starts to change color. *
Drain potatoes, place in mixing bowl, and add garlic, butter and sour cream. Mix using an electric mixer until there no lumps. Salt and pepper to taste.

Note: Don't overcook the garlic, as it will become bitter.

Note: Never use a food processor for potatoes, as they will become glue in the processor.

Green Bean Bundles

Roll six or seven whole green bean in bacon strips (cut in half) to make bundles. Place in 9 by 13 pan. Heat remaining ingredients in saucepan until butter is melted. Pour over bundles. Bake covered in 350-degree oven for 30 minutes- then uncover and bake 15 more minutes.

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