Share-a-Meal Plans: Mom's Out of Town
Chopped Italian Salad | Sunday Roasted Chicken | Dad's Mashed Potatoes | Apple Hazelnut Tart
Chopped Italian Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Mom's Out of Town (Share-a-Meal Plans) |
| 6 | oz | lettuce, mixed |
| 0.5 | cup | tomatoes, cherry |
| 1 | small | cucumbers, sliced |
| 1 | Tb | onions, chopped |
| 2 | oz | cheese, Romano |
| 1 | small | celery ribs |
| 3 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 0.25 | cup | mushrooms, sliced |
| 0.125 | cup | olives, green |
| 2 | oz | salami |
| 3 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | tsp | oregano, dried |
| 3 | Tb | vinegar, red wine |
| 1 | tsp | garlic powder |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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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
Sunday Roasted Chicken
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Chicken Entrée |
| Meal: | Mom's Out of Town (Share-a-Meal Plans) |
| 6 | lb | chicken, whole, oven-stuffer |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 1 | tsp | salt and pepper to taste |
| 2 | medium | lemons |
| 1 | medium | garlic, whole head |
| 1 | 14 oz. can | chicken broth |
| 1 | Tb | cornstarch |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Rinse and dry chicken thoroughly. Cover outside with olive oil, sprinkle salt and pepper over skin. Cut one lemon in half; cut garlic head in half, and place both inside cavity of chicken. Place in an over-proof roaster pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, roast chicken for 15-17 minutes per pound or until juices run clear. Place broth and lemon, cut in half, in a saucepan on stove, and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove chicken from pan, place pan on top of stove. Remove lemon from broth, add chicken broth, reserving 1/2 cup, to roasting pan and stir. Add cornstarch to reserved chicken broth, stir broth into roasting pan, and cook on low until thickened. Salt and pepper to taste. Remove garlic, discard garlic skin, and add cloves to gravy. Remove and discard lemon halves inside of the chicken.
Serve with gravy on side.
Dad's Mashed Potatoes
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Starch / Pasta |
| Meal: | Mom's Out of Town (Share-a-Meal Plans) |
| 7 | large | potatoes |
| 2 | Tb | salt, kosher |
| 1 | cup | sour cream |
| 4 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Peel potatoes, cook in large pot with salted water to cover until fork tender. Remove, drain and place in large bowl. Cut butter into small pieces. Add butter and sour cream to bowl. Using an electric mixture, mix until all lumps and gone. Salt and pepper to taste.
Note: Never use a food processor for potatoes, as they will turn to glue in the processor
Apple Hazelnut Tart
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Mom's Out of Town (Share-a-Meal Plans) |
| 1 | cup | hazelnuts, toasted |
| 0.333 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 0.66 | cup | flour, all-purpose |
| 8 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 1 | tsp | vanilla |
| 1 | large | egg |
| 3 | large | apples, peeled and sliced |
| 2 | oz | bourbon, Jack Daniels |
| 0.25 | cup | sugar, brown |
| 1 | Tb | cinnamon. ground |
| 0.333 | cup | apricot jam |
| 0.333 | cup | caramel sauce |
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Place nuts, white sugar and flour in food processor. Blend until nuts are ground into flour. With processor running add butter in pieces, along with vanilla and egg. When dough forms place in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 20 minutes. Peal and core apples, slice into thin slices. Place in bowl with bourbon. Press dough into greased tart pan, bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, until golden brown. Cool, arrange apple slices in circle, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. Brush entire top, including crust with jam and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Drizzle with caramel sauce* and serve.
Note: *See Carmel Sauce recipe
