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Pears
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Yummy Roasted Pears
Ingredients
Directions 1. Preheat oven to 375. 2. Core the pears. Place in a shallow baking dish and set aside. 3. Choose your sweetness option and combine in saucepan over heat. Drizzle pears with your sauce, and bake in the preheated oven for about 1 hour, or until tender. Baste with released juices occasionally during baking, and again just before serving.
Personalist Pear Bread Like other fruit breads, this is a great way to use up fruit. Make sure we have loaf pans.
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Directions
1. Preheat oven to 325. 2. Combine dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Make a well in the center of the bowl. 3. In a separate bowl combine the wet ingredients: oil, eggs, sugar, grated pears, pecans, and vanilla. Blend well. Add to well of dry ingredients. Stir until just moistened. Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8x5x3 inch loaf pans. 4. Bake for one hour and 15 minutes. Cool on wire rack before removing from the loaf pans.
Peas
Pacifist Pasta with Peas and Ham
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Peppers – Bell
Stuffed Bell Peppers The Karen House guests really like this! For a healthier version, you can also substitute beans for the meat.
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Directions: 1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. 2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in the onion and meat; cook and stir until the onion is tender, and the meat is no longer pink, about 7 minutes. 3. Stir in the rice, and seasonings; cook 5 minutes longer. Add the water; reduce the heat to medium-low, and continue cooking and stirring until the water has been completely absorbed by the rice, about 15 minutes. 4. Stir the broth and diced tomatoes together in an oven-proof dish that will just fit the peppers. Scoop the meat mixture into the bell peppers, and place them into the dish, and top with shredded cheese. 5. Bake in the preheated oven until the peppers are tender and the tomatoes are bubbly, about 45 minutes.
Steak and Pepper Fajitas
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Directions 1. Slice steak into strips; cook on the stove top with the lime juice. 2. Heat the oil in a skillet, add the Worcestershire sauce, pepper, salt, and paprika to the oil and stir. When the mixture is hot, add the onions and peppers and cook until the peppers are tender. Pour the mixture over the steak strips and serve immediately. Tortillas on the side.
Pumpkin
Bread Pudding in a Pumpkin Shell Great recipe to use up that stale bread and those rotting post-Halloween pumpkins, too! Serves 8-10.
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Black Bean and Pumpkin Quesadillas
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Potatoes
Cheesy Potato Casserole
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Directions 1. Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil; cover and cook until almost tender. Drain and cool. 2. In a large bowl, combine soup, half the cheese, sour cream, onions, salt and pepper; stir in potatoes. 3. Place in a greased baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. 4. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until heated through.
Roasted Potatoes Two Ways
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Directions 1. Cut each potato lengthwise into eight wedges. In a large bowl, combine the oil, shallots, and seasonings; add potatoes and toss to coat. Place in greased roasting pan. 2. Bake, uncovered, at 450 degrees F for 45-50 minutes or until tender and golden brown, turning every 15 minutes.
Parmesan Baked Potatoes
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Directions 1. Pour butter into a baking pan. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper over butter. Place potatoes with cut side down over cheese. 2. Bake uncovered, at 400 degrees F for 40-45 minutes or until tender.
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Directions 1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 45 minutes; drain. 2. Stir in butter, cheese, garlic, salt and oregano. Mash with a potato masher or with an electric mixer.
Raspberries
Raspberry Sour Cream Pie
Ingredients
Directions 1. Preheat oven to 400. 2. In a large bowl, beat eggs until light and lemon colored. Whisk in sour cream and vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix sugar, flour and salt together. Stir into egg mixture. Gently fold in raspberries. Divide into 2 unbaked pie crusts. 3. Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the center begins to set. Sprinkle with topping and return to oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until topping is golden brown. Allow to cool before serving. 4. To make the topping: In a medium bowl, mix together brown sugar, flour and chopped nuts. Cut in butter until crumbly.
Revolution Raspberry Cupcakes
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Directions 1. Line two 12 cup muffin pans with paper cup liners. In a medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, crushed pecans and melted margarine, mixing well to blend. Spoon mixture evenly into a muffin pan lined with paper cup liners. Press mixture with a spoon to firm bottom. Puree raspberries and set aside. 2. Beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add condensed milk and 1 cup of the raspberry puree and mix until well blended. Fold in whipped topping. 3. Spoon evenly into baking cups. Freeze for at least 5 hours. When ready to serve, remove paper liners. Invert cakes onto individual serving plates. Drizzle remaining raspberry puree over cakes. Garnish with a few whole raspberries. Serve frozen.
Rutabaga
Sweet Rutabaga (Ultimate Frisbee) Discs
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Strawberries
Strawberry Bread Makes enough to fill four loaf pans Ingredients
Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour four 9 x 5 inch loaf pans. 2. Slice strawberries, and place in medium-sized bowl. Sprinkle lightly with sugar, and set aside while preparing bread mixture. 3. Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and baking soda in large bowl: mix well. Blend oil and eggs into strawberries. Add strawberry mixture to flour mixture, blending until dry ingredients are just moistened. Stir in pecans. Divide batter into pans. 4. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, or until tester inserted comes out clean. Let cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes. Turn loaves out, and cool completely.
Easy Strawberry Jam Makes 5 cups of jam.
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Directions 1. In a wide bowl, crush strawberries in batches until you have 4 cups of mashed berry. 2. In a heavy bottomed saucepan, mix together the strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice. Stir over low heat until the sugar is dissolved. 3. Increase heat to high, and bring the mixture to a full rolling boil. Boil, stirring often, until the mixture reaches 220 degrees. 4. If the jam is going to be eaten right away, place in jar and refrigerate. 5. To preserve jam, transfer to hot sterile jars, leaving 1/4 to 1/2 inch headspace, and seal. Process in a water bath. Spinach
Cream of Spinach Soup
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Easy Fried Spinach
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Winter Squash (Common Types: butternut, spaghetti, acorn)
Easy Roasted Squash Ingredients
Directions 1. Preheat oven to 400. 2. Peel and cube the winter squash. 2. Toss with oil, garlic, salt and pepper 3. Bake for at least 30 minutes, until tender.
What to do when a Spaghetti Squash Rolls In
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Directions 1. Don’t panic! This is fun! 2. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease a baking sheet. 3. Place spaghetti squash cut sides down on the prepared baking sheet, and bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a sharp knife can be inserted with only a little resistance. Remove squash from oven, and set aside to cool enough to be easily handled. 4. Meanwhile, heat oil in a skillet and sauté onion in oil until tender. Add garlic, and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, and cook only until tomatoes are warm. 5. Use a fork to peel the stringy pulp from the squash, and place in a medium bowl. Toss with the sautéed vegetables, cheese, and seasonings. Serve warm.
Cheesy Squash with Garlic!
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Directions 1. Preheat oven to 400. 2. In a large bowl, combine the cheese and seasonings. Add squash and toss to coat. 3. Transfer to a baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 400 degrees F for 50-55 minutes or until squash is just tender.
Summer Squash (Common types: zucchini, yellow crookneck)
Zucchini and Tomato Gratin (or, zucchini, cheese, tomatoes, oh my!)
Ingredients
Directions 1. Preheat oven to 375. 2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and spread the zucchini slices into the skillet in a single layer. If they don't fit, cook them in batches. Sprinkle pieces of garlic over the zucchini, and cook until the zucchini are golden brown on both sides, about 8 minutes per side. Remove from heat. 3. Arrange the slices of zucchini in a hotel pan, alternating with slices of mozzarella cheese and tomato, so that the slices overlap each other in a neat row pattern. Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese and basil over the dish, and season to taste with salt and pepper. 4. Bake in the preheated oven until the cheese is melted and brown and the dish is bubbling, about 30 minutes.
Zucchini Cornbread Casserole Makes 16 servings
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Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 2 quart casserole dish. 2. In a large bowl mix EVERYTHING, saving half the cheese to sprinkle on top. 3. Bake for 60 minutes.
Stuffed Zucchini
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Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 2. Trim stems from zucchini and slice lengthwise. Scoop out seeds and put in bowl. Mix seeds with sausage, garlic, bread crumbs, and parmesan cheese. Stuff squash with sausage mixture and place in baking pan. Pour sauce over squash and cover pan with foil. 3. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until sausage is cooked. Remove foil and cover with mozzarella cheese. Cook until cheese is melted.
Sweet potatoes
Fancy Sweet Potato Casserole
Ingredients
Directions 1. Preheat oven to 325. Put sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan with water to cover. Cook over medium high heat until tender; drain and mash. 2. In a large bowl, mix together the sweet potatoes, sugar, eggs, salt, butter, milk and vanilla. Mix until smooth. Transfer to a baking dish. 3. In medium bowl, mix the sugar and flour. Cut in the butter until the mixture is coarse. Stir in the pecans. Sprinkle the mixture over the sweet potato mixture. 4. Bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes, or until the topping is lightly brown.
Solidarity Sweet Potato Fries
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Directions 1. Preheat oven to 400. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spay or vegetable oil. 2. In a large bowl, mix oil and paprika. Add potato sticks, and stir by hand to coat. Place on the prepared baking sheet. 3. Bake 40 minutes in the preheated oven. Tastes great a little blackened.
Tomatoes
Fresh Tomato Soup: When the Tomatoes Come Rolling in!
Ingredients
Directions 1. In a stockpot, over medium heat, combine the tomatoes, onion, cloves and broth. Bring to a boil, and gently boil for about 20 minutes to blend all of the flavors. Remove from heat and blend the mixture with an immersion blender or food mill in a large bowl. 2. In the stockpot, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the flour to make a roux (which is a cooked mixture of flour and a cooking fat used to thicken sauces and gravies), cooking until the roux is a medium brown. Gradually whisk in a bit of the tomato mixture, so that no lumps form, then stir in the rest. Season with sugar and salt, and adjust to taste.
Tomato and Bread Soup Ingredients
Directions 1. Heat 4 tablespoons olive oil in a large stockpot over medium heat. Stir the pepper flakes into the oil and add the bread cubes. Cook the bread cubes until lightly brown. Remove bread cubes to paper towels, reserving the oil in the stockpot. 2. Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into the stockpot. Cook the garlic and onion in the oil until the onion has softened, about 5 minutes. 3. Stir in the tomatoes, basil and drained bread cubes; cook about 10 minutes. Add the broth, parsley, and Parmesan cheese to the tomato mixture; bring to a boil. 4. Reduce heat to low and simmer 20 to 30 minutes. Garnish with basil before serving.
Sliced Tomatoes with Vinaigrette
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Directions 1. In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the vinegar, oil, sugar, seasoned salt and pepper; shake well. Serve over tomatoes and lettuce.
Peter Maurin Pasta Sauce
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Directions 1. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook the tomatoes in the melted butter until they begin to fall apart, 5 to 7 minutes. 2. Add the basil, olive oil, garlic salt, salt, and pepper. Slowly stir the flour into the mixture and cook until it begins to thicken, 5 to 7 minutes. 3. Stir the water through the mixture to break up any lumps of the flour. Mix the garlic into the sauce and simmer another 5 minutes. Serve hot.
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