Apple Style Omelets
You’ll be pleasantly surprised by how delicious apples and eggs taste cooked together! Serve warm with maple syrup or apple butter.

Melt butter in a sizable frying pan or skillet over medium heat.

Apples should be added and sauteed until soft but not fully cooked.

A medium-sized skillet or an omelet pan should be heated.

Eggs, cream, salt, pepper, and sugar are whisked together.

Fill the omelet pan with the egg mixture.

Place half of the apple mixture on top of the eggs once the bottom of the omelet has started to set.

Fold over the omelet cover after the bottom of the omelet has finished cooking.

Serve warm, topped or accompanied by the remaining apples.

ArnoldGreg November 30, 2023

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Provincial Beef Stew
A hearty stew with plenty of vegetables and a subtle orange twist. Great on a cold winter day.

Lightly dust meat with flour.

Half of the oil should be heated over medium-high heat in a big skillet.

Cook meat in batches for 6 to 8 minutes or until evenly browned, adding more oil as necessary.

Move to a sizable oven-safe casserole.

Drain the majority of the skillet’s oil.

Garlic and thyme should be sautéed for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the garlic is soft.

Add tomatoes stock and vinegar, stirring to remove any browned bits while forking the tomatoes.

Once at a boil, pour over the meat.

Orange juice, pepper, and orange rind should be added.

Casserole dish is covered.

Bake for one hour at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Add onions, mushrooms, and carrots after mixing.

For 40 minutes, bake.

ArnoldGreg November 29, 2023

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Smoked Paprika Vinaigrette
Both a salad dressing and a marinade, this zesty smoked paprika vinaigrette with mustard, honey, lime, and garlic is delicious!

Blend red wine vinegar honey mustard lime juice pepper salt paprika garlic onion oregano and sugar together in a blender until thoroughly mixed.

Drizzle olive oil into mixture while blending on low.

Chill at least 1 hour before serving.

ArnoldGreg November 28, 2023

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Truly Coconutty Cream Pie
Enjoy coconuts? This fluffy pie will satisfy your craving for coconut thanks to the coconut milk, coconut rum, and an abundance of coconut.

To make the crust combine the flour salt cold butter and cold shortening in the bowl of a food processor.

Pulse until the butter and shortening are the size of small peas.

Transfer the mixture to a bowl.

Add the coconut water and rum 1 tablespoon at a time tossing with a fork to mix.

When the mixture can be squeezed into a ball wrap it with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Grease an 8-inch pie pan.

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface into a 12-inch circle.

Carefully transfer the dough to the pie pan.

Trim the edges and fold the dough under itself; crimp the crust.

Cover loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

ArnoldGreg November 27, 2023

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Grilled Asparagus, Red Bell Pepper, and Portobello Mushrooms
Asparagus, red bell pepper, and portobello mushrooms are tossed in a simple vinaigrette and grilled to perfection. Serve as a side dish or a topping for pasta or salad.

For the vinaigrette, combine the olive oil, vinegar, Dijon, sugar, salt, and pepper in a small bowl and whisk to combine.

Add bell pepper, asparagus, and mushrooms to a sizable resealable bag.

Combine everything by tossing it together thoroughly.

Lightly oil the grate and preheat an outdoor grill to medium heat.

Place an aluminium foil-lined vegetable pan on the preheated grill.

Vegetables with vinaigrette should be added to the grill pan.

Grill vegetables for 5 to 7 minutes, or until desired level of softness or crunchiness.

ArnoldGreg November 26, 2023

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Slow Cooker Pasta e Fagioli Soup
Prepare this wholesome, easy take on Olive Garden’s pasta e fagioli in a slow cooker, made with ground turkey, ditalini, beans, and vegetables.

A large skillet should be heated to medium-high.

Cook and stir ground turkey with onion, celery, and garlic in a hot skillet for 5 to 7 minutes, or until the turkey is browned and crumbly.

Drain and get rid of grease.

Put in a slow cooker.

Add the tomato sauce, kidney beans, and great northern beans.

salt, pepper, cayenne, and basil, thyme, and oregano.

Stir thoroughly and cover.

Cook on Low for 8 hours or High for 4 hours until reduced and thickened.

While waiting, heat up a sizable pot of water that has been lightly salted.

For 11 minutes or until the pasta is tender but still firm to the bite, add the pasta and stir occasionally.

Add to the soup after draining.

Serve

ArnoldGreg November 25, 2023

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Cajun Cabbage with Rice
Casserole with a kick! Spicy one-dish meal with beef, tomatoes, cabbage, and rice.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat.

Brown together the beef green pepper onion and garlic until the meat is no longer pink and the vegetables have softened about 8 minutes.

Drain liquid from pan.

Stir in tomatoes tomato sauce rice salt basil oregano and the cayenne white and black pepper (adding more pepper to taste if desired).

Spread mixture into an ungreased 9×12-inch baking pan.

Top with cabbage and Colby cheese.

Cover and bake in preheated oven for 65 to 75 minutes or until the rice is tender.

ArnoldGreg November 24, 2023

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All White Meat Meatloaf
A spicy mix of ground turkey, chicken, and pork sausage makes for a great tasting meatloaf. Cover the meatloaf with cooked bacon slices before glazing if you like a smokier flavor.

Set oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees C).

Butter a 9×9-inch baking dish.

In a big bowl, mix the turkey, chicken, and sausage.

Add the saltine crackers and mix.

Barbecue sauce, half a cup One tablespoon each of mustard, liquid smoke, parsley, and dried onion.

Mix well the seasoned salt and garlic salt.

Put pressure into the hot pan.

ArnoldGreg November 23, 2023

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Air Fryer Grilled Cheese
The next time you have a craving for grilled cheese, use your air fryer. The sandwich is crisp and crunchy to perfection.

Preheat air fryer to 380 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Spread 1/2 teaspoon butter on each slice of bread.

Place 1 slice of bread butter side down in the air fryer.

Top with 2 slices cheese.

Place 2nd slice of bread butter side up over cheese.

Air-fry until golden brown 3 to 4 minutes.

Flip sandwich over and air-fry an additional 1 to 2 minutes.

ArnoldGreg November 22, 2023

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Chef John’s Fisherman’s Pie
My fisherman’s pie gives you flaky cod mingled with spinach in a garlic and lemon sauce underneath a browned crust of creamy, buttery potatoes. It tastes fantastic.

Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil; add potatoes to boiling water and cook until very tender about 20 minutes.

Drain well.

Mash in 3 tablespoons butter until thoroughly combined.

Season with nutmeg salt black pepper and cayenne pepper.

Mash 1/2 cup milk into potato mixture until smooth.

Drizzle olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat add spinach and season with a big pinch of salt.

Cook stirring occasionally until spinach has wilted about 1 minute.

Transfer to a bowl lined with paper towels to wick away excess moisture.

ArnoldGreg November 21, 2023

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