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11/24/2025

11/23/2025

Simple Blueberry Bread

Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- cups sugar, divided
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/2 cups blueberries

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 35.

Grease and flour 9 x 5" loaf pan.

In a large bowl, with a mixer at low speed, beat butter and 1 cup sugar just until blended. Increase speed to medium; beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.

Reduce speed to low; add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition until well blended, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula.

Alternately, add flour mixture and milk, mixing until just blended.

Gently stir in blueberries.

Spoon the batter into a loaf pan.

Bake for 1 hr and 5 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool loaf in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.

Remove from the pan.

Cool the bread on a wire rack.

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11/21/2025

Coriander Ravioli With Pumpkin & Cottage Cheese Filling

Ingredients
- 1 cup AP flour
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 egg
- 4 tablespoons fresh coriander, finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic on its skin
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese/paneer
- 2 cups pumpkin cubes, cooked
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 pieces sundried tomatoes, chopped

Preparation

Place the flour, salt, egg, milk and finely chopped coriander on a lightly floured board and knead into a smooth dough. Cover and refrigerate for 20 to 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 200 C.

Place the garlic on the baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes until soft.

Separately mash the pumpkin, and cottage cheese.

In a large bowl place the mashed pumpkin, cottage cheese, drained and chopped sundried tomatoes, mashed garlic, and mix well. Season with some salt and lots of freshly ground pepper.

Divide the dough into 4 portions and roll out as thinly as humanly possible (if you have a pasta machine you need to roll out to 3mm thickness), and leave the pasta on a dish towel until it dries out a bit.

Using a 3 inch crinkle edged round cutter stamp out 30 rounds of pasta, use all the bits and bobs and rolled out again and cut up almost the entire dough.

Top 15 rounds with spoonful of the filling and brush the edges with water and place another round of pasta on top.

Press firmly around the edges to seal.

Bring a large pan of water to boil, add salt, add the ravioli and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, the pasta when cooked will rise up to the surface of the water.

Drain well and toss with the drained oil from the sundried tomatoes.

Sprinkle with pepper and a few sprigs of fresh coriander.

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11/20/2025

Sugared Pecans Gift Idea & Silhouette America Promotion

Ingredients
- 1 egg white
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 pound pecan halves
- ¾ tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp water
- 1 cup white sugar

Preparation

Heat your oven up to 250 degrees F.

In a small bowl add the egg white and water and whisk until frothy.

Pour in pecans and stir to coat them all evenly.

In a separate bowl add sugar, cinnamon, and salt.

Mix well.

Pour sugar mixture into pecan mixture and mix well until pecans are coated.

Place on a non-stick sheet or prepare a cookie sheet and then spread out the pecans evenly.

Place in the oven for 1 hour, turning the pecans every 15 minutes.

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11/18/2025

Creamy Shrimp Bisque

Ingredients
- 2 celery stalks, chopped
- 3 green onions, chopped (white & green parts)
- 4 Tbs. butter
- 1 Tbs. minced garlic
- 1/3 C. flour
- 2 C. Half & Half
- 3 1/2 C. fish stock
- 3 Tbs. parsley
- 12 oz. cooked small shrimp
- 1 15oz. can diced potatoes
- 1 Tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 Tbs. onion powder
- 1 Tsp. garlic powder
- 1 Tsp. Old Bay
- salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

In a medium saucepan, add the celery, onion and butter stirring occasionally until tender for about 10 minutes.

When tender add the garlic and saut for another 3-4 minutes.

Stir in the flour and cook for about 5 minutes to take out the flour taste then add the potatoes, half and half.

Let simmer over medium heat for another 5 minutes.

Stir in the fish stock, parsley and all of the seasonings then let this cook for another 10 minutes and it gets thick and bubbly.

Add the shrimp meat and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Cook up some bacon pieces then set them aside and cook the onion and celery in the bacon drippings.

Once the bisque is ladled into bowls, sprinkle the top with the crispy bacon.

Source: Foodista

11/17/2025

Massaged Kale Salad With Pine Nuts & Dried Cranberries

Ingredients
- 1 bunch of curly kale
- 1 bunch of lacinato kale
- olive oil
- 1/3 cup pine nuts
- 1/3 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, shaved
- freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

Preparation

Remove the stems from the kale and tear into pieces.

Place prepared kale in a large bowl, rinse and drain.

Add some olive oil and a pinch of salt and massage kale with both of your hands for about 5 minutes. This step will help reduce the bitter flavor of the kale. Set aside.

Make the vinaigrette by adding Dijon mustard, lemon juice, oregano leaves, salt, red pepper flakes, maple syrup and garlic in a blender.

Blend until smooth, then slowly add extra virgin olive oil, continue blending until well combined.

Add pine nuts and dried cranberries into the large bowl with the kale.

Pour the vinaigrette over and toss all ingredients together.

Transfer the kale salad to a large serving bowl or small bowls for individual servings.

Use a vegetable peeler, shave some Parmesan cheese on top and season with freshly ground black pepper.

Serve.

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11/15/2025

Arugula And Pear Salad With Toasted Walnuts

Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon minced shallots
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons of white wine vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 6 cups baby arugula leaves
- 2 Bosc pears, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted

Preparation

Combine minced shallots, oil, vinegar, salt, mustard, and pepper in a salad bowl. Stir well with a whisk.

Add arugula and pears to the dressing.

Toss well to coat.

You can sprinkle half of the walnuts in a salad bowl and sprinkle some on each serving.

Enjoy your salad!

Source: Foodista

11/14/2025

Alaskan Smoked Salmon Nicoise Salad With Alouette Crumbled Feta

Ingredients
- 6 canned artichokes quartered
- 2 sprigs basil, chopped
- 1 cucumber
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 container Alouette Feta or Fat Free Feta crumbled cheese
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup small green beans, cooked and cooled
- 4 ounces black Kalamata olives
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 smalls red onions
- 6 plum tomatoes
- 6 ounces to 8 smoked salmon cut into 1 inch strips
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar

Preparation

Prepare the dressing with the olive oil, chopped basil, garlic, salt, pepper and vinegar.

Refrigerate.

Quarter the tomatoes.

Thinly slice the eggs.

Halve the cucumber and cut it into thin slices.

Slice the onion into thin rings

Instead of mixing the ingredients together, which you can do, I like to arrange them on a salad place for color and appearance.

Sprinkle the cheese on top, drizzle with the dressing and serve.

Source: Foodista

11/12/2025

Coconut Macaroons With Chocolate Drizzle

Ingredients
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 5 1/2 cups flaked coconut
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk

Preparation

Combine the flour, coconut and salt in a large bowl.

In a smaller bowl, combine the vanilla and the can of sweetened condensed milk and mix well.

Add this goo to the dry ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon, or use a mixer unless it's at a super low speed. The batter is going to be thick.

Line baking sheets with parchment paper, and, using a big spoon or ice cream scooper, scoop the batter/dough onto the sheets.

In a preheated 350F degrees oven, bake the macaroons for about 20 minutes, or until golden/toasty looking.

Drizzle some melted semi-sweet chocolate on top or use a chocolate/baker's chocolate mix and go for the dipped variety.

Source: Foodista

11/11/2025

Broccoli, Dried Cranberry And Smokey Bacon Salad

Ingredients
- 1 pound thick-sliced, hickory smoked bacon, fried completely until dark reddish-brown an
- 2 pounds fresh broccoli, chopped into ½ inch pieces
- 1 1/2 cups dried cranberries
- 1 cup thinly shredded mild cheddar cheese, or small cubes
- 1 cup slivered almonds
- 1 cup sunflower seeds
- 2 cups mayonnaise
- 4 tablespoons vinegar (try using red wine vinegar)
- 3 tablespoons sugar

Preparation

In a large mixing bowl, blend the first 6 ingredients together. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, combine the mayonnaise, vinegar, and sugar.

Blend well until sugar is dissolved.

Combine the broccoli mixture with the mayonnaise mixture.

Source: Foodista