1. Place bread on small baking sheet. Combine cheese, oil, vinegar, basil and oregano. Spoon onto bread. Top with red pepper; sprinkle with Parmesan. 2. Bake in preheated 500F. oven 5-8 minutes until cheese is melted.

In a bowl, combine ham, cread crumbs, onions, 1 tb fresh dill (or 1 tsp. spoon dried), milk, egg, mustard and 1/4 tsp. pepper; mix well. Shape into 1-inch balls. In a large skillet, heat 1 tb. butter and 1 tb. oil. Brown ham balls, adding remaining butter and oil as needed. Remove ham balls […]

Beat cream cheese with a fork until smooth. Add other ingredients, saving 3/4 cup pecans for later use. Form into a ball and refrigerate until firm. Roll in reserved pecans until well covered. Serve at room temperature with crackers.

Peel and chop avocados into a bowl. Mash with garlic and lemon juice. Add remaining ingredients, mixture will be chunky. To prepare individual salads, spoon mixture on shredded or whole lettuce leaves. Top with diced tomato for garnish and serve with tortilla chips. If made ahead of time, save pit and put in dip until […]

Soy sauce for dipping Peel and devein shrimp,but leave tails attached.Wash well in salted water until water runs clear.This will be 5 or 6 changes of water.Dry on paper towels. Beat eggs in a bowl.Pour flour and panko onto separate pieces of waxed paper. Holding a shrimp by the tail,roll it in the flour,egg and […]

1. In a deep, 2-quart, heat-resistant, non-metallic casserole melt butter or margarine in e Oven 30 seconds. Add onion and green pepper, and heat, uncovered, in Microwave Oven 3 minutes or until lightly browned. 2. Add remaining ingredients and stir to combine. 3. Heat, covered, in Microwave Oven 5 to 6 minutes or until tomatoes […]

ADVANCE PREPARATION: If the sausage is in links, slit the casing and squeeze the meat out. Place the sausage meat in a small frying pan or wok. Cook over low heat until thoroughly cooked and the fat is rendered, about 15 minutes. Stir occasionally. Transfer to a sieve and press the meat with the back […]

Preheat oven to 450. Put 2 tsp. light olive oil in jelly roll pan. Place pan in oven to heat. Meanwhile, cut won ton wrappers diagonally in half to make triangles. Gently heat 1 Tbls. light olive oil mixed with 1 large minced clove. Do not let garlic take on any color or it will […]

Roll out the pastry to a rectangle 30X12 in. (80X30xcm) and brush with the fat. FOR THE FILLING: combine together all the ingredients for the filling and distribute evenly over the pastry surface. Roll up like a swiss roll starting from the long side. Grease a round cake tin 10 in. (26cm). Lay the roll […]

-DRESSING – 1/2 c White sesame seeds, warmed — & ground into a paste 3 tb Sake 2 ts Sugar 2 tb All purpose soy sauce Snip off & discard the ends of the green beans & cut them into 1/2″ lengths. Drop the beans into 2 c of lightly salted boiling water, reduce the […]