Mix Italian dressing, lemon juice, oregano, thyme, and garlic in large glass or plastic bowl. Add mushrooms; stir to coat with marinade. Cover and let stand for 1 hour. Remove mushrooms from marinade. Grill mushrooms about 4 inches from medium coals for 15-20 minutes turning 2-3 times, until tender. Sprinkle with pepper. Servings: 4 Calories: […]

Arrange onions in layers in a large shallow bowl. Combine oil, saffron, ginger, pepper, half cinnamon & sugar. Pour over onions, add just enough water to cover. Mix well & let marinate for 2 hours. Place celery stalks crossways in the bottom of a tagine or casserole. This protects the onions from scorching. Arrange onions […]

Soak beans overnight in 8 cups water. Remember to get the water upstream from the heard. Add a meaty ham bone, tomatoes, onion and celery. Add some salt, pepper, bay leaf and oregano. This heres your chance to be creative or else use up whats festering in the back of the pantry. Simmer for 2-4 […]

Preheat oven to 375F. Combine first five ingredients in a food processor or blender; blend for 20 seconds. Set aside 2/3 cup of mixture for topping. Dip zucchini in two egg whites; coat with crumb mixture and place and place on two baking sheets prepared with olive-oil spray. Bake for 12-15 mins. Mix ricotta, six […]

-DRESSING – 1 Jalapeno pepper; minced 1 ts Grated lime rind 1/4 c Lime juice 1 cl Garlic; minced 1/4 ts Salt 1/4 ts Pepper 1/4 c Vegetable oil Use canned black beans (15oz (425mL) per can) In large bowl, gently stir together black beans, chicken, onions, red and yellow peppers and tomatoes. Dressing: in […]

COOK: carrots in boiling water to cover 8 to 10 minutes or until tender; drain well. POSITION: knife blade in food processor bowl; add drained carrots, and process until smooth. Set 1 cup mashed carrots aside. MELT: butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat; add flour, stirring until smooth. Cook 1 minute, stirring containtly. […]

Wash, trim and scrape the parsnips. Cut into uniform pieces and boil in salted water, 25 to 30 minutes or until tender. Drain well, and let dry. Just before serving, heat the butter in a skillet and saute over moderate heat until light brown on all sides, letting the parsnips caramelize a little in their […]

Wash and drain rice. Boil water in saucepan over high heat. Add the drained rice and bring to a boil. Stir once, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is al dente and slightly sticky, about 17 minutes. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature. Heat […]

Cut the green tops from the scallions. Thinly slice them and set aside. Chop the white and pale-green part of the scallions. Heat 1 tablespoon of the butter in a medium-sized saucepan, add the chopped scallion, and sute until tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in the rice and saute 2 minutes more. Add the water, […]

-DRESSING – 2 tb Olive oil 2 tb Lemon juice Black pepper -GARNISH – Italian parsley, chopped Half lemon slices Black olives, optional Remove vertical strips of skin from the eggplant using a vegetable peeler. Cut into lsices 1″ thick. Salt & leave to drain for 30 minutes. Rinse well & pat dry. Heat oil […]