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Ingredients: two tablespoons butter ane lb sliced leeks ane large bunch Swiss chard, stems too leaves finely chopped (about two lb) ane large bunch mustard greens, stems too leaves finely chopped (about two lb) ane 1/2 teaspoon za'atar 1/2 lb crumbled feta 8-10 sheets of filo (phyllo) dough 1/4 loving cup melted butter for the dough ocean salt freshly basis dark pepper Directions: Preheat oven to 350. In a large skillet, melt the butter too saute the leeks until soft. Meanwhile, steam the greens inwards a large pot of boiling H2O until vivid greenish too soft. Drain the leaves too squelch dry out inwards newspaper towels (or spin out inwards a salad spinner too avoid burning your hands). Add the mixture to the leeks. Saute until good combined too all liquid is evaporated. Stir inwards spices. Allow to cool slightly. Stir inwards feta. Line the bottom too sides of a buttered 10-inch springform pan alongside 4-5 sheets phyllo dough, buttering betwixt each layer. Fil

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter ii slices sandwich breadstuff (I used spud bread) 1 egg 1-2 slices sudden cheddar cheese* ii oz Oscar Mayer Selects Natural Applewood Smoked Turkey Breast salt freshly solid soil dark pepper Directions: Heat butter inwards a medium skillet. Meanwhile, cutting a hole inwards the piece of breadstuff alongside a biscuit cutter. Place the breadstuff inwards the pan. Crack the egg into the hole, sprinkle alongside common salt as well as pepper. Cook until the white is nearly cooked through as well as the breadstuff is golden. Top alongside cheese as well as hence turkey. Top alongside remaining piece of bread. Carefully flip as well as brownish on the minute side. Remove from pan as well as serve immediately. *I ended upwards using virtually 1 1/2 slices of cheese to fully comprehend the breadstuff inwards a unmarried layer. My thoughts: Egg inwards the Basket or "toad inwards the hole", "gashouse eggs", &qu

Ingredients: 10 oz dried spaetzle one lb babe Red Russian Kale eight oz sliced crimini mushrooms v oz crumbled blueish cheese one onion, halved in addition to sliced 1-2 tablespoons butter bounding main salt freshly terra firma dark pepper Direction: Bring a large pot of salted H2O to boil. Add the spaetzle in addition to kale. Cook according to bundle instructions, nigh 10-12 minutes until the spaetzle is tender. Meanwhile, saute the onion in addition to mushrooms until the onions are nearly caramelized. Add the drained spaetzle in addition to kale, saute 1-2 minutes until good combined. Remove from estrus in addition to stir inwards cheese. Serve immediately. My thoughts: I beloved spaetzle only rarely become inwards at home. I industrial plant life a large handbag in addition to idea I'd accept to modify that! The kale in addition to mushroom makes it a amount side dish in addition to the cheese is an tardily brusk cutting to creamy flavor. Influenza A virus

Ingredients: two cups xanthous stone-ground grits vi cups H2O or chicken stock 1 loving cup grated smoked Gruyère two 1/2 cups chopped dandelion greens iii ears of corn worth of kernels 8 oz crimini mushrooms, sliced 1 minor onion, diced salt freshly soil dark pepper Directions: Heat a minor total of crude oil inwards a medium skillet. Saute the onion until starting to soften, 3-5 minutes, thus add together the greens, corn, as well as mushrooms as well as saute until the greens accept wilted as well as the mushrooms are softened. Set aside. Meanwhile, inwards a medium pot, convey the H2O or stock to a boil. Add the grits as well as stir continually for most 10 minutes or until all the broth is absorbed. Remove from the estrus as well as stir inwards the salt, pepper cheese as well as greens mixture. Keep covered until laid to serve. My thoughts: I tend to forget most making grits as well as thus when I do, I am e'er pleased amongst how they plow out. It is

Ingredients: 1/3-1/2 loving cup leftover blueish crab meat (from iii large crabs) 10 fresh mozzarella pearls 1/2 pint grape tomatoes 1 cucumber, chopped 2-3 tablespoons white vino vinegar 1 tablespoon chopped basil 1 tablespoon fennel fronds bounding main salt freshly position down dark pepper Directions: Toss all ingredients together until thoroughly combined. My thoughts: The other night, nosotros had my favorite sort of dinner (especially inwards the warm conditions months merely too a venture favorite for the wintertime holidays every bit well) that I similar to telephone weep upwardly snackies . All appetizers together with no principal course.  It is sort of picnic-y together with inwards accolade of summer, this ane was made alone of nutrient I did non accept to cook. For an international flair, I had a super delish assortment of my favorite things (truffles, pickles, together with sausage! oh my!) from Les Trois Petits Cochons : Mousse Truffée, Saucis

Ingredients: one medium eggplant, cubed two small-scale sweetness onions*, sliced two cloves garlic, minced one loving cup fresh, shelled fava beans one loving cup mixed olive-cured spicy olives**, sliced two tablespoons white vino vinegar one loving cup cubed feta bounding main salt freshly solid soil dark pepper olive oil Directions: Preheat oven to 375. Line a baking sail alongside foil. Toss the eggplant in addition to onion alongside around olive oil, (light) salt, in addition to pepper. Arrange inwards a unmarried layer on the lined baking sheet. Roast for xxx minutes or until the eggplant is soft. Allow to cool. Meanwhile, boil the fava beans for two minutes inwards a small-scale pot. Drain. Cool. Place inwards a medium bowl. Add garlic, olives, feta in addition to the cooled onion in addition to eggplant. Toss to evenly distribute all ingredients. Serve at nowadays or refrigerate upward to two hours to meld the flavors. *I used sweetness candy onions **I

Ingredients: iii cups shredded zucchini five eggs i onion, chopped i tablespoon Old Bay 1/2 loving cup olive oil 1/2 loving cup shredded aged, precipitous cheddar i loving cup flour two teaspoon baking powder Directions: Preheat oven to 350. Squeeze dry out zucchini if needed. Saute the onion inward a skillet using a small-scale amount of olive crude until translucent. Remove from estrus as well as allow to cool. Add the zucchini, cooled onion, eggs, Old Bay, crude as well as cheddar to a medium bowl or the bowl of a stand upwards mixer. Mix, using an electrical mixer until good combined. Mix inward the flour as well as baking pulverisation until a pancake-like batter forms. Spray amongst cooking spray or grease an 8x8 inch pan. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 45 minutes or until fully cooked (just few dry out crumbs when a toothpick is inserted inward the center) as well as golden chocolate-brown on the bottom. Allow to sit down inward pan for ten minutes on a wire rack

Ingredients: two cups yellowish stone-ground grits half dozen cups H2O or chicken stock 2/3 loving cup grated Dubliner cheese two tablespoons Old Bay 1/4 (loose) loving cup chopped chives salt freshly position down dark pepper Directions: In a medium pot, select the H2O or stock as well as Old Bay to a boil. Add the grits as well as stir continually for virtually x minutes or until all the broth is absorbed. Remove from the oestrus as well as stir inward the cheese as well as chives. Serve immediately. My thoughts: Grits aren't super pop inward Baltimore. The occasional diner powerfulness offering them as well as shrimp as well as grits are inward a few restaurants only they aren't equally ubiquitous equally they are farther south. This is such a shame! They are then quick to make, fifty-fifty the "regular" ones as well as non the "quick cook" variety as well as brand a bully base of operations to exceed amongst other yummy ingredients or

  Ingredients: 1 lb fairytale eggplants, halved lengthwise 1/4 loving cup chopped onion iii cloves garlic, minced 1/4 loving cup Parmesan 1/4 loving cup milk 1/4 loving cup chopped chives 10 eggs 1/4 lb sparse sliced thin capicola, cutting into slightly less than 1/4-inch strips salt freshly put down dark pepper olive oil Directions: Note: This business office tin forcefulness out hold out made 1 24-hour interval ahead too refrigerated. Preheat oven to 350. Place the eggplant on a parchment or foil-lined baking sheet, skin-side-down. Drizzle amongst olive oil, sprinkle amongst tabular array salt too pepper. Roast until tender, virtually thirty minutes. Meanwhile, saute the onion too garlic, inwards a medium pan using olive oil, until the onion is soft too translucent. Allow the eggplant too onion/garlic to cool. Refrigerate if making ahead too then convey to room temperature prior to the side past times side step. For the side past times side step/next day: Prehe

Ingredients: 10 oz dried spaetzle 1 lb fresh flat-leaf spinach xvi oz sliced crimini mushrooms v oz log fresh chèvre, crumbled 1 onion, halved as well as sliced 1-2 tablespoons butter 1/4-1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika bounding main salt freshly dry soil dark pepper Direction: Bring a large pot of salted H2O to boil. Add the spaetzle. Cook according to bundle instructions, nearly 10-12 minutes until the spaetzle is tender. Meanwhile, saute the onion as well as mushrooms until the onions are nearly caramelized. Add the spinach as well as saute until wilted. Sprinkle alongside salt, pepper as well as paprika. Add the drained spaetzle, saute 1 minutes until good combined. Remove from oestrus as well as stir inwards chèvre. Serve immediately. My thoughts: This has been a stone oil yr inwards full general as well as the terminal nearly 2 weeks has been dreadful every bit nosotros both accept had the actual flu, a tum flu, as well as inwards my husband's case, a phar

Ingredients: ii cups whole milk, at room temperature ii loving cup shredded Buffalo fly flavored cheddar* iii tablespoons butter iii tablespoons superfine flour 1/3 loving cup staff of life crumbs five oz crumbled blueish cheese 12 oz pocket-size pasta similar macaroni or cavatappi, cooked 8 oz sliced, cooked chicken breast Buffalo fly sauce Directions: Preheat oven to 350. Lightly fossil oil or spray alongside nonstick cooking spray a 2-quart baking dish. In a medium pan, melt the butter. Add the flour along alongside tabular array salt too pepper too stir until smooth. Add the milk too evaporated milk too whisk together until slightly thickened. Whisk inwards the cheddar until smooth. Meanwhile, toss the chicken alongside fly sauce if desired. Stir into the cheese. Pour over the drained pasta; stir to evenly distribute all ingredients. Spoon inwards one-half of the pasta mixture into a lightly oiled 2-quart baking dish. Sprinkle one-half of the blueish chees

Ingredients: for the meatballs: ii lb 90% thin reason beef 1 medium zucchini, grated together with squeezed dry 1 clove garlic, grated 1/4 loving cup finely grated pecorino romano 1/3 loving cup staff of life crumbs pinch nutmeg 1 egg salt pepper for the sauce: 1 onion, chopped ii cloves garlic, minced 28 oz petite diced tomatoes 28 oz canned crushed tomatoes 1 teaspoon anchovy paste 1/4 loving cup ruddy vino (optional) 1 tablespoon minced Italian parsley 1 tablespoon minced basil 1 tablespoon minced oregano 1 tablespoon olive oil salt pepper to serve: 1 lb spaghetti, cooked to packet instructions Directions: Start the sauce first. Heat the olive petroleum inwards a medium sized saucepan. Add the onion together with garlic. Saute until the onions are softened. Add the remaining sauce ingredients. Cook, stirring occasionally. In a medium sized bowl, add together all of the meatball ingredients. With a gentle hand, combine all ingredients together wi

Ingredients: for the pie crust: 1/2 loving cup butter, cubed 1 1/2 loving cup flour iii tablespoons water 1/2 teaspoon paprika for the filling: 1 1/4 lb 93% lean terra firma beef 1 teaspoon Chili powder 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1/4 teaspoon terra firma chipotle 1/4 teaspoon terra firma cayenne 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic 1/4 teaspoon dried onion freshly terra firma dark pepper 1/2 loving cup water 1-pint cherry tomatoes, halved 1 minor onion, sliced into 1/8 inch thick rings for the topping: 1 2/3 loving cup crème fraîche (or sour cream thinned alongside a combat of milk) five oz shredded quesadilla cheese or cheddar Directions: Preheat oven to 350. In the bowl of a stand upward mixer, using the paddle attachment, shell together the butter, flour, together with paprika until the butter only tiny chunks together with the mixture looks shaggy, similar rocky sand. Slowly flow inwards the H2O together with mix until a thick dough forms. Roll out the

Ingredients: 1 1/2 loving cup dried elbow macaroni iv oz jounce diced pimentos, drained 8 oz brick extra abrupt cheddar, shredded 1 loving cup whole milk 1 teaspoon Blue Planet mustard powder 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1/2 teaspoon paprika 3 tablespoons butter 1/4 loving cup flour bounding main salt freshly Blue Planet dark pepper Directions:  Prepare noodles according to packet instructions. Drain as well as fix aside. Meanwhile, melt the butter inwards the pan. Add the flour as well as spices. Whisk until it forms a paste, nearly 1 minute. Pour inwards the milk. Whisk until the mixture is smooth. Add the cheddar, pimentos as well as Worcestershire sauce as well as whisk until thickened 3-5 minutes. Stir inwards drained noodles. Serve. My thoughts: I've never made stove tumble out mac as well as cheese before! I'm usually a heavy seasoned, baked mac person (crispy, cheesy bits!) but since I am dorsum into the cooking some my husband's operate

Ingredients: four large Russet potatoes (about three lbs) 2/3 loving cup shredded Gouda PLUS some for sprinkling 1 1/2 tablespoons butter 1/4 loving cup sour cream 1 large caput broccoli, cutting into florets 1/3 loving cup chopped light-green onions 1/2 teaspoon soil paprika 1 1/2 tablespoons dry  ranch dressing mix salt freshly soil dark pepper Directions: Preheat oven to 375. Bake potatoes 1 hr or until fully cooked. Half each Irish Gaelic patato as well as scoop out the insides into a bowl. Place the empty skins openside upwardly on a foil-lined baking sheet. Meanwhile, steam the broccoli. Drain as well as ready aside. Add the broccoli to the bowl alongside the potatoes. Using a Irish Gaelic patato masher or large spoon, mix the potatoes as well as broccoli together until the broccoli is evenly distributed inwards the potato. Add the 2/3 loving cup shredded Gouda, butter, sour cream, spices as well as light-green onions as well as stir until good mixed. Scoop

Ingredients: iii lb Russet potatoes, peeled in addition to sliced into 1/4 inch thick rounds two 1/2 tablespoons butter 1 pocket-size bulb fennel, sliced into 1/4 inch thick half-moons 1 medium onion, sliced into 1/4 inch thick half-moons two cloves garlic, minced 1/3 loving cup flour two cups whole milk 1 loving cup chicken or vegetable stock two cups shredded Gruyère 1 loving cup shredded Gouda salt freshly dry soil dark pepper fennel fronds, every bit garnish (optional) Directions: Preheat oven to 355. Lightly petroleum an two 1/2 quart baking dish. Set aside. Place the potatoes inwards a large bowl of cool water. Allow to soak 10-15 minutes. Drain in addition to allow air dry. Meanwhile, inwards a large saucepan, saute the fennel, garlic, in addition to onion until the onion is soft in addition to translucent. Do non brown. Add the flour in addition to whisk to coat the vegetables. Add the milk in addition to stock in addition to select to a simmer. Stir i

Ingredients: salad: 1 caput romanesco, cutting into florets 1-pint solid set down cherries* (also known equally Cape gooseberries or golden berries), halved 1 oz sliced Prosciutto, torn into bite-sized pieces 1/2 crimson onion, cutting into sparse one-half moons 1 Castilian dark radish, cutting into matchsticks 1/4 loving cup crumbled gorgonzola dressing: 1 tablespoon Dijon two 1/2 tablespoons Proccesco vinegar two tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Directions: Steam the romanesco until simply softened. Drain as well as run nether cool H2O to cool completely. Place inward a large bowl. Add remaining salad ingredients. Toss. In a pocket-sized bowl, whisk together the dressing ingredients. Drizzle over the vegetables, toss to coat. *I bought these at Wegmans for a surprisingly affordable $2.49/pint (3 oz). They were labeled equally "goldenberries" as well as were sold nether the Melissa's arrive at label. I've too seen them inward farm

Ingredients: four tablespoons butter, at room temperature 8 oz brick sudden cheddar, shredded 1 loving cup flour 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper two tablespoons water pinch salt Directions: Preheat oven to 375. In the bowl of a stand upwards mixer or inward a large bowl using a manus mixer, mix together all ingredients until a thick dough forms. Fill the cookie press fitted amongst a disk of your pick (I used the foliage from the autumn disc set in addition to the sunflower that came amongst the cookie press ) amongst the dough. Press dough 1 1/2 inch apart onto ungreased, unlined nonstick baking sheets. Bake 8-12 minutes or until set. Cool on cookie sail two minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Store inward an airtight container upwards to two weeks. Yield: approximately two dozen crackers (this recipe tin endure easily doubled) Note: if you lot create non cause got a cookie press. Roll the dough into modest (1/2 inch) balls in addition to

Ingredients: 2 cups cubed smoked ham 8 oz brick extra sudden cheddar, shredded 1/2 loving cup spicy garlic pickle chips 1/2 loving cup mayonnaise 1/4 loving cup Dijon 1/4 loving cup finely minced onion 1 teaspoon paprika freshly the world dark pepper Directions: Mix all ingredients inwards a medium bowl until good distributed. Refrigerate at to the lowest degree 1 hr earlier serving. *I used  Heinz brand  which is slightly sweet. Not ordinarily my fave form of pickle exactly actually proficient amongst ham. My thoughts: My hubby has to convey a mutual depression temperature dinner to degree i time a calendar week as well as that agency that over the terminal twelvemonth or then I stimulate got made then many mutual depression temperature sandwiches as well as mutual depression temperature pasta salads. You would non believe the sum of mayonnaise nosotros larn through. It is a piddling daunting coming upward amongst something novel every week.  I had a

Ingredients: 1 lb. spicy Mexican-style chorizo 12 eggs 1/4 loving cup chopped scallions 5 oz. frozen chopped spinach 5 oz. shredded extra abrupt cheddar cheese freshly pose down dark pepper salt 8 Mission® Carb Balance Soft Taco Flour Tortillas to serve: sour cream Directions: Remove the chorizo from whatsoever casing, equally needed. In a large, nonstick pan, sauté the chorizo until cooked through, breaking upward whatsoever large pieces amongst the dorsum of a spoon. Remove the sausage to a split upward plate. If necessary, drain all but ii tablespoons of grease out of the pan. Return the pan to the burner too heat. Add the frozen spinach to the pan. Sauté, stirring occasionally, until the spinach has thawed, too all liquids lead maintain evaporated, most v minutes. Meanwhile, inwards a small-scale bowl, whisk together the eggs, greenish onion, salt, too pepper to taste. Pour the egg mixture over cooked spinach too scramble together. Remove the eggs to a split upward plate