Recipe Skill Level: Moderate
Honey-Oat Bread
A hearty, rustic, low sodium bread for sandwiches and French toast. Or toast and enjoy for breakfast with jam, jelly, butter or drizzled with honey.
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Dough for 2-Crust Pie
Dough for 2-Crust Pie makes a flakey, golden brown, pie crust essential for great savory and fruit pies. This recipe makes enough dough for a 9 to 10 inch 2-crust pie or for two 1-crust pies. Calories Pie crusts, especially for 2-crust pies, is a major source of a pies ...
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Brandy Alexander Pie
Brandy Alexander Pie has a creamy mousse-like filling with a hint of brandy and Creme de Cacao. This deluxe pie has a lighter filling than chocolate cream pie and is perfect for special occasions. Brandy Alexander Pie is a special recipe you won’t find at your locale restaurant or bakery. One ...
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Seafood Risotto
Risotto originated in northern Italy and is now popular throughout Italy. Made using short grain arborio rice, it has a creamy texture unlike any other rice recipe without the need for cream or any other sauce. Risotto is rarely offered on the menu of most Italian-American restaurants. Unlike pasta that ...
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Zucchini Frittata
Italian frittatas are a cross between an omelet and quiche cooked in a skillet. Slow cooking is needed to remove most of the water in the zucchini and avoid a soggy frittata. Frittatas can be eaten hot or cold.
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Stir Fried Shrimp and Broccoli
Many Americans associate Chinese-American restaurant meals as a health alternative to standard American cuisines. Unless you choose wisely, Chinese restaurant meals can have as many calories as a steak dinner or fast food meal. Stir Fried Shrimp and Broccoli is a simple, quick, nutritious, and delicious combination of fresh shrimp, broccoli, ...
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Hot and Sour Soup
Chinese soups can be light and mild like Egg Drop soup or a hearty, spicy mixture of meat and vegetables like Hot and Sour soup. Chinese Hot and Sour soup has more body and flavor than egg drop and other light oriental soups. It can also be very spicy (hot). ...
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Basic and Spicy Fried Rice
Rice is the primary source of starchy carbohydrates for billions of people in Asia and Africa. Ironically, most Asians and Africans preferred white (polished) rice to brown rice, and far fewer Asian and Africans are overweight or obese compared to Americans. Whether you use white or brown is up to ...
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Eggplant Parmigiano Recipe
Whether you call it Parmigiana, Parmesan or Parmigiano, this baked casserole of layered batter fried eggplant, tomato sauce and egg/cheese mixture melts in your mouth compared to the fried sliced eggplant served by many Italian-American restaurants. This eggplant parmigiano recipe can also be used substituting zucchini or artichoke hearts for ...
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Cinnamon Rolls
Whether you call them cinnamon rolls or cinnamon buns this popular pastry can be made at home with less sugar, calories, and sodium than many prepared varieties. Like most prepared foods sold in the United States, cinnamon rolls have been supersized. One popular brand provides about 1,000 calories each. A ...
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