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Good morning to one and all. I hope this finds you well. They say when you have your health you have it all. I know they are right, too. I am feeling pretty good this morning and ready for another day. I was supposed to be off from work but will work a 12-hour shift (6am-6pm). Of course, if I WERE off from work, it seems I??™d spend it right here working on a2z so I can get an issue out to you daily. I would appreciate if you would do a little something for me today. Would you go to the cumuli.com link and place a vote? After you register (once), it takes no time daily and it??™s free. It would really make me feel better about the time spent here. As it stands, this week I will have sent out one recipe to every four votes placed. Can you imagine that, folks? Just me and
ALL of you. It is mind-boggling for me. And...more than a little depressing...
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We have a pretty good issue for you today. I was able to work on it some yesterday and you will reap the benefits, believe me. Besides some really good recipes, we have some other interesting (and funny!) materials for your reading pleasure. I do hope you enjoy it. Oh! Don??™t forget to send in your favorites for the monthly theme of Five Ingredients or Less Recipes. Please make sure to review the rules about submissions so yours can be posted, ok? Just looking at the format in which you see recipes posted here daily should be a great example of what is required (do not use ALL caps or NO caps chat-style, no paragraph-style ingredients, use only common abbreviations, no more than two recipes TOTAL and in ONE email, etc.). And, this Sunday, we will have our Saint Patrick??™s Day theme
issue. It is taking a LOT of time to get it all together (follow those submission instructions, folks) but I know you will enjoy it. Also...the QT A to Z Recipes Discussion Forum is doing well. If you are interested in recipes for healthier eating, please be sure to visit.
Well...it seems yet another recipe got past this old publisher. I am very sorry, folks. I truly try hard to proof what I receive. The recipe for Buttermilk Brownies posted yesterday was missing an ingredient. I found the recipe on the internet and was able to locate the missing ingredient (brownies without sugar? no way!). Maybe we??™ll make this ???correction section??? a regular feature, lol. Here is the completed recipe:
BUTTERMILK BROWNIES
1 Cup butter or Margarine
1 Cup water
1/3 cup cocoa powder
2 Cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 slightly beaten eggs
1 & 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 recipe Chocolate Buttermilk Frosting (recipe follows)
In a medium saucepan combine butter, water and cocoa. Cook until mixture comes to a boil, stirring. Remove from heat and set aside. In a bowl, stir together flour, sugar, soda and salt. Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla; beat until smooth. Stir batter into hot cocoa mixture. By hand, beat until well combined. Pour into greased and floured 15 x 10 x 1 inch baking pan. Bake in 400 Degree F oven for 20 minutes.
While brownies are warm, pour chocolate buttermilk frosting over top. Cut into bars when cool.
Makes 2 dozen bars.
CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK FROSTING
In saucepan combine:
4 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/4 cup buttermilk
Bring to boiling (mixture may appear slightly curdled). Remove from heat.
Stir in:
1 tsp. vanilla
2 & 1/4 cups sifted powdered sugar
Immediately pour over brownies, spreading to edge.
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Ramblings...
A.A.A.D.D.
Shared (and suffered) by several people
Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests :
I decide to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table.
I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first.
But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left.
My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking.
I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the coke a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered.
I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.
I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.
I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor.
So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.
Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.
I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.
Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.
GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL
LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC!
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Did You Know?...
This Is Really Neat!
This is a little unusual to have posted here but it is so cool. I showed it to my kids and they were amazed :
World's neatest clock!
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Next Monthly Theme...
Five Ingredients Or Less Recipes
I believe this is a GREAT theme topic, don't you? I had been toying with the idea and then Mary from Nashville, TN solidified things for me when she sent me a slew of great recipes compiled when her local group had their theme of using 5 ingredients or less. Yes, we all enjoy preparing those more complex recipes and serving up something unique (if not spectacular!) to our family and friends. However, there is much to be said in "less is best". Do you have a recipe or two that require 5 ingredients or less to prepare? You know...the ones you rely on when time (or money) is at a minimum and hunger is high? How about that recipe that is so simple ingredient-wise but produces such fabulous results? Please share them with us in what could be a superb theme issue. Now, here is the NEW
set of rules:
A to Z Recipes continues with its popular Theme Issues. We will share theme recipes and post them on the first Sunday of each month. Send your recipes no later than the last Friday of each month to have them posted in the next monthly theme issue. You may send in TWO of your favorite theme recipes in ONE email. If the number of recipes exceeds those needed in the issue, the publisher will post as many from every submitter as possible and save the remaining recipes for the following Sundays of that month. The rules for recipe submissions for the monthly theme issues are the same as ALL recipes submitted for posting.
The rules are as follows:
As a service to your fellow readers, please send only recipes that are in a form that others could easily copy and save for their own use. Recipes that would require a lot of editing or cleaning up or use non-standard measurements should not be submitted. Recipes without a name and location of sender may NOT be posted or posted without any credit given. There will be NO recipes posted that are from other recipe-zines. A to Z Recipes protects the privacy of its readers and does NOT publish email addresses. There will be no exceptions.
The deadline for April's theme issue is Friday, March 26th.
Theme recipes must have subject: "Five Ingredients Or Less Recipes" and will be posted on Sunday, April 4th.
As usual, only recipes are to be sent to: A to Z Recipes Inbox
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Crazy Corner...
A Glossary of English System Conversions/Units :
Shared by Jessica, Corfu, Greece
* Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi
* 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University Hospital = 1 I.V. League
* 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won Ton
* 1 millionth mouthwash = 1 microscope
* Speed of a tortoise breaking the sound barrier = Mach Turtle
* Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = knot-furlong
* 365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer because it's less filling = 1 lite year
* 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Sterling
* 1/2 large intestine = 1 semicolon
* 1000 aches = 1 megahertz
* Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram
* Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
* Shortest distance between two jokes = a straight line
* Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement =1 bananosecond
* 1/2 bath = 1 demijohn
* 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
* Given the old adage "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step", the first step of a one-mile journey = 1 Milwaukee
Jim and Edna
Shared by Millie, TX
Jim and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital.
One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end.
He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.
Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out.
When the medical director became aware of Edna's heroic act he immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as he now considered her to be mentally stable.
When he went to tell Edna the news he said, "Edna, I have good news and bad news.
The good news is you're being discharged; since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of another patient, I have concluded that your act displays sound mindedness.
The bad news is, Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself right after you saved him with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom. I am so sorry, but he's dead."
Edna replied "He didn't hang himself; I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?"
The Cure for the Common Cough
Shared by Linda, CA
The owner of a drug store walks in to find a guy leaning heavily against the wall. The owner asks the clerk "What's with that guy over there by the wall?"
The clerk says, "Well, he came in here this morning to get something for his cough. I couldn't find the cough syrup, so I gave him an entire bottle of laxative."
The owner screams, "You idiot! You can't treat a cough with a bottle of laxative!"
The clerk replies, "Of course you can! Look at him. He's too afraid to cough!"
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Your Favorites...
YELLOW SQUASH CASSEROLE
~Submitted by Joyce, IL
5 pounds medium-size yellow squash
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup breadcrumbs plus additional bread crumbs for topping
1 stick butter or margarine
1/4 cup sugar
Salt to taste
2 tablespoons chopped onion
Dash of pepper
Cut tips off squash and cut each squash into 3 or 4 pieces.
Drop squash into a large saucepan with
enough boiling water to cover. Return to a boil, reduce heat
and cook until tender. Drain in colander and mash. Combine
with beaten eggs, 1 cup bread crumbs, butter, sugar, salt,
onion and pepper.
Turn into a 3-quart casserole that has been lightly greased
or sprayed with non-stick spray. Cover with a light layer
of bread crumbs. Bake at 350: F. for 20 to 25
minutes or until lightly browned. Serves 10.
TEX-MEX EGG ROLLS WITH CREAMY CILANTRO DIPPING SAUCE
~Submitted by Jean, Syracuse, NY
INGREDIENTS:
1 (5-ounce) package MAHATMA Authentic Spanish Rice Mix
1 teaspoon MORTON Iodized Salt
1 pound JIMMY DEAN Hot Pork Sausage
1 (15-ounce) can BUSH??™S Black Beans, rinsed and drained
6 green onions, finely chopped
1 (1.25-ounce) package taco seasoning
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1 (14.5-ounce) can HUNT??™S Petite Diced Tomatoes with Mild Green Chilies, undrained
28 egg roll wrappers
1 large egg, lightly beaten
4 cups peanut oil
Creamy Cilantro Dipping Sauce
Garnish: fresh cilantro sprigs
INSTRUCTIONS:
Cook rice according to package directions, using 1 teaspoon salt. Cool completely.
Cook sausage in a skillet over medium heat, stirring until it crumbles and is no longer pink; drain well. Let cool.
Stir together rice, sausage, black beans, and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Spoon about 1/3 cup rice mixture in center of each egg roll wrapper. Fold top corner of wrapper over filling, tucking tip of corner under filling; fold left and right corners over filling. Lightly brush remaining corner with egg; tightly roll filled end toward the remaining corner, and gently press to seal.
Pour oil into heavy Dutch oven; heat to 375?°. Fry egg rolls, in batches, 2 to 3 minutes or until golden. Drain on wire rack over paper towels. Serve with Creamy Cilantro Dipping Sauce. Garnish, if desired.
Yield: Makes 28 egg rolls
Prep: 40 min., Fry: 3 min. per batch
Creamy Cilantro Dipping Sauce
INGREDIENTS:
1 (8-ounce) package PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup sour cream
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 (10-ounce) cans ROTEL Mexican Festival Diced Tomatoes
2 cups loosely packed fresh cilantro leaves (about 1 bunch)
Garnish: finely chopped fresh cilantro
INSTRUCTIONS:
Process first 5 ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Garnish, if desired.
Note: For a beautiful presentation, cut top from 1 large red bell pepper, reserving top; remove and discard seeds and membrane, leaving pepper intact. Arrange bell pepper on a serving plate, and fill with sauce.
Yield: Makes 3 cups
Prep: 10 min.
TORTILLA SOUP
~Sent in by Linda, CA
6 corn tortillas
1 medium onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 T. olive oil
2 T. chili powder
1 t. oregano
1 large (28 oz.) can heavy concentrated crushed tomatoes
1 (10 3/4 oz.) can chicken broth, strained, + 1 can water
1 green pepper, diced
1 cup frozen corn
Salt and pepper to taste
About 15 minutes before you serve soup, heat tortillas in a slow oven (325), until crisp. In a soup pot, saut?© onion and garlic in oil until soft. Stir in chili powder and oregano. Stir in tomatoes, chicken broth, and water. Bring to a boil and simmer for a few minutes. Add green pepper and corn. Add salt and pepper to taste. For each serving, break a tortilla into small pieces and place at the bottom of a soup bowl. Ladle soup over the tortilla and serve. Makes 7 one-cup servings.
GINGER RUM ROAST CHICKEN
~Submitted by Bev, FL
1 - 4 1/2 lb roasting chicken
5 large cloves garlic, minced
2" ginger root, minced
grated zest of 2 limes
2 "zested" limes, cut in quarters
2 tsp coarse (Kosher) salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1 TBS olive oil
3-4 TBS dark rum
2 tsp lemon juice
3 tsp lime juice (squeezed from some of the quarters)
2 TBS lo cholesterol butter substitute
You may use real butter, if you like. Preheat oven to 450 F. Clean &
dry the chicken. Combine remaining ingredients except the quartered
limes, and the butter. Rub inside and out the chicken, making sure to
get some of the mixture under the breast skin, on both sides. Stuff
the inside of the chicken with the quartered limes (even the ones that
you juiced) with the cut sides toward the chicken.
Place bird, breast side down, in a greased baking pan.
Roast for 20 minutes, stopping, to top the bird with the butter,
after about 10 minutes. Allow to
melt & baste bird once. Roast for a second 20 minutes, basting a few
times, during the process. Remove from oven, and turn bird, breast
Side up and return to oven for another 20 minutes, again basting
before the return & once or twice during. Total roasting time is
about 60 minutes, or until the juices Run clear. Top will be nicely
browned. Take pan juices &, at this point, you may add a bit more
Rum, if you like. If not, you may thicken with a slurry of cornstarch
& water, until it is of a nice consistency.
Serves 4
PEANUT BUTTER PIE
~Submitted by Mary B, MI
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup milk
12 oz. cool whip
2 graham cracker crusts
Mix together the softened cream cheese, confectioner's sugar, peanut butter and milk. Fold in the cool whip. Pour into the piecrusts. Freeze at least 4 hours. Thaw 15 minutes before serving.
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Heart Healthy...
ROASTED-POTATO "SALAD"
~Submitted by Larry Holmes, Ontario, Canada
5 pounds medium-size red potatoes
olive or salad oil
1 large lemon
?? cup chopped parsley
1 ?? teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, crushed
1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
?? teaspoon sugar
?? teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
About 1 hour before serving, or early in day:
Preheat oven to 425?° F. Cut each unpeeled potato into quarters. In large
bowl, toss potatoes with 2 tablespoons olive or salad oil. Place potatoes
in 2 jelly-roll pans (15 ??" x 10 ??"). Roast potatoes 45 minutes, switching
pans between upper and lower racks halfway through baking, turning potatoes
occasionally with pancake turner, until golden and fork-tender.
When potatoes are cooked, remove to large bowl. Grate peel from lemon.
Squeeze enough juice from lemon to equal 2 tablespoons. Add lemon peel,
juice, parsley, salt, rosemary, thyme, sugar, pepper, and 2 tablespoons
olive oil; toss until potatoes are well coated. Serve potatoes warm. Or,
cover bowl, and refrigerate if not serving right away. Bring potatoes to
room temperature before serving.
Makes 12 accompaniment servings.
Each serving: 190 calories; 5 g fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 235 mg sodium
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For Two...
UPSIDE-DOWN BERRY CAKE
~Submitted by Jean, Syracuse, NY
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. baking powder
Dash of salt
1/4 cup skim milk
4 tsp. reduced-calorie stick margarine, melted
Cooking Spray
1 cup fresh blueberries
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine first 4 ingredients in a small bowl; stir well. Add milk and margarine, stirring just until flour mixture is moist. Divide batter evenly between 2 (10-ounce) custard cups coated with cooking spray. Top each with 1/2 cup blueberries. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes or until lightly browned and fruit topping is bubbly.
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Publisher's Choice...
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ROAST NEW YORK STRIP LOIN WITH GARLIC-HERB CRUST
New York strip loin, also called top loin of beef, is a succulent, elegant
roast. If you want a lot of leftovers (they are great for sandwiches), use
a seven-pound roast and multiply the seasonings by 1 1/2. Either way, have
your butcher trim some of the fat, leaving about 1/4 inch for the best
flavor. With this as your entr?©e, uncork a Cabernet Sauvignon.
4 garlic cloves
8 fresh sage leaves
4 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves
4 teaspoons olive oil
4 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper
1 4- to 5-pound boneless beef loin New York strip roast, fat trimmed to 1/4 inch
With machine running, drop garlic into processor; blend until finely chopped. Add sage,
thyme, oil, salt and pepper; process until paste forms.
Pat meat dry with paper towels. Rub meat all over with herb paste. Cover; chill at least
3 hours. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
Preheat oven to 450?°F. Place meat, fat side up, on rack in roasting pan. Roast meat 15
minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350?°F. Roast meat until instant-read thermometer
inserted into thickest part of meat registers 130?°F for medium-rare, about 35 minutes
(or 140?°F for medium, about 40 minutes). Remove from oven; let stand 20 minutes. Cut
crosswise into 1/3-inch-thick slices. Arrange slices on platter.
Makes 10 servings.
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