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Donna Avey's Crab & Cream Cheese Spread

Serving Size: 6-8 Preparation Time: 20 minutes, 1 package fat free cream cheese, 1 package reduced fat cream cheese, 1 package Louis Kemp Crab Delight, flaked, 1/2 cup cocktail sauce, Soften cream cheese and spread evenly over the bottom of an 8 or 10 inch square glass cake pan. Spread cocktail sauce evenly over the top of the cheese, cover with flaked crab or substitute lobster if preferred. Chill covered until flavors meld, serve with your favorite low fat crackers (I like Town House!) and enjoy! To make this an extra skinny spread, use all fat free cream cheese!


Pasta and other Italian Cuisine!

Nancy Huffines's Stir Fried Spicy Lobster & Pasta

Serving Size: 4 Preparation Time: 40 minutes, 4 ounces lite soy sauce, 4 ounces Fleischman's fat free low calorie spread, 10 ounces angel hair pasta -- cooked, 2 ounces extra virgin olive oil, 1 T hot chili pepper, 1 package Louis Kemp Imitation Lobsters, 1 bunches scallions -- thinly sliced, 1 red peppers, seeds, membranes removed -- diced small, 1 yellow peppers, seeds, membranes removed -- diced small, 8 ounces sliced mushrooms, STEP ONE: Soy Butter Sauce and Pasta-- Bring soy sauce to a boil, add low calorie spread, stirring until all is incorporated. Set aside. Cook angel hair pasta in boiling salted water until "al dente." STEP TWO: The Lobster-- Combine olive oil with hot chili pepper. Stir-fry "lobster" in oil. Add scallions, peppers, and mushrooms. Cook until "al dente." Add angel hair pasta and soy butter to mixture, toss everything together.


Expanded Specialty Breads Recipes

Tammy O'Brien's "Stone" Pizza Dough

1 1/2 cup warm water- 1 tsp honey- 1 1/2 Tbs dry yeast powder- 2 cups unbleached flour- 1 pinch salt- 1 cup cornmeal- 1 Tbs olive oil- 1 cup bread flour

Directions: Combine warm water, honey and yeast in a large bowl. Set aside for 15 minutes until yeast rises. Cover with a towel. Gradually mix in flour and salt. Add 1/2 cup cornmeal, knead for 2 minutes, coat bowl with olive oil; put dough in oiled bowl and cover with towel. Set dough aside to rise in warm place for 20-30 minutes. Roll out on cornmeal. Precook dough for 5 minutes at 400 degrees on baking stone. Add toppings. Finish cooking 15 minutes at 400 degrees. ENJOY!


Cape Breton's Pictorial Cookbook

Bonnie Beaven's Poppy Seed Dressing

In your blender, combine 1/4 cup white vinegar, 1/4 cup honey, 2 tablespoons poppyseed, 2 dashes of salt, 1 tablespoon mustard. Add all ingredients, then very slowly, add 1 cup oil while blender is on a low speed. Refrigerate and enjoy over lettuce, cabbage or fruit salads.
Special Recipes of Bed & Breakfasts

Velinka Vlaskovich's Non-bake Fudge Cookies

In a medium size sauce pan, combine 3/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 cup cocoa, 1 stick butter or margarine. Boil for two minutes, pour in 3 cups quick oatmeal. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and if desired, 1/2 cup peanut butter, nuts or coconut. Mix well and drop by teaspoons onto waxed paper. Cool until firm enough to pick up and eat!
*note: Velinka Vlaskovich O'Brien passed away a couple of years ago along with her dear husband, Robert Rea O'Brien. They will both be sorely missed by their family and all the friends made over many years. God bless and thanks for teaching me so much about cooking and being a part of a family.


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