Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Breakfast Casserole

This is a great manner to do breakfast for a grouping of people. It functions about 6 and it can be fully made a twenty-four hours ahead of clip except for the baking. When my wife's household was down visiting, we just set one of these together the nighttime before, then when everyone started waking up in the morning time we just started the coffee, popped the casserole in the oven, and breakfast was served.

Ingredients:

1 pound land sausage (hot or mild)

6 eggs

2 cups milk

6 pieces of achromatic breadstuff (crust trimmed off)

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 teaspoon dry mustard (Coleman's® is best)

1/4 pound grated crisp cheddar cheese cheese

Brown the sausage in a frying pan or frying pan and set aside to run out well. Spray a 2 qt baking dish with non-stick cookery spray. Screen the underside of the dish with the bread. Spread the sausage over the top of the bread. Whisk up the eggs along with the milk, salt, and mustard until evenly blended. Pour this egg mixture over the sausage and bread, and then scatter on the grated cheese until the full top surface is covered. Screen the baking hot dish and set it into the icebox until you're cook to cook. When you're cook just take the casserole from the icebox and let it to near room temperature (about a one-half an hour). Then bake it uncovered at 350ºF for 50 minutes. That's it. It's that easy. Again, this is a great manner to function breakfast to a grouping of people. If you have got more than than six, just dual up the formula using two baking hot dishes.

Friday, July 13, 2007

The Brownfields Stewardship Fund and Its Impact on the Environment

Brownfields are existent place land sites that have been left been left idle, underutilized or completely abandoned owed to many factors including environmental taint from former use. The expansion, renovation and reuse of these Brownfields may be complicated by the presence or possible presence of a risky substance, pollutant or contaminant.

The National Center for Sustainable Development (NCSD) is a 501 degree Centigrade 3 non-profit corporation headquartered in Washington, DC., led by its president, R. J. Mitchell Stanley. Executive director, Prince Charles Epperson is based in Austin, Lone-Star State and a trustee, Gilbert Stuart A. Jones, is located in Dallas. The Brownfields Stewardship Fund is a encouraging organisation of the National Center for Sustainable Development and was itself established as a separate 501 degree Centigrade 3 corporation.

NCSD served as the honorable agent between the private holders of environmentally impaired assets and the public sector at all federal, state and local levels. Most existent place assets in this class are unserviceable to the holder but may be well located and have got important economical development potentiality to a nearby community. The missionary post includes the procedure of merchandising the newly cleaned and renovated place at a just marketplace value which will not be done unless the places have got been properly certified..

Many different sectors and people will profit every clip the missionary post finishes a project. Clearly the individual who owned the environmentally damaged existent estate will benefit. They will no longer be responsible for the place and land that are of no usage to them or the community because of the contamination. The local community benefits the most from this sort of partnership. Brownfields Stewardship Fund assists restitute indisposed communities, arrest the spreading of urban bight, acquire quit of eyesore properties, rise local place values and make an overall safer, sunnier vicinity for people to dwell in. These factors will give an economical encouragement to the value of the community.

Brownfields Stewardship Fund is the true agent for alteration and device for environmental justness for affected occupants and communities. The Fund's missionary post is to form the resources of capital, environmental expertise, legal and regulating to contract for the clean up, selling and tax return to production of an idle place asset. The return of the ultimate transportation of the plus after costs will be used by the NCSD to go on its work and advance its mission.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Chicken Leaf Salad With Raspberry Dressing

Ingredients:

3 Tbsp canola oil

3 Tbsp raspberry bush vino vinegar

1 tsp lemon juice

1/4 tsp salt

2 1/2 tsp granulated sugar

1 pound poulet breast, boneless and skinless

1 pinch salt

1 pinch blackness pepper

1 big caput cos lettuce

2 medium greenness onions, sliced

1/2 pint raspberries

Prepare Dressing:

1 In a little bowl compound oil, vinegar, lemon juice, salt and sugar. Stir till refined sugar is dissolved. Topographic Point in electric refrigerator while preparing the salad.

Prepare Salad:

1 Take the caput of lettuce and separate the leaves. Topographic Point the leaves of absence in cold H2O in the sink or a
big bowl to soak for a couple of minutes. Then rinse the leaves of absence and shingle off the excess
water. Tear the leaves of absence into pieces and topographic point in a big bowl. Wash and piece the greenish onions
and topographic point in bowl with lettuce. Gently rinse the raspberry bushes and topographic point on paper towels to dry
and set aside.

Two Rinse the poulet breast and rap dry out with paper towels. Season poulet with a pinch of salt and
pepper. Topographic Point on a little broiler rack and broiling until the poulet is cooked. Cut the poulet into
strips.

Three Take the dressing out of the electric refrigerator and stir. Pour over lettuce and greenish onions in bowl and toss
until leaves of absence are well coated with dressing. Add cooked poulet strips and flip into salad. Place
raspberry bushes on top of salad and gently flip so as not to oppress raspberries. Serve.

Servings: 6

Nutrition Facts:

Serving size: 1 serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 186.27

Calories From Fat (40%) 74.16

Entire Fat 8.43g 13%

Saturated Fat 0.80g 4%

Cholesterol 43.85mg 15%

Sodium 204.03mg 9%

Potassium 513.84mg 15%

Carbohydrates 9.26g 3%

Dietary Fiber 4.05g 16%

Sugar 4.28g

Sugar Alcohols 0.00g

Network Carbohydrates 5.21g

Protein 19.16g 38%

Cooking Tips:

If you are not able to happen raspberry bush vino acetum you may replace reddish vino vinegar. It will not
be exactly the same but will still be good.

Raspberries are delicate so the less you manage them the better. Add them at the very end and
flip gently so they reserve their shape. If you are not able to acquire fresh raspberry bushes you may use
partially thawed frozen ones.

Note: This formula is copyrighted by the author.

Saturday, July 7, 2007

Enjoy BBQ Beef All Year Long

Beef and barbecue travel manus in manus when it come ups to summertime grilling. No substance if you are grilling steak, burgers or beef cattle cattle dogs, there is nil like barbecued beef. The taste sensation sensation and texture can compare to nil else.

Even in the wintertime you can acquire that barbecue taste into your beef cattle by using a slow cooker. You will happen tons of information on how to make this on the cyberspace if your cravings acquire too much for you adjacent winter.

Here is a great manner to bask beef cattle domestic dogs that both kid and kid at bosom will relish. Its somes proved hit with everyone twelvemonth after year.

Get your beef cattle domestic dogs and piece them from top to bottom. Brand the cut about one-half manner deep and fill up the domestic dogs with thin pieces of cheese. As an option you can fill up them with minced onion although a batch of children make not like the taste sensation of onions. Wrap a strip of bacon around your domestic dogs and you are ready to go. Topographic Point them either on your grillroom or in the oven. You will cognize when your domestic dog is done because the cheese will seep out of them. Put them on buttocks and you have got a great dainty that volition delight kids, both large and small.

There are certain communications protocols that you must utilize when you are barbequing natural meat. Every year, one thousands of people succumb to unwellnesses that come up from bacterium on natural meat. It is very of import that you follow the guidelines of grilling meat to avoid these illnesses.

A tip to retrieve is never to set your barbecue sauce on natural meat because the sauce will seal the meat and the spirit of the barbecue will not be able to absorb. Also, when you brush the sauce on, you will go through any bacterium that mightiness be on a piece of meat to any others you brush after that.

Avid and competition grillers believe that by applying a dry hang-up to meat before it is broiled gives it the best flavor. Other grillers use liquid fume to meats such as as beef cattle brisket to give it an unbelievable flavor. Onions, cultivated celery and salt are also commonly used on this type of meat to make a succulent spirit that all volition enjoy.

Many grillers heat energy their sauce and then use it to the beef cattle when it have been cookery for a while. By doing this you can get rid of some of the clip it takes for the meat to attain the needed temperature.

When the barbecue beef cattle is done, it should sit down for about 10 to 15 proceedings to let it to complete cookery and cool down. This not only do cutting the meat easier, it also sealing waxes in the juices of the meat. Any juices that are left over tin be simmered and decreased to do windfall for open-faced sandwiches.

Friday, June 29, 2007

Simple Side Dish Recipes That Taste Like Mom Used To Make

This diverse group of side dishes contains all the favorites that my mom used to make when we had a few guests for dinner. Since we often had a spiral sliced ham or smoked turkey breast to keep things simple, these are some of the flavors that went best with those smoky entrees. Now they sell frozen versions of just about anything but these are all so simple and well worth the couple minute prep time.

Corn Casserole

Prep time: 5 minutes, Cook time: 1 hour

1 can creamed corn

1 can white corn – drain and save liquid

1 stick melted butter or margarine

1 small container sour cream

1 box Jiffy corn bread mix

In 1 ½ quart casserole dish, mix everything plus half the reserved liquid from white corn

Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for one hour

Homemade Macaroni and Cheese

Prep time: 5 minutes, Cook time: 1 hour

2 cups pre-shredded sharp cheddar cheese

1 pt milk plus ½ cup

2 cups uncooked macaroni noodles

3 T. melted butter or margarine

½ t. salt

¼ t. pepper

In 1 ½ quart casserole dish, mix all ingredients. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for one hour. For a one dish meal, add smoky links to the top for the last 15 minutes. Kids LOVE this one.

Broccoli, Cheese and Rice Casserole

Prep time: 10 minutes, Cook time: 30 minutes

1 package long grain, wild rice Rice-a-Roni prepared according to instructions

1 small box frozen broccoli pieces cooked and chopped fine

1 can cream of chicken soup (or cream of mushroom, or cream of celery. Cream of anything really!)

1 cup pre-shredded sharp cheddar cheese

In 1 ½ quart casserole dish, mix all ingredients. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Sweet Potato Casserole.

Prep time: 20 minutes, Cook time: 30 to 40 minutes

A: 3 cups mashed sweet potatoes, 1 cup brown sugar, 2 eggs, lightly beaten, 1 t. vanilla, ½ cup milk, ½ cup melted butter

B: 3/4 cup chopped pecans, ½ cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup flour, 1/3 cup melted butter

Combine A. Pour into a buttered 1 1/2 quart casserole dish. Mix B together and sprinkle over top. Bake at 350° for 30 to 40 minutes, until hot and browned.

Baked Beans a la Kristen (thank you my friend)

Prep Time: 10 minutes, Cook time: 1 hour

1 large can (40 oz.) Pork n' Beans

1 large can (30 oz.) Kidney Beans

1 package Lipton onion soup mix

½ cup catsup

½ cup brown sugar

2 t. mustard

In 1 ½ quart casserole dish, combine all ingredients and bake at 350 degrees for one hour.
Great addition: Add 1 pound of browned hamburger meat to it.

Mashed Potatoes

Prep Time: 20 minutes , Cook time: 30 minutes

5 pounds potatoes Cooked boiled

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese (we use Neufchatel – lower fat)

1 small container French onion dip

Salt and Pepper to taste

Peel potatoes (optional – especially if you use the little red potatoes). Chop potatoes into small cubes. Cover with water and Boil about 30 minutes. Drain water and mash potatoes. Add remaining ingredients.

Friday, June 8, 2007

Panfried Prawns In A Sweet And Sour Sauce With Thai Herbs

Panfried prawns in a sweet and sour sauce with Thai herbs and mint, served on a thin coconut lace pancake. It is one of the first "East meets West" recipes I created in Saint-Tropez. This lukewarm appetizer has always been very successful when served to the guest. Definitely one of my favourite "East meets West" dishes. It is easy to do, except maybe for the lace pancake that needs a little experience. The sauce can be kept for days in the fridge, much longer if stored in a freezer. Pancakes can be made in advance and stored wrapped in plastic bags in the freezer. If you find the preparation of the lace pancakes too difficult, just skip it and serve the prawns in individual salad bowls, without the pancakes. (You will find Kaffir lime leaves, lemon grass and coconut milk in Chinese stores) Serves 4

Ingredients


12 big prawns, shelled and heads removed



Ingredients for the sauce

1cup white vinegar 1/2 cup water 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 3/4 cup finely sliced shallots 1/2 cup finely sliced spring onion 1/4 cup very finely chopped lemon grass sticks 6 to 8 Kaffir lime leaves, cut in very thin julienne 4 cilantro stems, chopped 5 fresh mint stems, sliced in julienne

4 mint bouquets

Preparation:

Make the sauce first:

1- Combine all the ingredients except the spring onions, cilantro and mint in a saucepan.

2- Bring to the boil and simmer on a low heat for about one hour or until the sauce starts to become syrupy. To check take one tea spoon of the sauce and leave it on a cold plate for one minute. It should be a little thinner than maple syrup.

3- Add the cilantro, and spring onions. Mix well. Boil for one minute, no more, and remove from heat. Keep on one side.



Finishing the preparation:

1- Slice the back of the prawns to remove the gut.

2- Fry on a high heat in a skillet with olive oil, for 2 or 3 minutes on both sides.

3- Place the pancakes on individual serving plates.

4- Reheat the sauce, remove from the heat and add the prawns. Move the prawns in the sauce to ensure they are evenly coated with the sauce. (Do not boil the prawns with the sauce, only coat with the sauce!)

5- Arrange the prawns on the plates with about one table spoon of the sauce.

6- Sprinkle with the sliced mint.

7- Decorate with the mint bouquets.

Ingredients for lace pancakes

1/2 cup coconut milk 1 egg 1/3 cup flour 1 pinch of salt 1 small empty can



Lace pancake preparation

1- Put the flour in a mixing bowl

2- Add the egg, the salt, and 2/3 of the coconut milk

3- Stir with a whisk

4- Add the remaining coconut milk whilst still whisking

5- Set the mixture aside to rest for at least 15 minutes

6- With a nail or the sharp point of a tool make a small hole in the bottom of the empty can

7- Heat a non-stick skillet on a medium heat. Grease the skillet very lightly using a greasy towel (any frying oil will work)

8- Pour one part of the pancake batter in to the can, making sure while doing this to close the hole with one of your fingers

9- Bring the can over the skillet and, removing the finger closing the hole, let the batter run into the skillet while you "draw" arabesques with your hand until you get a pancake imitating lace

10- Let the pancake cook for about 3 minutes until light brown. Turn upside down and cook for 1 more minute. Place on a plate on a piece of baking paper.

11- Repeat the same process until you have used all the batter. Place one piece of baking paper between each pancake to avoid them sticking together.

Note:

With the first pancake the consistency of the batter may have to be corrected. Add more coconut milk if the batter is too thick. Add more flour if the batter is too runny. Correcting in this way will give you the right consistency. If you want more recipes like this one download my free ebook excerpt: "Cook French and Stay Slim" http:http://www.photos-and-recipes.com/newspage.html