Friday, September 23, 2011

Cooking : Asparagus Wrap

Ingredients
4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (1 pound) loaf white bread, crusts trimmed
1 (10 ounce) package frozen cut asparagus
1/2 cup butter, melted

Directions
In a medium bowl, mix the blue cheese, cream cheese and egg. Flatten each bread slice, and spread with blue cheese mixture. Place one piece of asparagus on each bread slice. Roll the slices. Place rolled slices in freezer bags, and freeze at least 4 hours, or until frozen.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Remove rolls from freezer. Brush with butter.
Place rolls on a large baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven 10 minutes, or until bread is lightly browned and cheese is melted. Cut into bite-sized pieces to serve.

Cooking : Asian Pasta Salad

Ingredients
1 (16 ounce) package pasta
2 cups broccoli florets
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1/2 cup diced red onion
1 cup snow peas
1 cup Asian-style salad dressing
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root (optional)
1 tablespoon minced garlic (optional)
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1/2 tablespoon sesame seeds

Directions
Blanch broccoli in rapidly boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the water. Blanch snow peas for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from water.
Cook one pound of pasta in a large pan of boiling water until al dente. Drain, and transfer to a large bowl.
Toss pasta with salad dressing. Toss with broccoli, red pepper, red onion, and snow peas, ginger, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Refrigerate for several hours or overnight. When serving, sprinkle with sesame oil and sesame seeds.

Cooking : Anna's Custard Pie

Ingredients
2 cups milk
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 eggs, beaten
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
1 pinch ground nutmeg

Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
In a mixing bowl, blend together the milk, flour, sugar, vanilla and eggs.
Pour into pie shell, sprinkle with nutmeg and bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 15 minutes or until set.

Cooking : Apple-Glazed Pork Chops

Ingredients
1/2 cup SMUCKER'S� Apple Jelly
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
4 (1-inch-thick) pork chops
2 small baking apples, cored and sliced

Directions
Combine first four ingredients in saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until jelly melts. Keep warm.
Place pork chops on rack in broiler pan. Broil five inches from heat, seven minutes on each side.
Remove from oven; brush one side with jelly glaze, and broil three minutes. Flip and brush other side with glaze; top with apple slices, and drizzle with remaining glaze. Broil three minutes.

Cooking : Ann's Dirty Rice

Ingredients
1 pound ground beef
1 yellow onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cups water
1 cup uncooked white rice

Directions
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and stir in the ground beef, onion, green and red peppers, beef bullion, salt, seasoned salt, and pepper. Cook and stir until the beef is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink. Drain and discard any excess grease. Stir in the water and rice. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender, and the liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.