Dinner Menu 14

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Appetizer

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Butternut Squash Soup

1 meduim onion, chopped

2 tbsp butter

2 c chicken broth

1 lb butternut squash, pared, seeded, and cut into 1 inch cubes

2 pears, pared/sliced

1 tsp fresh thyme leaves, snipped

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 white pepper

1/4 tsp ground coriander

1 c whipping cream

1 unpared pear, sliced

1/2 c toasted pecans

Cook and stir onion in butter in dutch oven until tender. Add broth,

squash, and 2 sliced pears, thyme, salt, pepper, and coriander. Heat until

boiling then immediately reduce heat to medium. Simmer until squash is tender.

Pour 1/2 soup into food processor, cover and process until smooth and

creamy. Repaet with the 2nd half. Add both parts back to the oven, stirring

in the whipping cream. Heat until hot–becareful not to burn. Serve w/ the

pecans and sliced pears.

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Salad

Fresh Herb and Tomato Salad

3 large ripe tomatoes, sliced

1/3 c flat leaf parsley or curly for substituion

1/4 c fresh cilantro

1/4 fresh mint leaves

2 tbsp freash tarragon leaves

2 spring onions, chopped, and sliced thin. (USE TOPS!)

1/4 c feta cheese, crumbled

plain yogurt

Arrange tomatoes on serving platter. Mix remaining ingredients –except

cheese and yogurt–sprinkle over the tomatoes. Next, sprinkle the cheese

over the herbs. Serve with the yogurt.

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Main Course

Herbed Chicken

2 tbsp butter

2 tbsp olive oil

1/4 c finely chopped onion

1/4 c fresh lemon juice

2 tbsp worcestershire sauce

1 1/2 tsp fresh basil, chopped

1/4 tsp fresh oregano

2 large cloves, finely chopped

2 1/2 – 3 lbs fryer chicken, cut up

Heat butter abd oil in rectangler pan, 13 X 9 in a preheated 375 degree

oven. Stir in remaining ingredients except chicken. Place chicken–skin

sided up– coating it w/ the herbs. Bake uncovered for 30 mins. Turn the

chicken and continue to bake for 35 mins.

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Veggie and Pasta Dish

Broccoli and Fettuccine Milanese

1/2 lb of fettuccine, cooked

1 c of heavy cream

2 tbsp butter

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1/2 c freshly grated Parmesan cheese

1 c chopped fresh broccoli, chopped

In a large saucepan, combine the hot pasta with remaining ingredients and

toss. Cover pan and warm over low heat to serving temperature.

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Dessert

White Chocolate Brownies–FOLLOW RECIPE AS WRITTEN!!

1 stick of unsalted butter

8 oz white choc chips

2 large eggs

pinch of salt

1/2 c white sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla extract–best if use real vanilla

1/2 tsp salt

1 c all purpose flour

8 ox semi sweet choc chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease an 8 inch square baking pan.

Line bottom w/ foil and lightlygrease the foil. Set pan aside.

In a heavy sauce pan, melt butter over low heat. Remove from heat and add

1/2 white chocolate. (DO NOT STIR) In a large bowl, beat eggs and salt

(pinch) until frothy. (USe an electric mixer). Gradually add sugar, beating

until pale yellow and a slowly dissolving ribbon forms when beaters are

lifted. Add butter mixture, vanilla, and the 1/2 tsp of salt. Add flour and

mix until combined. Still in semi sweet choc and remaining white choc.

Spoon into the prepared pan-smoothing the top w/ a spatuala. Bake for 30

mins. Cool before cutting. Yeilds 16 brownies.

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