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Anything do-ahead or make-ahead makes the task easier. I’ll look for some recipes and post them later.
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Shirred Potatoes
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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
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Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
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3 cups white sauce — thin
3 cups potatoes — grated
salt and pepper
minced onion
2 tablespoons butter
Spray a shallow baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
Make 3 cups thin white sauce and grate potatoes. Immediately drop grated potatoes into hot sauce. Season to taste, salt, pepper, minced onion. Pour into baking dish. Dot with 1 to 2 tablespoons butter. Bake uncovered in slow mod. oven (325 degrees F) about 2 hours until tender and crunchy brown on top.
Serves 4 to 6.
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 209 Calories; 10g Fat (41.0% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 28g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 16mg Cholesterol; 571mg Sodium. Exchanges: 2 Grain(Starch); 2 Fat.
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This recipe is untried but looks good.
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Freezer Princess Sole
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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Seafood
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15 ounces asparagus — canned, drained
1 1/2 pounds fish fillets
1 shallot — finely chopped
5 tablespoons white wine
5 tablespoons fish stock — or clam juice
1/4 cup butter — cut into 6 pieces
1/2 cup whipping cream
salt and pepper — to taste
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a shallow baking dish.
Reserve 8 asparagus for garnish. Chop remaining spears.
Lay fish fillets, skinned side up, on a board. Divide chopped asparagus among fillets; roll to enclose asparagus.
Sprinkle greased baking dish with shallot; arrange rolled fillets in dish. Pour white wine and fish stock. Cover with foil; bake in oven 10 minutes. Cool 30 minutes. Lay 2 reserved asparagus spears on each rolled fillet. Freeze.
To Serve: Thaw wrapped fillets in refrigerator 6 to 8 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake fish 10 minutes. Drain liquid into saucepan; boil to reduce liquid by 1/2. Beat in butter, a pieces at a time. Beat until each piece of butter is incorporated before adding more butter. Whip cream lightly; fold into sauce. Season with salt and pepper, Pour seasoned sauce over fish. brown top of dish under a preheated broiler, if desired, Serve with mashed potatoes and green beans. Serves 4.
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 379 Calories; 24g Fat (59.8% calories from fat); 32g Protein; 4g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 146mg Cholesterol; 241mg Sodium. Exchanges: 4 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 4 1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.
NOTES : The recipe suggests using sole fillets in the recipe.
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Very TNT. You can drizzle this with olive oil. Add a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese during the last few minutes of cooking.
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Roasted Asparagus
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Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
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1 pound asparagus — fresh
olive oil flavored nonstick cooking spray
Wash and drain asparagus. Snap ends off. Place asparagus on a baking sheet and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Bake at 450 degreees F for 10 minutes or until tender. Serves 4.
18 cal; .5 grams fat; 1.5 grams pro carb; 2.9 grams carb
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 55 Calories; trace Fat (5.9% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 5mg Sodium. Exchanges: 2 Vegetable.
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Do-Ahead Iced Tea
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Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
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2 tea bags — or 2 teaspoons loose tea
1 cup cold water
Multiply amount given for each serving of iced tea needed. Place tea in glass container; add water. Cover and refrigerate at least 24 hours. Serve over crushed ice.
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 11 Calories; 0g Fat (0.0% calories from fat); trace Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 13mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Other Carbohydrates.
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Easy Puff Twists
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Serving Size : 48 Preparation Time :0:25
Categories : Holiday Breads
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2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon paprika
1 (17 1/4-ounce) package frozen puff pastry — thawed
1 egg — slightly beaten
Heat oven to 425º. Cover 2 cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper or heavy brown paper. Mix cheese and paprika. Roll 1 sheet of pastry into rectangle, 12 × 10 inches, on lightly floured surface with floured cloth-covered rolling pin.
Brush egg over pastry. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of the cheese mixture; press gently into pastry. Turn pastry over. Brush egg over other side of pastry. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of the cheese mixture; press gently into pastry. Fold pastry lengthwise in half.
Cut pastry crosswise into 1/2-inch strips. Unfold strips; roll each end in opposite directions to twist. Place twists on cookie sheet. Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Repeat with remaining sheet of pastry, egg and cheese mixture. Serve warm, if desired.
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Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an approved Betty Crocker® Recipe.
You may notice that the nutritional information calculated by MasterCook is different from the nutritional information listed in the Betty Crocker® cookbooks. Because MasterCook and Betty Crocker® use different nutritional analysis programs and different nutrient databases, variations in results are expected.
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 64 Calories; 4g Fat (61.6% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 5mg Cholesterol; 48mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 Fat.
NOTES : Bake Time: 8 minutes per sheet
NEW TWISTS
These easy breadsticks are welcome additions to any bread basket-the crisp-tender morsels will melt in your mouth!
• For a peppery twist, mix 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper or lemon pepper seasoning with the Parmesan cheese mixture.
• For an appetizer-size bread, cut twists in half before baking.
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Glazed Baked Ham
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Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:10
Categories : Merry Main Dishes Pork & Lamb
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6 pounds (6 to 8-pound) fully cooked bone-in ham
Whole cloves — if desired
1/4 cup honey
1/2 teaspoon ground mustard (dry)
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Heat oven to 325º. Place ham, fat side up, on rack in shallow roasting pan. Insert meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of ham and does not touch bone or rest in fat. Cover ham and bake 13 to 17 minutes per pound or until thermometer reads 135º: 6-pound ham, 1 hour 18 minutes to 1 hour 42 minutes; 7-pound ham, 1 hour 31 minutes to 2 hours; 8-pound ham, 1 hour 44 minutes to 2 hours 16 minutes.
About 20 minutes before ham is done, remove from oven. Pour drippings from pan. Remove any skin from ham. Cut uniform diamond shapes on fat surface of ham. Insert clove in each diamond. Mix honey, mustard and cloves; brush over ham. Bake uncovered 20 minutes.
Cover ham loosely with aluminum foil tent and let stand about 10 minutes or until thermometer reads 140º.
12 to 16 servings
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Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an approved Betty Crocker® Recipe.
You may notice that the nutritional information calculated by MasterCook is different from the nutritional information listed in the Betty Crocker® cookbooks. Because MasterCook and Betty Crocker® use different nutritional analysis programs and different nutrient databases, variations in results are e
Pre sliced ham, with grated potato casserole and green beans with almond slivers.
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