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1. Arrange half of strawberries in baked pastry shell. Mash remaining berries and combine with sugar in a medium saucepan. Place saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring frequently.

2. In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and water. Gradually stir cornstarch mixture into boiling strawberry mixture. Reduce heat and simmer mixture until thickened, about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour mixture over berries in pastry shell. Chill for several hours before serving. In a small bowl, whip cream until soft peaks form. Serve each slice of pie with a dollop of whipped cream.

Directions:

Sprinkle round steak with pepper; pierce at 1 inch intervals with a meat fork. Place in a large shallow container. Combine the remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour over steak. Cover dish and marinate for 8 to 10 hours or overnight in refrigerator. Grill over hot coals 3 to 5 minutes on each side or until done as desired. Makes 6 servings.

Ingredients:
1 pound pork tenderloin, trimmed of all visible fat
2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon dry sherry
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
3 cups broccoli florets
1 medium carrot, sliced on the diagonal
1/4 teaspoon crushed red-pepper flakes
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup orange juice
3 tablespoons hoisin sauce

To Make:
With a sharp knife, cut the pork into 1 1/2″ x 1/4″ strips and place in a bowl. Add the soy sauce, sherry, and cornstarch; toss to combine.

Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the broccoli, carrot, and pepper flakes. Cook, stirring often, for 3 to 4 minutes.

Remove to a plate. Add the ginger and garlic to the pan and cook for 1 minute more.

Stir in the pork and cook for 4 minutes, or until the pork is no longer pink. Add the broccoli mixture to the pan and toss for 1 minute. Add the orange juice and hoisin sauce and bring the mixture to a boil. Cook for 1 minute more, stirring to coat, until the mixture thickens slightly.

Per serving: 267 calories, 16 g carbohydrates, 26 g protein, 10 g total fat, 75 mg cholesterol, 3 g dietary fiber, 580 mg sodium

Mix first 3 ingredients. Beat in eggs. Add vanilla, flour and nuts. Bake in greased glass pie plate for 25 minutes at 350 degrees. Serve with vanilla ice cream and Hot Fudge Sauce (see below).

SAUCE:

1 1/2 c. sugar
4 tbsp. all-purpose flour
2 tbsp. cocoa
1 1/2 c. water
1/4 c. butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Blend together sugar, flour and cocoa in medium mixing bowl. Bring water to boil in medium saucepan. Add sugar mixture; stir until smooth. Add butter; simmer over low flame 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in vanilla. Makes 2 to 2 1/4 cups.

1 1/2 quarts milk
1 1/4 cups liquid eggs
1/4 cup imitation vanilla extract
1 1/8 cups flour
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
12 ounces Nilla Wafers
1 3/4 bananas, peeled
8 ounces Cool Whip®

Heat milk in pot to 170 degrees F.

Mix eggs, vanilla extract, flour and sugar in separate container. Add mixture to milk; cook until custard-like, stirring constantly.

Spread Nilla Wafers on bottom of baking pan. Slice bananas and place over Nilla Wafers. Pour custard over cookies and bananas; cool.

Spread Cool Whip over top.

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Cook Simply for the Two of You

With eggs in the fridge, it’s easy to add a welcome change of pace to your menus. Eggs can also help you include more vegetables in your diet, as the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend. Quiche in Pepper Pots is a good example of an entree that combines egg protein with the vitamins, minerals and fiber of veggies.

These novel individual quiches are easy on the cook, too. Simply choose any colorful vegetable blend you like to fill the peppers, pour on an egg-and-milk custard and bake. Got company coming? Then just multiply the recipe to suit the number of servings you need.

For fast, nutritious eating other times, you can use the remaining eggs you have on hand in a variety of ways. Toss slices or wedges of hard-cooked eggs with greens and other veggies for a main-dish salad; poach eggs right in your favorite soup; reheat leftover pasta and veggies and pour on eggs to make a skillet scramble; or visit www.aeb.org for other simple, satisfying recipe ideas.

Ingredients:
2 medium (about 4 oz. each) green, yellow or sweet red peppers
1/2 cup (about 8 oz.) frozen vegetable blend, thawed
2 eggs
1/4 cup skim or low-fat milk
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning, crushed

Cut tops off peppers and remove seeds. Sawtooth or scallop pepper edges, if desired. Stand peppers upright in custard cups or muffin-pan cups. Spoon 1/4 cup of the vegetables into each pepper. In small bowl, beat together eggs, milk and seasonings until well blended. Pour about 1/3 cup of the egg mixture over vegetables in each pepper.

Bake in preheated 325 degree F oven until knife inserted near center comes out clean, about 60 to 70 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Makes 2 Servings
Nutritional Information: Per Serving (1/2 recipe using green and yellow peppers; broccoli, sweet red pepper, mushroom and onion vegetable blend; and skim milk): 119 calories, 5 gm total fat, 213 mg cholesterol, 89 mg sodium, 283 mg potassium, 10 gm carbohydrate, 9 gm protein and 10% or more of the RDI for vitamins A, B12 and C, riboflavin, phosphorus

2 Cups of Yellow Cornmeal

1 1/2 Cups Flour

2 Tsp. Baking Powder

1 Tsp. Baking Soda

2 Cups of Milk

1/4 Cup of Melted Butter

1 Lb. Breakfast Sausage (I like mild)

1 Large Onion, chopped fine

2 Cups of Grated Cheddar Cheese

1 Doz. Eggs

(Optional) 1-3 Large Japeleno Peppers, chopped extra fine (I prefer with seeds)

Directions:

Using a 12-14″ Dutch Oven, brown the sausage. Drain the fat, leaving approx. 3 Tablespoons. Since we don’t add cooking oil to the cornbread, this will help prevent sticking. Mix cornmeal, flour, baking soda, baking powder, milk, butter & sausage in the dutch oven. While stirring, beat in the eggs, onions and peppers. Finally fold in the cheese. Cook at 350 degrees until done. (Approx 30 min.)

Ravioli
40 very thin slices peeled bleeding heart radish, each at least 1
1/2 inches in diameter
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
Celtic sea salt
1 1/4 cups Herb Cheese (see below)
2 large very ripe yellow tomatoes, seeded and cut into medium dice
2 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon sherry wine vinegar
Celtic sea salt and freshly ground pepper
2 teaspoons fresh opal bail flowers or micro leaves

Herb Cheese
Yield 1 1/4 cups
1 cup Cashew Cheese (see recipe below)
4 teaspoons filtered water
1 teaspoon minced shallot
1/4 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon large flake nutritional yeast
1/4 teaspoon Celtic sea salt, or to taste
1 teaspoon chopped fresh basil
1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme

Instructions:

The Ravioli
Use a 2-inch ring mold to cut each radish slice into a perfect
round. Rub the radish slices with the olive oil and lemon juice and
season with salt. Place 1 tablespoon of the cheese in the center of
half of the radish slice. Carefully place a second radish slice on
top of the spoonful of cheese and gently press the outer edges
together to create a seal. Repeat to make 20 ravioli in all.

Combine the tomatoes, chives, olive oil, and vinegar in a bowl and
mix gently. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

The Herb Cheese
Combine the Cashew Cheese, water, shallot, lemon juice, yeast, and
1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl and stir until thoroughly mixed. Stir
in the basil and thyme until evenly distributed. Taste and adjust
with additional salt, if needed. Use immediately, or store in a
covered container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

To Serve
Using a slotted spoon, spoon one-fourth of the tomato mixture into
the center of each plate. Arrange 5 ravioli over the tomatoes,
overlapping them slightly. Spoon some of the juices from the
tomatoes on top. Sprinkle with the basil flowers.

Serves 4

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