Red Lentil Soup
ClaireMere
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This Red Lentil Soup is from Heidi Swanson's excellent blog 101 Cookbooks.

Vegetarian Baked Ziti
AmandaCarr
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This is what I made with my fresh ricotta—I was looking for ease, savory ease. I used a jarred tomato sauce (the horror!) to keep things simple, but if you have the time consider replacing with the real stuff. Also, it might seem like you're using a lot of ricotta (you are), but once it bakes the pasta absorbs a lot of the liquid, and it can get dry if you don't use enough cheese!

Butternut Squash
Paula Jeanne
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My parents, being elderly, they must have butternut squash at least once a week. I peal the skin off the squash. Cut in into large cubes then boil it until tender. You could steam them or roast them. I use a potato masher, it works fine as long as you have cooked it long enough. What you add is really up to your taste. They prefer sweet so I add brown sugar, salt, fresh ground pepper and butter. For Bob I use extra virgin olive oil. I have used a real maple syrup, salt, cinnamon and I enjoy a lot of fresh ground pepper with it. I need the pepper to off set the sweet. I am just not a lover of sweet food. I have seen recipes with crushed cloves, yet have never tried it.

Pumpkin Latte
stacita
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'Tis the Fun Fall Drink of the season. May make 2…or 1. Don't worry too much about the proportions. This is a drink you just really can't mess up. If it doesn't taste amazing, sugar is the Answer. And should you take shortcuts with microwaves and pumpkin spice blends, it'll be our little secret.

1/3 cup pumpkin puree (from can!)
2 cups milk
1 Tbsp vanilla
2.5 Tb light br sugar, add white sugar to taste if desired
2 cinnamon sticks
7 whole cloves
dash powdered ginger
dash salt
very strong coffee or espresso (I used decaf since I usually want them after dinner for dessert.)

Fresh Ricotta Cheese
AmandaCarr
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I did a lot of research before I began. Most recipes online call for using whole milk and cream, but since I had 2%, that's what I went with. In the recipe that follows, I'll include alternative suggestions that I came across.

Patti's Apple Strudel
Paula Jeanne
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This recipe goes way back. My girlfriend Patti gave it to me so I do not know it's original origin. Now that apples are in season, I thought it would be a good time to post this. Unfortunately I can't make this anymore because of the butter, so please enjoy it for us. Talk about quick and a real crowd pleaser. I used to make this to follow my beef stew which is on the gourmet side. Used to have the strudel prepped ahead of time then put it into the oven when the company was eating the beef stew. Serve it hot with vanilla ice cream. My sister Claire makes it when she has her son's hockey team over for dinner. Doesn't get any easier. Good for a child to make with you. You will already have most of the ingredients, just need to pick up apples and ice cream.

Black Bean And Avocado Pizza
AmandaCarr
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This is the pizza that I was inspired to make after eating a slice at Antonio's during my first year here in the valley. It is quick, easy, and never fails to fill you up! I prefer this pizza cut "party style", rather than in the traditional wedge, because it's very filling, and also it makes a great meal for a crowd, especially if you served it with something else, like maybe tortilla soup. Garnish with fresh cilantro and salsa! I think of this pizza as kind of a pizza burrito, so I eat it with lots of salsa on the side. I need my tomatoes!

Caramelized Apple and Ice Cream Pie
AmandaCarr
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This is kind of a "reverse" apple pie a la mode.

Fall Home Fries
AmandaCarr
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I recently came up with these while planning my Halloween brunch. They're a riff on traditional home fries with the added bonus of sweet potatoes/yams!

John Scott's Plum Torte
ClaireMere
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This is one of the simplest and most sublime of fruit desserts.

Turkey Sausage Sauce with Penne
Paula Jeanne
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Pretty sad title for this recipe but that is the best I could do today. Feel free to jump in and save me on it. I find this easy, healthy and tasty. Brought it to a neighbor's house for dinner last night. I used sweet turkey sausage last night but normally I like to throw in one hot sausage. I am also heavy handed when it comes to the garlic, fennel and oregano. I am giving you an estimate on how much you need. Don't like to put Parmesan cheese on this, takes away from the fennel and overpowers the turkey flavor. If having wine with this you have to have a strong red. Simple oil and vinegar dressed salad and a loaf of bread, and you will feel like you are on a farm in Italy.

Roasted Tomato And Marscapone Late Summer Pasta
AmandaCarr
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Tonight I was confronted with a vast basket of small garden plum tomatoes (about half the size of regular plums). Of all of our tomato plants this year, these ones fruited and produced the most prolifically. Added to the fact that they are delicious cooking tomatoes, I can't complain. I thought this up today as I was thinking what to do with them. I can't describe the delight this produced. The recipe that follows is good for two people, if one is a rather short woman and one is a male.

Quick Black-Eyed Peas
stacita
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I woke up today feeling fluish. I've noticed that sickness often leads to a vicious cycle where your illness prevents you from making/eating healthy food, and then you feel sicker because you body is weakened from its lack of food. I took some steps to avoid this. The steps involved taking ice cream out of the freezer and eating it.

Teriyaki Salmon
stacita
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This is easy and a real crowd pleaser. I have a friend that cooks the WHOLE salmon and puts it on a bed of rice. She is from the south and uses a LOT of butter. I eliminate the butter when cooking mine. Of course fresh ingredients and make sure the dark skin is completely off the salmon. I always make more sauce than is needed. A lot more !! I put rice pilaf on the plate, top it with salmon then poor all the leftover sauce over it. Hope you try it and enjoy it as much as I do.

Grilled Eggplant Bruschetta
stacita
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I felt like I had to get in on the bruschetta action! Also, my landlord gave me a homegrown eggplant and I had to do something with it! This is my tentative version of ye olde Trader Joe standard of Ladies Night, which no thing will ever take the place of.

Appetizer Bruchetta
Paula Jeanne
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Appetizer Bruschetta
Paula Jeanne 5 Aug 2009, 07:34 -0-400
Amanda's Recipe would be dinner for me. Wonderful summer meal to help deal with the heat. My version is more of an appetiser I use for summer parties. I grow four very large basil plants and cherry tomatoes so the ingredients are at hand, especially for August and September. I use fat free mozzarella for half of the appetizers, that is my separate version to accommodate healthy heart Bob. Although pecorino is made from sheep's milk and is very good for you. I haven't won him over on this because he says it tastes too good to be healthy. Dr. Oz claims it helps you live longer. I will have to do more research.

Deluxe Bruschetta
AmandaCarr
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TOMATOES!

Jalapeno Caparina
AmandaCarr
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Ladies,

Tempeh with Spicy Lemon Sauce
stacita
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This recipe is part of my ongoing journey: "I am obsessed with you, S Grille tempeh, and now I want to eat you all the time but I haven't quite figured you out!"

Tempeh Stir Fry
stacita
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Those with time may, if they so choose, ignore the shortcuts here.