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Mom’s delicious garlic balls

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:53:19 +0000

Homemade garlic balls - don't they look delicious?

My mother made these garlic balls for every occasion, birthday, get-togethers and holidays. She also made these as a side dish for dinner. My kids absolutely love this garlic balls recipe.

Mom’s garlic balls

Ingredients:

1 bag of dough

1/2 – 3/4 cup of olive oil

1 TBL garlic powder

1 tsp salt

1 TBL oregano

Directions:

Use a ball of Italian dough and let it raise for atleast a half an hour. Get flour on your counter to sprinkle all over the dough so it’s no longer sticky. Pull the dough with one hand and cut with the other. In this recipe you don’t play with the dough. You get a greased cookie sheet and put them on there and let them raise for 10 to 15 minutes. Then put them in the oven at 325° for about 10 minutes. Don’t let them get brown.

These garlic balls are easy to make and super tasty!

In the meantime get a big bowl and put in it olive oil, garlic powder, salt and oregano. Do this to your own taste and when the balls come out you toss them while hot in the bowl of oil. Mix with a spoon gently being sure to cover and saturate. Then add Parmesan cheese to taste. Serve and enjoy. These garlic balls are great served with chicken parmesan and my super delicious vodka riggies.

Mom’s awesome lasagna recipe

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:22:00 +0000

My mother taught me how to make this great lasagna. It is an authentic Italian recipe and I’ve been making this lasagna for as long as I can remember. It’s definitely a family favorite and its special enough to be served even for Christmas day!

Mom’s Lasagna

My homemade Italian sauce

15 no boil lasagna noodles

1 lb. hamburger

1 lb. Italian hot sausage

1 container of ricotta Cheese (28 oz. size)

2 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese

1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

2 eggs

3 TBL parsley

1 TBS garlic powder

salt & pepper

Directions:

Drizzle the olive oil in a pan and fry the 1 pound of hot sausage. First be sure and take off the casing or skin of the sausage as it will be easier to break and crumble up for the lasagna. Then cook the sausage until done and put aside in a bowl. Use the same pan to fry the hamburger in and cook until done. Then drain any oil and juices from the meat.

Here is a photo of the ricotta mix

While the meat is cooking get a separate bowl to put the ricotta cheese, eggs, parsley, garlic, 3/4 cup of parmesan cheese and the salt and pepper in. In a 9 x 13″ dish put the sausage on the bottom and layer the hard lasagna (no boil) noodles. Place for a cross and one down the side to cover. Spread half of the cheese mixture (the ricotta mix you made above). Then take half of the hamburger and sausage and spread it over the top. Then add mozzarella cheese about 1 cup. Then add the sauce.

Here is the lasagna straight out of the oven.

Then layer the noodles again for cross and one down to cover. Then repeat again with the ricotta mix and the rest of the hamburger and sausage. Then cover again with 1 cup of mozzarella cheese and sauce to cover. Then repeat the noodles for cross and one down the side. Apply sauce to cover the noodles. Cut a piece of aluminum foil large enough to completely cover the dish and spray the underside of a foil before covering to prevent sticking (use Pam or some non stick spray vegetable oil).

Here it is showing the layers. Doesn't it make you hungry?

Bake in the oven at 350° for approximately one hour. For the last 15 minutes take off the foil and sprinkle 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese. Don’t let the cheese Brown. Remove from the oven and let cool. Serve and enjoy – you are sure to please everyone with this great lasagna recipe from my mom.

Delicious Shrimp Scampi

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:28:37 +0000

This recipe came from my sister-in-law Hilary. It is one of my personal favorites. It’s quick and easy yet elegant enough to serve to company and it’s just delicious. I guarantee if you like shrimp scampi you’ll definitely like this recipe.

Delicious Shrimp Scampi

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of butter

1/2 cup of olive oil

2 cloves of crushed garlic

1/3 cup of onion (I prefer sweet onions for this recipe)

1/3 cup of white wine

3 tablespoons of lemon juice

1 lb. of angel hair spaghetti

2 bags medium-size shrimp (40 – 50 shrimp in each bag)

1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese

2 tablespoons parsley

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Put the olive oil and butter in a pan and sauté the onions.

Sauteing the onions

Then add garlic and cook for an additional 1 to 2 minutes. Then add the white wine, parsley, salt and pepper and cook for two minutes. Add the shrimp last and then cook an additional five minutes.

After adding the shrimp, white wine and parsley.

Meanwhile boil the angel hair spaghetti following the directions on the box drain very well. Then add the spaghetti to the pan and stir together.

After adding the angel hair spaghetti

Add the 1/4 cup of Parmesan cheese and put in a pretty serving bowl.

Here is the completed shrimp scampi ready to eat - doesn't it look delicious?

Serve the shrimp scampi with white wine, garlic bread and a nice salad. You will definitely impress your guests with this dish.

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My Tasty Sausage Balls

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:39:29 +0000

I tried these for Christmas as an appetizer. They were very easy to make and they went over very well - everyone liked them. They are addicting. Also, if you don’t feel like making the whole thing just roll out what you want to bake and put the rest in a Tupperware container in the fridge for later.

My Tasty Sausage Balls

Ingredients:

1 pound of hot sausage

1 pound of mild sausage

12 ounces of sharp cheddar cheese

12 ounces of mild cheddar cheese

4 cups of Bisquick

1 cup of chopped sweet onions (I have found Vidalia onions make for the tastiest sausage balls)

They are very easy to make and are great appetizers!

Directions:

mix all the ingredients in a bowl and then squeeze them into large meatball sized round balls. Place them on a baking she allowing 2to 3 inches in between each of them. Bake in the oven at 400° for 10 to 12 minutes. This recipe will make quite a few of these sausage balls depending upon how large you make each of the balls. Let cool and then serve and enjoy.

Vodka Riggies (Rigatoni)

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:34:45 +0000

This recipe was from an old neighbor of mine from Utica New York, Toni, whom I have known just about all my life. These vodka riggies (or rigatoni as some may refer to it as) are the quickest to make when you’re expecting company and don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking, but it will look and taste like you did! Everyone loves this recipe. This is the one I am constantly being asked for almost on a daily basis.

Vodka Riggies (Rigatoni)

Ingredients:

1 shot of vodka or two

1 pound of riggies (rigatoni)

1 half pint of heavy cream

1 to 1 1/2 cups of marinara sauce

1 medium onion chopped

1/4 pound prosciutto

1/2 cup of olive oil

1 1/2 cups of grated Romano cheese

Directions:

While you boil the riggies (rigatoni), make the sauce. In a large pan add the oil and sauté the onions on low to medium heat until the onion softens. Then add the prosciutto. Season with garlic powder, salt and basil. Add the riggies (rigatoni) after you have drained them really well (making sure they are al dente).

These are amazing and taste every bit as good as they look!

Next add the vodka and sauté over low heat for a couple of minutes. Then add the sauce and heavy cream and stir thoroughly over low heat for three minutes. Add the grated cheese and stir. After this step I like to set one or two handfuls of shredded Parmesan cheese melted on top. You can do this to your liking. This is the way my husband and children prefer it and its the way I’ve been making it for years. Place the vodka riggies in a nice dish, serve and enjoy. You are sure to impress everyone with this dish – I guarantee it.

Quick and Easy Stuffed Sausage Mushroom Caps

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:30:02 +0000

This is a great appetizer that everyone will love. It is super easy to make and everyone will surely rave over these and how great they taste! This recipe came from my sister-in-law Hilary. I watched her make it and I was extremely surprised at how flavorful they were.

Stuffed Sausage Mushroom Caps

Ingredients:

1 package of mild breakfast sausage

1 package of cream cheese

2 containers of whole mushrooms

Directions:

Fry the sausage in a pan first then add in the cream cheese. While that’s cooking down clean and the stem the mushrooms. The stem of the mushrooms will come off easily. Then you stuff the mushroom with the sausage and cream cheese mix where you took the stem off. Place the stuffed mushrooms on a 9 x 13″ dish and bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 325°.

As I told you these are super easy to make and be sure and tell everyone you plan on serving this dish to that you got it on Hotcookingrecipes.com so they can try it and the other great recipes here also. This is also a great recipe for finding another tasty way to get your kids to eat their vegetables – hint, hint!

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Melissa’s Best Italian Sauce Recipe

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:01:47 +0000

Although I find myself using my mother’s recipe quite often because it makes me feel as though she made it. It brings back many great memories of family around the table eating and enjoying each other’s company. I like to experiment a bit and made my own sauce and this is the recipe for that sauce. This does a little tricky with the spices because I do everything by taste in this one. So be forewarned this one is a little harder than most other recipes on this website but the results are an awesome sauce unlike any other. You will definitely want to give this one a try.

Melissa’s Best Italian Sauce

Ingredients:

3 large cans (28 oz.) crushed tomatoes

1 can tomato sauce (28 oz.)

1 can tomato paste (6 oz.) or more if you like thicker sauce

extra virgin olive oil

Hot Italian sausage (hockey is key for flavor here)

2-3 tsp sugar (start with 2 then taste)

3-4 fresh garlic cloves

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

Approximately 1 table spoon or more of the following to taste:

parsley

oregano

basil

Italian seasoning

1 cup of red wine (merlot is my preference)

Directions:

in a large saucepan or extra virgin olive oil and make sure it’s enough to cover the entire bottom of the pan. Crush the garlic clothes and add them to the pan and fry them. Be sure not to let them get too brown. In a separate frying pan fry down the hot sausage. Be sure and put a dab of oil in the pan first. I have found that if I cook the sausage a bit lengthwise more juice comes out and it also fries faster.

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While that’s frying and your garlic is done put all three cans of crushed tomatoes and one can of sauce in next. Start today at your seasonings. After the sausage is done put it in the sauce. Be sure and save the sausage juice as you will add it to the paste. I fry the paste in the sausage juice for a few minutes. Then poured that into the sauce for added flavor. This is a key step here as a really makes this recipe and sauce stand out miles above anything else you’ve ever had.

Doesn't this sauce just make your mouth water? It tastes even better than it looks!

After this I add the wine. I have found my experience that Merlot works best for me, but feel free to try other red wines if you like. Next cook the sauce on low for several hours with a lid on it. The longer you cook it for the better it will end up tasting. Then serve and enjoy. You will definitely not be disappointed with this recipe!

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Fast Spinach Side Dish Recipe – Tasty, healthy, easy and kids love it!

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:56:08 +0000

This is a great recipe that I made up while my husband was cooking pork chops. I wanted to make a vegetable dish and wanted something quick and easy and happen to have around 5 pounds of spinach in the freezer. So, I ended up using a 1 pound (16 oz.) bag of defrosted spinach for this recipe and it came out great. I couldn’t believe that the kids actually were wolfing down spinach.

We all know that spinach is a very healthy vegetable and the USDA actually claims to be a super food because it is so packed full with vitamins minerals and nutrients. But spinach has one big problem – most kids and adults absolutely hate its taste. Well, this recipe changes all that and more. Just try it and you’ll see what I mean.

My Fast andEasy Spinach Side Dish

Ingredients:

1 bag of spinach (16 oz.)

1 28 oz. can of crushed tomatoes

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp salt

1 TBL garlic powder

3 oz. cream cheese

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

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Directions:

I squeezed out the juice and put 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan and sauteed it. I added 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of garlic powder and 1 teaspoon of nutmeg. Then I thought it could use something else so I added 3 ounces of cream cheese and let that melt into the spinach on low. Next I put the crushed tomatoes in and cooked it for several minutes on low.

Then I garnished the spinach dish with Parmesan cheese and it was ready to serve. This is, as I said, a quick and easy dish that tastes great at the same time. Serve and enjoy.

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Mom’s Stuffed Shells Recipe

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:51:12 +0000

This recipe is a longtime family favorite. Everyone from my husband to my kids, brothers and even neighbors – yes, my neighbors – loves this recipe. Rarely do we ever have left overs from this and if we do they are gone by the next day.

Mom’s stuffed shells

Ingredients:

1 box 12 oz. jumbo shells

1 large (30 oz.) ricotta cheese

2 eggs

3 TBL parsley

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1 TBL garlic powder

1 Cup mozzarella cheese

1/2 Cup Parmesan cheese

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Directions:

mix all the ingredients by hand in a bowl. Boil the shells following the directions on the box they came in. Then drain really well.

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Here is a picture of the stuffing for the shells.

Picture of the pasta shells stuffed prior to baking in the oven.

Here are the stuffed shells after adding sauce and covering with cheese.

In a 9″ x 13″ baking dish spray the bottom and put a thin layer of sauce down. Then with a tablespoon stuff the shells with the mixture above. Take the sauce and put it over the shells then sprinkle over the sauce with extra Parmesan and mozzarella cheese. Bake on 350° for 30 minutes covered with foil. Be sure and spray the underside of the foil first to prevent it from sticking to the cheese.

The finished stuffed shells ready to eat - Don't they look delicious?

Serve and enjoy – this is a delicious recipe that I am sure your family will love you for many years to come – just look at the picture above and try and tell me that it doesn’t look delicious and tasty! This recipe serves approximately 6 adults.

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Great Chicken Parmesan Recipe

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:28:13 +0000

Here’s a wonderfully tasty recipe for chicken Parmesan and you and your family will love for many years to come. I have been making this recipe for years in my family absolutely loves it and can never get enough of it.

Chicken Parmesan

Ingredients:

Italian sauce

1/2 cup bread crumbs

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

1 table spoon garlic powder (not garlic salt as they are two entirely different things and will greatly alter the taste of the chicken Parmesan in the end).

Pepper

2 eggs

Milk

1 cup of mozzarella cheese

1 bag of chicken breasts (about six or seven chicken breasts and trim all the white fat off)

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Directions:

in a 9″ x 13″ baking dish (you will need two of them) insurance break up with vegetable spray then put a layer of sauce down. Get a bowl and put 1/2 cup bread crumbs and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese in it along with 1 tablespoon of garlic powder. Sprinkle in some pepper. Then mix with a fork. Put it in a gallon sized plastic bag.

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In a separate bowl add two eggs and a splash of milk and whip these two ingredients by hand. Then take each piece of chicken and get into the egg mixture draining off the excess and put into the bag with the other ingredients and move around coating each piece of chicken very well. Do this to each piece of chicken separately. When coated set each piece of chicken into the baking dish.

And yes, they are even better then they look!

When you’re done coding the last piece of chicken breasts cover the chicken with sauce then about 1 cup or more with mozzarella cheese and then sprinkle Parmesan cheese on. Cover the dish with foil – be sure and spray the underside of the foil first to prevent sticking. Bake in the oven at 350° for about 45 minutes. You can take the cover off for the last five minutes or so to brown the cheese a bit. Serve an enjoy – just look at the above 3 picture – doesn’t it just look delicious?.

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