Connie & Tom's Ribs

Cut the long ribs in half ( 6 halves if you buy a package with 3 ribs) Place in shallow roasting pan. Douse with a little sauce and add water to cover bottom of the pan. Cover with foil. Bake at 350* for 3 hours 15 minutes. Check 1/2 way thru and add water if needed. If they bake dry they will end up dry. Let cool. Use electric knife to cut ribs into 1 or 2 rib pieces. If you use a hand knife the meat will tear to schreds. When you're ready to eat grill the pieces with lots more sauce and burn a few. I like em like I like my women: Saucy and well done. Enjoy 😜😛😁

Chicken Parmesan (Linda's)

1# Ground Chicken
1 Egg
1/3 (appx) Whole Wheat Bread Crumbs
1/4 (appx) Parmesan Cheese
Fresh Garlic
1/3 (appx) A lot of Fresh Parsley
Salt/Pepper
Marinara Sauce or any kind of Spaghetti Sauce

Make into patties and roll in a mixture of 1/2 & 1/2 Bread Crumbs & Parmesan Cheese.
Flash Fry (until brown) in Olive Oil. Put in baking dish w/ sauce on the bottom first. Cover with sauce, but don't have them swimming in the sauce. Bake at 350 degree oven for 45 mins. Take out and top with fresh parmesan cheese & put back in just long enough to melt the cheese.
Serves 4 people.

Serve w/ 90 Second Quinoa & Brown Rice Packet.
First sauté some Fresh Garlic, Onion, Carrots and Spinach.

Linda first introduced us to this when we went to Bradenton to see their new condo. It was amazing and knowing Linda, it's super healthy! She served it with the Quinoa and Salad with Healthy Brownies and her home made Biscotti for dessert. Yum! It's nice to make ahead of time if you're having company. :)

Spaghetti Sauce (Kathie's)

Here is the recipe I kind of follow for meat sauce!

1 pound ground beef
2 links of Italian sweet sausage (remove from casing)
2 links of Italian hot sausage (remove from casing)
2 cloves of garlic
2 cans of Italian paste (with seasonings)
1 can (14-16 oz) chopped tomatoes (with seasonings)
1 large can (32 oz) good quality tomato sauce or puree
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon Oregano
1 tablespoon Basil
1/2 tablespoon Parsley
Pepper - to taste

Brown ground meat and Italian sausage (out of casing), after it is browned, drain all the grease/oil. 

In the pan, while meat is draining, brown garlic and 2 cans of tomato paste.  Brown until darker red. 

Add meat back into the paste mixture and stir. Then add a large can of a good quality tomato sauce or puree. Rinse the can out with water, about half way getting all the sauce from the can and lid, and add to mixture. Stir. I usually add a 14-16oz can of chopped tomatoes (with seasonings) and stir. If it is too thick, then add more water. At this point put about a tablespoon of sugar and let it simmer for a couple hours. 

About 1/2 hour before you're going to serve it or turn it off, add basil, oregano, parsley, pepper. I don't measure, I just pour but I would guess about a tablespoon of basil and a bit less of oregano and parsley. Pepper to taste. Let simmer for another 1/2 hour to 45 minutes.

Kathie
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss)

Dessert- Chocolate Malted Brownie Pie

Trish's Chocolate Malted Brownie Pie

1 1/4 cups sugar
6 tablespoons butter- softened
3 squares melted semi-sweet chocolate
3 large eggs- separated
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Chocolate malted milk powder
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1/8 teaspoon salt
Confectioner's sugar
Chocolate-covered malted milk balls for garnish

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease 9" pie-plate. In large bowl with mixer at medium beat sugar, butter, melted chocolate and egg yolks until well blended. Stir in flour, vanilla extract, 1/3 cup malted milk powder and 2 tablespoons cream.

2. In small bowl, with clean beaters with mixer at high speed beat egg whites and salt until soft peaks form. With a spatula fold beaten egg whites into chocolate mixture. Pour mixture into pie-plate.

3. Bake pie 30-35 minutes until toothpick inserted into center of pie comes out clean. Cool completely on rack.

4. To serve sprinkle lightly with confectioner's sugar. In small bowl beat 1/2 cup chocolate malted milk powder and remaining cream until soft peaks form. Spoon into decorating bag & pipe around pie. Garnish with milk-balls.

10 servings 410/ serving.

Breakfast Contribution at Bolten's

For 16 people:

Bagels (3 from Costco)
Cream Cheese (1 big 1/3 less fat original flavor, 1 big original, 1 sm. brown sugar/cinnamon)
Smoked Salmon (3 containers of sliced from Costco)
Capers (1 jar)
Red Onion (chopped finely)
Tomatoes (sliced)
Butter
Scrambled Eggs
Fruit Salad (cantaloupe, pineapple, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries)
Orange Juice
Coffee

Linda's Crockpot Breakfast Recipe

Bunco Idea Party

HEART WREATH:
Veggie Pizza w/dinner rolls etc.
CHEESE PLATTER:
On a Big Wooden Tray:-1 soft cheese (Trader Joes or Papa Joes Brie St. Andre), 2 hard cheeses: Gouda or Eaton? and a Balsamic Vinegar flavor cheese, Mont Jack. w/crackers (Breton or Carrs & Triangle Triscuts), Marconi Almonds (in a dish), Olives & a clump of Red Grapes
HOT PEPPER DIP: Cream Cheese on a platter. Saute some (1/4-1/2 c) crumbled pecans. When toasted, put the hot (orange colored) pepper jelly in saucepan just to warm, not boil. Spread over the top. Make 10 min before they arrive. Serve w/ crackers
TABLES: 1 or 2 (M&M’s, nuts, Trader Joes-Pomogranated coated m&m’s. (1 is enough)
DESSERT: Magic Bars
(9x13) Graham cracker crust, chocolate chips, coconut, nuts, pour over sweetened condensed milk & bake. Google it.

2 Pino Grigio
2 Pino Noir
2 Merlot
Water
Coffee
No Pop

Kale Salad

Kale (wash in lettuce spinner) Mix: 1 Lemon Juice plus zest 3 cloves Garlic 1/4 c. Olive Oil Parmesan Cheese Pecans (Toasted on Stove Top w/ Spray) By Sandy W.

Mint Chocolate Ice Cream Dessert

Base: 25-30 Oreo Cookies (not double stuff) 1/4 cup melted butter (In food processor, mix together and press in sprayed 9 x 13. Freeze) Middle: 1-1/2 blocks of Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream (or Choc- Mint Moosetracks since bigger chocolate chunks) Slice and Mash down over the base layer. Top: 1 cup Confectioner's Sugar 2 Tbs. Butter 1 cup Chocolate Chips 2/3 cup Evaporated Milk. (Small can or Large can if making 2) Vanilla Mix ahead of time in saucepan until all blended together and starts to boil. Cool a couple of hours. Put together and freeze, covered. The first piece will be hard to cut out but the rest will be easy. From a patient at Dr. B. (Pat & Jerry D.)

Turkey Burgers

Turkey Burgers out at the Lake Ground Turkey Mayo Bread Crumbs Parsley Garlic Dijon Mustard Jeanette C. (Lobdell)

Caroline's Quiche Lorraine Brunch:)

Caroline says we must make our own crust. It makes all the difference! Use a non-stick Quiche pan that lifts from the side. When making the dough put it in the fridge, but don't worry. It will be hard to roll out because of the butter. Play with it a little bit and then roll; keep doing that. Patch it if there are holes. Don't rub it. Before putting it in the fridge put it in saran wrap so it can roll of easily.

Use thick bacon in the Quiche and not the most expensive cheese, but good cheese. 

Serve with Arugula Salad with sliced oranges, baby tomatoes, thinly sliced fennel and Garlic Expressions dressing. I am putting in pomagranite because it will be Christmas-y. 

Also serve with a nice coffee cake. 

Sparkling water served w/ mint & lime.