Friday, July 24, 2009

Sweet & Salty...another summer bite

Little Apricot Wrap

I know it's been 10 days since my last post...Things are slow in the summer...I have been cleaning out closets and organizing my home office. How do we collect so much paper? I thought computers and the digital age were going to solve the paper problem. I don't know how I collect so much stuff...I am good though...I try to stay on top of it and I edit every couple of months. This time I did a major cleaning out!
Gidget watched me do it all...the summer is so hard for her...the summer storms freak her out! She won't leave my side! Poor little doggie. Anyway let us talk about a delicious treat...Little Apricot wraps!
Preheat oven to 375
Spray a foil lined baking sheet
1 6oz package of Dried Apricots
1/2 of 8oz wheel Camembert Cheese trimmed of rind & cut into small pieces
Brown Sugar for sprinkling
1/4 LB Prosciutto Piccolo (or any brand you prefer)slice paper thin with paper, cutting each lengthwise into 2 pieces
Slice Apricot almost in half...not all the way through.
Stick a piece of Cheese into the Apricot & sprinkle the top with some Brown sugar.
Wrap the Apricot tightly with the long piece of the Prosciutto
Place on baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes or until the Prosciutto looks crispy and the Cheese is melting.
Yummy!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Lite Summer Small Bites

Salmon for the Smoked Salmon Canapes Below
Retro Rumaki

Prosciutto Piccolo Melon Bites


Smoked Salmon Canapes

Hello my Dear readers! Hope y'all are having a great summer...It has been very hot down here on our beautiful peninsula!
I hope all of the Moms that are struggling with bringing their kids home from summer activities because of the H1N1 or Swine Flu are doing ok, and the kids are recovering. My thoughts are with you!
On to a lighter subject...Small Bites for summer entertaining...Adults and kids are lovin' these!
****KOSHER NOTE...Replace any bacon in recipe with TURKEY BACON.
Sorry my photos are blurry...let's just blame it on my Menopause! HA!
Retro Rumaki (You should be able to get 28pcs)
2 Cans of Whole Water Chestnuts
Brown Sugar for Sprinkling
1 package of Bacon (cut strips in half)
Preheat oven to 450
Drain Water Chestnuts and place on paper towels to dry.
Blot them to get all surface moisture off.
Place Bacon strips on a baking sheet and par cook them (under cook), just till they are shiny and just starting to curl. About 5-7 minutes.
Keep oven on and lower temp. to 375.
Remove Bacon from oven and drain on paper towels.
Sprinkle a little brown sugar in the middle of each strip and roll each Water Chestnut in the Bacon.
Place on a nonstick baking sheet seam side down and put them back into a 375 oven for about 10 minutes, or till bacon is brown ,crispy, and hugging the Chestnuts.
Cool and serve.
Crunchy Sweet Yum!
Melon Bites
25 Small Skewers
1 Honey Dew Melon (There will be waste...save for a snack)
1/4 LB of Prosciutto Piccolo (or your favorite brand). Have it sliced paper thin, with paper in between.
Slice Melon open and clean out seeds.
Make slices (Wedges) and then cut cubes out of slices (I was able to get 25 cubes out of a half a melon.
Rip each pc. of Prosciutto and place it on top of cube, then put small size skewer in each.
Sweet and Salty Good!
Smoked Salmon Canapes
The first picture above shows the type and brand of Salmon needed for this Canape. It is not Nova style. You find it where the canned tuna fish is located in the market.
I made 16 very generous portions but, you can certainly get more!
1 Package of Party Pumpernickel or Rye
1 12oz tub of Whipped Cream Cheese
2 Packages of Chicken of the Sea Wild Caught Alaskan Smoked Salmon
4 Scallions Sliced thin White and Green Parts (reserve 16 pcs of green for garnish as shown.)
Drain liquid from the Salmon pouches.
In a bowl, mash the Salmon add Scallion, and Cream Cheese.
Mix thoroughly.
Spoon onto the Bread and garnish with a Scallion pc.
Creamy Smokey Delish!



Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Easy Summer Main Dish

Hi everyone! I have been taking it easy...It has been so hot down here...but I couldn't let another day go by without an easy summer recipe...
Angel Hair with my homemade Tomato Sauce (recipe in the April Archive), with Sausage.***It is so great to make a big batch of sauce and freeze it in containers.
I took a quart of the Tomato Sauce out of the freezer dumped it in the slow cooker...added the browned Sausage and cooked it for 4 hours on high...poured it over the pasta and the family loved it!
1 quart of Gabby's Homemade Tomato Sauce
1 Lb Country Sausage ****KOSHER NOTE use Ground Turkey
1 Lb box of Angel Hair
1/2 Tsp Salt
Brown the Sausage and drain fat.
Put it in slow cooker.
Put frozen Tomato Sauce in slow cooker with the meat.
Add 1/2 Tsp of Salt
Cook on high 4-5 hours.
Cook Pasta according to package directions.
Serve as shown.
Delish!