Rosemary Skewers

This is not a recipe. It is just a proceedure you might want to try now that the grilling season is here.

Kabobs can be fun and simple.  I frequently use Rosemary stems as the skewers to make a very tasty and unusual kabob. We are frequently at locations where rosemary is growing in flower beds so I ask the owner of said flower bed it I can have a few stems, generaly it is not a problem.  I cut these stems about 10-12 inches long, I use stems that are small in diameter and strip off the leaves; add my ingredients and grill till done; the Rosemary flavor comes right through the stems into your ingredients.  Rosemary stems can also be found at many grocers produce section.

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Hot Air French Fries

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French fries have become a natural side dish just to about anything fried.  Back several years I spent several months working to help build factories that produced frozen french fries; for the many different fast food resturants, plus the fries you find in the frozen section of the supper markets.  This is a huge industry.  When a potato sets out to become a gaing of fries he has no idea whats at stake.
fist off he is cut into a zillian pieces, then run trough a hot water bath briefly to remove the good sugar from each slice, then goes through a bad sugar bath so when fried  each fry will brown evenly. Now the fries are litterly boiled in oil lightly and rapidly frozen,  Now when they reach thier destination they are boiled in oil again and then served to the customer.  Thats the way they do it.

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The way I make french fries is quite different; But the results have fewer calories and fats.

Instructions:
I leave the peelings on (washed) my potatoes and slice lenghtwise and place these fries in a zip-lock bag and add a teaspoon of olive oil and shake this up to cover all the fries.  For best results I place these fries in a oven pan that has a rack and place the pan in a convection oven at 400 degrees and bake till brown. Then lightly salt.  Thats It!! a coventional works also

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Sweet Italian Sausage & Sauerkraut

Sauerkraut and wieners has for years been a real simple mundane dish that had no personality and generally a lopsided flavor.  The recipe I use perks this dish up to where you could have company in and be proud.  As you consider ingredients adjust according to the servings you need, this recipe is for two.

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Ingredients:
A package of 5 Sweet Italian Turkey sausages.
1-can or jar of sauerkraut (your choice)
1/2 cup un-sweetened apple sauce
1-Apple (Any kind) diced
1 potato sliced into rounds

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Directions:
In a large skillet lightly oiled with olive oil, place the sausages and sliced potato; cook on moderatly high heat until lightly browned; now add the apple,sauerkraut and apple sauce stir around gently.  Now place a lid on the skillet and simmer for 15-20 minutes.   Thats it!! Enjoy

Omelet Stuffed Pepper

Back several years when we raised our own peppers; it was much easier to find good sweet peppers for this recipe.  Now if you shop in a super market chances are these peppers came from Outer Soblovia or some such exciting location, that lists it as Organic uh uh right!! I generally wait till I can find these at a local farmers market.  Anyway good peppers are starting to show-up locally; so its time to fix-up this easy wonderful version of a stuffed pepper.  I try to use a red or yellow sweet pepper (green works OK to) if one is available for size and shape.  The ideal candidate  is large and the bottom is fairly flat on the bottom.
This recipe is for one stuffed pepper, so multiply the ingredients according to how many you are making.
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Ingredients:
1-large flat bottomed sweet pepper of your choice (top trimmed off and seeds removed)
Enough of your favorite omelet mixture to fill the pepper cavity

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In a shallow baking dish or cake pan, add your pepper(s) (standing-up) and fill with your omelet mixture till about 3/4 full; sprinkle the top with Parmesan cheese.  Add just enough water to cover the bottom of the pan about1/4 inch (this helps steam the pepper(s) and prevents scorching)
Now place this baking dish in a 400 degree oven long enough for the omelet to be solid in the middle (approx 45-50 mins depending on how many you are cooking)
We use this as a dinner entree    That's it!!

Strawberry Bread

The Strawberries in this bread keep the bread moist so it needs very little oil.

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Ingredients:
2-cups sifted cake flour
1-tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup sugar or splenda
1-tsp ground cinnamon
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1/2-cup skim milk
2-tbs vegetable oil
2-eggs lightly beaten
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1-cup chopped fresh strawberries
1-tbs cake flour

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Cooking spray

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Instructions:

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Step #1 combine first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl; make a well in center of mixture.
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Step #2 combine milk,oil and eggs; add to dry ingredients, stirring until just moistened.
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Step # 3 Dredge strawberries in 1 tablespoon flour; gently fold into batter.
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Stop#4 Spoon batter into loaf pan that has been coated with cooking spray.  Bake at 350 degrees approx.  hour or just short of that hour.  Cool in pan 5 Min's. Remove from pan and completely cool on wire rack.      That's it you did it enjoy!!

Buttermilk Biscuits

Contrary to its name,buttermilk is naturally low in fat.

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Ingredients:

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2-tsp baking powder

1/2-tsp baking soda
1/4-cup Wheat Bran (fiber)

1/2-tsp salt

1/2-tsp sugar or Splenda                                                              

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1- cup nonfat buttermilk

2-tbs extra virgin olive oil

1-tbs non-fat sour cream

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Butter-flavored cooking spray

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Directions:

Step #1 combine fist 6 ingredients in a medium bowl; make a well in center of mixture.

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Step #2 Combine Buttermilk,oil and sour cream; add to dry ingredients, stirring until just moistened

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Step #3 Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface.  Knead 5 or 6 times.  Roll dough to 3/4 inch thick cut into rounds with a 2-1/2 inch biscuit cutter,  Place on an UN-greased baking sheet. Spray tops lightly with cooking spray.  Bake 400 degrees 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. 

This should yield 1- dozen at 94 calories each.