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Chicken,Vegetable and Barley Soup


                                        Chicken Vegetable Barley Soup Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 cup slivered almonds
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 cup chopped celery
  • 4 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 cup chopped carrots
  • 5 cups diced red potatoes
  • 3 cups chopped cooked chicken
  • 2 1/2 quarts chicken broth
  • 1 cup quick-cooking barley
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • salt and black pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spread slivered almonds evenly over a baking sheet. Toast in preheated oven until golden brown and fragrant.
  2. Heat the oil in a large stock pot over medium heat. Cook onions, celery, mushrooms, and garlic in oil until onions are tender.
  3. Stir in carrots, potatoes, chicken, and broth. Bring to a boil, then stir in barley. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 20 minutes.
  4. Remove from heat, and stir in butter, parsley, and toasted almonds. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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Chicken Pie in Pot


                                       Chicken Pot Pie IX Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed
  • 1 cup sliced carrots
  • 1 cup frozen green peas
  • 1/2 cup sliced celery
  • 1/3 cup butter
  • 1/3 cup chopped onion
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
  • 1 3/4 cups chicken broth
  • 2/3 cup milk
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  • 2 (9 inch) unbaked pie crusts

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C.)
  2. In a saucepan, combine chicken, carrots, peas, and celery. Add water to cover and boil for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and set aside.
  3. In the saucepan over medium heat, cook onions in butter until soft and translucent. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk. Simmer over medium-low heat until thick. Remove from heat and set aside.
  4. Place the chicken mixture in bottom pie crust. Pour hot liquid mixture over. Cover with top crust, seal edges, and cut away excess dough. Make several small slits in the top to allow steam to escape.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.



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Choclate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Cake


                                      Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Cake Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 (18 ounce) package small chocolate chip cookies
  • 1/4 cup margarine, melted
  • 1 cup hot fudge topping
  • 2 quarts vanilla ice cream
  • 1 cup whipped cream
  • 12 cherries

Directions

  1. Crush half the cookies (about 20) to make crumbs. Combine crumbs with melted margarine and press into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan or pie plate. Stand remaining cookies around edge of pan. Spread 3/4 cup fudge topping over crust. Freeze 15 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, soften 1 quart of ice cream in microwave or on countertop. After crust has chilled, spread softened ice cream over fudge layer. Freeze 30 minutes.
  3. Scoop remaining quart of ice cream into balls and arrange over spread ice cream layer. Freeze until firm, 4 hours or overnight. To serve, garnish with remainder of fudge topping, whipped cream and cherries.

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Cake and Ice Cream Cake (YUMMY)


                                        Cake and Ice Cream Cake Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 (10 inch) angel food cake
  • 1/2 gallon strawberry ice cream

Directions

  1. Take ice cream out of freezer to soften. It should be easy to spread and not melted.
  2. Rip the angel food cake into chunks (about 2 inches). Place a layer of cake on the bottom of one 9 or 10 inch tube pan. Spread a layer of the softened ice cream on top. Repeat layers until cake and ice cream are gone.
  3. Put cake in freezer for at least 2 to 3 hours. When ready to serve remove cake from freezer and place cake onto a serving dish, removing pan.

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Whisky Marinated Steak

                                         Whiskey-Marinated Steak Recipe


Ingredients

  • 2/3 cup water
  • 1/2 cup whiskey
  • 1/2 cup pineapple juice
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup diced onion
  • 1/3 cup teriyaki sauce
  • 1/3 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup liquid smoke
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 4 (8 ounce) rib-eye steaks

Directions

  1. Whisk together the water, whiskey, pineapple juice, brown sugar, diced onion, teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, liquid smoke, and minced garlic in a bowl.
  2. Lie the steaks in the bottom of a baking dish. Pour the marinade over the steaks; refrigerate overnight.
  3. Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat, and lightly oil grate.
  4. Grill steaks to desired doneness, 3 to 5 minutes per side for medium-rare. Allow steaks to rest for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

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Beef Steak (YEAH)


                                          Men Love This Steak Recipe


Ingredients

  • 2 (8 ounce) beef rib-eye steaks, cut 3/4 inch thick
  • 1 teaspoon steak seasoning
  • 3 thick slices bacon
  • 2 teaspoons butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 3/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 cup thinly sliced red bell pepper
  • 8 ounces small mushrooms, quartered
  • 2 tablespoons crumbled blue cheese

Directions

  1. Prepare an outdoor grill using charcoal briquettes stacked 2 to 3 deep. Season the steaks on both sides with steak seasoning.
  2. While the charcoal heats up, fry the bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat until crisp. Remove from the skillet and drain on paper towels. Leave grease in the pan.
  3. When the charcoal is covered with gray ashes, put the steaks on the grill. Cook for 12 minutes, turning once, or to your desired degree of doneness.
  4. While the steaks are cooking, stir the butter, Worcestershire sauce and mustard into the bacon grease. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until butter has melted. Add the red bell pepper and mushrooms; cook and stir until tender.
  5. To serve, place steaks onto plates. Top with bacon, then blue cheese and then the vegetables. Serve immediately.

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Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes


                                             Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes Recipe


Ingredients

  • 4 russet potatoes, sliced into 1/4 inch slices
  • 1 onion, sliced into rings
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 1 quart casserole dish.
  2. Layer 1/2 of the potatoes into bottom of the prepared casserole dish. Top with the onion slices, and add the remaining potatoes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  3. In a medium-size saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Mix in the flour and salt, and stir constantly with a whisk for one minute. Stir in milk. Cook until mixture has thickened. Stir in cheese all at once, and continue stirring until melted, about 30 to 60 seconds. Pour cheese over the potatoes, and cover the dish with aluminum foil.
  4. Bake 1 1/2 hours in the preheated oven.
REFERENCE : ALLRECIPES.COM

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