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  • Dips, Dressings & Sauces
    • Avocado/Mango/Chipotle Salsa
      • Avocado. Chipotle, Mango, Pineapple, Vidalia Onion, & Lime Juice
      • The avocado breaks down over time to provide a cooling sauce for the chipotle, which is the surprise to this sweet almost dessert.
    • Basic Pizza Sauce (homemade)
      • This is a good, basic flavored pizza sauce, with a few ingredients & using tomato paste.
    • Catalina Dressing (homemade)
      • Ketchup, Avocado Oil (Grapeseed), Honey / Agave Nectar, Worcestershire Sauce, Red Wine Vinegar, Soy Sauce, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Smoked Paprika, S & P
      • I made this dressing from scratch and was very surprised at how good it both looked & tasted. It was as good as any “store bought” or restaurant version I have had. It is a beautiful reddish color.
    • Spinach Dip
      • Chopped Spinach, Cream Cheese, Sour Cream, Hidden Valley Ranch Dips Mix, Red Bell Pepper, Vidalia Onion, Diced Water Chestnuts
      • I found that this dip goes really well with wavy potato chips.
    • Thousand Island Dressing (homemade)
      • I made this to go on my homemade Pastrami Reuben (Rachel). This dressing “turns” the Sauerkraut on the sandwich.
    • Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing
    • Homemade Buttermilk
      • Add a little vinegar or lemon juice to regular milk. After a short while the milk will thicken and have a slightly tart taste. I used some of this to make a homemade Ranch dressing.
  • Soups
    • Andouille/Lentil (hot)
      • Andouille sausage, onion, Poblano, Habnero, other hot or mild peppers, lentils (brown, red, etc.) carrots, chicken broth, S&P
      • I actually put this on the list before realizing how good it was.
    • Avocado/Chipotle (hot)
      • Cubed/Shredded Chicken, Chicken Broth, Chipotle Peppers (could add chopped Cilantro)
      • Just three ingredients make this a simple, but elegant soup. Heat from the Chipotle, Cooling from the Avocado.
    • Curried Apple (cold/hot)
      • This soup is good either hot or cold. It is pureed, and you can even add cubed or shredded chicken to it for a non-vegetarian version. It is sweet, and the curry burns, but the heat does not stay as from peppers.
    • Tarragon/Pea (cold/hot)
      • Frozen Garden Peas, Leeks, Dry Tarragon
      • This soup is pureed, and is good either hot or cold.
  • Salads
    • Napa Cabbage, Ramen Noodles & Soy
      • Napa Cabbage, Ramen Noodles, Sliced Almonds, Soy Flavor, Vinegar
      • Using a flavor packet from a Soy Flavored Ramen Noodle Package
    • Cornbread Salad
      • I have never made this salad, and the ingredients & images have changed. Originally they used black beans and not black eyed peas. Now that I know how to make Buttermilk at home, I will be more likely to make this using Jiffy Cornbread Mix.
  • Sides
    • Tomato/Tomatillo Chutney
      • Tomato, Vidalia Onion, Tomatillo, Red Wine Vinegar, Sweetener (Agave Nectar, Equal, Sugar)
    • Glazed Carrots (Maple Flavor)
      • Using Sugar Free Maple Syrup to flavor the carrots.

Entrees

  • Clam & Pesto Pasta Shells
  • Pizza (homemade, ciabatta rolls)
    • Basic Pizza Sauce (homemade)
  • Pastrami Rachel (homemade)
    • Thousand Island Dressing (homemade)
  • Zucchini/Kielbasa/Shrimp
    • Zucchini, Kielbasa, Onion, Shrimp, Tomato, Pasta Shells, Cayenne (ground), Red Pepper Flakes, S&P

  • 1924 Bleu (cheese, Whole Foods)
  • Agave Nectar (sweetener)
  • Capricho de Cabra (cheese)
  • Hot Mustard (S&B)
    • This is the really hot mustard used on egg rolls. It is a dry mustard powder, to which you add water. You have to get the correct proportion of mustard powder & water.
  • Knorr Pesto Sauce Mix
    • Add this dry Pesto Mix to cooked pasta shells & add chopped clams.
  • Lamb (round bone chop)
  • Medium Ripe Green Olives (pitted, 365 Whole Foods)
  • Patak’s Hot Curry (wet curry paste)
  • Salsa Ranchera (Herdez)
    • This is the basic, Chipotle flavor for homemade salsas & for Mexican chicken or ground beef & peppers.
  • Spicy Pickles (Dills, Walmart)
    • These pickles are served best “iced cold”.
  • Toasted Sesame Oil
    • The toasted sesame oil provides the basic flavor for fried rice.
This one wasn’t that flavorful, as several previous ones.
Original Cornbread Salad
w/ Black Beans

[NOTE]: I made the Cornbread Salad some time ago, and surprise… it wasn’t that good, and not worth repeating in my mind. I’m not sure why because it has a bunch of ingredients that would seem to work well together. I just didn’t have that unique flavor punch. [end NOTE]