Welcome in my kitchen

The Song that is playing is Hot, Hot,

Hot, from the movie, The Little Mermaid.

Welcome to my kitchen again, I have a lot of

recipes that I love and would like to share them

with you so you can make them too. Get comfortable

with some nice warm coffee and get a pen and pad so

you can write the recipes down or you can print

them out, your choice and when your ready to cook

them, remember have fun and play some music

too.

Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Cakes

Serves 6 Est. preparation time: 30 mins Est. cooking tim: 15 mins

Ingredients:

2 pounds lump Chesapeake Bay Blue crabmeat(or any kind of crabmeat you like)

1/3 cup Hellmann's mayonnaise

1/2 tablespoons of mustard powder

2 extra large eggs, lightly beaten

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1 teaspoon seafood seasoning

1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs

2 tablespoons chpped fresh parsley

2 tablespoons finely chopped yellow onions

3 teaspoon of Old Bay seasoning

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/4 cup flour

1/4 cup vegetable oil

Directions:

Combine mayonnaise, mustard, eggs,

lemon juice, seasoing, bread crumbs, parsley,

yellow onions, Old Bay seasoning, and cayenne

pepper in a large bowl. Gently fold in crabmeat.

Season to taste with salt and pepper. Portion into

3 1/2-ounce cakes. Lightly flour, shaking off any

excess. Saute in vegetable oil until golden brown

on both sides and thoroughly heated. Serve

immediately.

Pasta e Fagioli

Serves 8 Est. preparation time: 10 mins Est. cooking time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

1 pound fettuccine noodles

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 cloves garlic, chopped

1 15 oz. can tomato sauce

1 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes

2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil

1/2 teaspoon crushed dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 15 1/2-oz. can cannellini(white kidney beans),

drained

Directions:

Prepare fettuccine according to

package directions; drain and set aside.

Heat oil in a large, heavy skillet

over medium-high heat; saute garlic until fragrant

but not yet browning, about 2 minutes. Add tomato

sauce, diece tomatoes, basil, oregano, salt and

pepper; bring to a boil, reduce heat and let simmer

for 15 to 20 minutes.

Add cannellini to simmering sauce;

stir to combine and heat thoroughly. (If sauce is

too thick, cautiously stir in additional water to

achieve desired consistency.) Toss with fettuccine

and serve warm, with grated Parmesan cheese and

crushed red pepper, if desired.

Penne Pasta Bake

Serves 8 Est. preparation time: 5 mins Est. preparation time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

16 ounces penne pasta

1 pound lean ground beef

1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped

28 ounces tomato-based pasta sauce

6 ounces ricotta cheese

Directions:

Prepare pasta according to package

directions; drain.

Preheat oven to 300 F.

In a large skillet brown ground

beef with garlic until no longer pink, about 10

minutes; drain.

Add pasta sauce and ricotta chees;

stir to blend. Transfer to a large casserole dish.

Stir in pasta. Bake, covered, for 10 minutes.

Uncover and spinkle Parmesan cheese on top. Bake

another 5 minutes until golden and bubbly.

I made this the other day and it

didn't turn out the way I wanted it to because I

made it with sausages instead of ground beef, bad

deal, won't ever do that again so make it the way I

typed it on the page and it will turn out good, it

did taste good but not the way I wanted it to.

Shrimp Creole

Serves 6 Est. preparation time: 16 mins Est. preparation time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

1 cup celery, sliced

1 cup onion, sliced

1 cup green bell pepper, sliced

1/4 cup oil

3 1/2 cups whole tomatoes

8 fluid ounces tomato sauce

2 bay leaves

1 tablespoon C&H Pure Cane Granulated Sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon chili powder

1/4 teaspoon liquid hot pepper saucefont>

2 pounds shrimp, peeled

2 tablespoons flour

1/3 cup water

Directions:

In a skillet, saute thinly sliced

onion, and sliced green bell pepper in oil until

tender, but not brown. Add whole tomatoes, tomato

sauce, bay leaves, sugar, salt, chili powder, and

liquid hot pepper sauce. Mix well then stir in

peeled shrimp. Cover reduce the heat, and simmer

for 30 minutes.

In a mixing bowl combine flour and

water. Stir into the shrimp mixture and cook for 5

minutes, or until thickened.

I made this the other day and it

turned out fine, I love it.

Nicole's Lasagna Supreme

Serves 8 Est. preparation time: 40 mins Est. preparation time: 1 hr, 40 mins

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef

3/4 cup chopped onion

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 tablespoons DaVinci Olive Oil(this one works great)

1 28oz. can crushed tomatoes

1/2 6oz. can tomato paste

1 cup water

1/2 teaspoon basil

1/2 teaspoon parsley

1/2 teaspoon oregano salt and pepper to taste

1/2 package (8 ounces) DaVinci Lasagna

1 pound Ricotta cheese(I like a lot of this in Lasagna)

8 oz. Mozzarella cheese, shredded or thinly sliced

1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Lightly brown beef, onion, and

garlic in olive oil. Add tomatoes, tomato paste,

water, basil, parsley, oregano, salt and pepper.

Simmer uncovered, stirring occaionally for 30

minutes. Cook lasagna as directed on box; drain. In

13x9x2" baking pan, spread about 1 cup sauce. Then

alternate layers of lasagne, sauce, ricotta,

mozzarella, and parmesan cheese; ending with sauce,

mozzarella, and parmesan. Cover with foil and bake

at 350 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes. Allow to stand

for 15 minutes. Make 8 servings.

I love this recipe, thing only

thing I only make it once a month because it takes

so long to make and wears me out, but I love

absolutely love it.=o)

All these recipes I have made and

printed from Meals.com, I love them, I go on there

all the time to get recipes of food that I can make

so I went on there. The only recipes that are mine

truly are Nicole's Lasagna Supreme and Nicole's

Salmon Cakes and The Crab Cakes. Below is a link to

Meals.com.

www.meals.com