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ok. so here's the challenge

Give us a hint about what some of your family favorites are Hinda...and I bet we can come up with some goodies! Also...zip down to the recipe thread...tons & tons of great food down there. That may get you off to a big start...

One easy thing we like is cornish hens. I cook one a piece for us but Johnny usually ends up eating his and part of mine. I rub them with salt, pepper, extra virgin olive oil and bake them for a couple of hours or until done. I get small, red potatoes, slice them up sort of thick and lay them out flat to cook in the same pan with the chickens. Because I baste the chickens with the oil several times during baking the potatoes come out crispy. Sometimes I add a little chopped up onion. Very tasty.

Sounds delicious!! When is dinner?? hehehe I have never made the cornish hens.....yet, mayeb I will now! hehehe Think I would do fresh steamed green beans with!! Bonnie

Hinda...most good cooks, and EVERY chef, will tell you it's all about the ingredients. As you're shopping, look at the meat aisle first, then veggies, or vice versa. I frequently go straight to the veggie aisle and see what's on sale, and then, WHAM! inspiration hits me.

Here's something I do sometimes. Buy a nice rotisserie chicken, or bake one with some cajun rub or other seasoning rubbed on. Slice off the meat and roll in corn tortillas after squeezing on lime juice and salting to taste. Some hot sauce or salsa goes nice here, too. Have guacamole salad on the side, or dinner salad, maybe rice. And if you bake your own chicken, bake potatoes along with it. Try those with lime squeezed on, too!

hinda, how about eggs and meat? cause if you can eat those together, i have a meal for you...

start with your favorite chicken or beef (i baked my meat in barbeque (tomato & brown sugar based after i had simmered it for about 2 hours - i use cheap meat, on a budget! ) then add 4ruddy's sweet potato casserole using soy milk and margarine to keep it kosher. finish off with buttered noodles, using margarine to "butter" them. excepting that my meat was pork, and i used real milk in the casserole, that is what i had for dinner tonight! but, i've made it the way i described with beef and chicken and it is really good!

I make chicken salad from leftover chicken alot. I cut the chicken into cubes and mix it up with some mayo, cut celery, grapes cut into quarters, and diced apples. I'm not sure if that is mixing meat and dairy...not sure if mayo is considered dairy. Sometimes I put some crushed walnuts into it too. We usually make chicken salad sandwhiches with this, but it is good by itself also. Easy and quick to make.

oh, and does your family eat spaghetti? i have a good sauce recipe that is kosher.

Should we start a post under "Recipes" called "recipes for Hinda?" I'm stoked to post some ideas!

actually, if you would post the recipes by name & primary ingredient in recipes, and then link them in here, she'll have the best of both worlds, and i can find them when i get hungry too! (like i did today with 4ruddy's casserole - i had to google it to find it today! ) and, if it hadn't been a topic by itself, it would have taken much longer to find, as it was, it was #2 on the google page for the garden helper!

Okay, Jiffy, I'll just have to work on my computer literacy a bit. Here's a dinner idea, though...
Lintel Soup


click the link for the recipe!

ok pepper, go post this in the recipe section under "lintel soup" and then i'll create the link for you in your post here. that way, it's here for her, but google will find it for me later!

OMG...I love lentil soup.
Haven't had it in years...since Malcolm died.

I think I'll make some this week.

Chicken salad is one of my favorite things. It just doesn't taste as good with canned chicken though. Gotta be left over chicken.

Jiff, I 'll post the sweet potato puff recipe that you asked for...that was the one I did for Thanksgiving last year...it is very different & yummy! It may be tomorrow (or 4am ) but I will getit done!

you guys are amazing - then again i didnt expect any less.
our faves are tuna patties, frnch toast, chicken salad (but i make it with garlic powder, pickles and carrots and peppers), pastas, pitta pizzas, cheeses cookies - i call them cookies because that is what they looki like but they are really a healthy lunch!.
looks like we are off to a really great start!
i am so excited!

Hi Hinda
Heres a link for you. Hope it helps!!
www.jewish-food.org

Mayo is eggs and oil emulsified(sp) so it shouldn't be considered a dairy. So the chicken, turkey, potato, and pasta salads should all be good additions to you recipe book.

I recently cooked a winter squash soup that went over really well with the guests I had to dinner. They finished off all of it down to the last drop.

Winter Squash Soup

3 Tbsp Butter or substitute
1 Lb Pumpkin or winter squash, peeled,
seeded, and cut into 1 to 2 inch cubes
1 Lb Tart Apples I used Granny Smith,
peeled, cored, and roughly chopped
4 cups Vegtable stock
1 Tbsp Corn Starch or 2 Tbsp Flour.
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves

Melt the margarine substitute on medium heat in a big pot add the corn starch or flour and stir until it mixes together then slowly add the veggie stock while stirring constantly.

Once all the stock is added put in the pumpkin, apples and spices. Bring to a boil and then turn the heat down and partially cover it while it maintains a rolling boil for approximately 30 minutes or the pumpkin/winter squash is tender.

Cool slightly and then puree or strain it until you have a smooth consistancy. It can be stored for up to 2 days in the refrigerator at this point.

Reheat (do not boil) put in soup tureen and serve. I like to put an edge of crushed nuts around the edge of the soup and a mint sprig in the center. Just for a contrasting color.

I serve sour dough bread with mine. It's almost like a dessert it tastes so good.

tk, can you post this in recipes? thanks

Split pea soup made with turkey rather than ham is also a good one. Great for leftovers as well. You can also do pinto beans with turkey rather than ham and it is good as well.