Creamy Summer Avocado Soup
June 12, 2010 by Firehouse Chef
Filed under Appetizer, Buffet, Easy, Easy Miscellaneous Recipes, Lunch, New Miscellaneous Recipe, No Cook, Snack, Soup, Starter, healthy
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Creamy Summer Avocado Soup - This pleasant, light, creamy avocado soup recipe is unique, as it is served chilled. We used healthy avocados, and mixed them into a creamy base, then chilled, making a divine, light, simple soup recipe!
Prep Time: 10 mins |
Ingredients to make Creamy Summer Avocado Soup
2 large ripe avocados, peeled and chopped
3/4 cup half and half
2 cups chicken stock
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Directions to make Creamy Summer Avocado Soup
Place the chopped avocados in an electric blender or food processor and puree. Add the half and half and blend well. Combine the chicken stock with the avocado puree in a bowl, stirring well.
Pass the mixture through a sieve, then stir in the hot pepper sauce, and add salt and black pepper to taste.
Refrigerate soup for at least 2 hours before serving
Fried Garlicky Shrimp
May 30, 2010 by Firehouse Chef
Filed under Buffet, Dinner, Easy Miscellaneous Recipes, Main Course, New Miscellaneous Recipe, Supper, fried
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Fried Garlicky Shrimp - This simple, savory, shrimp recipe is quick, convenient, and just mouth watering! Using everyday ingredients, you can make an easy garlic shrimp dish, so flavorful, it’s almost too good to be true. Skillet fried stove top, you can enjoy this one any time of year.
Prep Time: 10-15 mins |
Ingredients to make Fried Garlicky Shrimp
1 bag (3 1/2-ounce size) boil-in-bag brown rice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
32 peeled and deveined large shrimp
1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
3 cloves garlic, sliced
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup dry white wine
4 slices lemon (1/4-inch-thick)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon butter
lemon wedges (optional)
Directions to make Fried Garlicky Shrimp
How Does Organic Food Affect Your Body
May 7, 2010 by Camp Cook
Filed under Tips and Tricks, healthy
Organic foods are getting a lot of hype these days, making many people wonder exactly how does organic food affect your body. One answer to that question is that it doesn’t. Let me explain. The benefits of eating only organic foods is not how it affects your body, but the lack of pesticides and hormones that can adversely affect your health and well being. Foods grown using pesticides, and meats and dairy fed hormones, leave residues that can cause cancer, memory loss and other health problems. So, how does organic food affect your body? It doesn’t. What it does do is give your body the fresh unaltered fuel that it needs.
Breakfast Smoothie
March 14, 2010 by Firehouse Chef
Filed under Beverage, Breakfast, Easy, Easy Miscellaneous Recipes, Lunch, New Miscellaneous Recipe, No Cook, Snack
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Breakfast Smoothie - This BEST breakfast, creamy fruit smoothie recipe is phenomenal when you are in a hurry and don’t have time to sit down and eat. Jam packed with all colors of fresh succulent berries, potassium rich banana, and orange juice, and then blended with tofu or yogurt for the creamy texture. This quick and easy recipe really “packs a punch” of healthy to start the day!
Prep Time: 5 mins |
Ingredients to make Breakfast Smoothie
1 1/4 cups orange juice, preferably calcium-fortified
1 banana
1 1/4 cups frozen berries, such as raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and/or strawberries
1/2 cup low-fat silken tofu or low-fat plain yogurt
1 tablespoon sugar or Splenda
Directions to make Breakfast Smoothie
Sweet Pancakes Or Waffles
February 22, 2010 by Firehouse Chef
Filed under Breakfast, Buffet, Easy, Easy Miscellaneous Recipes, Microwave, New Miscellaneous Recipe, Snack, fried
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Sweet Pancakes Or Waffles - A tried and true favorite, pancakes or waffles, with a dash of apple and cinnamon, to give it a little sweet, with added texture and flavor. The best part about this pancake recipe, other than the fantastic taste, of course, is you can make a double batch, use half for waffles and put them on the freezer for a healthy, hefty, snack, breakfast, or even a lunch recipe, in a hurry, anytime of day!
Prep Time: 10 mins |
Ingredients to make Sweet Pancakes Or Waffles
1 1/4 c flour
1/4 c wheat germ
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 Tbs sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 c buttermilk
1/4 c oil
1 c coarsely grated tart apple
Directions to make Sweet Pancakes Or Waffles
Nutty Pumpkin Spice Bread
| Nutty Pumpkin Spice Bread - This exceptionally fresh homemeade bread is made a little healthier with the addition of the pumpkin, but it is more healthy because it has no additives in it, just your TLC.P
rep Time: 10 mins |
Ingredients to make Nutty Pumpkin Spice Bread
3 c Bread flour
1/2 c Whole wheat flour
1 1/2 tb Butter,room temperature
1 ts Salt
1 ts Pumpkin pie spice
1 lg Egg
1/2 c Milk
1/4 c Orange juice
1/2 c Canned pumpkin
1/3 c Sugar
1/2 c Pecan pieces
2 1/2 ts Active dry yeast
Directions to make Nutty Pumpkin Spice Bread
Feta Broccoli Pie
January 30, 2010 by Firehouse Chef
Filed under Baked, Boiled, Buffet, Casserole, Dinner, Easy, Easy Miscellaneous Recipes, Lunch, Main Course, New Miscellaneous Recipe, Supper
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Feta Broccoli Pie -This creative, extra creamy, feta broccoli pie recipe, is utterly delicious. Fresh, healthy, colorful vegetables, mixed with egg and skim milk, then topped with crumbled feta, are oven baked in a pie shell, until vegetables are crisp tender, and shell is golden brown and flaky. Very simple and unique.
Prep Time: 10-15 mins |
Ingredients to make Feta Broccoli Pie
10 oz Broccoli *
1 c Evaporated Skim Milk
1 Egg
3 1/2 oz Feta
1 t Dried Oregano
1 Carrot, sliced thin,blanched
1 Small Red Pepper **
1 Pie Shell (8-inch)
* Broccoli should be cut into long-stemmed florets, blanched, drained
** Red Pepper should be cut in julienne strips
Directions to make Feta Broccoli Pie
Vegetable Shrimp Salad
January 23, 2010 by Firehouse Chef
Filed under Appetizer, Boiled, Buffet, Dinner, Easy, Easy Miscellaneous Recipes, Lunch, New Miscellaneous Recipe, Salad, Starter
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Vegetable Shrimp Salad -This recipe for shrimp and vegetable salad is exquisite. One of a kind asparagus, is paired with succulent shrimp that has been marinated for this dynamic shrimp salad. It even includes the second recipe for the marinade! Quick and easy, shrimp lovers “Must Try” this tasty treat.
Prep Time: 10 mins |
Ingredients to make Vegetable Shrimp Salad
1 lb Shrimp shelled and cleaned
1 1/2 lb Cleaned asparagus
1 Thin lemon slice
1/4 c Sliced green onion
2 tb Minced parsley
1 md Diced tomato
Lettuce leaves
1 oz Grated Monterey jack cheese
DRESSING
1/2 c Salad oil
4 tb Vinegar
1/4 ts Salt
Dash cayenne
1/8 ts Pepper
1 tb Parsley
1 tb Basil
1 tb Oregano
1 tb Chervil
Directions to make Vegetable Shrimp Salad
Roast Pork with Apple Glaze
January 23, 2010 by Firehouse Chef
Filed under Buffet, Dinner, Easy, Easy Miscellaneous Recipes, Lunch, Main Course, New Miscellaneous Recipe, Roast, Slow Cooker, Supper
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Roast Pork with Apple Glaze - This simple, yet sensational, slow cooker recipe for roast pork, is absolutely divine. Made sweet by wholesome apples and juice, seasoned slightly with a little ginger, it cooks all day in the crock pot, leaving the pork, irresistably moist and tender.
Prep Time: 10-15 mins |
Ingredients to make Roast Pork with Apple Glaze
4 pound pork, loin roast
6 each apples
1/4 cup apple juice
3 tablespoon sugar, brown
1 teaspoon ginger, ground
Directions to make Roast Pork with Apple Glaze
Fresh Fruit Salmon Salad
January 9, 2010 by Firehouse Chef
Filed under Barbeque, Buffet, Dinner, Easy, Easy Miscellaneous Recipes, Grilled, Lunch, New Miscellaneous Recipe, Salad
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Fresh Fruit Salmon Salad -This wholesome blend of fresh vegetables, fruit, and fish is delightfully delicious, and a very healthy recipe. A medley of healthy, dark green salad leaves, bright red strawberries, and griiled pink salmon fillets, provide an incredible assortment of important vitamins, as well as an out of this world taste, in this simple salmon salad, that is a a “Must Try”.
Prep Time: 10 mins |
Ingredients to make Fresh Fruit Salmon Salad
1/4 c. frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 T. + 1-1/2 tsp. white wine vinegar or cider vinegar
1 T. chopped fresh basil OR 1 tsp. dried basil leaves
1-1/2 tsp. olive oil
1 (8-oz.) salmon fillet (about 1-in. thick)
4 c. torn mixed greens
3/4 c. sliced strawberries
10-12 thin cucumber slices, cut into halves
1/8 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper