Any Olive Garden Fans?

Faux Zuppa Toscana

1 Tbsp. Olive oil
1 lb. ground Italian sausage, mild
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper, plus more to taste
2 1/2 cup water
2 (14 1/2 oz.) cans chicken broth
3 large russet potatoes, peeled, halved lengthwise, sliced 1/4" thick
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. freshly group pepper
1/2 bunch kale, stems removed, chopped
1 cup heavy (whipping) cream

• Saute sausage in oil. Remove sausage to plate and set aside. Add onion, saute until translucent. Add garlic and crushed red pepper, cook 1 minute.

• In a large pot, combine water and broth; add onion mixture. Add potatoes, salt and pepper. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat, simmer about 10 minutes.

• Add kale and sausage, simmer until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in cream. Heat to simmer over medium heat, cook 2 minutes.

So, the fresh potatoes are good, but something I do to save a bit of time when I make this is I replace the 3 russet potatoes with 3 cans of sliced potatoes. No difference in flavor, and it saves extra chopping and peeling! I also leave the kale out. One thing less to chop, buy, and yeah. But if you are a kale fan, go for it! :) We love this soup. Love love love!

Pillow-Soft Dinner Rolls

I was shocked at how good these rolls are. Usually when I make homemade bread it is pretty dense and only good right after I cook it. These rolls are very fluffy and are good even after they cool down.

• 4-1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water (110-115 degrees)*
• 2 cups warm milk (110-115 degrees)
• 6 tablespoons shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 7 to 7 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

In a large mixing bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. add the milk shortening, eggs, sugar, salt and 3 cups of flour; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.

Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes**. Add additional flour as you knead so that dough doesn't stick to your fingers, if needed. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place untiol doubled, about 1 hour.

Punch dough down. turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 24 pieces. Shape each into a roll. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown***. Remove to cool. Yield 2 dozen.

* Water warmer than this will kill the yeast and bread will not raise.
**Make sure your knead for the full time. Dough should look very smooth when finished.
***For extra yumminess, brush melted butter over the rolls.

Spicy Sausage and Potato Soup

This recipe makes a soup very similar to Carolyn's potato and sausage soup. This recipe is a little more complicated than how she makes it, but since I can never get her to tell me exact amounts and because she makes it without a recipe, this is very helpful. This is my favorite kind of soup.

• 3 Tablespoons butter
  
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped celery*
  
• 12-16 onces sausage**
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 cup chopped green onions
• 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
  
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil leafs
• 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 cans chicken broth (15 oz each?)
• 2-3 pounds baking potatoes, peeled and diced***
  
• 2 cups heavy cream (one container)

Boil potatoes peeled and diced potatoes until tender. Set aside.

In a large pot over medium-low heat, melt the butter. Add the onion, celery and diced sausage. Saute until the vegetables are tender and sausage is lightly browned.

Stir in the flour until smooth and well-blended. Stir in green onions, parley, basil, salt and pepper.

Continue cooking, stirring for 1 minute. Blend in the chicken broth. Add the diced cooked potatoes. Stir in the heavy cream and continue cooking until heated through.

*Celery is optional. If you do use it, chop it thinly so it can get tender. Big chunks stay crunchy.
** I like to use spicy (hot) sausage for half of it and regular or sage sausage for the other half. I use the tubes of sausage.
***I like to use red potatoes and leave the peels on (better nutritional value, less work).

Apple Dumplings

INGREDIENTS
1 (16 ounce) can refrigerated flaky biscuit dough
4 apples - peeled, cored and halved
1 cup white sugar
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon


DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Butter a 7x11 inch baking pan. Separate biscuit dough into 8 pieces. Flatten each piece of dough into a circle. Wrap one biscuit around each apple half and place, seam side down, in pan.
In small bowl, combine sugar, water, melted butter and vanilla. Pour mixture over dumplings in pan. Sprinkle cinnamon on top. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, until golden. Serve hot.

A cheap, quick, and delicious meal!!

Ingredients:

- Refried beans
- mozarella cheese
- Shredded Beef(optional)
- 1/2 cup Oil
- Fresh Tortillas

Mix the first three ingredients, place them in the tortilla, roll the tortilla, and then fry. If you wish you can put sour cream on top and guacamolle
This meal is sooooo good, try it:D

BYU!!!

Sopa de Quinua

• 1/2 Taza de quinua


• 2 Cabezas de cebolla (onion)


• 2 Zanahorias (carrots)


• 1 Tomate (tomato)


• 1/2 Libra de carne (pound beef)


• 1 Cuchara de aceite (oil)


• Papa-potato, acelga, espinaca, perejil (basil), lo necesario, Sal(salt) y condimentos a gusto
  
  Hervir 2 litros de agua, incorporar la carne cortajada. Picar cebolla, zanahoria y otras verduras. Agregar quinua y dejar hervir unos 15 minutos. Echar papas picadas y dejar cocer, en breve estará lista para servir

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Picana

• 4 large carrots(peel and cut long)


• 3 turnip (peel and cut)


• 4 tomatoes


• celery and parsley


• 2 laurel leafs


• 3 pimientas dulces


• black pepper, cumin, garlic, green pepper


• retostar y poner a la olla


• add water to the bowl


• in a separate bowl fry the ribs, cut them, add salt cumin, pepper to taste


• add to the water bowl


• lamb, cut it , bowl it


• add to water bowl


• chicken(boil it) and then add it to the water bowl


• add tomato sauce 2 latas


• add raising however many you want


• vinager, a little bit


• boil tunta(pero remojar con agua y sal por 1 dia) partir por la mitad y poner queso en medio


• Boil choclo, potato however many you need

Cunape

• 1 lb cheese
• 1/2 lb almidon de yucca
• 1 tbs shotening
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 cup milk

Mix the cheese and almidon de yucca, then add the shortening and the baking powder. Mix then well.Then add the egg and a little bit of milk and add the reat of the milk if nessesary. Form little balls and bake them for 15 min at 375 F.

Bizcochuelo

• 5 white eggs


• 5 tbs sugar


• mix them


• add the eggs yolks


• 5 tbs flour


• a little bit of paking powder


• vainilla a little bit

Gomita Boliviana

• mix the creme, and add sugar to taste
• boil water to make the jello
• as soon as the jello its done mis it with the creme
• serve

Charkecan

• Beef: boil it with water and salt
• pound it with a rock
• fraying the beef
• put the mote-mexican corn to boil
• boil eggs
• boil potatoes
• serve with cheese slices on top of the meat

Alfajores de maicena

• 1 3/4 cups corn starch


• 1/2 cups flour


• 100 grams butter


• 4 eggs yolk


• 1/2 cup powder sugar


• 1 tsp baking powder


• cascara raspada de limon


• manjar-caramel

se bate el azucar con la mantequilla, se anaden las yemas una por una formando una crema. En otro recipiente se ciernen la maicena, la harina y el polvo de hornear se le incorpora las raspadura de limon. Se unen las dos preparaciones. Se uslerea de medio centimetro de espesor, se cortan partes en circulos. se hornea a temperatura baja por 10 min. se saca del horno, cuando estan blancas pero con la base dorada. Se deja enfriar por un momento y luego se rellenan los alfajores con manjar y los bordes con coco o nuez.

Rollos Cheese & Cinnamon

• 4 cups Flour
• 1 cup shortening
• move to sand point
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• 3 eggs
• for the cheese: use the rollin pin to the point that it looks not too thin not too thick, add the cheese and close the dough, on top put some yema de huevo. Bake it at 350 F
• for cinnamon: use rolin pin to the point that it looks not too thin or too thick. add sugar to taste and cinnamon. close it in the form of circle. cut into pieces. bake at 350 F
• enjoy!

Bolivian Empanadas

4 Cups Flour
1/2 Cup sugar
1 tsp salt
3 tsp baking powder
4 eggs
2/3 cup shortening
3/4 lukewarm milk
Combine everything until you get a nice soft dough
make balls of the size of a pinball
use the rolling pin and make the dough flat, not too thin not too thick
put a reasonable amount of cheese inside
close and make sure these is not loose ends
let it stand for 1 hr
then fry them and enjoy!