Monday, July 11, 2011

Recipe : Avocado Ham Sandwiches

Ingredients
1 medium ripe avocado, peeled and mashed
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 dash cayenne pepper
12 slices whole wheat or sourdough bread
6 slices fully cooked ham
6 slices Swiss cheese
6 tablespoons cream cheese, softened

Directions
In a small bowl, combine the first three ingredients; spread on six slices of bread. Top with ham and Swiss. Spread cream cheese on remaining bread; place over Swiss cheese.

Recipe : America's Best Cheddar Cheese Dip

Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/2 cup beer or nonalcoholic beer (not dark beer)
1 teaspoon dry mustard
2 cups Sargento� Artisan Blends� Shredded Double Cheddar Cheese
Bread sticks or Melba toast rounds

Directions
Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Add flour; cook and stir 1 minute.
Add beer and mustard; heat to a boil, stirring frequently. Stir in cheese; reduce heat to low. Stir until cheese is melted and dip is smooth. Serve warm with bread sticks for dipping.

Recipe : Avocado Ice Cream Sauce

Ingredients
2 avocados, peeled and pitted
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup milk

Directions
Mash the avocados in a bowl using a fork. Stir in the sugar and milk until smooth and completely blended.

Recipe : Apricot Almond Loaf

Ingredients
1 (15 ounce) can apricots, drained and rinsed
2 teaspoons almond extract
2 1/2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
3 1/2 cups bread flour
2 1/2 tablespoons vital wheat gluten
1 (.25 ounce) envelope rapid rise yeast
2/3 cup slivered almonds

Directions
Place ingredients (except the almonds) in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select cycle; press Start.
If your machine has a Fruit setting, add the almonds at the signal, or about 5 minutes before the kneading cycle has finished.

Recipe : Beef with Green Onion

Ingredients
1 1/2 tablespoons dry sherry
3 tablespoons oyster sauce
1/2 teaspoon white sugar
2 teaspoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons peanut oil
1 pound flank steak, thinly sliced
6 green onions, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

Directions
In a small bowl, mix the sherry, oyster sauce, sugar, and cornstarch.
Heat the oil in a skillet, and cook the flank steak about 3 minutes. Stir in sherry sauce mixture. Add the green onions, and continue cooking 10 minutes, or until the flank steak is evenly brown and the green onions are tender.