Fresh Tomato Pasta- Ana Livia's way

Im sending a recipe I invented today - something I made up because I was hungry and too lazy to go buy something....
This is the recipe for One European portion :P I used dried parsley, basil, etc... but if you can use fresh it will taste much better, I am sure.

Fresh tomato pasta

Ingredients:
One tomato
1 cup of uncooked pasta (the angel hair one)
Basil (if fresh even better)
Parsley (If fresh even better)
salt
black pepper
a bit of chili pepper (in this case, not fresh)
Extra virgin olive oil
1 cube of chicken broth (Or just chicken broth)
Onion powder
Garlic powder (you don't want a smelly breath afterwards)
Olives (optional)
1 small slice of cured cheese

How to make it:
First of all, boil the water with the chicken broth cube in it. (Or just boil the chicken broth). When the water is boiling, add the pasta and wait until it is "al dente"
While the pasta is boiling, cut the tomato in the smallest size you can. (DONT DRAIN THE LIQUID THAT COMES OUT OF THE TOMATO!) After it is really tiny, squeeze it softly with a fork, which will create more liquid but still leave those tiny pieces.
On a different pan, on a medium temperature, add the olive oil and right away the tomato and mix it. While you mix it, add the salt, onion and garlic powder (not too much!), the basil, the parsley, the black pepper, the chili pepper and the optional olives. Keep mixing it, and you notice it is hot (but not the oil boiling) take it out. You want to keep that fresh tomato flavor. :D

Then drain the pasta, mix it with the sauce. Cut big pieces of that slice of cheese and throw it, mix it for just like 2 seconds, and serve it. The cheese will eventually melt, but it wont take over the dish.

:D Enjoy!!!!


I love you :)

Ana Livia

Tabouleh Salad

By Ana Livia (Taught by Mom, who probably learned from Grandma)

This a refreshing and low fat recipe of an arabian salad. Perfect for summer afternoons or to fancy your dinner with bit of creativity!!!!

Ingredients:
1/2 iceberg lettuce thinly chopped
3 diced tomatoes
1 onion chopped in very tiny pieces (big pieces will contribute to a stinky breath, so watch out!!)
4 table spoons of olive oil
Salt
Black Pepper
Fresch cut parsley
Approx. 15 Fresh mint leaves 
1 lime
1 cup of wheat (not the cous cous type, but the Burghol)
 
How to do prepare:
Before anything, let the wheat soak in water while you chop the vegetables. The wheat should stay soaked for approximatelly 40 minutes to absorb the water. Remember that: the wheat should be the last thing to add to your dish.
 
Mix in a large bowl the chopped lettuce, the onions and the tomatoes. Cut the fresh mint in small pieces and add to the bowl. Add the parsley cut in small pieces too to it. Squeeze the lime in the bowl, and add the olive oil to it. Then depending on how salty you eat your food normally, put the salt and the pepper in the salad. Mix it all and try a little - just to make sure it doesnt need more of any ingredient.

Finally, drain the wheat and mix with the salad. Again, try. Like it?!
Great! Then its time to put it in a very fancy plate, add a little mint leaf on top to decorate it and impress everyone! ;)
 

New Recipe from Hana Kim:

Hamburger Surprise

This recipe is sure to bring you back to mama’s hamburger helper, but this takes it to the next level. Its easy, quick, and hard to mess up!  Don’t be scared of the ketchup - it adds depth and a slight kick. 

Annie’s Mac and Cheese - White Cheddar and Shells

1 lb ground turkey

1 onion chopped

4 garlic cloves

1 jalepeno finely chopped

3/4 cup white wine

1/4 cup worcheshire sauce

2 T tomato paste

1/4 cup ketchup

1/2 cup parmesan

1/4 cup milk

In a large pot, brown the ground turkey in medium high heat and drain the excess fat. Add onions, garlic, and jalapeno - cook until onions are translucent. Add the tomato paste and mix well to incorporate through the meat mixture. Add the white wine and worcheshire sauce - simmer for about 15 minutes. Add the ketchup and cook in low heat. In the meantime, cook the shells - not the cheese sauce -according to the package instructions. Drain shells in a colander and leave there for now. In the same pot, whisk 1/4 cup milk and powdered cheese sauce until there are no lumps. Bring to low boil while continuously whisking and once the mixture begins to thicken - 5 minutes - add the parmesan cheese and turn off heat. Add the pasta to the cheese sauce and mix well. Add the cheesy pasta to the meat mixture and cook for 5 minutes until well mixed and hot. Enjoy!!

Dear Fam and Friends:

come on and contribute to this, send a recipe either through a comment or as an email and I will post it to the blog.   This campoycookings book is struggling without your food.  Lets share some goodness and kitchen secrets.

love,

YH

Feijoada Brasileira

Black Bean dish

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons canola oil

1 large yellow onion, chopped

4 cloves garlic, crushed

1 red cayenne pepper, chopped

4 cups dried black beans, soaked overnight, drained

1 lb. salt pork, boiled for 5 minutes, cut into 1-inch cubes

2 lbs. Portuguese sausage (linguiça) or Italian sausage

1 lb. smoked Polish sausage, cut into 2-inch lengths

1 lb. smoked lean ham hocks

2 lbs. corned beef, cut into 2-inch cubes

1 lb. pork spareribs, cut small pieces

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons ground black pepper

4 bay leaves

1 fresh orange, washed very well, cut in half

2 quarts water

6 oranges, peeled, sliced




Way to prepare:

Heat the oil in a large, heavy, deep pot and stir-fry the onion, garlic, and cayenne for 2 minutes or until light golden brown. Add the beans, salt pork, Portuguese sausage, smoked Polish sausage, ham hocks, corned beef, pork spareribs, salt, black pepper, bay leaves, halved-orange and water. Cover and simmer for 2 hours or more or until the beans are tender, stirring occasionally and adding water if needed to ensure that the beans are completely covered while cooking. Serve with sliced oranges, manioc meal, white rice, collard greens, vinaigrette sauce. 

Chicken Fricasse Casserole 2% low fat- not as fat as it could be!

Ingredients:

* 4 small chicken breasts cutlets, skinless

* 1 spoon of butter

* 1 onion, cut in tiny pieces

* garlic- minced

* dash of salt

* 1/2 jar of tomato sauce

* dash of basil

* dash of black pepper

* sliced olives (optional)

* 1 cube of Philadelphia cream cheese- original

* 1 can of fresh corn

* 1 teaspoon of corn starch

* 1 cup of milk

* 1/2 bag of potato chips or potato sticks

In a medium pan, put the butter, garlic and onion and salt in medium heat.  As it melts, place the chicken cutlets in the pan and let them brown until they're almost sticking to the pan.

Take them out, and shred the chicken in thin pieces.   Bring the pile of shredded chicken to back to the pan and add 1/2 can of tomato sauce (or more if you think it needs), the basil, pepper and olives.  Let it cook in low heat until the sauce is bubbling at bit.  Turn off heat.

Meanwhile, let's make a cream of corn.  Place the fresh corn in a small saucepan, add a bit of butter and let it get warm.  In a glass, mix 1/4 of cup of milk with the corn starch to dissolve it.

Add the remaining 3/4 cup of milk to the corn in the pan. Then add the 1/4 cup of milk dissolved with starch to the pan.  Stir it until the milk has thickened and turned into creamy. Turn off heat and let it stand.

Cut the philadelphia cream cheese in 1/4" wide slices.   To a casserole dish, add the chicken and sauce. Cover the surface of the chicken with the slices of philadelphia cream cheese. Top it with the cream of corn.  Add the potato sticks/chips to the top of the casserole.

Place it in the oven to Broil until the potatoes get brownish.   Ready to serve. Try it with white rice.

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Ingredientes:

* 4 peitos pequenos de frango, sem pele

* 1 colher da manteiga

* 1 cebola, em pedacinhos

* alho- picado

* sal

* 1/2 vidro de molho de tomate

* Manjericao

* pimenta do reino

* azeitonas cortadas (opcionais) 

* 1 cubo de cream cheese Philadelphia

* 1 lata de milho fresco

* 1 colher de cha de maizena 

* 1 copo de leite

* 1/2 saco de batata palha

Em uma panela média, ponha a manteiga, o alho, a cebola e o sal e cozinhe no fogo médio. Quando comecar a derreter, coloque os peitos de galinha na panela e cozinhe ate o frango ficar marron e até que quase grude na panela. 

Remova-os, e desfie o frango fininho. Traga o frango desfiado de volta na mesma panela e adicione a 1/2 lata do molho de tomate (ou de mais se você pensar que necessita), o manjericao, a pimenta e as azeitonas. Deixe-os cozinhar no fogo baixo até que o molho borbulhe. Desligue o fogo.

Enquanto isso, vamos fazer o creme de milho!  Coloque o milho fresco em uma panela pequeno, adicione um pouco de manteiga e deixe-a começar esquentar. Em um copo, misture 1/4 de copo do leite com o a maizena para dissolvê-lo.  Adicione o 3/4 de copo restante do leite

ao milho na panela. Adicione então o 1/4 de copo do leite dissolvido

com maizena na panela. Agite-a até que o leite tenha engrossado e ficado cremoso. Desligue o fogo.

Corte o cream cheese Philadelphia em fatias finas . Numa

travessa, adicione o molho com o frango. Cubra a superfície

do molho com frango com as fatias do creme cheese. Cubra-o

com o creme do milho. Adicione a batata palha em cima de tudo.

Coloque a travessa no forno até que as batatas comecem ficar moreninhas.

Esta pronto para servir. Coma com arroz branco.

Nossas delicias

Due to a great idea from my uncle Carlos (needless to say since everything he suggests is a good idea), I decided to start this blog so that friends and family could post recipes of all kinds and sizes.  I am so excited to finally have listings of what my mom and grandma can make in the kitchen so that  I don't have to keep calling them for every single ingredient, measure and cooking time.

I hope this becomes our little get together page, where we are always connected to the past and the good memories we all shared while seating at our blessed table.

Please, be the first to post your fab and favorite dish... even if that means scrambled eggs.

Love,

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Ja que o Carlos me deu uma otima idea, (nem se precisa dizer, porque todas as ideas que ele da sao boas) eu resolvi fazer essa pagina pra que todos da nossa familia e amigos possam colocar aqui receitas de todos tipos e tamanhos.

Estou tao feliz de poder ter aqui um lugarzinho onde eu posso sempre olhar o que fazer, assim nao preciso ficar ligando pra mamae e vovo toda vez que eu vou cozinhar.

Espero que essa pagina se torne seja a nossa reuniao, onde a gente sempre esta conectado um com o outro, lembrando do passado e das comidas boas que ja tivemos juntos em nossa mesa tao abencoada.

Seja o primeiro a escrever e de a sua receita favorita, mesmo que ela seja ovos mexidos.

Com amor,