To liven ordinary salad greens, serve with an avocado dressing pepped up with chili powder and coriander. If you wish, you can first lace the greens with a light vinaigrette dressing before adding the avocado mixture. Basically, you’re making guacamole. It’s good served with grilled lamb chops, corn on the cob, and peach melba for dessert….
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Coz Mary’s Fudge
I don’t know who cousin Mary is, but this chocolate fudge must be really good – the note on the recipe says “This is the best ever!” Print Coz. Mary’s Fudge Ingredients 3 cup sugar 3 tablespoon cocoa 1 dash of salt 3/4 cup milk 1 1/2 tablespoon butter 1/2 cup white karo 1…
Avocado Beet Salad
Your guests will be surprised to find that the pretty jelled filling in this avocado salad is pureed beet. It is easy to make for a party if you prepare the beet filling the night before. You must make the beet filling in advance. Serve leftover beet filling on lettuce topped with sliced green onions…
Bouillabaisse Bites
Pastis, an aniseed-flavored liquor which turns cloudy when mixed with water, is a popular drink among the fishermen in Marseilles, home of the world-famous stew called bouillabaisse. Bouillabaisse Bites are humble reminders of that glorious dish. If Pastis is not available, substitute Pernod. Makes 12-24 bites. Apertifs, Card 36 Pastis on the Rocks Fill Old…
McCall’s Cookie Collection Giveaway
Haunting the local thrift stores, I often see old cookbooks and magazines discarded by their owners. I always look through the pile of cookbooks to see what’s there. And, amazingly, I found two copies of this McCall’s Cookie Collection. Guaranteed, McCall’s was a very popular women’s magazine for years and years (1897-2002) so there were…