recipes that kick ass:

Creamy Caramelized Onion Pasta

3 pounds yellow onions, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound fettuccine pasta
8 ounce container creme fraiche
5 ounce container arugula
1 cup thinly sliced sun-dried tomatoes
Salt and ground pepper

In a large slow cooker, combine the onions and olive oil. Stir well to coat, then cover and cook on high for 6 to 8 hours, or until well browned and caramelized.

When the onions are done, bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook according to package directions. Drain, then return to the pot. Add the onions, creme fraiche, arugula and sun-dried tomatoes. Stir over medium heat until the arugula just begins to wilt, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Makes 8 servings.

Per serving: 450 calories, 160 calories from fat (35 percent of total calories), 18 g fat (8 g saturated, 0 trans fats), 25 mg cholesterol, 62 g carbohydrate, 11 g protein, 5 g fiber, 170 mg sodium.

Potato Soup

1 large potato, per person
1/4 cup chopped celery, per person (include leaves)
1/4 cup chopped onion, per person
1/4-1/2 cup milk or 1/4-1/2 cup half-and-half or 1/4-1/2 cup cream
salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:

1 Peel and cube potatoes.
2 Put in a saucepan along with the onions and celery.
3 Add water, but don't quite cover the vegetables.
4 Bring to a boil, lower heat, cover and simmer for 25 minutes, or until all of the vegetables are very tender.
5 Using a potato masher, coarsely crush the potatoes, but don't mash them--you want chunks left.
6 Add enough milk or cream to thin to desired thickness and add salt& pepper to taste.
7 (It will take a lot of salt!).

found here: http://www.food.com/recipe/unbelievably-easy-potato-soup-74275

Mom's Chili

Read the whole recipe before you start in case you want to make changes. You can be creative.

Brown about a pound or two of lean hamburger drain off grease.

Put hamburger in large pot and Williams powdered chili mix (I like the original).

Add a can of tomato soup (no water).

I add a can of diced tomatoes or 2 if you like chunky soup.

I also add a can of chili beans and a can of dark red kidney beans(rinse the kidney beans).

Now if you think its too thick add tomato juice.

If you like it hotter add some jalepeno while its cooking or you can get the canned diced tomatoes with peppers just for chili making( its very good).

You can also chop some onion and brown it with hamburger.

Taste it and see what you think. I made some last week with left over pork roast and it was very good. I still like good ole hamburger.

You can also add green peppers if you like. Make sure when you add fresh veggies to remove seeds....it looks better.

If you add the peppers and the seeds its very HOT. Good luck MOM

ANOTHER SALSA RECIPE
(COPIED OFF THE BOTTOM OF A CONTAINER AT THE STORE

tomaoto
onion
cilantro
lime juice
hot chili peppers
salt

CORRI'S BREAKFAST CASSEROLE

Ingredients
1 lb sausage
1/4 cup butter, melted
3 cups croutons
3 cups grated Cheddar cheese
10 eggs
1 3/4 cups milk
1 can green chilis, diced
1 tsp red pepper seasoning
salt and pepper to taste

Directions
1. Place sausage in a large, deep skillet.Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, and set aside.
2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
3. Melt butter in the microwave, or in a small pan on the stove over low heat. Spray a 9x12 inch baking dish with vegetable spray. Place croutons in the bottom of the dish, and drizzle with melted butter. Sprinkle with 2 c. grated Cheddar cheese.
4. Crack the eggs into a bowl, whisking to break up the yolks. Add milk, green chilis, and seasonings, and beat until well-combined. Pour over the croutons and cheese, and sprinkle with sausage and top with reamining 1c. cheddar cheese.
5. Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to stand 10 minutes before serving.

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CORRI'S SUMMER MARGARITAS

1 Can frozen limeade
Dump the limeade in a pitcher
Fill can with tequila
Stir
Add 1 beer
Fill the pitcher with sprite
Serve over ice and enjoy

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unknown recipe
3 tomatos
1 green pepper
1/8 bunch cilantro
italian dressing
1 vidalia onion

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Cuban Mojito recipe
the original authentic recipe from Havana Cuba

1 teaspoon powdered sugar
Juice from 1 lime (2 ounces)
4 mint leaves
1 sprig of mint
Havana Club white Rum (2 ounces)
2 ounces club soda

swiped from http://www.tasteofcuba.com/mojito.html

Hemingway Daiquiri (Papa Doble)

1-1/2 oz 10 Cane or Bacardi Rum
¼ oz Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
½ oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice
(1/2 oz Bar Syrup if you find the recipe too tart for your tastes)

    or

3   oz white rum
1.5 oz fresh grapefruit juice
1.5 oz lime juice
1   oz maraschino liqueur


Daiquiri

2 oz 10 Cane Rum
1 oz Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
½ oz Collins Bar Syrup

Marge's Frozen Fruit Cups

6 Bananas, mashed
1 lg. can Apricots, drained & cut up
1 lg. can crushed pineapple, undrained
2 sm. cans frozen orange juice
2 sm. OJ cans water
3 c. sugar
Juice of 3 lemons

Ladle into whatever size plastic or paper cups you want and freeze. Can be partially thawed to the slush stage and served mixed with a bit of ginger ale to create a kind of smoothie, or just eaten as-is.
A grapefruit spoon works best!
(Dan couldn't get enough of these as a kid...)

Halloween Snack Mix

Roast your own pumpkin sees using a butter/oil bombo with heaps of Penzey's Northwoods Fire Seasoning, additional cayenne powder and salt to taste.

Cool and put into large 2 gallon Ziplock bag.

Add --

or whatever the hell you want. shake and enjoy

Chipotle Pozole (Barry's original)

(Easy pork and hominy soup.) ---------------------------------------------

Serves 4-6 a big hearty bowl.

1 1/2# to 2# Pork shoulder, butt or steak cubed up into 1-2" dice. Trim excess fat from pork. (Trimmed fat can be finely diced and rendered out and added to stew if desired. The added tablespoon or two of pork fat and little browned bits known as "Chicharrones" add to the stew's character.)

4-6 Canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (see note)

1 can hominy

1 16oz. can tomato sauce

Salt to taste

Directions:

1) Brown seasoned cubed pork in a little oil in a preheated pot, making sure to scrape all of the browned bits from the bottom.

2) When browned, add tomato sauce and 2 cans of water.

3) Add prepared chipotle chilies and reserved adobo sauce.

4) Simmer for 1-2 hours, depending on tenderness desired of pork. Add drained hominy, and more water if desired to thin, and heat another 30 min. Check for seasoning before serving. Garnish with fresh lime wedges to squeeze, chopped cilantro, and diced avocado.

Corn tortilla chips can be added crushed up instead of crackers.

Note: To prepare chilies- ******************************

Remove all chilies from can and carefully reserve sauce.

Carefully split open each chipotle needed and remove the stem end, scrape seeds and membrane from insides.

Dice up pepper flesh into desired size.

Discard seeds and membrane.

Use a little water to thin adobo sauce and rinse from inside can when adding to soup.

Test for chilis' heat; they can really vary in intensity.

Use remaining chilies in another recipe or add to pozole to increace heat if desired.

Courtesy of AllHomemadeCookies.com

Brown Sugar Cookies
by AllHomemadeCookies.com

Ingredients:

1 1/4 c. light brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 c. water
3 T. honey
1 large egg
2 1/3 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. finely chopped pecans, almost grounded
2 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground allspice

Directions:

* Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, combine first 4
ingredients.
Beat on high speed until well combined.

*  In another bowl, combine remaining dry
ingredients and stir.
Add dry mixture to sugar mixture and blend
until well combined..

* Drop cookies onto greased baking sheet by
teaspoonfuls, 1 1/2" apart.

Bake for 10-12 minutes, until cookie edges
are lightly browned.

* Remove cookies from oven and let cool slightly.
Place on cookie racks and let set
for a few hours before eating.
Store in an airtight container.

Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Perfect bloody mary recipe

To make the perfect Bloody Mary, you need the following ingredients:

1. Tomato Juice
2. Vodka
3. Worcestershire Sauce
4. Tabasco Sauce
5. Fresh Cracked Pepper
6. Sea Salt
7. Horse Radish
8. Ice Cubes

Garnishes
1. 3 Green Olives
2. 1 Stalk of Fresh Cold Celery
3. 1 Slice of Lime

Fill the glass with ice cubes. Fill 1/4 to 1/3 of the glass with vodka (to taste) and the rest with tomato juice. Add one tablespoon each of Worcestershire sauce and horse radish. Throw in 1/2 tablespoon of Tabasco sauce and stir thoroughly. Sprinkle the top with fresh cracked pepper and sea salt, lightly squeeze the lime and mix gently. Toss in the lime, 3 olives stabbed on a toothpick and the stalk of celery and Voila! The perfect Bloody Mary - Enjoy!

Barry's Tamale Soup

2 lbs ground beef
2 cans hominy
2 cans tomatoes (any style)
2 cans beans (any type)
1 onion, chopped
seasoning to taste

Brown beef with chopped onion, add with all canned ingredients (do NOT drain cans). Unwrap tamales and cut into 1" pieces; add to pot with as much water as desired. Season with cayenne, garlic powder, salsa, etc. to taste. Simmer 30 Min.

Pancakes

2 cups flour
1 3/4 cups milk
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 eggs, beat them separately before adding to mixture
1/4 cup butter, melted (1/8 of a pound)
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Salsa Beer - Discovered summer of 1998.

Fresh Tomatoes
Anahiem Peppers
Onions
Garlic Salt
Green Peppers

Cut everything up and make salsa.

Strain the juice from the salsa into a beer, like a Bloody Mary.

Enjoy the beer, chips and salsa.

Sweet Potato Stuffing

3 chopped sweet potatos
1 orange
1 TBL margarine
1 chopped onion
1 chopped carrot
1 chopped celery rib
1/2 CUP chopped parsnips
1 TSP sage
10 LBS turkey
1 TBL melted margarine

Stuffing: Place 3 peeled and cut-up sweet potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water.
Simmer for about 15 minutes, or until tender.
Drain, mash, and stir in the grated rind and from 1 orange (reserving the juice).
Melt 1 TBL margarine and add 1 chopped onion, 1 peeled, chopped carrot, 1 chopped celery rib, and 1/2 CUP chopped parsnips.
Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring often.
Add 1 TSP sage. Add this onion mixture to the sweet potatoes, mixing well. Spoon the stuffing into a 10 LB turkey.
Brush 1 TBL melted margarine on the turkey and place in a roasting pan.
Bake at 450° for 30 minutes, reduce the heat and continue baking at 375° for 1 to 2 hours, or until the internal temperature reaches 180°.

Baste often with the reserved orange juice.

1 shot Triple Sec
2 shots Fresh Squeezed lime juice
3 shots Tequila

or

Rub rim of a collins glasses with a lime wedge and dip glasses into salt to coat rim thoroughly.

Fill collins glasses with crushed ice.

Pour tequila, Triple Sec, lime juice over crushed ice in collins glasses.

The fresh sqeezed part is key. Get a juicer and actually get the lime juice out of real limes . Don't use a blender, it makes too much noise. I stole this recipe from www.barnonedrinks.com, a link I found at Brian's site, www.mcbeev.com.

I changed the recipe to TWO Margaritas, cause who in the hell just wants one?

1 oz Coconut Rum
1 oz Triple Sec
Sierra Mist ( or 7up or Sprite )
1/2 oz Watermelon Schnapps

Add ice to a highball glass pour in Rum and triple sec
add Sierra Mist 3-4oz depending on how strong you want the drink
stir.
Splash in the Schnapps and let it sift down through the drink.

Repeat over and over until you are silly drunk.

Brian's Long Island Iced Tea

This is just what i made for Josh and I
IT IS DAMN GOOD

I substituted RC for Coke and Squirt for lemonade because its what we had...

Long Island Iced Tea #1

Type:
Cocktail
Ingredients:
1/2 oz. Rum
1/2 oz. Gin
1/2 oz. Vodka
1/2 oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. Squirt
RC Cola
7-Up

Instructions:
Pour all the ingredients over ice and top up with equal amounts of Coke and 7-Up.

dan's six pack of Coronas

1 package of Corona Extra (6 pieces per package)
1 lime

Purchase 6 pack of Coronas at store.
If not already chilled, chill Coronas for at least one hour.
Cut lime into 6 equal wedges. Pry open one bottle per serving with a bottle opener, table top, or whatever else you can find.
Place one wedge of lime into the bottle and serve.  Drink until all the beer is gone.

Serves 1 to three people.

And here's the drink Deb and I enjoyed on our honeymoon in Aruba.

Aruba Ariba Ingredients

1 package potatoe's obrien
1 package bacon
1 half onion chopped
1/4 cup stone ground mustard
pepper and salt to taste
cook bacon then, potatoes and mustard (together), mix all in bowl,
sautee onions in the leftover oil,
mix everything and eat.
Beer is an excellent choice to wash this down with...