Recipes

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Ghostly Chicken & Pepper Pizza

My friendly ghost pizza won’t scare folks away from your dinner table. My family loves Halloween, so we like creating fun new recipes like this one. Fill it with whatever pizza toppings you like best.

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Marinated Shrimp Appetizer

This recipe is from my neighbor Mrs. Withington, who in turn got it from another neighbor. She brings it to our house for a Thanksgiving appetizer, along with pimento cheese and Fritos. They might not have been what the Pilgrims ate, but they are delicious—plus easily made ahead of time, and a crowd-pleaser.

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Shrimp and Sugar Snap Pea Risotto with an Almond-Basil Pesto

At my mother's local farmers market in Sarasota, Florida, is a fisherman who sells the best shrimp I've ever tasted. This week, she bought a boatload of them to celebrate the start of a week-long family vacation. Cobbling together some other ingredients my mother had around -- basil from her herb pots, almonds from her freezer, the steady supply of vidalia onions in her fridge -- my mother, brother, one of my sisters, and I dreamed up and then cooked up this risotto. It's the kind of dish that comes together at the end. Eight adults and six kids all ate happily. A bittersweet nod to the vulnerable bounty of the Gulf.

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Shrimp Meatloaf

This is a take on a classic French dish, chicken and crayfish, but may be closer to something you might find in Louisiana too. I rolled the meatloaves into round loaves,(I added a pictur showing what I did) and poached them. As we all know meatloaf isn't pretty. When they are done cooking I roll the hot meatloaf in a saltine cracker and parsley mix to add flavor and pretty it up, and then slice and serve. Try the roll "into a loaf" technique the next time you see a recipe that says stuff into casings.

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Sausage Spinach Pasta Supper

You won’t miss the marinara sauce once you taste this pasta dish flavored with chicken broth and Italian sausage. “It’s incredibly easy, and the ingredients create their own sauce,”

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Porky, Gingery Shrimp Toasts

It’s best to choose firm/snappy shrimps for the filling so it doesn’t taste mushy. For convenience and economic reasons, I would strongly recommend frozen medium-sized tiger shrimps that are already peeled and deveined. The weight for the shrimps were measured after thawing, which can be quite different than still frozen due to the amount of water they shed, so take note.

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Shrimp Salad Sandwich

A dilly, mayonnaisey shrimp sandwich is the classic Norwegian summer food. You can eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And I do!

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Sweet Pepper Venison Stir Fry

"Every year our friends have a game feed where everyone brings a different wild dish," says Kathy Gasser of Waukesha, Wisconsin.

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Creamy Chicken and Thyme

Thyme gives this simple chicken dish its unique flavor. I lightened up the original recipe by using reduced-fat sour cream, but you'd never guess based on its rich, creamy flavor.

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Christmas Risotto

Really, there's little to do with Christmas here, other than the wonderful coloring of the dish, with its vibrant reds and greens. A nice, quick, and subtly-spicy southern dish that's just as good on a hot summer day as it is in the middle of December.

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