Healthy Food Recipes

Ingredients :

·         2.5 c. all-purpose flour

·         1 teaspooon baking powder

·         1/4 tsp. salt

·         1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened

·         1/2 c. sugar 1 egg

·         1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

·         1/4 tsp. almond extract powdered sugar for sprinkling

How To Make :

·         Preheat oven to 350ºF. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large bowl, beat together butter, sugar, and egg until light and fluffy.

·         Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until well blended. Add vanilla and almond extracts and mix well.* With your hands, form dough into balls, crescents, or -shapes, using about 1/2 tbsp. at a time. Place cookies 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet.

·         Put cookie sheet on middle oven rack and bake 15 minutes, or until barely brown around the edges. Remove cookies from cookie sheet with spatula and cool on wire rack for 5 minutes. With a flour sifter, sprinkle powdered sugar over cookies.

Ingredients :

·         1/2 lb. orzo, uncooked

·         1/3 c. butter or margarine

·         3 tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese*

How To Make :

·         Cook orzo according to directions on package.

·         Drain in a colander and set aside. While orzo is cooking, put butter in a small saucepan.

·         Melt over medium-high heat and cook until butter turns brown.

·         Place hot, drained orzo in a serving bowl. Pour butter and Parmesan cheese over orzo and stir to combine. Serve immediately.

Ingredients :

·         3 tbsp. vegetable oil

·         2 lb. beef chuck or top round, cut into 2-inch cubes

·         3 c. thinly sliced onions

·         2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

·         1 6-oz. can tomato paste

·         1 10.5-oz. can beef broth

·         1 c. water

·         1/4 c. red-wine vinegar

·         1/2 tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. pepper

·         1/4 tsp. cinnamon

·         1 bay leaf

How To Make :

·         In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat until it begins to sizzle. Add meat and brown on all sides.

·         When browned, carefully remove meat with a spatula or a slotted spoon and set aside. Put onions and garlic in the Dutch oven and cook until lightly Return meat to the Dutch oven.

·         Add tomato paste, beef broth, water, vinegar, salt, pepper, cinnamon, and bay leaf. Mix well. Cover Dutch oven and turn heat to low.

·         Simmer stew about 3 to 4 hours, or until the meat is very tender. Stir every 15 minutes to prevent meat from sticking to the Dutch oven.

·         The sauce will become very thick, almost like jam. Remove bay leaf and serve.*