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Peppered Shrimp Alfredo

Karen Turner — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 14:29:30 +0000

Ingredients:

8 ounces penne pasta
1/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 red bell pepper, diced
1/2 pound portobello mushrooms, diced
1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 (16 ounce) jar Alfredo sauce
1/2 cup grated Romano cheese
1/2 cup cream
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or more to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 cup chopped parsley

Cooking Directions:

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
Meanwhile, melt butter together with the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onion, and cook until softened and translucent, about 2 minutes. Stir in garlic, red pepper, and mushroom; cook over medium-high heat until soft, about 2 minutes more.
Stir in the shrimp, and cook until firm and pink, then pour in Alfredo sauce, Romano cheese, and cream; bring to a simmer stirring constantly until thickened, about 5 minutes. Season with cayenne, salt, and pepper to taste. Stir drained pasta into the sauce, and serve sprinkled with chopped parsley.

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Pesto Cream Sauce

Karen Turner — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 14:15:46 +0000

Ingredients:

1 (16 ounce) package linguine pasta
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
8 cloves garlic, sliced
1/2 cup butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
1 pinch salt
1 pinch pepper
1 1/2 cups grated Romano cheese
1 cup prepared basil pesto
1 pound cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
20 mushrooms, chopped
3 roma (plum) tomato, diced

Cooking Directions:

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute onion until tender and translucent. Stir in garlic and butter, and saute until garlic is soft and fragrant, about 1 minute. Dissolve flour in milk, then stir in. Season with salt and pepper, and simmer 4 minutes, stirring constantly. Add cheese, and stir until melted. Stir in pesto. Add shrimp, mushrooms and tomatoes. Cook 4 minutes, or until heated through. Toss with pasta until evenly coated.

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Autumn Butternut Casserole

Karen Turner — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:22:09 +0000

3 cups mashed, cooked butternut squash
1/4 cup butter
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/4 teas. salt
1 1/2 tablespoon butter
6 cups of Jonathan apples(about 2 lbs)
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups of corn flakes crushed
1/2 cup brown sugar 2 tablespoon butter
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Season squash with 1/4 cup of butter, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, 1/4 teas. salt. Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons butter in a skillet with the sliced apples sprinkle with 1/4 cup sugar cover and simmer over low heat until barely tender about 5 mins. Spread in a 3 qt. casserole and spoon mashed squash evenly over apples. Mix corn flakes with 1/2 cup brown sugar 7 melted butter. Sprinkle over squash. Bake 350 degrees for 15 mins.

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Amaretto Sweet Potatoes

Karen Turner — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:16:34 +0000

Save time and forget the stress while preparing these yummy home cooked meals that are sure to be a hit with family and friends.

8 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed
2 sticks of unsalted butter
6 tablespoons amaretto liqueur
1 1/4 cup of dark brown sugar
zest from orange and a bit of the orange rind shredded
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Boil your potatoes until tender. Cool and peel the skin off and them mash in a pyrex or corning ware dish. Melt your butter & blend in the brown sugar. Pour this mixture over the potatoes and add the amaretto & zest from the orange. Bake for about 15 mins. until warm and then shred a little orange rind on the top. Yummy!!!!!!!!!

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