Browsing Category EASY, FAST RECIPES

Chocolate Angel Food Cake ~ EASY!~ Low-Calorie

Chocolate Angel Food Cake using a box mix is FAST and EASY to prepare and it is really good! It surprises people to see a chocolate angel food cake. I’ve made it quite a few times and people really love it. And look at the Nutritional Values! 18 calories a slice! But 8 WW Points. You can sprinkle the top with powdered sugar,  you can…

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One Bowl Chocolate Cake III

From Allrecipes with thousands of views, you have to try this popular, VERY EASY, most soft and moist chocolate cake ever! You will never want to make a box cake mix again! What a rich, super moist, fluffy and delicious chocolate cake! I just love the soft texture !  Is it the boiling water step that makes it so moist? I think it could be….

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Banana Chocolate Chip Cake-EASY!

A delicious, velvety-smooth Banana Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake! It is VERY EASY to make! You mix it all in one bowl! It tastes light too, not heavy. It is SO-O good, I don’t even need a topping, but you can sprinkle confectioner’s sugar on top or drip a vanilla or chocolate glaze on top. Served plain, it is a cake you can pick up the…

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Beef Stroganoff in a Pressure Cooker

 Beef Stroganoff made in a pressure cooker is my favorite way to make this great dish! The pressure cooker gives the most tender meat and delicious flavor! To me, it is better than Beef Stroganoff in a Slow Cooker or on top of the top the stove. It cooks in 8 minutes, it is so fast! My pressure cooker happens to be a top of…

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Crock Pot Raspberry Applesauce ~LOW CALORIE

SO EASY! I have always made applesauce on the stove, but I just found out the easier way is to use a crock pot! Put everything together and forget it for a few hours! Delicious applesauce! Mix the apples with any other fruit you wish. Sugar is optional. It is delicious for me without sugar. The nutritional information includes the sugar. Without the sugar it is 104…

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Molten Chocolate Lava Cakes

Lava Cakes! They are SO-OO Good! Skip the box mixes and frozen varieties of lava cakes,  they are MUCH more delicious when you make them from scratch!  And seriously, they take just minutes to make and bake!  It couldn’t be any easier and you don’t have all the added preservatives from the mixes. This is a super fast recipe!   I prefer a combination of bittersweet and semisweet…

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Venus de Milo Soup

A FAST, EASY VEGETABLE AND GROUND BEEF SOUP favorite recipe of so many people! It is also called VENUS DE MILO SOUP because it originated from the famous Venus de Milo Restaurant, Banquet and Wedding facility in Swansea, Massachusetts in the 1960’s. This delicious soup is so EASY to make! Everyone loves it! It looks hard, but it isn’t! The restaurant owners happily gave out…

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Raisin Sauce

“A sweet and tangy blend of raisins, pineapple, lemon juice and maraschino cherries.  It wouldn’t be a complete ham dinner in our family without the appearance of this raisin sauce! It is delicious!   This makes a lot, so divide it in half, or quarters if  you need a smaller amount.  It is my favorite raisin sauce recipe.   Enjoy!” Servings: 18 2 cups brown sugar…

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Easy Apple Jelly Fruit Topping Glaze

“Here is an easy fruit topping glaze using apple jelly; it is great for preserving the fruit on top of cheesecakes and tarts. Use it on whatever fruit you wish. It is clear and gives a nice sheen to the fruit without any added taste or thickness.   You don’t have to buy a commercial glaze product (I don’t like the taste of these!)  or you…

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Minute Steak with Wine

An oldie-but goodie recipe for STEAK WITH WINE that is so delicious and EASY and FAST to make! It is under 10 MINUTES from start to finish!    How can this be so tasty with so few ingredients? Is it the wine? The butter?   I think it is because the steak is so thin that the wine and herbs really soak into every fiber…

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Heirloom Ambrosia Salad

This memorable old-fashioned, now heirloom ambrosia salad has made an appearance at every family BBQ for longer than I care to remember!  It is made with sour cream and not Cool Whip or yogurt like some ambrosia recipes I’ve seen.  I love sour cream!  I could eat a spoonful right from the container!  It has just the right combination of fruit and it’s so easy to put together in just a few…

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Shepherd’s Pie, A New England Way!

  A quick and simple New England version of the English shepherd’s pie I grew up with. It has no added spices, just salt and pepper and Gravy Master, simple but real good!  A layer of vegetables on the bottom makes this a one dish meal. I change it up sometimes substituting ground turkey or ground lamb, … really delicious!  This one in the picture has…

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Shrimp with Vodka Sauce

 “In under ten minutes you have a gourmet shrimp and Vodka sauce that is so easy to make. I came up with this recipe to have Vodka sauce the way I like it, a bit on the sweet side, a bit spicy and lightly creamed with just a mild vodka taste. It is easy to make and takes only a few minutes to put together….

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Sautéed Cabbage and Bread (Bonard? Bonarde? Bonartte?)

 An old-world Italian vegetable side dish recipe that is made in less than 10 minutes! It is so delicious! It is just sautéed cabbage and bread! It was called Bonard in my family, and that is purely the phonetic spelling. That’s what I hear it sounds like. I even asked my Aunt Gloria to try to spell it, and this is was how she spelled…

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Polenta ~ Soft Boiled

Servings: 8      Makes:  4 cups       Cook Time:  10 minutes POLENTA , a yellow cornmeal made CHEF ALTON BROWN’S WAY is unusual and foolproof to get it soft and creamy the way I like it! I had never seen it done his way! It guarantees me a perfectly soft texture without any clumps!  Cornmeal tends to clump more than cream of…

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