Dinner With James Southern Dreamin' British Fancy West Is Best Italy by Night Medieval Love Eastern Delight French Fantasy Picnic On The Grass Elionne's Delight Vegetarian Special Vegetarian Greek Divinity From The Heartland English Beat By The Seaside My Birthday John's Dinner Party Dinner with Rustle Dinner Avec Roberte Sunday Breakfast The webmaster, who has become a vegetarian since composing these menus, strongly encourages you to buy only humanely-raised meats from Applegate Farms, Neiman Ranch, or your local organic farm. Dinner With James Stuffed mushrooms Caesar salad Grilled steaks with pan-sauteed mushrooms Asparagus Mashed potatoes Hollandaise, Bearnaise, A1 Steak Sauce, or beef gravy Apple pie Knorr's packaged sauces are an excellent time-saver for this meal. Southern Dreamin' Green salad Baking powder biscuits Grilled pork chops Jefferson's macaroni pie (macaroni-and-cheese) Deep-fried okra Pecan pie Use a brown-paper bag to shake the sliced okra and flour or cornmeal together for even coating. The recipe on the back of the Bisquick box makes excellent biscuits. British Fancy Oysters wrapped in bacon Green salad Roasted chicken with pan gravy; dressing optional Carrots, leeks, and potatoes roasted in pan with chicken Baking powder biscuits Chocolate bread pudding The pan-roasted potatoes should be turned every fifteen minutes for the traditional "oven-browned" style. West Is Best Pan-fried steak with onions and mushrooms Home fries with green peppers and corn Steamed fresh green beans Spoon bread Beef gravy, A1 sauce, or Heinz ketchup Apple pie Use MacIntosh apples and you won't need sugar in the apple pie. For added sweetness, add some applesauce to the apple mixture. Italy By Night Bruschetti Green salad with romaine lettuce, croutons, and Parmesan cheese Chicken Marsala Linguine Tira Mi Su There is no shortcut for Tira Mi Su, except to serve cannoli or other store-bought Italian pastries instead! Medieval Love Peas porridge (Split Pea soup) Leeks sauteed with walnuts Beef 'olives'; use egg glaze and food coloring for authentic touch Chicken pasties; these are small dinner pies Apple pie Beef 'olives', like four-and-twenty-blackbird pie, are meant to fool the diner into thinking that olives are being served. Pork 'apples' were another popular medieval banquet food. Eastern Delight Satey (Beef on skewers with peanut sauce) Coconut rice Pea Chop (African chicken and peanut stew) Poori bread Rasmali (Indian dessert) These dishes are not easy to prepare. For the coconut rice, use a can of cream of coconut instead of water when preparing the rice. Stir frequently for maximum fluffiness. French Fantasy Viccysoise Crepes stuffed with zucchini and chicken, smoked mozzarella optional French bread Rice pilaf Cheese Souffle Chocolate whipped cream parfaits Potato-leek soup may be served hot, rather than cold. The parfaits are simply dark chocolate pudding and fresh whipped cream, layered in parfait glasses. Be sure to use a metal bowl and place the bowl and the beaters in the freezer for at least an hour before whipping the cream. A drop of vanilla and a teaspoon of sugar may be added to the whipped cream. Picnic On The Grass Apples and mild, semi-soft cheese Champagne Caesar Salad Rolls; use tortillas Chicken Fingers with Bleu Cheese dressing Herbed Potato Salad Petit Fours Crisp Golden Delicious or tart Granny Smiths make excellent accompaniments to cheeses such as Muenster. Grilled chicken may be added to the Caesar salad rolls and substituted for the Chicken Fingers. Petit fours can be purchased at most bakeries. Elionne's Delight Shrimp cocktail with horseradish cocktail sauce Eggplant Parmesan Linguine French bread Tira Mi Su Only Elionne can make these dishes. Horseradish cocktail sauce can be purchased in jars, but should be used at once as it does not keep. Vegetarian Special Breaded, fried eggplant fingers with tomato sauce Moosewood's vegetable stew over rice Baking powder biscuits Banana or chocolate bread pudding This is a delicious meal with very little protein. Add a tofu appetizer, or vegetarian Chix Patties, for a healthier meal. Vegetarian Greek Divinity Stuffed grape leaves Grilled Pitas stuffed with Greek salad, feta cheese, and falafel balls Tahini Baklava Pine nuts, or pinolas, are a pleasant addition to the stuffed grape leaves. The grape leaves themselves are not easy to obtain, so you might want to consider purchasing this appetizer from a Greek restaurant. From The Heartland Hush puppies with corn niblets Catfish fried in cornmeal, or blackened Collard greens Chocolate cake For authenic smoky taste, sautee the collards in bacon grease for a good long time. English Beat Cheese and crackers Sheperd's pie Winter Squash Steamed green beans Rice pudding with almond slivers A true sheperd's pie is made with sliced roast beef as the bottom layer of the pie, and mashed potatoes as the top. Other vegetables may be added, and the meal can easily be made for vegetarians by substituting Green Giant or Morningstar Farms Recipe Crumbles or other textured vegetable protein. By The Seaside Clams Casino or Baked Clams Shrimp cocktail with horseradish cocktail sauce Caeser salad Baking powder biscuits Scallops braised with brandy or cognac, or with Newburg sauce White rice Baked potatoes Baked Alaska Scallops cook very quickly if you use a wok. Add the brandy during the last minute or two, or else use Newburgh sauce. My Birthday Stuffed mushrooms Crackers and cheeses Miso soup Spinach Salad Roasted Turkey with pan gravy Mashed potatoes Asparagus with butter Baking powder biscuits Cake, wine, and coffee Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on the tops of the mushrooms during the last few minutes of baking. John's Dinner Party Mozarella with Sun-dried tomatoes and red and yellow peppers Smoked salmon on pumpernickel with lemon and/or cream cheese Chicken Marinara with angel hair pasta Grilled Portabello mushrooms Granny Smiths, Raspberry Sorbet Strawberry Daquiris Only John can cook this meal, but I would suggest flaky smoked sockeye salmon as opposed to the more stringy lox variety. Dinner With Rustle Brie or Stilton and crackers Bubble and Squeak with Wow-Wow sauce Chocolate bread pudding with hard brandy sauce Sherry, port, or Frangelico The bread pudding and hard sauce should be prepared the day before to allow the sauce to harden on the steamed pudding. Bubble and Squeak is simply carrots, potatoes, and cabbage mashed together and fried into patties. Wow-Wow sauce is a British treasure! Dinner Avec Roberte Beer Spinach salad rolls Deviled eggs Cheese with apples Cashew shortbread Brandy Alexander, or brandy over ice Grilled steak or chicken and hard-boiled eggs may be added to the spinach salad rolls for additional protein. Add chopped cashews to your favorite shortbread recipe and coat cookies with confectioner's sugar while they are still warm. Sunday Breakfast Buckwheat Waffles Maple Syrup with walnuts and chopped dates Grilled Country Ham or vegetarian sausage links or patties Peaches with vanilla yoghurt Mimosa Use Aunt Jemima's Whole Wheat Pancake mix in your waffle iron. The chopped dates should be allowed to soften in warm maple syrup for fifteen minutes before the maple syrup is re-heated and served. Gimme Lean, Morningstar, and Nature's Sausage are excellent vegetarian substitutes for country ham. 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