Appetizers:

Hors d'oeuvres, starters, tapas, dips and munchies

Bacon nuts

Cheese niblets

Cheesy meatballs

Cherry tomatoes stuffed with tuna

Chicago-style shrimp

Guacamole

Marinated broccoli and curry dip

Nutsy bobo

Olives in cheese puff paste

Prairie fire

Quick fixes for drop-in guests

Smoked ham with walnut and orange

Spinach dip in shepherd's loaf

Stuff

Stuffed mushroom caps

Soups:

Hearty bowls, stocks, stews, chowders and chilis

All day beef stew

Black bean chili

Clam chowder

Chicken stock

Cold cucumber soup with garlic and dill

Destarte chili

Gazpacho

Grillades

Mushroom, leek, and potato soup

Nine-bean soup

Pozole

Split pea soup

Zucchini soup

 

Salads:

In the center and on the side

Belly acres potato salad

Ceviche

Five bean salad

Marinated chicken salad with pasta, grapes and cashews

Pasta verde salad

Sangre de Christo taco salad

Spinach salad with creamy mustard dressing

Sri Wasano's infamous Indonesian rice salad

Tomato raita

Warm walnut salad with orange/raspberry dressing

White Rabbit Salad

 

Poultry:

Chicken, turkey and game hens

Chicken cacciatore

Chicken fajitas

Chicken polenta

Chinese five spice chicken

Herbed chicken in wine

Italian marinated chicken

King Ranch chicken

Roasted Rock Cornish game hens

Sesame cashew chicken

The turkey

Tipsy hens

Crème de Colorado, 197

 

Seafood:

Fish and shellfish

Fisherman's fantasy

The great catch

Huachinango a la veracruzana

Margarita prawns

Peel-and-eat shrimp

Seafood and pasta with basil dressing

Serpentine swordfish strips

Shrimp etouffé

Steamed orange roughie

 

Red meats:

Beef, pork and veal

Beef stir-fry

Beef stroganoff

Hearth-and-home meatballs

Inside out burgers

Kebabs

Knock ‘em dead meatloaf

Oceanside grilled pork

Pepper steak

Picadillo

Pitkin County pork chops

Tivoli veal tarragon

 

Vegetables:

Garden vegetables, pasta, rice and beans

Basmati rice

Black bean chilaquiles

Broccoli, mushroom, noodle casserole

Broccoli rice strata with cashews

Eggplant parmesan

Fettuccine with roasted eggplant, peppers, and basil

Lasagne verdi e bianco

Marinated carrot coins

Potato mash

Ratatouille

Stuffed Chinese cabbage

Taste of the Trail Cowboy Beans

Twice-baked potatoes

Yummy yams

Zucchini foolishly fried

 

Condiments:

Sauces, gravies, marinades and dressings

Adobe butter

Apricot sweet and sour sauce

Basic tomato sauce for pizza

Basil dressing

Basil pesto

Beer marinade for beef or pork

Caramel sauce for dipping fruit

Cranberry chutney

Creamy mustard dressing

East Texas barbeque sauce

Herbed tomato Béchamel sauce

Italian tomato sauce

Microwave white sauce and cheese sauce

Stir-fry sauce for meat and vegetables

Turkey gravy

Dairy:

Eggs and cheese

Artichoke and potato frittata

Breakfast burritos

Casserole eggs Sardou

Creole egg salad sandwich

Garlic cheese grits

Nutty cheese calzone

Omelets made easily

Pasta sauce with three cheese

Quesadillas

Quiche the cook

 

Breads:

Yeast breads, quickbreads, biscuits, pancakes and muffins

Angel biscuits

Banana French toast

Basic pizza dough

Blackberry jam coffee cake

Boarding house ice-box bran muffins

Cornmeal griddle cakes

Creamy banana coffee cake

Iron skillet cornbread

Mamaw's dressing

Nutty zucchini bread

Parmesan biscuit bites

Pumpkin spice muffins

Round loaves

 

Desserts:

Cakes, pies, cookies, candies and fruit

Best ever pastry shell

Chocolate-dipped strawberries

Chocolate scotch truffles

Creamy banana coffee cake

Kahlua cake

Lacy oatmeal cookies

Melon and berry platter

Pecan praline cheesecake

Sour cream apple pie

Texas Ranger cookies

 

Beverages;

Hot and cold; with and without alcohol

Café Ceballos

Candy bar hot chocolate

Champagne punch

Fruit smoothies

Kahlúa coffee

Milk punch

Old Virginia Wassail

Sangría

Southern Iced Tea

 

Entertaining:

Menus for success

Creating your own menu

All-American grill

Fifties diner

Thanksgiving dinner

Menus lifted in their entirety

Basque festival outdoor dinner

Mardi Gras Breakfast

Puerto Rican Connection