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Cranberry Mold
Many years ago, at one of my earliest Christmas parties, a friend brought this dish. She also gave me the undated clipping with the recipe from the Long Beach Press-Telegram, so to be accurate I need to give credit where credit is due: Thank you, Colleen, for bringing this salad, and thank you, Evelyn Tietsort…
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Flaky Angel Biscuits
This recipe is wonderful for parties, because the dough can be made and kept, refrigerated for up to 2 weeks before your guests walk in the door. I roll it out on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, press out the shapes I want (at Thanksgiving, I usually use a 2½” acorn cookie cutter), pull away the…
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Buttermilk Peppercorn Dip
My sister-in-law paired this dip with homemade root chips once and I was hooked. Honestly, I don’t have her patience to make root chips, but I can do this dip! It’s really easy, especially paired with Trader Joe’s Vegetable Root Chips and simple crudités. Thank you, Martha Stewart! 1 c. sour cream 2 T. nonfat…
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Hawaiian Dinner Party
Time flies – whether you’re having fun or not – so we might as well party! Ten years after I threw a luau to celebrate my husband’s 50th, it was time to celebrate another decade. What with kids and the economy, we haven’t gotten back to Paradise as often as we would like, so it…
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Hawaiian Dinner Party Menu
Mauna Kea Shrimp with Peanut Sauce Buttermilk Peppercorn Dip with root chips and cruditées Kalua Pork Sliders Mesclun salad mix with macadamia-encrusted goat cheese, grilled skewered tropical fruits, and coconut balsamic vinaigrette, sprinkled with dried toasted coconut flakes Crab and potato-crusted Ono with creamed spinach and carrot ribbons, and bacon (Potato-crusted chicken for non-fish eaters)…
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Mauna Kea Shrimp with Peanut Sauce
Colorful, refreshing, and always a hit; this recipe comes from one of my stand-by Hawaiian cookbooks, Maui Cooks Again (by Gini Baldwin, Judy Bisgard, Judy Furtado, Zelie Harders, Carol Hartley, and Penny James). 1 lb. (about 20) medium shrimp, cleaned, deveined, and tail removed 1 t. salt 10 Chinese snow peas, blanched and split 1…
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Southern-style Thanksgiving menu
With thanks to Lee Bailey, and dedicated to my party-planning friend. Hush Puppies with Tabasco Pepper Jelly Relish and cruditee tray (pickled watermelon rind, cucumber spears, carrot sticks) Pimento-cheese stuffed celery sticks Shrimp Bisque Roast Turkey Cornbread Dressing Scalloped Potatoes Sweet Potato Medallions Herbed Green Beans Jellied Cranberry Mold Flaky Angel Biscuits Tossed Salad of…
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Southern-style Thanksgiving
My son will be going away to college next year (if he gets his wish), so in bittersweet honor of his “last year at home,” I gave him the choice of “what kind of Thanksgiving should we have?” Did he want Napa-style? New England-style? Southern? Tex-Mex? Vegetarian? (That last suggestion was a kind-of joke; he’s…
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Uala Maoli Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe
This recipe comes from an old standard, Roana and Gene Schindler’s Hawaiian Cookbook. Even though it was originally published in 1970, it still sells in Hawaii today. This recipe is a nice alternative to sweet-potatoes-and-marshmallows at Thanksgiving. 6 large sweet potatoes (2½ lbs.), parboiled and peeled 6 T. butter 2 t. salt 6 bananas, sliced…
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Blue Cheese and Pear Sandwiches
6 slices good-quality oatmeal bread 1-2 T. unsalted butter, room temperature 6 oz. Pt. Reyes Original Blue Cheese, crumbled 2 ripe pears, sliced thinly and drizzled with lemon juice Thinly spread bread slices with unsalted butter. Trim crusts from bread. Sprinkle bread with blue cheese. Neatly top bread with sliced pears arranged in a fan…
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