ArcaMax Recipes 10/26/2005

Tortilla Soup
Beef and Bean Burritos
Fruit Salad
Chocolate Kahlua Pie

We hope you enjoy this menu which serves 6 to 8.
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Appetizer
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Tortilla Soup

2 cups chicken broth
1 cup beef broth
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tomato, chopped
1 14-oz. can tomato sauce
1 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. chili powder
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp. oil
2 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
2 cups broken tortilla chips
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
Salt and pepper to taste

Saute garlic, onion, and fresh parsley in oil for several minutes.
Add tomato sauce, chicken broth, beef broth and spices. Cook over
low heat for 30 minutes. Add broken tortilla chips to the bottom
of each soup bowl. Ladle soup into bowls and top with cheese
and fresh diced tomato.

The Skinny: Use light chicken and beef broth and low fat or fat
cheese and tortilla chips.
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Main Course
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Beef and Bean Burritos

1 pound lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 14-oz. can refried beans
1 Tbsp. chili powder
2 tsp. cumin
2 tsp. oregano
1/2 cup ripe olives, sliced
2 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
Hot sauce to taste if desired
1 cup sour cream
2 cups Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
1 cup picante sauce
8 - 10 large flour tortillas

Brown ground beef with onion and garlic. Drain fat. Add refried
beans, chili powder, cumin, oregano, olives, parsley and hot sauce
and stir thoroughly. Combine sour cream, cheese and picante sauce
and set aside. Fill each tortilla with meat mixture and about
two tablespoons of the cheese mixture and roll. Make sure you
have some of the cheese mixture left over to top the burritos.
Place burritos seam side down in a greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
Top with remaining cheese mixture and bake for 25 minutes at 350
degrees.

The Skinny: Use low fat ground beef, low fat refried beans,
light sour cream and low fat cheese and tortillas.

Fruit Salad

2 avocados, peeled and diced
1 14-oz. can pineapple chunks
1/4 cup red onion, chopped
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
2 naval oranges, peeled and chopped
1 jicama, diced
Juice of 1 lime
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
1/4 tsp. cumin

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and refrigerate until
ready to serve. Jicama is a crunchy sweet fruit that has the
consistency of water chestnuts. You can usually find them in
the produce section of you local grocery store. However, if you
cannot find jicama you may use sliced water chestnuts instead.
We hope you can find the jicama because it really does have a
unique flavor.

The Skinny: Nothing to improve on here.
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Dessert
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Chocolate Kahlua Pie

1 9-inch unbaked pie shell
2 eggs
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 Tbsp. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup dark corn syrup
1/3 cup Kahlua or other coffee flavored liqueur

Combine eggs, sugars, butter, flour, vanilla, chocolate chips,
corn syrup and Kahlua and mix well. Pour into pie shell and bake
for 30 - 40 minutes at 350 degrees until center is firm. Allow to
cool and serve.

The Skinny: We suspect you can substitute carob for the chocolate
chips but we have not tried this. You can also use your favorite
egg and sugar substitutes.
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Grocery List
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2 cups chicken broth
1 cup beef broth
2 onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic
1 tomato, chopped
1 14-oz. can tomato sauce
3 and 1/4 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. chili powder
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 Tbsp. oil
2 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
2 cups broken tortilla chips
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
1 pound lean ground beef
1 14-oz. can refried beans
1 Tbsp. chili powder
2 tsp. oregano
1/2 cup ripe olives, sliced
2 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
1 cup sour cream
2 cups Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
1 cup picante sauce
8 - 10 large flour tortillas
2 avocados
1 - 14 oz. can pineapple chunks
1/4 cup red onion, chopped
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1 tomato
2 naval oranges, peeled and chopped
1 jicama, diced
Juice of 1 lime
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
1 9-inch unbaked pie shell
2 eggs
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 Tbsp. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup dark corn syrup
1/3 cup Kahlua or other coffee flavored liqueur