ArcaMax Recipes 02/01/2006

Baked Potato Soup
Chicken Fried Steak
Spinach Fruit Salad
Pumpkin Pie

We hope you enjoy this menu that serves 6 to 8.
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Appetizer
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Baked Potato Soup

4 - 5 baking potatoes
2 cups water
1 quart milk
1/2 cup celery
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sour cream
1/3 cup bacon, cooked and crumbled
1/3 cup green onion, chopped
2 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
1 Tbsp. fresh parsley or dill, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste

Place potatoes in the oven and cook for about 1 hour at 350
degrees. Meanwhile heat water in a large saucepan and add
chopped celery to the water and simmer until celery is tender.
When potatoes are fully cooked, slice down the center and
scoop the pulp out of each potato and add to celery and water.
Add milk. butter, sour cream, bacon, green onions, 1 cup of
the cheddar cheese, parsley or dill and salt and pepper.
Allow mixture to simmer over low-medium heat until it thickens.
Serve hot with cheddar cheese sprinkled on top. You may also
add chives (from the top of the green onions), bacon pieces
and sour cream.

The Skinny: Use low fat milk, sour cream and cheese.
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Main Course
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Chicken Fried Steak

3 pounds round steak, tenderized
1 cup flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. garlic powder
2 tsp. Old Bay seasoning or paprika if you can't find Old Bay
Fresh ground pepper
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk
Vegetable oil

Gravy

1 Tbsp. butter
6 Tbsp. Flour
3 cups hot milk
Salt and pepper

Cut steak into 6 pieces. Combine flour, salt garlic powder,
Old Bay or paprika and pepper on a plate. Combine eggs and
milk in a bowl. Dip steak in egg/milk mixture then coat with
flour mixture. Cook steaks in hot oil in a heavy skillet.
Remove steaks and keep warm. Add butter to pan and mix with
drippings. Add four and cook and stir until flour browns.
Add hot milk and stir until thickened. Season with salt and
pepper and pour over warm steaks. Serve with hot rice.

The Skinny: Use your favorite egg substitute and low fat milk.

Spinach Fruit Salad

1 pound spinach, torn into bite sized pieces
1 head green leaf lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces
1 cup seedless grapes
1 11-oz. can mandarin oranges, reserve liquid
1/4 cup sliced almonds
4 green onions, chopped

Dressing:

1/3 cup vegetable oil
Mandarin orange juice
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste

Combine salad ingredients in a large bowl and dressing
ingredients in a cruet. Pour desired amount of dressing
over salad immediately before serving.

The Skinny: Not much room for improvement here.
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Dessert
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Pumpkin Pie

1 16-oz. canned pumpkin
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp. salt
3 eggs
2/3 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup milk
Prepared Pie crust

For those of you that may not know, canned pumpkin is pumpkin
puree, usually with some extra flavorings added. Combine pumpkin,
sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt in a bowl. Add eggs
and beat eggs into pumpkin mixture with a fork. Add evaporated
milk and milk and mix well. Place in pie crust (cover the edge
of the crust with aluminum foil to prevent burning) and bake for
25 minutes in 375-degree oven. Remove foil from crust and bake
for another 30 minutes or until a knife comes out clean when
inserted into the pie.

The Skinny: Use your favorite egg and sugar substitute and low
fat evaporated and regular milk. Some people serve their pumpkin
pie with a dollop of whipped cream...isn't that decadent? You
can use fat free whipped topping instead and sleep peacefully.
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Grocery List
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4 - 5 baking potatoes
2 quarts milk
1/2 cup celery
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sour cream
1/3 cup bacon, cooked and crumbled
1/3 cup green onion, chopped
2 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
1 Tbsp. fresh parsley or dill, chopped
3 pounds round steak, tenderized
1 cup and 6 Tbsp. flour
1 tsp. garlic powder
2 tsp. Old Bay seasoning or paprika if you can't find Old Bay
5 eggs
1Tbsp. butter
1 pound spinach, torn into bite sized pieces
1 head green leaf lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces
1 cup seedless grapes
1 11-oz. can mandarin oranges, reserve liquid
1/4 cup sliced almonds
4 green onions, chopped
1/3 cup vegetable oil
Mandarin orange juice
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
1 16-oz. canned pumpkin
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
2/3 cup evaporated milk
Prepared Pie crust

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