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Romaine Heart Wraps

Friday, November 5th, 2010

Ingredients:

12 Dandy® romaine hearts leaves (two per serving)
1 cup diced cooked turkey or chicken
1 cup diced avocado
1 cup diced tomato
1 cup chopped hard boiled eggs
1 cup crumbled blue cheese
1 cup crumbled cooked bacon
12 blanched ¼ inch wide strands of leek ends, green onions or 6 society garlic leaves
6 ounces of favorite dressing, Ranch, Caesar or Italian

Directions:

  1. In a large bowl combine diced cooked turkey or chicken, avocado, tomato, hard boiled eggs, crumbled blue cheese, crumbled bacon and dressing tossing gently.
  2. Fill one of the romaine leaves with 1 cup of filling and place the other leave on top.
  3. Tie together in the middle with blanched leek or green onion. (For leeks and green onions you will need to tie two together to make the tie long enough to wrap around the middle.  Society garlic leaves are usually long enough so you just need one per wrap.)

Guiltless Buffalo Wings

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

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Ingredients:

12 boneless chicken breast tenderloin strips
12 wooden skewers
Your favorite wing sauce
Low-fat blue cheese dressing
3 stalks Dandy Celery sliced into sticks
1 head of Dandy Broccoli cut into florets
5 Dandy Radishes sliced into bite -sized chips

Directions:

  1. Marinate the chicken tenderloins for 5 or more hours in wing sauce an air tight container stored in the refrigerator
  2. When ready to cook, heat oven broiler to medium-high setting
  3. Skewer one tenderloins and place on backing sheet coated with cooking spray
  4. Place under broiler for 12 minutes or until edges of chicken are crispy
  5. Serve with a dipping bowl of low-fat blue cheese dressing, sliced celery sticks, broccoli florets and radish chips
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Blue Cheese Vegetable Dip

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Ingredients:Blue Cheese Vegetable Dip

1 8 oz. container of sour cream
1 small package of blue cheese
Dash of salt
Dash of pepper
Dash of garlic salt
Dash of celery salt

Directions:

Mix all ingredients in a bowl.  Cover and refrigerate overnight and serve with your favorite Dandy vegetables.

Caramelized Clementines and Sweet Onions with Blue Cheese and Candied Pecan Fillo Turnovers

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Ingredients:

Fillo Dough:  6 sheets, divided in half lengthwise for turnovers or 4 sheets divided into 4 rectangles for nests
¼ cup of melted butter or substitute vegetable spray
3 Dandy® clementines, peeled and segments diced
1 small sweet onion, thin sliced  (about 1 heaping cup)
2 Tbsp. butter
1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese, Roquefort or gorgonzola
1/3 cup chopped candied pecans (1/4 inch chop)
Additional garnish of 12 candied pecan halves for top of nests*

Directions:

  1. In a heavy bottomed pan melt 3 Tbsp. of butter and add sliced onions, cooking slowly as not to burn but to caramelize.  This can take 30 to 45 minutes.  Stir from time to time.  When caramel color add diced clementine segments and cook for 2 to 3 minutes more.  Cool to room temperature.  Add crumbed cheese and candied pecans.
  2. For turnovers, cut six sheets of fillo dough lengthwise 4+” by 12”. Brush with melted butter or spray lightly with vegetable spray.  At the bottom place a heaping teaspoon of mixture and fold like a flag in triangles.  Brush top and bottom with butter or spray.  Bake in preheated 375 degree F oven for about 4 to 5 minutes in center of oven.
  3. For fillo nests:  Cut 3 sheets of fillo in half and then half again so you get even rectangles.  Use a mini muffin pan.  Brush each rectangle with melted butter or lightly spray with vegetable oil.  Free form and crumple each rectangle into the muffin opening.  Bake in the middle of a 375 degree F preheated oven for about 4 minutes until golden color. Fill with a heaping teaspoon of mixture and top with a candied pecan.

Notes:  In working with fillo be sure to keep some plastic wrap over dough because it will dry out quickly.  Some of the fillo dough now comes with 2 8 ounce rolls of dough in each box.  Sheets are 8 ½ inches by 12 inches.  This recipe is based on this size sheet of dough.

Serves: 12 turnovers/nests