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Instructions:
Heat the olive oil in a skillet. Add garlic and onions and sauté until onions are translucent. Add peppers and beans, taco seasoning and spices. Sauté for a further few minutes, then add tomato sauce, tomato paste and vegetable broth. Mix well.

Simmer until the chili mixture thickens, approximately 45 minutes. Season with pepper and salt and serve with grated cheese and tortilla chips.

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What You Need:

1 (4 to 5 lb.) bone in rib roast

1 garlic clove, minced

1 t salt

1/2 t pepper

1 onion, sliced

8 strips of bacon

How to Make It:

Set the oven temperature to 325 degrees and allow the oven to preheat.

Lay the roast, fat side up, on a rack placed into a shallow baking dish.

Rub the roast with garlic on all sides.

Sprinkle the salt and pepper over the entire roast.

Cover the top of the roast with the onions.

Add the bacon strips over the onion slices.

Bake, uncovered, 3 hours or until a meat thermometer reaches 160 degrees for medium or 170 degrees for well done.

Transfer the meat to a platter and allow it to stand undisturbed for 15 minutes.

Makes 10 servings

Preparation time:  approximately 15 minutes

Cooking time:  approximately 3 hours and 15 minutes

Total time:  approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes

What a simple but elegant meat to serve on a special day.  It doesn’t take a lot of effort to put together and the best part is that while it cooks you can enjoy your family.

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What You Need:

1 lb. beef flank stead

1 T soy sauce

8 oz. rice noodles

1 cucumber

1/2 C Asian sweet chili sauce

1/2 C of water

1 C fresh julienned carrot

Fresh cilantro

How to Make It:

Allow the broiler to preheat.

Brush the steak on both sides with the soy sauce.

Place he steak on the broiler pan rack.

Broil 5 inches from the heat for 18 minutes or until a meat thermometer reaches 160 degrees for medium done, turning once during cooking time.

Remove the steak to a platter and slice in thin strips across the grain.

Cook the rice noodles according to package directions.

Drain the noodles well and rinse under cool water.

Slice the cucumbers crosswise into three sections.

With a vegetable peeler cut ribbons lengthwise from each piece.

Place the chili sauce into a mixing bowl.

Whisk the water into the chili sauce until well combined.

Divide the steak, noodles, cucumber ribbons and carrots into four serving bowls.

Pour 1/4 of the sauce over each salad.

Sprinkle the cilantro over the top of each salad just before serving.

Makes 4 servings

Preparation time:  approximately 13 minutes

Cooking time:  approximately 18 minutes

Total time:  approximately 25 minutes

When you love salads this one can’t be beat.  If you can’t find Asian sweet chili sauce in your local supermarket try your favorite Italian style dressing works just as well.

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• 4 slices bacon
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 (6 oz) can mushrooms, drained and chopped fine
• 1 lb. lean ground round
• 1 lb. pork sausage
• 1/4 c Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
• 2 tbsp low sodium steak sauce (your favorite)

How to Make It:

• Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp.
• Drain the bacon well on a piece of paper towel.
• Place the onion in the bacon drippings.
• Cook the onion 5 minutes or until tender.
• When the onion is tender crumble the bacon into the skillet.
• Add the mushrooms and cook an additional 1 minute.
• Remove from heat, do not drain and set aside to cool.
• Place the ground chuck and sausage into a large mixing bowl.
• Mix the two together with your hands.
• Sprinkle in the cheese, pepper and garlic powder.
• Pour in the steak sauce and mix well with your hands.
• When all the ingredients are mixed well make 16 not too thick patties.
• Place the bacon mixture over the top of 1/2 of the patties.
• Be careful to not get to close to the edge of the patties.
• Place the other 8 patties on top of each one of the covered patties.
• Press the patties together and be sure to seal all the way around.
• Heat the grill to medium temperature and allow to heat up.
• Grill the burgers until well done.

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What You Need:

• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 2 onions, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 TBSP parsley, chopped
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 2 flat metal skewers

How to Make It:

1. Place the ground beef in a food processor.
2. Add the onion, garlic and parsley.
3. Process until mixture becomes smooth.
4. Remove and place in a large mixing bowl.
5. Add the coriander, cumin, salt and pepper to the mixture.
6. With your hands mix all the ingredients together well.
7. Form the mixture into two meatloaves.
8. Run the skewers through the center of each loaf.
9. Heat the grill to medium high.
10. Place the loaves on the grill and cover.
11. Cook 20 minutes turning over half way through the cooking time.

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