Quick Meals Planner: Comfort By the Fire
Chopped Italian Salad | Wild Mushroom Risotto | Rex's Tan Buick
Chopped Italian Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Comfort By the Fire (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 6 | oz | lettuce, mixed |
| 0.5 | cup | tomatoes, cherry |
| 1 | small | cucumbers, sliced |
| 1 | Tb | onions, chopped |
| 2 | oz | cheese, Romano |
| 1 | small | celery ribs |
| 3 | Tb | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 0.25 | cup | mushrooms, sliced |
| 0.125 | cup | olives, green |
| 2 | oz | salami |
| 3 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | tsp | oregano, dried |
| 3 | Tb | vinegar, red wine |
| 1 | tsp | garlic powder |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Chop all ingredients into bite size pieces. Place in a large bowl. Add olive oil, vinegar, garlic powder and oregano and mix. Add grated romano and mix again. Serve
Wild Mushroom Risotto
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Starch / Pasta |
| Meal: | Comfort By the Fire (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 0.5 | cup | mushrooms, wild, dried |
| 0.5 | cup | wine, dry white |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 0.5 | medium | onions, chopped |
| 6 | Tb | butter, salted, devided |
| 1.5 | cup | rice, Arborio |
| 0.5 | cup | mushrooms, sliced |
| 2.5 | cups | chicken broth |
| 0.5 | cup | cheese, Romano, grated |
| 0.25 | cup | cheese, Romano |
| 1 | Tb | parsley, flat leaf, chopped |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Place dried mushrooms into � microwavable cup with white wine. Soak until softened. (30 seconds to 1 minute). Heat olive oil in a pot with 2/3rds of the butter. Add onions, wild mushrooms and mushrooms, sweat over medium heat until softened. Add rice to pot, stirring until rice is translucent.. Lower heat; add broth � cups at a time, stirring constantly. Add remaining butter and grated Romano cheese. Spoon risotto onto plates, shave remaining Romano cheese with a vegetable peeler over risotto and sprinkle with chopped parsley. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Rex's Tan Buick
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Comfort By the Fire (Quick Meals Planner) |
| 1 | qt | vanilla ice cream |
| 4 | oz | bourbon, Jack Daniels |
| 1 | Tb | chocolate, ground |
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Place ice cream in large wine glasses. Pour bourbon on top and sprinkle with ground chocolate. (not cocoa)
For ground chocolate use a rasp to finely grate a dark chocolate candy bar.
