Great american/19 recipes

Marinating the chicken in olive oil, balsamic vinegar, dried thyme and tarragon add great depth to a rice sauce that's smoothed by just a hint of red currant jelly and enhanced with apricots and tawny port. Be sure to use tawny port. With its beautiful amber color and slightly dry flavor, it compliments the apricots. Save your ruby port, which is sweeter and has a deep red wine color, for after dinner.

A warm beef and bacon stew is served over pasta. It's delicious and fills you up. A great fall or winter dish.

These cookies are a beloved Christmas treat. Featuring sticky caramel and pecans both inside and out, they are so adorable that I almost didn't want to eat them. However, once you take a bite, be warned - they are incredibly addictive and impossible to resist.

Great with Turkey

Hawaiian Baked Beans recipe

Made a bunch of these cranberry chews at the weekend, and they were so good. I used half whole wheat flour, which I usually do when I bake. I also used 1/2 cup coconut oil and 1/2 cup butter, and these bars came out wonderfully delicious. I have been enjoying them for breakfast and snack. I froze most of the bars. A great recipe.

Creamy Chicken and Rice Bake with French Onion Rings recipe

Popular on the West Coast, these thick, soft, nut and date cookies appear in many local cookbooks.

Open-Faced Egg and Cheese Sandwiches recipe

I got this recipe out of McCall’s magazine about 35 – 40 yrs ago from the pages of the McCall’s Cooking School and have made it a number of times since.

Cheese and Corn Chowder recipe