Phyllo pastry appetizers/2 recipes

Bring flavors of the Mediterranean Sea to your crockpot with this simple recipe that is easy to follow.

This is such a fun recipe. I made an entree Vol Au Vent for a recent garden party with this chicken filling, filled the small puff pastry baskets with it. Not only it looked nice and elegant, it also tasted amazingly delicious. A great pick!

This recipe comes from Julie Casey, the pastry chef of Tre Vigne Restaurant in Basking Ridge, NJ.

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Meat filled green peppers in a spicy tomato cream sauce. A hand me down family recipe that I have greatly modified & finally written down.

All-American Clam Chowder recipe

A succulent and hearty pork stew made with potatoes, tomatoes, carrots and zucchini.

Loaf leavened with yeast. Requires a bread machine. Here's one of my favorite breads to make. The trick here is to use stone ground cornmeal, not the powdered/bleached variety. It gives the bread a great flavor, and a really nice coarse texture. The combination of ingredients give it a very different flavor than standard banana/nut or pan-baked corn bread.

Crab, fish and clams are simmered in a deliciously seasoned tomato sauce. Enjoy this flavorful seafood stew with a few slices of crusty bread.