Fravioli
Deep fried ravioli with a mildly sweet ricotta filling.

In a large bowl stir together 2 cups of the flour sugar and salt.

Cut in the shortening until the mixture resembles coarse meal.

Make a well in the center and pour the eggs and white wine into it.

Stir with a fork gradually bringing the dry mixture into the center until a dough forms.

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead in remaining flour until smooth.

Cover and let rest for 5 minutes.

Feta Cheese Turkey Burgers
Instead of hamburgers, try this recipe for feta cheese, Kalamata olives, and oregano-topped turkey burgers. Serve grilled food for a delicious meal.

Preheat the grill to medium-high heat.

Combine turkey feta cheese olives oregano and pepper in a large bowl.

Mix together and form into patties.

Lightly oil the grate.

Place patties on the grill.

Cook for 10 to 12 minutes turning halfway through.

Orange Pizzelle
These crisp orange pizzelle have triple sec and orange zest flavors for a festive take on the traditional Italian holiday cookies.

Sift flour and baking powder together in a small bowl.

Beat the eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed adding sugar gradually until mixture thickens.

Beat in melted butter gradually until well-blended.

Stir in orange extract triple sec yellow food coloring and red food coloring.

Carefully stir in sifted flour and baking powder until batter is stiff and smooth.

Fold in grated orange zest.

Grease and preheat pizzelle baker according to manufacturer’s instructions.

Use a small ice cream scoop or tablespoon cookie scoop to drop batter onto the preheated pizzelle baker.

Bake until browned 30 to 40 seconds.

Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Salmon Fish Tacos with Asian Slaw
These quick fish tacos made with seared salmon have an Asian flair thanks to a simple marinated sesame-soy slaw.

Whisk vinegar sesame oil sugar soy sauce and lime juice together in large bowl.

Add coleslaw mix and green onions; toss to coat and let stand for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.

Season salmon with salt and pepper and place in the hot skillet.

Saute until salmon is golden brown and flakes easily with a fork 3 to 4 minutes per side.

Remove from heat and flake.

Heat tortillas in a dry skillet over medium-high heat until slightly crispy 30 to 60 seconds per side.

Drain slaw mixture then spoon into the center of each tortilla and add flaked salmon on top.

Blended Baked Oats 5 Ways
This simple baked oats recipe yields five distinct flavors: chocolate cherry, peanut, coconut, pumpkin, and oatmeal raisin. Yum!

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Grease 5 8-oz ramekins.

Combine rolled oats Greek yogurt almond milk maple syrup eggs vanilla extract almond extract baking powder baking soda salt cinnamon and nutmeg in a blender.

Blend on high speed until batter is smooth 1 to 2 minutes.

To one ramekin add pumpkin puree cranberries walnuts and pumpkin pie spice.

To the second ramekin add sweetened coconut sliced almonds and almond extract.

To the third ramekin add cocoa powder cherries and chocolate chips.

To the fourth ramekin add blueberries maple syrup and lemon zest.

To the fifth ramekin add raisins walnuts cinnamon cloves and allspice.

Cranberry Apple Pecan Quinoa Salad
Just as the name says, this beautiful and light-tasting quinoa salad features cranberries, apples, and pecans in a Dijon mustard and cinnamon dressing.

Stir chicken broth and quinoa together in a saucepan; bring to a boil reduce heat to low place cover on the saucepan and cook until the broth is absorbed about 10 minutes.

Remove saucepan from heat and fluff with a fork.

Whisk olive oil Dijon mustard maple syrup and cinnamon together in a bowl; season with salt and pepper.

Drizzle sauce over the quinoa; stir.

Add apple pieces pecan pieces cranberries and Parmesan cheese; stir.

Return cover to the saucepan and let the mixture steam until the sauce warms and the apples soften slightly 5 to 10 minutes.

Richard and Suzanne’s Louisiana Crawfish Pasta
This crawfish pasta dish is popular in New Orleans. It can be spicy or mild depending on how you like it and makes for a comforting meal.

Large pot of lightly salted water should be brought to a boil.

Add the pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente.

Drain.

Melt butter in a sizable, deep skillet over medium heat as the pasta cooks.

Add salt and pepper after cooking and stirring the garlic in the butter for one to two minutes.

Add onion and a half-teaspoon of red pepper flakes and stir until onion is translucent.

Add the crawfish tails and continue to stir for 2 to 3 minutes.

Moving as many onions as you can from the skillet while still leaving the crawfish in it.

Spicy Chicken Enchiladas with Red Mole Sauce
How come these enchiladas are so delicious? The red mole sauce, which is made from a delicious puree of toasted almonds, onion, tomatoes, chipotle chiles, raisins, and cinnamon, is the secret to the dish’s exceptional flavor.

Over medium heat, preheat an 8-inch nonstick skillet.

Cook and stir the sesame seeds and almonds for 4 minutes, or until they turn golden brown.

Keep 1 tablespoon of the almond mixture aside.

In a 4-quart saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat.

Garlic, onion, tomatoes, raisins, chipotle chiles, salt, black pepper, and cinnamon should be added.

Stirring occasionally, cook for 5 minutes or until the onion is soft.

Put the onion mixture in a blender by spoonfuls.

Add the remaining almond mixture along with the broth.

until the mole sauce is smooth, cover and blend.

Pour the mole sauce into the pan and bring to a boil over medium heat.

Set the thermostat to low.

Cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently, or until the mole sauce is slightly thickened.

Mock Chopped Liver
Mock chopped liver in this recipe is made out of lentils. This dish tastes just like the real thing without the cholesterol of real liver! Serve mounded on a platter with crackers.

Put bouillon cubes and water lentils in a pot.

Cook under cover for 30 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.

Good drainage In a skillet with hot oil, saute onion until it turns translucent.

Lentils, onions, and walnuts should be processed in an electric food processor until the pate reaches the desired consistency.

Use salt and pepper to taste to season.

Before serving, chill.

Keto White Chicken Chili
White chicken chili made on the keto diet is a rich, creamy dish with pulled and sauteed chicken chunks. Suitable for chilly winter nights!

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add oil and 2 tablespoons butter.

Meanwhile season chicken with chili powder salt and black pepper.

Cook chicken in the skillet on 1 side for 5 minutes resisting the urge to flip early.

Turn and cook turning occasionally to keep from burning until no longer pink inside and juices run clear 10 to 15 minutes depending on thickness.

Transfer chicken to a plate to cool until safe to handle about 10 minutes.

Shred chicken using your fingers and set aside.