Roasted Broccoli

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups of Eat Smart Beneforté broccoli florets
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan
• 3 tablespoons toasted pine nuts
• 1 teaspoon chopped basil (optional)

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 425ºF.
2. In large bowl, toss broccoli with garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper.
3. Place broccoli in a single layer on baking sheet. Roast for 15 to 20 minutes, turning once during cooking, until crisp-tender.
4. Remove broccoli immediately to serving bowl and toss with lemon juice and zest, Parmesan, pine nuts and basil. Adjust seasoning to taste and serve hot.

Serves

Serves 4

Source

Beneforté

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Chipotle Corn Bread Muffins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup yellow corn meal
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chipotle chile, ground
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon Chef Paul Prudhomme's Pork & Veal Magic
• 3/4 cup apple juice
• 2 cups corn kernels
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 1 cup freshly grated Romano cheese

Double Spaghetti Squash

Toss strands of tender pasta and golden squash with reduced-calorie margarine, Parmesan and herbs, for a melt-in-your mouth side dish.

• 1
• medium spaghetti squash (3 pounds)
• 4
• ounces uncooked spaghetti, broken in half
• 1/4
• cup chopped fresh parsley
• 2
• tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
• 2
• tablespoons reduced-calorie margarine, melted
• 1
• tablespoon fresh oregano leaves or 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
• 1/2
• teaspoon garlic salt

Coffee Jerky

Ingredients
The meat:
1 1/2 lb. flank steak
The marinade:
1 bottle (16 oz.) La Colombe Pure Black Bottled Coffee or 16oz cold coffee
3/4 cup maple syrup
1 tsp. Habanero chile powder
1/2 tsp. liquid smoke (strong stuff made from a manufacturing process of smoking wet chips and then distilling that smoke to a liquid)
3 tbs. soy sauce

Great omelets

• 3-4 eggs
• tbsp of milk
• 3 strips of bacon
• any other ingredients you like to add as filling

Pork Roast

• 1 pork roast
• 1 packet of onion soup
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbsp garlic salt
• 1 cup of double strong Lapsang Souchong(smoked tea). 1/4 teaspoon of liquid smoke can replace this 
• 4-5 russet or any potato you like
• 2 hand fulls of mini carrots 

Butternut Squash Soup

Ingredients

• 1 (2 to 3 pound) butternut squash, peeled and seeded
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 6 cups chicken stock
• Nutmeg
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper