Baked Potatoes Florentine Food

EGGS FLORENTINE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add half of the spinach and cook until wilted, about 2 minutes. Add the remaining spinach, the nutmeg, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Cook until all of the spinach wilts, about 3 more minutes. Drain the spinach in a colander and let cool, then squeeze out the excess moisture. Chop the spinach.
• Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Whisk the eggs, milk, lemon zest, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a large bowl. Arrange half of the English muffin pieces in the prepared baking dish. Top with half each of the spinach, scallions and cheese. Top with the remaining English muffin pieces, spinach, scallions and cheese. Pour the egg mixture onto the casserole, then press down on the English muffins to submerge them. Cover with foil and refrigerate 3 hours or overnight.
• Remove the casserole from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Bake the casserole, covered, until just set, about 25 minutes. Uncover and bake until the top is lightly browned, about 20 more minutes. Let cool 10 minutes before serving. Serve with creme fraiche.

EGGS FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir mushrooms and garlic until garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute. Add spinach to mushroom mixture and cook until spinach is wilted, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir eggs into mushroom-spinach mixture; season with salt and pepper. Cook, without stirring, until eggs start to firm; flip. Sprinkle cream cheese over egg mixture and cook until cream cheese starts to soften, about 5 minutes.

FLORENTINE EGGS

Steps:

• Beat eggs, milk, and a pinch of salt together in a bowl.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic until onion is softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add mushrooms, spinach, and cherry tomatoes; cook and stir until spinach is wilted, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Pour egg mixture over vegetable mixture and cook until eggs are still soft and halfway cooked, 2 to 3 minutes. Add mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese to egg mixture; cook until eggs are set and cheeses are melted, 3 to 4 more minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

BAKED POTATOES FLORENTINE

Steps:

• In a large skillet melt butter over medium heat.
• Add onion cook 2 minutes.
• Add mushrooms, salt,& pepper, cook 4 minutes.
• Mix in spinach and set aside.
• Cut a slice from the top of each baked potato and scoop out pulp& put it in a bowl, leave about 1/4" thick shell.
• Mash the potato pulp & mix in the spinach mixture, yogurt& mayo.
• Spoon the mixture into the potato shells.
• Place potatoes in an oven proof platter.
• Prepare topping; In a skillet melt 2 tbsp butter, sauté bread crumbs and almonds for a few minutes.
• Sprinkle topping on the potatoes.
• Bake in 400°F oven for 15-20 Minutes or until potatoes are heated through.

BAKED ZITI FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Cook ziti in a large pot of boiling water according to package directions. Drain and leave in a colander.
• Heat oil in same pot. Add ground beef and onions and cook over medium- high heat, breaking up beef with a wooden spoon, 4 minutes or until beef is no longer pink.
• Stir in tomatoes, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer, cover and cook 12 minutes for flavor to develop. Stir in spinach and cook 3 minutes longer.
• Remove from heat.
• Heat oven to 375°F Have a 13x9-inch baking dish ready; spray with nonstick cooking spray.
• Stir cooked ziti and cottage cheese into spinach sauce until blended. Spoon into baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake 30 minutes, or until top is golden.
• ***Note***.
• The last time I made this, I had some leftover cheese sauce I needed to use up so I threw it in and it was great! Made a creamier casserole that I actually preferred, but since the rest of the family likes both versions equally, I'm just addding this as a note.
• Here's the cheese sauce if you're intereseted:.
• 2 Tablespoons butter.
• 2 Tablespoons all-purpose flour.
• 1 cup milk.
• 1/4 teaspoon salt.
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper (or to taste).
• 1 cup Cheddar cheese.
• 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard.
• Melt butter in heavy saucepan over low heat; add flour, stirring until smooth. Gradually add milk; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened and bubbly. Stir in salt, cheese and dry mustard.

POTATO FLORENTINE SOUP

Steps:

• in a soup pot, combine the oil, onions and rosemary.
• cover and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring often.
• add the potatoes, salt and water or stock and bring just to a boil.
• lower the heat, cover and simmer for about 10 minutes till potatoes are tender.
• with a slotted spoon, remove and set aside 2 cups of the cooked potatoes.
• to the soup pot, add the spinach, basil and parsley, cover and cook for 1 or 2 minutes till spinach is wilted but still bright green.
• in a blender, puree the reserved potatoes with the neufchatel, grated cheese, milk and pepper.
• stir the puree back into the soup and reheat gently - adjust seasonings to taste.

CREAMY RIGATONI FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook rigatoni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; saute chicken until no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate. Add mushrooms to skillet; saute until mushrooms are tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Add garlic; saute until fragrant and golden, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir spaghetti sauce, half-and-half, and Italian seasoning into mushroom mixture; cook and stir over medium heat until sauce thickens, 10 to 15 minutes. Mix cooked chicken and spinach into sauce and cook until spinach is wilted, about 5 minutes.
• Stir pasta into sauce and add mozzarella cheese; stir until cheese melts. Garnish dish with Parmesan cheese and fresh basil.

FABULOUS FLORENTINE MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13x9x2 inch casserole with vegetable oil spray. Put 1/4 cup of the breadcrumbs in the casserole, shake to coat the pan, pour out excess crumbs and reserve in a small bowl along with the rest of the breadcrumbs.
• In a large bowl combine the 24 ounce container of Simply Potatoes Traditional Mashed Potatoes with 3 tablespoons melted butter and blend well. Stir in spinach, mozzarella cheese, bacon, goat cheese and sundried tomatoes, blend well till combined. Spoon the potato mixture into the prepared casserole.
• Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese all over the top of the potatoes and sprinkle the remaining breadcrumbs on top of the Parmesan. Cut the remaining 3 tablespoons butter into little pieces and dot the top of the casserole with it. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or till golden.

BAKED PENNE FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Cook pasta in large saucepan as directed on package, omitting salt. Meanwhile, combine tomatoes, tomato paste, oregano and garlic.
• Drain pasta; place in large bowl. Reserve 1/2 cup of the tomato mixture. Add remaining tomato mixture to pasta along with the ricotta, spinach and 1/2 cup shredded cheese; mix lightly.
• Spoon pasta mixture into 8-inch square baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with reserved tomato mixture and remaining shredded cheese.
• Bake 25 to 30 min. or until heated through.

FLORENTINES I

Steps:

• Mix flour, soda and salt. Cream 1/4 cup butter or margarine. Gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add corn syrup and egg. Blend well.
• Stir in flour mixture, coconut and vanilla. Drop by half teaspoonfuls onto greased backing sheets, leaving 2 inches between. Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) about 10 minutes. Cool on baking sheets 1 minute, remove quickly and finish cooling on racks (if wafer hardens, return briefly to oven).
• Melt chocolate and 1 tablespoon butter in pan over very low heat, stirring constantly until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Enjoy!