Christinas Pumpkin Sauce Food

CHRISTINA'S PUMPKIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook until translucent, about 7 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add sausage; cook and stir for 5 more minutes. Add chicken broth and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Stir in pumpkin puree, sour cream, milk, cream cheese, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom until well blended. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Season with pepper.

CHRISTINA'S PEANUT BRITTLE PORK SATAY WITH PEANUT SAUCE

Steps:

• Satay: Whisk together the coconut milk, soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, curry powder and cilantro and pour into a shallow, nonreactive dish. Pound the pork chops until very thin and even and cut into 1 1/2-inch thick strips. Place in the dish and turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours and up to 24 hours.
• Sauce: Stir all ingredients except peanut candy bars until smooth. Place in a serving bowl. Put the crushed peanut candy bar for the satay in a serving bowl.
• Remove the pork from the marinade and pat dry. Thread onto the skewers. Light a grill or heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Grill the skewers until just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side.
• To serve, set out the bowls of peanut candy bar and sauce. Have guests dip the skewers first into the sauce, then in the peanut candy bar.

CHRISTINA'S TV DINNERS

Steps:

• If using a disposable baking pan, fold up several layers of heavy-duty foil to create 2-inch wide strips. Fit the strips into the baking pan to form 1 large and 2 smaller compartments.
• Spoon 1/4 cup of the Lasagna Roll-Up sauce into the large compartment of each tray. Put 2 roll-ups and 3 meatballs over the sauce in each tray. Spoon remaining sauce over the top and sprinkle with Parmesan.
• Divide the frozen peas among 1 of the remaining compartments in each tray and top with a pat of butter. Put a piece of brownie dough in each of the remaining compartments. Cover the trays tightly with aluminum foil and freeze until ready to use, up to 3 months.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Let dinners stand at room temperature for 5 minutes. Uncover the brownie compartment and bake dinners until heated through, 35 to 40 minutes. Serve immediately.
• Cook the lasagna noodles according to package directions. Drain and pat dry.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in the marinara sauce and basil and let simmer for 5 minutes.
• Spread 2 tablespoons of spinach across 1 end of a lasagna noodle, about 1-inch from the edge. Sprinkle with a little garlic salt. Spread 2 tablespoons of ricotta over the spinach. Arrange about 1/8 of the provolone over the spinach and top with 1/8 of the prosciutto. Roll up the noodle around the filling. Repeat with remaining noodles and filling.
• If making Christina's TV Dinners, proceed according to that recipe. Otherwise, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spread half of the sauce in a shallow baking dish and set the roll-ups on top. Spoon the remaining sauce over the roll-ups and sprinkle with Parmesan. Bake until heated through, about 30 minutes. Serve immediately.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a small mixing bowl, whisk egg and milk together. Tear bread into pieces, add to the egg mixture and let soak for a few minutes.
• Place beef in a medium mixing bowl. Add egg-bread mixture, salt, and pepper and mix well. Form the mixture into 12 (1-inch) meatballs.
• In a medium bowl, combine the bread crumbs and Parmesan. Roll the meatballs in the bread crumb mixture to coat evenly.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the meatballs and cook until browned, about 1 minute per side. Transfer to a baking sheet and bake until cooked through, about 15 minutes.

CHRISTINA'S CHIMICHURRI SAUCE

Steps:

• place first six ingrediants in a blender. process untill smooth.
• Add parsley and oregano and stir well.

CHRISTINA'S SALAD

Steps:

• Place sugar, balsamic vinegar, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, shallots, Worcestershire sauce, and paprika in a container with a tight-fitting lid; shake until mixed well. Add oil and shake to mix. Refrigerate for flavors to blend, 1 hour.
• Combine spinach, strawberries, pecans, and goat cheese in a bowl. Add dressing; toss to coat.

CHRISTINA'S FRESH SALSA

Steps:

• Dice the tomatoes (Plese use a knife and cutting board, if you use a food processor it cuts them to fine and you will have salsa soup).
• Dice the red onion and jalepeno(s) adjust to taste, if you like it spicy add the seeds and use 2, if you like a mild salsa scrape out the seeds and don't use them -- we add 2 peppers seeds and all, we love it spicy!
• Finely Chop up the Fresh Cilantro, stems and all, measure out a cup. *This is a loose measurement, if you want more or less, you can add it, this is a recipe to taste*.
• Add the tomatoes, onions, cilantro and jalepenos to a bowl, add salt and the fresh ground black pepper to taste. Add in the freshly squeezed lime juice and stir.
• Taste it and see if it is the way you like it, if it needs more of anything add it -- if you want it hotter still add some hot sauce, a couple of drops at a time.
• Once it is hot, salty or sour enough, stir well and put in the fridge untill ready to serve.

PENNE WITH PUMPKIN SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet cook the onion, bell pepper and garlic in the butter over moderate heat, stirring, until the vegetables are softened.
• Stir in the pumpkin, broth, water, cream, nutmeg, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Simmer the sauce, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.
• While the sauce is simmering, in a kettle of boiling salted water, boil the penne until it is al dente.
• Reserve 1 cup of the cooking water and drain penne well.
• Add the penne to the sauce and cook the mixture over moderate heat, stirring and thinning with reserved water if needed, for 1 to 20 minutes or until pasta is well coated.
• Stir parsley into pasta and serve with parmesan cheese, as desired.
• Enjoy!