Macaroni Medley Food

MACARONI MEDLEY SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare macaroni and cheese with milk and butter according to package directions. Place in a large bowl; cool for 15 minutes. Stir in mayonnaise and mustard. Fold in remaining ingredients. Refrigerate until serving.

SAUTEED VEGETABLE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Toss vegetables together in a medium bowl.
• In a medium saute pan, heat the butter and water together over medium heat. Add the vegetables to the pan and turn the heat to medium high. Toss the vegetables, by gently moving the pan back and forth over the flame. Cook the vegetables for 3 to 4 minutes, or until heated through. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer the vegetables to a serving bowl and serve immediately.
• Cook the vegetables in 1 to 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil or butter, without the water. Do this over high heat and brown and crisp the vegetables slightly.
• Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of minced garlic, minced shallot, a teaspoon of grated peeled fresh ginger to the pan before adding the vegetables. - Enhance the vegetables at the end of cooking with a tablespoon or so of minced fresh herbs, like chopped flat-leaf parsley, dill, mint, basil, cilantro, or thyme.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and salt it generously. Fill a large bowl with ice water, and put a colander or strainer in it. Add the vegetable to the boiling water and cook, uncovered, until crisp tender, or the desired degree of doneness. Scoop the vegetable from the water and immediately put them in the ice water, to stop the cooking and set their color. Cool and drain, and use as desired. When blanching a mix of vegetables, don't cook them together since they may not all cook at the same time. Start with the lightest colored or mildest flavored vegetable, and blanch and refresh each vegetable, one after the other, until cooked as desired.

ITALIANO CHICKEN AND PASTA MEDLEY

Steps:

• Cook the chicken and garlic in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until the chicken is well browned, stirring often. Remove the chicken mixture from the skillet.
• Stir the stock, tomatoes, Italian seasoning and black pepper in the skillet and heat to a boil. Stir in the pasta. Reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 10 minutes.
• Stir in the vegetables and cheese. Return the chicken to the skillet. Cook for 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the pasta is tender. Serve with additional cheese.

SEAFOOD MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, bring the water, lemon juice and salt to a boil. Reduce heat; carefully add fillets and cook, uncovered, for 4 minutes. Add shrimp; cook for 3 minutes. Add scallops; cook 3-4 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with a fork, shrimp turn pink and scallops are firm and opaque. Strain, reserving 1-1/2 cups cooking liquid., In a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the flour, bouillon, mustard and pepper until smooth. Gradually add cream and reserved liquid. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the cheese and seafood mixture; heat through. Serve with pasta.

VEGETABLE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Coat the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish with oil. Spread sweet potatoes on the bottom, then top with red potatoes, onion, garlic, green bell peppers, red bell peppers and carrots. Sprinkle seasoning generously over all and cover dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake at 350 degrees F 1 1/2 hours or until potatoes are cooked through and tender; remove foil cover and stir.
• Change oven temperature to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C) and bake mixture in oven for another 1/2 hour, or until browned on top.

MACARONI MEDLEY

Steps:

• Remove sausage from casing.
• Cook in Skillet over medium heat until sausage loses it's red colour.
• Stir often.
• When cooked, pour off grease.
• Set aside.
• Cook macaroni according to package directions.
• In saucepan, melt butter.
• Saute onion in butter until softened.
• Stir in flour.
• Cook for one minute.
• Add salt, pepper, milk, broth; stirring until blended.
• Cook / stir for 1 minute until sauce is slightly thickened.
• Add parsley and cheeses.
• Combine cooked macaroni, sausage and cheese sauce.
• Spoon mixture into a 1 1/2 quart oblong baking dish.
• Bake 350 degrees F for 20 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
• Sprinkle with additional cheese after 15 minutes if desired.
• Enjoy!
• Note - Substitute dry white wine for chicken broth, if desired.

GROUND BEEF AND MACARONI MEDLEY

Steps:

• Crumble beef into a lage skillet with butter. Over high heat stir until meat is no longer pink. Add onion and turn heat to low.
• Add tomatoes with liquid and macaroni. Stir to blend.
• Heat to simmering. Add mixed vegetables. Cover and cook until vegetables are done and macaroni is to your liking, 20-25 minutes.
• Sprinkle with salt, oregano, basil and pepper.
• Serve with Parmesan cheese to spoon over individual servings. Garnish with black olives and pickles if you desire.

MASH MEDLEY

Steps:

• Put the potatoes, rutabaga and turnips into a large pot with 3 quarts water. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce to a simmer and cook until tender, about 20 minutes. Strain and return to the pot. Add the milk, butter, chicken base, granulated garlic, rosemary, pepper, sage and fresh garlic and mash with a potato masher until chunky and fully mixed. Adjust the seasoning if necessary.

VEGETABLE MEDLEY

Steps:

• Cook the carrots in chicken stock until crisp tender. Shock them in cold water and dry.
• In a small pan, melt the butter. Add the carrots, squash, and red pepper, and saute until crisp-tender. Adjust seasoning, to taste, with vegetable seasoning. Keep warm until ready to serve.

DELICIOUS GROUND BEEF MEDLEY

Steps:

• In a skillet, brown ground beef with onion and celery. Stir to break up meat. Drain.
• Cook macaroni as directed on package. Drain.
• In a 2 1/2-qt. casserole dish, combine the soups, milk, salt and pepper. Stir in the ground beef, macaroni, green pepper and corn.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.

MACARONI MEDLEY

Steps:

• 1. Cook the stir fry vegetables as instructed on the package. Cook the macaroni noodles as indicated on the package. Combine both into one pot.
• 2. Add the cream of chicken soup to the pot and mix thoroughly. Next, add the cheese powder, 1/4 cup milk and 2 Tablespoons of butter (or margarine). Mix thoroughly.
• 3. Add some shredded cheese (very optional).

MACARONI MEDLEY SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare macaroni and cheese with milk and butter according to package directions. Place in large bowl and let cool for 15 minutes.
• Stir in mayonnaise and mustard. Fold in remaining ingredients.
• Refrigerate until serving.

BAKED BEANS MEDLEY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In large skilled cook the bacon until crisp. Transfer the bacon to paper towels and drain, then crumble the bacon. Remove the bacon drippings from the skillet: reserve 2 to 3 Tbs, depending upon taste.
• Return the reserved drippings to the skillet. Cook and stir the onion and green sweet pepper in the drippings until tender. Add the brown sugar, white vinegar and water. Simmer, uncovered, about 10 minutes or until the mixture thickens a bit, stirring occasionally.
• Stir the pork and beans, lima beans, red kidney beans, butter beans and crumbled bacon into the brown sugar -vinegar mixture in the skillet. Pour bean mixture into a 2 quart casserole dish.
• Bake the beans, covered in the 375°F oven for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven: stir the beans and bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes more , stirring twice.
• Enjoy!