Friday, December 4, 2015

Sale Books ~ Gooseberry Patch and Top Secret Recipes

Gooseberry Patch Comfort Foods, copyright 2007.Home-style recipes just like mom used to make!

We begin with Breakfast, there are pancakes (puffed apple, buttermilk, potato and pumpkin), a simple overnight blueberry French toast, coffee cake - double toffee, brown sugar baked oatmeal, muffins (morning glory or caramel apple), gingerbread waffles, casseroles - breakfast (eggs, sausage & cheese) or western omelet (eggs, hash browns, bacon and green peppers), griddle cakes, cream cheese danish, cheddar grits, sausage gravy & biscuits, caramel pecan rolls, hot chocolate and lemon spice tea, followed by Soups, Breads and Sandwiches consisting of soups made with chicken (broth, pot pie, noodle or chowder), several variations on vegetable and tomato soups, chili, split pea, potato, a few cheese options (burger, cheddar with hash browns), wild rice with broccoli, black bean and Italian meatball. Breads include corn bread, flour bread, fry bread and gooey buns, with sandwiches offering an Italian pulled pork, tuna met and a grilled PBJ.

For Salad and Sides we are treated to mac & cheese (3), scalloped pineapple or corn, rice - red or beef mushroom, tomato dumplings, stuffing balls, sweet potato pone, chili fries, cabbage pudding (cabbage, saltines & buttermilk), a few dips and the usual selection of salads ~ slaw, potato, chicken, etc., while Mains dishes up meatloaf (awesome, cheesy beef & bacon burger), meatballs, beef tips, WWII mess hall chili, lasagna, Johnny Marzetti, pizza, chicken fried steak, pork & sauerkraut stew, salmon patties, chicken (with dumplings, pot pie, fried, baked or roasted, smothered, in casseroles - chicken cashew or chicken & rice), ribs and tuna noodle casserole.

Desserts is chock full of delicious treats from cakes (chocolate gooey, mocha, warm apple, pound and Southern Comfort,), brownies (caramel fudge or fudgy cream cheese), chocolate popcorn, apple dumplings, hot fudge brownie sundaes, cookies (pineapple squares, Hello Dolly), trifle, pies (butterscotch, chocolate buttermilk), cupcakes (black bottom or banana) and lots of puddings - bread, chocolate, banana, caramel and Miss Piggy ~ made with cream cheese, cool whip, confectioner's sugar, plus boxes of vanilla & chocolate pudding.

The last chapter touches on Cooking for 1 or 2 with a sausage/apple skillet, cheese strata, corn & bacon chowder, tuna melts, cheesy potato bake, lemon chicken, cube steak stroganoff, apple crisp and the recipe with the saddest name ever - Fudge for One.

Top Secret Restaurant Recipes, copyright 1997. All recipes are "copycat" dishes from well known restaurant chains:
Applebee's: pizza sticks, oriental chicken salad
Benihana: hibachi chicken or steak, Japanese fried rice
California Pizza Kitchen: Thai chicken pizza or BBQ chicken pizza
Chichi's: nachos grande, Mexican fried ice cream
Cracker Barrel: hash brown casserole
Denny's: Moon over my Hammy
Hard Rock Cafe: filet steak sandwich, baby back watermelon ribs
IHOP: cheese blintz, banana nut pancakes
Marie Callender: golden cornbread, banana creme pie
Outback: blooming onion, Alice Springs chicken
Planet Hollywood: chicken crunch, pot stickers
Red Robin: BBQ chicken salad, mountain high Mississippi mud pie
Ruth Chris Steak House: BBQ shrimps, potato au gratin
Sizzler: cheese toast, chicken club sandwich
TGI Fridays: potato skins, 9 layer dip and smoothies
Western Sizzlin: Teriyaki chicken breast


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