Maple Glazed Garlic Roasted Carrots

 

  

    

Serving: 4

Ingredients

2 bunches of raw Dutch Carrots

2 tablespoons of pure Maple Syrup
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 teaspoon of crushed garlic
Parmesan cheese to taste

Directions
1. Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Thoroughly wash carrots. Trim the top and set them aside.
3. In a small mixing bowl, add the maple syrup, olive oil and crushed garlic. Mix well.
4. Place the carrots in a baking pan and pour the syrup mixture. Lightly toss.
5. Place the carrots in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove from the oven. Flip the carrots and place back in the oven for 15 minutes.
6. Plate carrots. Garnish with finely chopped carrot greens and add parmesan to taste.

Sautéed Mushrooms and Onions Hot Dog

Serving: 7

Ingredients

1 (14 oz) package of Hot Dogs

1 (8 oz) package of sliced 'Baby Bella' mushrooms

1 small brown onion

1/4 teaspoon of crushed garlic 

3 tablespoons of olive oil

1 (12 oz) package of Frankfurter rolls

Mustard to taste

Directions
1. Dice the brown onion.
2. Lightly coat the skillet with olive oil. Place the diced onions in a skillet and sauté on a medium heat until they begin to brown.
3. Add sliced mushrooms and crushed garlic to the skillet. Sauté until the mixture is golden brown.
4. Option 1: Coat a separate skillet with cooking spray and add the hot dogs. On a medium-high heat, cook the hot dogs and constantly turn them in order that they evenly cook.
Option 2: Place the hot dogs on the grill perpendicular to the grate and 1 inch apart. Turn them every 1-2 minutes in order that they cook evenly.
(Your hot dogs will be ready once the outside begins to crack)
5. Open your hot dog buns face down either on a grill or skillet and toast for 30 seconds.
6. Place your hotdogs in the bun and add the mushroom and onion mixture.
7. For extra flavoring add mustard to taste. 

Banana Nut Bread

    Serving: 8

Ingredients 

1/3 cup margarine

1 cup sugar

1 cup mashed bananas

1 tsp baking soda

2 cups flour

1 cup chopped walnuts 

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2. Lightly grease a loaf pan 

3. In a bowl, cream the margarine and sugar

4. Add bananas, baking soda, and flour to the bowl with the margarine and sugar and mix

5. Add in the nuts and continue to mix

6. Bake for 45 minutes. Allow the banana bread to cool off

~Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve~

Gravlax

Serving: 15

Ingredients

1 side boneless salmon fillet

1 cup of sugar

1 cup of brown sugar 

1 cup of salt

1/4 cup of vodka

1/2 bunch of fresh dill 

Directions

1. Mix the salt, sugar, and vodka together in a bowl and set aside

2. On a sheet of foil, sprinkle approximately half a cup of the mixture of salt, sugar, and vodka 

3. Place the salmon over the mixture (on top of the foil) 

4. Sprinkle the rest of the mixture on top of the salmon 

5. Lay the dill on top of the salmon and wrap the salmon with foil 

6. Place the salmon in the refrigerator for three days and turn the salmon over daily

7. After three days, remove salmon from refrigerator and rinse it with water to remove the salt, sugar, and vodka mixture 

8. Carve the salmon into thin servings and enjoy!

Sweet Potato Soup

Serving: 4-5

Ingredients

1. 3 large sweet potatoes

2. 5 cups of vegetable broth

3. 1 teaspoon of nutmeg 

4. 1 1/2 cups of chopped walnuts

5. 1 teaspoon of cinnamon sugar

6. 1 teaspoon of salt

7. basil to taste

Directions

1. Chop sweet potatoes into bite size cubes

2. Place the sweet potatoes and vegetable broth in a large pot.  Mare sure the broth covers the sweet potatoes.

3. On a medium-high heat, mix the sweet potatoes and vegetable broth until potatoes begin to soften.  

4. Once softened, drain sweet potatoes from the broth and place in a mixing bowl.  Do not throw out vegetable broth as that will be used later for the soup.

5. Puree the sweet potatoes until they become a smooth texture. 

Walnuts: 

6. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

7. Spray cooking oil on a baking sheet and place chopped walnuts.  

8. Place in the oven for 8-10 minutes, or until toasted.  

Back to soup...

9. Add sweet potatoes back into the pot of vegetable broth, and place on a medium-low heat.  

10. Add nutmeg, cinnamon sugar and salt.  Mix well.  

11. Once heated, add basil to taste. 

12. Pour sweet potato soup into a serving bowl and top off with some toasted walnuts.   

Apple Cranberry Crumble

Serving: 6

Ingredients:

1. 3 green apples

2. 1 1/2 cup cranberries

3. 1 cup brown sugar

4. 1/2 cup flour 

5. 3/4 cup oats

6. 7 tablespoons margarine

7. 1 tablespoon cinnamon   

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. 

2. Spray the bottom of pan with cooking spray.

3. Cut the apples into bit size cubes.

4. Mix the cranberries and apples together and place in bottom of the pan. 

5. In a bowl, mix together the brown sugar, flour, oats, margarine, and cinnamon. 

6. Pour the mixture over the apples and cranberries and place in oven for 30 minutes.

7. Remove from the oven and let cool.

~Happy Holidays~ 

Pecan Latkes

**We decided to develop a "Thanksgivukkah" recipe using the Manischewitz Potato Pancake Mix in response to the Manischewitz Recipe Contest.  We'd appreciate all of your votes as each one will make us one step closer to winning.  Clicking here will take you directly to the voting page.
~Happy Holidays~

Serving: 20 latkes

Ingredients

1. One 6-ounce box of Manischewitz Potato Pancake Mix

2. 1 cup of pecans

3. 2 large eggs

4. 1 pinch of salt

5. 1 cup of cold water

6. 1 cup of vegetable oil

Directions

1. In a medium bowl, beat two eggs.

2. Add a pinch of salt.

3. Add 1 cup of cold water and mix well.

4. Stir in contents of Manischewitz package and mix.  Allow batter to thicken for 3-4 minutes.  Mix again.

5. Place pecans in a blender and mix until finely chopped.  Add the pecans to the potato mix.  

6. On a medium-high heat, drop a spoon size of the potato mixture into the frying pan.  Make sure the latkes are flat and spaced out in order to evenly cook.  

7. Once the bottom of the latkes are brown, flip over and repeat process. 

8. Continue to add vegetable oil when needed for your additional batches.  

9. When latkes are ready to be taken out of the frying pan, have a plate ready to place the latkes on.  It is best to have a paper towel underneath the latkes in order for the excess oil to be soaked out.  

This dish is best served with applesauce and/or sour cream.   

Roasted Edamame

Serving: 2-3

Ingredients

1. 2 cups of cooked edamame

2. 2 tablespoons of olive oil

3. 1/4 teaspoon of crushed garlic

4. Salt to taste

Directions

1. Pre heat oven to 375 degrees. 

2. Place edamame in a bowl.

3. Add olive oil, salt, and crushed garlic into the bowl of edamame.  Mix Well. 

4. Take a baking sheet and spray with cooking spray.

5. Evenly spread edamame mixture onto the baking sheet.

6. Place in the oven for 15 minutes.

7. Remove the edamame from the oven and place in the broiler for 10 minutes on the same temperature.  (The broiler will give your edamame a crispy texture).  

8. Continuously check on the edamame in the broiler, as every oven is different, therefore do not wait until the 10 minute mark to make sure that the edamame has not burned.