CHERRY-CHICKEN SALAD CROISSANTS

“I love cherries and happened to come across this recipe one day. It’s a real hit with my family, and a friend’s husband even took it to work to share with the office staff.” — Martha Goodrich, Wilmington, Delaware Meat exporters

Quick

TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 15 min. 
MAKES: 7 servings

• 2-1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
• 2/3 cup dried cherries
• 1/3 cup chopped celery
• 1/3 cup chopped tart apple
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans, toasted
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 4 teaspoons buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 7 croissants, split

Nutritional Facts
1 sandwich equals 481 calories, 30 g fat (9 g saturated fat), 71 mg cholesterol, 710 mg sodium, 37 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 16 g protein.

In a large bowl, combine the chicken, cherries, celery, apple and pecans. In another bowl, combine the mayonnaise, buttermilk, salt and pepper; add to chicken mixture and mix well. Spoon 1/2 cup chicken salad onto each croissant. Boneless
Yield: 7 servings

Almond Joy Cheesecake Bars

Almond Joy Cheesecake Bars

Crust

• 23 Oreo cookies (whole cookies including icing)
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 

Cheesecake

• 16 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 egg, at room temperature
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla 

Topping

• 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/3 cup packed shredded sweetened coconut flakes
• 1/4 cup shaved almonds and/or 1/4 cup whole almonds 

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees and line an 8x8 inch pan with foil and lightly grease the foil. Set aside. Meat

In a blender or food processor pulse cookies until fine crumbs form. Add melted butter and pulse a few times until crumbs are moistened from the butter. Transfer mixture to prepared pan and press crumbs into the bottom of the pan to form an even crust. Bake for 10 minutes.

Mix egg, sugar, and vanilla until light and foamy. Add cream cheese and mix until smooth. Poor over baked crust. Return to oven for about 20 minutes or until cheesecake is set. Allow to cool on a wire rack.

In a medium sauce pan combine chocolate chips and heavy cream. Stir over medium heat until chocolate is melted. Reserve 1/4 cup of the mixture and spread remaining over cooled cheesecake. Top with shredded coconut and almonds and drizzle reserved melted chocolate over the top. 

Chill until completely cold throughout, cut into squares with a sharp knife and serve.

Strawberry Chocolate Mousse Cake

[Strawberry Chocolate Mousse Cake Pastry by Chef Melissa Buiskool-Leeuwma of Baked Expectations]

Pastry Chef Melissa Buiskool-Leeuwma, Baked Expectations

Start this creative project by baking your favorite chocolate cake, making enough to produce 3-9? rounds. Meat

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cups cream
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 2 cups strawberries, quartered
• 2 Tbsp strawberry preserves or strawberry jam
• 4 whole strawberries for garnish
• 20 oz semi-sweet chocolate

Method

1. In a large mixing bowl, use a hand mixer on high speed to beat cream and icing sugar together until stiff peaks form. Set aside.
2. In a separate mixing bowl, beat strawberries and preserves together on medium speed for about 1 min.
3. Using a spatula, gently fold berries into whipped cream mixture.
4. In a double boiler, melt chocolate over low heat.
5. Cut 2 sheets of parchment paper, making sure the sheets are long enough to easily wrap around the chocolate cake, while leaving a bit of overlap.
6. Lay parchment sheets on bottom of 2 cookie sheets and spread chocolate on both sheets. Tap sheets gently on counter to spread evenly.
7. Chill in fridge until chocolate hardens. Frozen meat exporters
8. Preheat oven to 250?F.

Assembly

1. Spread 1/3 of the strawberry mousse on bottom layer of chocolate cake round.
2. Place second chocolate layer on top. Spread with 1/3 of the mousse.
3. Top with final layer.
4. Remove 1 chocolate sheet from fridge and flash heat in the oven for 3 to 5 secs.
5. Carefully lift warm chocolate from cookie sheet and wrap around assembled cake and mousse layers.
6. Place cake in fridge until chocolate hardens and then remove parchment paper.
7. Repeat steps 4-6 with remaining chocolate sheet.
8. Top cake with remaining mousse and decorate with strawberries. Buffalo meat

Key Lime Donuts with Vanilla Bean Salted Caramel &

Key Lime Donuts with Vanilla Bean Salted Caramel & Toasted Pecans

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 egg
• 3 oz. sour cream
• 3 oz. key lime curd
• 1/3 cup Persian Lime Olive Oil – Can substitute with unflavored EVOO
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 tbsp. key lime juice
• Zest from one lime
• Vanilla Bean Salted Caramel 
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 2 vanilla beans, about 1/2 teaspoon scraped seeds OR 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

*Toasted coconut & pecans for garnish

For the donuts: In a stand mixer, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Slowly add egg, sour cream, curd, lime oil, buttermilk milk, and key lime juice and lime zest just until moist. Pour batter into a pastry bag or gallon Ziploc bag if a pastry bag is not available. Meat Exporters india

Snip the corner of the Ziploc and pipe the batter into donut pans. Bake 10-12 minutes at 325. Flip out of pan and allow to cool on a wire rack.

For the Caramel: In a heavy saucepan, combine the sugar and the water. Stir to combine and then cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves; about 5 minutes. There is no need to stir, simply swirl the pan over the burner occasionally as the sugar dissolves. Raise the heat to medium high and cook the sauce, swirling the pan occasionally, until it is amber-colored; about 7-8 minutes. (It will go from amber to burn in just moments, so keep a close eye on the pan!) Add the butter, be prepared for it to bubble and sputter, lightly stir or swirl to melt, do not scrape the sides of the pan or splash sauce up the sides of the pan. (This will cause crystallization, if you scrape the uncooked sugars back into the sauce.) Once the butter is melted, remove from the heat and add the vanilla beans, heavy cream and salt. It will bubble again, but will calm quickly. Whisk or stir to combine (again, not scraping sides of the pan) and then let cool before transferring to a jar and refrigerating for storage. Enjoy! Buffalo Meat exporters

To complete the donuts: Drizzle salted caramel sauce over doughnuts and top with toasted Coconut and Pecans if desired.

Source: The Front Porch Gourmet 

5 Tips & Tricks for Cooking

Mutton is a tough and strongly-flavored meat that needs to be marinated and cooked well to bring out its unique taste.
It features prominently in various cuisines across the globe, from American hamburgers and British roasts to the classic Indian and Middle Eastern lamb curries and stews. 
When we focus on Indian cuisine particularly, it is evident that mutton has been a favourite since ancient times, especially in the Royal kitchens. Lal maas from Rajasthan, Galouti Kebabs from Lucknow, Rogan Josh from Kashmir, Awadhi Biryanis are some of the popular preparations that capture the essence of Indian culture and tradition. Spices like cloves, cardamom, coriander powder, mace and nutmeg are used generously to enhance the flavour of meat.
The most important step while cooking mutton is marination. Marinade is a mix of spices used to flavour and tenderize the meat. Yogurt is the best ingredient to marinate mutton along with mild spices and even vinegar. Buffalo meat Exporters
5 Tips & Tricks for Cooking Mutton
1. Most mutton curries require slow cooking on low heat (dum style) to retain its moisture, juices and tenderness. Meat should first be cooked over high heat to seal juices and then cooked till tender on low heat.
2. Another thing that you should keep in mind is when to add salt. Do not add salt to the meat before cooking it. Salt forces the juices out and prevents browning. You should add salt halfway through cooking.
3. Mutton of a younger animal is tender and tastes better. It is pinkish in colour with a firm yet soft texture. If it looks red and 'wrinkled', it will be tough.
4. Keep a pan of water close to the barbecue to keep the meat moist while being grilled.
5. While making kebabs, marinate the meat for longer. This will prevent the kebabs from becoming hard and chewy. Also, refrigerate the kebabs for a couple of minutes before frying. This helps in binding them and gives them a firm texture.
It is interesting to know that mutton has a relatively higher amount of iron than chicken, beef or pork. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, goat meat is lower in cholesterol and fat than chicken, beef, and pork.Tender, flavorsome, succulent and sensational!
If these words are enough to get you salivating, then these recipes are definitely going to take you to the 7th heaven.  Frozen meat exporters
From the classic lamb curry to exciting new flavors, we bring you the best of the lot

Do Not Forget All God's Benefits

If you set aside the technological and industrial changes of today, people are the same today as they were in the days of Jesus. If you look at Jesus' words in the gospels and Paul’s Words in the epistles, you see that they are both telling people that they need the one and only true God. They are telling people that they need to forgive, they need to be kind, and they need to put evil thoughts and behaviors out of their life—that they can’t live their life without God’s help through Jesus Christ. The technology may have changed. The landscape and conveniences may have changed. Cultural ideas and behaviors may have changed, but people are still people. They have the same basic wants, needs, and desires. Meat

I say all that with this thought in mind: People of that day just like this day, suffered from sickness and disease and/or were surrounded by the sick. Supernatural healing was no more accepted or fit into the general public’s everyday thoughts then, than it does today. When Jesus went around from place to place laying hands on and praying for the sick, to some it looked like God had sent a messenger from Heaven, to some a prophet or the awaited Messiah, and to others, some kind of scam artist. There was no more reason for Jesus and what He did to be accepted then, than there is today. 

Your mind could never wrap itself around something supernatural for any reason. Miracles are unnatural, not logical, and outside or your mind's comprehension. Your spirit is capable of knowing and believing its from God. I have prayed for people and have seen many miracles but my mind still hits the wall.

Life always has its skeptics and Jesus was surrounded by them. It did not stop Him. Acts 10:38 NKJV reminds us Jesus' life here on earth saying, “how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.”

One Sunday I greeted a couple that I see most weekends in church. I was reminded of a time about eleven years ago. They walked up to me prior to church starting. She told me that the doctors had given her medical options with limited hope. I am sure they were experiencing an array of emotions that come with such a report, yet they also loved God and believed what Hebrews 13:8 declares; “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” That means His heart, mercy, and compassion, toward people is the same today as it always has been.

They believed that and asked for prayer. Their words at the time were something like, We appreciate the medical advances of today and the doctors and medical people that help us. They are compassionate and amazing and are trying to do all they can do, but they don't have much hope. They are not God and they are not our Healer. They are not the end of the story. Pastor Burt, will you pray for my wife? I did pray for her as I knew others in the church were also. 

They remind me of people in Jesus’ day that needed healing from God, but were also probably surrounded by doubting family, people, and critics debating whether this Jesus character was real or not. One blind man healed by Jesus was verbally attacked by the doubters of his day. He wasn’t about to enter into the debate. He had already experienced the healing power of God. When they wanted to debate he simply told them, "I don't know whether Jesus is a sinner," the man replied. "But I know this: I was blind, and now I can see!" (John 9:25) 

This couple didn’t care about what others thought. They just knew that Jesus never changes and that James 5:14-15 NKJV instructs, “Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. And their prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make them well. And anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven.” 

Here they are eleven years later sitting in the sanctuary worshipping God. They are wonderfully happy and are two people that clung to all who their Savior is. Just seeing them puts a smile on my face!

Psalm 103:1-5 (NIV) Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. Frozen meat

In His Love,

Pastor Tim Burt

Wild Rice and Turkey Casserole

'Showing We Care With Holiday Fare', by Mississippi's Toughest Kids Foundation

• 1 cup white rice, cooked
• 1 cup wild rice, cooked
• 2 cups diced turkey breast
• 2 cups (8 oz.) shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 12 oz. evaporated milk
• 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 tsp. salt and pepper
• 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh parsley

Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare a 8-by-12-inch or 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray. Combine rices and spread evenly over bottom of dish. In a large bowl, combine turkey, cheese, milk, bell peppers, eggs, salt and pepper. Spoon over rice. Halal Meat

Bake 45-55 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean and top is lightly browned. Sprinkle with parsley. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Note: Very good served as a side dish with turkey. Look for frozen or canned cooked wild rice at the grocery store. Buffalo Meat