ArcaMax Recipes 04/13/2005

Stuffed Mushroom Caps
Salad with Goat Cheese
Chicken Parmesan
Macaroons

We hope you enjoy this menu that serves 6 to 8.
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Appetizer
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Stuffed Mushroom Caps

6 oz. smoked salmon
12 oz. chevre cheese
3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 Tbsp. dried dill
1 and 1/2 pound small white mushrooms

Thoroughly mix salmon, cheese, lemon juice and dill. Remove
stems from mushrooms. Fill caps with salmon/cheese mixture
and refrigerate for at least two hours before serving.

The Skinny: Substitute a low fat cheese.
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Salad
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Salad with Goat Cheese

Variety of Romaine, endive, Boston, radicchio lettuce
1/4 cup crumbled goat cheese
1 cucumber seeded and sliced
6 fresh basil leaves
1/3 cup olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 plum tomatoes chopped
1/4 cup pitted and halved Greek olives
Salt and pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients except olive oil and vinegar, toss well.
Mix together oil and vinegar and sprinkle over salad just
before serving.

The Skinny: You could leave out the olives but they are so tasty...
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Main Course
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Chicken Parmesan

6 - 8 boneless chicken breasts
1/4 cup olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 6-oz. can tomato paste
1 14-oz. can diced tomatoes
2/3 cup Italian bread crumbs
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1/2 cup milk

Heat oil in a skillet. Dip chicken breast into the milk and then
coat with bread crumbs. Brown in the skillet on both sides until
chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken and set aside. Place
tomatoes, tomato paste, and garlic in the skillet and heat through.
Serve chicken over cooked pasta with the tomato mixture poured on
top and sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.

The Skinny: Use skinless chicken breasts and low fat milk.

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Dessert
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Macaroons

4 cups almond slivers
1 and 1/3 cups sugar
8 egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 Tbsp. butter

Grind almonds with sugar in blender. Beat egg whites with vanilla
and then gradually add to almonds/sugar mixture. Rub butter on
two baking sheets. Spoon 1 Tbsp. of batter onto baking sheet for
each cookie. Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Remove cookies from baking sheets and allow to cool.

The Skinny: Use your favorite sugar and egg substitutes.
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Grocery List
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6 oz. smoked salmon
12 oz. chevre cheese
3 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 Tbsp. dried dill
1 and 1/2 pound small white mushrooms
Variety of Romaine, endive, Boston, radicchio lettuce
1/4 cup crumbled goat cheese
1 cucumber
6 fresh basil leaves
3/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 plum tomatoes
1/4 cup pitted and halved Greek olives
6 - 8 boneless chicken breasts
2 cloves garlic
1 6-oz. can tomato paste
1 14-oz. can diced tomatoes
2/3 cup Italian bread crumbs
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
1/2 cup milk
4 cups almond slivers
1 and 1/3 cups sugar
8 egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 Tbsp. butter






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