Recipes

You may use butter instead of oil, you also may add shrimp lobster, or other seafood. I dont know how well it will taste if vegetables or meat are added, instead of seafood but it doesnt tempt my taste buds.

You may substitute any other lentil -green or black mung beans will work fine too,

You may substitute 1/2 cup coconut for the pecans in the icing and/or you may add 1/2 tsp cinnamon to cake.

You may prefer to use dry sherry or rice wine in place of white wine. The amount of sauce used in the final preparation is a matter of choice.

you may or may not be interested to know that a woman asked me for a sherried chicken casserole I served at a luncheon. I knew the woman quite well and said sure will you give me your scallop lasagna recipe? She said yes. Well I wrote down the recipe she wanted on a nice card and gave it to her. For weeks I kept asking for her recipe. Well, she finally told me she didn't give out recipes! I felt she could have mentioned that when I first asked! Anyway, I have searched for this recipe for years! I finally found it and am giving it out to anyone who asks with the request that whomever you serve it to, if they ask where did you get this recipe you answer LISA HERTLEIN. Just in case it is her!

You may not need all of the stock or clam juice, the firmness of the rice and timing are more important than using all of the liquid. Also, you could make this dish without heavy cream. Just omit in the saffron-vermouth reduction.

You may have to cook the croquettes in batches. Keep the cooked ones hot on a baking sheet in a preheated 250 degree ovenwhile cooking the rest.

You may change food colorings depending on the season. I've used green for Christmas or St. Pat's Day.

you may add mushroom whith the shallots befor adding the brandy

you have to practice to get it perfect. Also, it's easier to make several of these at a time. Consider individual filet mignon wellington as well.

You have a good memory! Enjoy..

You gotta love chocolate for this desert, it is very rich!

You definitively have to use guascas if you want to call your soup Ajiaco. It's not easy to get them out of Colombia, but they give this soup its characteristic flavor.

You could use ay extra sword fish for kebobs

You could use any sort of mushroom or skip them altogether. The important ingredients are the garlic and ginger.

You could substitute ANY vegetable and ANY herbs for a personalized combination.

You could put apple slices and pineapple slices in food processor, or chop pineapple finely, by hand

You could probably use sun dried tomatoes (moistened of course) instead of roasted peppers...

You could probably substitute the seafood ingredients to come closer to the recipe you wanted.

You could probably substitute black beans for the refried beans (or use black refried beans).

You could probably substitute a firm, white fish cut in strips for the shrimp & scallops.

You could probably frost with cool whip instead

You could either add the peppers or substitute them for one of the other vegetables.

You could also tint just the coconut.

You could also brush them with melted butter & put them under the broiler. Sorry I don't have more precise measures, but we just throw it all together here. I would thaw them out either in the refrigerator, or in cold water before cooking.

You could add mushrooms if desired.

You can vary the vegetables to suit your taste.

You can use other spices to suit you individual taste, and if you serve a guest that doesn't like lemon try serving it with a very light dash of red wine vinegar, and it is best served with chilled ingredients.

you can use large mushroom caps intead of shells. And eat the whole thing: my favorite.

You can use canned or fresh crabs and this is good with lobster as well.