Makes: 10 servings Active Time: 1 1/4 hours Total Time: 4 hours (including cooling time) Ingredients Crust • 1 1/4 cups whole-wheat pastry flour, (see Ingredient Note) • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter • 1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream • …
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Roasted Carrots with Cardamom Butter
Makes: 4 servings, about 2/3 cup each Active Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Ingredients • 4 teaspoons butter, melted • 2 teaspoons canola oil • 1 teaspoon ground cardamom • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 2 pounds carrots, peeled and cut diagonally into 1/4-inch-thick slices Preparation 1. Position rack in lower third of oven;…
Tuscan Cabbage and Mushrooms
Makes: 4 servings, about 1 cup each Active Time: 45 minutes Total Time: 45 minutes Ingredients • 2 medium leeks, white and light green parts only • 3 teaspoons butter, divided • 1 ounce finely cubed pancetta, or bacon • 1/4 teaspoon salt, divided • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper, divided • 1/2 cup reduced-sodium…
Crispy Pear and Celery Salad
Makes: 6 servings, 1 cup each Active Time: 25 minutes Total Time: 25 minutes Ingredients • 4 stalks celery, trimmed and cut in half crosswise • 2 tablespoons cider, pear, raspberry or other fruit vinegar • 2 tablespoons honey • 1/4 teaspoon salt • 2 ripe pears, preferably red Bartlett or Anjou, diced • 1…
Apple and Fennel Roasted Pork Tenderloin
Makes: 4 servings Active Time: 45 minutes Total Time: 45 minutes Ingredients • 2 large sweet-tart apples, such as Fuji or Braeburn, sliced • 1 large bulb fennel, trimmed, cored and thinly sliced, plus 1 tablespoon chopped fronds for garnish • 1 large red onion, sliced • 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons canola oil, divided…
Friar Ed’s Famous Butternut Squash Soup
3 cups diced butternut squash 1 medium sweet onion rough chop 1 pint chicken broth Tablespoon of brown sugar Salt and pepper to taste Three strips of apple-wood smoked bacon Milk Chopped Chives and a dollop of Sour Cream. Spray the bottom of the pot with Pam and cook the bacon strips on medium heat…
The Perfect Joy of Saint Francis of Assisi
When I think of Francis of Assisi, I don’t consider the garden statues or a simple animal loving tree hugger, no, rather I see a dynamic, prophetic and “thoroughly Catholic man”. I see a soul on fire with the love of God, commissioned by Christ to bring a new vitality to the Church which was…
Heavenly Tid-bits:
I’m asked from time to time, “Father, why do we pray to the Saints, why can’t we pray to Jesus?” They follow up with “I just go to Jesus”, sounding almost arrogant as if, those who seek the assistance of a saint or the very Mother of Christ, Mary, were somehow less spiritually evolved or…