Your Tastiest Dish

Your
Tastiest
Dish
Midwest
readers share
some of their
most-requested
recipes
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Lauren Day
Marthasville, MO
BLTT
Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato
with a modern twist
Lauren Day, a nursing student in
Marthasville, MO, won grand prize
in the Great Sandwich Showdown
promoted by St. Louis Bread Co.
Award
Winning!
Proceeds from the sales of her
winning BLTT will go to St. Louis
Children’s Hospital.
Try the winning recipe below.
INGREDIENTS
2 pieces tomato basil bread
1 slice smoked gouda cheese
1 tsp. chipotle mayonnaise
5 strips apple wood
smoked bacon
8 leaves baby spinach
4 slices tomatoes, vine-ripened
dash black pepper
dash salt
Assemble bread, sauce, bacon and
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cheese. Grill. Add tomato and baby
spinach, slice in half.
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Patti Elliott, LPN
Marlene Graeve, RN, BA, CHPN
Superior Home Health Care
Stormont-Vail HealthCare, Topeka, KS
Golden Yam Brownies
Popcorn Bundt Cake
(Something different for a birthday cake)
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter
INGREDIENTS
1½ cups flour
½ cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
½ cup oil (corn oil or vegetable oil)
1 tsp. baking soda
16 oz. marshmallows
1 cup white sugar
½ tsp. salt
4 quarts popped popcorn; 6 oz. if purchased already popped. You can use kettle korn if
you prefer. If you pop it yourself, make sure there are no unpopped kernals.
4 eggs
½ cup of gum drops or gummy bears or candy of your choice (optional)
2 cups peeled and shredded yams
(uncooked)
2 tsp. vanilla
Melt marshmallows with butter and oil and pour over the popcorn. Cool a bit or the candy
Super
Easy!
Directions
may melt when you add the candy of your choice. Add candy and put in a buttered bundt
Directions
pan or angel food pan. If you want to put in candles now is the time to do it before it sets
Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease 9"x13" pan. Cream butter and both sugars until smooth. up to firmly. Refrigerate. Cut with a serrated knife. If you are tired of making birthday cakes,
Add eggs one at a time, stir in vanilla. Combine flour, soda, salt. Stir into batter just until
or if there are many birthdays in a row in your family, this is the cake to make. People always
blended. Fold in shredded yams. Spread evenly into greased baking dish. Bake for 35
ask for this recipe and this cake is usually gone at the end of the party.
minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
2 cups powdered sugar
4 oz. cream cheese (softened)
1 tsp. vanilla
Beat butter and cream cheese until blended. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until
smooth. Drizzle over brownies while still warm.
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Jeffrey Leeser
¼ cup butter
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Frosting
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Susan Farrington, RN, WCC
Bette Case Di Leonardi, PhD, RN-BC
Amedisys, Hillsboro, MO
Consulting in Competency Management and Education, Chicago
Amanda's Ham & Swiss
Breakfast Casserole
Cream Cheese With
Jezebel Sauce
INGREDIENTS
INGREDIENTS
Deli ham slices (enough to cover bottom of dish)
Swiss cheese slices (enough to cover ham)
14 eggs
Alw
ays
a Hit
!
Two 16 oz. containers
pineapple preserves
12 oz. container apple jelly
½ pint whipping cream
8 oz. jar horseradish
½ - ¾ cup grated parmesan cheese
1 oz. can dry mustard
White pepper
Blend all ingredients in
food processor.
Directions
Spray 9"x13" casserole dish with non-stick spray. Layer the bottom of casserole with deli
ham slices. Layer swiss cheese slices over the top of the ham. Break eggs into the casse-
This will make a large quantity
role dish, then prick the yolks with a toothpick. Pour whipping cream over the top. Bake
that can be refrigerated for
in 425° F oven for 12-15 minutes. Remove from oven sprinkle with white pepper, grated
continued use for up to 6
parmesan cheese and return to the oven for 10 minutes. It smells great when it is baking,
months.
and it’s always a hit for holiday breakfasts or for sharing with co-workers.
To serve
Pour the sauce over cream cheese. Cream cheese packaged in a rectangle-shaped box
works best. Serve with butter crackers such as Ritz or Town House. Provide a knife or
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spreader for self-service.
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Sharon Yearous, PhD, ARNP, CPNP, NCSN
Rita Srum, BSN, RN, Nursing Director
Iowa School Nurse Organization Executive Director Assistant Professor, Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, IA
Adult and Pediatric Emergency Departments
St. Anthony's Medical Center, St. Louis
Yogurt-Blueberry Cake
Crazy Crust Pizza
INGREDIENTS
Crust
1 pint blueberries (about 2½ cups)
1 cup flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. oregano
1 tbsp. all-purpose flour plus 2½ cups
1⁄8 tsp. pepper
2 eggs, beaten
2⁄3 cup milk
2 tsp. baking powder
Topping
¾ tsp. salt
1½ cups ground beef and/or ground sausage
½ cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
¼ cup chopped onion
½ cup sliced mushrooms
1½ cups granulated sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Sauce
4 large egg whites, at room temperature
8 oz. tomato sauce
1 container (6 oz.) low-fat plain yogurt
8 oz. shredded mozzarella cheese
Glaze
Directions
1¼ cups confectioners’ sugar
Combine crust ingredients and pour into greased and floured pizza pan. Brown and
1 tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
drain meat. Put topping on liquid crust. Bake 25-30 minutes at 425° F until crust is light
1 tbsp. water
golden brown. Then sprinkle with sauce. Bake for an additional 10-15 minutes until
2 tsp. oregano
¼ tsp. pepper
cheese is melted.
Directions
Heat oven to 350° F. Grease and flour 12-cup bundt pan. In a medium-size bowl, toss
berries with the 1 tbsp. flour. In clean, medium-size bowl, whisk together remaining 2½
cups flour, baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, beat butter until smooth. Beat in
sugar and vanilla until creamy, 2 minutes. Add egg whites; beat until smooth, 1 minute.
On low speed, beat in flour in two additions alternately with yogurt. Fold in berries. Pour
into prepared pan, spreading evenly; tap pan lightly on counter to release air bubbles.
Bake for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool
bowl, stir together sugar and juice. Add water as needed for good drizzle consistency.
Pour over cake. Let stand until set, 10 minutes. Fill center with blueberries, if desired.
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in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack; let cool completely. In a small
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