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Irresistible Dessert Recipe: Hummingbird Cake

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It’s been a long time since we posted our last dessert recipe so today we wanted to share an old family favorite, Hummingbird Cake. This three layer treat makes a beautiful bridal shower dessert, birthday cake, or because-I-can cake… which happens to be our favorite kind! (wink)

Passanante’s Home Food Service is best known for our food delivery service and passion for hormone-free high quality meats and organic veggies, but you may not know that we’re equally as passionate about celebrating life’s moments with friends and family. We hope you will find an opportunity to enjoy this delicious cake in the company of all of your favorite people sooner rather than later.

Hummingbird Cake

What you’ll need for the cake:

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 (8 oz) can crushed pineapple, undrained
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 2 cups chopped bananas

What you’ll need for the cream cheese frosting:

  • 1 (8oz) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 (16oz) package powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans

How to prepare cream cheese frosting:

  1. Combine cream cheese and butter, beating until smooth.
  2. Add powdered sugar and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy.

How to prepare Hummingbird Cake:

  1. Combine all-purpose flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and ground cinnamon in a large mixing bowl.
  2. Add eggs and oil, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Do not beat.
  3. Stir in vanilla, pineapple, 1 cup pecans and bananas.
  4. Spoon batter into 3 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  6. Cool in pans 10 minutes.
  7. Remove from pans and cool completely.
  8. Spread frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.
  9. Sprinkle 1/2 cup chopped pecans on top. You can also combine the pecans in the actual frosting if you prefer.
  10. ENJOY!

Lots of love & happy eating,
Passanante’s Home Food Services

Recipe: Hot Chicken Salad

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This isn’t your average bridal shower chicken salad recipe. At Passanante’s Home Food Service we’re passionate about good, easy to prepare foods, and this recipe checks all the right boxes.

What we love most about this Hot Chicken Salad is the way it’s prepared; just toss the ingredients all together and bake — no real mess or fuss involved. Even better, since this recipe serves eight, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll have enough left over to eat it for a couple of meals. The only way to make this comfort food recipe any easier would be if you allowed Passanante’s food delivery service to bring every ingredient straight to your door, so when you’re ready to throw dinner together there’s no grocery store fuss to deal with.

We’d love to hear more about your favorite foods, and get a good idea for some recipes you might enjoy reading next week! Pop on over to our Facebook Page and leave us a line on our wall. Until then, happy eating!

Hot Chicken Salad with almonds

What you’ll need (serves 8):

  • 4 cups cold cut up chicken chunks, cooked
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2/3 cup finely chopped toasted almonds
  • 3/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup cheese, grated
  • 2 cups chopped celery
  • 4 hard boiled eggs, sliced
  • 3/4 cup cream of chicken soup
  • 2 teaspoon onion, finely minced
  • 2 pimentos, cut fine
  • 1 1/2 cups crushed potato chips

How to make Hot Chicken Salad:

Combine all ingredients except cheese, potato chips and almonds, in a large rectangular dish. Sprinkle cheese, potato chips, and almonds over the top and let sit overnight in a refrigerator. When ready, bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Serve with warm rolls and good wine. 🙂

Happy Almost Easter Weekend!

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With Easter only a few days away everyone at Passanante’s Home Food Service has started to get excited as we look forward to a fun weekend filled with family, friends and food! Whether you’re baking a turkey, smoking a ham, or grilling out some unbeatable brisket burgers we figured you might be interested in trying out a couple of really simple ways to add that lovely spring time twist to your table.

Pastel Deviled Eggs

Think you’re ready for an Easter inspired twist on deviled eggs? Once boiled and peeled, halved and yoke removed, drop egg halves into cups of water with about three drops of your favorite easter food coloring shades and a teaspoon of cider vinegar. Allow the eggs to soak just like when you’re dying the shells and allow them to dry on a paper towel before filling with your favorite deviled egg mixture. This springy version of a classic Easter food will be a fast favorite, especially if you have children!

Tip: Adding 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda to the water while boiling eggs will help the shell come right off. We recommend not using farm fresh eggs as they are notoriously more difficult to peel.

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Carrots

Wish chocolate covered strawberries weren’t so Valentine’s Day-esk? Get the same great taste and a funny bunny twist with Easter “Carrots.” Just swap the standard chocolate for Wilton orange colored melting chocolate or white melting chocolate with a few drops of orange food coloring. Dip your strawberries into the melted orange chocolate, before gently placing them on wax paper to dry. Before the chocolate is fully hardened, use a marinade brush to add texture to the “carrots” and enjoy!

Easter Candy Bark

For a colorful and incredibly easy sweet, grab just TWO ingredients at the store and whip up some Easter candy bark. Simply microwave 16 oz. of vanilla almond bark, uncovered, in a large microwave-safe dish for about 2 minutes, stirring after every 30 seconds. Immediately pour the melted bark onto a sheet of parchment paper and top with pastel jelly beans or m&m’s. Cool overnight and break into bite-sized pieces. So easy. So tasty.

Have a wonderful Easter weekend and happy eating!

Three Detoxifying Foods Your Liver Loves

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Artichoke | Detox Food

Even with all of the tasty organic veggies and hormone-free meats you could want at your fingertips (that is, if you’re a Passanante’s customer :),) resisting the urge to indulge in the not-so-good-for-you foods and drinks during holidays, world-travels and weekends can sometimes be futile. But hey, we’re only humans so there’s no reason to beat yourself up after a little bit of fun!

At Passanante’s Home Food Service we believe in balance. It’s no secret that staying in and preparing organic vegetables and hormone-free meat meals at home is a healthier alternative to eating out, but sometimes you have to live a little — and that’s where detox foods come in.  As you embark on a new work week following St. Patrick’s Day weekend, you may feel a little more bloated, foggy, or sluggish than usual as your body tries to filter through the foods and drinks from your weekend celebrations. No problem! There are dozens of great detoxifying foods out there that you should try to incorporate into your diet to help get you feeling like your old self.

Check out these three detoxifying foods that your liver loves and help kickstart your cleansing process by working these into your meals this week.

1. Garlic – The allicin and selenium found in garlic are two natural compounds that aid in liver cleansing. Also, The sulphuric compounds found in garlic make this tasty ingredient a powerful antiviral, antiseptic and antibiotic which can help the body purge free radicals and improve liver function.

2. Artichoke – The cynarin found in artichokes is known to help prevent indigestion, assist the digestion process, increase bile production, and purify the liver and gallbladder. Additionally, artichokes work as a mild diuretic for the kidneys, which helps to remove toxins from the body once the liver has filtered them out of your system.

3. Organic Cabbage – Believed by the American Cancer Society to reduce the risk of cancer, organic cabbage is an incredibly powerful detoxifier. Packed full of vitamins A, B, C and E, cabbage has all of the necessary nutrients to help effectively cleanse the liver.

Warm Your Bones Beef Stew

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Beef Stew
Burr! It’s cold outside and the only way we know to warm up is with tasty comfort foods like this recipe for “Warm Your Bones Beef Stew.” This one has a few more ingredients than we usually post, but it’s definitely worth it. The best part? You can tweak this recipe with any amount of your other favorites like peas and corn and you’re only going to make it even better — that’s the beauty of stews! We announced earlier this year that we’ve got a wide variety of new items coming to our food delivery service, and we’re genuinely looking forward to hearing your feedback on them. At Passanante’s Home Food Service we’re always looking for new ways to impress you, and we hope our new products and weekly recipes become some of your favorites!
What You’ll Need for “Warm Your Bones Beef Stew”:
  • 3 lbs stew meat
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 large yellow onion
  • 1/2 cup red wine (dry)
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 2 carrots peeled and chopped
  • 2 celery stalks chopped
  • 2 red potatoes peeled and cubed
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 4 1/2 cups beef broth
  • 1 teaspoon thyme

Instructions:

  1. Flour the meat by shaking in a brown paper bag filled with flour and brown it in a skillet with olive oil
  2. Transfer browned stew meat to soup pot with beef broth and boil with other ingredients.
  3. Simmer, simmer, simmer – it will cook down. Add water as needed, and always have enough water to keep it covered. (Remember this is a soup so don’t worry about adding water 🙂 )
  4. Thicken with a rue of water and flour mixed together (about 1/4 cup water and 1/4 cup flour will made it more of a liquid than a paste, which is what you want. You can also substitute the flour for cornstarch if you prefer.)
  5. Serve with warm flaky biscuits (the pillsbury ones in the can are our favorite!)

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