Wednesday, December 26, 2012

A Few of My Recipe Indexes


In the next few weeks, I hope to start posting some recipe indexes.  I’m especially interested in researching vegetable dishes.  I enjoy most vegetables, but like most people, I don’t eat enough of them.  So I’d like to build a library of vegetable recipes.  Also, at our house we participate in a local organic vegetable program, so I am always researching recipes for the most productive vegetables. 

In the mean time, I’m sharing with you some of my recipe indexes, published elsewhere.  Each recipe index features many recipes in each category, with ingredients summarized, and links to each recipe. 


VitaMix Recipes: VitaMix Soup- Overview to 57 VitaMix Soup Recipes

Ingredient summaries to 57 VitaMix Soup Recipes.  Recipe ingredient summaries for 17 vegetable soups, 20 cream soups, 10 cold soups and 10 soups with meat.  Summaries grouped by category, and grouped to reflect which of these VitaMix soup recipes require cooked ingredients versus those that can be made entirely in the blender.

Ingredients for Tortilla Soup, a VitaMix favorite (Personal Photo)

Chicken Wings for Your Next Party- Recipes from Food Network Chefs

Review here and choose from 26 chicken wings recipes.  Several recipes each from Food Network chefs Emeril Lagasse, Bobby Flay, Rachael Ray, Guy Fieri, Paula Deen, Tyler Florence, Pat & Gina Neely, Sandra Dee, and Alton Brown. 

 Assorted Flavors of Chicken Wings (Personal Photo)


Burger recipes to kick start your barbecue or dinner party.  Quick guide to 46 Rachael Ray burger recipes.  Burgers made with ground beef, ground pork, ground lamb, burgers with bacon, and burgers made from a mixture of ground meats. 

Homemade Cheeseburger (Personal Photo)

Rachael Ray Burger Bonanza- Chicken Burgers, Turkey Burgers, Salmon Burgers, Tuna Burgers, and Vegetarian Burgers

Quick guide to 28 Rachael Ray burger recipes.  Burgers made with ground chicken, ground turkey, ground salmon, ground tuna, as well as “burgers” made with chickpeas, and mushroom “burgers”. 

 Grilled Portabello mushroom caps (Personal Photo)

Veggie Burger Index and Overview to 32 Vegetarian Burger Recipes

Vegetarian burger recipe summaries.  Links to 32 recipes with ingredient summaries and comments.  All different.  None with texturized vegetable protein.  Burgers made from beans like lentils, chickpeas, black beans, and kidney beans; grains like rice, quinoa, bulgur, and oats; vegetables like carrots, zucchini, and eggplant; and other ingredients like nuts, tofu, and mushrooms. 

Homemade Veggie Burger with black beans, garbanzo beans
oats, onions, and celery (Personal Photo) 

Favorite Thanksgiving Side Dishes from Food Network

The most popular recipes from Food Network for a delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas Feast.  Recipe summaries for dozens of classic side dishes for Thanksgiving Dinner.  Green beans, Brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberries, corn, stuffing, macaroni and cheese. 

 Baked Macaroni & Cheese (Personal Photo)

Food Network’s Most Popular Recipes for Thanksgiving Turkey

Best, most popular recipes from Food Network for a delicious Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey.  Explore great recipes and instructions for roasting a turkey.  Roasted turkeys, herbed turkeys, brined turkeys, gravies, glazes, stuffing, and more.