Antipasto Squares

Ingredients

  • 2 (10 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
  • 1/4 pound thinly sliced boiled ham
  • 1/4 pound thinly sliced provolone cheese
  • 1/4 pound thinly sliced Swiss cheese
  • 1/4 pound thinly sliced Genoa salami
  • 1/4 pound thinly sliced pepperoni sausage
  • 1 (12 ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained, cut into thin strips
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 C).
  2. Unroll one package of crescent roll dough, and cover the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan. Layer the ham, provolone cheese, Swiss cheese, salami, pepperoni, and red peppers, on top of the dough.
  3. In a bowl, beat the eggs lightly, and stir in the parmesan cheese and black pepper. Pour 3/4 of this mixture over the peppers. Unroll the second package of dough, and place over the top of the peppers. Brush with the remaining egg mixture. Cover with aluminum foil.
  4. Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove foil, and bake another 10 to 20 minutes, or until dough is fluffy and golden brown. Cut into squares. Serve warm, or at room temperature.

Nutritional Information

Amount Per Serving Calories:452| Total Fat:29.1g| Cholesterol:112mg

Strawberry Oatmeal Breakfast Smoothie

Ingredients

  • 1 cup soy milk
  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 1 banana, broken into chunks
  • 14 frozen strawberries
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar

Directions

  1. In a blender, combine soy milk, oats, banana and strawberries. Add vanilla and sugar if desired. Blend until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve.

Nutritional Information

Amount Per Serving Calories:236| Total Fat:3.7g| Cholesterol:0mg

Words and Definitions (Antipasto Squares)

Ingredients noun -something that enters into a compound or is a component part of any combination or mixture:constituent

Refrigerated verb -to make or keep cold or cool;specifically:to freeze or chill (as food) for preservation

Crescent noun - the figure of the moon at such a stage defined by a convex and a concave edge

Sliced verb - to cut with or as if with a knife

Boiled verb - to cook in boiling water

Cheese noun- a food consisting of the coagulated, compressed, and usually ripened curd of milk separated from the whey

swiss cheese noun - a hard cheese characterized by elastic texture, mild nutlike flavor, and large holes that form during ripening

sausage noun- a highly seasoned minced meat (as pork) usually stuffed in casings of prepared animal intestine;also:a link or patty of sausage

roasted verb - to cook by exposing to dry heat (as in an oven or before a fire) or by surrounding with hot embers, sand, or stonesroasta potato in ashes>

peppers noun- either of two pungent products from the fruit of an Indian plant (Piper nigrum) that are used chiefly as condiments:(1):black pepper(2):white pepper

directions noun- guidance or supervision of action or conduct:management

preheat verb - to heat beforehand;especially:to heat (an oven) to a designated temperature before using for cooking

unroll verb - to unwind a roll of:open out:uncoil

package noun - a covering wrapper or container

dough noun - a mixture that consists essentially of flour or meal and a liquid (as milk or water) and is stiff enough to knead or roll

cover verb - to place or set a cover or covering over

bottom noun - a surface (as the seat of a chair) designed to support something resting on it —used figuratively in phrases like the bottom dropped out to describe a sudden collapse or downturn <lost millions when the bottom dropped out of the stock market>

fluffy adj. - being light and soft or airy:puffed up<afluffyomelet>

squares noun - a rectangle with all four sides equal

warm adj. - serving to maintain or preserve heat especially to a satisfactory degree<awarmsweater>

temperature noun - degree of hotness or coldness measured on a definite scale

Words and Definitions(Strawberry Oatmeal Breakfast Smoothie)

breakfast noun - the first meal of the day especially when taken in the morning

smoothie noun - a creamy beverage made of fruit blended with juice, milk, or yogurt

oat noun - a crop or plot of the oat; also: the seed of an oat —usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction

frozen adj. - treated, affected, or crusted over by freezing

teaspoon noun - a small spoon that is used especially for eating soft foods and stirring beverages and that holds about one third of a tablespoon

extract verb - to withdraw (as a juice or fraction) by physical or chemical process

blender noun - one that blends; especially: an electric appliance for grinding or mixing

combine verb - to bring into such close relationship as to obscure individual characters

desire verb - to express a wish for

calorie noun - a unit equivalent to the large calorie expressing heat-producing or energy-producing value in food when oxidized in the body

cholesterol noun - a steroid alcohol C27H45OH that is present in animal cells and body fluids, regulates membrane fluidity, and functions as a precursor molecule in various metabolic pathways and as a constituent of LDL may cause atherosclerosis