What’s Cooking in
Weaverville
Magee,
the Kitchen of
DiFiore
Amy Taylor?
to marry
low are a few of her tastiest recipes. Lightly spray bundt pan with 1 cup chopped pecans
Enjoy! cooking spray. Lightly flour.
Mr. Ralph A. Magee of Weaverville
Sprinkle pecans and then choco- Combine all ingredients. Bake
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. DiFiore
With more daylight and warm- Chicken-A-La-King late chips evenly in bottom of pan. in 9x13 baking dish at 325º for 45
of Raleigh announce the engage-
er weather only a few days away, Set aside. In large bowl, pour cake minutes to one hour.
ment of their children, Stephanie
gardeners like Amy Taylor of Whole chicken, cooked, skinned mix, pudding mix, sugar, water,
Alyce Magee and Robert Bryan Di-
Alexander are eager for spring- and de-boned oil and eggs. DO NOT follow Beef Enchiladas
Fiore, both of Raleigh. The wedding
time. She and her husband love ¼ cup butter or margarine directions on cake box. Beat with
is planned for Sept. 5, 2009, at the
to work in their family gardens 5 Tbsp. flour mixer one minute on low, scraping 1 lb. ground beef
First Baptist Church of Asheville.
each year. “Canning and freez- 1 ½ cup chicken broth sides with spatula. Beat two min- 1 cup cottage cheese
ing fresh vegetables is one of my 1 cup milk utes on medium speed until batter 2 Tbsp. minced fresh parsley
This special to the Tribune.
favorite parts of cooking,” Amy 1 large egg yolk is thick and smooth. Pour one ½ tsp. garlic powder
explained. “We usually have ½ tsp. salt cup batter into separate bowl and ½ tsp. salt
enough to enjoy homegrown 1 small jar pimentos mix in chocolate syrup; set aside. ½ tsp. pepper
vegetables all winter long.” Amy 1 small jar sliced mushrooms Pour larger batter into bundt pan 8 flour tortillas (6 inch)
gets her love for cooking honestly evenly. Pour chocolate batter on
from the many great cooks in her Melt butter or margarine in large top without touching sides of pan. Sauce:
life. Her mother, Linda Dyson of saucepan. Blend in flour. Add chick- Swirl chocolate batter with knife, 1 medium onion, chopped
Taylorsville, is a wonderful coun- en broth and milk. Cook over low trying not to touch bottom of pan. ½ medium green pepper,
try cook who has shared many heat until mixture thickens, stirring Bake at 350º for 55-60 minutes. chopped
recipes and tips over the years. constantly. If mixture is too thick, Remove from oven, place on wire 1 Tbsp. cooking oil
Her mother-in-law, Doris Taylor add more milk if needed. Add some rack for 20 minutes. Invert cake 1 – 15 oz. can tomato sauce
is who originally taught Amy how hot mixture to egg yolk in small cup. and remove from pan. Let stand 1 – 4 oz. can chopped green
to can. Both of her grandmoth- Mix well. Then add egg yolk mixture for 20 minutes to cool. On glaze, chilies
ers and her great-grandmother to saucepan. Stir in pimentos and melt butter in saucepan. Add 2 tsp. chili powder
were also very talented country mushrooms. Then add chicken and cocoa and whipping cream. Stir 1 tsp. sugar
Stephanie Alyce Magee and
cooks. Amy considers herself mix well. Serve over bed of rice. until mixture thickens, stirring ½ tsp. garlic powder
Robert Bryan DiFiore.
a country-style cook but admit constantly as not to scorch (do not 1 cup shredded cheddar
that making desserts is one of
Seven Layer Salad
boil). Remove from heat. Stir in
cheese
her favorite parts of cooking. “I powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir
love anything chocolate,” Amy
1 layer of iceberg lettuce, broken
until smooth. Pour over cooled
In skillet, brown beef and
said with a smile. My sentiments
into small pieces
cake.
drain. Combine all other in-
exactly!
1 layer green pepper, chopped
gredients together. Place about
Amy grew up in Taylorsville,
1 layer sweet onion, chopped
Persimmon Pudding ⅓ cup filling on each tortilla;
North Carolina and graduated
1 lb. bag frozen peas, layered next
roll up. Place tortillas seam side
from Alexander Central High
2 cups Miracle Whip
1 cup persimmons, sieved or down in ungreased 9x13 baking
School. She married shortly fol-
2 Tbsp. sugar
strained dish. For sauce, sauté onion and
lowing her graduation and lived 1 cup self-rising flour pepper in oil until tender. Add
North Buncombe’s
with her husband, Roger, in Wal-
Blend Miracle Whip and sugar well
1 cup sugar tomato sauce, chilies, chili pow-
full service hospital
halla, South Carolina for three
and spread over layered ingredients.
2 eggs der, sugar and garlic powder. Pour
providing care for small
animals and horses
years. They moved to Madison
Add one layer of shredded cheddar
½ cup melted butter or mar- over tortillas. Cover and bake at
County where they lived for
cheese and one layer of bacon bits.
garine 350º for 30 minutes. Sprinkle
Pain Control
another three years. Amy has
Make a day ahead and cover with
1 tsp. vanilla extract with cheddar cheese and return
lived in Alexander with her fam-
plastic wrap. Keep refrigerated until
½ tsp. cinnamon to oven for five minutes or until
Pain control in our companion ani-
mals has improved greatly in recent
ily now for the past decade. She
serving.
½ tsp. nutmeg cheese is melted.
years. This includes pain from arthritis,
was able to stay at home with
surgeries and traumatic injuries.
her children while they were Heat oven to 350º. Mix all
In the past, human Non-steroidal
Easy Pecan Pie
Anti-inflammatory drugs, such as as-
both young. Once they were
Chocolate Pistachio Cake
ingredients together with electric pirin, were used to provide comfort.
school age, she began working mixer. Pour into 9x13 dish. Bake
3 large eggs, slightly beaten
However, these medications are not for-
mulated for animals and can have serious
for Buncombe County Schools
½ cup pecans, chopped
for 45 minutes to one hour until
1 cup sugar side effects, such as kidney damage and
as a substitute and then became a
½ cup chocolate chips
brown. Oven temperatures may
1 cup Karo sugar (any variety)
gastric ulceration.
teacher’s assistant at North Bun-
1 box white cake mix
vary. Texture will be similar to
There are now a number of drugs in
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine,
the aspirin family that are designed and
combe Elementary School. She
1 box pistachio pudding mix
bread pudding.
melted labeled for use in dogs. Some of these
has loved working full-time with
½ cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract
drugs are even available as injections.
kindergarten students for the past
1 cup water
Seven Layer Cookies
Through these improved medica-
1 ¼ cup pecans
tions, we can more safely provide comfort
four years. Her husband, Roger,
½ cup vegetable oil
to our pets and increase their quality
has been the owner of Standard
4 large eggs
½ cup butter or margarine,
Preheat oven to 350º. In large
of life.
Siding and Sales for the past 25
½ cup chocolate syrup
melted
bowl, mix first five ingredients
Weaverville, Exit 15 off I-26
years. They are the proud parents
2-3 cups graham cracker
together with electric mixer. Add
Mark Forde, DVM
of two grown daughters, Tiffany
Cake Glaze:
crumbs
pecans. Pour into deep-dish pie
Sue Reinecke, DVM
and Courtney. They are also
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 bag coconut
shell. Bake 50-55 minutes or until
members of Oak Ridge Baptist
645-1616
2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
1 bag semi-sweet or regular
knife comes clean. For best re-
Church. In her free time, Amy
½ cup heavy or regular whipping
chocolate chips
sults, bake pies on cookie sheet.
enjoys being outdoors working
cream
1 bag butterscotch chips
in her flower gardens and also
1 ⅓ cup sifted powdered sugar
1 can sweetened condensed
vacationing with her family. Be-
1 tsp. vanilla extract
milk
This report filed by Loren
Metts for the Tribune.
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