Each week, this column offers recipes from Valley cookbooks. If your organization would like to have

Each week, this column offers recipes from Valley cookbooks. If your organization would like to have its cookbook showcased, please contact our features editor Barb Shaffer at 330-747-1471, ext. 1282, or email her at shaffer@vindy.com.

PARTY FAVORITES BY ANGELS OF EASTER SEALS

Angel Hair Pasta with Anchovy Sauce

by Jeanne Simeone

42-ounce cans rolled anchovies with capers

129-ounce can tomato sauce

1can black olives, chopped

1small jar pimento peppers, chopped

1clove garlic, chopped

olive oil

red pepper seeds to taste

1pound angel hair pasta

In saucepan in olive oil, cook garlic and anchovies. Add tomato sauce. Add chopped olives, pimento peppers and red pepper seeds to taste. Cook for about 1 hour. Serve over angel hair pasta.

Spinach Pear Salad

by Sally Reedy

16ounce bag baby spinach

2fresh pears or 1 can sliced pears

1avocado

1/2cup chopped walnuts

1/2cup crumbled feta cheese

16ounces Girard’s spinach dressing

Break spinach into bite-size pieces. Slice pears and avocado and place on top of spinach and sprinkle with walnuts and feta cheese. Pour salad dressing over top and toss.

Redskin Home Fries

by Suzy Manos

4-5redskin potatoes

1red or green pepper

1-2tablespoons paprika

1-2tablespoons Lawry’s season salt

1/2onion, sliced

1tablespoon olive oil

2tablespoons butter

Poke potatoes with a fork and microwave for 15 minutes. Coat pan with olive oil and butter on low heat. Add sliced onions and peppers. Cut potatoes in small to medium triangles. Add to pan. Add Lawry’s and paprika (add more if all potatoes aren’t covered). Cook until browned. Great with ketchup.SFlb

ABOUT THE BOOK

The cookbook is a commemorative collection of party recipes by the Angels of Easter Seals and the Easter Seals staff and board members.

TO obtain a copy

Copies can be purchased at any of the Easter Seals locations for $14 each. Or, to order by phone or online, call the Angels event line at 330-599-5500 or visit www.mtc.easterseals.com; the cost with shipping is $16.