Delicious Carrot Cake

This delicious carrot cake is sure to impress your friends and family with it's secret ingredient of crushed pineapples. Baking the cake in your Patriotic NESCO® Flag Roaster will make any get together extra special, as well as make your cake nice and moist.

Carrot Cake

2 cups granulated sugar

1 tsp vanilla

4 eggs

1 cup cooking oil

3 cups carrots, grated

1 cup crushed pineapple, drained (optional)

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp cloves

Preheat NESCO® Roaster Oven to 375º F.

Beat sugar, vanilla, eggs and oil in large mixing bowl. Mix in carrots, flour, spices and pineapple. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour into greased 13 x 9 cake pan.

Set on rack in cookwell and bake at 375F for 50 to 60 minutes.

Makes 30 pieces.

Frosting

1/2 cup butter, softened

8 oz cream cheese, softened

3+ cups powdered sugar

1 Tbsp lemon juice

Cream butter and cream cheese. Beat in remaining ingredients until light and fluffy.

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Decadent Cream Cheese Frosting

Smooth and creamy frostings always turn out great with the NESCO® Digital Hand Mixer. Just four simple ingredients and this frosting is perfect for hundreds of your favorite desserts.

1/2 cup margarine or butter, room temperature

8 oz cream cheese, softened

3+ cups powdered sugar

1 Tbsp lemon juice

In medium bowl, cream margarine and cream cheese with an electric mixer. With the mixer on low speed, add in powdered sugar and lemon juice until light and fluffy. Add enough powdered sugar to make desired consistency. Spread evenly over cooled cake.

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Tasty Grilled Salmon

The new Electric Grill with Glass Lid from NESCO® makes grilling simple and convenient year-round. The following recipe for Grilled Salmon starts with an easy and flavorful marinade that makes every bite tasty throughout. With just the right amount of citrus and sweetness, it's a grilled dish you'll want to make over and over again.

Tasty Grilled Salmon

1 1/2 pounds salmon fillets

lemon pepper to taste

garlic powder to taste

salt to taste

1/3 cup soy sauce

1/3 cup brown sugar

1/3 cup water

1/4 cup olive oil

1/4 cup orange juice

Season salmon fillets with lemon pepper, garlic powder, and salt.

In a small bowl, stir together soy sauce, brown sugar, water, orange juice and olive oil until sugar is dissolved. Place fish in a large resealable plastic bag with the soy sauce mixture, seal, and turn to coat. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

Preheat grill for medium heat.

Place salmon on the preheated grill, and discard marinade. Cook salmon for 6 to 8 minutes per side, or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.

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Salmon in Orange Sauce

Farm raised or wild salmon, both work great for this wonderful citrus flavored dish. Nonfat yogurt adds a velvety elegance to the sauce. Cooked in foil packets with your NESCO®/American Harvest®  JS-5000T Jet Stream2 Oven® makes it fast, simple and tasty. With prep and cook time under 20 minutes Salmon in Orange Sauce is great any day of the week.

1 pound salmon fillet, skinned and cut into 4 pieces

1/3-cup nonfat yogurt
2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped
1 teaspoon orange peel, grated
1/2 teaspoon lemon peel, grated
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1/4-teaspoon black pepper

Cut four 12” X 12 “ pieces of aluminum foul. Place one piece of salmon on each square of foil. Combine remaining ingredients; spoon over salmon. Seal foil creating packets. Preheat NESCO®/American Harvest® Jet Stream2 Oven® at 400° F. HIGH for 2 minutes. Place packets on rack and bake at 400° F. on HIGH fan speed for 7 to 8 minutes.

Serves 4.

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Creamy Chocolate Cheesecake

Creamy Chocolate Cheesecake is made simple with your versatile 6 Quart Pressure Cooker from NESCO®. Chocolate wafer cookie crumbs make every bite of this recipe extra chocolaty good. 

Chocolate Cheesecake

Crust:

1 cup chocolate wafer cookie crumbs

2 Tbsp butter, melted

Mix 1 cup cookie crumbs and butter together. Press in bottom of 7" spring form pan. Set aside.

Filling:

1 cup water

2 eggs

2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, softened

6 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted

2/3 cup sugar

3/4 cup chocolate wafer cookie crumbs

(Variation: Add 1 tsp instant coffee to melted chocolate chips for a mocha cheesecake.) 

Blend cream cheese in bowl with mixer until smooth. Gradually add sugar. Mix thoroughly. Adding one egg at a time, mix until cheese is smooth. Fold in melted chocolate until thoroughly blended. Add remaining 3/4 cup of cookie crumbs into mixture. Pour into spring form pan over crust. Add water to cooker. Tear off a 6"

piece of aluminum foil and fold in half, lengthwise. This helps to remove pan after cooking cycle is complete. Place spring form pan on foil and lower into Nesco® Pressure cooker.

Cover and lock lid in place. Turn regulator knob to SEAL. Program for HIGH pressure and cook for 20 minutes. Release pressure by using the quick release method. Unlock and open lid. 

Remove cheesecake from pressure cooker by lifting up the ends of foil.

Let cool to room temperature before refrigerating. For best results, refrigerate overnight.

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Delicious Pickled Eggs in the Deluxe Egg Cooker

This Pickled Egg recipe is made simple with the Deluxe Egg Cooker from NESCO®. Red beets add a depth of flavor at the same time giving the eggs a colorful appeal.

1 (15 ounce) can beets

1 onion, thinly sliced

12 hard cooked eggs, shelled and left whole

1/4 cup white sugar

1/2 cup vinegar

Measure the amount of water for hard boiled marked on the measuring cup and pour water into base.

Use the pin on the measuring cup and prick each egg before placing on the tray (reduces cracking egg shells).

Drain liquid from the beets into saucepan. Place beets, onions, and eggs into a large bowl or pitcher.

Pour sugar and vinegar into the saucepan with the beet liquid and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, and let the mixture simmer 15 minutes.

Pour the beet juice mixture over the beets, eggs, and onions. Seal the bowl or pitcher and refrigerate. Refrigerate for at least one to 3 days; the longer they are allowed to sit the better they will taste.

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Three-Piece Buffet Kit

Turn your NESCO® 18 Quart Roaster Oven into a hot or cold buffet-serving unit with our 3 Piece Buffet Kit. Keep appetizers, sauces, main dishes and more hot and ready to enjoy. Or use it anywhere as a cold buffet server. Simply fill the roaster cookwell bottom with ice, leave unplugged, insert the 3 Piece Buffet Unit and you're ready to go. With the large roaster dome cover - salads, fruits and deserts stay chilled for hours.

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3 Buffet Server Pans held in by 2 brackets (5pcs.)

New! NESCO/American Harvest Patriotic Flag Roaster

In time for the summer holidays NESCO® brings you the 18 Quart Patriotic Roaster Oven. It's perfect for making party size Barbecued Spare Ribs, Baked Bean Casseroles, Cheesy Potatoes and much more. Roast up to 22 pound turkeys, large beef roasts or tender legs of lamb. The NESCO® 18 Quart Oven is also perfect for baking, steaming or slow cooking. Make baked Fruit Custard, steamed Corn on the Cob or slow cooked Beef Bourguignon.

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