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Post your recipe or any other requests in this thread.

If someone has a good recipe to post, please start it as a thread in this forum.

Don't post the recipe or any responses in this thread.

If you post a request as a separate thread, it will be merged into this one without notice.

Older answered requests and questions can be found here.

Wanted: Good avacado recipes
 

I love avacados. However I can never seem to find any good avacado recipes. I was wondering if anyone had any they liked.

thanks


*edit: Some of the responses for this request can be found in Avocado Recipes. If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.

Cookie Dough
 

Anyone know a REALLY good cookie dough recipe? ive made it myself with normal cookie dough and just didnt cook it...but its just not the same. My friend made a kick ass one but he didnt give me the recipe before he moved away.


*edit: Some of the responses for this request can be found in Cookie Dough Recipes (and you can cook them, too). If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.

I'm looking for a couple of beginning to end quiche recipe's. - I saw the 'left over salmon' thread, but I'd like to see some additional variations - such as bacon & mushroom, or spinach and ham or whatnot.

Including how to make the crust .



I'm a real man, and I like quiche!


*edit: Some of the responses for this request can be found in Quiche Ideas. If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.

Meat+Fruit

Especialy some type of sauce...say chicken with a blackberry sauce or something. Seems like combining the two could have some great results, but it's really hard to find recipes. Looking preferably for beef and chicken, and things that can easily be cooked in less than 4 servings. Any help?

*edit: You can find some ideas in the thread Fruit Sauces for Meat If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.

Looking for some recipe ideas for an easy dinner
 

Hey Everyone,
Here's my situation... My mom just went back to school full time and she needs some help making the dinner on school nights.. I am also in college but I get home earlier than her so I want to help out... I'm looking for some tasty, but easy to make dinners for a not-so-experienced cook ; ) any suggestions would be very much appreciated! Thanks!!:D

Is there an alternative to sour cream???
 

Hey there...I just bought a cookbook that has some simple things to cook and I've ran across a few things that are good but they include sour cream......I HATE sour cream...is there an alternative to sour cream??? Just wondering...THANX
C'YA ?:-D

*edit: You can replace sour cream with plain yogurt. If you want to get the texture just right put the yogurt in cheese cloth and let the liquid strain out over night in the fridge.

Creative Ramen
 

I'm a starving college student who has zero cooking ability. How many people do you know that can mess up rice?

So the only thing I can consistantly get right is Ramen. I've become pretty skilled at throwing those things in hot water and watching them do their magic.

To my knowledge, though, there's only so much you can do with a bag of Ramen.

Does anyone have any good, quick, Ramen recipies?

I'll take tips on cooking rice too.



*edit: Some of the responses for this request can be found in Ramen Noodles! and in Some rice cooking tips. If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.

Is there any way to remove eggs stuck to the egg carton without breaking them?


*edit:You might try warm water and a toothbrush. Messy but it should come out ok.

I'm looking for some easy dinner recipies
 

I still havent gotten any responses to my earlier post... I'm looking for some ideas for an easy dinner... I'm not really a chef but I'm willing to learn.... any ideas or recipies you want to share would be great!!!



*edit: Some of the responses for this request can be found in In response to daydream's request. If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.

This thread reminded me of something I've been trying to find. There is this recipe that involves something called winter melon, but I think it's actually considered a vegetable. Actually, I'm not sure, but I'd love to get my hands on this recipe.

Also, coconut soup! The kind with wedges of coconut, some sort of fungus, and strips of chicken. This has got to be my all time favorite recipe (if I can figure out how to make it myself). Any tips?



*edit: Some of the responses for this request can be found in collide's Request: Winter Melon Soup. If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.

How to make White Mochas and other coffee drinks?
 

Anyone have any good White Mocha or other coffee recipes? I love White Mochas but I can't afford to by them retail right now. :(

*Edit: You can find recipes for White Mochas and other kinds of Mochas in the thread Chocolate + Coffee= Mocha/Nectar of the Gods If you have more please post them there, thanks.

hi. i'm looking for a good vegetarian chili recipe. anyone?




*edit: Some of the responses for this request can be found in Vegetarian Chili. If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.

I'm going to make Beef Wellington for my mom's birthday, but i can never make the dough anygood, it always break and crumble, I read somewhere you can use a pre-made pastry dough, does anyone knows what kind?

*Edit: Filo dough works very well. It's what we used at the restaurant. You can buy it in the freezer section of most stores.

Edit: Thank you very much.

How do you keep chicken tender?
 

Whenever I bake chicken in the oven, it almost always comes out really tough. I've tried wrapping it in foil and putting lemon juice on it, but I still get tough, chewy chicken. How do I keep it tender and moist? Oh, and I'm talking about baking whole chicken breasts.

*edit: Butter and more butter. If you don't like that option try wrapping a quartered apple and onion in with the breasts. The flavor is amazing while staying tender and moist.
Also check your cooking time, don't want to overcook.

BBQ at home
 

As a westerner that acknowledges the differences between grilling and BBQ, and only having a gas grill right now (the charcoal one passed away....)

Question: Since Grilling is slow cooking over indirect heat, can the same be acomplished with a crockpot? can I cook ribs in my crockpot with a dry rub, and liquid smoke, to get roughly the same sort of result from a proper southern BBQ??

Any insight would be appreciated.

I love the George Foreman Grill thread:
 

I LOVE MY GEORGE FOREMAN GRILL!!!!

I finally own one!!! It's SIMPLE!! it's AWESOME!!!

ITS EASY!!

My god!!! anyone have recipes?

Date ideas
 

Well Im looking for a fancy but elegant meal to cook up for my girl friend. I'd like something light so beef is out the question and chicken can be done up nice but seems too normal, I guess maybe something like pork tenderloins, or a good fish are my options....I was just wondering if you all had any other suggestions as far as meats go.

Easy Recipes to impress Chicks
 

They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but if a guy is able to cook for girl it definitely works the other way too. With that said what are some fairly uncomplicated recipes that would impress a girl. I'm not looking for anything gourmet here, but something that both looks and tastes good. Cost isnt too much of a factor although I am not looking to spend a fortune here on extravagant ingredients.

I'm looking for a recipe on a budget... On Sundays, if we want to eat anything new, one of the house members has to cook for the house. We have 54 people, but usually fewer are present at Sunday dinners. Anyway, we have $50 to spend to make this dinner. I was interested in doing this but my meal ideas end up being too expensive... I mean $50... less than a dollar a person. Any ideas for this? Doesn't need to be anything fancy, preferably something fairly easy to cook and a potential to serve 54 hungry college students.

Sorry for the rambling message, I'm a bit tired...

Edit:There is some ideas at Cheap food for fifty .If anyone has other recipes please add them to that thread.

Not sure what this is called, but I think you can buy them at some Asian bakeries or restaurants that serve dim sum. They're these really greasey pancake-like thingies with green onions and a few other things in it for flavor. I call them Chinese pizza, but they are more like large pancakes, except they appear to be fried and really greasy and crispy (I can't stress this part enough). I don't know the official name for it, but I'd love to get a hold of the recipe for it. Any tips would be appreciated. At the very least, I'd like to know the name of this dish. Feel free to send me a private message too. Thanks!

edit: As far as I know, there is no tomato sauce or catsup or cheese involved, so it's not pizza in that sense... more like an appetizer or snack.


*edit: Some of the responses for this request can be found in collide's request No. 2 : Scallion Pancakes. If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.

Tuna Recipes?
 

Okay, I'm trying to eat healthier and am being told over and over agian that tuna is easy and great for you, but I can't stand it. Are there any ways to prepare it or mix it with anything to improve the taste?

It seems like anything that is good for me literally makes me nauseaus (sp?) when I taste it.

Help?!


*edit: Some of the responses for this request can be found in Tuna recipes of a different kind. If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.

booyah and peapicker?
 

I am looking for two recipes. Booyah is a tomato based stew that I found in Kentucky. It has a lot of stuff in it, and the recipes on the web that I have found start with "serves fifty"...

Also, I am looking for a dirnk recipe for a "pea-picker", very potent, lime or lemonade base, maybe vodka or gin included.

Anybody have ideas?

I'm looking for a good recipe for Lemon Chicken.... can anyone help me out? Thanks bunches!

Edit: Here is aLemon Chicken recipe. If anyone has one please add it to the thread.

I hope this isn't too close to Lemon Chicken, but does anybody have a good Chicken Francese recipe?


*edit: Some of the responses for this request can be found in Chicken Francese. If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.

I'd love to find a good Dutch Apple Pie recipe.

Basically an apple pie with a crumb type upper crust....

I did a search here and came up with nothing.

Thanks in advance :)

I <3 Apples!



*edit: Some of the responses for this request can be found in Recipe of the Day - July 4 (apple pie). If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.

Chest freezers
 

Time for Christmas shopping already :)

When I was young and we first moved into the house my parents are still in, the previous owners left us a giant chest freezer. My mom loved it, but it died about a month later. I want to get her one for Christmas, but I don't particularly know much of anything about them.

The biggest problem: the door I need to get it through is only 29" wide. Frigidaire, Kennmore, and Whirlpool are all 29.5" deep.

http://www.lowes.com/lkn?action=prod...9-83-FCM25RMWW

This one *looks* awesome, but I dunno. GE makes really shitty TVs, does that carry over to their appliances?

If there was no other way, the door jam could be removed from the basement door, giving 30" to work with. It would just be a pain in the ass, that's all.

So, advice? Google wasn't much help...they're all links for buying them in the UK...craziness.

Thanks
MPEDrummer

Anyone have a good recipe for a spicy smoked venison sausage? I've got about 20 pounds ground venison in my freezer and no one around here likes it plain(including me). I need to do something with it besides making snack sticks.

*edit: Some of the responses for this request can be found in What to do with 20 lbs of ground venison. If you have more, please post them there. Thanks.

Pumpkin
 

Good pumpkin recipes? Lets hear!


*edit: One of the recipes in response to this request can be found in the thread Recipe of the Day - November 6 (pumpkin soup). Feel free to add your recipes there.

Looking for the perfect prime rib cooking instructions.
 

I'd like to cook some prime rib. Anybody have any tips or receipes?

When I moved a few years back I left my wok with my buddies back home. I have finally gotten one again and I can't find my good Asian cookbook. :(

If anyone has good recipes for woks they would like to share I would appreciate it! Thanks.

Oh...and any good Thai recipes! :)

Nice salad recipes
 

OK, so I like salads a lot but don't really make them enough. I guess the most common ones I try are the classic Greek Salad and a roquet, blue cheese (real French or Italian blue cheese!) & pear salad.

My wife gives out to me that I make potatoes with everything. Well, being an Irishman I think that's 100% natural and am aghast at the prospect of meals without them. LOL

But I've promised to try more salads.

Am wondering if any of you guys have suggestions for some good, tasty, easy to make but enjoyable salads.


Mr Mephisto

Edit: There are some salad recipes in the thread
Super salads for Mr. Mephisto. If you have recipes please add them to the thread.

I would love to find out how to make good chicken and sausage jambalaya.

Help! Want to make soup/stew with friends.
 

I wanted to have a bunch of friends over... like 6 - 8 ppl tonight.

We wanted to make dinner for us tonight, any suggestions? We're all newbies to cooking!!

I was thinking of a stone soup kind of dealy... everyone bring over a different veggie or item and we all boil it in a big pot. But don't know much more than that.

||Whoops.. feel *so* stupid... sorry||

Vegetable Oil / Olive Oil
 

I was just curious as to what these two types of oils were best for (what types of foods, types of cooking, etc)? Or which people prefer taste wise if both can be used.

Just starting out learning how to cook so i figure this would be a good place to find some stuff out. :thumbsup:


edit: Vegetable oil is pretty neutral in taste, whereas olive oil is pretty noticable. I would recommend experimenting with olive oil to see what kinds of dishes you like it in and which you don't. You can always mix them, too. Traditionally, olive oil is used in Italian and other Mediterranean dishes. I wouldn't recommend it in Chinese myself. Olive oil is great in salads. Get yourself some balsamic vinegar also and never buy bottled "Italian" dressing again.

-- thanks to lordjeebus

Thanksgiving is coming, and traditionally, Turkey or Ham, Stuffing, rolls, vegatables, candied yams, mincemeat pie, pumpkin pie are some of the normal courses you may find. Anybody have any ideas. I have a turkey fryer and will probably fry a turkey this year, any good marinades? Any different side dishes that I have not listed?
You insight is appreciated.

I've been looking for a good fried rice recipes, I often have alot of rice left over at the end of meals and with a rice cooker, that's a everyday thing. I just got my hands on a wok and wanted to try my hand at good fried rice. Any type of recipes would be a big help!

REQ: Recipe for Chinese Fried Noodles
 

mhm, so i don't have the exact name of what i'm looking for, the dish is one of my bf's favorites to order from the pizza/chinese delivery place here in germany and they call it 'gebratene nudeln' which just translates to fried noodles :/

perhaps some sort of LoMein? i dunno, i'm not a chinese food expert...

anyways - it's noodles (similar to ramen-noodles in shape, but a little more 'substantial' in texture. i know exactly what kind of noodles to get tho, they're available here) with veggies (carrots peas mushrooms? leek/green onion) and egg and chicken.

what most stumps me is the sauce - i tried a bite once, and it tastes spicy/sweet. (and kinda greasy, presumably from frying it).
and this sauce is what makes the dish.

any ideas/recipes/suggestions will be appreciated :)

Does anyone have a recipe for Potato Candy?
It's a Christmas-time thing that I remember having in childhood but can't find a recipie for to save my life. It's made with potatoes and peanut butter rolled up into a log and cut into slices. If anyone knows what I'm talking about and can help, I'd be much obliged.

Question about Artichokes. I buy a jar of artichoke hearts at the store. I come home, open the jar, and eat a few. Then i put the jar in the fridge. The next day i pull out the jar and the oil the artichokes are in has formed a jello like substance at the top. Its disgusting! I have to dig it out with the fork to get to the artichokes. So anyway, the jar doesnt say you have to store it in the fridge after you open it. I figured maybe i can keep them on a shelf, even after they are opened up. SO i guess my question is: Do i have to keep the jar of artichoke hearts in the fridge after opening it? I wouldnt want to get food poisoning trying it the other way. Anybody know? thanks

Re: Date ideas
 

One good one that I've found great for dates is a version of a Mexican Lasagna. It's pretty simple to make and it's delightful on the taste buds. Served with corn bread twists this recipe is great. Hope I'm not making a Rookie mistake by posting the recipe here:

Mexican Lasagna

Ingredients

2 TBS. Oil
1 Large Zucchini (~10 Oz.)
¾ C Frozen Corn, Thawed
¼ C Ricotta Cheese
1 ½ C Grated Monterey Jack Cheese
½ tsp. Cumin
1 C Bottled Tomato Based Salsa
6 – 6” Corn Tortillas
1 – 7 oz. Jar Roasted Red Peppers (or 2 – 4 oz. Jars); drained, patted dry
3 TBS. Chopped Fresh Cilantro

Oven Directions

• Preheat oven to 500o F
• Brush baking sheet with oil
• Cut zucchini crosswise into ½” slices
• Arrange zucchini in one layer on baking sheet with corn; sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
• Roast in oven 5 minutes; turn zucchini and roast 5 minutes more.
• Mix together ricotta, 1 C Monterey jack, cumin, and add salt and pepper to taste.
• Lightly grease 9” x 5” baking pan.
• Trim tortillas with scissors into 5” x 4.5” rectangles (to fit baking pan).
• Cover bottom of pan with two tortillas.
• Spread ¼ C salsa (slightly drained) over the tortillas followed by ½ cheese mixture, ½ zucchini and corn, and ½ red peppers, 1 TBS. Cilantro.
• Repeat with another layer of tortillas, ¼ C salsa, ½ cheese mixture, ½ zucchini and corn, ½ red peppers, 1 TBS. Cilantro.
• Add another layer of tortillas, ½ C salsa, ¼ C Monterey jack mixed with remaining 1 TBS. Cilantro.
• Cover with foil and bake at 500 F for 12-14 minutes.
• Stand and cool 5-10 minutes, slice and serve.

This recipe makes enough for four single slice servings but being the pig that I am I usually will eat two of them. For those of you short in the arithmetic content skill domain this means this recipe comfortably serves two.

I also recommend using Pace mild or medium salsa. Go for the hot at your own risk :crazy: because once baked the salsa gets mighty warm on the palette. Best served with an ice, cold beverage of choice (i.e.: The coolest of frosty sensations!)

Paella - does anyone know what one uses to make the rice go yellow and taste the way it does, and also how one cooks it to taste that way?

hey -- i'm new and a complete idiot and i accidentally posted my recipe request as a new thread ---sorry....

anyway

I'm in a great little cooking club where we focus on a different theme every month and everyone cooks something in the theme -- this month is thai and i have no experience... does anyone out there have any great (perferably authentic) recipes to share?

Hey guys, I really need to learn how to make a good steak sause. And i figured my fav is Wild Mushroom Sause. Can anyone teach me a great way to make this? Also i don't really like using wine, cause i'm cheap :(

Does anyone have any good halibut recipes?

I NEED to find the recipe for Boulder Creek Steakhouse's sauteed mushrooms. Anyone?

My wifes birthday is coming up, just one problem...she's in Iraq.

So, I need the following if anyone has any ideas:

1)where I could buy a microwave cake mix online. I remember seeing these several years ago, they were 'single serving', just add water, and nuke.

2)a recipe for a microwave cake that does NOT take eggs. I found this one, but I really don't bake often enough to know if it would be any good : http://www.fisherfamily.orcon.net.nz...c_mw_cake.html

3)a cake recipe that would result in a cake I could mail. Current times are about 2-3 weeks for mail to get there, so I'm guessing that's not doable, but you never know.

4)alternate cake ideas. Little Debbie type cakes will NOT do, as I just sent over a big box of those a month ago.

Thanks all.

it's not worthy of a seperate thread - but i've done this as gifts for people for years...

Cake In a Mug

1 box cake mix, flavor of your choice
1 small instant pudding mix (not sugar free), flavor of your choice
1 pkg powdered egg whites (I get them at the health food store)

Glaze Mix
1/3 C confectioner's sugar
1 1/2 tsp. dry flavoring such as
lemonade mix
orange breakfast drink mix
cocoa or Vanilla Powder
instant flavored coffee or cappucino

Combine cake mix and pudding and blend well. Measure 1/2 cup of mix into a sandwich bag. Into each bag, put the equivelent of one powdered egg white. Label this bag "Cake Mix."

Place the glaze mix ingredients into a sandwich bag. Label this bag "glaze mix" and attach it to the other bag with a twist tie.

Place one bag cake mix and one bag glaze mix in each coffee cup and attach the baking instructions.

Tip
Be sure to select a large mug that can hold 1 1/2 cups of water. The mug must be microwavable.

Flavor Options

Lemon cake mix-lemon pudding
Yellow mix-chocolate pudding
Devils food mix-chocolate pudding
Pineapple mix-coconut pudding
Butterscotch mix-butterscotch pudding

Attach the following note to the gift:
Mist inside of coffee mug with cooking spray. Empty cake mix into cup. Add 1 tablespoon. oil and 1 tablespoon water. Mix well. Microwave on full power 2 minutes.
Empty Glaze Mix into a small bowl and add 1 teaspoon water. Mix well. Pour glaze over baked cake

Saffron -- a ridiculously expensive (a few hundres bucks an ounce) spice that makes things yellow (the gourmet stores sell it near me in an envelope that contains a few saffron threads -- which is good for one or two meals -- thats only a few bucks -- Tumeric has the same yellowing effect though a slightly different taste.

how about a recipe for steak fajita meat. what kind of meat, how do you season it and whats the best way to cook it?

Try this:

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=62348

I just tried a recipe for BBQing corn on the grill. It contained a very tasty seasoned butter. Does anyone have other recipes for seasoned butters?

Hey can somebody please post some recipes that are preferably lowcalorie and/or high in protein that involve Pita Bread?

haha I know that's pretty specific..but thanks in advance

Smoothies!
 

Now that we're in the midst of the hot days of summer, i'm looking for great smoothie recipes. All the ones i've seen have been kind of vague about the quantities, so more exact ones would be nice.

Thanks in advance!

Black Beans and Rice... a request...
 

I'm sure it's easy as hell, but I have no idea how to cook black beans. The rice i'm ok with... I just need to refine my efforts so it's not so sticky, and more fluffy...

But really I have cans of black beans (good ones, ones my roommate's girlfriend made black beans and rice with, and it was AWESOME) and no idea how to cook them properly. Do I HAVE to season and use garlic and stuff, as i see on the side of the can, or is it ok to just cook it and dump over rice? I'm pretty sure i've eaten it only like that, without extra stuff added in.

Thanks in advance for the help!! :)

White boy who LOVES black beans and rice,

-analog.

Restaurant I used to work at made it's barbecue by braising the ribs in big tubs in a pizza oven. I can't see any reason why this wouldn't work just fine in a crock pot.

Anybody have any suggestions for tapas recipies(either recipies or websites with recipies)? I had some at a restaurant the otehr day and fell in love with them.

Nevermind.. I cant read

Me and my husband are on a tight budget and we always eat the same kind of junk food and I can't stand it anymore but I have never been a great cook. Need help finding some yummy easy recipes.

Here how I make Black Beans, It is not as easy as you might think but it is not that hard.

1/2 pound black beans (dry not in the can)
1/2 onion peeled
pepper
2 cloves of garlic peeled
2 tablespoons olove oil
1 medium onion, chopped
4 cloves of garlic minced
1/4 cup diced slab bacon (you can use bacon slices coped up)
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 tesspoon flour
salt

Soak the beans for 1 hour in 2 cups water. Drain.
Place the beans in a pot, cover with 2 cups of water, add 1/2 onion, pepper(to tast), and the whole garlic cloves. Cover and simmer 1 hour.

While the beans are cooking, heat the oil in a small skillet. Saute the chopped onion, minced garlic and bacon untill the bacon is lightly browned. Sprinkle on the paprika and flour. Add this mixture to the bean pot, along with the salt. Continue cooking until the beans are done, about 1 hour or more, adding some water if necessary.(the beans should have very little liquid when done.) Dicard teh 1/2 onion.


These are tasty black beans.

Enjoy

I would love to help but I need more information. I have one cookbook that is only Tapas and there are over 100 recipies in it. Could you let me know what Tapas you had?


Edit: The book is

Tapas: The Little Dishes of Spain
Penelope Casa
ISBN: 0-394-74235-4

I live in the Pacific Northwest, not exactly known for good barbeque sauce. I recently traveeld to Savannah, Georgia, where I had the most amazing meals with barbeque sauce--fish, vegetables, you name it. The sauce was not the cloying, sticky-sweet stuff we get in jars up here. Anyone have some good barbeque sauce recipes, particluarly suitable for fish dishes?

mainly it depends on what kind of fish you're gonna do - fish can vary greatly in flavor and texture so some sauces will differ...

some you may want to add to the critter after it's been cooked like this one for firm white fish like cod or halibut...

1 cup ketchup
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 tsp paprika
1/8 tsp cayenne
1/8 tsp pepper
2 tbls grated onion
2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 tbsp sugar

combine all of the ingredients into a saucepan - stir and simmer for about 15 minutes - keep the pan warm on the grill until the fish is cooked - served it with the cooked fish

i do this and it's so simple...

1 cup Kraft Miracle Whip
1/2 cup melted butter
juice of 1/2 lemon
2 tbsp white vinegar
2 tbsp liquid honey
1 to 1 1/2tsp dried dill weed
salt and pepper to taste (1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp pepper to start

whisk all ingredients together until smooth - coat both sides of fish steaks or fillets with sauce - cook on well oiled grill, about six inches from bbq coals or flame, about 10 minutes -WATCH OUT FOR FLAMERS!!!...
turn once - place more sauce on top - cook till the fish just turns opaque in the middle - serve it with more warmed sauce on the side - it's awesome on salmon!!!

I'm looking for a beef stew recipe. Idealy something that doesn't have to be made with a Dutch Oven. I have one, but when I plugged it in last night it started smoking and smelling funny... I'm thinking it's dead. Anyway, I tried making some from a recipe I found, but it just didn't turn out.

So, who can hook a girl up with some beef stew?

This recipe sounded tasty...
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=73643

I love this recipe. I know it might look like a lot of garlic but with the long cooking time the garlic completely dissolves and the flavor is sweeter. When I make it I put it over either egg noodles or I cut potatoes in ¼ slices and fry them and put the stew over them.

Enjoy It is grate.

i am looking for different recipies for the holidays (thanks & xmas) mostly vegetables, they are so boring

"Dutch Oven..."

Cracks me up every time.


Anyway, I'd like to know how to make very basic Carrot Cake. Just the cake part with no extra trimmings or added extras.

(I'll be adding my own home-grown special ingredient)

Speaking of Carrot cake, I need help with mine. I made one over the weekend, but it turned out so dense, that it required two hands to slice it. !!!! What did i do wrong??? I followed the instructions exactly, except that the pans were 8 inch round as i didn't have 9 in round pans.

the recipe is http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo-ear/RecipeC...1&recipeType=1

Carrot cake is notoriously dense, so you honestly may not have done anything at all wrong. Some recipes I've found are denser than others.

Simple Carrot or Apple or Zucchini Cake
4 cups peeled, cored and shredded apple or carrots or zucchini
2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon (i like a lot of cinnamon, the original recipe called for 1 tbs)
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda (make sure it's fresh)
1/2 cup vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 X 13 inch pan.
In a large bowl, blend the sugar with the eggs. Add the oil, and mix well. Mix in flour, spices, salt, and baking soda. Stir in the nuts and the apples, carrots, or zucchini. Pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake for 40 minutes. Serve warm or cooled.

You could also do this in round pans and make the layer cake like your recipe shows. This is dense -- but it's also somewhat light.. On some occassions, I've done 1/2 apples and 1/2 carrots just to lighten it up a little more.

Good luck .

Truffle indeed
 

Allow me to explain my situation. A good friend of mine is wanting to make her father chocolate truffles for his christmas gift(the fellow has an sweet tooth unsuprassed I hear). So she turned to me for help. I've made truffles before, and they've been...mediocre at best.

So far I've tried a recipe utilizing just cream and chocolate; and one with cream, butter, and chocolate. So my request of the food deities which inhabit this internet abode is this: Recipes, hints, tips, ideas? I really want to help her out and not let her down, so I appreciate anything you can offer me.

And just because I'm not greedy enough for culinary knowledge, is there a way to shortcut tempering chocolate or make it easier? I fail at it pretty easily.

The easiest recipe I've seen for it is for using cream and chocolate... You put the cream in a sauce pan and bring it to an almost boil.. then chop up the chocolate - -use chunks of chocolate, not the chip variety, put the chocolate in a bowl, and dump the cream into the bowl wiht the chocolate. I don't have a recipe in front of me, but I seem to recall the measurements to be, for every ounce of chocolate, you need one tablespoon of heavy cream...

Stir until all the chocolate is melted, then refridgerate.

Use a melon baller to make the little round shapes and roll them in powdered sugar, cinammon, cocoa, whatever you desire

Saffron is the name of this spice. It's ridiculously expensive in the states but it's a wonderful aromatic and a great colour addition to paella. Just a small bit of it is used as it tends to be avery potent little spice.

interesting and fast ways to cook/marinade pork chops please...I'm bored of my own ideas

Alright, I'm a passable cook and I know a decent beer when I taste it, but I have no idea about wine. Sure there are a few I've tried that I really enjoyed. A Gewurtztraminer isn't going to make the cut for what I need though.

I'm going to see a friend this next weekend and I would like to pack along a nice bottle of something for her(and me). She likes wine and I would like to impress her by being a suave sort of fellow who reaches into his luggage and emerges with an alcoholic bottle of seduction(I ain't saying I need it!). Anyway, suggestions would be helpful. I guess the price needs to hover around twenty five dollars(my ass is broke as a joke).

I have a day off tomorrow and would like to prepare a meal for my wife and I, for when she comes home in the evening. I don't really cook, usually, and have not cooked anything really in the two years I have been in the States.

What I'd like to prepare for her, is a nice juicy steak. What I'll serve with it, I already have figured and planned out, but the steak...now that's the tough part for me. See, I have never prepared a steak. I don't have a grill, just an oven. I don't know how you are supposed to "cook" a steak. I don't even know so much as what kind of meat a steak is. Is it pork, beef, what? Cow, pig? German shepherd?

Anyways, any tips are welcome. I took a quick look at the steaks at the local supermarket, and was very confused. Marinated? What's that? How does that taste different from non-marinated? Furthermore, is there a steak that's a bit "fancier" as in has more meat than lard to it?

I really want to do this, but don't know where and how to begin. Please advise!

Hello everyone. I can't find my hummus recipe and I'm going nuts. I tried winging it and it turned out funky. No good. I eat a lot of hummus, so any replies would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

Looking for an egg nog recipe that includes Irish Cream. Thanks.

Why ruin perfectly good irish cream with eggnog :)

Make your own irish cream instead

Homemade Irish Cream
1 Cup heavy cream
1 can Eagle Brand condensed milk (NOT Evaporated)
2 cups Irish whiskey (doesn't have to be really good whiskey)
1 tbs. chocolate syrup
2 tbs. instant coffee
1 tsp. vanilla
Blend all ingredients together, chill and serve.

Will keep in the fridge about 2 weeks...

Thanks, that sounds good. My roommate was looking for it for a christmas party. Ended up we didn't need anymore alcohol anyway. Thanks again.

I'm pretty sure you're referring to the kind of "steak" that comes from cows...

Here's a recipe:

PAN-SEARED STEAKS WITH SHALLOT SAUCE
Source: Bon Apetit
Serves: 2

2 3/4-inch thick top loin steaks (aka New York Strip steaks)
1/2 cup canned beef broth
3 tablespoons sherry wine vinegar
1 shallot, finely chopped
1 1/2 tablespoon chilled butter
1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon

Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper. Heat medium-sized skillet over medium-high heat. Add steaks and cook about 4 minutes per side for rare; transfer to plates. Add remaining ingredients to skillet. Boil until sauce thickens, scraping up any browned bits, about 3 minutes. Spoon sauce over steaks.

Serve with thick-cut fries, sautéed mushrooms, and peppermint stick ice cream, OR, for a more glamorous meal, “begin with Champagne and caviar, offer roasted potatoes and spinach soufflé with the steak, and have chocolate truffles afterwards.”

NOTES: When I made a version of this, I used one steak, and I cooked it in my 6-qt sauté pan (which is huge, not medium-sized). I didn’t have sherry vinegar, so I think I may have used a mixture of balsamic vinegar and cream sherry (I can’t remember exactly, though; maybe I used sherry only). The result was VERY good, though it was overly salty—probably because I used the Campbell’s canned beef broth and didn’t taste enough while it was cooking; I may have actually added more salt at the end without tasting it first. Because of the size of the pan, I may have reduced it too much. But still, it was extremely tasty and I want to do it again.

SOME SUGGESTIONS: If you're confused about the steaks, go to a good grocery (like Whole Foods/Fresh Fields, Bristol Farms, etc) and ask the guys as the meat counter.

If you're not familiar with shallots: they're usually found near the garlic in the produce section. They look like small elongated onions, with papery light-brown skin. They taste like a cross between onion and garlic; they're awesome!

Use low-sodium beef broth, or instead of canned broth, look for a carton of "Beef Stock."

Taste while you cook!

I might also suggest that you pick up a copy of a basic cookbook, such as Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything."

Even though the recipe above looks pretty simple, there are lots of things that can go wrong with even a simple recipe if you're not very experienced in the kitchen....I think you should try this...(But maybe make reservations at a good restaurant, just in case!)

Good luck and let me know how it goes!

I live alone and you would not believe how difficult it is to cook for 1. There are not a lot of resources out there either. Does anyone have any simple, healthy recipes for 1 person - maybe 2? My secondary problem is that I have almost no freezer space so the "cook up a huge casserole and freeze it" idea won't work for me.

Also, my idea of gourmet cooking is adding some seasoning to my Kraft Dinner, so the simpler the better. I can follow almost any recipe, but if it is too complex, especially after working all day, I don't bother.

Any help you can give would be appreciated.

I like a recipe I found in Men's Health a while ago.

Jamaican Jerk Pork Chops

4 boneless pork loin chops (1 pound)
2 tbsp Jamaican Jerk Seasoning (the powder kind)
2 tbsp all purpose flour
1 15 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 8 oz can crushed pineapple, UNdrained
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp cider vinegar
1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper

Mix flour and jerk seasoning. Dredge the chops in the mixture. Heat the oil over med heat. Brown the chops on both sides (no need to cook completely). Remove chops from pan. Stir in the leftover flour mixture, brown sugar, vinegar. Bring to a boil (this takes like 20 seconds). Add pineapple with juice, black beans, and pepper. Bring to a slight boil, add chops back in. Cover and simmer about 10 minutes, or until the chops are done. Serve with rice or orzo.

Depending on the seasoning, this can be a little spicy. It takes about 20-30 minutes total to cook.

Has anyone ever cooked Honey Mushrooms?

I hadnt heard of them (and I practically worship mushrooms)

I did a google on honey mushrooms

I'm not sure i'd want to eat them after reading that...

But further googling brought up
Honey Caps
Honey Mushroom Loaf

I think these mushrooms bioluminesce. I'd like that ability. If anyone out there has eaten Honey Mushrooms, I'd love to know how it went.
Thanks for the Google recipes MALEFICENT. They sound good.

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hi just wondering if i substitute agar agar into cheesecake instead of using geletine, what ratio would i need to use. I believe agar agar sets more firmly, but no one i know can tell me how much to use thanx

I'm not sure if this is the place to ask this. I'm looking at buying a bottle of imported absinthe. I know two brands are legal for sale in the US now, but I was looking at getting an imported bottle online. (Chech?). Anybody help?