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What should I make for a toddler's outdoor birthday picnic.">What should I make for a toddler's outdoor birthday picnic.
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Read morePlease, need ideas to use up LOTS of broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, kale, cabbage, etc.">Please, need ideas to use up LOTS of broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, kale, cabbage, etc.
This Cauliflower with Whipped Goat Cheese is good and oh the whipped goat cheese, feta, cream cheese mix is hard to stop eating. The poaching liquid gives the cauliflower as nice kick. I might try slicing the head before roasting to get more crispy, but have not tried...
Read moreBest dough for empanadas">Best dough for empanadas
Such a pleasure to run into one of your posts. R.I.P. Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreRoast Chicken & Stuffing help">Roast Chicken & Stuffing help
Roasting the chickens takes about 1 1/2 hours. Here's some reference: http://www.marthastewart.com/316091/double-roast-chicken You have everything you need to make stuffing...I cube & toast my bread in the oven first to dry it out. You could also cube it and leave it out at room temp to dry...
Read morehow to save pie crust or ditch and start over">how to save pie crust or ditch and start over
I made a pie crust tonight and somehow i messed up. I think it was a combo of not knowing the recipe and being new to high elevation. The dough was too dry so i ended up adding too much liquid. I blind baked it and it's sort of bumpy....
Read moreRice -- a compromise b/t white and brown, parboiled recs?">Rice -- a compromise b/t white and brown, parboiled recs?
Parboiled rice taste exactly like cooked white rice that have been "re-cooked" again. ( not so palatable actually ). Infact, the process of getting to parboiled stage "tells a similar" condition as "re-cooking Used white rice" b'cos the grain has been steamed , then dried and then polished ...and when you...
Read moreGrandma Brown's Baked Beans">Grandma Brown's Baked Beans
I grew up in western NY and when mom didn't have time to make homemade baked beans, the only brand purchased was Grandma Brown's. They were very close in flavor to mom's. I'm getting back to my roots, so to speak, these days. Haven't purchased a loaf of bread...
Read moreBraised Pork Shanks / Osso Buco.....*Easy Peasy*...with Pictures.">Braised Pork Shanks / Osso Buco.....*Easy Peasy*...with Pictures.
The Short Version Instructions: * Prepare Mirepoix Mix of Onions, Carrots, Celery and Garlic * 4 Pork Shanks/OssoBuco * Seasoned flour * Dredge in Seasoned flour * Brown all sides of Osso Buco in a Dutch Oven * Remove Osso Buco to the side * Sautee the Mirepoix * Add...
Read moreQ re beef with chile de arbol sauce">Q re beef with chile de arbol sauce
I wonder if the sauce you're trying to replicate isn't more of an adobo, even if it's described as a chile de arbol sauce. The latter tend to be quite punchy and unsubtle. Adobos are more rounded and balanced.
Maybe add some arbol chiles to the sauce in this recipe:
http://shadowcook.com/2009/05/22/diane-kennedys-puerco-en-adobo-pork-in-adobo-sauce/
Freezing Pesto with Cheese">Freezing Pesto with Cheese
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