Archive for January 2016
Cola frosting/icing WITHOUT cocoa?">Cola frosting/icing WITHOUT cocoa?
I'm baking the Coca Cola sheet cake (http://www.joyofbaking.com/printpages/CocaColaCakeprint.html) for my Coca-Cola loving sons, but I wanted to make the frosting without cocoa powder. I've only found one recipe using milk and concentrated cola syrup. Anyone have a non-chocolate recipe using regular cola? Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read more5-Ingredient Curry Recipe">5-Ingredient Curry Recipe
Preparing Indian cuisine at home might seem a little overwhelming. With our 5-ingredient curry recipe, making this popular British dish couldn’t be easier. For our delicious curry meal, follow our recipe here: https://www.poundstopocket.co.uk/pound-place/5-ingredient-curry-recipe/. Ingredients 2 tbsp. peanut oil 2 chicken breasts, finely sliced 4 tbsp. vindaloo curry paste 2 cans (14 oz.) tomatoes 4 – 6 large...
Read moreCassoulet Using a Slow Cooker?">Cassoulet Using a Slow Cooker?
I'm making my annual cassoulet and am wondering how to cook the bean mixture in my slow cooker. At what temp for how many hours? I'm guessing Low for 3 hours or so. Here are the regular instructions: 4 Cups/2 lbs small white beans or Great Northern beans 6 C Water 1/2 lb...
Read moreSrtichoke and spinace dip varied to become a salad dressing">Srtichoke and spinace dip varied to become a salad dressing
I am thinking that the ingredients in the traditional spinach/artichoke dip would make a great salad dressing.
I can see this with romaine lettuce, cooked and diced Italian sausage, cubed/sliced mushrooms and toasted pine nuts.
My query is with what I could thin this traditional recipe to a salad dressing consistency.
Recipes including leftover spinach dip?">Recipes including leftover spinach dip?
My thought is to use the dip as a salad dressing. Here I could use some advice also. With what might one best thin it, not adding too much to the fat content. (I try to keep the fat content down by using fat free cream cheese...
Read moreCanadian Chain Launches Shrimp-Beef Combo Burger
via BurgerBusiness Canadian chain The Works Gourmet Burgers didn’t get the 2013 memo that multi-item promotional menus were over. Burger King and others quit doing seasonal menus then but The Works keeps launching series after series of wild burgers. With its three-burger “Get Stuff’d” LTO menu (including the famous candy-filled...
Read moreBrowning failures">Browning failures
I made the Ina Garten pork tenderloin recipe (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/herb-marinated-pork-tenderloins-recipe.html) that I had posted about over the weekend. The problem is, in her video--where it looks oh-so-easy--she had then all nicely golden brown. I don't know if I had too much olive oil or too much marinade still clinging to the...
Read moreWhich is easiest? Tastiest?">Which is easiest? Tastiest?
I would like to try baking a fruit dessert and would like to know which is the easiest and/or tastiest (hopefully, they will be the same). There are so many to choose from - Brown Betty, buckle, clafouti, cobbler, crumble, crisp, grunt, pandowdy, and slump. I have googled these types...
Read moreBraising meat - turn?">Braising meat - turn?
I am doing a pork shoulder in my slow cooker. There are a lot of flavors I used in there (Asian style). I know it is typical to have the fat cap up when cooking a pork shoulder. I was wondering if it made sense though to turn...
Read moreLooking for milk Kefir grains">Looking for milk Kefir grains
Hi, I am wondering if anyone out there knows where I could find some milk Kefir grains. Thanks, Dawn Reading More May Cause Envy...
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I love food. Unfortunately, I can't cook worth a damn. I've been known to even burn water.
When I watch chefs and good cooks on tv, I'm so envious of their skills. This blog is the closest I get to cooking, other than the microwave ;)
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