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Rainbow Jelly. Cuban Sliders (And 10 Summer Entertaining Tips I Learned the Hard Way) 1. No new recipes. It’s tempting to try new recipes when friends are coming over. Just. Don’t. Cook something you’ve made a thousand times. Your guests will only be as comfortable as you are, so take it easy. 2. Think about how much better a BLT is with fresh sourdough, farm-stand tomatoes and thick-cut bacon. Hamburger and hot dog buns from the grocer’s bakery. Silver Queen corn. A big cardboard box full of fresh-picked strawberries from that little farm in Springfield. A simple meal with standout ingredients is always something to write home about. 3. Take your party menu, and draw stars next to half of the items on your list. Make the main course. Make your famous potato salad. Buy the ice cream. You’re aiming to feed people, not kill yourself impressing them, so don’t worry about making everything from scratch.

I’m a baker, but if we’re going to need bread for the table, I buy a few sacks of frozen biscuits and rolls so that I can heat up an assortment and serve them warm. 4. 5. It stank. Healthy Comfort Food Recipes and Menus. Five Spice Chicken Stir Fry. This is a quick and easy recipe for how to make five spice chicken stir fry. I love stir fries. They are so quick and easy to prepare on a busy weeknight. I have several favorite flavors I like to use in stir fries, and five spice powder is one of them. 5 spice powder is a perfect fall flavor.

It has Chinese cinnamon, powdered cassia buds, star anise, ginger root, and ground cloves. In this stir fry I used chicken and some of my favorite vegetables. You can really use any vegetables you have on hand. Stir fries are also a great way to clean out your refrigerator at the end of the week. I have also been busy the past few days simplifying this site. April | 2011 | It’s that time of the month again. The Daring Bakers’ challenge time. I joined the Daring Baker (here on referred as DB) gang in February. I could not complete my first DB challenge. For the March challenge I posted late (all DB members have to post their version of the challenge recipe on the 27th [...] How to Make A Healthy Chinese Chicken Salad. Oven baked beignets. Happy Mardis Gras day! Even though I’m not from New Orleans, growing up in the South we always did a little something special on Mardis Gras day.

That something special ranged from making beignets and watching Muzzy in high school French class to wearing beads and drinking beer in college. And you know what? Over the years, I’ve discovered that I much prefer dessert over beer. Especially beignets! And it just so happens that these beignets are special. You know why? What a concept! Although these beignets contain yeast, I promise it’s not scary. I was going to make some sort of salted caramel or chocolate sauce to drizzle on, but after one powdered sugar covered bite, I realized I didn’t have to. This is a great recipe to unleash your inner baker goddess on. Oven Baked Beignets ever so slightly adapted from Good Housekeeping makes about 18 beignets Print this recipe! Ingredients: 1/4 cup warm water (about 100 degrees F) 1 packet active dry yeast 3 cups all purpose flour 1 1/2 tsp baking powder.

Tyler Florence's Chicken Pot Pie. You can't go wrong with classic, humble, and very homey dish like this delicious chicken pot pie. The pastry is deliciously flaky and crumbly, the filling is so fragrant, smooth and silky, like it should be. This recipe comes from Tyler florence's Family Style Chicken Pot pie, which I think is the best one to suit my taste. The other thing I like about his recipe is, he doesn't need to add any buillion to it, instead he relies on fresh herbs, such as rosemary, thyme, and bay leaves. In addition to this, I added marjoram, orageno, leftover Italian parsley (you know, the end part that you would normally throw in the garbage). You might think that the flavor will be over powering right?

Actually not really, it gives more fragrant broth, just the way I like it. Chicken Pot Pie serve 8 - 10 For the pastry: 41/2 cups flour 2 cups (4 sticks/16 oz) cold unsalted butter, cut into large pieces salt 3/4 ice cold water, as needed Place flour, butter, and salt in a food processor. The Chicken Broth: Homemade chocolate covered mint oreos.

Hello. As previously discussed, I have some issues. They involve me covering everything edible in chocolate. Actually, I’m lying. Sometimes I cover my fingers in chocolate, too, just so I can lick them off. It’s sick…really. Take these homemade mint oreos for example. But I couldn’t. When I was little, I had a thing for oreos. I know what you’re thinking. Yes, oreos. Only the other day did I discover though that you could actually make your own oreos easily at home. I think these would be the perfect addition to any holiday cookie plate and my taste-tester slave gave it two chocolate covered thumbs up. I especially loved the thin, crispy chocolate cookies. Just a thought. After baking these, I hid them from myself but we all know how well that works.

I think I’ve eaten about 39 this weekend and still going strong. I hate it when that happens! Homemade Chocolate Dipped Mint Oreos makes about 40 sandwich cookies Print this recipe! 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1/2 cup cocoa 1 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt. Sirloin Sliders with Crisp Bacon and Creamy Horseradish Mayo. Wednesday night, as I was getting ready for bed, I took off my shirt and noticed a dried smear of reddish-brown running down the middle of my chest. Pooling there. Naturally, I bolted into the bathroom to see what was going on and if I needed immediate medical attention.

On closer inspection, I realized it wasn’t blood. I’d dropped a chipotle pepper in adobo sauce into my sports bra. Little thing. Big impact. It still feels weird to say “sliders” instead of “little burgers,” which is what they were called at the dairy shack near our house when I was a kid. I’ll always have a soft spot for dairy shack mini-burgers. This recipe calls for a mixture of chuck and sirloin, but you can choose one or the other. Once you’ve got your burgers patted out, there’s plenty of time to fry the bacon and whisk together the horseradish mayonnaise.

While your burgers are grilling, you have time for one more tiny but powerful detail: buttering the insides of the buns before you grill them. Cinnamon Crepes with Spiced Pumpkin Mousse and Graham Crumble | Evil Shenanigans - Baking & Cooking Blog. When Casey from Tastestopping approached me about participating in the November Kitchen Play event, how could I say no? She asked me to deconstruct the classic pumpkin pie using Libby’s 100% Pure Pumpkin from Nestlé Kitchens*.

Canned pumpkin is a very versatile ingredient and is a pantry staple for me year round. It can stand in for fat in chocolate cakes, makes a great filling for pasta, and can be transformed into all sorts of delightful fall desserts. In fact, pumpkin is among my favorite fall ingredients. Now, you all know I love to play with flavors and textures, so this Kitchen Play assignment seemed like a match made in heaven!

The first thing I did was decide what I love about traditional pumpkin pie, and then I worked out how to incorporate that into a new dessert. This dessert is perfect for the holidays because it has all the best flavors of pumpkin pie and the component parts can be made in advance. Cinnamon Crepes with Pumpkin Mousse and Graham Crust Crumble Serves 5 or 10. Naan bread – easier than you think. Naan bread (adapted from Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything ) 2 t instant yeast 2 T milk 2 T yogurt 1 T sugar 3 c all-purpose flour 1 c whole wheat flour 1 egg 1 1/2 c water 2 t salt canola oil, for the bowl 4 T butter 1 clove garlic, minced 2 T sesame seeds (black or white) Stir together the yeast, milk, yogurt and sugar and set aside.

In another large bowl, combine the flours, egg, and salt together, mixing well with a wooden spoon. Stir in the yeast mixture until combined and start adding in the water a little at a time until the dough forms into a slightly sticky ball. Knead the dough for a few seconds right in the bowl until the dough becomes a bit smoother. Add a bit of oil to the bottom of the bowl and roll the dough ball around in it, and around the sides of the bowl. Heat oven to 500F and put a baking sheet on the lowest rack. Punch down the dough and then break the dough into 2 balls. Roll out each ball into an oval shape and add it to the hot baking sheet. Pecan Honey Sticky Buns. You Need These In Your Life. So, way back when Tuesdays with Dorie made Brioche Raisin Snails, I used the other half of the dough to make this week’s recipe: Pecan Honey Sticky Buns.

If you don’t make another thing you ever see on this site, make these. Baptized in honey. Christened with pecans. Worthy a two-syllable damn. Even after you eat one of these perfectly golden, buttery sticky buns, you’ll find yourself snacking on the gooey orphaned pecans at the bottom of the dish every time you walk by. And who needs to wear shorts? Nom. Golden Brioche Loaves2 packets active dry yeast1/3 cup just-warm-to-the-touch water1/3 cup just-warm-to-the-touch whole milk3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour2 teaspoons salt3 large eggs, at room temperature1/4 cup sugar3 sticks (12 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature but still slightly firmGlaze: 1 large egg1 tablespoon waterFor The Brioche: Put the yeast, water and milk in the bowl of a stand mixer and, using a wooden spoon, stir until the yeast is dissolved.

Project Food Blog Entry: Butternut Squash Enchiladas with Red Molè. Project Food Blog Entry: Schweinshaxe, Spätzle und Rotkohl (Pork Knuckle, Spaetzle, and Red Cabbage) Project Food Blog Entry: Chicken Chipotle Sushi (aka The EOTC Roll) Project Food Blog Entry: PFB Challenge #2: A Royal Asian Meal. Easy Eastern European Recipes - Easy Recipes for Eastern European Dishes. Eastern European food has two sides -- traditional, Old World recipes reminiscent of the glory days of the aristocracy, and hearty and delicious comfort food designed to fill the ravenous appetites of hard-working farmers. But Old World recipes and easy recipes are not mutually exclusive. Many traditional recipes can be whipped up very quickly. This is a presentation of the easier recipes, from time, ingredient and number of steps standpoint, from the culinary repertoire of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.

Easy Appetizer Recipes Eastern Europeans believe in gracious hospitality and a "meal before the meal" is a given in most homes. Easy appetizers range from simple platters of smoked meats, cheeses and pickles to herrings in cream sauce. Easy Soup Recipes Eastern European soups can be served warm and cold. Easy Salad Recipes Easy Main Course Recipes Easy Vegetable Recipes Easy Starch Recipes. How to Make a Real, Authentic Ponzu Sauce.