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Deseed A Pomegranate In Seconds Using A Wooden Spoon If you don’t love pomegranates, it’s either because you’ve never had one or you hate how much work they take to deseed. 9. Peeling a hard boiled egg is a pain in the butt, but there’s a much easier way to get to the goods inside: just cut it in half and spoon it out of the shell. 8. Most 12 packs of soft drink are designed to sit in your fridge, but who needs an entire box sitting in there? 7. Ladling pancake batter into a pan is a recipe for a mess. 6. If you don’t like eating apples whole (they can, after all, get a little messy that way), but don’t always have a knife around, you can actually break them in half with your bare hands. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Thai International Cooking at Epicurious.com. India Pale Ale - Beer Recipes.
Recipe: Chocolate Turkish Delight Souffle. Last updated 14:58 18/04/2012 Friends, gather in. Repeat after me. "Making soufflé is a piece of cake. " Yes, stop shaking your head, it's true. I would never lie to you. But lets remember the French retreated first and ran back to their stoves while the rest of the world stood in the trenches to keep on fighting, so I'm wondering if maybe they just had the time. I will admit that a good soufflé requires a light touch and a solid understanding of the effect of heat on whipped egg whites, but I do think if you manage not to burn yourself in the bath then you could consider yourself an expert. This cheat's version with the added Turkish delight is a pleasure bath for the senses. It's the dessert I seem to push onto dinner guests like a drug mule not seen since Trainspotting and better yet, you don't need a bank account the size of the Third World's deficit to cook it for your nearest and dearest.
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Is it expensive? I Feel Bad For This Guy… [Reddit] Recommended Cocktail Recipes. Italian-Style Grilled Cheese Sandwich. Steakhouse Pizza. Earlier this summer, I made a bunch of different pizzas for my new cookbook. In the spirit of impatience, I’m sharing one of them with you today. Hello, I’m Pioneer Woman. And I can’t sit on recipes and not share them here. Hi, Pioneer Woman. I love this pizza. Here’s the step-by-step. (You think I can’t hear you, but I can.) Slice up a couple of red onions and saute them with a little butter and balsamic vinegar until they’re nice and deep and caramelized.
I thought right. Grab a steak. Season it well with salt and pepper… And grill it until it’s medium rare. Amen. Remove the steak from the grill and keep it warm on a plate while you get everything else ready. Roll out the pizza dough as thin as it will go. I’ll just say it: I’ve made pizza for years, and pizza dough never ceases to have a mind of its own. Next, I used some good jarred marinara sauce, then drizzled in a little balsamic and Worcestershire to give it some richness. Evenly distribute the balsamic red onions all over the sauce… Serious Eats: A Food Blog and Community.
Superfast Recipes: 20-Minute Cooking - Cooking Light - StumbleUpon. Peppers And Chicken. Honey Mustard Chicken with Bacon and Mushrooms | Everyday Home Cook - StumbleUpon. “This is probably my favorite way to eat chicken.” That’s a quote from my husband the last time I made Honey Mustard Chicken with Bacon and Mushrooms for dinner. Marinate some chicken breasts in honey, mustard, and lemon, then top with bacon, mushrooms and cheese… How could that go wrong? I love to serve this dish with a side of oven fries and a crisp lettuce salad. It’s a meal full of flavor! Begin by making the marinade for the chicken. Start with equal parts Dijon mustard and honey. Here’s what you’ll need for the toppings: sliced fresh mushrooms, mostly cooked bacon (it will cook more when baked in the oven), grated cheddar, and fresh parsley.
After the chicken has marinated, heat a small amount of oil in a large skillet. Scrape out the pan, and toss in the mushrooms. Assemble the chicken in a large baking dish. After baking for about 20 minutes, chop up some fresh parsley and sprinkle atop before serving! Honey Mustard Chicken with Bacon and Mushrooms 1/4 cup Dijon mustard 1/4 cup honey. Home Brew How To | How To Make Beer | Articles, Tips, Advice, and Beer Recipes to Make Beer At Home. How to Brew Beer - Home Brewing Getting Started - Popular Mechanics - StumbleUpon. Serious about making large batches of beer? Splurge for a propane-powered rig with a three-tiered brew stand. This setup, by Indiana-based Blichmann Engineering, costs about $2000 and features a trio of 20- to 30-gallon pots and gas burners that put out 216,000 Btu per hour.
(The high heat quickly boils large amounts of liquid, shaving hours off the brewing process.) More casual or budget brewers can make do with one big pot, heated on a common kitchen stove. Sanitize Yeast and sugar are beer's building blocks—but they're dinner for flavor-spoiling bacteria. So begin by disinfecting all equipment before every batch. TIP: Use a large container (a wallpaper tray will do) filled with sanitizer to douse hard-to-wash items, such as tubing. How to Brew Beer - Home Brewing Getting Started - Popular Mechanics - StumbleUpon. 10 Jello Shots Worth the Hangover | Yummly - StumbleUpon.
Beer Tours and Beer Travel for Beer Lovers - Beer Tours & Beer Trips for Beer Lovers. Information on hops for beer brewing at home including hops plants, dry hopping and the variety of hops available. The Drinks Every Man Should Know | Mens Health - StumbleUpon. - StumbleUpon. 30 Drinks Every Bartender Should Know - StumbleUpon. So I have a new hire who is about to bartend her first bartending shift and I was about to e-mail her 30 drinks every bartender should know and looking for a list (so I wouldn’t have to make it) and almost every list I found was absolutely ridiculous. For example, one site listed the Bocci Ball (don’t know what it is, probably never will as in 12 years no one has ever ONCE asked me for one).
Or the Freddy Fudpacker (aka The Cactus Banger) – once again NEVER HEARD anyone order either of these ever ONCE. I’m not naming any drinks on this list where the ingredients are the name i.e. vodka tonic, amaretto sour, or gin and juice. 1. Apple Martini 2. How To Make the Top Cocktails Every Bartender Should Know Apple Martini I hate to even put this on the list, but it is a cocktail that I get an order for at least once a weekend. 3 oz Apple Pucker, 2 oz Vodka, (can add 1 oz fresh lime sour if you happen to have something like that in your bar) shake and serve up with a bright red maraschino cherry.
Smoretini Shooters | How Sweet It Is - StumbleUpon. Me again. Here to convince you that you need yet another trendy, insanely-flavored bottle of booze. I do what I can. I know what you’re thinking. “Does marshmallow vodka really taste that different from that whipped cream vodka you already insisted that I buy? Well… not technically. You seriously don’t want to see our liquor cabinet. But don’t blame me. Don’t mind my fingerprints. I also like my marshmallows charred. I roast them ’til they’re flaming.
The good news is that this world seriously CANNOT come up with another vodka flavor that I will have to run out and immediately purchase. [Right.] The best part? People go nuts. And for those of you that don’t like alcohol, don’t consume alcohol, or are underage… you can totally make virgin versions of these with chocolate fudge on the bottom, some chocolate milk (maybe even whipped with marshmallow fluff?
You. S’moretini Shooters makes 1 (2 ounce) shooter, easily multiplied 1/2 ounce Godiva chocolate liqueur 1/4 ounce Bailey’s Irish Cream liqueur. Preserving Fruit Flavors in Alcohol: Homemade Liqueurs | Growing A Greener World - StumbleUpon. When we discuss food preservation, we are usually talking about canning, dehydrating, freezing or fermenting. But did you know that you can also preserve fruit in alcohol, such as brandy or vodka? It is a way of preserving the flavor or essence of the fruit for later use.
This method consists of steeping fresh or frozen fruit in alcohol for several weeks. In the end, you end up with some “drunken fruit” (good as a dessert topping) and a flavorful alcohol that can be used to make dazzling cocktails, punch, deserts or sauces. But if you take it a step further and add a little sugar syrup to the mix , you now have delicious homemade liqueur! WOW! Homemade Raspberry Liqueur: This little gem is versatile in the kitchen and so easy to make.
Better than store bought and packed with flavor, these little liqueur gems are versatile in the kitchen and very easy to make. And guess what? Fruit: Alcohol: Spices: You can make your liqueur uniquely your own by including some spices in the steeping process. Skittles Vodka Tutorial : Mix That Drink - StumbleUpon. Italian sodas - StumbleUpon. June 30, 2011 | Sweet Recipes | Comments Growing up, these Italian sodas were my favorite!! My mom and I would always stop by a little coffee shack on our road trips to Oregon. I remember ordering the blueberry Italian soda in the summer instead of ice cream because they were so refreshing. I hadn’t had one of these since I was a kid, so I wanted to recreate the easy recipe. I even made my own blueberry and strawberry syrup instead of using Torani. If you don’t want to go through the hassle of making your own syrup, you can use a syrup from the store.
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From recipes to ethnic foods to restaurants to local farmer’s markets to wine and beer, these search engines will help you find exactly what you want when it comes to creating and appreciating delicious food and beverages. Recipes There is absolutely no reason any food lover should ever be at a loss for what to cook. FoodieView. Various Types of Food Whether you are looking for Asian, French, or raw food, these search engines will help you find recipes and information on a variety of foods. ChineseFoodDIY. Vegetarian and Vegan Being vegetarian or vegan doesn’t mean you should rely on sprouts and hummus. HappyCow. All About Food These search engines don’t just stop at recipes. The Big Fat Food Search Engine. Restaurants Nutrition.
Recipes for Authentic Cooking - SAVEUR.com - StumbleUpon. Dinner Tonight: Garlic Shrimp with Basil, Tomatoes, and Pepper Flakes | Serious Eats : Recipes - StumbleUpon. [Photo: Blake Royer] I'm not sure I'll ever quite tire of the magical combination of garlic and chile—when a recipe begins with a little olive oil and garlic and a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes, I know we're off to a good start.
I'm even more inclined when the involved recipe requires about 10 minutes of cooking and hardly any chopping to boot. I pulled this one from So Easy by Ellie Kreiger, which is full of health-conscious recipes that pack a lot of flavor. Healthy it might have been, but more importantly, delicious. Even though it's December and the snow has been falling furiously in Chicago, the sweet bursts of the grape tomatoes (which tend to be pretty tasty even through the winter months compared to regular tomatoes) and fragrant basil brought to mind a summer picnic. Picture the Recipe - StumbleUpon. Sandwich Recipes - StumbleUpon. Pierogi Recipe | Cooking Momofuku at home - Momofuku for two - StumbleUpon. October 2, 2010 My mom is obsessed with keeping a stocked freezer, but I guess I don’t really take after her, because my freezer tends to be relatively empty, aside from random containers of stock/ramen broth, frozen dumplings and pierogi.
I admit, I store buy frozen chinese dumplings and pierogi for those times that I just don’t feel like cooking. I tell myself it’s because of ease and convenience, but really, I just love the taste of frozen pockets filled with deliciousness. Pierogi are fast, tasty, and ideal for when I let myself get too hungry and become a crazy unthinking monster. (This happens more often than you would believe). I’ve always been a frozen pierogi buyer, but now I think I’m going to have to go homemade forever. It’s Oktoberfest right now and that means two things: beer and sausages. I found an old Gourmet magazine pierogi recipe on epicurious.com and for my first pierogi making experience, it was great. Shakshuka. There are a lot of reasons to make shakshuka, an Israeli Tunisian dish of eggs poached in a spicy tomato sauce: It sounds like the name of a comic book hero. Or some kind of fierce, long-forgotten martial art. Or perhaps something that said comic book hero would yell as they practiced this elaborate martial art, mid-leap with their fist in the air.
Or you could make it because when I talked about making eggs in tomato sauce a while back a large handful of comments were along the lines of “oh, this sounds like shakshuka” and “I think you would love shakshuka” and “you really should make shakshuka” and you may have shrugged and forgotten about it until you finally had it at a café one day and whoa it turns out you really would like shakshuka! Or you could make it because that café had the audacity to close for Passover last week, right when you had the fiercest shakshuka craving yet. Thus, I suggest you make it because it turns out that it tastes really, really good from your own kitchen. 50 Things to Make With Pasta Sauce : Recipes and Cooking : Food Network - StumbleUpon. Baked Eggs with Bacon and Spinach.
Do y’all remember the scene in Runaway Bride (that’s an Oscar contender if I’ve ever seen one…) where Julia Roberts realizes that she doesn’t know how she likes her eggs? You know, because she’s always turning herself into the girl that the guy she’s marrying wants to be with? Yeah. That’s not me. I know how I like my eggs, although I will say that it depends on the day. Hey, I’m an independent woman…throw your hands up at me. Now that we’ve established my egg-eating habits, though, I have to say – baked eggs are kind of amazing, an unexpected new love in my egg-eating life. Serves 2, but this can be split in half easily to make them in small individual ramekins. 4 whole eggs3-4 slices thick-cut bacon, cooked and chopped1/2 cup loosely packed spinach2 Tbsp cream2 Tbsp butter, meltedsalt and pepper to taste1/4 tsp thyme Preheat oven to 375. So now it’s your turn – egg fan? Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin Recipe. The Perfect Pantry Article - Allrecipes.com - StumbleUpon.
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