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27 Ways To Make Your Groceries Last As Long As Possible. Supercook: recipe search by ingredients you have at home. How to Make Your Own Sushi. Posted on May 12, 2010 by Christina Did you know that you can make your own sushi in a snap?

How to Make Your Own Sushi

It was a huge revelation to me when I learned just how easy it is! No more expensive, grocery store sushi for this chick. These would be perfect for a sushi and sake wedding shower! I shot this tutorial the first time I made sushi. Smoked Salmon Sushi Roll (adapted from Allrecipes.com) Ingredients 2 cups Japanese sushi rice 6 tablespoons rice wine vinegar two teaspoons brown sugar 6 sheets nori (dry seaweed) 1 avocado – peeled, pitted and sliced 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced 8 ounces smoked salmon, cut into long strips 2 tablespoons wasabi paste Directions Soak rice for four hours. Place vinegar in a saucepan and heat with two teaspoons brown sugar until the sugar is melted (2 – 3 mins.) Add the vinegar/sugar mixture to the rice. Place one sheet of nori on bamboo mat that has been covered with plastic wrap. Press a thin layer of cool rice on the seaweed. Dot some wasabi on the rice.

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34 Insanely Simple Two-Ingredient Recipes. The Cook Abides. LaSaGnA TiMpAnO. I went to see tUnE-yArDs on Monday night with some friends, and as always we wanted to cook a meal that somehow related to the show we were heading to.

LaSaGnA TiMpAnO

Sometimes this is hard to do, but other times it seems to come naturally. Finding culinary inspiration in Merrill's lyrics seemed like it would be tough, but my sister knew what she wanted to make without hesitation. "How about something layered, because of all the vocal and instrument layering in the music? " From there we worked together to come up with this deep, colorful, and multi-flavored lasagna version of a timpano.

If you are using words like deep, colorful, and multi-flavored to describe something inspired by tUnE-yArDs, you already know you got it right! Start by making a lasagna crust. Finally got it together. Now it's easy, just start building the layers! Alfredo sauce with some salami goes first. After 3 alfredo layers, I switched to pesto. A cheese only layer, just for fun. Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Bread. How do you make bread even better?

Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Bread

You stuff it with pepperoni and cheese. Then, you bake it in a bundt pan that allows you to pull off little chunks and dip them in pizza sauce. This is the perfect thing to bring to a party (and I did, where it disappeared quickly!) Or to eat during a football game. Or, make it for dinner and serve with a salad. This bread takes a little bit of time to prepare, but in about half an hour I had filled my bundt pan with little dough balls, each with a piece of pepperoni and cheese stuffed within it. My new definition of bliss: warm dough with a cheesy center and a bite of pepperoni. Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Breadfrom Confections of a Foodie BrideIngredients: -2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced -4 tbsp butter -2 lbs pizza dough (I used 2 balls of Trader Joe's fresh dough) -6 oz. mozzarella cheese, cut into small cubes (about 48 pieces) -pepperoni (about 48 slices) -2-3 cups marinara sauce for serving. Macaroni and Cheese.

Farewell, blue box.

Macaroni and Cheese

You have been forever replaced. I don’t care if you are ready to eat in less than 30 minutes. Your successor boasts gooey, real cheese bubbling underneath a breadcrumb topping… I’m melting just thinking about it. Have I mentioned before how I adore the Smitten Kitchen blog? Well, I do. I’ve followed Deb’s blog ever since she caught my eye with this recipe for Homemade Oreos. I digress. Now, this dish cannot be whipped together at the drop of the hat. When you are making a dish which calls for shredded cheese, you should almost always shred your own.

After grating the cheese, make the béchamel. Then you’ll mix in your spices. Now, mix in half of the shredded cheeses. Cook the pasta only until the outside is fully cooked, but the inside is not. Add the pasta to the cheese, give it a good stir, and put it in a buttered dish. Top with the other half of the cheeses. And the breadcrumbs. Bake until the cheese is bubbly and the breadcrumbs are toasted. 3 tablespoons butter. 2 AM Chili.