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Greek Festival Lemon Rice Pilaf Recipe - Food.com - 409778. Don't Make Dad Settle for Boring Potatoes: Hasselback Potatoes. Dad’s going to remember exactly why he loves steak and potatoes when you serve him these.

Don't Make Dad Settle for Boring Potatoes: Hasselback Potatoes

And you (along with the kids, fingers crossed!) Will love them, too. Because of the way they are baked, a nice crunchy crust forms on the bottom. That, along with the soft interior and dollop of sour cream and fresh herbs, and you’ll know the best reason potatoes are the most commonly eaten vegetable in our country. So see you later, french fries! Fried Rice Recipe. This recipe makes REALLY GOOD fried rice.

Fried Rice Recipe

A wonderful recipe (if I do say so myself). Good luck! 1.5 cups rice (I use BASMATI or JASMINE rice, but you can use anything but Minute Rice) 2 cups H2O (that's water to you and me) 4 eggs (2 eggs only whites, 2 eggs with the yolks - chicken eggs, please) meat (optional - pork, chicken, or roadkill is fine - I prefer chicken, but raccoon is good too) green onion / white onion / celery / bell pepper / broccoli / frozen peas / any crisp vegetable, diced to the size of....well, dice 1 ounce dark sesame oil (Trader Joe's has this $1.99 a bottle - pick up some $2 Chuck while you're there) 2 ounces canola oil (any kind except Pennzoil works fine - I just like Canola oil for its heart-healthy tendencies) salt (Seasoned Salt is fine) Early in the day (or the day before): Cook rice.

I use 1.5 cups of rice to 2 cups water in a rice cooker. When the rice is cool, here's what you do: Pour the other ounce of canola oil in the bottom of a wok. Is the oil hot? Crispy Potato Roast Recipe. Steak Recipe: Turning Cheap "Choice" Steak into Gucci "Prime" Steak. If you are a steak-lover, I hope that the title of this post + luscious photo is enticing enough for you to read though the entire article.

Steak Recipe: Turning Cheap "Choice" Steak into Gucci "Prime" Steak

Cheese Pinwheel Rolls. Sooner or later, all my conversations inevitably turn to food.

Cheese Pinwheel Rolls

Don’t believe me? Call me up sometime and try to, say, sell me some insurance. I guarantee that before we get off the phone, I’ll be giving you my recipe for blackberry jam. I can’t help it. It’s just how I work. Perfect example: I was in a meeting a few weeks ago at the office. What was the best way to make them? Ah, the Frankenroll This recipe borrows heavily from two fairly unrelated things. To make these rolls, spread pizza dough liberally with melted butter, sprinkle it with cheese and spices, roll it up like a stromboli—then slice and bake like a pan of cinnamon buns. The result? Broccoli Bites for Kids. File this under the Onion Soup Mix Recipe category, though there is no Lipton onion soup mix in site.

Broccoli Bites for Kids

I may even serve these at my next dinner party, they were that good! While babysitting for my 6 year old picky eater niece, I had to come up with a good lunch that would be fun for the two of us to make together. She is not a big broccoli fan (or any vegetable fan), but I told her we would add melted gooey cheese and form the patties with our hands. Recipe for Creamy Bacon Tomato and Avocado Pasta Salad at Life. Folks today I would like to share with you what is sure to be my go-to pasta salad this summer for all the pot-lucks, BBQs and patio dinners that are sure to come up.

Recipe for Creamy Bacon Tomato and Avocado Pasta Salad at Life

With this recipe I challenge you to forget the box; forget the pre-made stuff at your deli grocer. You aren’t going to want it after you give this a try. Just think, creamy refreshing lemon dill dressing coats perfect pasta, creamy avocados, sweet tomatoes and crispy bacon. It’s like summer in a bowl. I actually got the idea for this salad from one of my favorite sandwiches: Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato and Avocado. Southern Skillet Corn. Oh my gosh, now here is a gorgeous, delicious vegetable side dish that I absolutely adore.

Southern Skillet Corn

This is one of my mom’s recipes, and I think could eat an entire plate of this buttery corn for dinner. She whipped it up for us this weekend and I knew I had to share it with you guys. What makes this corn so special is that it’s got the best of both worlds. It has that wonderful creamy quality of creamed corn, but the corn itself is still crisp and fresh like it’s straight off the cob. Perfection. Start with six ears of corn. Shuck the corn by peeling off the outer layers. And snap off the husk. Pull any remaining silks off the corn and rinse under cool running water. In a large bowl, cut the corn from the cob with a sharp knife. Start in the middle and work your way down. Then flip over to get the other side. Check out these knife skills, getting every last kernel of corn!