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Thai Pineapple Rice - From Thailand with Love. Italian Sodas. Versatile Basil Pesto Recipe. Today I went to the farmers market and bought 1 bunch of basil for $2.

Versatile Basil Pesto Recipe

Of course I knew I would be making fresh garlic and basil pesto to use for a variety of dishes. What I love about pesto is its versatility. You can use it as a sauce on pizza, mix it with cream sauce, toss it with pasta, or on top of chicken and even on salmon. Although you can buy basil in a jar at your local supermarket, nothing can compare to the taste and color of homemade pesto made from fresh basil and garlic. Anyway you use it, it is a staple recipe to have in your kitchen. Classic and Fresh: Basil Pesto Recipe Author: Savory Sweet Life Recipe type: Condiment Prep time: Total time: 2 cups of fresh basil, packed3 cloves of garlic (more of less depending on how spicy you like it)¼ cup of pine nuts½ cup of extra virgin olive oil *canola oil can be substituted½ cup of grated Parmesan cheeseA pinch of salt and pepper to taste.

Yeast Bread Dinner Rolls. [donotprint] Seriously, who doesn’t love garlic bread?

Yeast Bread Dinner Rolls

Now let me ask you this, who wouldn’t love a savory yeast bread dinner roll made with pesto and Parmesan cheese? That’s what I thought. Herb Focaccia Bread. Focaccia is a delicious, flat oven-baked bread that is perfect for yeast aficionados and even more perfect for those who are a leetle scared of yeast and don’t know where to start.

Herb Focaccia Bread

A very non-fussy bread dough is whipped together, kneaded for a bit, and then spread into a large baking sheet by none other than your two little hands. Dimpled with little indentations and brushed with olive oil, the dough is baked at a high temperature until golden brown. The hot, tender bread is brushed with a simple mixture of olive oil and salt which gives the outer layer a delicious texture and flavor. Homemade Ciabatta Bread {And The Best Garlic Bread On Earth} What is ciabatta bread and why on earth should you make your own?

Homemade Ciabatta Bread {And The Best Garlic Bread On Earth}

Excellent questions… First of all, ciabatta is an Italian bread that is long and flat-ish, somewhat in the shape of a slipper (which is what the word “ciabatta” literally translates to). FLOUR TORTILLAS (Step-by-step recipe) Chicken Fried Bacon W Cream Gravy Recipe - Food.com - 156010. Chicken Fried Steak Recipe : Alton Brown. Coca-Cola-Brined Fried Chicken Recipe. Stromboli. I made all my kids happy with this Stromboli.

Stromboli

And they gladly ate the leftovers for lunch the next day. The recipe is from my sister-in-law and it’s a good one. It uses frozen bread dough, so no yeast or kneading required. The filling can be tailored to suit your tastes. I would have piled on the veggies, but the kids voted for pepperoni. Here’s what you’ll need: *Note – the picture shows 2 loaves of dough, but the recipe below is for 1. Here you can see the assembled Stromboli, before I rolled it: After it was rolled and baked. Ingredients 1 loaf frozen bread dough, thawed 2 egg yolks, save the whites 1 tsp. oregano 1 tsp. basil 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1/4 tsp. pepper 1 Tbs. Instructions. Blue-Eyed Bakers - Blue Eyed Bakers. All Recipes. Red Velvet Crêpes. I rolled my eyes at the red velvet cake trend, but now I can’t get enough.

Red Velvet Crêpes

I’ll make any excuse to have ‘cake’ for breakfast– here’s my take on a classic. Red Velvet Crepes (Makes about 24, 8″ crepes) Ingredients: – 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour - 1 teaspoon baking powder - 1/2 teaspoon baking soda - 1/4 teaspoon salt - 3 tablespoons sugar - 2 cups butter milk - 1 1/4 cup whole or lowfat milk - 1 large egg - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract - 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder, sifted - 1 tablespoon red food color gel - 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted + 2 tablespoons cooking oil (for pan) *Update: Because the buttermilk lends to the acidity of this batter, do not substitute the baking soda for extra baking powder.

If you add more baking powder, and omit the baking soda, you’ll end up with a heavy and dense crepe. Chocolate Ganache Topping- 75 gr bittersweet chocolate - 75 mL heavy cream - 1 tablespoon sugar Directions: For the Mascarpone Filling:1. For Chocolate Ganche Sauce1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Clean One-Pot Spaghetti Recipe — Simply Clean Cuisine. Pepperoni Pizza Puffs. If I ask my kids what they want for dinner, there's a ninety percent chance they will say pizza. They love it, as most kids do. I guess I have an affection for it too, but we don't indulge too often. If I had to choose a favorite pizza, it would be the Hawaiian, but no one else in my household appreciates its flavors like I do, too bad for them.

So when my kids came home from school and I had this afternoon snack waiting for them, they were pretty excited to be having pizza at 3 PM. Nutella and Peanut Butter Stripe Bread. If you've perused through enough of my posts and recipes, you may have noticed my slight obsession with the creation of stripes, swirls and spirals in my edibles.

Nutella and Peanut Butter Stripe Bread

As well as a borderline addiction to pinks and purples :-). As idiosyncratic as it sounds, these are the things make me happy...my brain probably swims in a pink and purple sea of swirls and stripes on a daily basis. Imagine that. Fried Green Tomatoes. This year was not the best year for growing tomatoes in New England.

Fried Green Tomatoes

My Mom has a few plants and while they did produce many great fruits, it was nothing close to what it should have been. Because of rain at the beginning of the season, but nice weather towards the end, there are many green tomatoes on the plants at the moment that will never ripen. I have always been curious about fried green tomatoes, so I snatched a few off the vine and tried it out. Top-quality baking recipes - King Arthur Flour. Basic White Bread. Graham Cracker S’mores Cookies. Graham Cracker S’mores Cookies Graham Cracker S’mores Cookies with a graham cracker base, topped with a chocolate chip marshmallow cookie and chopped Hershey’s bars on top.

Graham Cracker S’mores Cookies

If you are a fan of s’mores, watch out! These are incredible! Pierogi Recipe. 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.

Pierogi Recipe

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. Italian sodas. 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. Cinnamon Roll Recipe, Cinnamon Bun Recipes, Cinnamon Rolls. Posted by Grace Massa Langlois on Friday, 6th May 2011 It’s Sunday morning and there’s a scrumptious, mouth-watering aroma wafting throughout the house.

You follow your nose to the kitchen to find light, tasty dough; deliciously gooey cinnamon-sugar filled Cinnamon Rolls covered with umptuous cream cheese frosting. You enjoy these fresh, still warm out of the oven delights, in the comfort of your home. Cinnamon Rolls « Comforting With Food. Pretzel Rolls. From the moment I took a big bite of a soft pretzel at a baseball game when I was seven years old, I’ve been in love. That also happened to be the same baseball game where I sat in a bowl full of nacho cheese sauce and ruined my favorite white jean shorts that I rolled up at the knees. No wonder I like soft pretzels so much better than nachos. Pretzels have since been a favorite snack of mine.

Oreo Cookies-Recipe Oreo-Oreo Recipes-Cheese Cupcakes-Oreo Cheesecakes. How To Make Perfect Brownies. I’ve tried lots of brownie recipes: Boxes, scratch, frosted, plain, nuts, chips, fudge … Each of them has something to like, but depending on my mood I might want a change of pace. Not any more. Pizza Braid.