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Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas Recipes from The Kitchn. I started this website to help people get cooking and to put them closer in touch with their food. While do we want to make your cooking easier, most of us here at The Kitchn get excited if a reader says they hung out in the kitchen and cooked all day. But this week I had to draw the line. For four straight days, the temperature climbed to 100 degrees in New York City and throughout much of the country. Like most people, I didn't feel like cooking. So I did something you might think was nuts: I got out the slow cooker and cooked an eight-pound pork butt.Here's my plug for slow-cooking in the heat: you can make a lot of food (I'm feeding my family of three all week on the stuff) without heating up the whole house with ovens, mixers, and your blood, sweat and tears.

You really don't need a recipe for cooking in a slow cooker. Here's an example, using my carnitas. Slow-Cooker Carnitas makes 20-30 taco-sized servings Trim excess fat from the meat and discard. Quick & Easy Recipes Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Bell Peppers | Quick & Easy Recipes. Taco Soup. Vitamine booster drinks. Pizzacraft Grilled Pizza Cones. One of the best parts about eating pizza is the wide variety of choices we have at our disposal, but if you really want to be adventurous you have to try the Pizzacraft Grilled Pizza Cone Set. This awesome device allows you to create your own custom creations from the comfort of your home with an all new shape that will have you begging for more. The kit creates a golden crust shaped just like that of an ice cream cone, while all of your favorite toppings cook on the inside. The Pizzacraft set comes with everything you need to bake your own cone shaped creations including a recipe for pizza dough.

Scoop yours up now at Amazon. One-pot Spanish-style chicken | M&S Stories. Easy as hell pizza balls. Baked Wonton Tacos. When I was a little kid, around every New Year’s, my mom and grandma would sit down and make Mandu {Korean version of potstickers or wontons} all day to make Teokguk {Korean version of wonton soup} and I’d just sit with them trying to help out. I remember trying to help out making my own Mandu, though not really successfully. Then my mom and grandma made their own mandu skins from scratch… And now… how grateful I am that I can get premade mandu skins so easily… although I think I should try and make my own skins sometime… It’s definitely on my to-do list.

But until then, these premade wonton skins would do. I’ve been looking for ways to use these little yummies in different kinds of cooking. I’ve always used wonton skins for just wontons… Then I saw that you can use wonton skins for ravioli… So I thought there must be other ways to use the skins, too. I guess you can use anything for anything you like. Boil one chicken breast (boneless and skinless) until fully cooked. Garlic Knots – For Superior Garlic Breath. When I was in High School, I thought garlic knots were the best things on earth. I guess I still kind of think that, but often I’m disappointed by the garlic knots I buy. I’m not sure if the quality of garlic knots has gone down in NYC or if I’ve become harder to please.

These days, they are often hard and dry, probably from being left around too long. As with all bread-based goodies, the freshest way to get it is out of your own oven. These really are a reasonable amount of work, and easily doubled, tripled, or quadrupled for even more return. You’ll definitely want to increase the recipe, seeing as how I ate all of it in just minutes after taking the pictures. (I was debating whether I should post this because Lon will see that I didn’t save him any.) I’m assuming that pizzerias make their garlic knots with the same dough that they make pizza with, so use any pizza dough that you like. Garlic Knots~12-13 knots Instructions - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Hasselback Potatoes.

These Hasselback potatoes looks beautiful, don't' they? Here, I also added several cloves of garlic to these Swedish version of baked potatoes to enhance the flavor. It turned out great, they were very delicious, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.. Updated: November 26th 2013 This is an updated post with a new video guide on How To Slice Hasselback Potatoes Hasselback Potatoes (Printable Recipe) Ingredients 6 Medium Size Potatoes 2 - 3 Cloves Garlic, thinly sliced 2 Tbsp Olive Oil 30 g Butter Maldon Sea Salt Freshly Ground Black Pepper Method Preheat the oven to 220˚C (425˚F).

Arrange the potatoes in a baking tray and insert the garlic in between the slits. Bake the potatoes for about 40 minutes or until the potatoes turn crispy and the flesh is soft. Baked seafood and saffron risotto recipe.

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Make classic takeaways at home. As a nation we’re pretty good at excusing ourselves from home cooked meals and simply ordering a hearty takeaway. In fact, according to a recent study 22 per cent of the population cough up once a week for this guilty pleasure. It's not cheap. It's not healthy. It makes your mum cry. So why not create your favourite takeaways at home? Sweet and sour chicken Feeds: 4 Cost: Under a tenner Prep time: 30 mins Cook time: 10 mins Overall time: 40 mins You will need: 2 tbsp vegetable oil 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts cut into cubes 2 peppers, de-seeded and cut into pieces Ginger, peeled chopped 6 garlic cloves, chopped A bunch of spring onions, cut into pieces Ground white pepper And for the sauce: 1 tbsp soft light brown sugar 2 tbsp rice vinegar 2 tbsp dark soy sauce 175 ml/6fl oz chicken stock 2 tbsp tomato purée 2 tbsp cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp water Heat the oil in a decent sized frying pan or wok, if you have one.

Chicken tikka masala Feeds: 5 Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 50 mins 12g butter Prep time: 20. Petite Lasagnas. Recipe slightly adapted from Hungry Girl (makes 12) 12 oz raw ground turkey ¼ tsp salt, divided ¼ tsp pepper 1 cup chopped onion ½ cup chopped mushrooms 14.5 oz can crushed tomatoes, or tomato sauce 2 cloves garlic, minced 3 tsp dried oregano, divided ½ tsp dried basil 1 ½ cups part skim ricotta cheese 24 small square wonton wrappers (the kind near the tofu in the refrigerated section of the produce dept) 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese Preheat oven to 375ºF. Add the crushed tomatoes and 2 tsp of oregano. In a large bowl, combine the ricotta, a pinch of salt and pepper, the remaining teaspoon of oregano, and the basil. Coat a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray. Using half of the ricotta mixture, divide it among the 12 muffin cups.

Gently press another wonton wrapper on top of the mozzarella layer. Repeat the process by distributing the remaining ricotta, then the remaining tomato sauce, and finally the rest of the shredded mozzarella. Nutrition Info for 1 petite lasagna: Roasted Garlic Pizza. I had originally un-published this post as part of the purge but after repeated emails asking where the post went, I decided to re publish.

Ever since I tried kickpleat's pizza dough recipe, we've had different pizzas probably once a week. Our favorite, however, is the roasted garlic. It's incredibly simple, very tasty, and deliciously inexpensive. You probably have all of the ingredients in your kitchen right now. Try it - and please, let me know what you think!! Also, go thank kickpleat for the amazingly easy and fabulous pizza dough recipe...I have, a number of times, and I think she thinks I'm some sort of weird stalker. But it's that good!! The Easiest Pizza Dough In The Worldeverybody loves sandwiches 1 packet yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)1 cup warm water2 1/2 cups flour1 teaspoon honey1 teaspoon salt2 tablespoons olive oilcornmeal Preheat oven to 400F. Sprinkle baking sheet with cornmeal and press dough into it to your desired thickness. Roasted Garlic Pizza Preheat oven to 400F.