10257 toot your Recipes

x bosc pears, peeled, your best chardonnay, honey, fresh rosemary, vanilla extract, sheets phyllo pastry, butter, sugar, freshly ground pepper, whipping cream, goat cheese, softened at room temperature, honey, vanilla extract

your favourite steak (beef filet, ribeye, etc.), cut in thin strips *do not use skirt steak, or cheap cuts., butter, steak seasoning, onion, chopped, garlic cloves, minced, sweet bell peppers (you can use different colors), thinly sliced, white mushrooms, sliced, beef broth, milk, worstershire sauce, salt and pepper to taste, provolone cheese, sliced

your favorite pasta boiled and cold rinsed, kraft italian dressing, yellow or orange pepper diced, tomato diced, cucumber diced, sliced black olives

olive oil, butter, carrots, peeled and sliced, leek (white part only), sliced, garlic, peeled and finely chopped, sweet potato, peeled, halved, chicken stock, whipping cream plus whipped cream for garnish, salt, white pepper, sugar

dinner roll , muffin ( baked in muffin tin, i bought them in our grocery store s bakery), mayonnaise or mustard, deli turkey (your child s favorite) or 1 -2 slice deli chicken (your child s favorite) or 1 -2 slice deli ham (your child s favorite), cheese (your child s favorite)

skinless chicken (your choice on cut , i used thighs & legs), tomatoes (canned or frozen, whole or chopped with the juice), dry pasta (your choice on type , i used wide egg noodles), plain yogurt (or sour creme), shredded provolone cheese (or mozzarella, use as much as is needed to adequately cover the top), water, oregano (amount is for dried), ground oregano (amount is for dried), sweet basil (amount is for dried), garlic powder (or 2-3 cloves fresh minced garlic), crushed red pepper flakes (more or less to suit your taste), balsamic vinegar (or less to suit your taste), sugar (or less to suit your taste), salt (more or less to suit your taste)

i use a 3 1/2 to 4 lb chuck roast, well marbelized with fat, and if you can find a bone-in roast, that s better yet (but it s almost always boneless chuck that you find at the grocer). i like to quickly rinse the roast in cold water just before i lay it on the cutting board to coat it with seasoned flour. place the following ingredients in a small baggie and shake the closed bag to mix it up, flour, salt, garlic salt, crazy mixed-up salt (if you can tsp get this seasoning, use seasoned salt instead, but jane s is by far the best), pepper, use your hands to generously pat the seasoned flour into the roast, on both sides, flipping the roast a couple times and repeating the process., in a dutch oven or roasting pan large enough to hold the roast, heat 1 tbsp oil over medium high heat - you want your pan and oil to be hot enough to sear the roast well when you put it in the pan. when the oil is just about to the smoking point, put the roast in and cover the pan. let the meat sear until nicely browned on the bottom, then flip the roast. let it sear for a minute or two on the second side, then add, beef stock (i much prefer the boxed stock to the canned broth - it just seems to give the gravy a much richer taste in the end), cover the roasting pan and place it in a pre-heated 300 degree oven. roast for 4 to 5 hours, until the meat is fork tender and falls apart easily. i check the roast each hour, quickly opening the lid, just to make sure the stock has not evaporated. as long as your pan has a good seal on it, this shouldn tsp happen. but if necessary, add more stock to the pan., an hour before the roast is done , prepare the mashed potatoes. peel 6 large red potatoes (these work better - at least for me - because they are much moister than the russets, so the mashed potatoes are creamier); cut into 1/4th, and place them in a large saucepan - rinse the cut potatoes 2 times in cold water, then cover them in fresh cold water and place the pan over medium high heat; boil until tender. this is usually about 30 minutes, but it depends on the size of your cuts, so just cook them until you can easily insert a fork into a potato. drain potatoes well, reserving 1 cup of the water for the gravy. add the following to the hot potatoes, butter, sour cream, milk, salt, crazy mixed up salt (use regular salt or garlic salt if jane s salt is not available), pepper, i use a hand masher , but you can use an electric mixer or however you chose to mash the potatoes into a creamy yet firm texture. add more milk if potatoes are too stiff. place the mashed potatoes in a buttered casserole dish, cover with foil, and place in the oven to keep warm while you make the gravy., prepare the gravy, melt 2 tbsp butter, stir in 1/4 cup flour to make a paste, stir in enough beef stock to thin the paste enough to pour., finished roast from the pan and place it on a plate; cover meat with foil to keep warm., place the roasting pan over a medium flame and bring the liquid to a gentle boil (i usually seem to have about 1 1/2 to 2 cups liquid in the pan when the roast is done - if you have less, just use the beef stock to increase your liquid)., use a whisk to gradually whisk in the butter/flour/stock liquid., add 2 tbsp beef base - i use tone s (i prefer beef base to buillon - has a richer flavor and is really worth having on hand, but if you can tsp find this, try knorr s beef buillon extra large cubes), add the 1 cup of reserved potato water, add 1/2 cup beef stock, taste the gravy and see if you want more seasoning. i usually find i don tsp need to add anything at this point, since i have the seasoning from the flour coating and the stock and the beef base. if you think you need more seasoning, add salt and pepper to your taste. beef base will also give you more saltiness., keep the gravy warm while you uncover the meat and use 2 forks to pull the meat apart into small to medium chunks., you are now ready to assemble...

any liquid can be reduced just by heating it - but why would you want to do that, answer comes back to two of our old friends, flavor and consistency (texture)., by reducing any flavored liquid you intensify its flavor and at the same time thicken it. you can continue this process until what you have left is a syrup if it contains sugar, or a sauce if it does not., this is 1 of the most important tools in the kitchen , believe it or not, because a great sauce can rescue an indifferent meal., literally any liquid can be reduced ., a few uses, wine is frequently used in cooking , both as a marinade and as an addition to sauces for meat., there are some problems with it though, 1 of which is that you need a really good wine and quite a lot of it to produce a reasonable sauce for, say, six people., on the other hand , if you use pure grape juice and reduce it to a syrup, that syrup, added to any sauce (or gravy if you prefer) will lift it into the realms of gourmet ., more , you don tsp have to make your reduction on the night you prepare your meal. you can reduce a liter of grape juice at any time to the consistency and flavor you want; then just store it in the fridge., you can do the same thing with any fruit juice - prune is sensational - and store it until needed. just about all of them will do things for ice cream, pies or tarts that will have your guests demanding the recipe, pork with apple sauce use a carton of fresh apple juice from the supermarket and reduce it. and if you want a real sensation add in a glass of apple brandy during the reduction process., are you getting an idea of how simple this is, take any carton of fresh stock straight of the shelf and reduce it. you will transform it into something even the manufacturer won tsp recognize. but beware, you need to start out with good quality in the first place, because when you reduce a liquid you intensify all the flavors, and not just the good ones., if it s salty to start with, for example, it will be salty beyond belief by the time you ve reduced it even by half. so if you are going to use a supermarket stock, make sure it s an extremely good 1., believe me when i tell you that stock cubes should not be used for reduction sauces., thickeners, because you will be tasting as you go (won tsp you ), you may find that you get the flavor you want before the desired consistency is reached., a couple of hints right now for your sauces., sweet ones can be thickened successfully without loss of color by adding in liquid glucose early on in the reduction process. surprisingly, this will add little in the way of sweetness and produces a beautiful velvety sauce when whisked., if you get it wrong and add too much, no problem. stir in a little extra water to thin it., reduction pans, reductions need to happen rapidly in serving to preserve flavors. and the greater the surface area of the liquid the faster the water will evaporate., however you may want to whisk something into the sauce while its cooking - such as butter or olive oil for example - and for that i find a small wok is best; 1 with a handle., a wok is less likely to reduce so fast that the sauce is burnt while your back is turned. but try both methods and see which you prefer. you may even end up using something totally different., no magic to this. whatever works for you, that s what you should use, in this and everything else to do with cooking., just bear in mind that what you re after is speed and ease of use. as well as a great tasting result, of course. :>), keeping, if they should dry out , simply add a little water and heat through., sauces containing meat juices of any kind must be frozen if you re going to keep them, and should be brought to boiling point before being used again. there is no need to thaw them out to do this, in fact it s better not to. simply drop the frozen cubes into a saucepan, melt them over a gentle heat, and then bring swiftly to the boil., why do you do this to avoid food poisoning, that s why. you are making sure that any bugs introduced into the sauce during the preparation process are killed off., worry , this will not be because of anything you have done wrong (i hope!), but because bacteria are part of our everyday lives and they exist in every kitchen, however clean., in fact your food , and especially your meat, is crawling with wildlife that you will never see. don tsp worry about them. careful handling and simple precautions will ensure that these miniature monsters can never multiply enough to harm either you or your guests.

ground beef or chuck, onion diced, mild chili beans (with juice), black beans (with juice), dark red kidney beans (with juice), light red kidney beans (with juice), white kidney beans (with juice), tomato sauce, paprika-to your taste, cumin-to your taste, chili powder-to your taste, salt -to your taste, pepper-to your taste, garlic salt-to your taste, hot sauce-again to your liking

your choice of chili , we like van camp s, fritos corn chips, sour cream, chopped tomatoes (optional)

your favorite chili (with or without beans), mexican blend cheeses, nacho cheese soup, velvetta mexican blend cheese, angel hair pasta, butter, approximately, garnishes: gaucamole , fried tortilla strips, sour cream, or queso (melted mexican cheese seasoned)

more (large can) of vegetable juice - i got this at walmart for $1.79 yesterday 6/25/2008, ea small onion chopped in a food processor, worcestershire sauce, black pepper, whatever else you want in it or nothing else

your favorite spaghetti sauce, itallian sausage or hamburger fried and drained, spaghetti noodles (aproximately 4-6 servings) cooked, drained and rinsed, creamed style corn, tillamook cheese grated, bbq sauce, sliced black olives, garlic minced, whole small to medium onion optional, minced & sauted, stalk celery optional, sliced & sauted, anise seed crushed

bourbon, beer, seasoning salt, lemon juice, roasting chicken

boneless skinless chicken breast halves, flour, salt, butter, dry white wine or 1/2 cup chicken broth, sliced green onion, snipped fresh oregano (you pick your favorites) or 1/2 cup fresh thyme (you pick your favorites) or 1/2 cup fresh lemon thyme (you pick your favorites) or 1/2 cup fresh mint (you pick your favorites), black pepper, salt

mixed baby lettuces and spring greens, raspberries (mix & match to your taste or substitue others) or 1/2 pint blackberries (mix & match to your taste or substitue others) or 1/2 pint strawberries (mix & match to your taste or substitue others) or 1/2 pint blueberries (mix & match to your taste or substitue others), carrot, shaved, sliced mushrooms, fresh broccoli, chopped, sweet onion, sliced thin, celery ribs, diced, tomatoes, shredded cheddar cheese or 1/2 cup mexican blend cheese, grated parmesan cheese

chicken broth, sliced celery, diced carrot, cooked egg noodles (your choice ) or 1 cup bow tie pasta (your choice) or 1 cup macaroni (your choice) or 1 cup spiral shaped pasta (your choice), fresh tuna, flaked or 1 (3 oz) can tuna in water, drained and flaked, chopped parsley, dried basil, crushed, pepper