8 yrs old. I was in charge of the mashed potatoes for the Sunday dinner. Company coming -- had to make it good. My first ever anything in the kitchen. I used 1 CUP of salt rather than 1 tsp. HORRID. 30 years ago and my family STILL won't let me bring potatoes to dinner.
My Strawberry tofu pie has been a big hit. Can't taste the tofu, texture is like custard. Light, sugarless, very nice. The other requests? Veal couscous with artichokes and tomato and my sunshine muffins. My version of a sweet cornbread flavored to mate the meal.
GOULASH!!! Always better the 2nd day.
Pizza Dough
2 cup organic kamut flour
or organic unbleached white flour
1 Tablespoon dry yeast
or 1 package dry yeast
2/3 cup warm water, 85°
1 1/4 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
We had a Dip and shake party a while back and the shake part of it was all custom. I had fruits and candy bars and PBJ and desserts of all kinds out. Ppl got to custom make what they wanted. We had a PBJ shake made w milk. We had one girl do a white chocolate rasberry shake w mango top. We had an Elvis shake w PB and banana mixed w ice cream. But by far the best of the night was the apple pie shake. He took a piece of my homemade apple pie, threw it in the blender with a huge chunk of cinnamon ice cream. MY GOSH, it was so good!!
Vegetarian No-Chicken Broth
Blend:
1/4 c Salt
1/2 c Nutritional yeats flakes
1/4 - 1/2 t Turmeric
1/2 - 1 t Garlic Powder
1 T. onion powder
1/2 t. margoram
1/2 t sage
1 T parsley
Blend thoroughly into powder like consistency.
Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator.
@ cowprint this is the same as my recipe that we got in one of those recipe pamphlets that comes with holiday additions of booze. http://baking.about.com/od/bundtcakes/r/bacardirum.htm
I've been thinking about my signature dish...
My repertoire changes a lot and I don't often cook for people, but here are some things that I make well and could be signature:
-A few years back there was a "Winter fruit salad" recipe on allrecipes.com that I modified and made better. I took it to a potluck and was asked for the recipe by many people. I've made it a few times since. It could qualify as "signature".
-I make a great turkey. I never remember how I did it the previous time but it's always amazing.
-I've made some awesome brownies that used the recipe off a tin of cocoa powder as the base recipe with lots of modifications. It uses hot chocolate powder (and consequently less granulated sugar) and espresso powder.
-The cherry-chocolate chunk cookie recipe that was posted either to Serious Eats or at Slashfood (I think the latter) in February or March. I added some white chocolate and cranberries. The girls in the office loved 'em.
...I generally modify existing recipes to make them my own but sometimes I start from scratch.
@Butrflygirly - You're very welcome! Now I can say that it's another one of my signature dishes (hubby was surprised I didn't list it to begin with) and suddenly it becomes on topic:-). But seriously, I'm so very pleased that you and your friend liked it, yay!
@Brooke: Glad you're feeling better! A little off topic, but I wanted to tell you...Made your Shrimp Salad. MMMMM. Yummy. My best friend came over and looked in my fridge-she always does this to see what new something I may have in there. She found the shrimp salad and stuck a spoon in it. And then went back for more. HaHa. So, you may now add 2 more fans of your Shrimp Salad. :) Thank you for that! I may start a Talk Topic on this...A forum to thank others that have provided great recipes.
@Butrflygirly - it was so bad that I was convinced it would last forever, but I'm so much better (and happier:-)) today, thanks!
I'm waiting for the weather to get cooler to make your chili, btw.
@cowprintrabbit - I have to get me one of these:-)
@cowprintrabbit: Mmmm. Crab Nac and Cheese, eh? Love the sound of that. Would you mind sharing the recipe??
@Brooke: Hope you are feeling better today!
Top items asked for:
Chili
Lasagna
Guacamole
Peanut Butter Cup Drop Cookies
Mashed Potatoes
Bacon Wrapped Grilled Shrimp (everyone loves it and no one knows I use Turkey Bacon)
Grilled Scallops
Stuffing (can't make Thanksgiving dinner at Parent's house without this)
I feel like I am missing some things, but this is good. :) This thread is making me hungrier than necessary...
@jennywren - rum cakes from cake mix - do tell! I inherited a fear of cakes from scratch from my mother...
@brooke29 - have you ever seen the magnets/coasters/aprons that say "I like to cook with wine; sometimes I even put it in the food" I had to buy one for my nephew, he was a sous-chef at Marco's Supper Club in Seattle for a while and can cook more sauced than I ever could...
For my in-laws it is cinnamon rolls; I am not allowed there on Christmas without them. My family its rum cakes. Its the classic recipe with cake mix but, thats what they like. For Christmas I have to make 6 of them .
@CanadianFoodieGirl - this is the best typo ever! Although I can be like my little brother and say, it's not a typo, I meant for it to be this way!:-)
Speaking of wine, I really love this recipe, since I usually claim that I need a whole bottle of wine for it and, indeed, by the time it's done, the wine is finished.
And if you'd rather not use any meat at all (although, it is really lovely here), give me a day, I'll think of something you can use instead and preserve the flavours. I thought of ricotta (mixed with a little bit of honey, thyme, etc), but it has to be a decidedly savoury ingredient, since it's that savoury/sweet contrast is what makes this dish work so nicely...boursin? It may actually be interesting, although it'll be an entirely different flavour. I'll think about it...
What keeps me in dinner party invitations are my soup/stews; Black bean, Gumbo, Cream of Potato, Cream of..., Gulas (especially Segedinsky). I'm working on perfecting Hot and Sour and Pho. I want to be buried with a bowl of Czech-style Tripe Soup but for now, I have to go to a restaurant to get it. The smell while cooking is more that some will tolerate ;~(
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