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It's Fall but these loose-"leaf" recipes are outta control

I use binders as well..with dividers for different categories. Expanding on Meg's idea...there are binders with a clear sleeve on the front where you could slip a picture in the front to decorate it...they are available at office supply stores. You could also decorate it yourself ala scrapbook style. I don't know of any cool ready made binders like that..but I'm sure a web search would turn something up!
I'm like you though...I have a good size stack of recipes to go through, organize & purge as necessary!

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Green Beans

I love to saute them w/onions & garlic in alittle bacon grease.

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The Double Double, a national canuck treasure rejected?

@piccola...I don't think Americans don't like the Hip....most just don't know about them...sad...I know....

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It's Fall but these loose-"leaf" recipes are outta control

I use binders as well..with dividers for different categories. Expanding on Meg's idea...there are binders with a clear sleeve on the front where you could slip a picture in the front to decorate it...they are available at office supply stores. You could also decorate it yourself ala scrapbook style. I don't know of any cool ready made binders like that..but I'm sure a web search would turn something up!
I'm like you though...I have a good size stack of recipes to go through, organize & purge as necessary!

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Green Beans

I love to saute them w/onions & garlic in alittle bacon grease.

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The Double Double, a national canuck treasure rejected?

@piccola...I don't think Americans don't like the Hip....most just don't know about them...sad...I know....

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Money Saving Tips On Food

Another option is Angel Food Ministry....they operate out of churches around the country...you get a set amount of groceries for $30.00. You can add on other options for more $$...they figure the basic box feeds a family of four for a week. Here is the link:
http://www.angelfoodministries.com/about/

The menu for this week is
1.5 lb. New York Strip Steaks (4 x 6 oz.)
1.5 lb. Boneless Pork Roast
1.5 lb. Lean Ground Beef
1 lb. Chicken Breast Fajita
2 lb. Chicken Stir-Fry Skillet Meal
(All-White Chicken, Lo Mein Noodles, Vegetables & Gourmet Teriyaki Sauce)
12 oz. Deli Sliced Ham
5 oz. Chunk Light Tuna in Water
25 oz. Pasta Sauce
1 lb. Pasta
1 lb. Frozen Sliced Carrots
12 ct. White Corn Tortillas
4 ct. Fresh Large Baking Potatoes
1 Fresh Fajita Veggie Kit
(Tray Pack - 1 each — Red Bell Pepper, Green Bell Pepper, Jumbo Yellow Onion)
1 ct. Fresh Cello-Wrapped Celery
32 oz. 2% Shelf Stable Milk
Dozen Eggs
I haven't tried it, but people I work with have, and they were pleased.

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The Double Double, a national canuck treasure rejected?

I'm just across the border near Buffalo...and not only do we love TH in the Tim Hortons sense...but we also love TH in the Tragically Hip sense! I think because of our close proximity, we were indocrinated very quickly..there are Timmy Ho's every mile or so down here, and in the morning the lines are out the driveway. I used to love my iced 'crackaccino', as my sister & I call the ice cappucino...but I have to watch my sugar, so it's out of my diet for now. I do think beyond the northeren border though, all things Canadian get lost...the Hip isn't that big beyond this area either....which is fine w/me...makes it easier to get tickets for shows in other cities!

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Cook the Book: 'Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries & Shakes'

I love stuffed burgers w/the cheese on the inside, and carmelized onions & bacon on top

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Martha at New York Botanical Garden...

Wish I was in NYC...sounds like a great series!

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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner: What's your favorite chx. dinner?

My favorite....grilled chicken w/a vinegar based sauce...like those fireman's bbqs....tomato salad side w/salt spuds. Corn on the cob if it's in season...screams summer.

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California Eatin': Dutch Crunch in the Bay Area

I have seen bread like that in the NE, it's called alligator bread here.

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Nutrition Info for recipes

Thanks for the tips...I'm specifically looking for a site where I can put in my recipe and it will give me the nutrition data for it. I'll check out nutritiondata.com.

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Cook the Book: 'L.A.'s Original Farmers Market Cookbook'

White Cow Dairy - artisinal yogurt....very creamy & yummy!

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Squash Substitute for Dinner TONIGHT - Zucchini Good?

how funny....just bought some summer squash yesterday to make the same recipe this weekend.
on a side note...does anyone know of a good website where I could enter the recipe & get nutrition info?

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Strange food phobias?

I'm w/producestories on the processed food.....I'm currently trying to eliminate as much of it as possible from my diet. I fear what some of the chemicals and preservatives in it are doing to my body. Other than that...I'll eat pretty much anything! lol

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Serious efforts - Homemade Mayo

Thanks everyone! I can't wait to try the recipes.
@huneybumper...just finished my diabetic education classes....my meal plan is 1400 cal, w/45 grams of carbs at each meal...I thought it would be hard, but I started this morning w/breakfast & did pretty good w/my cheerios, milk & a banana. I think my biggest problem right now is going to be portion sizes & healthy snacks. Thank you so much for the words of encouragement! :-)

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Throwing a BBQ on the cheap

I vote for chicken too...right now our local store has leg quarters for .49/lb....you can't go wrong for that price. It's so versatile too....you can build a whole theme menu around it. I love to make a Cornell marinade....
1 egg beaten
1 c. vegetable oil
2 c. cider vinegar
3 T. salt
1 T. poultry seasoning
1 t. ground pepper
Mix all ingredients & marinate w/half the sauce for 30 min to 24 hrs. Use the remainder of the sauce to baste the chicken while it's cooking.

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Serious efforts - Homemade Mayo

@brooke...hello friend! Thanks so much....both your recipe & @squeezebottles look pretty simple! I've been wanting to try this for awhile...now I have the incentive. I'm glad it makes a bit too...I was worried about having to continually make it if I'm making a mayo based salad or something.
Thanks you two!

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What brand of salt for salt pig?

I use sea salt in my pig...just plain old fine grind sea salt...I think I got it at a bargain store actually. I keep a small wooden spoon in mine to make it easier to get out of the pig.

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Fries: Coated or Naked as the Day They Were Cut?

Anyone dip their fries in blue cheese dressing? It is so good!
I like mine plain....no breading....w/blue cheese, or mayo, or ketchup...or loaded w/cheese, green onions & bacon....sadly they are not part of my diet at the moment. :-(

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Seriously Italian: Frittelle di Spinaci

We always ate these growing up...they were a big part of our St. Joseph table...we called them froccia, and were often made w/dandelion greens. That looks like a great lunch dish this weekend!

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Serious Cheese: What Happens When a Curd Nerd Becomes Lactose Intolerant?

Have your gall bladder checked...years ago I thought I was lactose intolerant after I ate ice cream & had a bad stomach attack. It happened every time I ate ice cream. It took an attack when I hadn't ate dairy to get me to the dr...where I found out that the fat in the ice cream triggered a gall bladder attack. Just a thought....

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Serious Efforts: Jelly Roll Issues

I'd put a sheet of wax paper under the cake, that might help it come off cleaner. I've only made jelly roll cakes a couple of times, but I do remember making sure I used a cotton towel that was 'flat'.

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A product that made me scratch my head. Would you use it?

@savecara.....I saw those pb&j frozen sandwiches.
huh....who would buy those?

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weird reasons for not trying certain foods?

Growing uo on a farm in KS my brother and I wouldn't eat chicken because we knew them personally.

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weird reasons for not trying certain foods?

p.s.- oops I lied...when I was little I wouldn't eat the legs in calamari and other squid/octopus dishes because I thought the suckers would stick to my tongue...

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weird reasons for not trying certain foods?

I know a guy who is so put off by milk that he won't eat any dairy products or anything that looks remotely dairy...his reason "it's white"

it seems in my area fish in general is just a big "ew" but I can't get anyone to give me an actual reason why they won't eat it

my father...most confusing of all...refuses to try sushi because it's raw fish yet he swears up and down it can't possibly be raw because "americans have poor immune systems and would just get sick" he fails to acknowledge his own contradiction

as for myself...maybe it's because both of my parents are immigrants or maybe it's because my dad is a chef but I can't remember ever flat out refusing to try any food...well other than anything involving bugs...I was always the kid to try anything from cat/dog treats to leaves to the glazes in art class (which pretty much all taste the same btw)

among friends I have a bit of a reputation as "a foodie" solely because I actually know what's in/goes into foods and how they're prepared...I find it alarming that other people don't know and/or don't care to know

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It's Fall but these loose-"leaf" recipes are outta control

@mepolo: "there are binders with a clear sleeve on the front where you could slip a picture in the front to decorate it..." Yep, exactly. The binder has a clear sleeve on each side that you can slide stuff into, plus it's wipe-able. Any office supply store has them. In fact, this little thread made me go thru my binder again this weekend & tidy it up, so thanks! :)

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It's Fall but these loose-"leaf" recipes are outta control

I use a binder for the ones I want to be sure to keep and that I won't know where to find again. But I use it less and less. It's so easy to search for a recipe online, and I usually have a good idea of whether it sounds like it will work.

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It's Fall but these loose-"leaf" recipes are outta control

I bookmark anything interesting I see online. I used to write all mine down on recipe cards and kept them in one of those little tin recipe boxes, but then I recently started a blog so that they're stored somewhere and so that I can share what I'm making with friends.

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It's Fall but these loose-"leaf" recipes are outta control

A few months ago I started using MacGourmet Deluxe. Plenty of bells and whistles there for a modest price. I've copied in recipes from all sorts of web sites & blogs, even SErs.

The shopping list feature can be adapted to use as a freezer or pantry inventory. This was one of my "must haves", along with a meal planner function.

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What Do You Put on Your Biscuit?

I realize this is an old topic but I had to comment. Before I fell victim to a most unpleasant allergy to tomatoes I always enjoyed tomato gravy and biscuits. Now its butter and maple syrup. I also have to agree with many of ya'll....a good plain biscuit is its own type of heaven.

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SE'er Food Blogs

www.economybites.tv its a blog and a cooking show! You'll LOVE it!

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SE'er Food Blogs

Why not - my blog is Tamarind and Thyme: http://tamarindandthyme.wordpress.com and I'm based in London.

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SE'er Food Blogs

It is great to see and meet some new cooking faces.

My wife and my blog is Cocina Savant at http://cocinasavant.blogspot.com/.

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SE'er Food Blogs

What a fun thread! Mine's still in its infancy, and most of it links right back to stuff I like on SE, but here it is: http://neverturndownacupcake.blogspot.com

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SE'er Food Blogs

I've been writing Croque-Camille: Food adventures in Paris for a little over a year and a half, and I just started a mini-blog called Seasonal Market Menus, which is all about cooking from my CSA share.

http://croquecamille.wordpress.com
http://seasonalmarketmenus.wordpress.com

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SE'er Food Blogs

I write about the DC-Metro area's restaurants and also my almost-daily bentos and recipes @ discojing.com

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SE'er Food Blogs

there are a lot of great blogs here - i subscribe to a few already. i am not surprised they are SE readers.

i started both of my blogs last april. they are about pickling & jamming and also local, seasonal, and organic eating.

http://www.tigressinapickle.blogspot.com
http://www.tigressinajam.blogspot.com

have a look!

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SE'er Food Blogs

Here I chronicle the rolicking ride that is my relationship with food! (And family, with some book reviews thrown in)

http://thesugarfiend.blogspot.com/

Look, all of us want more blog traffic, and there is no way we can read all of our collective blogs, but we should really make an effort to check out at least other 5 SE's blogs if we post our own in this thread --after all, not fair to 'shill' if you don't help others out!

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SE'er Food Blogs

Updated daily, emphasis on eating in Southeast Asia, but also extending into enjoying the finer things in life. Accidental Epicurean - http://accidentalepicurean.com

Paul

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SE'er Food Blogs

I post my neurotic food adventures at www.postmodernfeeding.blogspot.com

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SE'er Food Blogs

My blog is unvegan.com and I write about eating without vegetables. It's pretty funny, so check it out!

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SE'er Food Blogs

Hi, my blog is at http://soupbelly.com and I blog whatever I feel like cooking that day. I have a background in photography so my site focuses on that as well. Please check it out!

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SE'er Food Blogs

My food blog is at http://www.simplecomfortfood.com and I tend to focus on easy, family style comfort food with somewhat of an ethnic focus.

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SE'er Food Blogs

So wonderful to have so many fellow writers! I actually have two blogs to share. One is my personal blog: www.thedilettantista.wordpress.com which covers, well, EVERYTHING, cooking, restaurants, movies, etc. I started it this summer when I was living in New York City for an internship, so it is especially heavy on NYC eating.

I am also a contributing writer to Carpe Durham, a food blog that focuses on eating in Durham, North Carolina. The blog was started a few years ago by Duke law students, and I am a newer writer. The blog is a great source if you live in the Triangle area!

http://carpedurham.com/

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I found it where?

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Vive San Guiseppe!

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The Popper Dip - did you alter the recipe too?

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We're having a pie baking contest!

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Top Chef or Hell's Kitchen.....

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Help for my bbq brisket!

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What is your cooking level?

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Need help w/sodium in recipe

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What kind of kick are you on?

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Seasonally transitional cooking

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Melting Pot

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I finally got it....the Cook's Illustrated Recipe to test!

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Large scale meat purchases

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Cooking by sense of smell....

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About mepolo

Website: http://wellroundlife.blogspot.com/

Location: Angola, NY (near Buffalo)

About: Cubicle dweller who is obsessed with food.....married to a man who could care less about food, but loves & tolerates me anyway. Luckily I trained my daughter right! ;-)

Favorite foods: See my last bite on earth.... :-)

Last bite on earth: Delmonico steak - grilled rare with just a touch of salt & pepper. Garlic roasted russet potatoes - nice & crispy on the outside, soft & creamy on the inside! The best vanilla ice cream in the world to finish.