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What do I do with mustard greens!?
We love mustard greens, chop it up & if possible add some spinach & some baby squash , cut up in to cubes. Take some olive oil, in a pan & turn the heat on medium high. add 1 tea spoon mustard seeds ,two cloves of garlic & hot green pepper, saute them. Add mustard green, spinach, & squash, add salt to taste. Cover the pan with a lid, don't overcook.
Mira
Girl Scouts Think You’re Chubs
Our neighbors with the whole family ( except the Dad) dropped in . We ordeded 4 boxes of lemon cookies, we love those cookies & they were happy .
mira
Dinner Tonight: Curried Sautéed Cauliflower
I love cauliflower curry with a taste of plenty of ginger& cilantro in it, with freshly made Rori.
Mira
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Ten Turkey Tips You'll Be Thankful For
Love all your tips for Thanksgiving, the turkey looks great. I am going to decorate somewhat like the picture,& use the helpful tips too. lt looks beautiful. .
Mira
What do I do with mustard greens!?
We love mustard greens, chop it up & if possible add some spinach & some baby squash , cut up in to cubes. Take some olive oil, in a pan & turn the heat on medium high. add 1 tea spoon mustard seeds ,two cloves of garlic & hot green pepper, saute them. Add mustard green, spinach, & squash, add salt to taste. Cover the pan with a lid, don't overcook.
Mira
Girl Scouts Think You’re Chubs
Our neighbors with the whole family ( except the Dad) dropped in . We ordeded 4 boxes of lemon cookies, we love those cookies & they were happy .
mira
Dinner Tonight: Curried Sautéed Cauliflower
I love cauliflower curry with a taste of plenty of ginger& cilantro in it, with freshly made Rori.
Mira
Hottest New Accessory: Raw Meat
Sorry, dont find it to be interesting. It is disturbing.
The Way of the Lentil
My favorite recipe for making lentil soup is easy. Take one cup of lentil & soak it in water for 2 to 3 hours. In a slow cooker take 4 cups water, one 8 oz can of tomato sauce, one 8 oz. packet of frozen chopped spinach ,add one small chopped onion, two cloves garlic & one small ginger root . Cook for 3-4 hours till it is completely cooked. Add salt & pepper to taste.
Mira
As a kid, what were your first kitchen chores?
I did'nt have many chores as a kid, but I made tea some times.Served tea to special relatives visiting us.
Mira
What are your favorite omelet mix-ins?
Spinach, red onion,baby peas, hot green pepper & cilantro , with salt & pepper , I like in my omlette.
Mira
What do you do with a head of cabbage?
I cooked Cabbage Curry with red potatoes last night.
For an Indian style Cabbabe curry, chop up the cabbage fine,. Saute some onion & chopped up ginger. Add two fresh red tomatoes , wait till the juice gets thick, add a teaspoon of tulmeric powder, & two table spoon of cumin & corriander power mix, add four small red potato sliced, two tea spoon of fresh cilantro, salt to taste. Cover the pan, let it cook in slow heat. Serve it with rice on Naan.
Mira
The Best Roast Chicken Recipe? Who Wants to Try It With Me?
Excellent , does not seem like a lot of work. I love the idea of tucking in the herbs inside the small pockets of skin.
mira
Photo of the Day: Homer Cake
I am sure Mr Simpson is saying " if my mother could see me now."
Mira
Question of the Day: Favorite melons?
Love seedless watermelon chilled.
Which oil do you like to use?
mixture of one to three ratio of extra virgin olive oil & conola oil.
For Father's Day: Stone Fruit
It is the truth , right now we are enjoyng the cheries in California fo past 3 weeks , they are delicious.
I Like My Asparagus Roasted, How About You?
I like my asparagus fried in a mixture pf olive oil & ghee(clarified butter) . I cut them up to 5 " pieces, get rid of the fat ends, add a table spoon of rice flower & a dash of salt & black pepper Shake it in a plastic bag , so it gets evenly coated. Take 2 to three table spoon of olive oil& one table spoon of ghee in a non stick pan , as the oil gets hot drop the asparagus 6 to 8 at a time, turn them till brown & crisp. They make good snack.
Question of the Day: You have 6 lemons. What to make? GO!
I would make sweet & sour lemon pickles. Cut up the lemons & add salt & red chilli put in a glass jar, wait for 3 days. Add brown sugar & add olive oil,cumin seeds,garlic (rosted,) Let it dry inthe sun in summer, for a week.
Question of the Day: You have 6 lemons. What to make? GO!
I would make sweet & sour lemon pickles. Cut up the lemons & add salt & red chilli put in a glass jar, wait for 3 days. Add brown sugar & add olive oil,cumin seeds,garlic (rosted,) Let it dry inthe sun in summer, for a week.
Question of the Day: You have 6 lemons. What to make? GO!
I would make sweet & sour lemon pickles. Cut up the lemons & add salt & red chilli put in a glass jar, wait for 3 days. Add brown sugar & add olive oil,cumin seeds,garlic (rosted,) Let it dry inthe sun in summer, for a week.
Swiss Chard?
Swiss chards is one of my favorite side dishes, I wash it thoroughly, & chop it. In a big non stick pan take two table spoon of olive oil, as the oil gets hot, put one table spoon of black mustard seeds, wait for them to crack. Add two cloves of chopped garlic & add the chards. Add salt & red pepper flakes to taste, cover the lid. Wait for 5 to 7 minutes. It should be ready.
What NON-food items do you keep in your fridge and/or freezer?
Two big freezing gel packs, one eye drop, few expensive nail polish I keep in the freezer.
What would you never eat?
I will never eat insects, brain,parts of stomach & gross things loke that.
Ten Turkey Tips You'll Be Thankful For
This gets me so excited for Thanksgiving!
Ten Turkey Tips You'll Be Thankful For
Last year I made a Turkey Osso Buco stlye. Number one my turkey was 40+ lbs cleaned. It was 55 lbs before it was cleaned. I don't have an oven that could possibly handle that, so I carved him and made good stock while braising vegetables, added marzano tomato giblets, neck and dark meat only in parts to 2 large roasting pans and cooked for quite a few hours.
when it was pull off the bone tender I made gravey with the sauce in the pan and reduced it to thicken and used an electric wisk to mash in the vegetables.
the breast were done on the grill.
it was awsome.
Ten Turkey Tips You'll Be Thankful For
I love Lidia and altons recipies, it's hard to pick a fave
Ten Turkey Tips You'll Be Thankful For
I saw no mention of Grilled Turkey. We did this last Thanksgiving and it was so good. We just indirect heat grilled our turkey, breast side down. It was the moistest turkey I have ever had.
Dinner Tonight: Curried Sautéed Cauliflower
This curried cauliflower was fantastic! I used slightly more than tbsp of store-bought Jamaican Hot Curry powder, and it was just the right amount of spice. I placed the lid on it to help it steam, as mentioned above, but not before getting a nice little char on the veggies. Plus, I made it last night just to have it for lunch, so the "leftovers" were kick-a**. Thanks for the recipe!
Dinner Tonight: Curried Sautéed Cauliflower
This was delicious. Seemed like it would be too dry to cook with such a small amount of oil, but it ended up browning perfectly and the onions almost carmelized. I put a lid on at the end to steam it just a bit, so the cauliflower would be cooked a little more. Can't wait for the leftovers!
Ten Turkey Tips You'll Be Thankful For
Good simple tips. With all of the hustle and bustle of this food season, we either need a quick pointer or have become so obsessed with the perfect meal that we would spend countless hours on research. I always prefer the former. Thanks for the info,
--mike
The Best Roast Chicken Recipe? Who Wants to Try It With Me?
This is not the best roast chicken recipe. For years now I have made Nigella Lawson's Roast Chicken; over time I have added my own variations to it (herbs, etc.) but the basic principles remain - lemon, butter, olive oil and salt & pepper; the lemon tenderizes and keeps the chicken moist during cooking without overpowering the chicken. The recipe can be found in "How to Eat: Pleasures and Principles of Good Food" (1999)
Dinner Tonight: Curried Sautéed Cauliflower
How strange, I just posted a roasted coconut curry cauliflower recipe today and then was reading my email feed of Serious Eats and saw curried cauliflower and roasted cauliflower! I have to try the Martha recipe with capers now.
Girl Scouts Think You’re Chubs
The peanut butter sandwich cookies (Do si do's) taste terrible now. I'm almost afraid to open the box of Caramel Delites ~ too much disappointment for one day.
Girl Scouts Think You’re Chubs
Girl Scout Troops receive more than .25. The norm is .50 per box goes to the troop and they have opportunities for making more. Then another $2.00 or more goes to the Council and this money goes into creating great opportunities for the girls. There are camps and program and more depending on the area. Be assured when you purchase Girl Scout Cookies 80% goes toward Girl Scout activities. Of course a donation is always appreciated. My daughter has sold cookies for 8 years and she has learned so much from the activity. Of course SHE sold the cookies, Girls do not learn too much if parents sell and deliver them. Remember they are great from the freezer in the middle of Summer.
Girl Scouts Think You’re Chubs
What is the world coming to when Girl Scout cookies are no longer the evil delicacy they have always been? If I want a low-calorie snack I'll eat raw veggies, thank you very much!
Girl Scouts Think You’re Chubs
Did you know that the $3.50 box of cookies you buy to help support the Girl Scouts only gives 25 cents to the Girl Scouts? (As of 3/1/2004)Hopefully, you are ordering the cookies for your own craving (as I do) and not for the notion that you are helping the local chapter. I personally order 1 box of trefoils and 1 box of thin mints then give the girls a $5 donation. They deserve to receive more of the profit for all the selling they do.
Girl Scouts Think You’re Chubs
I just put up a post on Silicon Valley Moms Blog about my daughter's troop and the compteti-mommies with cookie sales. Ugggh...
http://www.svmoms.com/2008/01/the-lamest-brow.html
Jill
Girl Scouts Think You’re Chubs
Samoas are worth their weight in gold to me. I'll buy one box, and eat two cookies a day (with a cup of tea) until they're gone. This seems to work for me. But god help the individual who thinks they can "share" my samoas.
Girl Scouts Think You’re Chubs
I have read that the cinna-crisps are not available in all areas. I'll be curious to see how well they sell.
Dinner Tonight: Curried Sautéed Cauliflower
I actually took the dish to a pot luck. We had other vegetarian delights, including a great squash lasagna. But I made sure to snag the leftovers of the cauliflower. And they did taste better the next day.
Dinner Tonight: Curried Sautéed Cauliflower
Franny's (a phenomenal pizza restaurant on Flatbush Ave near Park Slope) has a curry cauliflower appetizer that is probably similar to yours. The cauliflower turns brown and nearly cripsy... definitely more than a tad of oil there.
Hottest New Accessory: Raw Meat
this is really disgusting.
Hottest New Accessory: Raw Meat
First, I think these pieces are interesting. Not necessarily something I would own, but definately something I can appreciate and might go to see more of.
Now, put fur on all of these pieces, or change them from raw meat to leather, and the comments would probably be more like : "Wow! Where can I get that necklace!"
Guaranteed.
Hottest New Accessory: Raw Meat
Hi.
I like your designs.
I need a tiara and I like baby lamb chops. Do I need to special order?
Thanks.
Also if you could tell me how much a crown would cost made from crown roast of pork. My boyfriend might need one.
Hottest New Accessory: Raw Meat
I still have not seen a reason posted on why this is "offensive".
Hottest New Accessory: Raw Meat
Offensive..this site is about good food, good memories and camaraderie..skip the controversial.
Hottest New Accessory: Raw Meat
Why is this offensive? We buy meat, we eat it, and we are somehow totally horrified when we are reinded that it comes from animals. That died.
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Love all your tips for Thanksgiving, the turkey looks great. I am going to decorate somewhat like the picture,& use the helpful tips too. lt looks beautiful. .
Mira