Cook the Book: Black Bottom Cupcakes
I'm partial to chocolate, but never say no to any cupcake.
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Slow Cooker Go-To Recipes
This is one of my favorite quick slow-cooker recipes (other than black bean chili). I can't remember where I found the original version, but it has great flavor and you can modify the heat to your taste.
2 lb boneless pork loin, trimmed of fat and cut into 4 pieces
2 large red bell peppers, cut into strips
1/3 c teriyaki sauce
2 T rice vinegar
1 tsp red pepper flakes (I used a dried salsa mix)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 c creamy peanut butter (I used a little more, but I had a bigger roast)
Garnish
1/2 c chopped green onions
1/4 c chopped dry roasted peanuts
lime wedge
Coat slow cooker with cooking spray. Put ingredients pork thru garlic in the cooker. Cover and cook on low until pork is tender; 8-9 hours.
Remove pork from cooker and shred or coarsely chop. (At this point, I use my tongs to fish out the larger bits of stringy pepper skin. I've also experimented with adding the peppers towards the end of cooking so they keep their shape.) Add peanut butter to liquid in cooker and stir to blend. Return pork to sauce and toss to coat.
Serve over hot plain or jasmine rice and garnish. Don't skip the lime, it's a good counterpart to the heat and richness of the sauce.
Enjoy!
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One that comes to mind... that you shouldn't eat the pointy end of a green bean; it should be cut-off and discarded. (I only cut off the stem end.)
What's your favorite type of apple?
PerkyMac: Maybe your mystery apple was a pound sweet (aka pumpkin sweet)?
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What's your favorite type of apple?
@frenchassassin: Haven't tried the Piñata but it's related of my current favorite, the Cameo. Both are part Golden Delicious. Cameo is G/D + Red Delicious. Funny, because I dislike both G/D and R/D apples. I believe Pinata is G/D + Cox's Orange Pippen + Duchess of Oldenberg. That's some diverse parentage.
I'll be on the lookout for Piñata. Sounds like my kind of apple.
Slow Cooker Go-To Recipes
Lately, we've been eating a variation on a Cooking Light recipe for Mexican Steak & Beans. It's simple: add can of rotel, pound of very lean steak cut into small pieces, chopped onion, and spice at will (cumin, garlic, Mexican seasoning salt). After 3.5 hours on high, add one can of (rinsed) pinto beans and jalapeños, and cook for another 30 minutes. Serve with rice.
It's a comforting rif on a Colombian dish. Amazing? Well, no, not with all those canned goods and a cheap cut of meat - but it's amazingly easy and a great end to a busy weekday.
Slow Cooker Go-To Recipes
If I have a ridiculous 70+ hour work week or a busy weekend, I use the crock. Yeah, I know, makes me a non-foodie, non-chow, yada yada yada. Im sure I can do worse, HOWEVER, here are a list of my go-to's. Need recs and specifics, just yell!
chili (no peppers, no onions, meat/beans/tomatoes/beer/jalapenos)
queso dip (gasp...velveeta, hot sausage, rotel, jalepenos, cilantro)
apple butter
pumpkin butter
sauce/meatballs
ITALIAN BEEFS!!! (you so cannot go wrong with this)
roast/veggies
pork roast/veggies
bbq pulled pork
salsa chicken
stock (beef/chicken)
caramelized onions
french onion soup after the above mentioned caramelizing
white bean/sausage/spinach soup
Did I mention ITALIAN BEEFS????
Cook the Book: Black Bottom Cupcakes
Anything with chocolate but tried chocolate chai cupcakes. with chai buttercream frosting and they were awesome
Cook the Book: Black Bottom Cupcakes
I LIKE GOOD 'OL CHOCOLATE WITH CREAM IN THE MIDDLE...DON'T FORGET THE CHOCOLATE FROSTING..THANK GOD THIS CHOCOLATE BINGE ONLY HITS ONCE A MONTH!
Cook the Book: Black Bottom Cupcakes
The Moosewood Collective's Six Minute Chocolate Cake. Oh, it is very good...
Cook the Book: Black Bottom Cupcakes
Man, I gotta choose just ONE? :-(
Strawberry with Vanilla frosting and Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese and Cystallized Ginger frosting.
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