Food Network Curry Chicken Appetizer Recipe

March 16, 2006 | Posted by Allison as Appetizer Recipes at 12:49 pm | (3) Comments »

This is a simple & fast Food Network recipe destined to please them all.  Enjoy.

Ingredients:

• 3 to 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 4 chicken thighs, cooked & meat removed from the bone
• 5 slices white bread
• S & P, to taste

What’s Next:

In a small bowl- mix mayo & curry together.

Chop the chicken meat & combine with mayo mixture.

Get your white bread & cut out small circles using a cup or a cutter.

Divide the chicken mix on top of each individual circles of bread.

Season a bit with S & P.  No you have yourself a quick & easy treat.

Eat well & Laugh often.

The Who & Why of the Food Network

March 16, 2006 | Posted by Allison as The Facts / History at 12:26 pm | (8) Comments »

The Food Network is a wonderful slice of the American pie.  This New York-based cable network airs many specials and recurring shows about delicious food, food preparation, at-home entertaining and restaurants.  You know, all the good things in life.

The network is seen in 85 million households in the United States. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Singapore, the Philipines, Monaco, Andorra, France and the French-speaking territories in the Caribbean & Polynesia also look on to see what’s cooking.

The Food Network was founded in 1993.  Joe Langhan, now executive producer with the Wine Network, created the concept in 1991 while working at the Providence Journal.  Now owned by The E. W. Scripps Company, the network has offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit & Knoxville. 

A number of the Food Network programs are hosted by celebrity chefs like Paula Deen, Wolfgang Puck, Rachel Ray, Jamie Oliver (hello, sexy!), Emeril Lagasse and Bobby Flay.  With such a long list of well-known chefs, how could you not keep your eyes peeled to this cable channel?  But let’s move on to the fun part- the Food Network’s Curry Chicken Appetizers.  Yummmmm….

Eat well & Laugh often.

Kiefer Sutherland Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

March 15, 2006 | Posted by Allison as Cozy Comfort Food Recipes at 11:00 am | (1) Comment »

As you’ve been waiting on sharp pins & dull needles for the Kiefer Sutherland Shepherd’s Pie Recipe, you may now breathe easy for here it is!  In answer to my question, “What are you going to do with these celebrities?” we now have the answer- eat them or at least name a shepherd’s pie recipe after them.  Enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups cook ground beef (can substitute for anything ground- veal, turkey, chicken)
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
• 2 cups gravy (make a roast the night before and reap more benefits with this recipe)
• S & P
• 2 cups mashed potatoes (don’t let me catch you using instant)
• 1/8 teaspoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon butter

What’s Next:

Go ahead and preheat your oven to 400 F, or 200 C.

In a large bowl- combine meat, gravy & chopped onion.  Season with S & P to taste.

Line the bottom of a baking dish with a layer of half of the mashed potatoes.  Add meat mixture then cover with remaining potatoes. 

Dot mashed potato covering with butter.  Sprinkle with S & P and paprika. 

Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until potato topping is browned and the pie is heated thoroughly.  Take pride in you celebrific dish and relax, the hard part’s over.

Eat well & Laugh often.