You know you’ll be making a pig of yourself this holiday season — we all will! To ease the guilt, cut calories when you can — by serving the occasional salad for lunch or dinner. This also makes a good starter for holiday parties, or a quick meal when you’re pooped out from too many [...]
Mint Brownies
Make a batch for a friend, sell at a bake sale, or serve at the next family get-together. In fact, make two. These mint brownies will disappear faster than you can say, “Merry Christmas!” Ingredients 6 squares unsweetened chocolate 2 3/4 cups sugar 1 cup dark corn syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup butter or [...]
Gingerbread House
Here’s a fun (and yummy!) activity you can do with your kids — a gingerbread house! You can even make your creation the centerpiece of your family holiday celebrations. Try not to eat all the candy, though — it’s for the house, remember? Get decorating ideas and the original recipe. Ingredients 3/4 cup butter 7/8 [...]
Autumn Harvest Stew
Written by ⁄⁄ November 27, 2007 ⁄⁄ Beef- It's What's For Dinner, Soup Recipe, Take It Slow- Crock Pot Recipes ⁄⁄
Here’s a healthy, hearty and comforting stew to serve on cold winter nights. It makes good use of the ingredients that are in season, but can also be modified to include your favorite vegetables. Ingredients 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 1/2 pounds stewing beef 1/2 cup chopped onion 1/2 cup sliced celery 3 cups beef [...]
E. Coli scare triggers beef recall
American Foods Group recalled 96,000 pounds of ground beef products two suspected cases of E. Coli. Proucts (including coarse and fine ground beef chuck, sirloin and chop beef) were sent to Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Virginia. E. Coli, normally found in cattle intestines, can infect meat if the cow is improperly butchered [...]
Easy, Creamy Mashed Potatoes
These mashed potatoes are good enough for company, and easy enough for an every day meal. Ingredients 2 1/2 pounds Russet, or baking potatoes, cut into 1-inch chunks (equivalent to 8 cups) 1/4 cup milk or half-and-half, or more to taste 1/4 cup butter 3/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black [...]
Secret to Perfect Gravy
Gravy — deceptively simple, but so easy to mess up. It can get too lumpy, too watery, too bland, too salty. Even when you follow a recipe to the letter, you look at the muddy mixture coagulating in your pan, and wonder, “What the heck happened?” Here are some things that can help. It’s too [...]
Cheesy easy Chicken Breasts
Written by ⁄⁄ November 21, 2007 ⁄⁄ Cozy Comfort Food Recipes, Fast Meal Ideas, Quick Meal Ideas, Recipe ⁄⁄
Some kids can be really picky eaters, eating nothing but fried chicken or hotdogs. Try serving this. Delicious, easy, and (with a little food styling) can be elevated to a special meal in case your mother in law suddenly drops by for dinner. Ingredients 1/2 cup dijon mustard 1/4 cup apple juice 2 cloves garlic, [...]
$1,000 for a bagel?
Feast your eyes on the most expensive bagel in the world, prepared by having Executive Chef Frank Tujague. It’s made of white truffle cream cheese, and jelly infused with goji berry with golden leaves. White truffle is the second most expensive ingredient by weight — caviar is the first — grown only under some trees [...]
Turkey Burgers
There’s more than one way to cook a turkey. Try these delicious turkey burgers — lower in fat than your other “birds” and still full of flavor. Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey breast 1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 1/2 tablespoons soy [...]
