August Contest - Halforums Cooking Contest!
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Philosopher B.
Made me think of the Lost Boys!Oh wow....
OH WOW! Did I drop LSD or something? Wicked!
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Lol, Dave!
My dinner tonight was so tasty I thought I should share especially since it looks so delicious.
In there I have carrots, a sweet onion, zucchini, yellow, red and orange sweet peppers, snow peas, spinach, and bean sprouts cooked with some extra virgin olive oil. Then I put it over a bed of brown rice and voila.
now my family thinks I am strange for bringing a camera to the table and egotistical to boot since I only took a picture of my cooking. Enjoy
In there I have carrots, a sweet onion, zucchini, yellow, red and orange sweet peppers, snow peas, spinach, and bean sprouts cooked with some extra virgin olive oil. Then I put it over a bed of brown rice and voila.
now my family thinks I am strange for bringing a camera to the table and egotistical to boot since I only took a picture of my cooking. Enjoy
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Wasabi Poptart
This is the dinosaur cake I made for my son's birthday party. The white things around the cake are meringue bones.
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Wasabi Poptart
If LS made the cake I think she did, I'm pretty sure it has diet lemon-lime soda in it.
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Wasabi Poptart
I have the recipe bookmarked! I was going to make it for my son's birthday last year, but ended up doing something else. Was it hard to put together?
Appetizer time! 
Start with shrimp
peel some avocado
Add some onion, parsley, and a nice lemony vinaigrette
Wait...cherry tomatoes?
Shrimp-stuffed cherry tomatoes
The eldest kid kept coming in for samples as I was making them. I hadda chase him out of the kitchen
Start with shrimp
peel some avocado
Add some onion, parsley, and a nice lemony vinaigrette
Wait...cherry tomatoes?
Shrimp-stuffed cherry tomatoes
The eldest kid kept coming in for samples as I was making them. I hadda chase him out of the kitchen
Entree: Parmesan and cracked black pepper crusted pork chops with apple sauce
Soup: Squash and leek soup, topped with bacon and lemon-infused crème fraiche
Pork roast and rice with baby bella mushroom gravy
cauliflower with homemade cheddar and shallot sauce.
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Wasabi Poptart
I just haven't had time to make something nice or when I have had the time I've scorched it. Now we're trying to use up all the food in the house since we're moving out next week. That does not make for pretty food. :\
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Chibibar
work has kept me busy 
plus all the stuff over the weekend that I need to do
plus all the stuff over the weekend that I need to do The last few dishes have been good, but no real presentation. This time, I made a simple dish, but with a fancier presentation.
Braised round steak and rice tower with gravy paired with roast zucchini.
Braised round steak and rice tower with gravy paired with roast zucchini.
So we recently went to a meat market and got a 'combo pack' of various meats. They always give you a ton of ground beef with these things, and I get really tired of tacos, Hamburger Helper, and chili.
So, tonight on the "cheap eats" menu:
Albóndigas soup (Mexican meatball soup)
With carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic, a touch of tomato, chili powder, cayenne, and a hint of cumin.
So, tonight on the "cheap eats" menu:
Albóndigas soup (Mexican meatball soup)
With carrots, potatoes, onions, garlic, a touch of tomato, chili powder, cayenne, and a hint of cumin.
Awwwwww yeah baby, if there's one thing I know it's how to treat a lady right weather that's in the bedroom or out. They say that the fastest way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but baby it's 2010 and these things aren't gender exclusive anymore. But baby, I don't want just your heart, I want all you have to offer me.
To start, we have some chicken prepared in a most sexually satisfying way. What way is that, you ask?
Dino nuggets baby. Dino nuggets.
But you know that the sexiness of the dinosaurs isn't enough to satisfy your....hunger baby so that's why I added a recreation of their demise.
A mashed potato meteor that paves way for the future to bloom like our love, baby. But this isn't going to bring about a mass extinction baby but a mass ex-sex-tion. Awwwww yeah.
What's that you hear baby? The thunder? Well that might just be the sound of our love making rolling in like a quiet storm. Or it might be the sound of the Dr. Thunder that'll go with our platter of passionate love making foods.
It might say 10% more free but I'm sure it just means that there's 10% more free love to be made. Statistical impossibility or not, I've got 110% love to give you, baby.
Ain't no need to be nervous, baby. Body is my primary language and let me tell you, the way you rock yours I'll have all sorts of jobs for you. Mmmmmmhmmmmm awwright baby now why don't you go sit your pretty little thang down and we'll get ready for course one of an all you can love buffet.
Stay sexy, baby. Awwwww yeah.
To start, we have some chicken prepared in a most sexually satisfying way. What way is that, you ask?
Dino nuggets baby. Dino nuggets.
But you know that the sexiness of the dinosaurs isn't enough to satisfy your....hunger baby so that's why I added a recreation of their demise.
A mashed potato meteor that paves way for the future to bloom like our love, baby. But this isn't going to bring about a mass extinction baby but a mass ex-sex-tion. Awwwww yeah.
What's that you hear baby? The thunder? Well that might just be the sound of our love making rolling in like a quiet storm. Or it might be the sound of the Dr. Thunder that'll go with our platter of passionate love making foods.
It might say 10% more free but I'm sure it just means that there's 10% more free love to be made. Statistical impossibility or not, I've got 110% love to give you, baby.
Ain't no need to be nervous, baby. Body is my primary language and let me tell you, the way you rock yours I'll have all sorts of jobs for you. Mmmmmmhmmmmm awwright baby now why don't you go sit your pretty little thang down and we'll get ready for course one of an all you can love buffet.
Stay sexy, baby. Awwwww yeah.
Duck breast marinaded in red wine, served with rice and a side of roasted bell pepper, zucchini, sundried tomato and fresh basil fried up in the duck's fat.
Bonus closeup shot:
It may not have been as fancy as Tinwhistler's dessert, but I'll be damned if it wasn't a good meal.
(Possible other entry next week, but for now I'll stick with this)
Bonus closeup shot:
It may not have been as fancy as Tinwhistler's dessert, but I'll be damned if it wasn't a good meal.
(Possible other entry next week, but for now I'll stick with this)
lol, you wouldn't say that if the internet had Taste O Vision
Heh, Calli thinks that I was implying my food is terrible here. I was trying to say that my food tastes so good you'd love melol, you wouldn't say that if the internet had Taste O Vision
Anyway, tonight's dinner:
spice rubbed kebabs with broccoli and cheese rice
Add another to the "what to do with ground beef?" category. I made dirty rice.
Heat olive oil in a large pot, add caribbean jerk spice, 2 cubes of beef bullion (crumbled), garlic powder, chili powder, coarse ground pepper, and salt. Cook until the aromas are released.
Add two diced bell peppers and one diced onion. Cook until soft.
Add one pound hamburger. Cook until firm...that means cook it until it's 'grey' (which is where most people consider it done) and continue to cook it until it's actually brown.
Add 1 drained and rinsed can of red kidney beans, 4 cups of water, and 2 cups of rice. Stir. Simmer for about 20-25 minutes.
So freaking awesome. Especially with a little tabasco.
Heat olive oil in a large pot, add caribbean jerk spice, 2 cubes of beef bullion (crumbled), garlic powder, chili powder, coarse ground pepper, and salt. Cook until the aromas are released.
Add two diced bell peppers and one diced onion. Cook until soft.
Add one pound hamburger. Cook until firm...that means cook it until it's 'grey' (which is where most people consider it done) and continue to cook it until it's actually brown.
Add 1 drained and rinsed can of red kidney beans, 4 cups of water, and 2 cups of rice. Stir. Simmer for about 20-25 minutes.
So freaking awesome. Especially with a little tabasco.
North_Ranger
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Note to self: take pictures of food tomorrow.
Tonight: Ranger's leftover special.
Start with yesterday's leftover bolognese sauce. A pound and a half of ground beef, Heinz ketchup, flour, water, paprika, oregano, basil, pepper.
Pick up two slices of graham toast.
Lather 'em liberally with the sauce.
Grate some cheese on top. I know, I know, it's cheapo cream cheese.
Pop in the microwave oven for a minute, minute and a half...
Serve immediately. NOM NOM NOM.
Tonight: Ranger's leftover special.
Start with yesterday's leftover bolognese sauce. A pound and a half of ground beef, Heinz ketchup, flour, water, paprika, oregano, basil, pepper.
Pick up two slices of graham toast.
Lather 'em liberally with the sauce.
Grate some cheese on top. I know, I know, it's cheapo cream cheese.
Pop in the microwave oven for a minute, minute and a half...
Serve immediately. NOM NOM NOM.
My pizza recipe:
crust:
3 cups AP flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup water
2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons dry active yeast, bloomed in warm water.
Combine ingredients in mixing bowl, mix until dough is smooth to touch.
Cover, let rise for 1 hour. Deflate dough (punch or poke it down), let rise again, roughly 40 minutes.
Halve dough into two lumps, roll out each on floured surface to desired thickness.
Place dough on baking sheet and preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Add pizza sauce, oregano and basil to taste, red pepper flakes, 1 cup shredded mozzarella and 1/2 cup shredded provolone on each pizza, as well as any toppings you desire.
Bake in 425 degree oven for 23 minutes or until cheese has bubbled and is browning. Remove from oven, slice, and enjoy.
crust:
3 cups AP flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup water
2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons dry active yeast, bloomed in warm water.
Combine ingredients in mixing bowl, mix until dough is smooth to touch.
Cover, let rise for 1 hour. Deflate dough (punch or poke it down), let rise again, roughly 40 minutes.
Halve dough into two lumps, roll out each on floured surface to desired thickness.
Place dough on baking sheet and preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Add pizza sauce, oregano and basil to taste, red pepper flakes, 1 cup shredded mozzarella and 1/2 cup shredded provolone on each pizza, as well as any toppings you desire.
Bake in 425 degree oven for 23 minutes or until cheese has bubbled and is browning. Remove from oven, slice, and enjoy.
North_Ranger
Staff member
Got a hankering for some late night snack. But I didn't want anything heavy, so I took some bananas, an apple and a piece of watermelon I had bought today (it's a rare treat since watermelon can get crappy so easily)... and I made me some fruit salad:
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