These easy to make pies are perfect for a family supper or lunch dish; children love them, and there is no need to serve any extra vegetables on the… by KarenBurnsBooth on Sunday, October 28, 2012
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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Spanish Omelette
Spanish omelette that can be adapted to any tastes by changing your flavouring ingredient. This recipe is so easy and really captures the essence of… by BaileyEmmett on Sunday, October 28, 2012
Healthy Appetizers: Jezebel Sauce
4.55 / 5 Stars | 57 Reviews
by LORIELEECOOPER
“Serve this surprisingly sweet and spicy spread with cream cheese over crackers.”
Pumpkin Pound Cake with an Apple Cider Drizzle
This is the most tender and fluffy pound cake you will ever eat!!! by SlimPicksKitch on Saturday, October 27, 2012
Healthy Appetizers: Big M’s Spicy Lime Grilled Prawns
4.1 / 5 Stars | 44 Reviews
by Marcus Hender
“Prawns are marinated in lime, onion, and garlic and then quickly grilled. A wonderful addition to an outdoor meal.”
roasted pear and chocolate chunk scones
One of the saddest things you should probably know about me is that I’m a terrible host. I don’t mean to be; in my head, I’m the kind of person who would find out you were coming over, quickly gather some wildflowers from the side of the road, put them in an old Mason jar, pour-over some coffee from a local roaster, steam cream from an upstate dairy in a spouted glass and pull out something warm and enticing from the oven right as you arrived. In my head, I understand that none of these things are terribly difficult to pull off. In reality, were you to come over right now, you’d find a plate of pears (one with a toddler mouth-sized bite removed) and mostly-empty jar of something delicious, but alas, too delicious to have lasted until you arrived, on the table, a colossal explosion of wooden train tracks and fire station parts all over the carpet and a fireman in a time out (“What did he do?” I asked. “He did NOTHING!” I was informed. Well, then…). Also notable is the absent aroma of freshly-brewed coffee. Upon closer inspection, you might see that I don’t actually own any coffee-making apparatus. And not a single warm thing has left the oven this morning; we had stove-top oatmeal for breakfast again.
Seriously, you’d revoke my book contact if you saw this place. I might have kept this to myself forever, but I have been found out. I have been found out because in the last month, more strangers have entered my apartment than have in the three-plus years we’ve lived here. They come under the auspices of writing articles about tiny kitchens or wanting to watch me make a recipe from the cookbook, but I know the truth: they want to see how we really live and when they find out, well, I hope they are relieved because are all of the fruits in your bowl intact? Are no firemen in unjust time outs? Good, you’re a step ahead.
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Healthy Appetizers: Jill’s Salsa
4.56 / 5 Stars | 20 Reviews
by Jill
“This quick and easy salsa can be made in just a few minutes with a food processor. Green onions instead of white onions give it a nice, mellow flavor to balance the kick of the jalapenos. This recipe also works well with 2-3 habanero peppers instead of the jalapenos. But be sure to remove the seeds and membrane from the habaneros first! Grab a bag of tortilla chips, dip, eat, and enjoy!”
Healthy Appetizers: Mike’s Drunken Mussels
4.2 / 5 Stars | 11 Reviews
by LEAH72
“Shying away from the typical tomato or wine based steamed mussel recipe? This one features tequila and lime and it as easy as 1..2..3 to prepare! Serve right away with some crusty Italian bread to soak up the juice.”
Healthy Appetizers: Spiced Sweet Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
4.67 / 5 Stars | 377 Reviews
by MARBALET
” We like spicy and sweet and this hummus is both. And easy too. Everything is popped into the food processor and pulsed into deliciousness. Cumin and cayenne add a bit of kick and pair nicely with the sweet, sweet roasted peppers. Makes lots.”
butternut squash salad with farro and pepitas
This was my lunch last week. I know that it may look less like lunch and more like penance, some apology for eating too many squares of salted-caramel-glazed fanned-apples-atop-1000-layers-of-buttery-pastry. I realize that most people think that when you start serving them bowls hearty grains and roasted squash that you might have an ulterior motive, like their thighs. I understand that most people don’t believe me when I say this, but it doesn’t make it any less true: I don’t eat food because it’s good for me; I eat it because I like it. And this was one of the most delicious lunch salads I’ve ever made.
Herein lies my approach to grain salads: I like whatever vegetables I’m using in the salad to be the bulk of it, and the grains to be the accent, like a crouton. When you make grain salad this way, you get to appreciate the its texture, and not just lament that it’s not plush as a mound of fine couscous, something you’d hardly notice eating. This, however, does not mean that they’re to be crouton-free; all salads need punch and crunch, and here, it comes from toasted, salted pepitas (though any nut will do), crumbled ricotta salata (though any salty, crumbly cheese will do) and minced red onion that I pickled at the last minute in sherry vinegar.
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