Cooking and Recipes

[vrjenny]

*stands up next to my sis (can do) and shouts*

AMEN!!!

[Yahsway]

Stop Already, you guys are making me hungrrrrrrrrrry. Guess ill have to try some of those Greek recipes, they sure sound good!

[keslc]

Keith,

Thanks for the turkey recipe!! I love experiementing with turkey at thanksgiving! I will have to try it!!!

I am not much of a cook (my idea of cooking used to be throwing chicken nuggets in the microwave, lol!) But I am getting into it more. I recently became a consultant for Pampered Chef and have learned SOO much and I find it's pretty easy now to cook and come up with my own ideas. I never measure anything, unless I'm baking. One of my favorite things is the Pampered chef "ring" or calzone which you can fill with anything. ( any meat and cheese, /eggs, cheese and ham,/ spinach, cheese, other veggies and tomato sauce,/ any type of pie filling,/ even peanut butter and jelly...) All you do is mix up whatever filling you want, then lay out 2 cans of crescent rolls in a circle (points facing out) lay your filling on the thickest part of the circle, fold the points over the top, then bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes. It always turns out great!

I also LOVE watching cooking shows. Rachel Ray is my favorite!!! For thanksgiving I tried a recipe for pear upside down cake from Emeril, it was yummy!

Now I'm hungry!

[Guest Thomas I believe]

If ya all like snack food this recipe is fairly easy and delicious !!

Thomas's Oriental Chicken Wings.

25 fresh chicken wings with tips cut off and wing cut in half at joint. 50 pieces

1 cup soy sauce ( la choy regular is best)

1 cup sugar

1 cup water ( cold)

1/4 cup pinapple juice

1 tablespoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon ground ginger

Chopped green scallions for garnish

Prepare wings and lay in 9 x 13 pan

mix marinade well and pour over wings

cover with tinfoil and put in refrigarator for 6 hours (after 3 hours in frig flip wings over.) keep in frig for another 3 hours

preheat oven to 350

remove wings from marinade and discard marinade

put wings on broiler pan and bake for 45-60 minutes

turn wings over halfway through cooking process. This amount of wings will fill 2 broiler pans.

serve with chopped green scallions on top.

Enjoy ....

[Guest beccaissmart]

I love Chicken Wings, I'll have to try this recipe out!!!

Here's an easy one of mine (that I borrowed from Campbells soup!)

4 chicken breasts (boneless)

1 can of creamy soup (I like celery, chicken, or potatoe; my brother prefers mushroom)

The fast rice not the long cook kind...

water

Heat the oven to something. I use around 350.

Put enough rice in a baking dish (like a cake rectangle one) so that the bottom is well covered. Add water to this, until the rice is 'swimming' in it.

Add about 2/3 of the soup, and stir good. Place chicken on top, and put the rest of the soup over it.

cook for about an hour, until the inside of the chicken is not pink (and I would test the temp to). About half way (30 min's) make sure there is still enough water in the rice, if it is starting to look dry, add lots more water!

Of course I like to add lots of seasoning to this: pepper, paprika, garlic, onions, dried up hot pepper things (usually goes on pizza...?) , and lots of whatever else is in the spice cupboard!

Hope you like it (and that it works!)

If ya all like  snack food this recipe is  fairly easy and delicious !!

Thomas's Oriental  Chicken Wings.

25 fresh chicken wings with tips cut off and wing cut in half at joint. 50 pieces

1 cup soy sauce ( la choy regular is best)

1 cup sugar

1 cup water ( cold)

1/4 cup pinapple juice

1 tablespoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon ground ginger

Chopped green scallions for garnish

Prepare wings and lay in 9 x 13 pan

mix marinade well and pour over wings

cover with tinfoil and put in refrigarator for 6 hours (after 3 hours in frig flip wings over.) keep in frig for another 3 hours

preheat oven to 350

remove wings from marinade and discard marinade

put wings on broiler pan and bake for 45-60 minutes

turn wings over halfway through cooking process. This amount of wings will fill 2 broiler pans.

serve with chopped green scallions on top.

Enjoy ....

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[Constant]

4 flat breads or pitas, any flavor or variety

1 cup plain yogurt

1 teaspoon ground coriander

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 tablespoon grill seasoning (recommended: McCormick Montreal Seasoning)

2 to 2 1/2 pounds white meat chicken, cubed into bite size pieces

1 heart romaine lettuce, chopped

2 vine ripe tomatoes, chopped

1/2 seedless cucumber, chopped

1/2 red onion, chopped

3 ribs celery, chopped

1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives

6 pepperoncini hot peppers, chopped

1 lemon, juiced

Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling

Salt and pepper

Special equipment: metal skewers

Parsley Feta Pesto:

1 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves

1/2 cup feta crumbles

1 clove garlic

1 teaspoon coarse black pepper

3 tablespoons chopped walnuts

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Preheat a grill pan to high heat. Heat a toaster oven or oven to 250 degrees F.

Wrap breads in foil and place in oven to warm.

Combine yogurt and next 4 ingredients. Coat chicken in mixture then thread meat onto metal skewers. Brush grill pan with oil and grill meat 5 to 6 minutes on each side.

Combine chopped lettuce, chopped veggies, olives and hot peppers on a large platter or in a serving bowl. Dress the salad very lightly in lemon juice and extra-virgin olive oil and salt and pepper.

Place all ingredients for pesto in the food processor except extra-virgin olive oil. Turn processor on and stream in extra-virgin olive oil.

Remove bread from oven and cut into wedges.

Place grilled meat on salad and top liberally with pesto. Place cut flat breads or pita wedges around the platter or serving bowl and serve.

Chicken Greek-A- Tikki Salad with Parsley- Feta Pesto

[Keith]

Chicken Greek-A- Tikki Salad with Parsley- Feta Pesto

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Now THAT sounds phenomenal! So do Thomas' chicken wings!

Nothing fancy for dinner tonight. Just making fried chicken (although I have my secret to making it!) with garlic mashed potatoes and corn. My favorite all-time meal.

[Guest hubertdorm]

Here is a great recipe for:

Microwave Popcorn

Ingrediants

1 Bag Microwave Popcorn. (Brand is your choice. It all tastes the same if you burn it.)

1 Microwave Oven

1 Person to pay attention

First remove the bag of popcorn from the plastic wrap. Unfold the bag and find the words, "This side up." Place this side up inside the microwave.

Cook on HIGH 2-4 minutes*. Place one person to pay attention somewhere within the vicinity to stop microwave (if necessary) when the bag seems to be done. Don't look at the bag, it won't change color. When the time interval between popping sound is more than 3 seconds, remove bag.

OPEN CAREFULLY so as to not burn your eyes out.

Enjoy eating. Enjoy getting kernals stuck in the teeth. Enjoy buttery hands all over. Enjoy nasty smell. Enjoy putting it in the trash and taking the trash out.

*Cooking time will vary depending on Microwave power

[Constant]