Recipe Thread

[jennielynn1970]

So, that's 20oz total. Well, the Libby recipe has a 15oz can, and only 1 can of evap. I think that would be plenty, and if you needed to thin it out, you could add a bit of regular milk. I think 2 cans would be making pumpkin soup!

[RICHARD]

Cilantro (Coriander) Chimichurri

IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS FINDING CORIANDER IN YOUR REGULAR STORE TRY TO FIND A THAI OR INDIAN MARKET IN YOUR AREA.


6 garlic cloves
1 cup cilantro-coriander
1 cup flat leaf parsley
.5 cups chopped white onion
2 TBS whine wine vinegar

.5 TSP dried oregano
.5 TSP red pepper flakes
.5 TSP of sal
.5 TSP groud black pepper
.5 CUP Extra virgin olive oil.


In a food processor finely pulse garlic-add everything else except the oil and salt and pepper-while adding the oil in a thin stream, blend until smooth.

Salt and pepper to taste. into the fridge for one week.
Makes one cup enough for 6 steaks

One serving-no serving size noted-140 cals,14g fat, 0mg cholesterol, 1g protein, 2g carbs, Ig fiber, 150mg sodium


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You can use as a marinade, serving sauce or as a spread on bread-
I love this on french bread, toasted lightly.

[caseysmom]

Richard, I love cilantro but I am confused what do I do with it the sauce, put it on the steak, cook the steak, cut it up and put the sauce on it?

[RICHARD]

Richard, I love cilantro but I am confused what do I do with it the sauce, put it on the steak, cook the steak, cut it up and put the sauce on it?

It's up to you.

You can marinade a steak in it. or use it as a 'side' sauce if some people do not like coriander-you can marinade and add more sauce, or as part of an 'appetizer' with some bread and cheese.

Experiment with how long to marinade the meat, for me a few hours.

You can take a loaf of french bread, slice it lengthwise, slather the sauce on it, wrap it up in foil and either grill or toss it into the oven for about 10 minutes. If you grill it watch it carefully. depending on the heat-5-7 minutes a side.

Take it out, slice it into pieces and serve with a cheese and olive plate.

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It's great stuff and if I have it in the house I will use it as a sub for mayo or mustard on a sandwich. Grab some ham and sharp cheese, salami or any spicy Italian meat -

You can dress some tomatoes, cucumber and onions with it. Mozzarella balls?
Awesome salad.

It's NUCLEAR on french bread while you have spaghetti..

It's really an all around sauce/condiment.

You could probably think of another million ways to serve it.

[RICHARD]

I like to make my own pizza and always try goofy things for toppings.

JIFFY makes an instant pizza dough mix-It takes .5 cups of hot water with some mixing and kneading-it's pretty easy to do!

I read on the label that you can adapt the 'recipe' by making some pizza bread sticks by adding cheese and some herbs to the mix.

I took some Italian seasoning and some pizza spices and ran them thru a grinder-It's a coffe grinder that I use to grind spices with. I mixed that into the crust mix and was really surpirised!

It did make the dough cook nicely and it had a really good taste and texture to it! I noticed that there were no uncooked spots in the dough, the crust crispy. I would have added some basil and a little sprinkle of salt on top.

The recipe asked you to precook the crust for a few minutes before you add the toppings-If you can find one, get a pizza stone. The box says to put the dougn in a greased tin to cook it. I just take a paper towel and put some oil on the stone before I toss the crust on!

I figured out that got a medium/large ham and cheese pizza for about 7.00.

I didn't have some of the other stuff-olive, mushrooms and veggies to make a pizza like I wanted, but for the effort and the 35 minutes it took to cook it, it was well worth the time.

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For the sauce on the pizza I use a canned/flavored spaghetti sauce. I add some more flavor by adding more dried herbs. I love it better than the 'sweet' sauces you get on a delivery/store bought pizza.

[joycenalex]

anyone got a good recipie for chicken salad? since the power outage, i cooked all the chickens, and now i'm down to the last 2 breasts, so chicken salad. we've had the chicken ON salad already..i've got dried cranberries, mayo canned pineapple and chicken, any advice for amounts?

[RICHARD]

DUDE!

I just tried to make tortillas again. I had tried before with pretty crappy luck- I bought a bag of flour, followed the recipe on the back and CHA-CHING! THey were really good. I like to bake cakes and cookies but this was a realy treat to find out that I can make a decent tortilla!!!!!

[RICHARD]

WOW!

I just made the closest thing to chop suey without even trying!

I was in the kitchen and thinking I was going to cook for the day, lunch and dinner! I was being lazy and just made this up on a whim.

Here's what you need.

8 chicken legs
1 bell pepper
A hand full of green beans
1 clump of broccoli
4 green onions
1 cup of rice
3 cloves of garlic
2 tbs Soy sauce
2 tbs chili infused oil.


I didn't have carrots or a red bell pepper for color, but you could add them to the recipe.

Prep?
Chop veggies!

You will have to dice the chicken, but it's easier after its' cooked.

Cooking?

Take a pot and cook your chicken in enough water to cover-About 35 minutes.

Take the chicken out of the pot and put a steamer basket in and cook the chopped veggies over the same water for about 20 minutes- Take out the steamer basket and put your rice into the water-making sure that you have add more water to the broth left in the pot.

1 cup of rice needs 2 cups of water. Cook your rice for 20-25 minutes-you will get a brown rice that is so tasty you just have to add a pinch of salt to flavor it.

I let everything cool off and began the last step. I only had to dice the chicken and get the rice and veggies out of the fridge.


I took a wok and heated the oil, soy and smashed the garlic with a garlic press -making sure you keep you eye on the oil, when you heat a chili infused oil it turns into tear gas when it gets really hot!

I added the chicken I diced, the veggies and heated the rice.

You could reserve some of the chicken broth and add a little corn starch to make a gravy - that would be really good!

IT was delicious and I can hardly wait to make it with beef and add some other veggies!

[jennielynn1970]

Hey Richard, how do i make refried beans with black beans?? any other recipes for black beans besides soup??

My mom made this salad the other night, and I"m craving it again, but don't have the fixings for it, but it was SOOOOOO good!!!!

Grilled Cornbread Salad

6 cups roughly crumbled day-old corn bread
3 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
1 tsp. grainy mustard
1/3 C olive oil
1 can (15 oz.) black beans, rinsed, drained
4 slices crisply cooked bacon, crumbled
2 ripe tomatoes, diced
2 ripe avocados, peeled, seeded, diced
1 each , thinly sliced: small red onion, cucumber
¼ C chopped cilantro
1 tsp. salt
Freshly ground pepper

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Place crumbled corn bread on greased baking sheet, bake until crunchy, about 7 minutes.

Wisk together the red wine vinegar, mustard and olive oil, set aside.

In a large bowl for serving, place the beans, the diced tomatoes, the diced avacados, sliced onion and cucumber, and the chopped cilantro. Toss lightly to mix.

When ready to serve, add in the corn bread cubes, and the bacon, salt and pepper. Drizzle the vinegrette over the top and toss lightly to coat.

Serve immediately and thoroughly enjoy!

We had this the other night with french onion soup as a dinner. It was sooooo good!

[RICHARD]

Hey Richard, how do i make refried beans with black beans?? any other recipes for black beans besides soup??

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I am not a huge black beans fan. I think I have had them twice in my life.

To refry them?

LOL, I tried to figure out, for the longest time, why the are refried when they are fried once!

Grab a can or make a pot, grab a skillet, some lard-you can use oil-BACON grease will rock your world- drain the beans setting the broth aside.

Toss the beans in to the hot oil and start to smash them with a tater masher.
Add the broth to get them to the consistency you want.

It's the same recipe for pinto beans. You can add cheese to them after you mash to get them nice and thick for burritos or tacos. Again, use bacon grease to get them started.


Pig grease goes good with everything- I swear to god this is true.

People in Mexico use lard to smear on a baby's bottom to help with diaper rash.

[jennielynn1970]

I love black beans, but am not a fan of the brown refried beans that are served in most restaurants. Those are pintos? I'll remember to stay away from those cans cause I didn't like them. Unless they taste better unmashed?? I remember having these purplish refried beans a year or so ago, omg.... they were heaven!!! I think you said then they must have been black beans. If they were, I have to figure out how to make things with them. The cornbread salad kicked butt. I could have eaten the entire bowl myself. And I love black beans on nachos, I just don't know what else to do with them besides those little things.

[RICHARD]

I have to laugh. I went to my mom's house to root around the larder for stuff to make for Thanksgiving. I came across a can o' black beans.

I really laughed!

I also went to the Asian market on Wednesday to buy some stuff. I got oyster sause, sweet chili sauce, glass noodles, ginger, tea, wasabi shrimp chips, a huge bottle of soy sauce and some bok choy! I saw the baby bok choy and thought of Ms Hoppy and her love of the veggie.

I thought that I have bought about 40 dollars worth of stuff, but it came out to be 21 dollars. I purchased most of the stuff on sale. I love the oyster sauce and those we 99 cents a bottle!

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I got daring and made a tray of stuffing with the bok choy! I am waiting for it to cool down to see if there is any difference from regular celery!

This year was the third year that I have made our turkey and this year's was surprisingly good. I always expect a disaster but was very pleased with the results. I am not a fan of the dark meat but I have to say that it is the tastier part of the bird and has won another convert!

I will let you all know how the Turkey Chow Mein comes out!


LOL, I have to really start paying attention what I cook!

[jennielynn1970]

Richard, I just made the refried black beans. Not too shabby there, dude!! The bacon fat is heaven in it!! I added salt, pepper and adobo seasoning to it, as well as some garlic.

It's still not that same color that I saw at the one mexican place in New Hope. Those beans were more violet in color (a blue purple color).

I'm saving my mom and dad some of these beans, as they love refried beans. We'll see what they think about the bacon flavor and the fact that they're black beans.