Recipe Thread

[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!!!!!

[wolf_Q]

A co-worker told me about this...tried it yesterday, it was super easy and they were actually really good...

Pumpkin cookies

You just combine one package spice cake mix and one can (15 oz) pumpkin. Drop by spoonfuls and bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. That was the recipe, I actually added one egg and some chocolate chips as well, because you can't have pumpkin cookies without chocolate chips.

[Karen]

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!!!!!

Wow! Way to channel your ethnic heritage, dude! Care to post the recipe? And technique hints ...?