Citrus pouched? :p

I poached my salmon in milk lol :/ And FYI, mum liked my salmon spaghetti better than yours! (But I do think she was just saying that to make me happy O.o not that I minded, it was nice but I wasn't fussed cos I don't like salmon so much xD

When I'm bothered I'll add my recipe too :$

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Oh, I forgot that I said I'd add my recipe.
Meh.. okay, here goes:

wait.. lol @ pouched. Hehe :$

Anyway..

You can add lots of different vegetables to this.. it's really up to you, but the last time I made it, this was the list of things I added into it:

Salmon steaks
Green peppers
Red peppers
Yellow peppers
Cauliflower
King Prawns
Spinach
Sweetcorn
Linguine pasta

Cut the peppers into square type shapes (or whatever) and season well with a bit of oil and stick it in the oven so it can roast a bit.
Poach salmon in some boiling water with fresh lemon juice. Take it out, and flake it into bits. Do the same with the cauliflower (except you can't flake it :P lol) Sort out the pasta and mix that in. btw.. you'll need an oven dish to put this all into.

Cook the spinach in butter, salt and pepper, and add that in. With the prawns cook 'em in a bit of butter/oil, salt, pepper and chili, and then add that into the oven dish too. Add the sweetcorn.

Now, for a white sauce that's not meant to be heavy at all. It's meant to lightly coat the pasta and sit at the bottom of the dish:

I don't do measurements, haha. So I'm just gonna state that I use a tiny bit of plain flower into melted butter. And then add in a lot of milk. Season with salt, pepper and fresh lemon. It really does need to be really runny (not a thick sauce you'd do for mac n cheese, for example) 'cause I've found that a runnier sauce works 10 times better. Anyway, mix that into the dish, and just put it into the oven to heat through properly.

It's a bit long winded when you cook the things individually. I guess you could just add all the veggies on a oven tray and cook 'em. Or fry them. It's really up to you. Btw.. the whole recipe in general.. the more lemon the better :) mmhmmm!

Btw.. this is why I don't give recipes out. LOL. I suck at it :( I'd prefer if someone just watches me cook. Then I don't have to explain anything. 'cause I'm no Delia. I don't measure things. I just throw things in and taste.

OK, re: the pre-dinner drinks post I made on the previous page, I found a GREAT recipe online :D

A couple of hundred grams of strawberries
juice of 1 lemon (or a few squeezes of juice from one of those plastic lemon things, lol)
70g granulated sugar
3/4 bottle dry white wine
1/2 bottle Champagne

Put the strawberries, sugar, lemon and wine in a punch bowl and refrigerate for 3 hours. Right before serving, add Champagne! Easy, and it's sooooo good.

It's a good idea to have toothpicks in hand for people to spear the strawberries in their glass, and you could freeze the rest of the white wine in an ice-cube tray to pop in to keep it cool.

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Anyone have a fooproof recipe for muffins? :)

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buy some from the store? :D (thats my recipe:)

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That's not half as fun, jen!

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tsk.. its more fun if when you try to make a muffin, you burn something....

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cooking tips? hmm

think I'll let motherdear do mine. I'm afraid I'm not up to it like these professionals


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ-Ukh_Eaa8

But I'm for hell sure, I don't do this when asked to cook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfAPXwcGECc

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Genetically, paedophiles have more genes in common with crabs than they do with you and me. Now that is scientific fact. There's no real evidence for it, but it is scientific fact

Yeah my recipes are along the lines of "buy a bag of dry ramen, open the top of the bag, sprinkle some of the flavor sauce on top of the noodles (optional), and start gnawing away on the dry noodles."

Made myself balsamic vinegar roasted veg with grilled chicken and red pesto. Was really nice and foolproof simple to boot.

Jmac's Chocolate Chip Cookies-

3/4 cup Brown Sugar
3/4 cup Sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup crisco (butter flavored)
1/2 cup butter (softened)
MIX
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
MIX
1 cup flour
MIX
1 1/2 cups flour (for 2 1/2 cups total)
MIX
1 bag chocolate chips (about 1 1/2 cups)
MIX

make into balls and place on baking sheet and cook in oven at 350 degrees Farenheit for 15 mins. (I live at a high altitude, 6000ft above sea level, so it may be slightly different baking time, but not much)

For optimal results, use a stone pan to cook with and leave cookies on pan for a few minutes after removing from the oven to let the bottom of it seal up.

Note: cookies should be 'gooey-ish' so its ok if they are not completely hardened when you take them out of the oven. Also, they usually stay soft that way. Let me know if you have questions! (also, i wrote this recipe while at work and off the top of my head, so if it looks like something is obviously missing, please let me know and i will add it)

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(I know this is a double post, but they are two seperate recipes, so i feel its ok)
For those wishing for an easy, good tasting dinner awaiting you when you get home from a long day away-
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/8-1/4 c brown sugar
1 c beef gravy
1 pkg Lipton onion soup mix
2 T vinegar
1 T soy sauce
1 T Worcestershire sauce
1/4 t salt & 1/4 t pepper
1/4 t garlic powder
Combine all ingredients with a roast and veggies in crock pot and cook on low for 8 hours. I usually double this recipe for my large crock pot.

I usually make some mashed potatoes to go along with it, it tastes pretty good.

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Homemade tacos (kids love these, because you can put what you want on there.):

Taco shells or wraps (your choice)
Ground meat -- the less fat the better -- so look for the "high number" ground meat. If you don't know what I am talking about, ask the meat guy in the grocery store or some old lady buying food in the grocery store.
cottage cheese (optional)
lettuce (optional)
tomatoes (optional)
shredded cheese (optional)
salsa (optional)

1) Take a frying pan and slowly heat up the ground meat. It will turn brown, and ooze out the fat. Keep stirring and breaking up the meat with a spoon. When the meat is all brown, pour out the oil/fat.
2) Cut up the tomatoes into slices (or if you are really good, little cubes).
3) Tear enough lettuce leaves for the tacos.

Preparation time: about 10 minutes. Throw the leftovers in the refrigerator and eat for tomorrow.

Hmm looks like I have a bit of time right now...soooo...

Casta's Chocolate Death Cookies

4 squares/ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
9 squares/ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
4 large eggs
1-1/2 cups sugar
1-1/2 Tbsp instant espresso powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
9 ounces semisweet chocolate chips (I had converted this to grams but I can't remember how many it was lol)

1. In a double boiler, melt unsweetened and semisweet chocolate with butter. Remove and stir when 2/3 melted.
2. Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl.
3. In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar for 10 minutes (no, that is not a typo!) at high speed, then add espresso powder and vanilla and beat another 2 minutes.
4. Fold in the flour mixture, then fold in the chocolate chips.
5. Refrigerate batter for 20 minutes while preheating oven to 350°F, and line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Drop heaping tablespoons of batter onto sheets, 2" apart.
6. Bake one sheet at a time, for 8-10 minutes. Do not over bake! Cookies should be puffed, shiny, and cracked on top. Let cool a few minutes on the sheets and then transfer to cooling racks.

Store airtight, preferably in the freezer!

Yield: 3 dozen, although I only got 30 out of my batch.

I've only made them once, but they turned out beautifully. And that is an accomplishment for me, who is normally inept at making cookies! I'll just say that these are no ordinary cookies...the extra long beating of the eggs is very important, as the fluffy egginess basically makes up the entire batter other than the chocolate and miniscule amounts of dry ingredients.

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These are super noodles.



There are instructions on the packet telling you to boil them. Instead, follow these instructions for a quick snack!

1) Eat the block of noodles.
2) Refer to it as a 'noodle biscuit'.

There we go.

OH I just thought of a good optional extra. You can use the powdered flavouring (in the image above, this would be bacon) to make SOUP as a starter. Simply add water and mix until the powder is dissolved.

Now, I know that nothing can top Fox's meal of noodle surprise....but here's an awesome hummus recipe that I have...I made it yesterday and it was divinely terrific!

1 cup cooked garbanzo beans (chick peas)
4 tbsp toasted sesame seeds OR 2 tbsp tahini
1 clove garlic
2 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp cumin powder
salt 'n' pepper to taste
chopped parsley to garnish

- Save liquid from beans (either water from cooking, or liquid from can)
- In a blender, mix beans, tahini (or sesame seeds), oil, lemon juice, garlic, and cumin.
- Check consistency often and add bean liquid as needed.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste, and garnish with parsley

Voila!

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