16 posts tagged “food”

INGREDIENTS:

• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract ( I usually use all vanilla)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

PREPARATION:

Cream shortening and butter with sugar. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Pour milk into a large measuring cup; add extract(s) and baking soda. Into a separate bowl sift flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.

Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets then sprinkle with a cinnamon-sugar mixture. Bake for 12 to 13 minutes at 375°.

Warning: this makes a bazillion cookies.

From Southernfood.about.com

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup cake flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 stick (4 ounces) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
• 3/4 cup half and half

PREPARATION:

Roll the dough to about 3/4-inch thickness on a floured surface. Cut out biscuits with a 3-inch round cutter. Gather up dough scraps, reroll, and repeat the procedure until dough is used up. Place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet.

Bake biscuits in center of a 400° oven until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Serve biscuits hot, with butter.
Makes about 12 biscuits.

Notes: I found the dough particularly sticky, no doubt as a result of the amount of cake flour vs. regular flour.  You may want to adjust the proportions.

I love Thai food, and this one is different than the typical Phad Thai

INGREDIENTS

• 1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup (1 small) chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger root
• 1 fresh red chile pepper, seeded and chopped
• 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into strips
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 (10 ounce) can coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 (12 ounce) package dried rice noodles
• 1 tablespoon heavy cream
• 1 lime, cut into wedges

Nothing like spending the day cooking and preparing my latest D&D adventure to help recover from a bad week.  Here's the egg and macaroni salad I made today:

All over the weather forecast it is "up to a foot of snow!"  It isn't there yet, but the snow has been falling steadily all day.  My daughter was sick (again) and so we mostly kicked around the house.  I listened to The Bourne Betrayal on CD, baked cheddar biscuits, and finished construction on the second of my catwalks.  I won't bother posting a picture yet; it looks just like the first one.

I also read the new issue of Fictional Reality, which featured a terribly clever Hirst Arts project.  Unfortunately for me, it is pretty big.  The idea was to create a multi-room dungeon in a single piece.  Then he built a mountain "case" for the dungeon to drop into.  I realized that one could create multiple dungeons to drop into the case.  But like I said, at about 18" a side, you'd need almost 30 casts of the floor tile alone to make a dungeon with essentially one layout.

These will be thick.

PREPARATION:

Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, combine egg and milk; add to flour mixture, stirring only until smooth. Blend in melted butter. Cook on a hot, greased griddle, using about 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake.
Cook until brown on one side and around edge; turn and brown the other side. Recipe for pancakes serves 4.

PREPARATION:

Line a baking sheet with foil; grease the foil lightly. Heat oven to 375°.

Combine potatoes, butter, oil, parsley, dill, rosemary, and onion and garlic powders in a large food storage bag. Mix in the bag until potato wedges are thoroughly coated.

Again, from Cooks.com

An easy recipes from Cooks.com

Ingredients

I don't know if it is the "best ever," but here's a recipe from Cooks.com

Ingredients:
2 eggs
2/3 cup milk
3 slices bread
1/2 cup chopped onion
4 oz. of shredded cheese
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 1/2 lean ground beef

Topping:
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. mustard.

Beat eggs.  Add milk and bread and let stand until bread absorbs liquid.  Stir in onion and cheese.  Add ground beef.  Mix well.  Shape into loaf.

Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.  Combine topping and spoon over meatloaf after about 30 minutes.  Spoon topping over meatloaf every 10-15 minutes while meatloaf is cooking.