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Jolene
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 Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:17 pm
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Who here likes cooking? I LIKE COOKING!!!!!
Let's discuss recipes. 
I'll have to dig up my tortellini vegetable soup recipe... but for now, I can only think of what I do for smoothies.
So, I thought of a good way to make a smoothie if you have any sort of blender. (I have a smoothie maker though... it's basically just a glorified blender with a dispenser spout so you don't have to pour anything. o_o)
The generic smoothie recipe is to use some fresh fruit, some sort of liquid, and some icy substance to make it cold. You can also put in a milky substance to give it a more milkshake-ish smoothness.
But to have a more flavorful smoothie, take some fresh fruit (i.e. 2 peaches, or 2 bananas, or a cup of berries, something like that.) and for the liquid, use fruit juice, iced tea, or flavored water which is similar to the flavor of your fruit. For the ice, use 2 italian ices or sherbet cups of some sort.
Good smoothie combos -
Tropical Peach Punch - 2 peaches, jackfruit-guava vitamin water, one mango sherbet cup and one paradise punch Philly Swirl ice cup.
Berry Blend - handful strawberries, handful blueberries, handful raspberries, or whatever other kinds of berries you enjoy, apple juice, strawberry yogurt, blueberry yogurt, ice.
Strawberry Banana Blend - handful strawberries, a banana (or two if your smoothie is bigger), strawberry yogurt, vanilla yogurt, apple juice, ice.
Chocolate-Covered Banana - 2 bananas, milk or soymilk, vanilla yogurt, ice, chocolate syrup or 2 packs hot cocoa mix. I find chocolate syrup doesn't taste as rich as hot cocoa mix does, so you need a lot more chocolate syrup to get as much flavor as 2 packs of hot cocoa mix. That's just my personal preference, but if you are concerned about weight, I suggest cocoa mix. The only problem is getting it in the summer. @_@
Enjoy smoothies on a hot summer day.
Also, post some of your recipes or favorite food combos here. |
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Tails Doll
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:27 pm
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I add in some sugar before I have the thing blended. :') |
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Marker Magikoopa
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:15 pm
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I've found that Pringles potato chips make a great alternative to crackers when putting them in soup. |
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Jolene
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:38 pm
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| Magikoopa #42 wrote: | | I've found that Pringles potato chips make a great alternative to crackers when putting them in soup. |
WHOA! IT RETURNS!
... BUT IS UR SOUP JOLENES AWESOME TORTELLINI SOUP!?!?!
(This is my own recipe, made of complete improv.)
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 2 celery stalks, chopped
- 2 small carrots, chopped
- 1 can diced tomatoes, drained
- 2 bags frozen tricolor tortellini
- 1 extra-large veggie bouillon cube (or 2 regular-sized ones)
- 1/2 tsp. Italian herb seasoning
- 10 cups water
- salt, pepper, parmesan cheese to taste
- 3 tbsp. olive oil
Pour olive oil into large pot. Cook onion, celery, carrots, and tomatoes in pot on medium heat for 5 minutes.
Add water, bouillon cube, seasoning, salt, pepper, cheese, and tortellini.
Cook on medium-low heat for 15-20 minutes.
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If you ever buy packages of naan (Indian flatbread stuff), they are already awesome, but can be even MORE super-awesome if you use JOLENES SUPER AWESOME NAAN MARINADE ZOMG. (This is also my own recipe, made of complete improv.)
This bowl of marinade will cover 2 pieces of naan.
- 1 tbsp. melted butter
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp. curry powder
- 1 shake of ground black pepper
Mix in a bowl, and brush over the 2 pieces of naan, then heat them up in the oven according to package directions.
Put various mediterranean-style foods in 'em (i.e. goat cheese. olives, tabouli, falafel, hummus, etc.) for a 1337 sammich.
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I would make a recpie for pierogies, but those are really hard to do unless you have, like, a live Polish person on staff to help you. xD
And since the frozen ones do NOT do any justice, I will give you a pwnageful recipe for a pierogi casserole that I found on teh intarnetz somewhere and modified to make it more authentic.
- 5 potatoes, peeled and cubed (Jolene reccomends Yukon Gold potatoes!)
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1/2 cup Bac-O's
- 1 onion, chopped
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 8 ounces lasagna noodles
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (get the good, sharp kind, Cabot Hunter's Cheddar rox my sox.)
- salt and pepper
- 1 (8-ounce) container sour cream
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place the potatoes in a large pot, with just enough water to cover them, over high heat. Bring to a boil and cook until the potatoes are tender.
Remove potatoes from heat, drain, and combine with milk and 6 tbsp. of butter, mash and set aside. (mmm. mashed potatoes.)
Melt the remaining 2 tbsp. of butter in a large skillet over medium high heat.
Saute the Bac-O's, onions, and garlic in the butter for 5 minutes.
Cook the lasagna noodles according to package directions, cool them down under running water.
Place 1/2 the mashed potatoes in the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish.
Top this with 1/3 of the cheese, followed by a layer of lasagna noodles.
Repeat this with the remaining potatoes, another 1/3 of the cheese and another layer of noodles.
Then, put the bacon, onion and garlic over the noodles, then another layer of noodles. Finally, top with all the other remaining cheese.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Bake uncovered at 350 for 30-45 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
Best served with sweet and sour red cabbage. Mmm.
Last edited by Legendary Mashine on Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:43 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Marker Magikoopa
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:43 pm
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I once mixed mashed potatoes, hotdogs, a slice of bread, and strawberry preserves together and ate the whole thing. It tasted alright. A friend that saw me mix it up and eat it had only one thing to say: "Dude, you're pregnant."
Keep in mind that I am a guy... a weird guy... |
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Jolene
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:40 pm
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XDDDDD
My friend eats ramen with maple syrup. No, he does not cook it. He takes the brick of hard uncooked unflavored ramen, dumps maple syrup all over it, and eats it. @___@ |
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