Dinner tonight:

Turkey Meatloaf with Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Sauce

Sauteed Green Beans

and Rice a Roni. Because we had it and I needed a starch. Shut up.

Just some random recipes that I've been trying out ( Read more... )

My dear born_normal agreed to try and cook this if I posted the recipe! And so!

ROAST CHICKEN WITH LEMONSA 3- to 4-pound chicken ( Read more... )

I'm GM-ing tonight, so dinner's pretty basic ( Read more... )

This one's a hodge-podge from a couple of recipes I experimented with, but it turned out all right. This is a really easy recipe to modify to taste -- add whatever veggies you like ( Read more... )

I am finally reading "Good Neighbors: Kin" by Holly Black and Ted Naifeh. I have been missing something wonderful by waiting so long. But then...it is Ted fucking Naifeh. Of course it's going to be wonderful.

I got a pat on the head from someone awesome. My night is so made. <3 ( Read more... )

Cheap, Healthy, Good has an article up on how to make paneer -- homemade cheese -- in your kitchen.

I am going to try this. All you need is milk, lime juice, cheesecloth, a pot and your stove and fridge. It takes a bit more than four hours total, much of which is waiting for the whey to drip out and the curds to bind.

Lots of people have their preferred ways, but here's mine, anyway...

CHICKEN STOCK

- Take one cooked, meaty chicken carcass. The one I currently have simmering away is what's left of the 30 Clove Garlic Chicken after the most of the remaining flesh had been converted to chicken salad. The fat, garlic, and onions from the previous recipe went in as ( Read more... )

30 CLOVE GARLIC CHICKEN1 whole chicken, about 6 - 7 pounds ( Read more... )

I had to share this one before bed. It is SO good. Very filling without leaving me in a food coma. Seriously. I may just live off of this for the rest of the winter. I added a tablespoon of chopped garlic to mine and substituted six cups chicken stock for the eight of turkey, but still...good stuff.

DILLED VEGETABLE BARLEY SOUPIngredients ( Read more... )