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Wanderlust Scoring Playlist - 1/31/2015
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago ( Read more... ) -
Wanderlust - January 3 - Playlist
I am super, super pleased with how this show came out. Video is here: https://vimeo.com/115893524
Act I
Coldplay - Don’t Panic
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
The Mostar Driving Club - Give a Little Love
Yoko Kanno - The Egg and I
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Amandine - Blood and ( Read more... ) -
Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff
2 lbs stew meat
1 large yellow onion, diced
12 oz mushrooms
2 tbsp garlic, minced
1 1/2 cup beef stock
2 tbsp cognac
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp whole grain mustard
4 tbsp fresh parsley, minced
4 tbsp fresh dill, minced
8 oz sour cream
4 tbsp butter
1 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp flour
salt
pepper
cooked egg noodles
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Recipe: Easy Pasta Bake with Marinara, Mozzarella and Prosciutto
Shamelessly borrowed from here, with a few tweaks.
Notes:
1. Prosciutto is salty. I might actually switch to bacon next time to have it be *less* salty. I used less prosciutto than called for (only 3 oz. packages were available, not 4, plus some might have gotten lost to sampling) and I didn't add any other salt to the dish and it was still almost ( Read more... ) -
Cooking How-to: Freezing Unsauced Pasta
- Cook full package of pasta according to package directions and drain.
- Return pasta to pot and mix with 1/3 cup of olive oil until pasta is fully coated.
- While pasta is still hot, measure out 1 cup portions of pasta and add to quart-size plastic ziploc bags.
- Press all air out of bag before sealing and freeze. Pasta will keep for a month in the freezer.
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Cooking How-to: Freezing Pre-Portioned Rice
Note: I usually cook 4 cups of dry rice at a time in my rice cooker, which turns into approximately 8 cups of cooked rice.- Measure out 1 cup of still warm rice (use cooking spray on the measuring cup in order to limit sticking)
- Drop rice onto a piece of plastic wrap and wrap tightly.
- Add all rice balls to a gallon-size plastic bag and freeze. Rice ( Read more... )
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Recipe: Basic Fried Rice
This recipe is mostly an eye-balled recipe, so tasting throughout the first time you make it is important. Increase/decrease the non-rice ingredients as much as you wish depending on your preferences.
2 cups dry short-grain rice ( Read more... ) -
Recipe: BLT Mac n' Cheese
Ingredients:
1/2 lb pasta (rotini or penne pasta shape)
4 slices of bacon, chopped
1 leek, chopped
1 tomato, diced
1/4 lb Emmenthaler cheese, shredded
1/4 lb of Extra Sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
1 tbsp Paprika
1 cup milk
2 tbsp of butter
2 tbsp flour
Dash cayenne pepper
Dash nutmeg
1/2 cup of bread crumbs
Salt
Pepper
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Recipe: Bourbon & Bacon Cornbread Stuffing
Ingredients:
3 large celery stalks, diced
2 large carrots, diced
1 large onion, diced
1/2 lb of bacon, chopped
1 package Pepperidge Farm Cornbread Stuffing
1/4 cup of Bourbon
2 cups chicken broth
1 tbsp of butter
Salt
Black Pepper
Directions:Preheat large saucepan to medium high. I highly recommend chopping all vegetables in advance and setting ( Read more... ) -
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