[libertarian27]

I read an article recently that stated the average consumer has around 10 meals in their rotation that they serve at home. We can beat that! FReepers definitely aren't average!

Let's Get Cooking!

[al baby]

I need help with home made Mongolian beef anyone know a good recipe ?

[libertarian27]

Weekly Cooking Thread Ping List

Recap Recipes from the Jan 15th thread:

Dessert* 36 White Chip Orange Divine Cookies
Meal* 6 Lemon Sauce’: Northern Italian
Meal* 9 GENERAL TSO’S CHICKEN PENG TENG
Meal* 11 Wheat Free and Gluten Free Pizza Crust
Meal* 20 Scampi Time
Meal* 21 Scrunchy Sweet and Sour Chicken
Meal* 24 BABOOTIE - South African delight...
Meal* 31 Ham and Asparagus Bake
Meal* 39 Chicken Lasagna
Meal* 41 Better Than Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce
Meal* 44 Aromatic Chicken & Lentils
Meal* 44 Herbs de Provence
Meal* 45 Beef Stroganoff
Meal* 63 Homemade Ravioli
Side* 23 Corny Corn Bread
Side* 24 butternut squash coleslaw:
Side* 43 Calico Baked Beans
Side* 51 Red Beans and Rice
Side* 52 Preserved Lemons
Side* 65 CHICKEN CRACKLINGS
Soup* 15 Shrimp Chowder
Soup* 37 Moroccan Spiced Chickpea Soup
Soup* 47 Hamburger Lentil Soup - My Moms Great Recipe
Soup* 57 Beef Stew

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2657401/posts?page=66#66

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[Liz]

MY DO-AHEAD BAKED APPLES / Yogurt Sauce / these are deelish

METHOD Peel center strip / partly core, Stayman Winesap apples. Bake in pan w/ bit water added. Fridge overnight.

NEXT DAY Add cranberry juice, lemon juice, dash cinnamon to apple juices. Bake real soft.

SERVE w/ Yogurt Sauce.

SAUCE Mix vanilla yogurt, pan juices, soft-baked apple chunks (or chunky applesauce).

[magslinger]

For a quick and easy dessert, I fix my Lazy Day Apple Cake.
One unbaked yellow cake mix prepared according to directions.
3-4 apples(any cooking variety will do, but I usually use McIntosh), peeled cored and thinly sliced. Rings or wedges work, but I find the rings are easier to handle.
cinnamon
allspice
brown sugar
Layer the apples “shingle style” so that each slice covers about half of the previous slice. Sprinkle with cinnamon and allspice to taste and cover with a thin layer of brown sugar. Bake according to mix directions, but you may need to add 5-10 minutes to the baking time.
The lazy day part comes in once you have baked it. You don’t need to frost it and can serve it warm or cold with or without vanilla ice cream.

[illiac]

Discovered this in Cooking Light a few years ago. We usually wait until Costco has pork loin on sale and use it in place of the center cut pork chops. We usually get the loin for around $1.69 per pound.

Pork Chops with Lemon Caper Sauce

Serve with orzo and green beans.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 chop and 1 tablespoon sauce)

Ingredients
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons Italian-seasoned breadcrumbs
3 tablespoons preshredded fresh Parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 large egg white, lightly beaten
4 (4-ounce) boneless center-cut pork chops (about 1/2 inch thick)
Cooking spray
2 teaspoons olive oil
1/2 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
1 tablespoon dry white wine
1/4 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons capers, rinsed and drained
Preparation
1. Combine flour and salt in a shallow dish. Place breadcrumbs, cheese, and pepper in a shallow dish; place egg white in another shallow dish. Dredge pork in flour mixture, dip in egg white, and dredge in breadcrumb mixture. Coat pork with cooking spray.

2. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add pork to pan; cook 4 minutes on each side or until done. Remove from pan; keep warm. Add broth and remaining ingredients to pan, scraping pan to loosen browned bits. Cook 2 minutes or until reduced to 1/4 cup (about 2 minutes). Serve with pork.

Nutritional Information
Calories:256 (35% from fat)
Fat:10.1g (sat 3.3g,mono 4.9g,poly 0.8g)
Protein:28.2g
Carbohydrate:11.5g
Fiber:0.7g
Cholesterol:68mg
Iron:1.5mg
Sodium:419mg
Calcium:82mg

[libertarian27]

Sweet & Savory Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

1- @5lb bone-in pork shoulder roast
1 can root beer
Pork shoulder and root beer. Seal in large plastic bag to marinate 6hrs to overnight in refrigerator.

Next day - Mix together
2 1/2t brown sugar
2t kosher salt (or less if using table salt)
1/2t black pepper
1 1/2t paprika
1/2t dry mustard
1/2t onion powder
1/4t garlic salt
1/4t celery salt
1/4t cinnamon
1/4t ginger
1/4t nutmeg

Remove Meat from marinade - shaking off excess. Rub above spice mixture over meat- wrap in plastic and refrigerate for 30min -to- 2 hrs.

Mix together:
1/3c balsamic vinegar, 1 1/2c root beer,(I used the whole can) 1 1/2 ounces whiskey(used a full nip bottle), 1/4c brown sugar. Mix until sugar dissolves.

Heat olive oil in pan over med-high to sear pork shoulder on all sides until meat browns(@3min each side)
Place pork shoulder into slow cooker - pour vinegar/root beer mixture into cooker - set to high for 6-8 hours.

Shred with forks(discard bones) return to slow cooker with @1cup cooking liquid (save the rest to use if needed).Mix in barbecue sauce @1 cup and keep on low heat in cooker to serve.

(Found this recipe on the allrecipe site and it’s great - a definite [plan ahead] recipe for the Superbowl, etc. the root beer marinade is a great touch and no one will figure it out until you tell them:))

[dainbramaged]

A weekly cooking thread? Now we’re talking! Please add me to your ping list - thanks.

[momtothree]

I was wondering if anyone had a good recipe for vegetable lasagna sort of like the Stouffer’s version but homemade. I have tried to find one online but they usually use a red sauce and I would like one with a white sauce. Any help or advice is truly appreciated. Mom

[RoseyT]

Have any of you cooked Pernil (Puerto Rican roast pork)? I’m making one this weekend. I haven’t decided exactly which recipe to use but I’m considering these 2.

http://www.food.com/recipe/pernil-puerto-rican-pork-shoulder-115565

http://www.elboricua.com/pernil.html

[stylecouncilor]

Please add me to the ping list! Thanks!

[Netizen]

I’ve tried to find a german chocolate cake recipe from scratch. We don’t use boxed mixes anymore due to the trans fats. The only boxed mix I wound without the partially hydrogenated oils is white angel food cake. :( Same thing with pre made frostings. :(

The online german choc cake recipes call for shortening... trans fats... grrr even the supposed trans fat free shortening really does have trans fats, they just hide it with the numbers game.

Does anyone know if you can just use some vegetable oil in place of the shortening/trans fats and how it might affect texture or taste? With trans fats being the main culprit in blocked arteries we just prefer to avoid them whenever we can especially since they hide them in so many things, even sugar free pudding for crying out loud. :(

[FrdmLvr]

This one has been around a long time, but it’s still one of my favorites. Serve this warm with vanilla ice cream.

CHERRY PINEAPPLE DUMP CAKE

1 can (16 oz.) crushed pineapple
1 can (20 oz.) cherry pie filling
1 pkg. yellow cake mix
1/2 to 2/3 c. chopped nuts
1/2 c. butter

Grease a 9 x 13 inch pan. Dump in the pineapple and juice, spreading evenly. Pour cherry pie filling over the pineapple, spreading evenly. Add dry cake mix evenly over the fruit. Add nuts, then slice butter and lay all over the top. Do not mix. Bake in a 350 degree oven 1 hour.

[Ellendra]

Question for the cooking thread:

For years, my family has always made roast beef the exact same way. Put it in a slow cooker, add shredded carrots and seasonings, cook all day, it’s nice and tender at the end of the day.

Except, the last 3 or 4 times, it has come out so stringy it was like chewing paracord! We’ve tried it with a couple different cuts of beef, and they look really good sitting in the store, but they keep getting stringier. The last one was so nasty I lose my appetite even thinking about it.

What could be causing this?

[Fast Moving Angel]

Someone sent me a link to a video of Justin Wilson (that crazy Cajun ☺) cooking chicken. It looked so good I copied down everything he did and this is the result. I made this last night and it was some of the best chicken I've ever had, gar-on-teed! I don't have the link to the video any longer, unfortunately, but here's his recipe.

Chicken ala Justin Wilson

2 chickens (or 4-5 lb. chicken parts)
Salt, pepper, red pepper (or Cajun seasoning)
4 cups chopped onion (2 large yellow onions)
1 cup chopped green onion (2 bunches, washed and trimmed)
1 cup chopped celery
2 cups chopped parsley (I used one bunch and removed the stems)
1 cup pimiento (or 1 red pepper, cut into strips)
3-4 cups sauterne wine
8 dashes Durkee/Frank’s hot sauce
2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

Heat oven to 365 degrees. Place chicken in large roasting pan and sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper and red pepper.

In bowl, mix together wine, hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Pour wine mixture over chicken. Salt vegetables and spread over chicken.

Bake uncovered at 365 degrees for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until tender.

A note on sauterne wine: When I went to the liquor store for sauterne wine, I was told that true sauterne wine is quite expensive - $30+ for a half bottle. The wine manager pointed me to a delicious substitute, something called "Angelica", which is a sweet fortified (brandy added) white wine. Instead of $30+ for just a couple of cups, it was around $15 for a large jug. I would imagine that you could also use a Riesling if Angelica isn't available.

I also plan to try this same recipe with shrimp instead of the chicken, thicken the remaining sauce and serve over angel hair pasta.

[Sparky21555]

Here’s a marinade for chicken that’s on the spicy side.

1/3 pickled jalapeno sliced peppers
1/4 cup of liquid from the peppers
Juice of 2 limes
4 tbls corn oil
3 tbls minced fresh cilantro (or to taste)
4 onions sliced
3 cloves of galic

Add all ingredients to a blender. Allow meat to marinade for 2 to 3 hours. adds a nice bite to the chicken.