Tag Archive | Cooking
Cooking Thought: October 15th 2012
Today is National Mushroom Day! I simply LOVE Mushrooms so am thrilled to celebrate this occasion. I thought it would be a perfect time to share some mushroom facts and tips with you. Happy National Mushroom Day!! Enjoy! Mushrooms: Mushroom last longer in paper bags in the crisper compartment of the refrigerator. Sauté mushrooms on […]
Cooking Thought: October 13th 2012
It’s National Yorkshire Pudding Day!! Ingredients: 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 eggs 3/4 cup milk 1/2 cup pan drippings from roast prime rib of beef Directions: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Sift together the flour and salt in a bowl. In another bowl, beat together the eggs and milk until light […]
Cooking Thought: October 10th 2012
It’s National Angel Food Cake Day!! Angel Food Cake is a wonderfully delicious and versatile cake for every occasion. You simply start with this cake then the skies the limit with the possibilities from there. So go ahead and bake this wondrous cake and make your perfect dessert! Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups cake flour 1 3/4 cups white sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt […]
Cooking Thought: October 8th 2012
Okay folks today is National Fluffernutter Day AND – National Pierogy Day, I don’t know about you, but I’ll celebrate with Pierogies! Pierogies can be filled with any number of things, cheeses, meats, veggies. My personal favorite is a simple potato and onion with a bit of cheese and seasoning. Below is a recipe for […]
Cooking Thought: October 6th 2012
It’s National Noodle Day! So here’s one of our favorite noodle dishes. This can be served with or without meat and the recipe can be varied for your personal taste. Enjoy!! Chicken Mei Fun Ingredients: 8 ounces rice noodles, thin (rice vermicelli) 2 tablespoons sesame oil 1 carrot, julienne cut 1/2 cup onion, sliced 1 1/2 […]
Cooking Thought: October 5th 2012
Today is National Apple Betty Day! Also known as Apple Brown Betty, now that fall has arrived this is the perfect time to celebrate this auspicious occasion! Ingredients: 4 cups sliced pared apples 1/4 cup orange juice 1 cup sugar 3/4 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 cup butter Directions: Mound apples in […]
Cooking Thought: October 2nd 2012
Today is National French Fried Scallops Day! Ingredients: 2 eggs 1 cup unflavored breadcrumbs, to coat scallops 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 lb sea scallops (If large, cut in half or quarters) vegetable oil, for deep frying Directions: Wash scallops in cold water, and drain on paper towel. Beat eggs. Add salt to crumbs. Roll scallops in […]
Cooking Thought: October 1st 2012
Today is World Vegetarian Day!!! So to celebrate I’ve decided to bring to you a family favorite and recipe we’ve featured here at CYP before: Lentils Posted by Taby74 on August 2, 2011 in Adventures in the Kitchen, Recipes D and I have been vegetarians since April of this year. For the most part, this was a surprisingly easy transition for us […]
Cooking Thought: September 24th 2012
Today is Family Day! A Day to Eat Dinner with your Children AND National Cherries Jubilee Day! So I declare today to be National Eat Cherries Jubilee With Your Family Day! Enjoy! Cherries Jubilee yield: Makes 1 1/4 cups active time: 35 minutes total time: 35 minutes Vanilla is the classic ice cream partner for these boozy cherries, […]
Cooking Thought: September 22nd 2012
Today is not only National White Chocolate Day but it’s ALSO National Ice Cream Cone Day!! SO in light of this incredible day, I have decided to offer you this: A recipe for homemade White Chocolate Ice Cream to eat in your homemade Cone!! Rich White Chocolate Ice Cream Ingredients: 4 egg yolks 1/2 pint (250ml) […]
Cooking Thought: September 21st 2012
Okay folks, today is National Pecan Cookie Day!! Yum! Butter Pecan Cookies Recipe INGREDIENTS 3/4 cup chopped pecans 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature 1/3 cup sugar, plus more for coating 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup all-purpose flour METHOD 1 Preheat oven to 350°. On a baking sheet, toast pecans until […]
Cooking Thought: September 19th 2012
Today is National Butterscotch Pudding Day!!! I just LOVE Butterscotch Pudding, so here’s a recipe to celebrate! Ingredients 2 1/4 cups whole, 2 percent fat, or 1 percent fat milk 1 cup heavy cream 6 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 1/4 cups light brown sugar , packed 3 egg yolks 1/4 cup cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla […]
Cooking Thought: September 17th 2012
Today is National Apple Dumpling Day! In light of this fantastic holiday, here’s a unique recipe to try! Ingredients 2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored 2 (10 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent roll dough 1 cup butter 1 1/2 cups white sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle Mountain Dew ™ Directions Preheat […]
Cooking Thought: August 27th 2012
Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. ~Doug Larson
Cooking Thought: August 25th 2012
The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. ~Calvin Trillin
Dauson’s Stuffed Beer Burgers
After taking some time to launch my joint venture of T and D Organics and Designs with T I’m now back in the kitchen creating specials for a newly opened restaurant in the area. Living in a small town I have to sort of think “inside the box” when it comes to my specials but […]
Cooking Thought: August 16th 2012
“Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans … are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.” ― Anthony Bourdain
Cooking Thought: July 30th 2012
“I don’t believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make. When one’s hostess starts in with self-deprecations such as “Oh, I don’t know how to cook…,” or “Poor little me…,” or “This may taste awful…,” it is so dreadful to have to reassure her that everything is delicious […]
Cooking Thought: July 18th 2012
“There is no technique, there is just the way to do it. Now, are we going to measure or are we going to cook?” ― Frances Mayes, Under the Tuscan Sun
Cooking Thought: July 3rd 2012
Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. Harriet Van Horne
Cooking Thought: July 1st 2012
“My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.” ~ Nora Ephron
Cooking Thought: June 30th, 2012
“I always cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food.” – W.C. Fields
Cooking Thought: June 29th 2012
Even were a cook to cook a fly, he would keep the breast for himself. Polish Proverb It’s true…we would
Cooking Thought: June 27th 2012
“What I go for in my cooking is sinful, bold and real.” -Emeril Lagasse
Cooking Thought: June 16th 2012
“There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won’t and that’s a wife who can’t cook and will.” -Robert Frost
Cooking Thought: June 12th 2012
“Do you want to make a tamale with peanut butter and jelly? Go Ahead! Somebody will eat it.” -Bobby Flay
Cooking Thought: June 2nd 2012
“The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books — how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.” -Andy Rooney
Grilling Kick Off!
It’s Memorial Day weekend- thus kicks off the camping season and the grilling season. My family loves to grill out-though T’s and my diet is a little different now we still enjoy cooking stuffs on the grill. Anyway, here are some basic tips for grilling. Derp Tips: 1. Don’t have your grill sitting near walls […]
Cooking Thought: May 24th 2012
I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate. -Julia Child
Cream Cheese Mints
One of my favorite mints in the whole wide world are homemade cram cheese mints. Now, honestly, I haven’t had them for over a decade- but oh yes, now that I’ve found the recipe again, I’m making them. Yep, it’s time consuming, but you end up with about 200 mints that you seriously cannot stop […]
Cooking Thought: May 13th 2012
“Every year the number of new cookbooks increases, but in spite of them the progress made in this most useful of the arts is not ever overpowering. On the contrary, we must regretfully admit that nowadays people no longer prepare the fine and nourishing dishes that our mothers used to make.” -Anna Dorn
Cooking Thought: May 10th 2012
It’s important to let a roast — beef, pork, lamb or poultry – sit a little while before carving. That allows the juices to retreat back into the meat. If you carve a roast too soon, much of its goodness will spill out onto the carving board.
Cooking Thoughts: May 8th 2012
I get quite lazy about cooking because when I come back from work it is the last thing I want to do, really is spend loads of time cooking. -Prince William Sometimes, as a cook, I feel the same way, Prince William. -D
Clean Your Plate’s 1st Anniversary Top Ten List
This list is in no particular order- it’s just our top ten picks for this past year. 1. PJ’s Featuring Jack and Jo’s : To date, PJ’s is our favorite American restaurant. We found this exciting place in Mason City, IL and were delighted to taste some of the best Midwestern dishes this side of […]
Cooking Thought: May 3rd 2012
“Omit and substitute! That’s how recipes should be written. Please don’t ever get so hung up on published recipes that you forget that you can omit and substitute.” -Jeff Smith
Cooking Thought: May 2nd 2012
“Non cooks think it’s silly to invest two hours’ work in two minutes’ enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, well, so is the ballet.” -Julia Child
Vegetarian Calzone
Before the criticism starts: This is a lacto-ovo vegetarian dish. And it’s a recipe that can be transformed into a meat head’s dish. We’ll call it “versatile.” Moving on! We got creative the other day as we decided to make up a homemade marinara sauce (no you can’t have the recipe) and then proceed […]
Cooking Thought: April 28th 2012
“This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!” ― Julia Child
Cooking Thought: April 23rd 2012
When we decode a cookbook, every one of us is a practicing chemist. Cooking is really the oldest, most basic application of physical and chemical forces to natural materials. -Arthur E Grosser
Cooking Thought: April 19th 2012
The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a star. -Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Cooking Thought: April 18th 2012
“He’d noticed that sex bore some resemblance to cookery: it fascinated people, they sometimes bought books full of complicated recipes and interesting pictures, and sometimes when they were really hungry they created vast banquets in their imagination – but at the end of the day they’d settle quite happily for egg and chips. If it […]
Cooking Thought: April 17th 2012
Why do people think they have to perpetually turn meat while cooking it? Seriously, let it meet the heat and get to know it. -D.S. Gagnon
