17 very very best you Recipes

oil (i prefer olive), lean ground beef (90% really tastes the best in this), onions, coarsely chopped (i use vidalia or spanish), yellow bell pepper, coarsely chopped, red bell pepper, coarsely chopped, chili powder (more to taste if you like a good kick!), tomato paste, ground cumin, unsweetened baking cocoa, ground cinnamon, fennel seeds, red pepper flakes (more to taste if you like it very hot!), beans (i use dark red kidney and pink or light red kidney , 15 to 16 oz each can, drained an), green chilies, canned, chopped & undrained (4 oz each), water

espresso coffee, gingerbread-flavored syrup, milk, steamed, cream, ground nutmeg, ground cinnamon, vanilla (more if you like )

finding gold is really easy. i always go on saturday morning ., best spots to find gold is scraping the moss off rocks by the river or cleaning out crevasses in bedrock along the river shore. i scrap moss as it acts like the carpet in a sluice box and traps the gold that is washed down the river during the winter. i have had pans with hundreds for pieces, just amazing to see., i designed customs tools for scraping and getting the fine dust and matter off the rocks. well i am an inventor., nothing is better than sitting down against a rock at lunch time , having a great sandwich, ice cold water, the river is flowing by, the sounds of the water, birds on the wing, lizards scooting over the rocks, and there is gold in the bag., by bag i mean , i scrap the moss or clean crevasses, put the material in a special pail, place the pail under the surface and stir to get the dirt to float out., then i put this material in my pan , swish it around, work a little of the sand out and then tilt it back and let the water roll over the sand. bang! glitter all over. now most people sit there and pan out all the sand, get down to the black sand (iron), pan out the iron, and then put the gold in bottle. total waste of time., panning is strictly recreational. i have a limited time at the river and ever minute counts. i carry my 6 mil 12 x 12 inch zip lock bags. once i see there is color in the sand, it is dumped into the bag and i go get more material. this way i can collect the most material for the 5 hours i have to pan. this is a very cool way to get gold and developed by me., once i get home , i put the material onto cookie sheets and dry it in the oven. once dry and cool, i use a special magnet and remove the iron particles. once the iron is removed, i put the sand through different size brass screens to separate the larger particles so when i pan i am not trying to move large and small particles., sunday morning i sit in my recliner , a light over my shoulder and put a tbsp of material in the green pan in the pics. watching a dvd i start panning the material, suck up the gold and put in a bottle. i do this starting with the biggest particles, love seeing the biggest pieces of gold., i work all the sand i can on sunday and if i am down to really fine particles of sand, it is put in quart containers for another day. there are so many of these containers still not panned. 1 might say there is gold in the garage., if there is a river known to have been a producer of gold close to you, go out and give it a try. i have taught many kids to pan; 1 went and found a nugget as big as my nail on my finger. it was huge! rotten kid wouldn tsp give to me for teaching him. oh, its all right, i will find my own some day. what was cool was after teaching the kids they would go back and pan on their own and find gold. how cool is that, hope you enjoyed finding gold for fun. jj - thegoldminer

very thin pepperidge farm white bread (i have used sourdough and wheat before, but white tastes the best) or 1 loaf other cocktail bread (i have used sourdough and wheat before, but white tastes the best), margarine (i prefer butter) or 1 cup butter, at room temperature (i prefer butter), dried orange peel, sugar, pure vanilla extract (it is not as good if imitation is used and you can do this to taste)

cream cheese, softened (two boxes, light works great but don tsp use fat free), mayonnaise (light also works here, but do not use miracle whip!), parmesan cheese, shredded, garlic cloves, finely minced, fire-roasted green chilies (1 can), diced jalapeno peppers, drained (2oz is mild, 4oz is very spicy. canned is best, but you can use up to 8 fresh jalapenos, seeded and ), bacon, cooked and crumbled , reserve 3 tbsp for topping (don tsp use fake bacon bits, but real bacon pieces are okay), green onions, finely sliced (optional), sourdough baguettes, sliced (also great with crackers or veggies)

pasta (fresh works best ), radicchio (roughly chopped ), garlic cloves (minced ), shallots (chopped ), dry white wine, honey, cream (or more if you like ), pepperoncini pepper (optional), butter, walnuts (chopped ), parmesan cheese (shaves), salt and pepper, arugula (chopped and very briefly deep fried until crispy) or 3 tbsp parsley (chopped and very briefly deep fried until crispy)

ground beef (750 g minced meat) or 1 1/2 lbs lamb (750 g minced meat), oil (for frying ), white bread , normal thickness, milk (125 ml), onions or 2 smaller, curry powder, very mild (cape malay is the best), breyani spices , generous, crushed* (see note below), turmeric, tomato, ripe, peeled and chopped, sugar, apple, peeled and coarsely grated, grated lemon rind, seedless raisin (this is for you to decide), salt, apricot jam, egg, milk (200 ml), almonds, whole, blanched (or use split almonds), egg , plus, milk , and, turmeric

plain flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, unsweetened cocoa powder (the best quality you can find), sugar, bananas (very ripe , no brown spots, mashed), egg, vegetable oil, milk or 1/4 cup butter, vanilla essence, dark chocolate chips (use good quality if possible)

peeled potatoes cut in1 cubes (not baking potatoes - yellow or red are best), butter (do not substitute), granulated garlic, brown sugar, salt, pepper

boiled, shelled shrimp, cleaned calamari (squid), body cut into 3/8 rings, red potatoes, well washed and sliced into 1/4 slices, extra virgin olive oil (use the best you can find), garlic cloves, minced, red onion, very thinly sliced (preferably on a mandolin), retain about 1/2 cup for garnish, ribs celery, washed, trimmed and diced, fresh squeezed lemon juice, lemon zest (zest the lemons before squeezing the juice), dice red bell pepper, cracked sicilian green olices, black olives , not salad ripe olives (use nicoise or gaeta), chopped fresh flat leaf italian parsley (plus more for garnish), washed and capers (if using salt packed, let them soak to remove most of the saltiness), white wine vinegar (the best you can find), crushed red pepper flakes

eggs, beaten, sour cream, vegetable oil, mashed banana, white sugar, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, vanilla, cinnamon, either chopped nuts , frozen berries or 1/2-3/4 cup milk chocolate chips

coffee ice cream, good brandy-or more to taste, chocolate cookie crumb pie shell, real fudge sauce or use pleclare s fudge sauce (yum), use the very best you can find

apple tartin, quick cooked tart it is called an apple tartin and is very simple and beautiful. my daughter has made this for school and she never brings any back, plus she always has a large number of requests for the recipe. this depends on the size of the saute pan you use. i start with about a 10 pan well coated with no stick pam and i use about 2 sliced apples, about a 1/2 to 1/4 thick (i like granny smith, but use what you like). i then melt unsalted butter and enough brown sugar to cover bottom of the pan and make a thick syrup after it cooks. i thin put the apples into the syrup and cook a few minutes so they get coated good with the syrup., i over lay the apples or shingle them is the tech term in a round circle like a huge sun flower design or something that works for you, be creative! i then use bought flake pastry dough and put on top of the apples enough to cover completely and make an edge on the outside of the tart. you can roll the dough at the edge make a little design in it to close the edge or just leave the edge open but in a round shape no rough edges.then i put in the oven and brown the pastry dough. when it is done (doesn tsp take long to cook) i have a large plate that i put over the saute pan and invert so the whole thing comes out with the, apples on top and the crust on bottom. i then coat with my simple water and sugar syrup ( recipe above) for a shiny coat and then i serve with cool whip or ice cream. 1 thing i forgot . you will have a center hole the apples you can cut a round shape ot of the apple or fill with cool whip, but if you can cut the top of the apple with the stem intact it looks nice in the hole. i have used cookie dough for this recipe and it works , but the pastry works best for me.

elbow macaroni , undercooked in boiling,salted water &,drained, butter, flour, dry mustard (colman s), cayenne pepper, cheddar cheese soup, melted butter, salt, milk (skim is okay, higher fat is better), heavy cream, grated medium cheddar, grated colby cheese, plain breadcrumbs , very coarsely grated from a stale loaf of crusty white bread (good country bread is best but if you use store bought crumbs, make sure they are roughly grated, no)

shrimp, peeled, tails removed & cooked (i used ex large, but large will work fine, use what is on sale, and take advantage of the seafood co), head napa cabbage, thin sliced (i used a mix of napa and romaine, but use what you enjoy best, the napa is just very good with this ), romaine lettuce hearts , rough chopped, cucumber , cut in half lengthwise and then very thin sliced in half moons (i happen to love , but depending on the size, use as much as you want), onion, cut in quarters and thin sliced (i prefer a vidalia or fl sweet onion), bean sprouts, rinsed and drained (but if available, 15 oz, or about 2 cups of fresh bean sprouts), red pepper , thin sliced in matchsticks (optional), water chestnuts, rinsed, drained and rough chopped, chow mein noodles (1 to 1 1/2 in the salad, and as much as you want as a garnish), kraft toasted asian sesame dressing , you can also serve more on the side if necessary and see the note below on dressing substitutes (lite or regular version), scallion, fine diced (optional), toasted sesame seeds (optional)