236 your kind Recipes

all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, unsweetened (and not the extra dark kind ), granulated sugar, salt (not coarse grained), baking powder, baking soda, dark brown sugar, lime juice, milk, egg, olive oil (or vegetable or canola oil), vanilla extract or 1 tsp almond extract, black coffee, milk chocolate or 5 oz dark chocolate, heavy whipping cream

baking potato, about 9 oz (peeled and quartered ), unbleached all-purpose flour (17 1/2 oz), instant yeast, salt, warm water (about 110 degrees ), extra virgin olive oil , plus, extra virgin olive oil , for oiling the bowl, tomato sauce (your favorite homemade or store-bought ), pesto sauce (your favorite home made or store bought), chicken sausage (or seasoned cooked chicken cut into bit sized pieces), sun-dried tomato, chopped, onion (your favorite kind, raw or sauteed, chopped or strips), ricotta cheese, shredded mozzarella cheese, toasted pine nuts, hot pepper flakes , to taste

apples, cored and cut to fit your juicer (i like macs, but any kind work), half of a cucumber, cm piece ginger (i like a bit more for a zing)

whatever bread you have , hopefully it s not the cotton-ball like stuff, but more like multi-grain, rye, pumpernickel, any kind of russian or ukrainian bread from specialty store, or good ole sourdough - 2 slices per portion, deli meats - ham , roast anything, pastrami, salami, bologna - whatever s left - 2-3 slices per portion, cheese - anything goes - 2 slices per portion or 2 tbsp of cream cheese., eggs - 1 egg per portion, butter - just to make it sweeter, helpers - 1 medium size cup or glass for cutting, baking sheet , foil

any liquid can be reduced just by heating it - but why would you want to do that, answer comes back to two of our old friends, flavor and consistency (texture)., by reducing any flavored liquid you intensify its flavor and at the same time thicken it. you can continue this process until what you have left is a syrup if it contains sugar, or a sauce if it does not., this is 1 of the most important tools in the kitchen , believe it or not, because a great sauce can rescue an indifferent meal., literally any liquid can be reduced ., a few uses, wine is frequently used in cooking , both as a marinade and as an addition to sauces for meat., there are some problems with it though, 1 of which is that you need a really good wine and quite a lot of it to produce a reasonable sauce for, say, six people., on the other hand , if you use pure grape juice and reduce it to a syrup, that syrup, added to any sauce (or gravy if you prefer) will lift it into the realms of gourmet ., more , you don tsp have to make your reduction on the night you prepare your meal. you can reduce a liter of grape juice at any time to the consistency and flavor you want; then just store it in the fridge., you can do the same thing with any fruit juice - prune is sensational - and store it until needed. just about all of them will do things for ice cream, pies or tarts that will have your guests demanding the recipe, pork with apple sauce use a carton of fresh apple juice from the supermarket and reduce it. and if you want a real sensation add in a glass of apple brandy during the reduction process., are you getting an idea of how simple this is, take any carton of fresh stock straight of the shelf and reduce it. you will transform it into something even the manufacturer won tsp recognize. but beware, you need to start out with good quality in the first place, because when you reduce a liquid you intensify all the flavors, and not just the good ones., if it s salty to start with, for example, it will be salty beyond belief by the time you ve reduced it even by half. so if you are going to use a supermarket stock, make sure it s an extremely good 1., believe me when i tell you that stock cubes should not be used for reduction sauces., thickeners, because you will be tasting as you go (won tsp you ), you may find that you get the flavor you want before the desired consistency is reached., a couple of hints right now for your sauces., sweet ones can be thickened successfully without loss of color by adding in liquid glucose early on in the reduction process. surprisingly, this will add little in the way of sweetness and produces a beautiful velvety sauce when whisked., if you get it wrong and add too much, no problem. stir in a little extra water to thin it., reduction pans, reductions need to happen rapidly in serving to preserve flavors. and the greater the surface area of the liquid the faster the water will evaporate., however you may want to whisk something into the sauce while its cooking - such as butter or olive oil for example - and for that i find a small wok is best; 1 with a handle., a wok is less likely to reduce so fast that the sauce is burnt while your back is turned. but try both methods and see which you prefer. you may even end up using something totally different., no magic to this. whatever works for you, that s what you should use, in this and everything else to do with cooking., just bear in mind that what you re after is speed and ease of use. as well as a great tasting result, of course. :>), keeping, if they should dry out , simply add a little water and heat through., sauces containing meat juices of any kind must be frozen if you re going to keep them, and should be brought to boiling point before being used again. there is no need to thaw them out to do this, in fact it s better not to. simply drop the frozen cubes into a saucepan, melt them over a gentle heat, and then bring swiftly to the boil., why do you do this to avoid food poisoning, that s why. you are making sure that any bugs introduced into the sauce during the preparation process are killed off., worry , this will not be because of anything you have done wrong (i hope!), but because bacteria are part of our everyday lives and they exist in every kitchen, however clean., in fact your food , and especially your meat, is crawling with wildlife that you will never see. don tsp worry about them. careful handling and simple precautions will ensure that these miniature monsters can never multiply enough to harm either you or your guests.

lean ground beef, dry onion soup mix, cream of mushroom soup, water, worcestershire sauce, peas or 1 (16 oz) can corn or 1 (16 oz) can green beans, your favorite prepared mashed potatoes, paprika (optional)

salad oil or 1/2 cup olive oil, cider vinegar, honey, soya sauce, mustard powder, garlic clove, salt, your favourite curry powder, sambal oelek (optional), ramen noodles , your favourite flavour, broken into small pieces, frozen green beans , the long skinny kind, cooked till crisp-tender, and cooled, red pepper , cut into long, thin strips, grated carrots or 1 cup matchstick julienne carrot, green onions, chopped (both white and tender green part), cooked chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces (pre-cooked rotisserie chicken is great and easy), dry roasted peanuts

ground beef (your choice ) or 2 lbs ground turkey (your choice), onion, chopped or diced, cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup, soup can milk, sliced mushrooms (optional), uncooked pasta , we use shell pasta, but any kind should do or 3 -4 cups elbow macaroni or 3 -4 cups egg noodles, but any kind should do

fettuccine, cream of mushroom soup, undiluted, cream cheese, cubed, sliced mushrooms, drained (or may use canned), whipping cream, margarine, garlic powder (to your taste ), grated parmesan cheese or 3/4 cup grated romano cheese, shredded mozzarella cheese, shredded swiss cheese (or may use equivalent of slices), cubed cooked chicken, seasoned bread crumbs, margarine, melted, grated parmesan cheese or 1 -2 tbsp grated romano cheese

sugar, sunflower oil, applesauce, egg whites (i used stop & shop pourable , 1/2 cup), low-fat milk (any kind of milk works, 1% is what i keep around), tomato soup (condensed not ready-to-heat ), all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground allspice, ground cardamom

your favorite spaghetti, garlic cloves, whole, punch salt, oil, garlic clove, minced, tomato sauce , el pato, find it anywhere, its up to you- serranos chile, chopped, del monte diced tomato with zesty mild green chili, red dried chili pepper flakes, monterey jack cheese, block kind-, cut piece (not shredded )

your favorite kind of bread, butter, egg, salt and freshly ground black pepper

egg yolks, sugar, whipping cream, divided, good quality chocolate, vanilla

ground beef (you can also substitute your favorite other ground meat), elbow macaroni, uncooked (or 3 cups if you want it to go farther), diced tomatoes , do not drain (you can also use crushed if you like bigger pieces of tomato), sweet corn, condensed tomato soup, onion, chopped (whatever your favorite kind, i use white onions)

boneless skinless chicken breasts, shredded monterey jack pepper cheese (2 per chicken breast), plain tortilla chips (crushed fine in the food processor), flour, salsa, use your favorite , but a smooth salsa, not the chunky kind, a picante sauce also works, eggs, well beaten, olive oil (to saute the chicken), salt, pepper, avocados , rough chopped, fresh jalapenos , fine diced ribs and seeds removed, sour cream (don tsp use low fat), milk (more if you prefer the sauce a bit thinner), lime juice, fresh cilantro, fine chopped, salt, pepper

morningstar farms spicy black bean burgers, whole-grain bread, mesclun, salsa, light cream cheese, hot sauce (your favourite kind, i use frank s red hot)

fat cottage cheese (fat-free may also be used in place of this), jam (use your favourite kind, or a mixture of favourites!)

frozen cheese tortellini, sliced pepperoni, black olives, pitted green olives, cheese (of your choice, i use the white pepperjack for a bit of heat), italian dressing, toothpick (the kind with the handles)