If you want to enjoy a gourmet meal using inexpensive cuts of meat then you’ll want to learn how to “braise”. Braising means browning the meat oil and/or butter then slowly cooking in a covered roasting pan. The meat is covered in a liquid which usually includes some combination of water, broth...
Get a 1/2 dozen large DRY sea scallops and sauté..(a few more if you're hungry :smile:) 2. Bag of 'instant' brown rice (10 mins in boiling water) and a 'head' of broccoli. Brake broccoli into pieces, lay out on baking sheet.. Drizzle broccoli with olive oil, salt and pepper and roast in 400*...
If you enjoy trying international cuisine, then invest in a tagine. A Moroccan tagine is a two part cooking vessel that traditionally is made of clay or ceramic. It has a cone shaped top. Tagines are used to cook stew like dishes.
Part of the fun is that tagine recipes can be very easy to...
If there is a better place (forum) for this discussion/idea, please let me know...until then..
I was just introduced to the idea of a “charcuterie” board recently when shopping on one of my favorite on-line stores for specialty meat, poultry and game products. They were having a sale on...
Chicken with Bacon,Mushrooms & White Wine Sauce...
(the bacon grease, heavy cream & white wine make an "awesome sauce")
Ingredients
· 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
· Splash of neutral oil
· 5-6 Chicken Thighs-Bone in with Skin
· 4 ounces Bacon –chopped ( I used thick cut bacon slices)
· 2...
If you want to have a fun...and simple… dinner…try fondue.
First..for the “newcomers”…what is fondue? Traditional fondue is a sauce, either chocolate or cheese melted in the pot. For either one, you put all the ingredients in the pot and heat until melted. Once it is completed melted and...
I was just introduced to the idea of a “charcuterie” board recently when shopping on one of my favorite on-line stores for specialty meat, poultry and game products. They were having a sale on suggested ingredients and included their definition and history of the charcuterie board. It was...
This question is outside the "What's Cooking" thread and Net Cooking Talk forum "boxes" but could use some help to make my posts & replies better.
I take pics of some meals with my cell phone. How do I get them a "URL" to be able to put in a post.
Any help very much appreciated. I'm...