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I made the plov (pilav)

2025-09-09T21:24:16Z

I made cold borscht

2025-09-06T21:57:28Z

Very tasty.

Stalinist Soviet borscht "Leningrad Proletarian"

2025-08-02T19:12:04Z

Beef ribs, chicken breast, beetroot, pickles, carrots, cabbage, onions, garlic, tomatoes, black pepper. It is served with sour cream and black rye bread.

Char-Broil Charcoal L Review

2024-06-13T18:36:18Z

Here is my latest youtube video, hope you like it. :)

cooking @ 2022-08-24T08:19:00

2022-08-24T00:19:20Z

Soft and Fluffy Sponge Cake: How to Make It Even Better/Kek Span Lembut Gebu Dan Mudah

Soft and Fluffy Sponge Cake: How to Make It Even Better

7 egg whites

7 egg yolks

3/4 glass sugar

1 glass wheat flour

1 tbsp baking powder

1 tbsp vanilla essence

3/4 glass cooking oil

....food coloring

Methods: Beat egg whites until stiff .Add in sugar gradually until meringue is formed. Beat egg yolks until creamy.Then fold beaten egg yolks into meringue. simultanoeusly with wheat flour. Add in baking powder and vanilla essence. Add in cooking oil. Divide mixture into different color if you wish or any way you prefer. Bake for 1 hour in a preheated oven....170-180 degree C

The Ultimate guide to Cutting Boards

2021-05-26T12:45:43Z

Whether you call them cutting boards or chopping boards they are an important essential piece of equipment in any kitchen regardless of your food choices.

Click here to read the rest of the article.

Pea and Dill Risotto

2021-05-11T11:13:49Z

Here is my latest YouTube video. A wonderful fresh spring recipe to try!

If you go and watch the video don't forget to subscribe!

Pea and Dill risotto is a great stand alone dish but it would also make a great accompaniment to a freshly grilled piece of salmon or chicken.
Dill can be a wonderful herb, but it must be fresh and used judiciously.
Risotto is moreish but I have made this recipe slightly smaller to give you three, tasty, medium-sized portions.
You can find the printed version on my recipe here.

©Kevin Ashton 2018

Mulled Wine Recipes

2017-09-25T01:41:21Z

What are your preferred recipes for mulled wine?

Recently I bought a bottle of red blend wine that turned out not to be to my taste for drinking, but I don't want to just pour the whole bottle out since I've only had a glass. The thought occurred to me that I could try my hand at making mulled wine, but the amount of recipes out there were a bit daunting. So I turn to y'all for help.

Coyoty makes a pepperoni and blueberry pizza.

2017-08-14T19:32:40Z

If it works for pineapple...

...it doesn't necessarily work for blueberries. There's nothing bad about it, but blueberries just don't hold up as well as pineapple as a topping. Their flavor's not as strong and they might as well not be there. Maybe they don't have the sharp acidity that makes pineapple stand out.

I don't know how they are all facing the same direction. I just tossed them randomly. My strange luck again.

The recipe was simple: Preheat oven to 500° F., oil the pan with avocado oil, spread out the dough, lay the sauce, sprinkle with ground black pepper and green chili flakes, cover with shredded mozzarella, lay the pepperoni, cover with more mozzarella, lay the blueberries, and bake for 10 minutes.

Substitute for Frozen Lima Beans

2017-02-26T19:25:18Z

I have a chili recipe I'm wanting to try that calls for one cup of frozen lima beans (plus canned pintos and various other ingredients). Unfortunately, while I can find dried limas and possibly canned, I can't locate frozen. Is there a problem with soaking dried limas and subbing them for the frozen? Or can I soak, cook, and freeze them if they're dried and not fresh?

The only frozen bean I can be sure of finding, apart from string beans/waxed beans, are edamame.

Thanks!

Has anyone cooked with shirataki noodles?

2017-01-17T19:01:04Z

I've never been good at figuring out the cooked yield (in cups) from dry/raw ingredients. If I want to use 168g (roughly 6 oz) bags of shiratiki noodles to replace 8 oz of dry noodles, how many bags/drained cups of noodles should I use?

Coyoty makes eggnog overnight oats.

2016-12-31T11:11:39Z

A convenient breakfast for the holidays when you've got the eggnog and you don't want to make breakfast tomorrow.

Mix up 1/3 cup rolled or old-fashioned oats, some fruit or nuts (I used slivered almonds, pecans, and coconut), a pinch of salt, 1/4 cup eggnog, and 1/3 cup milk, sprinkle cinnamon on top, and let it sit in the fridge overnight. The next morning all the liquid will be absorbed and the oats will be soft and sweet from the eggnog, so no sugar needs to be added.

If you don't have eggnog, you can use other dairy such as milk, kefir, or yogurt. You can also mix in wheat germ, chia seeds, and other healthy fillers.

Cherry-Walnut Sauce

2016-12-26T02:48:44Z

Cherry-Walnut Sauce for Ham

2 cups canned sour cherries in water, liquid reserved. [I used 2 15-oz cans and ended up a little over 2 cups, worked fine]
2 tb cornstarch
1/3 cup sugar
1/8 ts salt
2 tb lemon juice (about half a largeish lemon)
1/3 cup broken walnut meats

Pour liquid from cherries into a saucepan. Add cornstarch, sugar, salt and lemon juice, stir well to mix, and cook over medium heat, stirring until thick and clear. Add nuts and cherries. Bring to a boil, check to see if it needs salt or a little extra lemon juice, and serve hot.

This would probably go well with lamb or duck as well.

I hadn't made this in ages and figured this was as good a time as any to try it again. Delicious and easy.

Are plastic ladles safe in microwaved liquids?

2016-09-22T22:33:47Z

For various reasons I won't subject you to, I'm in the process of equipping a new kitchen. Among the basic tools I need is a proper ladle; the plastic ones I've seen claim to be safe to 400°F/200°C. I make a lot of my soups in a covered glass dish in the microwave, and I understand that a microwave is capable of superheating liquid beyond the 212°F/100°C boiling point (as discussed here.)

So can a plastic ladle--dipped into the heated liquid, not left in the dish to cook!--stand up to that, or should I spring for metal?

ETA (9/23/16): I'll admit to having been shopping at the bottom of the retail food chain, at Big Lots and Walmart; based on everyone's advice, I think I'll go with a metal ladle at the moment (although silicon could further my determination to mark my territory in teal.) Thanks for your help, everyone!

FETA (Further Edited to Add--11/13/16): I now have two steel ladles, acquired for a total $2.64 USD from an area thrift store that accumulates a lot of housewares.

To those of you who can eat peanut butter and fresh blueberries...

2016-08-05T22:34:54Z

At a breakfast buffet this past weekend, I accidentally wound up combining the two in a chocolate-in-my-peanut-butter incident; the combination was unexpectedly glorious. Not a recipe so much as a suggestion: a peanut-butter-and-blueberry sandwich could be a potential quick breakfast or school lunchbox item.

Roasting Chicken Drumsticks

2016-04-13T19:30:10Z

So, for some time now I always have the problem of blood coming out of the bone whenever I roast drumsticks. I've tried soaking them in brine/water overnight which according to the internet should help draw out the blood, but thats never worked. In the grand scheme of things its not that big a deal, but it just looks unattractive. Does anyone else have this problem? Has anyone found a foolproof solution?

Other question - best tip for crispy skin, is it just make sure the oven is really hot when you put them in? Dry skin?

Coyoty makes roasted blackened salmon and pearl onions.

2016-04-10T09:24:35Z

This is one of the tastiest things I've cooked. Wild Alaskan sockeye salmon filet, frozen pearl onions, and truffle oil from Trader Joe's, with Chef Prudhomme's blackened redfish seasoning.

I laid the filet skin-down on a large foil sheet, drizzled it with truffle oil, covered it with the seasoning, covered it with onions, covered the onions with the seasoning, sealed the foil, and roasted it for 15 minutes at 500 degrees F.

From the first onion, it was heaven. The onions picked up the flavor of the salmon, and vice-versa, in a good way. It would have been great without the seasoning, but the seasoning made it greater. I think the truffle oil made it the greatest. The fish was moist, flaky, and perfectly cooked. I'm making it again tomorrow.

Help! My sister has celiac disease and she's so finicky with food we don't know what to feed her!

2016-02-21T17:33:14Z

Like, short term we are fine, she's having gluten free pasta and gluten free cookies, but she's always been super picky about food and we know this won't last forever.

This is a list of the things she WON'T eat:
- any fruit except tomato
- most vegetables (with the exception of chikpeas, corn and maybe a bit of spinach/chard or carrots), and yes, that includes garlic (I know, it's a travestry...)
- any nuts (tho we hope she'll be ok with nut flour, for her own sake...)

she loves pasta and gnocchi, so i'm looking up recipes for that kind of things, but if you can give me any cool recipes (+ advice if you have anything) we'll be very thankful!

especially somethign that's an easy chocolate cake ;A;

edit: A lot of people are asking, so I'll just paste it here:
basically, she had a lot of health problems before, especially related to her weight, and I don't want her to use this as an excuse to go back into that mindset. I'd like to find some recipes so I can learn how to make them and know the process

ps: this is not a child, this is an adult, 26year old woman, so we can't really force her to eat anything she doens't want to.
ps 2: we live in Argentina, so a lot of things like maple syrup, sourghum or certain brands don't exists here. You'd literally have to order them from out the states

Strawberry Cloud Cake

2016-02-19T13:42:03Z

Baked this one a while ago - found pictures today. May it bring a bit of summer and sunshine to your homes! Classic and always trendy - vanilla sponge, whipped cream, strawberries and chocolate. Enjoy!

Step 1 - Lets bake a basic vanilla sponge (I doubled the recipe for my cake)

6 eggs
1 cup of sugar
1 package of vanilla sugar

Beat up with a mixer till steady peaks
Fold in 1 cup of sifted flour

Bake in a mold covered with parchment at 180C until edges are golden and middle of the cake springs back when pressed

Let chill and cut into 2 or 3 layers

Step 2

Beat 2 cups of heavy cream and 1/2 of icing sugar till steady peaks
We will use it as filling and as icing!

Step 3 - fill the cake, ice the top and sides, cover sides with cookie crumbles

Step 4
Decorate the borders using a parchment bag with a star tip

Step 5
Cut fresh strawberries (do not remove stems) and spread them like a hand-fan. Decorate the cake with the "fans"

Something like this!

Step 5
Decorate with some melted chocolate!

Step 6 - Enjoy!

Other Great Recipes:

Cherry Cheese Dessert
Little Mermaid Cake
Mushroom and Potato Casserole
Beef Squares
Eggplant Towers
Cabbage Rolls - Holubtsi
"Berry Baskets" Pastries - Корзинки (Korzynky)
Spicy Appetizer "Korean Carrots"
Oatmeal and Sour-cream Bread
Apple Charlotte
Ukrainian Doughnuts - Пампушки
"Super-Power" Cranberry Drink
"Syrnychki" - Cottage Cheese Pancakes
"Syrna Zapikanka" - Ukrainian Cheese Casserole
"Syrnyk" Ukrainian Style Cheesecake
"Little Porcupines" Pastries - Їжачки (Yizhachky)
Camping Special - Cooking at Pinery
"Rushnychok" Ukrainian Poppy Seed Roll
Apple Puffs
Chocolate Truffle Cake
Quick Pickles
Chicken Cacciatore
Vatrushka
Orange Rice
"Parrot Tail" Cake
Galushki
Happy Mushroom Salad
Chicken A La Bacon
Crepes
Traditional Easter Bread - Paska
Honey-Garlic Roasted Cauliflower
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Ukrainian Style Stir-Fry
Pizza Primavera
Vegetarian Borsch
Cream Puffs
Chocolate and Walnut Pastry "Alissa"
Busy Mommy's Caramel Tartlets
Kiwi Pastry
Spinach and Potato Casserole
Creamy Cheesecake
Swimmer's Choice Pasta Salad
Lemon Poppy Seed Shortbread
Shepherd's Pie
Glazed Shortbread Cookies
3D Guitar Cake
Honey Oatmeal Cookies
Avocado and Smoked Salmon Terrine
Meatballs
Waldorf Chicken Salad
Booblik + Bonus Challah Bread
Chili
Cake "Mikado"
Halloween "Pumpkin" Salad
Poutine
Eggplant Rolls
Beef Stroganoff
Fish Kebabs
Apple Cranberry Pie
Raspberry Truffle Cake
Amazing Potato Bake a la Salina
Sushi
Chocolate Croissant
Traditional Russian Pie
Pierogi with Sour Cherries
Banana Bread
Dolma, or Grape Leaf Rolls
"Melting Moments" Cookies
Chicken Cutlets
Potato Pancakes!
Awesome Spinach Salad
MY SIGNATURE STEAK

Food Processor

2016-01-31T12:31:22Z

I looked in the tags and memories but this didn't show up at all, so here we go. Hopefully this is okay!

My husband got me a food processor for Christmas. It does not have a dough blade (he almost got me one with that but changed his mind). It's an Oster. It is still in its box as I don't have room in my cupboards to store it just yet, but I want to know what all I can do with it that I can't do with my other appliances.

I already have a blender (the old 1970's kind my mom had when I was growing up) and a hand blender, plus a really small food processor that mostly just turns things into pulp (but it's great for when I'm mixing soft food for the guinea pigs and we spend like $10 on it so whatever).

Aside from the cheese grating attachment, what is this device going to do for me that I can't already do with what I have? I know there must be things and amazing recipes I can do now that I couldn't do before, I just need to be pointed in the right direction.

Thanks for any tips!

GREEN SOUP

2015-12-21T01:10:51Z

I started making this soup out of Anna Thomas's "Love Soup" cookbook and now my husband is completely addicted. I can't say the color is all that attractive, but if you like greens, you will like this. It's easy and fairly quick.

The type of greens you choose will make a difference. Choose from chard, spinach, beet greens, mustard greens, collard greens, watercress, turnip greens, etc. We found that turnip greens are very strongly flavored and made the soup somewhat bitter, whereas chard, spinach, and beet greens are on the sweeter end of the spectrum. My favorite version is made with spinach and collards.

I adapted this slightly from the cookbook version and I would expect whoever makes it to add their own touches as well.

GREEN SOUP

2 bunches greens, washed, tough stems removed, torn into pieces
2 bunches green onions (scallions), washed and the root ends trimmed
2 bunches cilantro, washed

Place all of the above in a large pot with 3 cups of water and a teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer about 30 minutes.

1 large onion, chopped
5-6 cloves garlic, chopped
olive oil

Saute the onion slowly until caramelized, about 25-30 minutes, stirring often. At the last, add the garlic and let it sizzle briefly. Then add the whole thing to the greens and let simmer another 10 minutes.

Let cool a few minutes, then puree in a blender or food processor in batches. You will need more liquid to do this and you can use water or broth, as you prefer.

Return soup to pot. Heat gently and add a tablespoon of lemon juice, a good sprinkle of cayenne, salt and pepper to taste. Then season as you think it needs it - a hit of balsamic vinegar, nutmeg, and some cumin can really make this soup sing.

Garnish with some feta or blue cheese or a drizzle of olive oil.

Coyoty makes trashy brown rice with turkey gravy and spicy salami spread.

2015-12-16T07:45:29Z

Sometimes I eat out of a trash can. (Others may call it a multicooker.) If I have things sitting around in the refrigerator that I want to get rid of, but don't want to just throw it away, I throw it in the trash can with some rice and cook it on the rice's setting. (Unless it's something I can have for breakfast, then I use oatmeal instead.) In this case, it turned out really good.

I had 1.5 cups of leftover Trader Joe's turkey gravy and 3 oz. (half a package) of Trader Joe's Nduja (a spicy salami spread), threw it in with a cup of Trader Joe's brown rice, and pressure cooked it for 25 minutes. The result tasted very much like good Cajun dirty rice and beans, but without the beans.

Frozen Peppers

2015-11-30T18:12:34Z

Mr. Jack Frost came in the night & claimed all the peppers off my red bell pepper plant, leaving them soft & soggy. Now I'm wondering of any good ways to deal with them now? I could throw 'em to the birds, but thought I might check here first?

x-posted to thequestionclub, with a shrug.

Coyoty makes a Trader Joe's Thanksgiving dinner.

2015-11-29T08:49:23Z

Baked Trader Joe's turkey breast tenderloin with Trader Joe's Brussels sprouts, Trader Joe's mashed potatoes, Trader Joe's gravy, and Trader Joe's Everyday Seasoning. The only thing not Trader Joe's is the Saint Lucifer Spice I added to the turkey.

If I had known it would take a couple of overnights to defrost a couple of tenderloins, I'd have had Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving instead of Saturday.

Yes, The Plate is back. Gush away.