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    What to do with leftover raw filet mignon bits?

    Thanks for the suggestions so far! Those sound like great ideas.
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    What to do with leftover raw filet mignon bits?

    For Christmas we bought a huge slab of filet mignon, and cut it into individual steaks and grilled it. All the leftover small bits and pieces I threw in a bag and froze it. What's a good recipe for these leftover pieces of meat? I was thinking of sauteing them with something, but thought...
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    Lite Corn Syrup-Shelf Life

    I was wondering the same thing at Thanksgiving, when I went to make pecan pie. I still had a bottle of corn syrup left from last Thanksgiving. It had turned a bit yellow. I went to the Karo website, and it said something about corn syrup storing indefinitely, and that it would yellow with...
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    Turkey Brine

    I wanted to brine my butterball, and I just saw on another thread here where someone said you could brine a fresh butterball, just not a frozen one. Anyway, my dh doesn't want me experimenting on the turkey since people are coming here. Instead, I plan to use a mixture of butter and herbs, and...
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    HELP, plz, to fix bland chicken dish

    Yep, seasonings! You could also add a dash of lemon juice.
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    Is cooking a turkey on it's breast best?

    I cooked a fabulous turkey about five years ago, so moist, how I wish I'd kept that recipe! I am pretty sure I started it out on it's breast, and flipped it over partway through the cooking. I didn't cook it on it's breast the whole time, because I wanted it to brown. I also remember pouring...
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    Turkey Brine

    I came here looking for just such a thread! I found both Alton's and the below recipe promising. Instead of brining in a bag, I was going to try a large pot, or more than likely a cooler. Since it's cold here (about freezing at night) I was going to put the turkey in the cooler, and put it in...
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    Cooking with a copper casserole dish?

    Yep, I've got a houseful of ugly old things, I have a liking for primitive country antiques myself. That copper pot was too primitive for me, though. I know it's value was because of it's age and ugliness, which is why I bought it for a couple of bucks in the first place. I knew it was...
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    Cooking with a copper casserole dish?

    Hmm, well, I guess I will keep it and try it out, thanks! I used to sell a lot of estate sale finds on eBay, and once I sold an ancient copper pot. Seriously, it was so old my husband said it looked like something Jesus would have used, lol. It was handmade. I sold that ugly old thing for a...
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    Cooking with a copper casserole dish?

    About 20 years ago, my MIL gave me a large oval copper casserole dish, and it hung on our kitchen wall for many years. Eventually I stuffed it away in storage. I've been thinking about our upcoming Thanksgiving dinner, and the fact that I need more casserole dishes---suddenly I remembered the...
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    ISO subsitute for onions

    My father can't tolerate onions since he's had his gallbladder removed. He comes to visit every summer for a week, and since we cook everything with onions that's a rough week for us!! I use chopped chives, it's not as oniony, if it bothers him he doesn't complain.
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    Opinions for uses of convection oven, please

    Yes! Although I'm no expert, we've only had a convection oven for a few months. Every thing we have baked has turned out wonderfully, though. It does seem to cook a tiny bit faster, I'm still learning to get used to it. The directions say to set the temp 25 degrees lower than the recipe...
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    Stuffing/Dressing Poll

    We don't like stuffing in our family, either. We always have a wild rice dish with mushrooms and pecans or walnuts. There are a lot of stuffing threads here, I think this is the third one I've posted on. I feel like I'm really complaining a lot about stuffing today!!
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    I REALLY wish I liked Slow Cooker Meals

    I've tried about 4-5 recipes in our crockpot, and only about one dish did we really like. It's definitely a different flavor, we ordinarily grill a lot of our food. I think soups and stews do best in crock pots. Large cuts of beef like a roast, yes, it can be dry. My MIL gave me a slowcooker...
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    Cheesy Sliced Potatoes (Slow Cooker)

    Those look DIVINE, I am definitely trying your recipe!! Probably tonight, TFS.
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    Trader Joe's Food Finds

    Oh yes, my dh loves their potstickers, too! I can't eat them due to my allergies, but they do look good.
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    Trader Joe's Food Finds

    We buy their frozen vegetables, they can't be beat for taste. After eating Trader's Joe frozen corn, no one would ever willingly go back to grocery store canned or frozen corn, lol.
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    What is your favorite stuffing or dressing?

    None of our family likes "traditional" stuffing, so we always make a wild rice casserole with toasted pecans or walnuts. Rather than look up our recipe, I found this online which is basically the same: Ingredients 1-1/4 cups uncooked wild rice 1-1/4 cups uncooked long-grain rice 16...
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    ISO Thanksgiving Stuffing Ideas

    None of our family cares for stuffing, we always make a wild and white rice dish with fresh ground chicken or pork sausage. I do like the idea of bagel pieces though, that sounds interesting. We have a new husband coming for Thanksgiving this year, I hope he doesn't mind the lack of stuffing...
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    Mom's Potato Soup

    That looks delicious! I make mine very similar, except I use mostly chicken broth. I bet the milk and cream would make it even better.
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    What to pack for a preschooler?

    I never said the preschool had stated that store bought was healthier than home made now, did I? As so outspokenly stated, that is preposterous. The food that parents send to school is shared by ALL the children; it is not eaten by their child only. They have to do that so parents don't...
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    Dinner - Monday Sept.17

    I'm trying a new recipe, bacon & feta stuffed chicken breasts. We'll also have some kind of potatoes, and Trader Joe's frozen peas.
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    What to pack for a preschooler?

    Well, it's only for 2 1/2 hours, two mornings a week, he gets plenty of fruit at home. I have hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and I really need some kind of protein snack between meals, not just fruit. I've noticed with my kids they go a little crazy if their own blood sugar starts to drop...
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    Alcohol Nutrition

    We don't drink the hard stuff, but we do drink beer. To cut down on the calories and alcohol we drink light beer.
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    Need a fresh, spreadable cheese (or new appetizer idea altogether)

    Those are all great ideas, thanks so much!! I did just check out the boursin website, there are all kinds of recipes there.
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