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Hi all, I am making a chocolate mousse and have a recipe calling for gelatin leaves, but can only fine granulated gelatin in the store. If I need two sheets for the recipe, can anyone tell me how to convert this to the granulated type? Thanks so much!

made some oatmeal with real maple syrup and a french vanilla yogurt

Hey Kamp, this isn't necessarily an answer to your question about easy recipes, but I just stumbled upon this website recently about kids with autism/adhd and a diet that may help alleviate some of the symptoms, you might want to pass along to your friend the address with all the info she'd need...

1 whole chicken 2 chorizos package of steaks chicken breast bag of tilapia fillets frozen corn, lima beans, peas, yellow squash, spinach and "stir-fry" mix frozen peaches and strawberries chicken stock vanilla bean ice cream whole roma tomatoes bag of parsley 4 or 5 black bananas banana bread...

The seasonings I tend to use the most are garlic powder, red pepper flakes, paprika, salt and pepper. I put these on chicken, fish, vegetables (toss cubed potatoes in olive oil and these spices and bake, yum!), even pizza dough - well except for the paprika, I usually just use that on meats and...

for some reason breakfast for dinner sounds good to me today... I found a pancake mix from a local company and we have real maple syrup... It's just one of those days!

I love anything that melted chocolate pours out of. Like molten lava cake. YUM.

I just (re)discovered falafel in a magazine I was reading the other day. We didn't have all the ingredients in the house, but even with what I had they turned out so tasty! It's basically cooked chickpeas (pureed), garlic, parsley, salt, cumin, a little oil of whatever variety, a little bit of...

I just got my first cast iron skillet and dutch oven over the weekend as well! My husband is familiar with cooking in it, but I am not. He is looking forward to using the skillet to cook his grandma's famous fried chicken... I am just looking forward to eating it!

Fresh Italian bread with creamy ricotta cheese on top, yum

I just made some rice pudding today - I def prefer the stove-top cooking method.. recipe is: 3 cups milk, 1/3 cup long grain rice, 1/4 cup sugar, tsp vanilla....optional you can add some raisins, and cinnamon or nutmeg... i don't really care for either so... basically you just heat the milk up...

I tend to use frozen veggies when I need a quick side dish in a pinch... like peas or corn. Sometimes I buy the "stir-fry" mix to make over rice, just cause I like the baby corn!

I have to drink decaf because I am breastfeeding, but the instant works great if I want to use milk instead of water, then it's like an instant latte. Not too bad tasting I don't think!

Frittata probably, got a ton of eggs in the fridge.

Grew up eating Nutella! My parents are from Italy and I never realized other Americans had never heard of it until I got made fun of in middle school for having a Nutella sandwich for lunch :-( Those same people are raving about it now!!! :-P