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    Cooking chicken drumsticks

    I have 4 left over from a BBQ - that are uncooked. I was thinking about doing the following: - Heating an oven dish in an oven. - Rubbing oil on the chicken, and putting lots of salt and pepper over them. - Add these to oven dish - Then add some freshly chopped basil to it and maybe some...
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    Ideas for cod fillet

    Hello everybody. I bought some frozen cod fillets at the weekend. Not sure how to cook them though. I had an idea of roasting them in chopped tomatoes for about 20 minutes, or do you think that is too much? 2 main points: - MUST be healthy, i.e. no fats, or sugars - should be easy and quick...
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    What sauce would go well with this dish

    I am doing a starter on saturday: Tomato and aubergine stacked up. E.g. Tomato aubergine Tomato aubergine Then cheese on top of it. T his is all roasted btw. What sauce would you recommend? Do you think something like a vinegar would be OK? Something easy and simple please :smile:
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    Roasting vegetables

    How long do vegetables take to cook in the oven. Say on 200C (390F) and on the middle-lower shelf? Just wondering as I am cooking lamb tomorrow in the oven, and want to roast the veg too. Thanks everyone.
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    Tuna Napolitana

    Didn't think this really should go in the FISH section, so put it here instead. Does anyone know how to make this. I bought a packet of it a while ago and really liked it. It was dried powder, that you added milk too, and some tuna, and it made a great sauce for some pasta. However, I can't...
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    Dessert after lamb dish

    On saturday I am cooking for myself, my gf and her parents. I am cooking a starter, and lamb as the main course. Last time I cooked for people (different people) I did some brownies with ice cream and chocolate sauce. They were quite nice. I may use these again, but was wondering what other...
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    Help: Rack of lamb

    I'm cooking on saturday night for myself, my GF and her parents. I'm quite new to cooking and only know a few recipes, but I'm going to attempt to do a rack of lamb. I was going to use 1 and a half racks of lamb. That would equal 12 cutlets, which would mean about 3 each - does that sound OK...
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    Herbs: basil, parsley, etc..

    I've read a lot of recipes where the ingredients call for: "Fresh basil" or "Leaves of some other herb". How many actually use these fresh leaves, or have the plants in their kitchen? Do you all just use dry stuff?
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    Idea for a recipe?

    I have some chicken breast at home, and as you know it's very versatile, but can be boring if not cooked that well. I'm a complete newbie at cooking and only just beginngin my experimenting. I have an idea for it though, but not sure if it's good. You boil some new potatoes for a while...
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    Cooking new potatoes

    Hey everyone, I have potatoes nearly every night, and with things like quiche I normally have small new potatoes. It's gets quite boring just having boiled new potatoes. Is there anyway of spcing these up. How do you cook your potatoes? Nothing too time-consuming, as I normally just want to...
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    Vegetarian lasagne - ok?

    Me and my GF are having my friend and his GF over tonight and I'm cooking. He's a veggy, so I'm cooking the following: Ceasar salad with garlic bread Vegetarian lasagne Brownies with chocolate sauce. I've bought all the ingredientes for the lasagne, but just wanted to check to see what you...
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    What does "one cup" mean?

    I am a COMPLETE newbie at cooking really, but always enjoyed the small amount of cooking I've done. Anyway, I have a recipe for chocolate fudge brownies. They sound good, and I think I could do it quite well. However, it uses "cup" measurements. i.e.: 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup butter 2/3 cup...
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