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Seeking Pasta help. Ok, I'm actually a seasoned cook to a degree. However, lately I've been having problems with pasta. Maybe I'm rushing or losing grip with some basics. My kids won't eat it with sauce so aim to use butter and/or olive oil and then of course they have to have salt. I bring...

I got a lb of some cod fillets and not a lot of experiencing cooking fish. What are some of your tnt ways of cooking the fish? Just looking for simple nothing fancy. How and How Long and all the basics that a fish cooking newbie would want to hear. :smile: I have cooked it before, but it's been...

What is the best tool to make Chimichurri sauce in? I don't get it. I have a powerful immersion blender, a small food processor, a nice food chopper. This isn't the first time I've run into this problem. I followed a small recipe to make chimichurri sauce. It's so small that nothing I put it...

Went camping recently and due to time constraints treated to some marinated chicken and steak tips. The steak tips had some kind of cowboy marindate and I think the chicken was lemon and garlic. What gets me is, I've tried marinading meats at home in the past. It's been so long, I can't remember...

How picky are you with left overs? My husband who really doesn't know much about cooking or food has this big 3 day rule regarding left overs. I know it can depend on what it is. But I'm pretty sure there are many left overs that are still good after three days. Of course I'm talking cooked...

Hi. What's your favorite recipe that uses gorgonzola cheese? I bet it would go great in a salad especially since I love blue cheese in a salad. Anyone have a particular recipe that they absolutely love due to the gorgonzola cheese?

Good afternoon. Without thinking too much, I bought this long frozen Alaskan salmon. It's a little over 2lbs. It's frozen as frozen can be. Came home from the grocery and put it in the freezer. I thought to myself, that don't make sense. I can't cook that all at once. The kids don't like it...

ok I over did it. I want to try to eat more fish. So what do I do? I go to the store and I do my weekly grocery shoping. I bought 1lb of cod, 1lb of salmon and these little fresh daily chowder fish cups they put together. Not too shabby at $3.99 for the cup which is a pound. Ok that was...

Hello. I don't cook ham often. My husband brought up a 5lb bone in ham from BJ's, said it was on sale. I wasn't in the mood to get too deep into cooking today so I just through it in the crock pot with some brown sugar. It's done. I'm eating it and it's yummy. : ). There are juices on the bottom...

I talked myself into buying this. I wanted to use it for an Asian Soup recipe which had this as the main ingredient. It only called for 2 teaspoons. I'll have to think of ways to use this as I certainly don't want to put it to waste...

Hello. I cooked burgers on new Lodge cast iron skilled. I ended up with a messy pan. it's not the first time using the pan, but the first time cooking burgers. It was a combination of bison and ground beef all grass fed and some ground up calf liver. Actually I made the mistake of defrosting the...

I have to be one of the most non creative people out there. Why didn't I think of this. Someone gave me an idea to make sandwiches in a waffle iron. I have a Scooby doo one and lately I have been making quick sandwiches. Just made one right now. Small corn tortilla, left over shaved steak, cut...

I've been making a lot of stocks/broths. I don't always make soup. I use it like someone would have a glass of water during the day. I also use it for soups, stews, and general cooking. Sometimes it's just using cut up chicken parts and other times it the carcass and left over chicken/turkey...

After years of cooking, I'm starting to notice that I don't really need to use as much onion as recipes usually call for. Most recipes seem to call for 1 onion chopped up. I started realizing that its a bit overwhelming. You get a lot out of a chopped onion and onions do vary in size. Does...

I recently bought this. It just came in the mail. Excited! I haven't worked with them in quite awhile. I do have one of there dutch oven pots that I have used a lot. Link to what I bought is here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009JKG9M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Looking...

Hi. I'm not sure the best category but I'm thinking this would be the one. I seem to always fight the problem of varying temperatures in my meats. Chicken, Steak, Fish being the main meats. I have a $100.00 thermometer and I will sometimes check it multiple times from the top and side, even...

Hello. ok I'm getting a little nervous. I was told that if I buy a frozen turkey on Friday morning and keep it in the refrigerator, by the time Thursday came along I'd be golden as it should be all defrosted. So on Friday I bought a 20lb ButterBall Turkey. I didn't think about how many times...

Yup. I did it. Last Sunday I was making a small batch of blue cheese dressing with bluecheese, milk and mayo. I went to get some of the bluecheese stuck in the blade from an immersion blender and I didn't unplug it first. My other hand hit the button. : (. Luckily it only resulted 3 stitches to...

I recently fell i love with stuffing aneheim peppers and cooking them briefly on top of my gas stove (right on the flame). I just cut the top off and stuffed it the best I could. One time it was bacon, fried eggs and cheese and another time it was goat liver pate and boursin cheese. of course...

Hi everyone. If I wanted to say put a cool whip (or something similar?) on a pie, would it stay together or would it eventually melt down. I need to have the pie out for a good hour to an hour and a half before serving it. Thanks : )

I've roasted chicken many times, but never! used the bag of parts that come in the cavity. Is there anything worthwhile with these parts? Is it healthy? Please give me some ideas. Should I freeze for now? THanks for any ideas. I'd love to put them to use especially if it's to any benefit to...

Every once in awhile our unit goes through some defrost cycle, don't even have a dial for it. Lately, other problems like snow in the freezer. someone came out and didn't see anything wrong and thought mabye a side door hinge that was loose on the freezer would contribute toward air getting in...

This is very new to me. Is it really beneficial to try eating other meat organs besides the ones we all normally eat? If so - where do you start? I mean how do you know what to buy? How do you know what to do with it? Any input would be appreciated. I'll look around in the forum too. Thanks

I had really good luck with this honey/salt/pepper mixture that gets rubbed all over pork loin and thrown into the oven to roast. I would like to do this on the grill this weekend. I have a quick question. When cooking a pork loin on the grill, can you just put it right on the grill or do you...

I'm new to fermentation. This is my 2nd time doing it. After massaging all the vegetables (mostly cabbage green and red, few skinny zuchinnis, some beets) - and after I fill up the jar and juice is up to the top of the jar. There is still left over juice from massing them. Maybe I massaged them...