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    Help Me Pick Some Equipment

    Ok, my birthday is going to be here in 2-3 weeks, and im going to ask for some cooking untensil's as a gift. Are there any cheap/very good knifes, for dicing, peeling, meat, veggies, potatoes, etc. Very good ones, but affordable. And can someone point me in the direction of a nice cheap broiler/wok.
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    Eggplant tomatoe spinich chicken

    Im thinking of trying something new, a nice italian dish, I dont know if it's been made before, or if you've ever had it, cause I never have. This is what I have so far, tell me your thought's, and if you think it will turnout good. I like to eat healthy, but still enjoy, so ill keep this nice...
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    How many cups of uncooked rice are equal to 1/2 cooked rice

    Lol.. Can somebody help me out, so I dont waste any rice. Im going to use one of thise nice rice steamer's, to make the white rice. Can someone tell me approximatly, how many cups of UNCOOKED rice, are equal to 1/2 COOKED rice.
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    Easter Pie (Food Network)

    Im going to make this for easter, and have you TNT'd this yet? And if so, what's your results/taste of this.. Easter Pie
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    Substuting Butter, Shortening, Margaine etc.

    Well, for Easter, i'm going to have some family over, and one of the girl's is a very healthy eater. So i'll make her a seperate dessert dish, now I just bought some ground flax seed meal, and it says you can substitute butter etc, for flaxseed in cooking, for a ratio of 3-1. 1/2 butter = 1 1/2...
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    Sweet Potato Question

    Now me, I just discovered sweet potatoe's after year's of my family eating them. I love pumpkin pie's etc, so I fell in love with this. Now im craving one for lunch, but I have to leave at 12:30, and wont be home til 2 or so. So I usually bake them at 375 for 1 hour, and there moist, still, and...
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    Idea's needed for cooking chicken

    Well, me and the family is getting sick of the normal just cooking the chicken on top of the stove, what else can I do to cook the chicken, beside's just putting it in a big pan with potatoes, and cooking for 350+ for an hour or so, how can I roast it in the oven, or any other idea's to cook...
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    No chicken? No meat? No time? No problem

    Pasta Noodles Shrimp Garlic Oil (little less than 1/4 cup) Broccoli Black Pepper/Salt for taste First steam/boil broccoli, while you boil/clean the shrimp. Than cut it up, not to small, but not to big. Pour some oil into a big pan, simmer the cut garlic on low. Peel/clean the shrimp/broccoli...
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    Breaded chicken

    I made this tonight, came out decliousss, incredible crust, if done right, a crust sort of like KFC, real crispy/brown. Ingrediants: 4 chicken boneless/skinless (or however much you have.) 1 1/2 cup bread crumbs, or about 10 pieces of dried bread (than grind to make authentic crumbs.) 1 cup AP...
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    Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies

    Preheat oven 350. 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed) 1/2 cup creamy PB 3/4 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp baking powder 1 egg 1 1/4 cup AP flour 1 stick butter (softened) or 1/2 stick butter + 1/4 cup shortening (I use full stick butter, to me shortening is just like lard - dont prefer to use...
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    Pizza Crust

    1 1/2 cup AP Flour 1 tsp salt 1/2 cup warm water (110 degrees) 2 tsp active dry yeast 4 tbsp olive oil 1 pizza stone (Note: if you double this recipe, do not change yeast quanity - leave yeast 2 tsp) Even with the amount of flour, this is a nick thick crust, even if rolled out, gets thicker in...
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    Homemade Noodles / Raviolli Shell

    These can be used for homemade pasta noodles, or use for raviolli. When making the raviolli, you dont roll it out as much, roll it out, but keep it thick. 4 Cup flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 cup oil 4 egg's 1/2 cup water (or more) Mix all ingrediants together, knead alittle, oil top of dough, form...
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    ISO Strawberry Recipe/Bananna

    I got walnuts, peanuts, rasins, strawberrys, bananna's. ANyone have any recipe's throw all of those in, got some family coming tonight, and im trying to make it for someone with real bad blood sugar, so it can't have much sugar in it, try to make it relatively healthy. Cause i'll feel bad while...
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    Simple Delicious Italian Sauce

    6 lb's fresh tomatoe's 5 garlic cloves 1 onion 4-5 bay leafs 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper or red pepper (if you liek extra zaz) 1/4 cup oil 1/2 tsp oregano 1/2 tsp basil 1 tsp parsley or 2-4 fresh parsley leaves Boil/shock fresh tomatoe's(after boiling, for 45-50...
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    Bread vs AP Flour Questions

    I think one of the reason's my bread doesn't turn out, hard, and crispy, and soft on the outside, is maybe I use AP flour. ALot of recipe's call for Bread Flour. Now does a Dominick's, or Jewel sell bread Flour? (Please tell me it's not 10$ lol). And how do you compare taste, rising, texture...
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    ISO Best Italian Bread Recipe

    I need one that rises huge, with a hard crust, but soft on the inside. Please tell me the recipe, temperture, what you did, etc. I dont know if it's my kneading technique, I knead it little at first, let it rise, than punch it down, let it rise again, shape it, let it re-rise for like 10...
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    Gnocchi

    If I dont have a potatoe ricer, after steaming/peeling, should I just smash them by hand? or use a food processor or what. And the sauce im going to use: marinara, or I might add some ground sirloin. Would it taste good with them, 1st time making gnocchi. Any tips? for forming/rolling. etc...
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    Yeast

    I've started to get into bread making, dough making, etc. And, i'm having trouble making my bread rise, I dont know if i'm using to little yeast, or not waiting enough to let it rise. Can somebody tell me how to get it to rise, and stay light. Or share a recipe with me. (Italian bread/Cinnamon...
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