The BG Cookbook!~

[Effluo]

Effluo's Cubano Sammich (TX Version):

I've always had a love affair with Cuban sandwiches. It's hard to find a truly authentic one outside of anywhere with a large cuban population. I decided to make my own:

Ciabata bread
Black Forest Ham
Dill Pickle Slices (Stackers work great)
Mustard
Havarti Cheese

Split Ciabata bread and put mustard on top and bottom
layer Black forest ham
layer a few pickles
add cheese
more ham
more cheese
add top of bread

Put in Pannini press, or George Foreman grill until bread is crunchy and cheese is melted. Sit back and enjoy one of the best sammiches ever. If you can find some Cuban bread that would be awesome, but you can also use Italian or French bread. Also, a true cuban sandwich has roast pork, but it's hard to find, and I'm not always up for making my own. Also it has Swiss Cheese, but the wife isn't a fan, so we made some changes. Would also work well with Provolone.

[Vandalhart]

Dav's Sweet Toast

Extremely simple and quite delicious.

1 tsp. Cinnamon
1 tsp. Sugar
1/3 inch square of butter/margerine
1-2 Slices of bread (preferably something white)
1 Towel

Optional:
Various fruit (I find Strawberry slices or banana slices work best)

Place butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat until gooey (not fully melted if you can avoid). Mix in cinnamon and sugar, and mix together thoroughly. Toast bread as long as desired. Pour/spead on butter concoction evenly on toast.

This is sufficient to eat by itself. However if you are looking for something more, slice up a strawberry or two, or perhaps a banana and apply evenly to each slice of toast. If you have two slices, you can then turn it into a sandwich.

The final ingredient, 1 Towel, is needed to clean up after the orgasm you have when first tasting this.

I hear you can shove the towel into your pants prior to eating the sandwich so you don't get your undies dirty.

[Davricle]

I hear you can shove the towel into your pants prior to eating the sandwich so you don't get your undies dirty.

This is heavily debated among my contemporaries. Most I have spoken to say this ruins the entire experience and spoils the recipe. Best to just go with the original I posted

[Vandalhart]

My wife and I make this on a regular basis, we usually make it a day after we've roasted a chicken.

Lightwarrior's Chicken Stiry-Fry:

1 Green Pepper
12-18 Baby Carrots (or 1-2 regular carrots)
2 Medium Onions (or 1/2 spanish onion)
2-3 Stalks of Celery
1-2 pre-cooked Chicken Breasts
Some sort of sauce. We use VH Sweet and Sour Sauce.


1-2 Cups of Rice
1-2 Green Onions
Soy Sauce
Brown Sugar


I tend to boil the rice ahead of time, and prep the green onion and the sauce I put on the rice.
What I do, is mix the soy sauce with the brown sugar until it's sweet and salty at the same time.

As I'm boiling the rice, I cut up the veggies. I tend to julien the carrots, and green pepper then I chop the celery and onion into bite size pieces.

Throw all the veggies into a pan with a little oil or whatever. Cook until they are relatively soft.
Add chicken, and continue cooking until it is warm. Add the sauce and let simmer on low heat.

After the rice is done, I put it in a pan with a little oil and let it fry on low-medium heat. After it starts to warm up, I add in my soy sauce mix and let it soak up/mix throughout all the rice. I also tend to salt the rice as I do this so it has a nice sweet/salty flavour.

After the rice is done, just spoon onto a place and serve the veggies/chicken over top.

This generally makes enough for 2 medium size portions with enough for leftovers the next day, so you could easily cut the recipe down a bit. Exact amounts don't need to be followed, and you can always use different veggies instead of what I suggest here.

[Mamimikun]

Peanut Butter Cookies with only 3 ingredients!


These are so good and easy, you have to try these no flour cookies!

1 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg

Combine in a bowl, mix. Roll about a teaspoon of dough into a ball, place on a greased cookie sheet. Press the ball down lightly with a fork if you like. Bake for about ten minutes at 350 degrees.


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...8/DSC00004.jpg

[Davricle]

Peanut Butter Cookies with only 3 ingredients!


These are so good and easy, you have to try these no flour cookies!

1 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg

Combine in a bowl, mix. Roll about a teaspoon of dough into a ball, place on a greased cookie sheet. Press the ball down lightly with a fork if you like. Bake for about ten minutes at 350 degrees.


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...8/DSC00004.jpg

o.o

[Mamimikun]

^ they are very very good kinda sweet though so might wanna use less sugar /wave dav

[Davricle]

Hi! That's a lot of sugar and peanut butter!

Edit: Make me some.

[Electro]

Anyone have any Vegetarian Recipes?

My fiancee is a vegetarian (has been for 9 years) lol. I myself eat meat, but would like to cook her something. Have yet to find anything truly appealing.

[Daydreamer]

Anyone have any Vegetarian Recipes?

My fiancee is a vegetarian (has been for 9 years) lol. I myself eat meat, but would like to cook her something. Have yet to find anything truly appealing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/dining/131rrex.html

You may recognize the final dish. It looks like this.

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[Davricle]

Ratatouille?

[Day]

Wasn't that in um, that Resturant movie?

[Circe]

Bigrougabagel loves my roasted potato recipe and begs me to make them every chance he gets soooo.....here goes..

Baby Red Potatoes.....I usually get a 5 lb bag and cut enough up in large chunks to fill my baking dish..wash but leave skins on.

I premix extra virgin olive oil, garlic (minced or through a press..usually 4-5 cloves for a large dish), salt, pepper, parmesan cheese, and rosemary in a bowl...I eyeball it to get a good suspension of spices in the oil then pour over and mix with the potatoes in the dish. Sometimes I will play with different spices depending on my mood or the meal, a variety of them lend themselves well to this. After applying the oil mix I will sprinkle more parmesan cheese and rosemary on top.

Bake covered for about an hour on 350F....depending on your oven this could be more or less, so test for fork tenderness.

It's a super simple recipe but it has come out great every time.....even got compliments at the in-laws family reunion so I think it should work for you too! Enjoy!

[zoobernut]

My wife makes potatoes exactly like those. Same spices and everything, the only thing I could add to it other than its deliciousness is it is good with other vegetables mixed in too with the potatoes, we do bell peppers, onions and sometimes squash zucchini and carrots too.

[Sepukku]

Are there any good Diabetic friendly recipies or suggestions for people who have to watch their carb intake? A couple of them here are inadvertantly, but I'm curious if anyone here has experience cooking carb-friendly, either from personally being Diabetic or cooking for a diabetic person.

[Azkarin2]

I start work full time and was wondering if it is all right to leave a crockpot on from like 7AM until when I return. Any chance of fires/etc?

[Correction]

I start work full time and was wondering if it is all right to leave a crockpot on from like 7AM until when I return. Any chance of fires/etc?

That's how crockpots are meant to be used.

Just obey the standard saftey rules of any electric appliance (clearance around it, etc.).

[Raiko]

Here's a real simple veg recipe. Prolly takes about 10mins total to make. Fettucini is like fine spaghetti pretty much.


(Wild)Mushrooms, (Sunblushed)Tomatoes, Leeks, Pasta (Fettucini) Dbl Cream and some Basil. Items in brackets are optimal, but will work with the simple versions.

Searing hot pan with a little oil, add mushrooms to colour then tomatoes and leeks.

Once sweated off add a good bit of dbl cream and reduce til its thick.

Add pasta, toss about in the sauce on the heat, til the sauce coats the pasta.

Then add basil, season to finish and parmesan if desired.

Crock pot should be fine if you leave it on a really low heat.

[Cesaria]

I start work full time and was wondering if it is all right to leave a crockpot on from like 7AM until when I return. Any chance of fires/etc?

Mine's regularly on that long - they're meant to basically be left all day.

[thebearofscience]

This is a recipe that was sort of passed on by my father because I loved it.

Cut up some chicken into cubes. Preferably no greater than 3/4 to 1" pieces, although you can go a little larger. Just expect more time to cook. Store these in a plastic container.

This part I usually do on the fly. I rarely keep measurements except for the base 3. There's room for experimentation here:
2 parts white wine.
2 parts dressing (preferably Newman's Olive Oil and Vinegar).
1 part soy sauce.
Dash of Worcestershire and teriyaki.
Spoonful of garlic.
1-2 tablespoons of corn starch.
Nature Seasoning, Old Third World (acquired from the Spice House, The Spice House - Merchants of Exquisite Spices, Herbs and Seasonings).

Mix the ingredients except for the chicken into a shaker in the above order. Usually for 3 chicken breasts I go with 1/4 cup white wine, 1/4 cup Newman's Olive Oil and Vinegar and 1/8 cup soy sauce. Try not to use too much Worcestershire and teriyaki. Once in the shaker, shake vigorously until you have a sort of brownish composition, then pour over the chicken. Seal the container and store in the fridge for 30-45 minutes.

After elapsed time, pull the container and fire up either a frying pan or a wok. Stir fry the contents (be sure to use water to help determine the thickness of the accompanying sauce), just avoid trying to get too much of the marinade into your implement. Serve over rice.

I think I may try this out.
I'm a pretty amateur cook, but I'm trying to learn. It's odd because I was looking for recipes to start when and then noticed this thread. Thanks.