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[imaginary friend]

I made soup the other day. My first ever soup. And it tasted better re-heated than when it was just cooked.

Anyway, it was chicken bacon and potato soup.
Put garlic, 1 chopped onion and 3 chopped bacon rashers into a pan with some olive oil. Cook them a bit. Add 1.5 pints of chicken stock, 3 chopped potatoes and 3 chopped carrots. Cook them til they're done. omnomnom

that's why whenever possible, you make soup a day in advance. 

[Captain Oblivious]

I made soup the other day. My first ever soup. And it tasted better re-heated than when it was just cooked.

Anyway, it was chicken bacon and potato soup.
Put garlic, 1 chopped onion and 3 chopped bacon rashers into a pan with some olive oil. Cook them a bit. Add 1.5 pints of chicken stock, 3 chopped potatoes and 3 chopped carrots. Cook them til they're done. omnomnom

that's why whenever possible, you make soup a day in advance. 

I'll definitely remember that
The chopping was time consuming and waiting for the veg to do, so next time I won't do it when I should be studying (procrastination)

[imaginary friend]

reheat it as slowly as circumstances allow. 

[imaginary friend]

things to do with chocolate:     http://www.delish.com/recipes/cooking-recipes/irresistible-chocolate-recipes#fbIndex1

[Savannah]

Just made coffee flavoured cake with my mum, it's my fav cake recipe. And smells so omnomnom  

I just added a tablespoonful of coffee instead of cocoa powder. I prefered Turkish coffee because it was near at hand, but a nice brew coffee does it pretty well too  

[Savannah]

In Tiramisu we trust 

[absynth aura]

^*drool*

[meganpaige]

Just made coffee flavoured cake with my mum, it's my fav cake recipe. And smells so omnomnom  

I just added a tablespoonful of coffee instead of cocoa powder. I prefered Turkish coffee because it was near at hand, but a nice brew coffee does it pretty well too  

I have a coffee-flavoured coffee cake recipe that I really like. Hmm...where is that recipe, anyway...

[Savannah]

Mash potatoes, baked with peas, corn, carrot, butter and cheddar as topping.

[slyvia k]

i shared this recipe with jetske and another friend,
and i thought you might be interested in making your own home made pesto, so here goes 


first of all, home made pesto can be kept in the fridge for as long as 10 days...you can put it in a jar, or leave it in a covered bowl, the only thing you have to do is put a layer of olive oil on the pesto before you put it in the fridge.
i suppose you all have a mini mixer? you know, those things that make smoothies/chop things.
what you need, for a decent sized jar of pesto is:

100grams of fresh basil
70 grams of parmesan (either you chop it in little dices before mixing it, or you buy already grated parmesan)
50 grams of pecorino romano cheese (it adds the saltiness...)
about 10 walnuts
half a clove of garlic (but you can put an entire clove, if you don't have to kiss anyone  )
and olive oil, preferably extra virgin 

what you have to do is start by putting some basil in the mixer, at the bottom, because it's lighter than the other ingredients.
then add some parmesan, some pecorino, some walnuts, the garlic, olive oil, and start mixing.
when it gets mixed, start adding the rest of the ingredients. add oil to keep it nice and smooth.
mix away, you might have to put it in a bowl while you're still mixing the rest if there's not enough space in the mixer, but don't worry, then just mix everything together with a spoon (the different pesto ''batches'').

that's pretty much it, if you have any questions let me know once you do it, you'll also be able to dose the ingredients by yourself, and you can add more of what you like etc...

[absynth aura]

I was looking for something to bake, and as I used the last of our eggs yesterday making lime bars (totally delicious btw) I had to find something with no eggs.
And I found a recipe for Eggless Marble Banana Bread/Cake

It's in the oven, but it looks and smells fantastic.



1 1/4 C  all purpose flour
1 C  mashed banana
1/2 C  brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 C canola oil
2 TB cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla extract

METHOD

Preheat oven @ 175C and grease 7 in cake pan.

Combine flour, salt, brown sugar and baking powder in a mixing bowl.

Combine banana,  oil and vanilla extract in a small bowl.

Now mix in banana  mixture to the flour mixture. Stir until just moistened.

Divide batter into 2. Add cocoa powder to one portion, sir well. Leave the other half plain.

Place the cake mixture into prepared pan by alternating spoonfuls of plain batter with chocolate batter. Using a skewer, swirl the batter to get marbled effect.

Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

Cool the cake in the pan for 15 minutes, transfer onto wire rack and allow  to cool completely.

[Pandora]

I was looking for something to bake, and as I used the last of our eggs yesterday making lime bars (totally delicious btw) I had to find something with no eggs.
And I found a recipe for Eggless Marble Banana Bread/Cake

It's in the oven, but it looks and smells fantastic.



1 1/4 C  all purpose flour
1 C  mashed banana
1/2 C  brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 C canola oil
2 TB cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla extract

METHOD

Preheat oven @ 175C and grease 7 in cake pan.

Combine flour, salt, brown sugar and baking powder in a mixing bowl.

Combine banana,  oil and vanilla extract in a small bowl.

Now mix in banana  mixture to the flour mixture. Stir until just moistened.

Divide batter into 2. Add cocoa powder to one portion, sir well. Leave the other half plain.

Place the cake mixture into prepared pan by alternating spoonfuls of plain batter with chocolate batter. Using a skewer, swirl the batter to get marbled effect.

Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

Cool the cake in the pan for 15 minutes, transfer onto wire rack and allow  to cool completely.

How was it? One of my friends is thinking of going vegan and I've been looking for some things I could bake him, and this looks pretty good.

Anyway, I just wanted to post a link to my favourite brownie recipe
http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2011/02/cocoa_brownies_with_browned_butter_and_walnuts
I'm not sure how much of a difference the browned butter makes, I just know I love them. Chewy and chocolatey.

[absynth aura]

It was tasty.
A little doughy, but not so much that it became unappealing.
I would recommend doubling the mix next time though because it became a really flat cake.

[imaginary friend]

not a recipe...but I made perfectly grilled chicken legs today. nice char on the skin, moist and tender beneath. the smoke and marinade blended exquisitely.   

I used my charcoal starter chimney to get the coals going. first time using it. the coals were ready so fast that I'm going to be doing a lot more grilling from now on.

 

[Pandora]

I bought a smoker! So now I can smoke stuff!