The Accidental Gourmet

Sunday, May 22, 2005

A Set of Super Sauces

If you have a super sauce and a little pasta, a veggie or rice you have a meal. Sauces are simple to make and easy to freeze and thaw. For best effect, freeze your sauces in ziploc bags and boil the bags to reheat. Mike's Goddess Pineapple Peach Sauce for Chicken 1 can crushed pineapple 1 can sliced... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 20, 2005

Comforts of Home

The definition of comfort food is different from person to person but there are a few common threads. First, a comfort food is usually something that a person's mom or grandmother made that has good memories attached to it. Second, comfort foods generally are rich and not diet food. And third they... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 19, 2005

We Got Hotdogs!!!!

Mike and I went grocery store shopping yesterday (after the WalMart grocery fiasco). The local Winn Dixie has turned out to be a godsend. They had fresh produce marked down and meats!!! I never thought that I would be so stoked about hotdogs but we got Bryan all beef hotdogs marked down to 59 cents... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Warm and Yummy - Bread Pudding

I learned to love bread pudding at an early age. Back then it was just my mom's very yummy way of using up stale bread. But as with so many wonderful foods, as more people have learned to love it variety and creativity have been applied to its natural goodness with somepretty spectacular results.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 16, 2005

Dressing in style

You can easily hit the condiments aisle for a bottle of passible salad dressing but why would you want to put so so dressing on your one of a kind special salad when you can create something that is just as special as your salad. Further, homemade salad dressing is unlimited in it's possibilitites... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 15, 2005

Pick a Peck of Pestos

The name Pesto actually means "I step on" and refering to the way pesto was originally made, I would assume. Although Basil pesto is the most familiar to people and therefore assumed to be the definitive pesto, there are many kinds of pestos and you are only limited by your imagination when creating... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 14, 2005

Oh no! Beans Again?

I am about beaned out ladies and gentlemen. Crockpots do many things well and making beans is one of those things. But even I, who loves beans, can get tired of them. So I have devised a few bean recipes that are anything but boring. Mike's Goddess Cucumber and Chickpea Salad 1 cup yogurt 1 teaspoon... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 13, 2005

From a Hungry Crockpot

We are still waiting on the stove and I figure that, by the time they get it in here, I will have an entire book full of crockpot recipes created. This small set of crockpot yummies have come about in the past week. They say neccessity is the mother of invention. I doubt the person who invented the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 12, 2005

Raw Foods - Good for you and easy too

Ok, my recent emphasis on the uncooked is being strongly influenced by my lack of a stove and my craving for diversity. However, this has been a rather tasty culinary journey that has brought me to a few very good meals. Nothing here is hard to make. If you can weild a kife without cutting yourself... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 10, 2005

A Bottle of Salad Dressing

Salad dressing is without a doubt one of the most time saving things you can ever buy. You can use it as a seasoning, a marinade, a condiment and just about anything else if you put your mind to it. Here are a few of my favorite uses for bottled salad dressings. Mike's Goddess Italian Pasta Salad 3... Sign in to see full entry.

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