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Horseradish in a Baked Potato? Dude. Yes.
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2/1/2012 7:32:00 PM
Years ago, there was a grocery store in our neighborhood (in the town in the East Bay that I grew up in) and they had "Twice Baked Potatoes" And I wondered...how do they get them so whipped looking, and chunky in the middle? It's so lovely looking...well, recently, I learned.
Basically, you bake the potato, cut it open, scoop out the guts into a bowl, throw in the ingredients you wanna use - squish them around, put 'em back in the potato and bake it again for 20 mins. Yeah. The thing is, I didn't take SO many of the guts out that the skins were all weak - I left some guts in for stability.
This recipe (The Big Dunkee Pepperjack and Horseradish Baked Potatoes) called for horseradish (like I just typed) which was awesome...sadly, I NEVER thought to put horseradish in my potatoes before. It's REVOLUTIONARY! I know, ...
Bloody Mary Flank Steak, Fieri Spaghetti and Meatballs and Almost The Big Dunkee
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1/23/2012 12:02:00 PM
You will be SO PROUD! I have alsmot overcome my fear of cooking red meat! Yes, I can do chicken, I've done fish – but NEVER red meat! So I started easy -with Bloody Mary Flank Steak.
I actually went to the butcher counter at Oliver's Market in Santa Rosa (which I have hardly EVER done before in my life...the butcher counter always kind of overwhelmed me. Like how do you know what you want? How much do you order? Which meat is the one you want?) and I got a cut of flank steak.
NOW, there is a lesson here for new cooks...always read your meat recipes for marinating instructions. Oftentimes, you can't just bring your meat home, slap the recipe together and eat it – you have to give time for the meat to marinate. In this case, it took 4 to 24 hours for ...
Hong Kong Noodles
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1/3/2012 7:30:00 PM
You know what my problem is? Everytime I sit down to write this blog – I am STARVING...and I have the leftovers from the Guy recipe I made the night before waiting for me down in the fridge. It's like they're crying out “Jocelyn! Jocelyn! Finish your work! Come down and eat us!”
That is what the Hong Kong Noodles I made last night are saying to me now...from the inside of the fridge. BUT – I am going to try to sustain myself long enough to tell you how this recipe went.
You know what my OTHER problem is? Last blog I PROMISED to bring out the big guns and cook some MEAT. Like brisket, or flank steak. Something BIG and MEATY that requires SKILL and a MEAT thermometer...but still...I am afraid and overwhelmed.
I took a look at Guy's book yesterday before my FoodMaxx grocery ...
Dirty Bird Sketti
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12/6/2011 6:12:00 PM
This meal was many firsts!
1) My first major dish created in my new kitchen
2) The first Guy dish created in my new kitchen
3) The first time I made pasta with chicken and bacon
4) The first time I got to use the big ol’ Island in my kitchen to make a recipe!
I decided to go easy (and inexpensive, because moving is very spendy!) to create my first Guy dish in my new place. I made “Dirty Bird Sketti” – a spaghetti dish with chicken, bacon, a spice mix to put over the chicken (which might be good for other things too), a bit of white wine, butter, green onions and cilantro AND a dash of cinnamon. That is what I love about some of these recipes – is that Guy is not afraid to use a little cinnamon or a little nutmeg.
This recipe took a ...
The Year the Cockatiel Ruined Thansgiving
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11/27/2011 8:20:00 PM
Well, you might've heard on the radio...I was all set. All set to host my first Thanksgiving in my new house. I was gonna have my parents over, a few friends, and Rose Marie the "Turkey Teller" to spy on my Thanksgiving dinner and report back to Rob (because he didn't believe I would be having a REAL Thanksgiving dinner!)
So there I was, Wednesday morning at Foodmaxx. I was getting the stuff to make homemade stuffing (in a slow cooker I bought the day before at the Wal Mart) I was in the spice aisle, with my cart half full of groceries looking for "Poultry Seasoning." I was having a HECK of a time trying to find it. I even looked it up on my iPhone to see if I could find something that looked like it...when that very iPhone rang...and it was my father...telling me he took my ...
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