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I would puree home-cooked red beans to make fried beans. Also make smoothies with soy milk, frozen yogurt & green tea powder!

the numerous ads alternate or whatever - agree they're annoying

Have had my Canadian Thanksgiving already a few weeks ago. Roasted a fresh turkey with traditional bread/herb stuffing, made a cranberry sauce. Roasted harvest vegetables. My friend made garlic m...

I buy the enviro-friendly dish soap sold at Frenco's (Montreal) called Fir Needle Natural Dish Soap. It smells deliciously of pine and does a very good job of cleaninig dishes. The bottle is refi...

I've been away for 2 weeks as well and HAVE to get back to cooking, somehow. Right now everthing looks complicated and lengthy in preparation-cooking with the avail. fall harvest ingredients, which...

from Apartment Therapy - Open Thread #112 on September 24, 2007 07:08AM

Faith, how was the rice seasoned? and proportions, if possible, please (if you care to share!) Kate, love galaktoboureko. We call it "intergalactic burrito" for fun. And we've discovered a ...

FF: start with half and half (white & whole wheat flour). For a cake, you may want to use whole wheat pastry flour for the whole grain half of the flour. Don't forget to store your whole grain fl...

from Apartment Therapy - Open Thread #107 on August 25, 2007 09:16AM

I would like to try out the cook's knife. Right now lots of local vegetables are appearing at the markets, time to make vegetable dishes of all types - and a great time to test out a knife such as...

Today it was a big serving of homemade gazpacho (local Summer tomatoes & roasted red peppers go in) and leftover grilled pork chops(2). I figured the veggies were all in the soup! Hmm, a banana ch...

hi guido, in Central America we simply eat it up with a spoon! delicioso. Once it gets older (thick, white flesh), then we use it as an ingredient in cooking. Honduran fish soup with coconut (from...

Why are they considered unrecyclable containers? In Montreal we allow every all plastic items in the recycle bins, including plastic bags etc.

btw,the squash dish is something I saw chef Georges Laurier cook on foodtv.ca & it's definitely something I want to make!

Baguette. Butter spread on it. Eat. Enjoy. Variations: Flaky croissant, with butter spread on it. Homemade muffin, sliced and (you guessed it) buttered. Or: freshly picked & coo...

Hmm, arroz con calamares en su tinta. Tasty; and unusual and lovely looking, I think.

EmmaC - roasted beets are fantastic, brings out all the lovely flavors. wrap in al.foil, throw them in the oven 'until done' and enjoy!! (35-40 mins maybe)

from Open Thread #104 on August 10, 2007 11:20AM

Nadarine, care to share your recipes?? It all sounds like stuff I'd like!

from Open Thread #104 on August 9, 2007 08:40AM

Happy Wednesday to all! What's on my mind for cooking/preparing? Rhubarb (pie, cake,muffin or crumble? chutney?) Portable food Something that uses up fresh herbs - any ideas? (t...

from Open Thread #104 on August 8, 2007 10:50AM

pineapple juice raspberries blended with some orange juice

from Popsicle Fun: Sail Pop Kit on July 29, 2007 10:25AM

this chicken & green onion cobbler seems good: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/271 Gre...

from Open Thread #102 on July 29, 2007 10:21AM

I don't know if I did the wrong thing - I used all the seeds in the packet. My container is 12x5 inches. I'm thinking maybe I should have used only half the seeds in the packet. Oh well, I'll soo...

from Survey: Where Do You Get Your Herbs? on July 22, 2007 04:29PM