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Name: Rebecca


Interests: I love many many things - not just cooking - it just seems like cooking has become a significant part of my life this summer. Maybe it started with me being called "Chef" at La Vida. Maybe it's all the fun Rowan and I always have when we cook. Anyway, cooking has always been theriputic for me and a great way to express myself and try new things. I thought that I was kidding when I told Rowan I should open an internet cookbook, but I guess I'm going to give it a shot! Enjoy! Oh and, it's a must that you listen to music while you cook. Almost anything works. I post some favorites above each recipie - maybe not what I actually listened to while I was cooking it - as ideas of what might be fun to listen to while you cook. Be careful about any kind of dance music - it's very distracting, especially when you have a very handsome co-chef!


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Member Since: 7/6/2006

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Friday, August 18, 2006

Currently Listening
Two Lefts Don't Make a Right.. But Three Do
By Relient K
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Pizzaz

Stuff In It:

One double batch of pizza dough (here's the cheap part) made in the breadmaker. Of course you could try making the dough yourself...

TOPPINGS:

Pizza #1
1 green pepper
1 lg. head of broccoli
Shredded Chedder Cheese
Ranch Dressing

Pizza #2
1 pkg. pepperoni
A few sprigs of fresh basil
Tomato sauce
Shredded spicy Mexican cheese

Note: Any and all of these toppings can be subsituted for any and all toppings of your choice...

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 400 really hot degrees

Seperate the dough into two balls. Shape each ball into a flat (pizza shaped) circle.
Pizza #1:
Spread Ranch dressing on the pizza
Chop up broccoli and peppers into large bite-size peices (they shrink) and sprinkle them on the Pizza
Cover thickly with Shredded Chedder Cheese

Pizza #2
Spread tomato sauce on the pizza
Cover lightly with cheese
Cover very thickly pepperoni
Sprinkle with chopped basil and cheese

Bake both Pizzas for about 20 minutes.

Eat.


Friday, July 21, 2006

Currently Listening
Move Along
By All American Rejects
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...What Goes With Soy Sauce?


Ingredients:

1 large onion
2 Tbs vegetable (or olive) oil
1 package skinless, boneless chicken breast
1 large fresh green pepper
1 large fresh yellow (or orange or red) pepper
Snap (or sugar) peas
2 Tbs fresh oregano
Soy sauce to taste

Rice

Directions:

Saute onions until brown in oil in a large wok (say "wok" several times fast and it becomes even funnier). Start water boiling for rice. Add chicken and oregano and saute until chicken is thoroughly cooked.About this time start cooking the rice. Add vegetables and saute for 5 or so minutes. Add soy sauce and mix thoroughly. Cover and let simmer on very low heat for 5 or so more minutes. Serve over rice.


Thursday, July 06, 2006

Currently Listening
The Monkees - Greatest Hits
By The Monkees
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Carrot Rice

 

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 cup rice
  • 2 cups water
  • 1/4 cup roasted peanuts
  • 1 tablespoon margarine
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 1 teaspoon ginger root, minced
  • 1 Tbs coconut flakes (optional)
  • 3/4 cup grated carrots
  • salt to taste
  • raisins to taste (optional)
  • thyme garnish

DIRECTIONS:

 

Begin cooking the rice.

 

While rice is cooking, pulverize peanuts in a nut chopper and set aside. Melt margarine in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onions until golden brown. Stir in ginger, carrots, and salt to taste. Reduce heat to low and cover to steam 5 minutes. Stir in coconut and peanuts. When rice is done, add it to skillet and stir gently to combine with other ingredients. Garnish with fresh thyme.


Currently Listening
Us Against the Crown
By State Radio
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Black Beans and Mangos

This delicious and brightly colored meal comes right from Haiti . My source - Rowan via Mrs. Walker - told me that everything in this recipie can be widly altered according to taste. When we made it we added a little extra thyme and ginger, for a more "zesty" flavor. The ginger does have a very strong flavor so, for anyone with sensitive taste buds a 1/2 tsp might be enough. Experement and enjoy!

INGREDIENTS:

Bean Sauce
1 cup onions
2 cloves garlic
4 tsp olive oil
2 tsp fresh ginger root - grated
1 tsp fresh thyme
1 tsp all spice
2 cans black beans drained well
1/2 cup orange juice

Mango Salsa
2 mangos
1 small cucumber
1 tomato
juice of 1 lime
salt to taste
hot pepper or tabasco sauce to taste

Rice - as much as you feel your dinner party will eat! Usually two cups of dry rice will do. (that's two cups of rice and four cups of water!)

DIRECTIONS:

Dice mangos, cucumber, and tomatoes into small, bite-size chunks. Combine in a bowl. Add lime juice, salt, and hot sauce. Stir well and refrigerate while cooking the Bean Sauce and Rice.

After making and refrigerating the Mango Salso, start boiling water for the rice. While the water is boiling, saute onions and garlic in a large skillet until onions are golden brown. About this time add rice to the boiling water and cover. Then, add drained black beans, thyme, all spice, ginger, and orange juice to the onion/garlic mixture. Simmer until the mixture thickens slightly.

Remove the Mango Salsa from the fridge. Serve the Black Beans and Mango Salsa on the Rice and enjoy!