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Oatmeal Cookies

farawaypoints wrote in geekcooks Mar 08, 2010 12:18

3 cups quick-cooking oats ( Read more... )

baking, oatmeal, light recipes, desserts, cookies

Surf & Turf

farawaypoints wrote in geekcooks Feb 10, 2010 11:18

So, I have in my possession a package containing two (frozen) filet mignons and two lobster tails. The filet mignons I can cook, no problem. My question is concerning the lobster tails. I have no experience with cooking lobster - in fact, I have never even eaten a lobster tail in my life.

Can anyone share with me some tips on how to cook these

lobster

Opinions, please

fantomatiquevie wrote in geekcooks Jan 25, 2010 16:04

Alright. With my tax returns, I've been thinking about buying some super awesome cookware (since all I have is the stuff from Goodwill and other assorted thrift shops). I've heard about the oozing glory of stainless steel. And I've heard that nonstick pans are better than stainless steel, so I'm posing a question to anyone who cooks with them. ( Read more... )

For the tea lovers out there...

anam_chara wrote in geekcooks Jan 19, 2010 12:20

I'm a tea addict, so when I noticed that my favorite place to order from was offering $5 gift certificates to new customers, I thought I'd share with other foodie types. I checked and it's a genuine gift certificate - so you can use it on anything, big or small - no limitations except that you have to be a first time customer.

This place is called ( Read more... )

Mexican Baked Chicken

beerwitch wrote in geekcooks Dec 14, 2009 21:28

This was so good, the kids asked me to make it 2 nights in a row ( Read more... )

mexican, chicken

Puffy Pumpkin Cookies

anam_chara wrote in geekcooks Dec 14, 2009 17:58

I found this recipe somewhere (pretty sure it was from http://picky-palate.com/) , decided I had to try it and now I'm addicted. I might have had a couple of these for breakfast this morning even ( Read more... )

baking, cookies, pumpkin

a new favorite

2eclipse wrote in geekcooks Dec 13, 2009 14:30

rum/bourbon balls ( Read more... )

holiday, cookies

Israeli Donuts for Hanukkah

anam_chara wrote in geekcooks Dec 11, 2009 12:21

While most European and N. American Jews make Latkes, in Israel they tend to make fried donuts (Sufganiyot) instead as part of their Hanukkah celebration. I make both.

Credit for both recipes comes from: http://www.jewishfood-list.com

( Sufganiyot, Yerushalmi-Style )

jewish, doughnuts

Latkes!

anam_chara wrote in geekcooks Dec 11, 2009 12:13

Happy Hanukkah to those others who celebrate! Festival of lights, and fried tasty goodness.

Per request from farawaypoints , one traditional Latke recipe, with a few options for variations and a dessert Latke that I fell in love with last year.

( Potato Latkes )

jewish, potatoes, apples

Bacon Salt Recipes

serpentroulette wrote in geekcooks Dec 04, 2009 13:46

A site that recipes for Bacon salt.

If you dont know what bacon salt is check out this site. Its full of awesome sauce.

http://www.jdfoods.net/recipe/