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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:28 am

Welcome to the AGA Kitchen!

Post your favorite recipes, enjoy recipes posted by your fellow guild members, or just chat about food and drink!

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Here are shortcuts to the pages where you can find the following recipes (you may have to scroll down on the page to find the one you are looking for):

Appetizers

Yummy Cheese Cubes(this page)

Entrees

Corned beef and cabbage (this page)
Rosemary Chicken and Potatoes (this page)
Grilled Cheese with Sweet Potato Puree
Sauteed Onions Portabella Mushrooms and Green Bell pepper
Chicken Fried Steak
Cannelloni al Forno
Smoked Salmon Aera - Avocado style
Veggie Lo Mein with Tofu

Soups and Stews

Fresh Peach and Yogurt Soup
Onion Soup
Pumpkin Stew

Salads

White Bean and Tuna Salad

Sides

Crispy Potato Wedges (this page)
Pumpernickel Bread (this page)

Sauces and Condiments

Missa's Garlic Hot Sauce (this page)
Marinara sauce (this page)
Marinated Onion
Fried Scallions

Desserts

Yum Yum Tiramisu
Double Chocolate Cupcakes
Bananas Foster
Coconut Loaf
Banana Ice Cream
Poogans Peanut Butter Pie
Blueberry Bun
Guinness Chocolate Cake

Beverages (non alcoholic)

Frozen Fruit Smoothie (this page)
Melon Water

Alcoholic Beverages
Salmari

(Edited by Camwen 10/12/11)

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:31 am

Useful cooking Websites

Courtesy of Nochdguir
Bread machine recipies

(compliments of AcerRedrum)
Allrecipes.com
Finecooking.com
Foodnetwork.com

Camwen

here are few more recipe sites:
epicurious.com
myrecipes.com
vegweb.com
recipesource.com
101cookbooks.com

and here's a helpful site for those who like seafood but are worried about environment issues, overfishing, and mercury levels. It lets you know which fish are currently good to buy and which ones to avoid:

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx

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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:32 am

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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:45 am

Since it is St. Patty's day ill start the thread with my new corned beef and cabbage recipie

Corned beef and cabbage

approximately 2-3 pounds of Beef brisket cut lean the less fat the better

1/4 package of peppered bacon cut in to (1 inch or so) squares

2 medium russet potatoes peeled and cut into cubes

1/2 a white onion peeled and quartered ( or cut into 8ths if you use a whole onion)

1/2 of a clove of elephant garlic which is 4 times the size of normal garlic and much milder

1/2 of a head of Savoy cabbage quartered

Layer all the ingredients except the cabbage in the order listed in your crock pot or slow cooker and fill crock pot with cold water to about an inch below the top of the vegetables.

DO NOT ADD CABBAGE YET!

cook for 4 hours or so on high and another 8hours on low or until you feel the corned beef is done (beef will pull in strings and have a more pinkish tone to it) add Cabbage on top of the rest of the ingredients and cook on high again for an additional 1-2 hours until cabbage is tender

serve with homemade bread and preferred beverage of choice

Bon apetit

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AcerRedrum

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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:36 pm

Missa's Garlic Hot Sauce

One 16 ounce can Tomato Sauce
Two Roma tomato's
Six Jalapeno Peppers
Six small green chili peppers
Six large cloves of garlic or nine small cloves
One quarter cup copped onion
One medium sized carrot
One fourth cup celery
One fourth cup vinegar
One tablespoon salt

Give all dry ingredients a rough chop.*
Combine all ingredients in a pot and simmer for two to three hours stirring occasionally.
Wash hands several times with soap and warm water.
Puree in blender**

*If you want a more mild hot sauce remove the seeds and membrane of the peppers. For a more spicy hot sauce leave them in
**If the sauce is too thick you can thin it with water or chicken stock.
***Must be refridgerated.

BTW Noch you can add
Allrecipes.com
Finecooking.com
Foodnetwork.com

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:53 pm

Crispy Potato Wedges

Three starchy potatoes*
One fourth cup olive oil.**
One table spoon Rosemary
One tablespoon Garlic
One teaspoon basil

Preheat oven for 425 F or 218 C
Cut potato in near equal size wedges
Combine seasoning in oil and toss potatoes in it
Place wedges on ungreased baking sheet, touching is fine but do not overlap them, pour remaining olive oil over the,.
Back for 15 minutes then flip, cook for another 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

*Starchy potatoes are good for baking or frying, but not boiling. Some types of starchy potatoes include russets, long whites, or Idaho's
**Any kind of oil can be used but I think olive oil has the best flavor.

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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:29 pm

YAY more recipes!!! those sound soo good i may post the Potato bread recipie i just made in here as well

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:35 pm

Yummy Cheese Cubes

1 pound of any semi-hard cheese*
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon parsley
1teaspoon basil
1 medium egg
1/2 cup finely grated cheese
Buttermilk

Cut cheese into one inch cubes then place in freezer for half an hour.
Place Cornmeal, flower, seasonings, egg, and buttermilk in a bowl. Mix until consistency is slightly thinner than toothpaste.
Put oil on medium high heat
Dip cheese cubes in batter, you can use toothpicks to handle them, then drop into hot oil. Only put 6-8 in at once and drop one at a time, pull out once golden brown.
Once they are all cooked sprinkle shredded cheese on them.

*A semi-hard cheese is a cheese that usually gives slightly to pressure but doesn't lose it's shape. Cheese like this are mild cheddar's, mozzarella,swiss, provolone and muenster.

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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:38 pm

AcerRedrum

BTW Noch you can add
Allrecipes.com
Finecooking.com
Foodnetwork.com

added em up top with links no less

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:42 pm

Marinara sauce

Two pounds tomatoes
One eight ounce can tomato sauce.
4 tablespoons parsley
2 large clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
6 tablespoons olive oil
1/3 cup finely diced onion
1/4 cup chopped celery

Stew all ingredients in a pot for about an hour stir regularly or until the vegetables are falling apart.
Puree mixture in blender.
Enjoy with yummy cheese cubes.

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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:42 pm

Nochdguir

AcerRedrum

BTW Noch you can add
Allrecipes.com
Finecooking.com
Foodnetwork.com

added em up top with links no less

Woot! Glad I could help. ^_^

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:05 pm

Rosemary Chicken and Potatoes

8 chicken thighs
6 small waxy potatoes*
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, or as needed
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat the oven to 375 F or 190 C.
Quarter Potatoes then place chicken and potatoes in a large bowl. Pour olive oil over them and stir to coat.
Scatter potato pieces and chicken in a large backing dish then sprinkle with rosemary, oregano, garlic powder, salt, and pepper
Bake for 1 hour in the preheated oven, uncovered. Baste during the last 15 minutes for extra crispness.

*Waxy potatoes are potatoes with less starch in them that are good for boiling, braising, or roasting. Some waxy potatoes are red potatoes, New rose, or the yukon gold.

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Camwen

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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:37 pm

here are few more recipe sites:
epicurious.com
myrecipes.com
vegweb.com
recipesource.com
101cookbooks.com

and here's a helpful site for those who like seafood but are worried about environment issues, overfishing, and mercury levels. It lets you know which fish are currently good to buy and which ones to avoid:

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:32 am

Here's something I make almost every weekend for the family. It's healthy and the kids love it.

Frozen Fruit Smoothie

Fill blender a little over half way with frozen fruit. (my personal favorite is frozen strawberries, but some other good choices are blueberries, peaches, mangos, or any combination of fruit you like will work)

1 banana (not frozen)

Approx 2/3 cup lowfat or nonfat yogurt (plain or vanilla)

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 to 2 tablespoons honey (basically add according to your own taste)

Add non-fat milk until it's not quite level with the top of the frozen fruit. (less if you want a thicker smoothie, more if you want it thinner)

Blend and serve

(In place of the milk you can always do half OJ and half milk or try other juices and other flavored yogurt. Just experiment until you find your favorite combination of ingredients.)

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Nochdguir

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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:14 pm

@ cam added your links up top thx for the additions

@ missa & cam love the recipes keep em coming and with that heres a bread machine recipe for pumpernickel im making as i type

Pumpernickel Bread

* 9 oz water
* 1/4 cup dark molasses
* 1 tablespoon margarine or butter, softened
* 2 cups Bread Machine flour
* 1.25 cup Rye flour
* 2 tablespoons cocoa
* 2 teaspoons salt
* 3.5 teaspoons regular active dry yeast OR
* 3.5 teaspoons bread machine or quick-acting active dry yeast

add ingredients in order keeping the yeast away from the liquids

Bake on Whole Wheat cycle 1 1/2 pound loaf setting

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