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INGREDIENTS:



2 tablespoons butter
2 cloves garlic, finely minced
dash pepper
dash salt
pinch dried dillweed or parsley (I used parsley)
dash paprika
4 tilapia fillets



PERPARATION:



In saucepan, combine butter, garlic, pepper, salt, dillweed, and paprika. Heat over low heat until butter is melted and starts simmering. Remove from heat. Brush a little of the butter mixture in the bottom of a shallow baking dish (line the baking dish with foil if desired) then place tilapia fillets on the buttered area. Brush top of each tilapia fillet with the seasoned butter mixture. Bake at 350degrees for 12-15 minutes, until tilapia flakes easily with a fork.

Serves 2.

(For those who have never heard of tilapia before, it's a mild fish. I know I had never heard of it before this 2006, so I wouldn't be surprised if at least one person is like "WTF?")

Mini Pies!!!

Okay, so last weekend I was making a pumpkin pie and we had extra filling because we used a smaller pie tin than we usually do. So I made some extra pie crust :

1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup oil
3 tablespoons milk
1 and 1/3 cup sifted flour

And I put the extra into this small version of a cupcake pan! It turned out awesomely - there were all these little mini-pies! I *think* I had them in for about 30 minutes on 375 degrees - if anyone's ever made a pumpkin pie you know it goes in on 425 degrees first for 15 min (there abouts), so mine went in about 30 minutes into baking the large on - about half the time to cook since they were so small (and it wasn't quite a large pan). They were cooked through, though! ^_^

I'll post a picture soon. wink

XD that's the same way with me. ^-^

no you don't. you don't phail at womanhood

the answer to that, is make your boyfriend/husband do it for you

true. i learned how to cook, clean, sew, just about anything that my momma told me that i needed to know how to do, she taught me how to do it. ^^;

It's easy to learn!

Step One : Find someone who knows what they are doing
- You are going to need some help unless you want to buy fancy a** books and stuff. They can supervise you, give you advice, ect.

Step Two : Practice!
- I took a sewing class in highschool - we practiced different stitches and whatnot. I made a wallet, 2 stuffed animals, and tried some cool stuff. If you can't find a class, just ask your someone who knows waht they are doing for "assignments". Other than that, I don't have much experience, but I tend to do well with crafts in general. Example : I went from sewing a stuffed animal, 5 years later with no practice inbetween sewed 2 costumes for a video shoot.

Step Fourty-Six: Try a harder project
-Even if you fail, you're more likely to learn something if you try a hard project after all your practice. (I don't like 3 steps. >_<)

As for cooking. Follow instructions and pay attention. The recipie says cook something at a certain degree for a certain amount of time. DO IT. Do not question the recipie! Remeber, though, you can always cook something longer, but you can never un-cook it. Check your food often especially if you are using a different stove/oven than you are used to. (The oven at my college is hotter than it says it is and burns my food. 15 minutes translates to 5 minutes.