Despite popular belief, I really
enjoy cooking.
So, I decided to post
some of my favorite recipes and would love to get some of
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Domestic tricks
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| How
to get gum out |
How to get permanent ink out
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| How to rid yourself of roaches
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In a hurry, need to iron fast?
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| Crock
pots are GREAT!!! |
Secret
to GREAT pork chops |
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| Secret to
a great roast |
Best
beef seasoning |
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Friends
Favorites |
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Mares |
Punky |
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Choco |
Bar |
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| My own favorites |
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Easy
beef stroganoff
Great
for leftover roast |
No
Bake Cheesecake |
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Ham fried
rice
Great
for leftover ham
and
veggies |
Enchiladas
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| Chicken
cordon bleu |
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| Domestic tricks |
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How to get gum out |
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Lighter fluid
gets gum out with very little work.
If the gum is in the hair, then
dab a little on the gum, and gently work
the gum out with your fingers,
and small comb, or a cloth. Back to the top
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How to get
permanent ink out |
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HAIRSPRAY!!!
Have a tissue, paper towel, or
cloth handy, spray the ink spot
and watch the ink run. Quickly
wipe the ink off as it runs. continue
until you have gotten out as
much as you can, any left SHOULD
wash out in the washer. This
works for ink pens and permanent markers. Back
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Getting rid of roaches permanently
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Boric acid. You sprinkle it in the
corners of your drawers, cabinets,
the corner where the cabinets and floor come together and
this kills them, slowly enough
for them to return to their nest and leave a taste for
all their buddies.
Two to three days you wont see another roach.
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In a hurry, need to iron fast?
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In case you don't know this about me, i
am eternally lazy *sighs*
This cool little trick i learned from a bud of mine. If
you are in a hurry
and don't have time to iron your clothes. Take a clean
washcloth, wet it,
wring it out well and place it in your dryer with the
item(s) that need ironed
and VOILLA!!!
No more wrinkles
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Crock pots are GREAT!!!
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Again, I am lazy. You can cook a whole
meal in the time it takes to cut the veggies and
potatoes, season the meat, pour in the water, and come
back hours later you have
a meal people will think you worked on all day!
*grins*
Don't forget, in the crock pot or not, when it comes to
cooking meat
the trick to GREAT meat is LOTSA water! Back to the top
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Secret
to GREAT pork chops |
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Cooking bags!!!
Here in the states the spice company Shilling sells pork
chop bags, it includes a cooking bag and
the seasoning. If those are not available in your area
then you should be able to find
plain cooking bags and you will have to spice them
yourself. Remember lots of water. The Shilling
bags call for very little water, i use between 1/2 and
3/4 cups water with those. Back to the top
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Secret
to a great roast |
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Are you not listening
*grins*
Again, it's water!! For spice i highly recommend Au Jus
mix! yes i said au jus.
In addition i always put two or three beef bullion cubes
in. It makes for
excellent gravy from you drippings. Back to the top
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Best beef seasoning |
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I am quite fond of sandwiches. I love
roast beef so i love french dips. I came upon a bottle
of
Au Jus mix (instead of the packets), so i bought it. I
was experimenting one day
while cooking steaks, and tried a little as spice. It was
great. Now i use it anytime i cook beef (except for
tacos) and it adds just the right touch. I use it for
everything from
stroganoff, to lasagna, steaks, and roast. Back
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My Favorites |
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Easy
beef stroganoff What do
yo call a field of masturbating cows?
*grins*
Beef
strokin-off
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Will
serve 4-6 people
| 1 lb. ground beef, steak
chunks, or leftover roast. If
you use roast, save 1 cup of the juice from
cooking it. If you use steak you will have to use
butter to make your sauce.
2 Tbl Au jus mix (more if
needed to taste)
Two beef bullion cubes
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1 bag of egg noodles
3-4 Tbls flour
1 cup milk
salt and pepper to taste
1 Onion, 1 small piece of
fresh garlic, mushrooms chopped fine (if
desired)
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boil the water for your egg noodles.
Cook your hamburger (or
heat in a pan your leftover meat, with 1/2 c of
drippings) add au jus mix, onion, mushrooms and
garlic to meat cook until meat is done. DO NOT
DRAIN HAMBURGER!
Place 1 cup milk and two
bullion cubes in a microwave safe dish and bring
to a boil (or remaining roast drippings).
Mix flour with hamburger
meat, until all meat is lightly coated in flour
(same with leftover roast).
Put on a medium flame and
gradually add either your milk or your drippings,
stirring constantly until very thick (when it
wont thicken anymore you can take it off the
stove and it will thicken some as it cools).
Stir this into your cooked
egg noodles. Some people like to stir in 2 -3
Tbls of sour cream.
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| No Bake Cheesecake |
| 1 24 oz tub cool whip
thawed 1 16 oz pkg. cream cheese
softened (neufchatel if you like lower fat)
3 Tbls sour cream
2 Tbls lemon juice
Fruit pie filling
(blueberry, peach, cherry)
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2 graham cracker crusts (i
usually buy these they turn out better for me)
3 tsp. vanilla extract (if
you use REAL vanilla i would only use 2 tsp.)
Lots of powdered sugar ( i
would guess at least 2-3 cups)
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hand mixer, i have done it by hand and its almost
impossible to get the creamy texture without the
use of a mixer. Mix with mixer the
cream cheese and whipped cream. Once that is nice
and smooth...
mix in the lemon juice,
vanilla, and sour cream
Add powdered sugar until its
about as thick as frosting, pour into pie shells
and chill for 3 -4 hours before serving.
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Ham fried rice |
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This
recipe is flexible so i am not giving specific amounts.
You can
make it for
one, or for twenty depending on what you like, how
much
you have and
how many you plan to serve.
| Rice cooked for as many as
you plan to serve Veggies- onions,
mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo, celery carrot
shavings
peas, anything you like or
have leftover.
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Eggs - again depending on how
many you will serve, I generally use 4 large eggs
for serving 5 people. Worcestershire
sauce (or soy if you don't have that)
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| Prepare rice according to
package for as many as you plan to serve. In a
frying pan or wok, put diced ham, and any veggies
you will use when its starts to get warm add in
Worcestershire sauce to taste.
In a larger pot, pour the
ham/veggie mixture in, add your eggs, and begin
to fry the eggs into the meat/veggies.
When the eggs begin to set,
stir in rice, and continue to stir and cook until
the eggs are firm.
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Enchiladas
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| 24-36 corn tortillas (some
people like home style flour tortillas but i
prefer corn) 1 cup cooking oil
2 cups cheese ( i like to
blend cheeses, usually half mozzarella half sharp
cheddar) shredded
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2 small cans sliced olives
Meat I prefer to use leftover
steak, roast, chicken, or taco meat (if you use
meat you will need an additional small can
of enchilada sauce, which you will mix with
the meat in a frying pan till warm)
large can of enchilada sauce
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you use flour tortillas skip this first step, but
i think they taste more authentic the long way.
Take and heat a little of
your cooking oil in a small frying pan. One at a
time fry the corn tortillas in the oil for only a
few seconds, to soften them, drain them on paper
towels or you will end up with enchiladas
floating in grease. I usually even pat them
before putting them on a different plate.
Poor a small amt. of
enchilada sauce either into a sandwich plate, or
a shallow bowl large enough for the tortillas to
lay flat.
Lay your fillings out in an
assembly line, take one at a time and dip the
tortillas both sides in the enchilada sauce fill,
and roll. make sure you poor a little sauce on
top before cooking and i usually save enough
cheese to sprinkle with after cooking.
If you would like to cut your
cooking time, after assembly instead of placing
in a baking pan to cook for 45 + minutes you can
assemble them onto a plate (i usually do 4-6 per
plate) and heat for 2 1/2 to 3 min in microwave.
It will not affect the quality of the dinner at
all.
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Chicken cordon bleu |
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This recipe takes a lot of work, its
also one you will want to experiment with a couple times
as i season everything to taste and the spices may not be
an accurate measure. Always remember you can add more but
once its added you cant take it out.
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chicken breast per person to be served. For
each breast you will need:
One paper thin slice of ham,
large enough to cover entire breast
1/4 c grated swill cheese per
2 breasts
Small amt. of milk (less than
half cup)
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Cereal bowl full of bread
crumbs per 5 chicken breasts Poultry
seasoning to taste
Seasoned salt to taste
Saran wrap or plastic
storage bags large enough to hold one breast with
lots of room left
Tooth picks
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| take a cutting board, and
cover it with saran wrap, place breast on
top and cover that with saran wrap (or if using
storage bags, place breast in middle of bag on
cutting board) Pound
with the flat side of a meat tenderizer (rolling
pin will work if all else fails). Flatten breasts
as much as possible, this takes a lot of muscle
and a little bit of time, be patient i promise
its worth it.
Lay out each chicken breast,
cover with slice of ham, sprinkle with grated
swiss cheese and roll
fixing them with the
toothpicks, one on each end, and if you used
large pieces of chicken one in the middles too.
Take bread crumbs and add
poultry seasoning and season salt to taste.
Roll chicken in milk, and
then in bread crumbs, make sure you get plenty of
bread crumbs on each chicken breast.
Arrange chicken in a cooking
pan, poor leftover bread crumbs on top.,
and cook for about 45 min, longer if you used
larger chicken breasts.
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