They highlight Nestle’s chocolate chip cookies, I mean you really can’t go wrong with them. It’s interesting to see that a lot of the recipes that readers wrote in about were desserts.
Personally I have two favorite “off the box” recipes. The first is mentioned twice in the comments of that post: Quakers Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, I believe they are actually called Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies, make them and you will see why, they are delicious.
My personal favorite, which I am a little hesitant to post here since my friends love it so much and some of the mystique may be lost from it is Easy Southern Banana Pudding from the back of the box of Nilla Wafers, though, admittedly, when I am feeling up to it I will make my own pudding for it instead of using the recommended Jell-o.
Anyone else have favorite recipes coming off the back of the package?
Reading food blogs tends to make me hungry, some even inspire me in the kitchen. Of course this is all dependent on how detailed they are. Is the writer just talking about what a great cook they are and making you jealous of all the good stuff they have to eat or are they trying to help you to be a better cook and teach you great new ways to make some food? Well, with CleanYoPlate it is a little of both.
Now I know Ben, and I don’t think he is trying to make any of us jealous, but I also know Ben’s cooking and reading about it does just that. He started CleanYoPlate this year and with the super detailed recipes he has put up I have seen everyone and gotten jealous because of the great pictures and how great I know his cooking is. Of course that is followed by inspiration and cooking plans for the weekend, so it is a bit of the best of both worlds. Ben also knows an incredible amount bout food and cooking.
If you like to cook or read about food or look at some great food pictures I suggest you go on over and check out Ben’s blog.
There is a new(-ish) website around now called I’m Cooked.
It is the type of site where folks who watch the Food Network and feel that they could make better cooking shows then Sandra Lee (and really, who can’t) can come and post their videos of cooking in the kitchen.
Like YouTube or Funny or Die it is all based on user submitted content, but they have some “shows” like A Coupla Fat Guys Cooking, but what really puts the site over the top, like any other website is the celebrity endorsement.
Funny Or Die has Will Ferrell, You Tube has every presidential candidate that you have ever heard of (and some you probably haven’t heard of. I’m Cooked has Christopher Walken. He prepares a chicken with roast pears. Now come on, who doesn’t want to make chicken like Christopher Walken?
Last night I made an heirloom tomato sauce, pasta and blueberry pie for dinner (and dessert). After the oven had been on for about 10 minutes for the pie and I had 2 burners going on the stove top I vowed not to cook again this summer until temperatures dropped below 70 degrees.
With a small apartment the heat just gets really intense and unpleasant really quickly and the A/C doesn’t do a whole lot to counter it.
Fortunately for me the New York Times must be listening to what I say in my kitchen because this morning they had an article called “Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less.*” The recipes range from hard boiling an egg and serving over asparagus to searing a steak and serving over a salad. There is a nice range of flavors in these 101 recipes and while some aren’t going to be for everybody, chances are you’ll be able to find a couple you like and will be able to cut your time in the kitchen drastically. Always a good idea on a hot summer night.
As I said earlier today (about 2 posts down) it is summer time, and what better way to ring in the summer then with a nice drink.
I have always thought of Gin* as an ideal summer drink. Its crisp clean taste of juniper berries, how well it mixes with lime, and and how nice it looks poured over ice.
I guess the same could be said about vodka for the most part, except that a spirit made from juniper berries just seem so much more refreshing then one made from potatoes or grains (actually, according to Wikipedia, you could consider Gin a flavored vodka, but I think that is pushing it a bit).
Anyway, the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a piece back in January about Gin having a new heyday as new flavored gins start to hit the market, and, to kick things off right, after the jump we have a few gin cocktail just perfect for a relaxing summer evening.
ApartmentTherapy: The Kitchn (no typo there) has a post today from their Kitchen Confessional series titled: Good Recipes from the Back of the Box.
Reading food blogs tends to make me hungry, some even inspire me in the kitchen. Of course this is all dependent on how detailed they are. Is the writer just talking about what a great cook they are and making you jealous of all the good stuff they have to eat or are they trying to help you to be a better cook and teach you great new ways to make some food? Well, with 
Last night I made an 
As I said earlier today (about 2 posts down) it is summer time, and what better way to ring in the summer then with a nice drink.