Recipes we all can make!

[CDNSushi]

Ya, I cook stuff like chili in the crockpot all the time, except I just start throwing stuff in there.

As long as "stuff" doesn't include any of your cacti...

[Bugbear]

As long as "stuff" doesn't include any of your cacti...

* raises an eyebrow* I do put cactus in my chili (prickly pear pads.).

[thescot]

I hope you took the joke in the spriit in which it was intended.ith:

Here's a good recipe that is quick and easy.

Asparagus Frittata

INGREDIENTS
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 small onion, thinly sliced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pound asparagus, tough ends snapped off, spears cut diagonally into 1-inch lengths
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup shredded Gruyere or Swiss cheese
METHOD
1 Heat olive oil into a 10-inch oven-proof frying pan over medium high heat. Add onions and salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened, about 3 minutes. Add asparagus, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook, covered, until the asparagus are barely tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Pour in eggs and cook until almost set, but still runny on top, about 2 minutes. While cooking, pre-heat oven broiler.
2 Sprinkle cheese over eggs and put in oven to broil until cheese is melted and browned, about 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from oven with oven mitts and slide frittata onto a serving plate. Cut into wedges.
Serves 4.

[thescot]

As further reparations, I offer the following soup recipe. Since you live in a much cooler clime than I do, you may be wanting something like this rather Celtic recipe soon:

Potatoe Leek soup
Ingredients
• 1 pound leeks, cleaned and dark green sections removed, approximately 4 to 5 medium
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• Heavy pinch kosher salt, plus additional for seasoning
• 14 ounces, approximately 3 small, Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and diced small
• 1 quart vegetable broth
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 tablespoon snipped chives
Directions
Chop the leeks into small pieces.
In a 6-quart saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the leeks and a heavy pinch of salt and sweat for 5 minutes. Decrease the heat to medium-low and cook until the leeks are tender, approximately 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the potatoes and the vegetable broth, increase the heat to medium-high, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and gently simmer until the potatoes are soft, approximately 45 minutes.
Turn off the heat and puree the mixture with an immersion blender until smooth. Stir in the heavy cream, buttermilk, and white pepper. Taste and adjust seasoning if desired. Sprinkle with chives and serve immediately, or chill and serve cold.

[Meggers]

Heres a few contenders for you...

http://www.scottishrecipes.co.uk/butteries.

http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/beef_wellington/

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...apJacks-357510

Oooo beef wellington. Ive always wanted to make that. Everytime I watch Hells Kitchen I want to eat beef wellington. With some cheesy mashed potatoes. Mmmmm.

and I just woke up sick this morning Maybe I should look into those soups Damn flu season.

Oooo the thescot, that potato leek soup sounds like just the thing. Thats the next thing im going to try, I think. Thank you for that.

If I could get more Scottish/Irish recipes, that would be great too!

[Meggers]

I hope you took the joke in the spriit in which it was intended.ith:

haha at first all I did was go through the ingredience and then asked if there could be a replacement for the alcohol but then after I read through, I realized....nope. ahhha. It reminded me of a recipe that I read in an Irish novel one time:

Irish Potato Famine Soup
-get a large pot and boil some water. Then drink it.

[piperdbh]

...Add the leeks and a heavy pinch of salt and sweat for 5 minutes.

I hate to sweat into my cooking. I'm trying to cut back on salt.

[Grizzly]

I like this one best:

CHRISTMAS CAKE RECIPE


METHOD
Sample the whisky to check for quality

Take a large bowl. Check whisky again. To be sure it is of the highest
quality, pour one level cup and drink, repeat.

Turn on the electric mixer, beat 2 oz of butter in a large fluffy bowl.
Add one tsp of sugar and beat again.

Make sure the whisky is still OK, cry another tup.

Turn off the mixerer, break two bowls and add to the eggs and chuck in the fruit.

Mix on the turner. If the fruit gets stuck in the bloody beaters, pry it loose with a screwdriver.

Sample the whisky again to check for tonsisticity.

Next, sift two sups of calt or something, Who cares? Check the whisky.

Now sift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.

Add one table or spoon of sugar or something, Whatever you can find.

Grease the oven turn the cake tin to 350 degrees. Don't forget to beat off the turnerer. Throw the bowl out the window, check the whisky again and go to bed......... .......

Next day, take three aspirins go to Walmart and buy a frigging Christmas Cake!

Funniest thing I have read in ages, really cheered up my day.
thanks

[Really a McQueen]

lol. "is there an alternative to the whiskey in your cake?" lolllll

Sure there is.









Use rum, instead. int:

[Meggers]

Sure there is.









Use rum, instead. int:

hahaha. That was my initial response to his recipe before I read it all the way through. Silly Meghan.

Can I use root beer!?

My ancestors are rolling in their graves right as I type this