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Mariposa-check for the half and half its a holiday special by land o lakes they only have it during christmas.

Finder-I am going to have to try the cornbread recipe for xmas, my whole family loves spicy so that looks awesome! Invest in an iron skillet as soon as you can! i use mine for everything, makes awesome refried beans and skillet queso!
I don't even own any regular frying pans, just a small and a large iron skillets and a dutch oven(best invention ever for the perfect roasted chicken)
 
>>I know the vegans among us will have a recommendation. I've gotten a couple recommendations so far, for Trader Joe's soy milk and a brand called "Horizon".>>

Now, you might just dislike soymilk. :) That being said, I think that silk is too chalky and that trader joes (I'm convinced that it is westsoy sold under their name) is too sweet. I like soy dream and sun soy.

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FoxxyLady said:
Mariposa-check for the half and half its a holiday special by land o lakes they only have it during christmas.
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we have it year round here...maybe just your store doesnt stock it year round based on their sales or something?
 
the regular half and half. I didnt see you say anything bout flavored till ^^ that post :)
 
finder- I am on a huge stuffing kick lately, I am gonna try to make that one :) Im glad you get to cook now, its so nice to eat a meal you created VS throwing something in the oven that was already prepared/frozen and what not.
 
My favourite Tom Yum soup recipe:

Ingredients
1 litre/1½pints water or light chicken stock
6 sticks of lemongrass (outer leaves removed)
12 Kaffir lime leaves, torn
3 Red Thai chillis, chopped (seeds optional)
20g/1oz fresh root ginger, thinly sliced. Galangal is preferable if you can get it
2 tbsp fish sauce
20g/1oz palm sugar
200g/7oz white fish, such as cod, skin and bone removed
6-8 Tiger Prawns
50mls/1¾fl oz vegetable oil
handful of picked coriander leaves and stalks (chop finer)
handful of thai sweet basil leaves
2 limes, halved

Method
Pour the water or stock into a pan and add the lemon grass, torn lime leaves, chilli, ginger, fish sauce and sugar, chopped coriander stalks and shredded lemongrass.
Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to very low and leave to infuse for 10 minutes.
Cut the white fish into 1cm square cubes and drop into the broth.
Heat a griddle or frying pa and carefully place prawns in the pan, griddle until pink and cooked
Distribute the coriander and basil among bowls. Squeeze a little lime Place a prawn or twoin each bowl and garnish with a stick of lemongrass.

Tasty =D
 
any one have anything for lobster? a whole lobster not the imitation stuff. i have only been to one resteraunt that has cooked it in a way i have liked the rest have been below average:( i want to make a nice dinner for my hubby i was thinking lobster, sautee'd garlic shrimp a salad and a potato side of some sort. a recipe that has alot of flavor would be awesome.
 
who eats imitation lobster? imo the best way to eat lobster is eat it steamed, and serve it with real butter. it doesn't take much to have good lobster, as long as the lobster itself is from a reputable source.

a good side would be red skinned potatoes.

also it would be helpful if you specified which restaurant you went to that did what. why didnt you like the way the lobster was prepared?
 
sorry the restaurants that i do like for lobster are local only so that would be of no help:( red lobster is okay but the restaurant i love is fifth quarter but it being xmas time i cant go drop $200 on a nice dinner. we went to the stratosphere restaurant in Vegas and the lobster sucked it had little to no flavor at all.
sorry by imitation i mean the little pieces you can buy for pasta and salads thats not what i am looking for. i agree steamed is the best way.
i just do not know how long to steam, what spices to use.
if you have a recipe similar to red lobster(or better ;) ) that would be awesome.
 
It's a family tradition to eat lasagna for Christmas Eve dinner. I'm just wondering what kind of recipes you guys might have for a meatless lasagna as I'd like to try a different one this year. :)
 
heres a easy one thats in my top ten.

1 bunch escarole or kale, i prefer and will say, escarole.

1 12oz can black beans

1 12oz can chicken broth

2-3 cups of rice(long grain white jasmine does best)

cut off a majority of the stem and boil
the escarole in(2quarts) water-

strain beans and cookin a 2qt pan
with chicken broth-

start your rice-

every thing should cook for about 20 minutes, you could
maybe stretch it out to 30 minutes at the most before the escarole gets to mushy.

as far as herbs/spices go i add a few 'pinches' of red pepper in with escarole while it is boiling. for the beans its extra nice to sautee some garlic, ginger and mustard powder w/ maybe some rosemary or thyme before adding the beans and broth.(i would use 3 decent garlic cloves and maybe half the ginger(minced ginger), mint leaves in with the rice?

when your time is and your rice is ready strain the escarole well and add to your beans. scoop the rice onto a plate then top with beans and escarole.

this dish is pretty versatile be creative it could go cajun(blackened catfish) asian(easily that direction this way) iam sure it could be tied in with mexican food, or just simple with some prawns maybe.
 
FoxxyLady said:
sorry the restaurants that i do like for lobster are local only so that would be of no help:( red lobster is okay but the restaurant i love is fifth quarter but it being xmas time i cant go drop $200 on a nice dinner. we went to the stratosphere restaurant in Vegas and the lobster sucked it had little to no flavor at all.
sorry by imitation i mean the little pieces you can buy for pasta and salads thats not what i am looking for. i agree steamed is the best way.
i just do not know how long to steam, what spices to use.
if you have a recipe similar to red lobster(or better ;) ) that would be awesome.
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my local grocery store will steam lobsters for you. you should check and see if your local one does.
 
I have only loved lobster once...that was at ruths chris. it was fabulous. fucking huge too. but at a hundred bucks it better have been. i have never really enjoyed red lobster, or any other restaraunts lobster ever. i too would be interested in any lobby tips.

http://www.cooking-lobster.com/cooking-lobster/index.html

there is what i found with a quick googling foxxy. i have been on a seafood kick lately. lots of grilled shrimp and fish. tonight i am going a fried tilapia. i will have to try some lobster soon.
 
unfortunately i do not think our local grocery stores will steam lobster, i only know of one that even carries it, most of ours cater to the lower income side of things, i may have to drive into the city to find something like that if it exists but i will call around.
thanks for the link darthmom i will check it out, though im hoping someone will post something they have tried so i know it's good ;) i found a cook book today for seafood that has a yummy looking roasted lobster recipe but it wasn't cheap and i just spent 300 dollars on my daughter for xmas and im broke lol
 
Mariposa, if you can find it, Pearl by KIKKOMAN brand soymilk (might be sold at Albertson's) is by far the most delicious soymilk I have ever tasted. It is not even in the same category as other soymilks. They have several flavours.

Second best is whole foods market/365 brand organic soymilk, IMO.

That cornbread stuffing looks tasty. I have never made a cornbread stuffing, I always make my mom's caramelized onion and sage stuffing. I can't seem to make cornbread, although I haven't tried a mix --if people recommend WF or TJ's brand mix, I'll def try it.
 
I really like Trader Joe's cornbread mix, but they were out when I went to buy some so I ended up with a mix I found at Whole Foods. It worked out just fine. :)
 
Spork - This is a little offbeat, and I haven't tried it... but it might be fun.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_10638,00.html?rsrc=search

(Sorry for the linkage, IE7 is being evil - it is a recipe for vegetarian tortilla lasagna!)

I can fax you a recipe for a tried and true spinach lasagna (courtesy of the Joy of Cooking). But as long as you like all the ingredients in the above, it might be a fun variation. :)

Also, you can modify almost any meat lasagna recipe to substitute eggplant cut into approx. 1 in pieces. Or, bread the pieces after slicing the pieces the way you would a steak, salt them, and soak out the water... it would be easier to show you than tell you. I'll try to find a pic.

FN - I'm going to Japantown after I get paid to get some ahi to treat myself, and I think I can pick up the Kikkoman stuff there.

W/r/t lobster: never attempted anything but semi-prepped tails before myself. But the Monterey Pasta brand of lobster ravioli looks like the real thing. I would recommend serving with a creamy white wine alfredo.
 
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