What's Cookin?

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  • garlic7girl
    garlic7girl Posts: 2,236 Member
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    This is one of Rachel Ray's dishes a 'Shepherd's Pie Baked Potato. I did some adjustments to make lighter but it was filling, easy and gooooood! Funny some of her cookbooks are really good and some just "eeeeh".
    Happy cooking!!!!!
  • Nikkie_too
    Nikkie_too Posts: 495 Member
    That baked potato looks great! I mean, why not? It's an upside-down shepherd's pie, right? I've got a couple of RR standbys in my recipe files. But I have a hard time watching her "30 minute meals" shows - she moves her arms and hands so much I think she looks like a Power Ranger. It's distracting! :)
  • Crystal817
    Crystal817 Posts: 2,021 Member
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    Spicy Honey-Brushed Chicken Thighs w/ roasted potatoes and vegetables.

    http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/spicy-honey-brushed-chicken-thighs-10000002010998/
  • garlic7girl
    garlic7girl Posts: 2,236 Member
    Okay if you want to make your own chicken nuggets and not the processed ones where you are not sure what is in them then go to www.Cookingchannel.com website and look under chef Chuck Hughes for his chicken nuggets....so goooooood!
  • Nikkie_too
    Nikkie_too Posts: 495 Member
    Nice thighs, Crystal! ;) Seriously - that looks delicious!

    WW - thanks for the recipe tip! Might be a good thing to try with my Little next time we have dinner at my place. She's such a picky eater...
  • fallenangelloves
    fallenangelloves Posts: 601 Member
    Love chicken thighs! And she shepherds pie potato sounds good too... My family always wants it and I'm looking for a different way to make it!

    Great new ideas ladies!

    Trying a new recipe tonight... Hopefully I will get a good picture and post it!

    Happy Cooking!
  • fallenangelloves
    fallenangelloves Posts: 601 Member
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    Lamb Bolognese...Clean Eating Magazine
  • Nikkie_too
    Nikkie_too Posts: 495 Member
    Another recipe-less concoction inspired by my hunny who does something similar with mango and shrimp.

    Sautee of onions, mushrooms, garlic, mango, spinach, grape tomatoes, shrimp, chili powder and a bit of chili pepper. Served over brown rice. I started with the mango, shrimp and tomatoes and rooted through the fridge looking to see what else needed to be used. LOL

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  • garlic7girl
    garlic7girl Posts: 2,236 Member
    Nikki your honey a travel chef??? Ms Loves I got to look that Lamb dish up...yummo!
  • Malissas
    Malissas Posts: 64 Member
    Hello everyone! I'm new to this group and have spent a few delicious days looking through your food photos. You are all such awesome cooks!

    I am going to try and post my lunch today, nothing clever, just Grilled Tasmanian salmon and garden salad. I'm actually trying to work out how to post photos for when the cooking gets real haha :) I'm also wondering if I can link instagram images, testing below.

    Just FYI I live in Australia and eat A LOT of salad as its Summer/Autumn.

    Edit: cool, it works, instagram makes everything look awesome!

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  • fallenangelloves
    fallenangelloves Posts: 601 Member
    Welcome! Looks delish! So glad you found us cause we LOVE to cook!

    Here is my fish for today!

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    And we even enjoyed it outside!!

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  • garlic7girl
    garlic7girl Posts: 2,236 Member
    Welcome Ms Malissa...my mouth is watering!
  • fallenangelloves
    fallenangelloves Posts: 601 Member
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    Chicken Parmesan Burger and Asparagus with Balsamic Tomatoes.... Cooking Light
  • Nikkie_too
    Nikkie_too Posts: 495 Member
    Welcome Malissa! that's a gorgeous photo. I loooove salmon.

    FallenAngel, your outdoor fish looks scrumptious, and I adore chicken parm! Cook's Illustrated actually has a nice baked chicken parm recipe using panko crumbs. Hmmm... maybe I'll put that on my list for this week or next... now I'm jonesin'. Haha!
  • garlic7girl
    garlic7girl Posts: 2,236 Member
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    Hey Super-Friends!!! I cooked for my best friend this am and will cook some more this evening. We went to sunrise service and I made us orange breakfast rolls (I tweaked recipe)! Sooo good! I did the non-yeast ones because not enough time but boy delicious. We had coffee and talked for couple hours! So much fun! I went to a food blog www.youngmarriedchic.com...ya'll know I am not 'young' or married but hey....all for a good FOODIE though!!!!!

    Tonight a marinated roasted chicken with Parmesan roasted potatoes and green beans with garlic vinaigrette! I didn't do dessert since we were so bad this am...maybe just pineapple.
  • Crystal817
    Crystal817 Posts: 2,021 Member
    Welcome! Looks delish! So glad you found us cause we LOVE to cook!

    Here is my fish for today!

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    And we even enjoyed it outside!!

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    Not only does this look great, I'm jealous that it's nice enough there for you to enjoy it outside!!
  • fallenangelloves
    fallenangelloves Posts: 601 Member
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    Pistachio-Chai Muffins.....
  • pixlamarque
    pixlamarque Posts: 312 Member
    Wow. I haven't been on here in a few days and you guys have been cooking your butts off. Jenn, the muffins look grrrreat and how was the lamb bolognese? I thought it looked really good in the magazine, but I don't particularly care for lamb. I was thinking of just using beef. How was the mint with it?

    Malissas--so glad you joined in. That photo looks awesome. You're right, I'll have to give instagram a try.

    Nikki--I so love your throw together dinners. They always look so amazing and planned out.

    Those honey chicken thighs with the root veggies look yummy and upside down shepard's pie is a fantastic idea, even if I have boycotted RR (long story, my first husband had a real thing for her and I despise her hand gestures--anywho.....)

    I have some pics to upload and I will get it done at some point this weekend, and then it's time to make some swiss meringue buttercream. Wish me luck, my last experiment didn't go so well.....
  • Crystal817
    Crystal817 Posts: 2,021 Member
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    Pistachio-Chai Muffins.....

    Oh dear lord.
  • fallenangelloves
    fallenangelloves Posts: 601 Member
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    Cumin-Spiced Fish Taco with Avocado-Mango Salsa.... Cooking Light

    O M G!! Were these good!
  • fallenangelloves
    fallenangelloves Posts: 601 Member
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    Pasta Pork Bolognese ... Cooking Light... Just as good as I expected!!!
  • garlic7girl
    garlic7girl Posts: 2,236 Member
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    This is the Rachel Ray Pesto Presto...I can not express how good it was...slobbering!!!
  • fallenangelloves
    fallenangelloves Posts: 601 Member
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    Strawberry-Lemon Shortcakes!
  • fallenangelloves
    fallenangelloves Posts: 601 Member
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    Grilled Salmon with Brown Butter Couscous and Grilled Baby Squash! Cooking Light...
  • garlic7girl
    garlic7girl Posts: 2,236 Member
    my favorite saaaaaaalmon!
  • Nikkie_too
    Nikkie_too Posts: 495 Member
    I'm going to have to try those fish tacos!

    And I adore pesto! I have some frozen into "ice cubes" that a friend and I made at the end of the summer. Time to use 'em up! It won't be long before it's time to make fresh stuff again!
  • pixlamarque
    pixlamarque Posts: 312 Member
    Wedding pics, what there are right now anyway. There will likely be more when they get edited.

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    I made wedding cookies for Brody's day care class. They were sugar cookies with buttercream frosting (both recipes from iambaker.com ). The design is the same as for the cake, except I did color on the hydrangeas.

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    I played around with making meringue cookies for the reception, and although they are pretty, they were too pink and they were way too sweet. Plus, in the end, I just couldn't serve anything that had jello in it. I got the recipe from Sweetapolita's blog and I love her instructions for Swiss meringue buttercream, but these were not anything I would eat. Pretty, though.

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    The cake. The background was a too close, so my father in law edited this and put in the black and red background to match the wedding colors. I don't have a photo of the cut cake on hand at the moment, but it's just cake and blackberries. I like how the recipe has you lighten the lemon curd filling with whipped cream so the lemon flavor doesn't slap you in the face. It was so nice and subtle. The design of the cake was adapted from iambaker's Royal Wedding Cake and the recipe was Bon Appetit's Lemon-Berry Wedding Cake.

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    A VERY rare picture of the sweetie smiling.

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    Grr. I hate how it cuts off the right side. I cropped Emily's side to see if I could squeeze me in there since re-sizing didn't work.
  • Malissas
    Malissas Posts: 64 Member
    Wow, your cake looks amazing! Just like a magazine pic haha.
    The family photo is beautiful, looks like everyone was happy.
    And those flowers! At first I thought they were roses, but they are a mixture of the reddest flowers I've ever seen, so beautiful :)
    Congrats!
  • fallenangelloves
    fallenangelloves Posts: 601 Member
    Everything looks beautiful so far! Can't wait to see more!! LOVE the cake and cookies!!!
  • pixlamarque
    pixlamarque Posts: 312 Member
    Wow, your cake looks amazing! Just like a magazine pic haha.
    The family photo is beautiful, looks like everyone was happy.
    And those flowers! At first I thought they were roses, but they are a mixture of the reddest flowers I've ever seen, so beautiful :)
    Congrats!

    It was ranunculus (my favorite flower right behind peony's which were out of season), tulips, Gerbera daisys, and carnations (which I don't like but they were ok for fillers)
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