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RE: Cookbook challenge anyone? - 8/4/2008 4:21:58 PM
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HisCovenant
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I'm a bad baker. Does that mean we can disregard any review I give on a recipe that contains flour and sugar or flour and yeast?
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RE: Cookbook challenge anyone? - 8/4/2008 4:24:47 PM
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Well I am better at baking but I am not supposed to live off cookies, pies and bread!
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RE: Cookbook challenge anyone? - 8/4/2008 4:35:28 PM
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Can you edit the OP with the "rules" so those joining late us can understand right off?
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RE: Cookbook challenge anyone? - 8/4/2008 5:51:47 PM
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I'm cooking for two and most of the time I have to amend a recipe or freeze part of it or divide the final product into two smaller containers and cook one days later. It sure saves on cooking time!! I've got it all down to a fine science... when I don't make a mistake. My last goof was combining the recipe ingredients off facing pages. It's in a grilling cookbook and I sure was lucky they were both Thai-like. Of course, if they had been vastly different I probably would have realized my mistake by questioning the ingredients.
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RE: Cookbook challenge anyone? - 8/4/2008 5:57:59 PM
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Oh, I like the two recipes from each book idea. I could totally go for that. I think it should be two recipes not previously tried, though.
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RE: Cookbook challenge anyone? - 8/6/2008 10:32:18 AM
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I'd say no, just make two recipes you haven't made before out of it. I've got one I've used a lot and that's my plan. I am sure I can find two I haven't made in that book.
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RE: Cookbook challenge anyone? - 8/6/2008 2:09:30 PM
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Ok, are we going to post what we make?
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RE: Cookbook challenge anyone? - 8/6/2008 3:44:10 PM
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I am still trying to find a recipe that includes ground turkey that sounds tasty and that I haven't eaten before, lol.
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RE: Cookbook challenge anyone? - 8/6/2008 3:45:02 PM
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Why ground turkey?
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RE: Cookbook challenge anyone? - 8/6/2008 3:46:30 PM
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I got a bunch on sale. I will cook some of it up to save until fall when I can make lentil chili with it, but I want to do something with some of it for now. Turkey loaf doesn't sound great to me, so I am still looking.
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RE: Cookbook challenge anyone? - 8/6/2008 8:46:43 PM
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Ooh, do I get to post the first recipe? 
I'm actually not finished eating, but here goes:
I pulled out the Season's Best recipe collection booklet from Pampered Chef... Last Spring/Summer, the theme was "Taste of the Tropics". So I decided to try Jerk Chicken Salad.
First stop was the grocery store for a few things, then to the produce stand for the lettuce, pineapple, and green onions. When I got home, I pulled the chicken out of the freezer to thaw, and put the wine in the refrigerator.
When the chicken was done, I mixed 1 tbsp Jerk seasoning with 1 tbsp olive oil and coated the chicken. Next, I sliced 1/2 of the pineapple. I cooked the chicken on the cast iron grill, then grilled the pineapple slices for 1 minute each side. Then I cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces.
Next, I made the dressing... juice of two limes, zest of 1/2 lime, 1/3 cup light mayonnaise, and apricot preserves (it called for pineapple preserves, but I needed apricots for something else, so I improvised.)
I chopped 1 red bell pepper, sliced 3 green onions, drained a can of black beans, and chopped a head of romaine lettuce.
Now to put it together, I put one large romaine lettuce leaf on the plate, then layered the chopped lettuce, red bell pepper, green onion, chicken, and pineapple, and drizzled 1 tbsp dressing.
It's delicious, but a lot of work (at least the first time around, anyway). I will try it again sometime... it's a very elegant salad.
Tomorrow I plan to try another recipe with mostly the things I have on hand so I don't feel like I over-spent on just one salad.
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RE: Cookbook challenge anyone? - 8/6/2008 9:13:13 PM
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I've got a bajillion cookbooks, plus being a Pampered Chef lady, I get sent a bunch of new recipes every other month. I've divided my recipes into two categories: Hubby and I, and family friendly. Our sons all have horrible food allergies, so anything we serve the kids has to be dairy, soy, chocolate, peanut, and dye free. Whenever we get rid of them for a weekend or longer, I pull out the "other" recipes and dh and I enjoy a meal we haven't had the opportunity to indulge in for quite a while.
I'll bookmark this thread, and as I'm going through my recipes, I'll post them and let you know how they turned out (although we're really easy going here ... all of our kids like everything -- including liver, onions and Brussels sprouts!)
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RE: Cookbook challenge anyone? - 8/7/2008 8:56:07 AM
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When I first started reading this thread I thought "oh no, I could never make it through my 2001 Chicken Recipes book." But I like this challenge. When we bought our Wok we got a cook book that looked great at the time but once I got it home, I figured I'd never be able to make those recipes. So this is going to challenge me to try stuff from that cookbook.
Jenny-Fair - I'm going to pm you a recipe for ground turkey.
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I would however cook recipes you haven't tried since it's a "challenge". 
But I did spend some time looking through a few of my cookbooks. There are a couple of cajun recipes that look good but there are four books that will be primary for me because they're healthy. But I'm in the mood to try tropical food, so my first recipe will probably be the Jerk Chicken Salad I found in the Pampered Chef Season's Best recipe collection.
