[hide=Appetizers/Soup/Salad][/hide] [hide=Snacks]My own "Protein packed flapjacks" 100g of butter 300g of cereal oats 50g of brown sugar 200g of assorted Musli (seeds, berries etc) 50g of high quality Whey protein supplement. Melt the butter in a frying pan, add the oats and wait until browned, then add the sugar and Muesli. Keep stirring once until the sugar starts to caramelize holding the various particles together in a type of "paste", once this happens, add the protein and stir quickly for a minute allowing the protein to mix in completely. While adding the protein I usually turn the heat off, once the minute is up the flapjack "paste" is a nice consistency and I then shape it into about 4 medium sized flapjacks, leaving them to cool and settle in the fridge for about a hour.[/hide] [hide=Meat Entrée]Name:Lovely steak. Section: Meat Entrees. Origin: No idea, probably Europe. Ingredients Steak, barbecue sauce (if wanted), good grill, kosher sauce, cracked black pepper, meat thermometer. Recipe: First, how to pick a steak: I personally love strip (New York), as it's right in the middle of tough and tender. Now, before you buy or cook (please, buy from a local butcher), make sure it's about 1/2-1 inch thick (like 2 centimeters?), and weighs at least 6 oz. Also, make sure there's a good bit of marbling, it will help the steak grill. Now, cooking: Start the grill going. Not gonna teach you how to use a charcoal grill or fire pit, although those are the best, they're pretty uncommonly used. Now, season your raw steaks with the salt and pepper. Let them sit for a few minutes while the grill heats up. Now, put them on the grill - if there's a nice sizzle when you put them on, the grill's perfect heat. Now, cook for about 4 minutes on each side. I'm not sure how to make those sweet grilling marks, so I won't. Put your barbecue sauce on whatever side you want, but make sure you do it after the steak has grilled a little while. Use a meat thermometer to see if they're good (rare is about 115 to 120 degrees F, medium rare is 125 degrees F, and medium is 135 to 140 degrees F), let them sit for a few minutes, and DIG THE [bleep] IN. _________________ Name: Pasta Puttenesca Origin: Barilla Recipe Book (sent in proof of purchases :P) Ingredients: 1 box/bag of Penne 1 Large Onion, thinly sliced 4/5 Rashes of Bacon chopped small 1 can of chopped tomatoes 1 rounded tablespoon of tomato paste/puree Few teaspoons Chili Powder/Basil Salt/Pepper Optional: Parmesan cheese, shaved not grated. Recipe: In a large frying pan/skillet, fry the onions in olive oil/butter until soft, but not caramelized. Once soft, add the bacon and the chili powder, and cook until "done". DO NOT fry the bacon to crispiness. Add in the tomatoes, tomato paste/puree, salt, pepper, basil, wine/water, and simmer on low to reduce until a thick-ish consistency. Boil penne one minute less than package instructions. Drain the pasta, and combine with the sauce, and let sit for about one minute. Serve hot, with parmesan cheese, and enjoy.[/hide] [hide=Fish Entrée][/hide] [hide=Vegetarian Entrée]Name: Pasta w/ Pepper Relish Section: Vegetarian Entree Origin: Veggie Cook Book Ingredients: 1lb pasta e.g. rigatoni or spaghetti (I have never used more than 8oz pasta) 4 sprigs fresh basil, to garnish. Relish 1lb mixed red and yellow peppers about 3 peppers in total, deseeded and cut into thin strips. 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, lightly crushed. 1 dessertspoon olive oil 5 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped. 2 med red chillies, deseeded and chopped (I only use one) 4 med tomatoes skinned and chopped. 2 tablespoons sun-dried tomato paste. salt and freshly milled black pepper. You will also need a lidded frying type pan with a 10 inch dia. Recipe: First, dry-roast cumin seeds in the frying pan for about a minute, until they become fragant. Now add the oil and when hot, stir in the peppers, garlic and chillies and turn the heat down as low as poss. Then cover and cook slowly for about 40 mins. stirring from time to time, until peppers are really soft. After that add the chopped tomatoes and sun-dried tom. paste to the peppers. Season and continue to cook uncovered on highish heat until mixture is reduced and thickened slightly - about 5 mins. Cook pasta for a min less than the pack says. Drain and return to hot pan, along with the sauce and place over gentle heat, sitr and cook for about a couple of mins. I usually add the pasta to my pepper sauce as I cook that in a large container I can bring to the table. Serve granished with basil - I chop my basil and add it to the mixture. I also like to add some grated parmesan cheese (optional) _________________ Name: CORN ON THE COB Section: Appetizers/Soup/Salad Origin: South? Ingredients CORN, pan, grill. Recipe: (Boiled) Bring a big pan filled about halfway with water to a nice boil. Add corn. Let the water return to boiling. AS SOON AS IT BOILS, cover the pot and turn off the heat. Leave the pot alone for about ten, fifteen minutes. Then, corn out, salt and butter on, MMMMM. (Grilled) Stick a spit through some fresh corn. Plop it on the grill, rotating very frequently. Shouldn't take more than a few minutes; corn is very easy to grill. Notes: Make sure it's fresh corn. Summer is the best time to buy. Make sure the kernels are firm underneath very green stems or leaves or whatever they are. Husk it yourself - always tastes better. And make sure to get all the little strings out - bring a pocketknife, but be careful not to crush kernels. _________________[/hide] [hide=Dessert]Apple-Peanut Butter-Caramel Bars The Dessert over Innsmouth Origin: That Dreaded Veganomicon, purveyor of madness and horror Ingredients: Crust: 3 cups graham cracker crumbs, 1/3 cup canola oil or 5 and 1/3tablespoons nonhydrogenated vegan margarine, 3 tablespoons plain soy milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Crumb Topping:1/2 cup flour,3 tablespoons sugar, 2-3 tablespoons canola oil, "a pinch" of ground cinnamon, ginger, and allspice Apple Filling: 3 lbs Granny Smith Apples (~6), cored and thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon canola oil; 1/3 cup sugar; 3 tablespoons flour; 1 tablespoon water; see previous "pinches" Peanut Butter Caramel: 2/3 cup chunky peanut butter (no-stor kind that doesn't separate); 1/4 cup Canadian blood maple syrup (pure); 3 tablespoons asian blood brown rice syrup Procedure: PREHEAT oven at 350 F. Grease up a deaf guy 9x13-inch baking pan Prepare the crust: Place graham crackers in mixing bowl. Drizzle with oil and mix until moistened. Add soy milk an mix with fingers; crumbs should hold together if pinched. Press crumbs firmly into prepared pan. Prepare the Topping: Place flour, sugar, and spices in mixing bowl. Drizzle 2 tblspn oil into flour and mix with fingertips until crumbs start to form. Keep tossing the mixture; crumbs should be fairly large. Add more oil if necessary. Prepare Apple Filling:Combine all ingredients into a bowl, coating apples. Layer apples onto crust and sprinkle with crumb topping. It won't solidly cover entire pan; sprinkle randomly. Bake 40-45 minutes until apples are tender. At ~35 minutes, begin prepping peanut buuter caramel; Mix all ingredients very well with a fork in a small saucepan. Heat over medium heat for 3 minutes; the mixture should soften and slide off the fork in ribbons. When bars finish baking, drizzle caramel in ribbons over the top. Let cool. Slice 'n' serve, Makes 12 bars.[/hide] [hide=Cocktails/Drinks][/hide]