PASTA CARBONARA
Aug 23, 2010 Food
4 eggs
1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. whipping cream
1/2 lb. bacon, cut up
1 lb. fettuccine or spaghetti
1 c. grated Parmesan or Romano
1/4 c. snipped parsley
Pepper
Let the eggs, butter and cream stand at room temperature for 2-3 hours. Cook bacon until brown and let drain. Heat ovenproof serving dish in a 250C degree oven. Meanwhile, beat together eggs and cream together until combined. Add pasta to a large amount of boiling, salted water. Cook 10-12 minutes or until tender, but firm. Drain well.
Turn hot pasta into the heated serving dish; toss pasta with butter. Pour egg mixture over and toss until pasta is well coated. Add bacon, cheese, and parsley; toss to mix. Season to taste with pepper. Serve immediately. Sourced from http://pastasaucerecipes.info/
Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipe
Jun 10, 2010 Food
Try out this basic Vegan Chocolate Cake recipe — its simple to follow and absolutely delicious!
Ingredients
1 ½ cups plain flour
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup vegan sugar (or less, depending on how sweet you like your cake)
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
5 tablespoons cooking oil (my preference is rice bran oil)
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 cup cold water
Serves 6- 8
Preheat oven to 355˚F (180˚C).
Mix sifted flour, cocoa, baking soda, sugar and salt in a large bowl.
Make 3 holes in the dry ingredients. Put vanilla essence into one, oil into another and cider vinegar into the third. Pour cold water over the top. Mix only enough to combine all ingredients.
Pour the batter into a greased parchment paper lined 8 inch round pan.
Bake for 30 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.
Serve warm with fresh fruit or any one of the delicious frosting recipes listed. Enjoy!
Go to vegan chocolate cake if you want to try other delicious vegan chocolate treats.
Food Pictures
Apr 10, 2010 Food
I was searching around for delicious pictures of food recently and I found a really cool site with heaps of nice food pics.
The site features themes of food photography, such as pork chop pics, steak pics and banana bread pics.
Yummy, and a great resource for anyone looking for pictures of food.
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Best Gluten Free Food For Celiac Sufferers
Feb 26, 2010 Food
For all you Celiacs Disease sufferers out there – what is your favorite gluten free food?
Tags: Celiacs, Free, Gluten, Gluten Free
Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies
This is a great little peanut brownie recipe.
1 boxed brownie mix for a 13×9 pan, prepared according to box directions
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/3 cup sugar
4 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Line a 13×9 pan with aluminum foil, spraying the bottom of the foil-covered pan with cooking spray.
Prepare peanut butter swirl: using a stand mixer, beat peanut butter, sugar, butter, flour, vanilla, and egg until well blended.
Spread two-thirds of the prepared chocolate brownie batter into the bottom of the pan. Top with 6 large (or 12 small) dollops of peanut butter mixture. Top with remaining 1/3 of brownie batter. With tip of knife, cut and twist through mixtures to create swirled effect.
Bake brownie 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted 2 inches from edge comes out almost clean. Cool in pan on wire rack.
When cool, cut brownie lengthwise into 4 strips, then cut each strip crosswise into 6 pieces.
One thing I want to try is using roasted peanuts with the brownie mix.
Tags: Peanut Brownies
How Do I Make A Creamy Spinach Artichoke Dip?
Jan 23, 2010 Cooking, Food, Recipes
I made a big batch of spinach artichoke dip last weekend and I have half of it left that I haven’t baked yet. How do I make it creamy like in restaurants? Whenever I make it I put in tons of cheese but it’s still too spinachy. I would like to know how a hot dip is made though.
Tags: Artichoke, Creamy, Spinach, Spinach Artichoke
Recipe For Artichoke Spinach Souffle?
Jan 22, 2010 Cooking, Food, Recipes
Does anyone have a recipe For Artichoke Spinach Souffle? Similar to spinach artichoke dip, but a souffle instead of dip.
Can You Eat Chorizo Sausage (cooked) When Pregnant? Australia?
Jan 20, 2010 Cooking, Eating, Food, Recipes
I would like to make a chorizo sausage pasta bake but i’m 14 weeks pregnant and want to make sure i can eat it. I fry the chorizo first and then its in the bake so its oven baked again. The recipe I was looking at is Chorizo, Sweet Pepper and Aubergine Pasta Gratin
Tags: Aubergine, Chorizo, cooked, Pregnant, Sausage, Sweet Pepper