Kitchen Dragons

This category is for me to describe various tools, pots, pans, etc, that i come across. I figure it can be edumicational!

A double-boiler is used for heating a pot to melt the contents, but without putting the pot in direct association with the heat source. The problem is such: When melting cheese (fondue) or caramel (cheesecake), etc, you need to melt a reasonably large portion of whichever, which means it stays on the heat for a [...]

Dish: Appetizer/Entree Dip Taste: 1 Preparation: 3 Recipe: – Cost: $$ Repeat: Alter

This isn’t really a full “recipe” as I usually do, but it’s not really a full recipe for cooking either Just a note, that using pesto, instead of tomato sauce, tastes good on pizza pesto, mozerella, maybe some other cheeses if we have ‘em in the fridge yum!

So, obviously, I haven’t been blogging here for a while now … uh, 8 months? ouch. Anyway. Unfortunately, that’s largely b/c I haven’t felt like cooking most nights, which has been eating us out of a budget hellish fast :/ Hoping to cook more again. Nothing’s changed, except we’re flat broke but hopefully I can [...]

Dish: Salad/Entree Taste: 5 Preparation: 5 Recipe: 5 Cost: $ Repeat? No http://appetizer.allrecipes.com/az/MngSls.asp

Dish: Snacks/Chips Taste: 5 Preparation: 5 Recipe: 5 Cost: $ Repeat? Yes http://appetizer.allrecipes.com/az/PitaChips.asp

Dish: Side/Chips Taste: 4 Preparation: 5 Recipe: 4 Cost: $ Repeat? Yes http://appetizer.allrecipes.com/az/CrnTrtillChips.asp

Dish: Snack/Salsa Taste: 2 Preparation: 3 Recipe: 4 Cost: $$ Repeat? No http://appetizer.allrecipes.com/az/WtrmlnFirndIcSls.asp

Dish: Salad/Entree Taste: 3 Preparation: 4 Recipe: 4 Cost: $ Repeat? No http://vegetarian.allrecipes.com/az/BlackBeanAndCornSalad.asp