Twitter Recipes

creamy chicken soup

2010-01-29T12:56:00.003-05:00

Today's recipes:

Eating leftover creamy chicken soup for lunch. Saute carrots, celery, bacon, chicken, onion, and garlic. Sprinkle flour on top & stir.
Add broth to cover, simmer gently. Add broken angel hair. Stir in cream.

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2009-09-02T21:01:00.002-04:00

Today's recipes:

Last night, made jambalaya for dinner. Started by chopping onion, bell pepper, tomatoes, chili, cooked turkey sausage, garlic, and chicken.
Sauté onion & chicken. Add rice, bell pepper, chile, 1 tsp. thyme & 1 (or more) tsp. paprika. Cook until rice translucent.
Add chicken stock, sausage, & tomatoes. Simmer until rice is cooked through. Add peeled shrimp and/or peas a couple minutes before serving.

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back from vacation

2009-08-23T18:27:00.002-04:00

I should've mentioned I was going. Took a nice long summer vacation with the family. Recipes should recommence this week.

2009-06-26T21:02:00.002-04:00

Today's recipes:

As promised last weekend, polenta for dinner tonight.
Combine 1 qt water, 1 cup coarse polenta, 2 Tbsp butter or oil, fresh ground pepper in oven-proof pan. Bake at 350 F for 40 minutes.
Stir in 1-2 oz. shredded cheese (Asiago, Parmesan, Romano, Provolone -- your favorite). Bake 5 more minutes.

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2009-06-20T21:02:00.003-04:00

Today's recipes:

Time now to go make couscous salsa to take to the solstice party tonight. Adapted from Mark Miller's Great Salsa Cookbook.
Toast 3/4 tsp each ground cayenne & coriander, & 1-1/2 tsp. cumin. Add to 1 c couscous & 1 c boiling water. Let sit covered 5 minutes.
Add roasted, peeled & diced: tomato, 2 bell peppers & 1 to 2 poblano peppers. Add salt, pepper, & chopped cilantro to taste. Serve w/ chips.
I like Tostitos multigrain tortilla chips, both with this & just to snack on.
Time to go roast . . .
Salsa made. Realized looking at twitter-recipes.blogspot.com blog that I do lots of couscous. This next week, I'll have to do easy polenta.

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Pork chops with couscous stuffing

2009-06-01T21:02:00.003-04:00

Today's recipes:

Couscous stuffing: Mix together 1 c. couscous, 1 c. milk, diced onion, diced red bell pepper, minced garlic, 1 Tbsp(ish) paprika
Stuffed pork chop: cut pocket in side of chops, fill with stuffing of choice. Add 1/4" liquid to bottom of pan. Bake at 350 1 to 1-1/4 hrs.
Diced celery is good in the stuffing, too.

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chicken not-carbonara

2009-05-03T21:02:00.002-04:00

Today's recipes:

Chicken not-carbonara tonight: saute cubed chicken and finely diced bacon. Sprinkle w/grated cheese (Parmesan, Romano, or asiago).
Add in chopped tomatoes, and frozen green beans. Stir in sour cream (or heavy cream, if you prefer.) Serve warm.

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Potato-leek soup

2009-04-30T21:03:00.002-04:00

Today's recipes:

Contemplating dinner tonight: potato-leek soup. Slice three leeks thinly, chop one onion, chop garlic. Saute in butter until translucent.
Add diced potatoes; saute briefly, then add chicken broth to cover. Simmer 20-30 minutes, until potatoes cooked.
For slightly heavier soup, stir in one can condensed cream of chicken soup at end and heat through.
Tip for cleaning leeks: remove tops, slice in half lengthwise, rinse under running water to remove dirt between leaves.

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Salsa verde

2009-04-27T21:03:00.002-04:00

Today's recipes:

The problem with Romance languages: salsa verde means very different things in Mexican and Italian cooking.
Last week, I made some Mexican salsa verde: cover bottom of pot with water, add tomatillos and simmer until dark green.
Puree with onion and garlic cloves. (Add roasted green chile, too, for more flavor! I used 2 Anaheims; New Mexico chiles weren't available.)
Simmer again, about 30 minutes. Great for dipping, enchiladas, or simmering chicken in.
For an easy entree, put 4 frozen burritos in a slow cooker, top with boneless skinless chicken breasts & salsa verde. Cook 4-6 hours.

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Fudge brownies

2009-03-13T21:02:00.003-04:00

Today's recipes:

Last night, realized we're supposed to bring dessert to the Scout banquet tonight. Hello, fudge brownies! Old recipe, Better Homes & Gardens
With some adaptation -- like, whole wheat flour and doubling. I mean 8x8 pan? Yeah, right.
Cream: 1 c. butter, 2 c. sugar, 1 Tbsp. vanilla. Beat in 4 eggs. Add 4 oz. melted baking chocolate, then 1 c. flour, 6 oz. choc. chips.
Bake at 325 for 30-36 minutes. Toothpick will not be clean, but should not be gooey. (Check ~2 in. from edge of pan.)

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Chicken paprikash

2009-02-03T16:37:00.001-05:00

Tomorrow night, chicken paprikash adapted from Valerie Comer. (Recipe originally tweeted Dec 3, but it didn't post for some reason.)

Layer chopped onion, garlic, bell peppers, potatoes, and chicken in crock-pot. Drizzle w/olive oil, add salt, pepper, 1-2 Tbsp paprika.

Repeat layers. Add extra paprika (hot, rather than sweet) if desired. Top with chopped tomatoes. Turn on, cook all day.

If you like less of a stew consistency, add water to pot before turning it on. Serve with bread.

Oh, totally forgot to add "stir in sour cream before serving." Delicious!

Noodles and clams

2008-11-18T21:57:00.002-05:00

Today's recipes:

Noodles with clams tonight. Saute chopped garlic in olive oil. Add flour & stir to make roux. Add canned minced clams (2 * 6.5 oz.).
Stir until clams heated through & sauce is smooth. Serve over pasta. (Pepper and parsley are optional additions.)

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Pumpkin butter

2008-11-17T21:53:00.002-05:00

Today's recipes:

Made pumpkin butter this morning: 1 c each butter & pumpkin puree, 1/4 c brown sugar, tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg & allspice, pinch cloves.

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stroganoff

2008-11-13T21:36:00.002-05:00

Today's recipes:

I've realized that I have yet to mention my yummy stroganoff! (Dinner tonight & last night)
Saute 1 chopped onion in 4 Tbsp butter. Add 1 lb beef; brown. Stir in 1.5 Tbsp flour, ground pepper. Add 1 lb sliced mushrooms, cover 5 min.
Stir in 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup (I use Campbell's Healthy Request) & cook 10 minutes. Add 1 cup sour cream & heat through.
Serve over pasta or rice. Leftovers are very good.
Notes: Use more or less flour depending on how thick you want it. Reduced fat sour cream tends to produce more liquidy end result.
We've used both stew meat and ground beef. Try ground turkey or TVP (or chicken--not fish, though)

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jambalaya risotto

2008-11-10T21:41:00.003-05:00

Today's recipes:

'jambalaya risotto' tonight for dinner
saute pepper flakes, saffron, celery, carrots, onion, red bell pepper, and garlic. Add 1 c rice, stir until opaque. Add broth 1 c @ a time
Simmer until liquid evaporates, add more. Add sliced sausage (I used chicken/red pepper) and peeled raw shrimp. Cook till rice moist & done.
I added 1 Tbsp butter to the risotto at the last minute for more flavor.

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pumpkin pancakes

2008-10-31T21:13:00.003-04:00

Today's recipes:

pumpkin pancakes: 3-4 c pancake batter, 3/4 c pumpkin puree, 1 Tbsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp ground cloves, cream to thin batter.
Freshly ground nutmeg works best.

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This recipe adapted from New York Times Magazine.

Baked Beans

2008-10-27T21:10:00.002-04:00

Today's recipes:

baked beans: 2 c cooked beans, 2 Tbsp ea molasses & ketchup, 1/4 chopped onion, tsp ea dry mustard & Worcestershire sauce. Bake at 250F 3 hr
bean addenda: curry powder and brown sugar also good. Top with bacon strips before baking! And 3 hours is a rough time--can go all day.
I forgot to mention that the beans are with broth. Otherwise, you'll wind up with shoe leather at best and a smoke-filled house else.

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breakfast and dinner . . . easy!

2008-10-26T21:51:00.002-04:00

Today's recipes:

easy coffeecake: 2 c. Bisquick, 1 egg, 2/3 c. milk, 2 Tbsp. sugar, 1/2 Tbsp. cinnamon. Mix together, bake in greased pan at 375F for 20'.
streusel topping: 1/3 c ea flour & packed brown sugar, 1 Tbsp cinnamon, 1-2 tsp nutmeg, 2-3 Tbsp butter. Mix till crumbly.
(Put streusel on coffeecake *before* baking!)

polenta: Mix 1 c dry polenta (coarse corn meal), 1 qt water, 2 Tbsp butter. Bake at 350F 40'. Stir; add 2 oz grated Romano. Bake 10' more.
quick shrimp: Simmer olive oil,slivered garlic, cayenne, paprika, saffron, & 1 can tomatoes. Cook down. Add lb peeled shrimp. Cook to pink.

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Couscous Risotto

2008-10-25T21:13:00.003-04:00

Today's recipes:

couscous risotto: chop chicken breasts, bell pepper, onion, cilantro. Cook meat, veggies, can of tomatoes, water, 1 c couscous. Simmer 5'.

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Setting up the Site

2008-10-24T21:07:00.003-04:00

No recipes posted today; too busy working and dealing with life to cook. We ate leftovers.

I did spend a little time on the site, starting a blog roll of other food-related blogs and signing up for AdSense, though it'll take that a while to show up here.

If you can recommend some more blogs for me to check out for the blog roll, I'd really appreciate it.

simple cornbread

2008-10-23T21:07:00.003-04:00

LoudTwitter came through this time! Huzzah!

Today's recipes:

cornbread: Mix 1 c ea corn meal & flour, 1/4 c sugar, 1.5 Tbsp baking powder. Add 1 c plain yogurt, 1 egg, 1 Tbsp oil, 3 Tbsp milk. 350F 25'

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October 22

2008-10-23T09:33:00.004-04:00

These are the recipes I posted yesterday at Twitter:

frosting: 8 oz. cream cheese, 4 oz. butter, 2 c powdered sugar, 1.5 tsp each vanilla & lemon juice. Beat. Refrigerate if you want thicker.

1 lb. dry beans, 3 strips bacon, carrots, celery, onion, 2 dry chiles, water to more than cover. Simmer all day, adding water as nec.

chili: Brown 1-2 lb. meat, .5 onion, few garlic cloves. Add 2 Tbsp. chili powder, 1 Tbsp. cumin, 2-4 c. beans (or more). Simmer.

chili options: can cond. tomato soup, diced tomatoes (fresh or can), .5 lb corn. meat: ground, beef stew, chicken adapted from Val's recipe

(Posted manually today because evidently LoudTwitter and the blog are not communicating properly yet. Or at least weren't as of last night. We'll see how today goes.)

The Traditional Introduction Post

2008-10-22T21:39:00.003-04:00

Recipe blogs are hardly a new idea; nor are recipes that are posted on Twitter. Twitter / cookbook, for example, condenses recipes from a variety of sources. The recipes I will be posting, however, will tend toward the simpler, with fewer abbreviations (aside from traditional ones such as tsp, Tbsp, lb, and c.). I hope you enjoy my recipes; please ask if anything's not clear.

My comment policy: Stay on topic, be polite, and don't argue with me if I delete your comment.

Now . . . let's see if LoudTwitter actually scoops up today's Tweets so I have a post.