| made this recipe twice,really great. the first time I made it theway it was written. the second time I had leftover ham.cooked the lentils with the ham bone and then added pieces of ham at the end. Everyone loved it. |
| From: The Cake Bible (reviewed 10th January 2010)This is a favorite of the author of this cookbook. I have made this cake for over twenty years and has become my signature cake. It is a very lemony, moist delicious pound cake. Easy to make too. |
| Simple and easy.Good healthy appetizer. Many friends have requested the recipe. |
| This is a fantastic appetizer. At all of my parties this is a MUST have appetizer. I haven't had on guest that didn't love them. They are quick and easy to make and can be made hours ahead and refrigerated till needed. Give them a try! |
| This recipe is good as a main course or as side for a party. If you leave out the shrimp it is a good salad for grilled meats in the summer. Very easy to prepare |
| Easier than a pie. It can be made with any combination of fruit. If you keep the dough in the freezer you can make a crostata any time you find nice fruit at the farmers market. |
| From: Ciao Italia (reviewed 11th January 2010)This has become a family favorite. Great for parties,(Super Bowl)and picnics. Moderate level of work to make the bread and then the filling. Everyone loves the bread,good as leftovers too. |
| If you never had a homemade marshmallow, then you must make this recipe. They aren't anything like the store bought kind. The marshmallows are soft and silkly and they melt in your mouth. They are a real treat. |
| The recipe has many ingredients but is very easy to prepare. It is a rich cake with lots of dates and nuts and a good balance of spices. You can serve it with the cream cheese spread that is included in the recipe,but it is delicious without it. |
| This is a great recipe for blueberry pie. I make it every summer when the blueberries are in season, sometimes I add some blackberries when they look good in the farmers market. I use the recipe for the sweet dough on page 149. I always get raves. |
| If you want to give your family a treat, make these muffins. They are moist and delicious. They are the best blueberry muffins. |
| This is a nice soup on a hot summer's day. It is very easy to prepare and can be made the day before. Refreshing and light. |
| This is a very easy recipe with all the flavors of Louisiana. You can adjust the amount of spices to suit your taste. I make the jambalaya with andouille, a spicy sausage, but is delicious with the ham. |
| This is a very easy recipe for salmon,the hardest part is gathering the ingredients if you don't have them on hand. A good balance of fresh and clean flavors with the fatty salmon. It is a good recipe for a party or a buffet because it can be served at room temperature. |
| This ia an easy moist and tender cake, but it contains no butter. You use heavy cream to replace the butter ,unusual but delicious. It was fun to make. |
| I made this cake for my husband's birthday (October), he loved it. Easy to prepare,even though there are two steps. First you make the apple and walnut topping and then the batter. Bake the cake,let cool 1 to 2 minutes, invert onto plate and serve with or without the Bourbon Whipped Cream. Simple and delicious. |
| I needed a salad for my barbecue that didn't contain any wheat or meat products. This rice salad was perfect.It is easy to prepare and can be made in advance. The taste is light and refreshing on a hot summer's day. |
| This recipe is easy enough for a weekday meal and special enough for company. It has fresh, clean flavors that keep the calorie count down. I make this recipe often especially in the summer. |
| These are the BEST brownies that you ever had. They are everything the title says and more. Everyone raves about them. They are simple to make but you must follow the instruction closely. Do no overbake, you will be rewarded. |
| I am always looking for vegetarian side dishes to add to my buffet because some of my friends like to keep it light or just don't eat meat. This recipe is easy to prepare and hearty enough to be a main course. It can be made a day ahead and served either warmed up or at room temperature. |
| This is a very simple dessert to prepare.There are only three ingredients, puff pastry, sugar and a pinch of salt. Combine the sugar and salt, roll puff pastry in the sugar till well coated. Fold the pastry according to the directions, cut and bake. Easy and delicious. |
| This is an unusual corn bread in that it contains both cream-style and fresh corn, it also has a little bit of whole-wheat flour and a jalapeno. The corn bread is easy to make and moist and delicious. |
| This is a very easy appetizer to make, and delicious. They are so good that a Greek friend of mine remarked that they were better than his mother's. What a compliment! You can make them ahead and then freeze them. Great to have on hand. There are three fillings that you can make, I used the feta and spinach. |
| If you think shrimp cocktail is good, then you will really love what roasting does to the flavor of the shrimp. Quick and easy to prepare for your next party.
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| This is a very easy way to get your apples with crust. It is made with store bought puff pastry, and with the addition of dried cherries they are fantastic. I have made these turnovers many times , and everyone loves them. |
| You never have to buy chocolate bark again, it is so simple to make. Follow Ina's instructions for melting the chocolate and then add what she suggests or whatever you like. The roasted salted cashews are a good foil against the sweetness of the chocolate. I added the cherries,apricots and the raisins, I didn't use the ginger.
This disappears as fast as I make it. |
| From: The Cake Bible (reviewed 23rd January 2010)This is a moist cake, with a nice combination of spices. The flavor of pumpkin is subtle, because of the small amount that is needed. Another dominate flavor is of the walnuts and the walnut oil. It is a very quick an easy recipe to make. |
| From: The Cake Bible (reviewed 23rd January 2010)This cake is everything the title says and more. The texture is light and soft with a tender crumb. It's good with many of the fillings and frostings that Rose has developed for her book. This recipe makes a two layer cake. There is a section for formulas and techniques for making large wedding and special occasion cakes. I use the formulas to turn this cake into a multi-layered creations for my family and friends special moments.
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| The name of this dish sounds very impressive, but it's just a molded macaroni casserole. This dish takes a bit of time to make, but it's worth the effort. It's a mix of macaroni and two cheeses encased in a meatball mixture with prosciutto or pancetta on top. This is my son's most requested recipe, he loves it. |
| Make this tart when the raspberries are in season at the farmers market. It is fairly simple to make, the hardest part is making the genoise batter. Be careful not to deflate the batter when folding the flour and butter into the mixture. If you follow the instructions properly you will have a light and buttery tart, best eaten the same day. |
| This is a simple and delicious tart. The clementines must be made ahead of time, but are easy to make. The filling goes together in a snap, pour into a partially baked tart shell, and float the candied clementines on top. The tart can be made without the clementines, but makes a beautiful presentation and adds to the delicate flavor. |
| This is my favorite pie. Her directions are simple to follow and the extra high meringue is spectacular. |
| This is a great dish for a dinner party. It takes a bit of work to assemble the roll and make the tomato sauce. But after you roast the veal you just slice and serve. It makes a beautiful presentation and it will wow your friends and family. |
| This is my favorite egg salad. The combination of mayonnaise,sour cream and dijon mustard is wonderful.
Add the dill and it's perfect. |
| The dough for the profiteroles is actually very easy to make. You can use the same dough to make cream puffs. After they are baked, stuff them with whipped cream instead of ice cream. |
| Great punch for an afternoon party on a hot summer's day. Strawberries in rose' wine, lemonade and club soda make a light and refreshing punch. |
| A strange name for breaded veal cutlets, fried in butter and garnished with parsley and a squeeze of lemon. |
| Just like the name says this is paella with an italian twist. It has all of usual ingredients of paella, chicken shrimp, sausage, rice saffron with the addition of tomatoes. Serve with italian pepperoncini. |
| This is my go to recipe for pancakes. Easy to put together with a light and fluffy texture. |
| This is a good recipe because it makes a strong drink,so when you add ice cubes the lemonade doesn't get watery. Add some cranberry juice for pink lemonade. |
| Everyone needs a great recipe for sugar cookies, this is it. Use it with your favorite cookie cutters and enjoy. |
| This is one of the Christmas cookies that I make every year. I make two recipes that yield over one hundred cookies. This is a very labor intensive cookie, but they are really worth it. The crescents are very soft and fragile and they melt in your mouth. These sweet buttery morsels disappear in a flash.
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| This recipe makes the best rugelach you ever tasted. If you buy the book for this recipe it would be worth it. It makes about 4 dozen and they can be frozen and baked when needed. |
| This is an easy version of apple pie with a cinnamon crumb topping. Great! |
| Easy, delicious and baked. |
| You really don't need a recipe for brussels sprouts, but Ina gives you good guidelines for roasting any vegetable. Even if you don't like brussels sprouts, give this recipe a try. they are very tasty. |
| Another member had problems with this recipe, but I loved it. I have made this recipe many times and it always came out perfect. My cooking time was about 40 to 45 minutes. The combination of fruit was also a winner but sometimes I leave the figs out. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 29th January 2010)Simple, easy, healthful and delicious. |
| Remember the onion dip from a box, well this is so much better. Easy to make and tasty. Brings back childhood memories. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 29th January 2010)Stuff each date with a pecan, wrap with bacon and bake. Easy and delicious. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 29th January 2010)Very good and easy vegetarian stuffed mushroom. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 29th January 2010)These little morsels of chicken disappeared quickly. They are delicious, slightly sweet and slightly spicy. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 29th January 2010)Who doesn't like chicken satay. This is a simple version that is very tasty. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 30th January 2010)Brown sugar,maple syrup and butter, it could only be good. Simple to make and delicious. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 30th January 2010)A very flavorful preparation for frozen artichokes. I have made it several times and it is always a crowd pleaser. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 30th January 2010)Quick, easy and tasty preparation for red snapper or any kind of white fish fillet. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 30th January 2010)This is a simple appetizer to make, but forming the 30 to 40 balls of spinach takes time and patience. The only ingredient that I didn't like was the margarine,but when this recipe aired on TV they said it didn't work well with butter. The recipe is still worth making. |
| This is a great recipe for chicken wings. It is a very easy and delicious recipe. The sauce is buttery and spicy, and they are broiled instead of fried. I used blue cheese for the dip. |
| From: Cooking Light (reviewed 30th January 2010)This is a simple recipe, but there is alot of chopping. Use a good quality tomato juice and the soup will be delicious. |
| From: Martha Stewart (reviewed 31st January 2010)This is a yeast cake so it needs time to rise. They are worth the time it takes to make them. Traditionally they are made on Good Friday, but they are delicious anytime. |
| From: Martha Stewart (reviewed 31st January 2010)Very simple and easy recipe for madeleines. You can use different flavors of honey to give this recipe some variation. |
| I looked at many recipes before I found this one. My family likes stollen with an almond paste filling, this one is excellent. I have made this recipe twice and it came out better than any store bought stollen. It takes quite a bit of time to make, but it yields three loaves that you can freeze or give away. |
| I made this for a Super Bowl Party. It is a two crust pizza pie with a filling of your choice. I used a spinach,ricotta and parmesan filling. Delicious. |
| This is my go to recipe for chocolate chip cookies. I have tried many recipes,but this one yields a cookie my family loves, soft and chewy. |
| This is a delicious torte that I made for a friend's birthday. Since it contains no flour it was perfect because he is on a gluten-free diet. It has a great flavor combination of chocolate, orange and almonds. The Chocolate Butter Glaze is beautiful topping. |
| From: Ciao Italia (reviewed 1st February 2010)This soup is also known as Italian Wedding Soup. My mother used to make this for me when I was little but she added pastina and so do I. |
| From: Ciao Italia (reviewed 1st February 2010)I use the crespelle batter to make manicotti. The filling consists of ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan cheeses. Sometimes I add spinach. It makes a manicotti that is more tender than the traditional. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 3rd February 2010)I made these cupcakes for my daughter's wedding shower. The cupcake mixture contains sour cream to make them moist and delicious. There is also a cream cheese frosting that goes beautifully with them. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 3rd February 2010)It's an apple tatin with cake instead of pastry. Apples with caramel atop a layer of moist cake. Really good. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 3rd February 2010)This recipe is courtesy of a Jesuit priest. The is delicious and easy to make. It has raisins and the wonderful flavor of caraway seeds. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 3rd February 2010)These burgers are stuffed with roasted red peppers and mozzarella. Healthy and delicious. |
| This tart is delicious. It can be served as a appetizer or a light lunch. The filling is smooth and creamy with the tang of goat cheese, and the crust is crisp and buttery. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 4th February 2010)Very easy to make, and an impressive ending to your next dinner party. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 4th February 2010)This dough is made with over a cup of honey,and it has a filling of chocolate, cream and almonds. It's a very sticky dough, so it must be rolled between two pieces of wax paper. But it's worth the effort, the cookies are great. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 4th February 2010)This is one of my favorites, the chicken is moist and tender and the sauce is smooth and silky. I don't like peas so I substituted green beans and corn. I make extra and freeze them, then I can have them anytime. |
| From: Orangette (reviewed 5th February 2010)Really, really good, so much better than store-bought. Easy to make and great to give as a gift. Very additive. |
| From: Martha Stewart (reviewed 5th February 2010)These biscotti, with the combination of chocolate and pistachio are delicious. They are softer than a traditional biscotti. |
| From: Cooks Illustrated (reviewed 7th February 2010)The recipe has been tweaked a bit, from the original no-knead recipe. The dough is not as wet as the original, needs some kneading and it replaces some of the water with a mild-flavored lager. It is an easy recipe that produces a great bread. |
| From: Cooks Illustrated (reviewed 7th February 2010)This pie dough is different in technique and that half the water is replaced by vodka. The dough is wetter and easier to roll out.The vodka vaporizes in the oven and using less water makes the dough more tender. Great recipe, I use it for all my pies and tarts. |
| From: Cooks Illustrated (reviewed 7th February 2010)These cookies are delicious.They have a very full chocolate flavor. Two different forms of chocolate are used, cocoa powder and semi-sweet chocolate. The recipe calls for espresso powder to boost the chocolate flavor even more. |
| You wouldn't think that cornflakes could be so great, but when they are covered with chocolate they are fantastic. |
| From: Cooks Illustrated (reviewed 21st February 2010)This chicken is moist and delicious. It is a very easy recipe, brown chicken in a pot and then pop it in the oven. Very good on a cold winter's night. |
| From: Cooks Illustrated (reviewed 22nd February 2010)This pizza is good for an appetizer or a light lunch. The dough can be made ahead and refrigerated for up to 24 hours. It is a very wet dough that needs to be poured into the pan and spread into the corners with your fingers. It is a plain pizza with a sprinkling of kosher salt and rosemary. Easy to make and delicious. |
| From: King Arthur Flour (reviewed 28th February 2010)These little molten chocolate cakes are cute and delicious. Easy to make, but I had some trouble getting them out of the pan. The chocolate pieces that you put in the middle, stuck to the bottom of the pan. Next time I will try a nonstick pan.
This recipe makes 32 mini cakes, but they freeze beautifully. Reheat for a few seconds in the microwave. |
| I had to make this bread after all the great reviews on this website and others. Well, they were right, this bread is easy as it is delicious. My family loved the bread, and I plan to make the baguettes often. When I cut into the bread and saw the large holes, I was very excited. But when I tasted the bread, I was sold on this recipe. |
| This chicken recipe has all of the good attributes of fried chicken without the bad. It is crispy, crunchy on the outside and moist and delicious on the inside. The secret to this recipe is that the crust is made with melba toast crumbs. It requires a little bit of work upfront, but it is all worth it once you taste the chicken. |
| This is a small cake (6 inches) perfect for a few people. It is a deep dark fudgy chocolate cake, with vanilla buttercream frosting. It has a good balance of ingredients that combine to give you the most delicious bite of chocolate cake. The frosting isn't too sweet, but complements the cake beautifully. I added a little bit of raspberry preserves to the buttercream for the filling in the cake. Everyone wanted seconds. |
| This is Rose's signature cake ( and mine) made larger and more flavorful. This version adds sour cream to the recipe, that gives it a wonderful mouthfeel. It has a rich buttery flavor, perfumed with lemon and an added crunch of poppy seeds. I have made the original recipe (Cake Bible) many, many times over the years, and I'm sure this version will become a family favorite. |
| Everyone loves B.L.T.'s, so what a great idea to put those flavors in a pasta salad. Try varying the pasta shapes. This salad is light and flavorful. |
| This recipe is more about technique, than ingredients. I used a lemon-lime soda can instead of the beer. The chicken was delicious, very moist and tender. |
| From: The Food Network (reviewed 30th January 2010)The filling is easy to make, but preparing the pepperoncini and pipping the mixture into each one is tedious. They are worth the trouble, but only if you have the time and patience. |
| A gourmet version of "pigs in a blanket". You can use any kind of thin fresh sausage and store bought puff pastry and it would be delicious. |
| Very easy and delicious. Don't be afraid of the quantity of garlic, ii becomes very sweet after cooking it. |
| From: Ciao Italia (reviewed 11th January 2010)These sweet little bread bears are delicious. They take a little bit of time because they need to rise,but they are worth it. |
| From: The Bread Bible (reviewed 14th January 2010)Mix up the batter and put in the pan. Delicious! One problem is that you need a special pan but they are not that expensive and another is you need fresh cooked corn. I used cooked frozen corn and it was fine. |
| Good for a party or to bring to a potluck dinner. Easy to prepare and can made the day before. The pie can be served warm or at room temperature. It is delicious too. |
| Great recipe to make when the peaches are sweet and juicy in the farmers market. A little more work to collect and reduce the juices but worth it. Delicious |
| I love to make poached pears in the fall for dessert, so this recipe with the dried fruit caught my eye. It was very good but because Bosc pears can be hard, make sure they are ripe or cook them a little longer. |
| I made this recipe with asian salmon, a very nice dinner combination. It seems like alot of ingredients but it goes together quickly in the food processor. Add the sauce at the last minute because it makes the pasta turn mushy. the flavors are really good. |
| Very easy and very tasty. One drawback, it takes 1 1/2 hours to cook in the oven, but it makes alot and lasts for weeks. |