A traditional, delicious dinner that will serve 8. You will need: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, 5-6 pounds of tied round or chuck roast, kosher salt, ground black pepper, 6 stalks of diced celery, 1 large diced white onion, 2 diced carrots, 4 smashed and peeled cloves of garlic, 1 cup red wine and 1 cup low sodium beef stock. Make one pot Yankee pot roast the New England way.
This casserole will definitely make you the most popular person at the potluck. It's deceptively easy - all you need is butter, two pounds of deveined shrimp, onion, crushed Ritz crackers, garlic salt, salt and pepper. Then just layer in your casserole dish and bake! Make a delicious shrimp casserole.
This bright, tangy salsa goes wonderfully with tortilla chips, or as a dressing for fish and pork. To make this very simple recipe, you will need: 1 serrano pepper, 1/4 a roasted onion, 3 cloves roasted garlic, 1 pound of husked and boiled tomatillos and a pinch of salt. Make spicy salsa verde out of serrano peppers and tomatillos.
What makes this recipe different is the egg and lemon sauce that gives it a bit of zing. You will also need one jar of grape leaves, 1 pound of ground beef, beef stock, rice, olive oil, onion, parsley, salt and pepper. Make fresh and delicious traditional dolmades (Greek stuffed grape leaves).
For a few select princesses across the nation: Neiman Marcus is selling a $15,000 gingerbread house made of 381 pounds of gourmet gingerbread and 517 pounds of royal icing. Cooked up by Dylan Lauren, the famed Ralph Lauren's daughter and owner of Dylan's Candy Bar.
The meat gets its dark color and subtle flavor from panelas, cones of deep brown sugar. If you can't find any panelas, plain brown sugar will work. Aside from that, you will also need: 4 cloves of minced garlic, 3 tablespoons soy sauce, salt, pepper, 2 pounds top round beef, 3 tablespoons canola oil, 3 onions, 2 green peppers and 6 more cloves of garlic. Make a Venezuelan asado negro.
A perennial kid's favorite, the tater tot! Why buy overprocessed food when it's so easy to make your own at home? All you need is: 10 peeled and diced potatoes, 8 cups of water, 1 pound of butter, 4 cups of flour, 4 whole eggs, 4 egg yolks, 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 cup of potato flakes. Make your own delicious tater tots at home.
To make this delicious dish straight from the American South, you will need: 1/2 pound crumbled sausage, 1 1/2 cups Bisquick, 1 cup shredded cheese (chedder & Colby Jack do best) and 1/2 cup buttermilk. Serve with apple butter on the side! Make Southern style sausage and cheese fritters.
A perfect example of California fusion cuisine! For this recipe, you will need: 1/4 cup peppercorns, 1/2 cup coriander seeds, 1/2 cup fennel seeds, 1/4 cup salt, 2 pounds unsalted butter, juice and zest of 3 limes, 1 1/2 cups of pureed chipotle chilis in adobo, canola oil, 12 fresh chicken wings and 1/4 cup Thai sweet chili sauce. Make a batch of sweet and spicy chipotle chicken wings.
Julia Child and her guest demonstrate how to make a dirty steak with hot fanny sauce. 'Dirty Steak,' a three pound rib-eye roast cooked directly upon hot coals, is both unique and delicious. Make dirty steak with hot fanny sauce.
Wired posts a gallery of the original models of now iconic devices, with some fun tech-fetish facts. Did you know the first cell phone weighed a whopping 4.4 pounds? Or that the world's first super soaker was invented completely by accident? Examples below; click through for Wired's complete gallery.
There is little design artifice to this device. This EMILY (Emergency Integrated Lifesaving LanYard is a $3500 robot-lifeguard purchased for Malibu lifeguards. Remote-controlled and capable of 28 mph, product testing confirms that EMILY just might be smarter than David Hasselhoff and more buoyant than Pamela Anderson.
Got a couple hours to spare before your Memorial Day festivities begin? This super rich Patriotic Trifle looks relatively simple to make.
I am a runner and have been running with a group of US Marines. They have convinced me to start working out my upper body, along with my running legs. I also like to build things. I have a three and a half foot by seven foot room in my basement, and turned it into a weight machine room. I built an elevator that I can fill with nine pound paver stones. The elevator cable goes over a series of pulleys that allow me to do four different upper body exercises.
Internet famous pumpkin carver Ray Villafane recently nabbed the world record for carving the world's largest pumpkin. Inhabitat attended the carving event, held at the New York Botanical Garden, and captured some great photos. The pumpkin weighs in at 1818.5 pounds!
1 pound of Idaho or Yukon gold potatoes Salt
Goodbye, BabyBjörn; hello, cherry-red mechanical exoskeleton! Now that 400-pound steel-clawed battle suits are available in Children's Small, what kid could possibly content him or herself with getting around by stroller?
You don't have to worry about packing on the pounds with a breakfast like this. Have all the donuts you like... as long as they're papercraft. Created by Paper Donut.
Great cornmeal texture with tangy lemon. Add a pile of fresh mixed berries and you have summer on a plate!
Love their mussels (they sell fresh by the pound if you want to cook your own), their homebrewed Parrot Ale, and playing pool. An institution in Coupeville. Lack of street appeal makes it easy to walk on by (good for us locals), but a don't miss recommendation from me.
Check out Todd from CanonPhotoBlog's handheld still of the moon..... Wow. "I handheld my Canon 7D with a 300mm f2.8mm plus a 2x teleconverter. About 15 pounds....f5.6, ISO 400, 1/60 shutter speed. "
You don't need to head south of the border for this yummy lunchtime meal. Join Carrie and her friends as they add a fun Mexican twist to the old fashioned grilled cheese. This tasty meal will have your taste buds yelling ole! Watch this cooking how-to video and learn how to make chicken quesadillas with your kids.
Chef Johanne Killeen demonstrates how to make sweet and savory baby cakes - pecan, rhubarb, and rose geranium flavored pound cakes. She uses brown sugar and melted butter and then adds bourbon to make these sweet baby cakes. Make sweet and savory baby cakes.
This meal will get your family back to the table and serve four in 25 minutes. You'll need 1/2 pound fully cooked ham, butter, brown sugar ,rum extract, and 1/2 pinapple. Make butter rum ham.
Ingredients 2½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Ingredients 1 9 to 10 pound standing rib roast (4 ribs), butcher’s cut
This Hearty Turkey Chili- Cincinnati Style is yet another tasty creation of Chef Hubert Keller. Ground turkey, sauteed vegetables, and savory spices complete the flavors of this recipe.
This penne lasagna dish, prepared and cooked by Chef Hubert Keller, is easy to make the night before and is sure to please everyone with its rich, Italian flavors. Ingredients
Remember what life was like before your iPhone? Before there were palm-sized smartphones with seemingly endless features, there were phones like Motorola's RAZR that peaked with its embedded camera. Before that, there were simple flip phones with texting capabilities, bulky two-pound Gordon Gekkos—even briefcase phones.
This is a dish with both a rich history and rich flavor, and you'll fall in love with it the first time you make it. For this dish, you will need: 2 pounds Peruvian potatoes, 1/2 cup olive oil, 2 teaspoons aji Amarilla (yellow Peruvian hot pepper paste), juice from 2 1/2 limes, 8 ounces crab meat, 4 tablespoons mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, botija olives, 1 avocado, 1 hard boiled egg, 8 cherry tomatoes and rocoto hot pepper sauce. Cook the traditional Peruvian causa dish.
Perfect for those who like spice, but not too much. For this recipe, you will need: 1 pound ground turkey, 2 red peppers, 1 medium onions, 1 hot green peppers, 2 jalapeno peppers, 1 chopped head of garlic, 1 package chili mix, 1 teaspoon basil, 1/4 teaspoon oregano, 1 teaspoon seasoned salt, 32 ounces kidney beans, 24 ounces diced tomatoes, 12 ounces tomato sauce, 12 ounces chicken broth, 6-8 tablespoons brown sugar, jalapenos, chilis and cayenne pepper to taste. Make a medium spicy turkey ch...
It says BBQ, but you can make this dish on your stovetop! For this Cajun classic, you will need: 2 1/2 pounds head-on shrimp, 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, 1/2 cup chardonnay, 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, 2 teaspoons lemon pepper, 2 tablespoons minced garlic, 2 teaspoons granulated garlic, 1 tablespoon dried oregano, 4 tablespoons fresh rosemary leaves, 2 tablespoonsn Worcestershire sauce, 2 bay leaves, 3/4 cup heavy cream, salt and pepper. Make BBQ style New Orleans shrimp.
The longer you let this New Orleans classic sit, the better it will taste. For this dish, you will need: 2 sticks butter, 1 cup olive oil, 3 chopped onions, 3 stalks celery, 2 green peppers, 10 cloves of garlic, 2 bay leaves, 1 can Rotel tomatoes, 1 can diced tomatoes, 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, salt, cayenne pepper. juice from 1 lemon, 3 pounds peeled crawfish tailes, 1/2 cup chopped parsley and 1/2 cup chopped scallions. Make a Cajun crawfish etouffee straight out of the French Qua...
A perfect blend of the flavors of Northern Italy! For this recipe, you will need: 2 pounds pork loin roast, 2 cups peeled and pitted stone fruits (cherries, plums, necatarines and peaches), 1/4 teaspoon saffron threads, 2 tablespoons wild flower honey, 2 teaspoons hot Dijon mustard, 1/4 cup apple or white grape juice, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1/8 teaspoon each of cinnamon, ground cardamom, ground allspice and ground fennel, 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, 1/2 cup golden raisins, 3 larg...
Make sure you give the pork three days to cure for best results! For the dry rub, you will need: 1/4 cup fennel seeds, 2 tablespoons cumin seeds, 2 tablespoons black peppercorns, 4 pieces star anise, 4 cinnamon sticks, 4 teaspoons whole cloves, 4 tablespoons ground coriander, 1 cup salt and 2/3 cup sugar. For the pork belly, you will need: 2 cups dry rub, 4 pounds of pork belly, 4 quarts chicken stock and 4-6 roasted shallots. Make a slow cooked, spiced pork belly.
This method gives the duck a firm and crisp skin. To make this, you will need: 2 ounces Hu-Kwa tea (or any black tea), 2 ounces black peppercorns, 2 ounces sugar, 1 pound kosher salt, 1 Peking duck, 4 oranges, 2 cups cure, 4 cloves garlic, 1 bottle white wine, 2 cups duck or veal stock, 1/2 cup sherry, 1/2 cup red wine, 1/2 cup bitter orange marmalade, 1/2 cup port or currant jelly and a handful of husk cherries. Make a Chinese duck with a tea and salt cure.
The secret is finally out on this sweet and spicy dish! For this, you will need: 1 pound of chicken chunks, 1 bunch of broccoli, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch, 1 teaspoon vegetable oil, 3 teaspoons white vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder, 1/2 teaspoon white pepper, 3 teaspoons sugar, 1/2 cup water, scallions, 2 1/2 more teaspoons of sugarm 2 teaspons cornstarch, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 1/2 - 3 teaspons white vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon oyster sauce, 1/2 teaspoon crushed garlic, 1/2 tea...
Bacon and cocktails. Not the likliest of food and beverage combinations when eaten together, and especially odd when a recipe advocates you MIX THE TWO into one bacon-y alcoholic drink.
The Palomar knot is a powerful fishing knot, used to secure fishing line to a fishing lure, snap or swivel. It's great for all kinds of light fishing lines, especially braid, which won't pull out of this knot. It's retains almost the full amount of original strength of the line. Wade Bourne of MyOutdoorTV will show you just how to tie the Palomar knot.
When having a large dinner party or family gathering, having a coffee station set up saves the Host/hostess a lot of busy work. Guests like getting their own beverages rather than having to ask for one, and the coffee station is the key solution. Plus, one can serve several kinds of coffee and even tea at the same station.