Thanksgiving Side Dishes

Thanks to everyone who pitched in suggestions on the Thanksgiving dressing post I made right before Thanksgiving. Here is the 'recipe' for the universally loved stuffing dressing that I made on Thanksgiving day. It got rave reviews and a public declaration of love from the other cook who *never* liked dressing before. This is more of a process than a recipe, which is why some of the ...

Curried Squash with root vegetables and cous-cous

Preheat oven to 425 1 butternut squash cubed 2 sweet potatoes cubed 3 small potatoes cubed 1/2 stick of butter, sliced and placed on top 1 cup walnuts halved 2 cloves garlic chopped 1 small onion chopped 3 tbls curry powder (give or take I pretty much just gave a top coat to everything I'd thrown in the pan) salt to taste either mix in a bowl before or get lazy like I did and just toss them in a...

Japanese Thanksgiving Day

In Japan, we just had a three day weekend. So, me and my fellow ALTs got together, and had a traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner together. I made peanut butter fudge and a pumpkin pie from a pumpkin! We cooked for sixteen people, and only 12 came. So there were leftovers. 8D I ended up making a Turkey Pot pie as well. I found an excellent and in depth pumpkin pie recipe online here: ...

Inazuma Eleven going to Europe

According to this interview with Akihiro Hino . The anime's set for 2010, no timetable for the first game. No US release mentioned, but seeing as soccer's not a major sport here ...

Honey Roasted Butternut Squash with Apples & Pecans

Honey Roasted Butternut Squash with Apples & Pecans (Serves 5) 1 lb. Butternut squash, cubed 1 medium baking apple, peeled, cored and cubed 3 Tbsp. butter, melted 3 Tbsp. honey 1/4 cup pecans, finely chopped 1/2 tsp. EACH of nutmeg and cinnamon Preheat over to 400 degrees. Place cubed squash and apple in a 8” x 8” baking dish. Add 2 tablesppons water and roast uncovered, stirring occasionally...

Earn Free Dsi Points

... on the board. When 4 or more gems with same color will. Time Ticks Down on Nintendo's Free DSi Points Offer - play.tm Time Ticks Down on Nintendo's Free DSi Points Offer - play.tm cubed3.com Nintendo has launched a page with instructions for new DSi users to redeem 1000 free points to download software/games. 6 months ago. Nintendo DSi System and DSi Shop Details, Plus Free DSi Points ...

CRuPAC & Scones!

It's my birthday week and I've decided to sanction it as my baking week too and abandon 50% of all my work ( which also means I'm going to die from work overload next week- procrastinators ftw) For all law students here, my baked brownie cupcakes are frosted according to our worst nightmare- NEUMANN. nekkid? budster (my dog with the nekkid cupcakes) CRu? CRuPAC! Conclusion, Rule...

Tiana kindly provided me with various Hawaii-related books as entertainment during my stay, so i've selected a book entitled "Hawaiian Cookbook". For the most part it seems like Hawaiian food reflects the large asian populations which migrated there. Unique aspects include large amounts of pineapple, coconut, orange and banana in nearly every dish in some way. Frying and deep-frying seem to be ...

Chili for 7/3/09

Ingredients: 2 Carrots - Diced small 2 Sweet Onions - Diced small 5 Cloves of Garlic - Minced 3 Jalapeno Peppers - Minced 5 Serrano Peppers - Minced 2 Pablano Peppers - Diced Small 2-3 Heirloom tomatoes - Diced 1.5 lb Pork Steak - Cubed 3.5 lb Chuck Roast - Cubed 4 oz Ancho Chili Powder 2 oz Mild Chili Powder 1 oz Chipotle Chili Powder 1.5 Tablespoon Mexican Oregano 1 Tablespoon Cumin Powder 1 ...

Recipe, Cheese and Scallion Quiche

Cheese and Scallion Quiche Ingredients: Pie Crust 1/2 cup scallions, chopped 1 Tb. butter 6 to 8 oz. Swiss or Gruyere cheese, cubed 3 eggs, beaten 1 1/2 cups Half and Half (cream) Pinch of Nutmeg Pinch of Salt and Pepper Preheat oven to 450, bake pie crust for 5 minutes (poke with fork to release pressure, BEFORE putting in the oven). Saute the scallions in 1 Tb butter. Sprinkle them...