Recipe Thread

[ValerieA 350]

This is one of my family's favourites; we all loved it growing up, and now it's my (step)kids' favourite meal!

Spaghetti Sauce

1 1/2 lb ground beef

1 clove garlic, minced

1 tbsp. oil

1 - 28 oz. can diced tomatoes

1 - 6 oz. can tomato paste

1/3 c. ketchup

2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

dash Tabasco

1 tbsp. oregano

1 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

3-4 bay leaves

Brown garlic in oil. Add ground beef and brown. Add rest of ingredients and simmer - the longer the better. I aim for no less than an hour.

This recipe is really good when first made, even better the next day. Also translates extremely well to a crock pot.

[IndigoSkies 168]

If you guys like middle eastern fairs, you'll like this blog http://www.lailablogs.com

Laila makes traditional Arab dishes using such modern techs as pressure cooker to cut down on time. And her pictures are so delicious.

[Amby 490]

this is my simple tomato sauce recipe. you can add stuff to it to make it like puttanesca, arrabiata or whatever.

bit of olive oil

1 onion (chopped)

couple cloves of garlic (you can chop, slice, press..whatever)

28oz can of whole tomatoes in juice (san marzano if you can get them)

bunch of parsley

oregano (if you like it)

s & p

cook the onion in some olive oil until it's translucent

add the garlic and cook until you can just smell it (doesn't take very long at all, maybe a minute?)

dump in the can of tomatoes

add a little extra olive oil if you want

tear off the top of the parsley and drop it in

add a bit of s&p

simmer over med/low for like 30 mins or so

taste it and add some more s&p if you want

I usually pop it into the blender or use my immersion blender in it but you can also just leave it how it is. if you don't blend it I suggest chopping the parsley instead of just tearing it off and throwing it in.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

this is my simple tomato sauce recipe. you can add stuff to it to make it like puttanesca, arrabiata or whatever.

bit of olive oil

1 onion (chopped)

couple cloves of garlic (you can chop, slice, press..whatever)

28oz can of whole tomatoes in juice (san marzano if you can get them)

bunch of parsley

oregano (if you like it)

s & p

cook the onion in some olive oil until it's translucent

add the garlic and cook until you can just smell it (doesn't take very long at all, maybe a minute?)

dump in the can of tomatoes

add a little extra olive oil if you want

tear off the top of the parsley and drop it in

add a bit of s&p

simmer over med/low for like 30 mins or so

taste it and add some more s&p if you want

I usually pop it into the blender or use my immersion blender in it but you can also just leave it how it is. if you don't blend it I suggest chopping the parsley instead of just tearing it off and throwing it in.

Wow, that is identical to my sauce! I mean, even down to the San Marzano. Spooky.

[Amby 490]

Wow, that is identical to my sauce! I mean, even down to the San Marzano. Spooky.

as far as simple sauce recipes I think most of them are probably close to the same (if they're correct/good lol)

[Peikko 1,575]

Anyone got some yummy recipes for eggplant? I can do a mean ratatouille but would like to try something different with them.

[Amby 490]

hmmm...I saw a waitrose commercial the other day and the person did something interesting with eggplant...I think it was waitrose? let me look on the site.

[Nina~ 431]

Anyone got some yummy recipes for eggplant? I can do a mean ratatouille but would like to try something different with them.

My basic go-to eggplant recipe is to cut the egg plant (Japanese or Chinese eggplant) in wedges and to sauté them with onion, garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper & salt. Great for vege tacos.

[Peikko 1,575]

I have some growing out back, they are European style eggplants - not sure what the difference is?

That sounds pretty good though

[Amby 490]

cleo - I was wrong. delia did crisp duck w/ cherries on the waitrose commercial. where the hell did I get eggplant?

[Peikko 1,575]

cleo - I was wrong. delia did crisp duck w/ cherries on the waitrose commercial. where the hell did I get eggplant?

No idea - duck with cherries sounds good though

[Nina~ 431]

They are just easier to cut into wedges compared to the European ones.

Japanese Eggplant

Chinese/Indian Eggplant

[Peikko 1,575]

The ones I am growing look like the ones at the bottom - they are not really big, they are some heirloom variety - I am really stuck on growing all kinds of heirloom variety veg at the moment - my cucumbers are called something odd like stripy snakes - which sounds indelicate so I am sure that's not quite right

[IndigoSkies 168]

We have those all year long, yellow aubergine. I'm not much of a cook. But I sort of make a stir fry with aubergine and potatoes and anything else I can find in the house. Throw in some steak seasoning and a bit of butter. Eat with a side of fragrant white rice. Healthy and simple and quick and mucho flavourful.

[ValerieA 350]

My basic go-to eggplant recipe is to cut the egg plant (Japanese or Chinese eggplant) in wedges and to sauté them with onion, garlic, cumin, cayenne pepper & salt. Great for vege tacos.

Nina, did you get kicked out of the ballerina corps?