Chocolate Sauce Grasshopper Sundaes pg.93

Maybe because we have been eating these cookies all week or maybe because nestle syrup has been in my every single glass of milk, but this receipe is:
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We had frozen pizza tonight with it!

Creamy Broccoli Soup pg.189

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Maybe an extra crust for the rating.
I gave this receipe to "Newbie" my co-worker a few weeks ago and when I asked her today how it went she said that she added a medium potato to make the texture smooth. She also mashed instead of pureed, as did we (with our new masher)as it is much quicker and heartier in texture.

The rolled oats do lend an interesting texture to this soup, just make sure you mix well as Spatula ate an oat pocket from his bowl. I will bring the leftovers to work tomorrow and get "The Memory"'s opinion as her luch always smells delicious even though she claims to hate cooking.

For Mom J here is the secret sauce for the salmon steaks:
salt and pepper well then mix the following
orange juice
hoisin
honey
and glaze

Best Beef Burger pg.127

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Some of you may remember when we went to Meat On The Beach and asked for round roast and ended up with ground roast. G&J came over for dinner and we treated them to best beef burgers. The picture is J's plate which looked totally magazine photo.

Gourmet burgers have been pretty hot for a while now, so it was nice to get in on the $8 burger train. In the future regular ground round, but these were the best!

Chicken Caesar Salad pg.119

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Why buy caesar salads when you can make the same tastiness at home?

Chicken Parmigiana pg. 39

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Spoon missed this one but Spatula told her the other day that when breading chicken he always feels like he is wasting so much breadcrumb mixture and egg dip.

Macaroni and Cheese pg.317

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Well I guess 62.5 will be the 1/4 mark, not quite there but 1/3 of the way to the 1/4. Spatula made this one so I don't know about the issues that went into making it. The ham bits were tasty.

Flank Steak with Lime Marinade pg. 130

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Spatula thinks there is too much lime but I love it! If you normally don't like steak because you don't have a bbq this is the perfect recipe for you. The steak stays moist and not grey.

Mixed Tomato Salad pg. 104 Tortilla and Black Bean Pie pg. 236 Roasted Fruit pg. 251

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Hello everyone - yes we have been cooking, our computer was not working for a while. There are lots of new things that happend in our cooking world:

He got a spice rack from a moving sale. The people were going to LA and had to sell everything.
We broke two wine glasses from our wedding, but bought 6 more from the moving sale.
We also got a potato masher too!

We had Bike and Beret over for dinner a couple weeks ago. Beret said the salad was a nice introduction to spring.

Perhaps both of you would guest write for this blog? There is no picture of the roasted fruit because we ate it so fast. The fruit could have been more ripe but the ice cream pulled it together.

Spaghetti w/Turkey Meatballs pg. 326

5 Toasts! Spatula here...I've been a bit (a lot) lazy when it comes to updating the blog, and am therefore a few recipes behind. I actually made one tonight that was quite similar to the one I'm reviewing right now, but that will have to wait until later. Behold! Spaghetti with turkey meatballs.

We actually had this dish a couple weeks ago. I probably had the most trouble with the meatballs, not so much making them as believing they would be done and safe to eat after a mere eight minutes cooking in hot spaghetti sauce. In the end, it was pretty darn good tasting...well tasting? Tasted well? My only gripe is that it tasted pretty much how spaghetti and beef meatballs tastes. All that tomato sauce covering it pretty much masks the taste of whatever meat you're having, leaving only a meaty texture that's interchangable between ground beef or turkey (or probably lamb).

Speaking of ground meat, one trick I find for those who are a bit squeamish about touching the stuff - let alone molding it into ball shapes - is to imagine you're on one of those dark Halloween tours where they put your hand in slimy things and tell you they're different parts of some dead guy's body. I don't know why it makes it better...if you think about it it really should make it worse if anything, but it does. Just jam your hand in that ground turkey and think "these are his braaaaaains!"

Another tip which my sister would tell you is just don't cook with meat at all.