I thought I'd make a thread where we could post our all-time favorite recipes.  Let's keep this thread ongoing, as I'm sure we'll add new recipes as time goes on.  I love to trade recipes, and I love to try other people's 'great ones'.  

I'll start with this one, and add more later...

EMERIL'S KICKED UP MEATLOAF   (It absolutely ROCKS! You'll never try another recipe for it.)

2 tablespoons butter
1 large onion, chopped
1 rib celery, finely chopped
1/2 red bell pepper, finely chopped
2 teaspoons minced garlic, plus 1 teaspoon
1 teaspoon chopped thyme leaves
1 teaspoon chopped rosemary
1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/2 cup ketchup (use more if you're adding more tomatoes for the sauce), plus 1/4 cup
2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup Heavy cream
2/3 cup Breadcrumbs
1 pound ground chuck
1/2 pound pork sausage (such as breakfast sausage)
1/2 pound ground veal (If you're not into veal, use 1lb sausage, turns out great)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons plus 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 slices bacon, cut in half
2 tablespoons white or red wine vinegar
1/2 cup canned tomatoes, chopped or crushed (I use about 2 CANS, makes more sauce)
In a large skillet heat the butter over medium-high heat until melted. Add all but 1/4 cup of the onions, the celery and all but 2 tablespoons of the bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened and beginning to caramelize around the edges, about 6 minutes. Add 2 teaspoons of the garlic, the thyme, rosemary, and parsley and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
When the vegetable mixture is cooled, transfer to a mixing bowl and add the eggs, mustard, 1/4 cup of the ketchup, 1 teaspoon of the Worcestershire sauce, and heavy cream and mix until thoroughly combined. Add the breadcrumbs, ground chuck, pork sausage, ground veal, 1 teaspoon of the salt and 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper and mix until just combined. Do not overmix. Transfer meat mixture to a 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan and using your hands, form mixture into a loaf shape. Arrange the slices of bacon on the top of the meatloaf and set aside.
In a small saucepan combine the remaining 1/4 cup of chopped onion, remaining 2 tablespoons of green pepper, remaining teaspoon of garlic, remaining 1/2 cup of ketchup, remaining 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce, remaining 1/2 teaspoon of salt, remaining 2 teaspoons of pepper, vinegar, and canned tomatoes and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.
Pour the sauce over the uncooked meatloaf and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until the bacon and sauce are slightly caramelized on the top of the meatloaf. Remove from the oven and cover loosely with aluminum foil. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Slice and serve along with the Macaroni with 4 Cheeses.

I usually don't jump into the womens forum too often but as a newly domesticated male, I couldn't resist this one.

That recipee looks down right unbelieveably good.  I copied and pasted into my survival recipe files.

Thanks for the tip.

Tj

Quoted: I usually don't jump into the womens forum too often but as a newly domesticated male, I couldn't resist this one. That recipee looks down right unbelieveably good.  I copied and pasted into my survival recipe files. Thanks for the tip. Tj

TJ, it really is the best meatloaf I've had in my entire life.  Everone I serve it to swears by it.  It's the only meatloaf I'll eat.

Quoted: Quoted: I usually don't jump into the womens forum too often but as a newly domesticated male, I couldn't resist this one. That recipee looks down right unbelieveably good.  I copied and pasted into my survival recipe files. Thanks for the tip. Tj TJ, it really is the best meatloaf I've had in my entire life.  Everone I serve it to swears by it.  It's the only meatloaf I'll eat.

I think it was the combination of the bell pepper, hot sausage, and mix (%s) of spices that caught my eye.  

Like most people, I'm kind getting over the same old foods the same old ways and now that my wife both works and goes to school, I have opportunity to do something about it.

Thanks again,

Tj

Quoted: I have a recipe for cheesecake that I used to sell to restaurants.  I would give that out, but the Lovely Ladies of ARFCOM would only curse my name after about a week or so.  Don't say you won't, you will...trust me! NY Cheesecake Kahlua Cheesecake Bailey's Irish Cream Cheesecake Amoretto Cheesecake Pumpkin Cheesecake White Chocolate Truffle with Raspberry Cheesecake Chocolate Cheesecake

I don't believe you.  

That reminds me of my aunt's black-eyed pea dip, good for serving during the New Year's Day bowl games:

2 can Trappey's jalapeno black eyed peas
large package cream cheese
pace's picante
jalapenos, to taste
onion, chopped

Cook peas with jalapenos and onion for 20 minutes. Put all ingredients in the food processor and blend until smooth.

Quoted: Mmmmm....cake

I think I gained 2 lbs just reading that.  Looks good, Skam.

This hot fudge pudding cake is simply awesome.  You gotta serve it with a nice vanilla ice cream.

f you have cold, brewed coffee on hand, it can be used in place of the instant coffee and water, but to make sure it isn’t too strong, use 1 cup of cold coffee mixed with 1/2 cup of water. Serve the cake warm with vanilla or coffee ice cream. Leftovers can be reheated, covered with plastic wrap, in a microwave oven.

Serves 8
2 teaspoons instant coffee
1 1/2 cups water
2/3 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder (2 1/2 ounces)
1/3 cup brown sugar (packed, 1 3/4 ounces)
1 cup granulated sugar (7 ounces)
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 ounces semisweet chocolate or bittersweet chocolate, chopped
3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour (3 3/4 ounces)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup whole milk
1/4 teaspoon table salt
1 large egg yolk

1. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly spray 8-inch square glass or ceramic baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Stir instant coffee into water; set aside to dissolve. Stir together 1/3 cup cocoa, brown sugar, and 1/3 cup granulated sugar in small bowl, breaking up large clumps with fingers; set aside. Melt butter, remaining 1/3 cup cocoa, and chocolate in small bowl set over saucepan of barely simmering water; whisk until smooth and set aside to cool slightly. Whisk flour and baking powder in small bowl to combine; set aside. Whisk remaining 2/3 cup sugar, vanilla, milk, and salt in medium bowl until combined; whisk in yolk. Add chocolate mixture and whisk to combine. Add flour mixture and whisk until batter is evenly moistened.

2. Pour batter into prepared baking dish and spread evenly to sides and corners. Sprinkle cocoa/sugar mixture evenly over batter (cocoa mixture should cover entire surface of batter); pour coffee mixture gently over cocoa mixture. Bake until cake is puffed and bubbling and just beginning to pull away from sides of baking dish, about 45 minutes. (Do not overbake.) Cool cake in dish on wire rack about 25 minutes before serving.

Along the same line as the unfortunately-named cockroach dip, you can also take a brick of cream cheese and either cover it in jalapeno jelly or Pickapeppa sauce and serve with crackers.  Great tip for unexpected company.

One I just made last night after forgetting about it for a while:

Gallo Pinto

Gallo pinto, or "spotted rooster", is a mainstay of Costa Rican meals.  


Beans
1/2 lb black beans
1/4 chopped onion
1 tablespoon bacon grease, or to taste
salt to taste

Rinse & sort beans.  Boil in water with other ingredients until beans are soft.

Rice
1 cups rice
2 cups water

Bring water to boil.  Stir in rice.  Cover tightly and simmer for 20 minutes.  Do not open lid!  After 20 minutes, fluff rice with fork.

Gallo pinto

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 chopped onion
1/2 chopped red bell pepper
1 minced garlic clove (to taste)
cilantro to taste
Lizano salsa (available to order online) or worcestershire sauce to taste
beans and rice from above recipe

Saute the onion, garlic, and bell pepper in olive oil until soft.  Over high heat, add the beans with the bean broth.  Don't cook off too much liquid.  After beans are piping hot, add the rice.  Mix well, add Lizano or Worcestershire sauce to taste, and enjoy!

Quoted: Here is mine. Cut up chicken breasts into small pieces, boil in soy sauce, terrayki sauce and other stuff until cooked, boil longer for more flavor, serve with rice.

This post got me to laugh for it reminds me of my Chinese cooking experience.

We kept buying all these Chinese cookbooks until it finaly sank in what it was.

All ya all Chinese Recipe

Take all you all got in the fridge left over and stick it in a wok with some soy sause.
Serve with rice.
Remember to keep your order straight by what cooks fastest last so everything is done at the same time.

Actually it's a great food stretcher.  



Tj

You guys are going to think this is lame, but I practically lived on this stuff in college.

Poor Man's Mac

Kraft Mac and Cheese, made like the box says
1 can Cream of Chicken soup
1 can Swanson's chicken

Mix together.

Yum.

Easy Chicken

3-4 frozen boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 C rice
1 1/2 cans of chicken broth
spices

Oven at 375.  Pour rice and broth in bottom of 9x13 pan.  Put frozen chicken breasts on top.  Spice up the chicken, letting some get in the broth.  Foil over pan, throw in oven for 1 hour.  After about 45 minutes, take foil off.

Times may vary according to oven temps, but this is a great quickie meal.  

My entry at last winter's dessert and liquor party, served with Godiva chocolate liquor.

White chocolate bread pudding:

pudding:
6 cups whipping cream
2 cups milk
1 cup sugar
20oz white chocolate, broken into small pieces
4 whole eggs
15 egg yolks
24" loaf french bread, use stale or slice then dry in a 275 deg oven about 5 min

sauce:
8oz white chocolate
1/2 cup whipping cream

garnish:
2 oz dark chocolate, grated

procedure:
preheat oven to 350
In a large saucepan heat the whipping cream, milk, and sugar over medium heat. When hot, take off heat and add the white chocolate pieces. Stir until melted.

Combine the whole eggs and egg yolks in a large bowl. Slowly pour the hot cream mixture into the eggs in a steady stream, whipping the eggs as you pour.

Place the stale sliced bread in a 9x12x2 pan (when in doubt a bit bigger if this is not available). Pour 1/2 the bread pudding mix over the bread. Use your fingers to press the bread into the mix so that it absorbs the liquid and becomes soggy (it'll just float too much otherwise). Pour in the remaining mix.

Cover the pan with foil and bake for 1 hour, then take off the foil and bake another 1/2 hour until it is golden brown.

sauce:
Bring cream to boil in a small sauce pan. Take off heat and add the white chocolate, stir until smooth and melted.

serve:
cut into triangles
spoon sauce over pudding
sprinkle with dark chocolate