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Stir, Laugh, Repeat - Review

I want to share another great review for my cookbook Stir, Laugh, Repeat.

Stir, Laugh & Repeat is a must use cookbook. It's many recipes are dazzling and also a lot of fun to make. Different recipes for all types of tastes. I personally made the banana pudding which came out rich and tasteful the whole family enjoyed that recipe. So many great recipes come inside this book which is titled appropriately. I couldn't come up with a better name for a cookbook. And just to actually make the recipes...

Ingredient Equivalents

Beans, dry - 1 lb. = 6 cups cooked
Carrots - 1 lb. = 2 cups sliced
Celery - 1 med. bunch = 4 1/2 cups chopped
Corn - 2 med. ears = 1 cup kernels
Lettuce - 1 lb. head = 6 1/4 cups torn
Noodle, med. egg - 4 oz. = 3 cups cooked
Peppers, sweet - 1 large = 1 cup chopped
Potatoes, 3 med. = 2 cups cubed cooked
Rice, long-grain - 1 cup = 3 1/2 - 4 cups cooked
Tomatoes, 1 med = 1/2 cup cooked

Can Measurements

Can Size:
6 oz. = 3/4 cup
8 oz. = 1 cup
10 1/2 oz. = 1 1/4 cups
16 oz. = 2 cups
20 oz. = 2 1/2 cups
29 oz. = 3 1/2 cups
46 oz. = 5 3/4 cups

Cake Recipe

This is a recipe sent to me by Eileen Thorton, Author of The Trojan Project. I thought everyone would enjoy this fun and simple recipe.

Eileen Thornton
The Trojan Project - Nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2009
Order your copy from my website - £8.99
www.eileenthornton.co.uk

You must read down to the bottom....enjoy!!



Ingredients:

* 2 cups flour
* 1 stick butter
* 1 cup of water
* 1 tsp baking soda
* 1 cup of sugar
* 1 tsp salt
* 1 cup of brown sugar
* Lem...

Japanese Pink Sauce

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When I eat at a Japanese restaurant I always order Shrimp Sauce. I use it as a dip for my shrimp, chicken, steak, pork, broccoli, just about everything I'm served. I love it and after every meal I politely ask for the recipe, which they won't give out. One day a friend of mine gave me a recipe from a Japanese restaurant that had closed down. At the bottom of the page was a recipe for Shrimp Sauce, which I've included in my cookbook Stir, Laugh Repeat. While browsing around at the Souther...

Pistachio Lace Cookies

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The original recipe for these cookies took a bit longer. I eliminated one step that appears to make no difference in these cookies. The eliminated step called for the dough (which is about the consistency of thick cake batter) to be rolled in plastic wrap, frozen and sliced. By-passing this step has made no difference in the outcome of these cookies. For changes, use different nuts such as pecans or walnuts. Add a little cinnamon, nutmeg or allspice for flavor changes. These cookies are so g...

Eggnog Truffles

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There are times that I do use a recipe to the letter and this is one of those times. I love white chocolate and I also love eggnog so these were perfect. One trick that I did while coating my truffles was to insert a toothpick into each, spooned the chocolate over them and removed the toothpick as I placed them on the wax paper. Also, sprinkle each one with nutmeg as soon as it's coated. Otherwise, the chocolate will start setting and the nutmeg won't stick. These are perfect to make with the...

Simple Christmas Cookies and Candies

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Christmas is a great time to spend time in the kitchen with your kids. It's so simple them to make festive cookies and candies without turning on your oven. All it takes is a little melted white and milk chocolate, some decorative sprinkles and their imagination. The cookies in the picture are actually crackers that I found, shaped like butterflies. They are iced with white chocolate and sprinkled with red and green sugar. The marshmallows are covered in milk chocolate and rolled in sprin...

Measuring Tips #2

I ran across a recipes where one called for 1/4 cup of chopped cherries. I asked myself, "how many cherries make 1/4 of a cup?" Here is my answer.

About 15 cherries will equal 1/4 cup chopped

Another recipe I wanted to work with called for 8 oz. of chocolate chips. Quick thinking will tell you 1 cup... incorrect. Below is the answer to this measurement.

1 1/4 cups of chocolate chips will equal 8 oz. chocolate chips (don't be fooled by the cup measuring 8 oz. Remember chips aren't liquid)

Left Over Pork Roast

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What do you do with leftover pork roast? I usually slice mine and make a sandwich using rye bread, mayonnaise, mustard, pickle slices and lettuce. Then it hit me. I use the same ingredients in my chicken salad so why not make pork salad. So I did and it's great and very time saving. Everything but the lettuce and bread is already blended so there is no need to pull out the mayo, mustard and pickles. Just spread it on your bread and add the lettuce.