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Creamed Chipped Beef

The Cooking Geek — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:43:57 +0000

Jump to Ingredients – Jump to Method – Jump to Printable Version Creamed chipped beef on toast is a popular breakfast dish in the United States. It is most commonly served in diners in the northeast, where I lived most of my life, though it can be found in other areas of the country as [...]

Beef Stock Cubes

The Cooking Geek — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:32:18 +0000

Jump to Ingredients – Jump to Method – Jump to Printable Version In my last article I shared my recipe for beef stock. Now I am going to tell you how to turn that beef stock into handy stock cubes that you can make and use instead of store bought stock (or bouillon) cubes. This [...]

Beef Stock

The Cooking Geek — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:57:58 +0000

Jump to Ingredients – Jump to Method – Jump to Printable Version Oh the simple pleasures! I love making stock! The simplicity, the aromas, the usefulness of the finished product, it is all such a delight. Anyone who has ever made real, homemade stock will probably agree that store bought stock is a joke. It [...]

Halupkies

The Cooking Geek — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:19:55 +0000

Jump to Ingredients – Jump to Method – Jump to Printable Version Does a halupkie by any other name taste as sweet? Absolutely! It seems like everyone has a different name for this dish. Some others include golabki, golumpkies, holubtsi, golubtsy, pigs in a blanket, or simply cabbage rolls. It seems to have originated as [...]

Tomato Paste

The Cooking Geek — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:08:16 +0000

Jump to Ingredients – Jump to Method – Jump to Printable Version When tomatoes are cooked down, and the liquid is allowed to evaporate, what you are left with is the condensed flavour of the tomatoes. Yes, this is obvious, but I mention it to clear up the misconception that tomato paste is, by nature, [...]

American Cheese (Clearing Up a Global Misunderstanding)

The Cooking Geek — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:24:14 +0000

It was my first trip to the grocery store after moving to Canada. My Canadian husband who had been living with me for a while in the states was with me. As I frequently did on our trips to the grocery store I asked him to run to the deli while I did other shopping. [...]

Barbecue Chicken Bites

The Cooking Geek — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:10:21 +0000

Jump to Ingredients – Jump to Method – Jump to Printable Version I don’t think that it is possible for a human being not to salivate with these things in front of them. Well, except for vegetarians or vegans, maybe, but all we can do is pity them. I have recently posted a sister recipe [...]

Buffalo Chicken Bites

The Cooking Geek — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:12:18 +0000

Jump to Ingredients – Jump to Method – Jump to Printable Version As hard as it is to admit, I have not always loved hot wings. It was the sauce that turned me off. I don’t know if I just never gave it the chance that it deserved, or if I just always ended up [...]

Chicken Fried Rice

The Cooking Geek — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:13:59 +0000

Jump to Ingredients – Jump to Method – Jump to Printable Version I make chicken and rice a lot and this is an easy and delicious way to use leftovers. You can of course prepare rice and chicken fresh just for this dish, but I don’t think that I have ever done that. This is [...]

Chicken Florentine

The Cooking Geek — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 03:00:29 +0000

Jump to Ingredients – Jump to Method – Jump to Printable Version Chicken Florentine simply means chicken with spinach (not a direct translation). Therefor just about any dish that includes chicken and spinach can be called chicken Florentine. I learned this fact after ordering chicken Florentine a few times at different places and sometimes getting [...]