February 2010
4 posts
Homemade Strawberry Ice Cream in 20 minutes??
And no, I’m not talking about the Homemade brand of ice cream, I’m talking about actually HOMEMADE ice cream, in 20 minutes. I know, sounds too good to be true right?  Well, its not and its surprisingly simple.  I’ve read over the years about making ice cream with liquid nitrogen.  I always thought it would be pretty hard to get some liquid nitrogen, so I never put much thought into it… Until...
Feb 27th
Homemade Tofu Pad Thai (stir fry)
So I don’t know if you saw how many calories that last pizza had, so I decided try and make something healthy.  Stir Fry Tofu Pad Thai!  You have to be careful with this dish, because it can EASILY become super high in calories. I can’t recommend enough using a wok to make this dish.  It is well worth the cost, and will make things significantly easier. To start off, you need some...
Feb 14th
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Fresh Homemade Pesto
Right, I get it, that’s not Fresh Homemade Pesto, but if you recall from my previous post about pizza, you make enough dough for two pizzas.  So I decided to make a Chicken Pesto Pizza.  I wont go through how I made this, just how I made the Pesto. First you take two cups of fresh basil leaves (packed) and 1/3 cup of pine nuts.  Put them into a blender and start surging them until they...
Feb 14th
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Homemade Pizza!! (Traditional)
I made this the other day and it was surprisingly easy to do.  Ok, first you have to understand that I’m new to cooking.  I could do all of the short order cooking stuff, but nothing more than that. What it is:  This fine dish is a pizza (obviously, right?) it is made with homemade whole wheat crust, homemade pizza sauce with mozzarella and cheddar cheese blend with pepperoni, sausage,...
Feb 13th
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