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Kitchen Talk – Though Prepared Pantry sells mixes and other baking necessities, owner Dennis Weaver is quite generous with posting even recipes that don’t require those goods. And this one, for the classic cheesy brunch dish, is a keeper. How to Make Any Quiche You Can Imagine shows us a basic prep and
tips, then one for the classic Lorraine, variations, and then helpful resources. 
Need to peel tomatoes? Here’s what I did as an alternative to the dip in boiling water, wait to cool, method. Halved the matoes and placed them cut side down on a plate, covered with a paper towel, nuked for 1 min. Depending on their size may take less or more time. Cooled quick, peeled easy as you can see on the front one. If, as many do, you believe food can be medicine, this list is for you. Foods that can clear arteries, on google.
Shopping Finds – A name we’ve trusted for years has published a new cookbook with a title that can
When a recipe calls for a certain amount of an item – meat, fish, taters, or even ingredients in some baking preps that go by weight rather than volume – you can always get it just right with a kitchen scale. I use mine {shown, an “Amazon’s Choice”} quite a bit, more than I expected. Nice that they’re quite inexpensive on Amazon, some with discounts or coupons. The photo link goes to that product, and the blue link goes to scales that are 4 stars and up.
This week’s spotlight CS page – Are you looking for a cookbook for yourself or as a gift? Below the CS-published books on our page, you’ll find links to Amazon’s best sellers and top rated ones, and as well popular ethnic categories, all just a click away, CS Food Books & CookBooks
On the Table
Feature – Bloody Mary Gazpacho with Shrimp, snack & cocktail all in one!
We’ve seen a lot of recipes for gazpacho flavored bloody marys, but loved coming across this more substantial reversal. We can thank Adam Richman, known for Man v Food, The Food That Built America, and Modern Marvels, but here showing us how this is done on the Today Show.
Richman remixes all the best flavors of both and then adds the tasty bonus of flavorful shrimp. In sum, pretty much snack squared.
Now in his intro he notes the novel notion of stirring vodka into soup, but then the prep doesn’t really include this, though it is in the shrimp marinade. Of course if the chef isn’t looking you could certainly tip a bit of the spirit into the gazpacho anyway.
Many layers of flavor going on here, and especially love the add-in of olive juice and the generous hand with the hot sauce. Fun to serve by the cup for happy hour, or upgrade to a bowl for lunch or dinner.
Recipe Notes – I pureed only half of the vegetables and left the rest diced, which created a juicier consistency. And if you do that might want to make spoons available, and as well some crusty toast for dipping into those juices. Also, when the shrimp were pretty much done I turned up the heat just long enough to create a nice char.
Next week – Watermelon/Chocolate Dessert Board, oh my
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Have a cuppa in Alexa’s room – recipes & more
You don’t have to have an Amazon Echo Show to tap into the particular tidbits we’ve linked below, drawn from its vast 
culinary bounty.
Just pour a cup and let’s talk food with Alexa. We also show the actual requests for those who are Echo owners, who should also note that in many cases she guides you step by step through the recipes.oll
Alexa says request: How do I make cinnamon roll s’mores? Tastemade’s prep starts with croissant dough that you gussy up, roll, slice, bake. So already I’m thinking maybe you could do this with refrigerated dough cinnamon rolls. Selective shortcuts are a good thing. And now I’m wondering something else – how it would work to pull out some of the center of each baked roll {wait, don’t toss, save for a snack} and tuck the marshmallow half down inside. Or . . . just do it as specified. 😁
Alexa says request: How do I make 40 garlic clove chicken? Let’s set aside the fear right here. You don’t have to peel them! Nope, the cloves cook along with other ingredients to flavor browned chicken thighs and then emerge ready to pop out and be scooped onto crusty bread. This dish is from Tasty and there’s a demo too.
Alexa says request: How do I make peach caprese salad with balsamic cherries ? Is this the perfect warm weather salad or what? Fresh peaches stand in for the usual tomatoes, but mozzarella and fresh basil are still checking in. And then there are the cherries, yummed up with not only the balsamic but as well olive oil, shallots, s&p. And as a bonus, this Katie Lee medley on Food Network is quite pretty.
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Sundowner snacks, drinks, talk – whether for a crew, or for two, or just for you
♦ Well maybe it depends on the size of your appetite {or mouth?}. Either way, these tasty Two-Bite Parmesan Biscuits cozy up quite nicely to your preferred adult beverage. Freshly grated parm {and maybe herbs} add savoriness on the inside and crunch on the outside. From Food & Wine.
♦ Food Network brings some tasty fun to the party with Mini Meatball Sliders, created by Trisha Yearwood. Meatballs seasoned with store-bought pesto and other fine flavors nestle into mini potato rolls along with some marinara, yours or not.
♦ Food & Wine checks back in to complete the happy hour equation with these 33 best rosés to drink right now. Domestic and imported, exceptional quality “at every price imaginable,” pricing from everyday to collectibility, many styles, all so nice for the season.
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alternative.” And yep, the cream sauce prep is there too. 
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they look good, but we do have ways to make our own, even if they aren’t quite the same showpieces.
awesome addition to the snack table. 
restaurants nationwide. Now I have no connection to them, but good golly miss molly, just look at this 
This week’s featured CS-designed, Zazzle-crafted items
Salon}. But its versatility carries it all over the hours.
much classic lasagna ingredients. It calls for ground turkey, but notes the original used ground beef.
lunch or dinner.
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Huevos Ranchero, and Breakfast Enchiladas. 
what I did – treated the compartments with non stick spray, filled all 24 with rice, covered the top tray with a cut-to-fit piece of plastic wrap, holding the 
wrap in place turned top over bottom, closed up and into the freezer. As you can see, when you subsequently open the carton, most of the top portions pop out on their own {you can just close the top back over them after removing what you want}, and if they don’t just push on the bottom of the sections. Where the two have been removed you can see the shininess of the plastic wrap. 
BIG help, with not just preps but also tips and techniques. And if you’d like to check out the various mixer models on Amazon, just click 
this – she’s also a cookbook author, capturing her culinary passion in “Mayim’s Vegan Kitchen.”
blondie brownie. Given the cream cheese swirl it’s almost like a stuffed version. 
certainly the prescribed pan should work just fine. I did line it with parchment paper {see more about this in Notes}
some interesting tips about incorporating fat into flour. 
But it does fold in some surprising spices more typically associated with dessert. Combined with the aromatics, the medley yields a just so full of flavor roast. Oh yeah, the bacon helps too!
prep, “updated for the modern kitchen,” suggests we serve with carrots and greens. I actually put the carrots in the pan to roast with the beef, more opps for absorbing those flavors.
gave me a 
an incredibly dense, chewy texture.
fine and a good match for the brownie flavors. But I opted instead for walnuts here, coconut there, chopped chocolate elsewhere.
corner, thought I would see if she might have such a confection. And, yep. And a real charmer. 
tasty platemates. You can go big in your side dish choices with 
usability. For bread. For pancakes. For baking. And? They’re called 
Melinda doubles down in this prep with the distinct potential to move the cocktail into incendiary territory. But what makes it all quite manageable is that the pepper’s legendary heat comes up against a counterbalance of cucumber, tomato, pineapple, orange, avocado, and more.
Now, here it is in crispy snack form – brown 1/3 lb ground beef {fine crumble] with 2T minced onion and s&p, then add 2T minced pimento olives, 1T mayo and 1 t ea mustard & 
buffalo ranch. 
the meat mixture evenly, covering the cheese slices.
in a baking pan treated with non-stick spray. Brush very lightly with peanut oil, sprinkle with sesame seeds, and bake at 400 for 10 min or until golden. 
Thanksgiving with a 
pudding but it’s more like dense mousse meets the candy called French cremes. Their 
to cradle any of your own desserts. Btw if you scroll down on the Amazon page you will see other sizes, shapes and quantities.
table 25 minutes. Toasted coconut. Creamy. Caramelized. Pineapple. CS shortcuts & tips.
Pineapple topped with cottage cheese, or vice versa, is a diner staple. The simple act of caramelizing the pineapple slices and then topping the whole affair with golden coconut elevates it to company-worthy status.
smooth. Now you could substitute sour cream, but that little bit of cheese saltiness kicks up the other flavors.
brown sugar, other sweeteners, maybe a touch of lavender. Thanks to Google see it all 
whole different take – sparkly syrup! Found 
province.
with a store-bought rotisserie chicken {yay!}, then gets saucy and also adds in seasonings and cheese. Serve piping