Now that the bowl is cooking up a storm;is there any cooking secrets anyone would like to share?

Quick brown sugar when you run out;like I am always doing.

Place 1 cup white sugar and 1 tbsp molasses in a food processor,process till well blended. Voila brown sugar.

Salsa

15 large tomatoes
3 large onions
3 green peppers
6 jalapeno peppers
1 1/2 tbsp. coarse salt
1/3 cup vinegar
3 cloves of garlic
5 1/2 oz. can tomato paste


Peel and dice tomatoes. Chop onions and peppers. Combine all ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 2-3 hours. Thicken if desired using cornstarch dissolved in water.

Party Mix

3 cups of butter
4 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp. celery salt
4 tsp. onion salt
1 tbsp. garlic salt
1 tbsp. seasoning salt
4 cups mixed nuts, peanuts or cashews
1 box of broken pretzels
1 large box of Cheerios
1 large box of Shreddies


Heat the first six ingredients. Put remaining ingredients in a large roaster. Pour sauce over cereal. Mix well. Bake at 200 F for 2 hours, stirring every 20 minutes.

Originally posted by pandoracat Now that the bowl is cooking up a storm;is there any cooking secrets anyone would like to share? Quick brown sugar when you run out;like I am always doing. Place 1 cup white sugar and 1 tbsp molasses in a food processor,process till well blended. Voila brown sugar.

To sour sweet milk, add 1 tbsp. lemon or vinegar to 1 cup of milk. In most recipes sweet milk may be used instead of sour by substituting 1 tsp. baking powder for every 1/4 tsp. soda.

To make rice whiter and fluffier, add one teaspoon of lemon juice to each quart of water.

Originally posted by Neen Veggie Dip 4 tsp. soya sauce

Arg, are you trying to kill me neen? You know I'm allergic! What have I done? What?

Originally posted by sweetbabysam Arg, are you trying to kill me neen? You know I'm allergic! What have I done? What?

Sorry, I wasn't aware!

Here's one without soya!

Vegetable Dip

2/3 cup of sour cream
2/3 cup mayo
1 tbsp. finely chopped onion
1 tsp. dill weed
1 tsp. celery salt
1 tsp. dried parsley

Mix well and chill.

You guys are awesome! Some of those sound REEEEEALLY good. I'm gonna have to write them all down and start trying them out!

Thanks, and keep them coming!

My famous mushroom omelet.

First you take eggs..... Then mushrooms....

I don't know the rest because they don't tell you in the commecial.

Now that I know that there are other bakers here- does anyone know the secret to making a souffle? I've tried but to no avail.

Originally posted by taniia1 Now that I know that there are other bakers here- does anyone know the secret to making a souffle? I've tried but to no avail.

Make sure your eggs are at room temperature and the souffle dish is icy cold when you pour your mixture in.

Why thank you, I'll try it this week again. So is it worth all the fuss? I've never tried one. What's your favorite kind? I've been trying to make a chocolate one

Got this from a friend, but haven't tried it yet. Sounds yummy.

Cinnamon Logs

2 lbs. icing sugar
3/4 c margerine.

Blend with fork.

Work in:

1 tbsp sweetened condensed milk
1 tbsp sweetened condensed milk
1 tbsp corn syrup
1 tbsp sweetened condensed milk
1 tbsp corn syrup
1 tbsp sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla

Roll in small bite size logs & cinnamon. Put in airtight container.

So here's an idea. Why don't we compile a GFL cookbook, and use it as a Christmas gift? Who can come up with the best cover pic?

Originally posted by taniia1 Now that I know that there are other bakers here- does anyone know the secret to making a souffle? I've tried but to no avail.

Pandoracat's suggestions are excellent but you should also be careful not to let anyone stomp around near the oven (seriously) and make sure after you grease the souffle dish you dust it generously with flour or sugar so it will climb higher.