Recipes

A recipe is defined as "a set of instructions that show how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish." In addition to step-by-step instructions for preparation and cooking, recipes also contain the necessary list of ingredients and sometimes instructions for variations on the dish. While more experienced or freewheeling cooks often like to work by the seat of their pants, recipes are necessary for some people, useful for beginners, and helpful if one is learning a new dish or experimenting in an unfamiliar cuisine.

Up until recently, home cooks depended on cookbooks in print and recipes handed down from family members or exchanged with friends. However, today's Internet-connected cook will find the number of recipes available from a variety of sources to be seemingly limitless. There are many Web sites devoted to collections of recipes, many of which include articles on various aspects of food preparation. Many celebrity chefs have their own official sites, and there are many bloggers who share their recipes with the online community.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Recipes”

• Dining On A Dime Christmas Sale

  
  Living On A Dime Blog Living On A Dime Blog — Authority: 127
  Just a little reminder for those of you who haven’t peeked at the newsletter yet we are having our big Christmas sell this week. We often get asked when is it going on sale again and the time has now arrived. We often want our children to be given lots of opportunities, to be exposed to and to try so many things. ...
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• Chili and Pie

  
  Fun at the Cook Shack — Authority: 121
  Our Ward had a Chili and Pie cook-off on Saturday. Justin signed him up for chili, and me up for pie. I love to make pie, but because I love to eat pie, so I rarely share my pie.It was time to leave, and Justins chili was done, and my pie was still baking. I told him we could leave without the pie, but he insisted. "I ...
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• Banana-Avo Pudding

  
  chiDiet.net - Raw Food News & Recipes — Authority: 435
  BananaAvo Pudding From Mark Blackburn Featured at August 2002 Potluck Place 2 bananas and 2 avocados in blender. Let er rip! Youre done! Serves 6. Garnish with berries or other fruit, and/or mint leaves. Optional: add 2-4 soft dates. - Contributed by Jan Jenson [This is a summary only. Click on the title of the ...
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• Lemon buttermilk cake

  
  The Queen has Spoken — Authority: 123
  Not to pat myself on the back (because really, I just follow the recipe) but this is one of the best cakes I have ever made. I piped the frosting because the blog I got it from did it. Delicious no matter how you spread it. Lemon buttermilk cake: 1 1/3 c. sugar 6 tbsp. butter, softened 1 tbsp. grated lemon rind 3 ...
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• Pass the Mayo at this year’s Holiday Table

  
  FriendsEAT.com — Authority: 433
  Will they become holiday classics? If the head honchos at Unilever have their way, we’ll all be dipping into the mayonnaise jar a little more often – starting this Thanksgiving.  The parent company of Hellman’s mayonnaise (or Best Foods mayonnaise, as it is known west of the Rockies) wants to elevate ...
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• Roasted Fish, Potato and Asparagus with Dill Butter - BigOven.com

  
  BigOven.com - Recipe Raves — Authority: 161
  Roasted Fish, Potato and Asparagus with Dill Butter recipe - BigOven.com4 ServingsSeafood-Other UncategorizedBake Seafood Main Dish Seafood-Other Uncategorized 800 gram Chat Potatoes sliced4 tablespoon Olive oil 4 ea White Fish Fillets approx 200g each2 bunch Asparagus trimmed and... For the full recipe, ...
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• Crustless Spinach Quiche - BigOven.com

  
  BigOven.com - Recipe Raves — Authority: 161
  Crustless Spinach Quiche recipe - BigOven.com8 ServingsSpinach QuicheLow Calorie Low Fat Low Carb Breakfast Brunch Lunch Spinach Quiche 1 onion chopped 1 pkg. frozen chopped spinach 10 oz. 3 whole eggs 3 egg whites 1 cup 1% lowfat cottage cheese 1 cup colby... For the full recipe, please ...
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• I like food

  
  Interesting Pile — Authority: 485
  Whole Grain Apple Crisp looks tasty So do Green & Black’s Peanut Milk Chocolate and Cadbury Snow Bites
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• Easy Dessert – Buckeye Delights

  
  Vanilla Joy — Authority: 122
  Make sure you have a party to go to the night you make these…you won’t want them hanging around, promise! {photo from BettyCrocker.com} Cookie Base 1    pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix 1/3    cup unsweetened baking cocoa 1/2    cup butter or margarine, softened 1    egg ...
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• An Unusual Holiday We Would NOT want You to Miss!

  
  Snagwire Media — Authority: 119
  Mark your calendar because November 23 is a berry special day! “Eat a Cranberry” Day is the perfect opportunity to pay homage to your favorite tart berry, so get your ingredients ready. C&H® Sugar has a Baked Cranberry Pudding recipe that’s a perfect holiday (or any day) dessert. Top it with their ...
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• Turkey Chili

  
  A Good Appetite — Authority: 468
  Chili is really one of our cold weather food staples. We often make a big pot for dinner on the weekend & then eat leftovers for lunch the rest of the week.The wonderful thing about chili is you really can play with whatever ingredients you have on hand. This one was made from some left over turkey meat we had in ...
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• Online Cooking Group-Week 8

  
  Murprhee's Law... — Authority: 124
  Raising Foodies is hosting an online cooking group over at her site. We are trying new recipes with mostly local or organic ingredients that will appeal to our kids. This week (it was actually two weeks ago I think) I tried two new recipes on the same night. I wasnt going to use Ranch Pork Chops for our cooking ...
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• 5 Great Vegetarian Cookbooks

  
  What Gift? — Authority: 132
  Cooking is a lot of fun, especially when you have the right cookbook to guide you. If you are a vegetarian, or would like to give a gift to a vegetarian, here are 5 great cookbooks that focus in vegan cooking. 5 Great Vegetarian Cookbooks #5 Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook - While most vegan ...
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• Copycat Houston’s Grilled Chicken Salad

  
  The Secret Recipe Blog — Authority: 103
  This is such a unique salad with an incredible mix of flavors.  If you are not already a salad-lover, then you will be soon after trying this recipe. 1 bag mixed salad greens 1 large carrot, julienne cut 2 grilled chicken breasts, sliced thin tortilla strips Lime Dressing: 1/2 cup lime juice 7 tablespoons honey 4 ...
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• Easy Frugal Cooking | Bacon Cheddar Quesadillas

  
  TFG — Authority: 129
  Actually, these can be Bacon-Chicken-Cheddar Quesadillas if you prefer. That’s what’s pictured here. Quesadillas are endlessly customizable. As long as the filling ingredients include cheese (which melts and holds everything together), you can put almost anything into a quesadilla. Another lovely thing ...
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• Recipe: Pumpkin cheesecake

  
  Moms At Work — Authority: 562
  On Sunday night, my son and I whipped up a pumpkin cheesecake ("Is this baking from scratch?" he asked. When I assured him it was, he was very excited.) This recipe is from my favorite site, Epicurious, with some modifications Ive made over the years. (My changes are in parentheses.)
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• Grown Round

  
  What I Like — Authority: 113
  Spherical fruits and vegetables seem to be having a moment right now. Winter squash of all sorts are in abundance...acorn squash, turban squash, hubbard squash and of course the iconic pumpkin...theyre all spilling out of crates left and right, one last gasp of bounty before the chill sets in. Lovely apples hold the ...
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• Sunday Small Bites - Mushroom

  
  What I Really Think — Authority: 91
  Okay, Im a little late, but at least I did it. This week we had to make something with mushrooms. At first I thought Id do some sort of strudel-type dish with phyllo dough and a mushroom cheese insert (I thought this because lets face it, many dishes made with mushroom look like poo or barf and I figured with the ...
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• Hot Drink Mixes for Gift Giving

  
  LUSCIOUS DEALS — Authority: 430
  I love hot drink mixes and was thinking of having my class do that as an activity together or a family home evening activity and then we can all go to a nursing home and give them to the folks there along with all the Free Glucose Meters that weve been building up from the couponing trips... Heres some wonderful ...
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• Orange-Glazed Sweet Potatoes

  
  Retro-Food.com — Authority: 118
  No one gets excited about sweet potatoes in my house. Darn them. I keep trying. This however is a tasty choice in my opinion-though do cut down on the corn syrup and add more orange juice (1/4 cup is good). You just don’t need that much corn syrup! Orange-Glazed Sweet Potatoes 6 medium sweet potatoes 3/4 cup ...
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