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Winners Of The Great Cake Recipe Contest

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I profusely apologize for the delay in releasing the results to the Great Cake Recipe Contest. As votes came in they were tabulated in a spread-sheet along with the voter, so there would be no duplication of votes. I triple checked all the votes today, just to make sure there were no mistakes. (Unfortunately, there were very few people who actually voted, so in the next contest we will have to change the way it is done, I think!) Below are the linked entries to the Great Cake Recipe Contest. Four-Layer Strawberry Torte, AKA Wimbledon Fortnight Cake Super Easy Black Forest Cake Salad Dressing Cake Peanut-Butter-Cup Cake w/ Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosting Sour Cream Coffee Cake Hot Milk Sponge Cake Chocolate Mousse Cake Tu Bi'Shvat 7 Biblical Grain & Fruit Cake Maple Cake The Cake For Any Occasion ...

Introducing Paula's Great Mishkabobble Cookies

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There are a things we can learn from the following cookie recipe. Never have an early Sunday baseball game Never leave Paula alone with nothing to do in the kitchen Never leave too much in Paula's pantry Lock the Liquor cabinet! Paula loves Peanut Butter Paula writes: When the ballgame is played early on a Sunday, I am left with an afternoon of "what should I do?" Laundry pffft. I went for a walk and when I returned the kitchen called me. This was born today, and if I do say so myself, perhaps one of the best cookies I ever did create. I would have sent a picture had they not been eaten up before I could get the camera. These took less than ten minutes to prepare So what is mishkabobble? It is a hodgepodge of things, a mix-up, a kitchen sink - that combines everything together - and then voila Order from Madness. And so at Help! I Have A Fire In My Kitchen we are proud to be the first ones who can lay claim to: Introducing Paula's Mishkabobble Cookies Ingredient...

Holly Cleggs Trim And Terrific Diabetic Cooking - Book Review

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Holly Clegg's Trim & Terrific Diabetic Cooking (***Due to layout of this review, if viewed in an RSS reader, certain sections may seem duplicated.) A Bit Of History: From time to time I receive a request in my email box to review a cookbook at Help! I Have A Fire In My Kitchen . My response is always standard. I am glad to review any cookbook under two conditions: The physical printed book is sent to me (seems like something that should be understood for a review - but after I was emailed 5 recipes to do a book review I have learned to take nothing for granted!) I will only write what I feel to be truthful about the book. I will not write a review and then submit it to the person who asked for the review for them to decide if it is good or bad. Actually, one would be mighty surprised, at how many authors and publishers balk at this, thinking that they should have the last word on what will be written in an "impartial review". I have no problems with not doing a book r...

Bourbon Chicken

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Bourbon Chicken Ingredients: 1 pound chicken leg or thigh meat,cut into bite-size chunks 4 ounces soy sauce 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon powdered ginger 2 tablespoons minced onion 1/2 cup Jim Beam Bourbon Whiskey 2 Tablespoons White Wine Utensils You Need: A large bowl Medium Sauce Pan Roasting pan Directions: Mix all marinade ingredients (except wine) and pour over chicken pieces in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate, stirring often, for several hours or overnight. Bake chicken at 350 degrees F for one hour in a single layer, basting every 10 minutes. Remove chicken from oven. Scrape pan juices with all the brown bits into a sauce pan. Add two tablespoons white wine. Simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes Pour over chicken and serve. We are releasing this video with Paula's permission. A day in her kitchen! Direct URL to the Video (if you don't see it above) AllPosters.com 2 stars for difficulty because the only difficulty here is planning ahead. Paul...

Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

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Paula sent this recipe in, and since I love its originality, I am jumping this up the head of the queue. This recipe shows us how much we can do with a Portobello Mushroom, given the right amount of patience and imagination. Portobello Mushrooms Paula writes: It’s like having a pizza only healthier. Facial expressions are priceless when someone tries something for the first time and gets an unexpected flavor. Evil as I am, sometimes I just can’t help but pass things off without giving my poor victims any clue. Most of the children in my family would never eat a mushroom on purpose. One night each week, my parents, sisters and their children come for dinner. When I let the children pick what we will have, I let them help prepare the meal. The little ones are just too cute getting their hands all messy and looking so proud of themselves for helping. I place all the ingredients on the table. They look at the mushrooms then at me and ask “What are these?” I tell them they are special...

Quick Baked Lasagna

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A few days ago I posted a real quick Macaroni & Cheese recipe, Quick Baked Macaroni And Cheese . Today we are going to use this same approach for Lasagna. Now I know for the Lasagna purists out there, this is almost something to cause you to ban Help! I Have A Fire In My Kitchen from ever being mentioned again. After all, a good Lasagna, made correctly is often a work of art. But remember, no one has to know how quickly you put this together, nor do they have to know that you did not sweat your guts out in a hot kitchen. And for all you singles out there, it makes a GREAT impression on your date you are cooking for. (Just put away the beeper and cell phone and pay attention to the date at the dinner table!) O.k. this one we will call the Quick Baked Lasagna, and believe it or not it takes less time then the Quick Baked Macaroni And Cheese! Quick Baked Lasagna The first thing you must remember is not to be daunted by the word, lasagna. Whenever that name comes up, coming from New ...

Flavored Pound Cake

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This Flavored Pound Cake recipe from Paula is great. Remember, it is all in the glaze! She writes: This is a great recipe because you can make different flavors to suit your tastes. Of course you can always make it plain and it is still delicious. Flavored Pound Cake 3 Ingredients: 2 Cups Sugar 1/3 Cup Butter or Margarine, softened 1/2 Cup Low Fat Cream Cheese, softened 3 Large Eggs 1 Large Egg White 2 Teaspoons Vanilla 3 Cups Flour 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder 1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda 1 (8oz) container Low Fat Lemon Yogurt Ingredients For Glaze: 1/2 Cup Confectioner’s Sugar 4 Teaspoons Lemon Juice Variations: Add 2 Cups of Blueberries Use 1 Teaspoon of Almond Extract and reduce Vanilla to 1 teaspoon Add 1 Teaspoon Coconut Flavoring and reduce vanilla to 1 teaspoon Add 1 Teaspoon Lemon Zest (remember lemon zest is the peel of the lemon - you use a special tool to grind/scrape it off called of course, a lemon zester) Lemon Zester - you can use this special tool: or you can use the good ol...