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Pancakes With Vanilla Banana (Using an Egg Replacer)

(2 people found this helpful) Posted by Chef floWer  

The pancakes are easy to make. I wouuld suggest to let stand the dough for 10 minutes before you bake the pancakes. This will give the flour time to swell. I made small pancakes. The vanilla banana topping was great. Because I didn't have enough... — Thorsten Jan 27, 2008

Recipe #219490

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Chef Flower's Simple Avocado Dip

(1 person found this helpful) Posted by Chef floWer  

This dip is very easy to make. It makes a light and fresh dip, which you can use as starter, snack or just for something in between. I have served it with golden roasted toast. Because I like the texture of tomatoes I have diced them into very... — Thorsten Jan 26, 2008

Recipe #256081

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Traditional Martini

(1 person found this helpful) Posted by NcMysteryShopper  

If you like a good Martini, you will love this straight one. If you don't like Martini, drink something else. This is just how a Martini should be served - straight. — Thorsten Dec 22, 2007

Recipe #163845

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If Leeks Could Kill......

(1 person found this helpful) Posted by Sandi (From CA)  

This LEEKY. I like it much, because it is so easy to make and too delicious. I've used walnuts. Instead of making one in a large spring form, I've made them in small pastry forms, because I served them as starters. They were perfect for a leeky... — Thorsten Dec 22, 2007

Recipe #267696

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Basic Meringues With Variations or a Large Pavlova

(2 people found this helpful) Posted by **Jubes**  

These meringues are great. Not only that the recipe is easy. But if you follow the instructions your meringues will be crisp and dry as they should be. I've "dried" them at 100 C for a hour and I kept the oven door slightly ajar all the time. I... — Thorsten Dec 2, 2007

Recipe #267546

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Fragrant Steamed Mussels in Vermouth With Herbs and Shallots

(3 people found this helpful) Posted by French Tart  

6Oktober2007: What a fantastic start into the mussel season. I knew that this would be great after reading throught the recipe, but it came out super delicious. I used the first mussels from Galicia, which were delicious. I followed the recipe as... — Thorsten Nov 2, 2007

Recipe #236518

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Crock Pot Baked Spiced Red Cabbage With Apples or Pears

(5 people found this helpful) Posted by French Tart  

I love red cabbage. And it is getting better as slower you cook it. I like the fruity notes of apples here. Although I used apples in red cabbage before, but not four apples, but this was really great. I think pears would be great too and will try... — Thorsten Sep 15, 2007

Recipe #191313

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Fresh Fig and Feta Salad With Toasted Walnuts

(2 people found this helpful) Posted by French Tart  

It was made pretty fast and tasted so good. The fruityness of the figs goes so well together with feta and toasted walnuts. Great. Used very ripe figs and they were great in this salad. To emphasize the fruity notes I added very little lemon juice... — Thorsten Sep 9, 2007

Recipe #250866

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Burgundy Poached Pears

(2 people found this helpful) Posted by Derf  

Easy and in advance to make and very impressive by its wonderful color. If you just follow the recipe you can't go wrong. The only thing you have to take care of is to poach the pears and not to cook them. And keep an eye on them, because poaching... — Thorsten Sep 2, 2007

Recipe #13966

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Rockin' Salmon With Creamy Herb Sauce

(10 people found this helpful) Posted by NcMysteryShopper  

No wonder, that this recipe won the RSC#10 contest in summer 2007. It is the combination of ingredients which make the winning recipe. The sauce is a wonderful winning combination of a mustard sauce and the falvors for gravad salmon (dill, honey,... — Thorsten Sep 1, 2007

Recipe #243431

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Baked Swordfish Manzanillo

(1 person found this helpful) Posted by NcMysteryShopper  

Easy, fast, and delicious! You can't go wrong here. The swordfish will come out very tasty and with green onions and tomatoes it will make a light lunch. Wonderful. I've used little cherry tomatoes here and add them a few minutes towards the end... — Thorsten Aug 25, 2007

Recipe #169983

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Green Apple Sorbet

(2 people found this helpful) Posted by Redneck Epicurean  

LOVE it! I love apples, I love ice cream, so I love this. It is so easy to make and the food coloring adds a fantastic color to it. The consistency of my sorbet was something between sorbet and a granita, but that is just my personal preference.... — Thorsten Aug 6, 2007

Recipe #206436

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Bourride Sètoise - Provence Fish Soup With Aïoli

(3 people found this helpful) Posted by French Tart  

Just AWESOME. If you don't know why people in France are the happiest, when they have fish soup, try this one and you will know. It is nothing better than a fish stew like this, a lot of toasted bread, Aioli, and a glass of white wine and pastis.... — Thorsten Jul 28, 2007

Recipe #210087

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Palestinian Fruit Soup

(1 person found this helpful) Posted by Dienia B.  

There is nothing better on a hot day than a cold fruit soup. I like that this fruit soup contains so many different varieties. The soup is easy to make, but I used less salt (I salt to taste after cooking). The sour cream balanced the different... — Thorsten Jun 17, 2007

Recipe #153847

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Spaghetti Alle Vongole (Spaghetti With Clams)

(1 person found this helpful) Posted by Pilates Gal  

I love any kind of seafood and pasta. And a combo of bothis great. Pasta Alle Vongole is a classical dish of the mediterranean cusine. This recipe is easy to make and the outcome is great. I didn't salt the sauce, I used a anchovy fillet to salt... — Thorsten Jun 16, 2007

Recipe #154383

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Pikelets

(3 people found this helpful) Posted by Perfect Pixie  

5 stars for "how easy the pikelets are to be made". They are really easy to make and the outcome was perfect. I made them small and served them with a simple strawberry puree and fresh strawberries. They were great. In the pan they developed a... — Thorsten Jun 10, 2007

Recipe #181674

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Essential Strawberry Smoothie

Posted by NcMysteryShopper  

Strawberries, vanilla joghurt, banana and orange juice - four ingredients I love. And the wheat germ adds a fantastic healthy push. I omit the ice cubes, because I don't like smoothies too cold. But it was great and a fast way to boost your immune... — Thorsten Jun 3, 2007

Recipe #162119

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German Grilled Trout

Posted by Olga Drozd  

The bay leaves give a wonderful flavour to this easy to grill trout. The marination reduces somewhat grilling time. My trout was done to perfection in about 10 minutes. Thanks for this recipe. — Thorsten Jun 2, 2007

Recipe #117837

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Blue-Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookies

(2 people found this helpful) Posted by Caryn  

GREAT and very chocolaty. These cookies are very easy to make. I followed the recipe and after 25 minutes of baking the cookies came out perfect out of the oven. The taste of these cookies depend on the quality of the chocolate you use. Use your... — Thorsten May 28, 2007

Recipe #39689

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Patum Peperium - the Secret is out - Gentleman's Relish!

(9 people found this helpful) Posted by French Tart  

To summarize it in one word: AWESOME (and add several exclamation marks). MY suggestion: make it as described here. Do not touch this recipe or change an ingredient. Follow the recipe and you will have one of the greatest relishes ever. The... — Thorsten May 22, 2007

Recipe #228778

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