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Create Our Own Online Cookbook Widget!

Dear all, As wives, we are all very good at learning new things, multi-tasking, doing things efficiently, while making sure that our family stays healthy and eats well:) I can tell you how clueless I was (may still be) when I first have to figure out how / what to cook for my husband! To start, with a growing group of cooking gurus, I think that we can compile a great list of recipes!

To start, we are going to have a cooking widget where we list out your favourite recipes (with name and link)!. I found that this provides a central place to easily find all recipes, increase visibility for our websites, and spread the word about how good you are!

Please simply reply with the following:

-Recipe Name

-Direct link to the recipe

For those of your who have already replied, please pick your favourite recipe and reply with the info!

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Permalink Reply by Joanna on December 1, 2009 at 2:58pm: Hi Peg,
Thanks for the recipe! Also, don't forget to include a blurb about your website/product/cookbook! We want to acknowledge your contribution and also help spread the word about you!

Joanna

Joanna said:
Also, once we get more recipes rolling in, we can start including everything into our online cookbook:) Any ideas are welcome!
Joanna

Joanna said:
These recipes are awesome Peg! Thanks so much for sharing! I have a question, I have a vaccum slow cooker. I guess I can use this for these recipes? It is rather convenient because I can put it in the slow cooker overnight and it will be done when I get home from work!
Also, looks like you love to cook, tell us more about you!:)
Joanna

Peg Graham said:
Italian Chicken and Potatoes

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 cup Italian salad dressing
2 tsp. Italian seasoning
1 cup grated parmesan
4 potatoes; peeled, cut into wedges
4 carrots, chopped
(optional) Cut chicken into pieces.

Place chicken in crockpot. Add half the salad dressing, spices and Parmesan. Add potatoes and carrots and add the rest of the salad dressing, spices and Parmesan. Cook on low 6-8 hours.

Karen Carter’s Crockpot Garlic Chicken

1-1 1/2 lbs. chicken pieces
1 c. packed brown sugar
2/3 c. vinegar
1/4 c. lemon-lime soda (7UP diet or regular)
2-3 T. minced garlic
2 T. soy sauce
1 t. pepper

Place chicken in crock pot. Combine other ingredients
and pour over chicken. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

Crock Pot Beef Stew

1 round steak cut into bite size pieces (about 2 lbs)
1 can diced tomatoes
2 small cans tomato sauce
1 cup water
1 pkg. frozen stew vegetables (or you can use fresh if you have the time)
salt and pepper

Cook in a crock pot, all day, on low.

Crock Pot Italian Beef Subs

3 cups water
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon garlic powder or granules
1 (.7 ounce) package Good Season Zest Italian dressing mix
1 (5 pound) beef roast

Combine water with ground black pepper, oregano, basil,
garlic powder, and salad dressing mix in a saucepan. Stir
well, and bring to a boil. Place roast in slow cooker, and
pour the mixture over the meat. Cover, and cook on low
for 10 to 12 hours, or on high for 4 to 5 hours. Shred meat
with a fork and serve on sandwich buns. I also like sautéing
onions and mushrooms to add to the sandwich. You can
also add a piece of provolone cheese to each sandwich.

Slow Cooked Chicken Teriyaki

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into pieces
1-1/2 cups teriyaki sauce
2/3 cups brown sugar
1 can pineapple chunks

Combine sauce, brown sugar and juice from pineapple chunks in bowl. Place chicken in crockpot and pour sauce over it. Cook on low for 6 hours. During last hour add the pineapple chunks. Adding them late will keep them from overcooking. Excellent served over rice.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ana Popov on January 20, 2010 at 2:01pm: That's a great idea! Please feel free to use any of the recipes posted on my blog:

http://anaschronicles.blogspot.com/

Let me know what's the next step.

Thank you,
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Permalink Reply by Joanna on February 1, 2010 at 12:51pm: Looks like we have a growing group of women who are interested to contributing recipes! I would like to propose starting the online cookbook as a "Cooking Recipe widget" where we list our favorite recipes (with name of the dish & links back to your site)! Just like our successful blogging widget, we can provide a central place to list out our cool recipes, increase visibility about our sites and also spread the words about how good you girls are! Let me know if you are interested! If so, please pick a favorite recipe and reply with the link and name of the dish!
Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by TeresaR on February 1, 2010 at 3:21pm: Oooh, I love crock pot recipes...thanks, Peg!

And thanks, Joanna, for this great idea to share tried and true recipes! I'm lucky that dh is the chef of the family, but I do love to bake. I'd just finished typing out a recipe for a friend for this birthday cake that I made for ds#1 today. The kids almost always ask for this cake...it is pretty easy and tastes incredible:

Walnut Mocha Torte

2 C walnuts or pecans, toasted
2 T AP flour
2.5 t baking powder
4 eggs
3/4 C sugar
1 recipe Mocha Frosting (see below)

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease the bottoms of 2 8x1.5" round cake pans. Line pans with waxed paper; grease and lightly flour pans. Set pans aside. In a medium bowl, combine nuts, flour, and baking powder; set aside.

2. In a blender or food processor, combine eggs and sugar. Cover and blend or process until smooth, stopping and scraping sides as necessary. Add nut mixture. Cover and blend/process until smooth. Spread batter evenly in the prepared pans.

3. Bake for 20 to 25 mins or until cakes spring back when lightly touched (centers may dip slightly). Cool cake layers on wire racks for 10 mins. Remove cake layers from pans. Cool thoroughly on wire racks. Spread Mocha Frosting on each layer; stack layers. Loosely cover and chill cake for 2 to 24 hours. If desired, top with chocolate curls.

Mocha Frosting:
In a chilled mixing bowl, dissolve 1 t instant coffee crystals in 1 C whipping cream. Add 1/3 C sugar, 1/4 C unsweetened cocoa powder, and 1/2 t vanilla to cream mixture. Beat with electric mixture on medium speed just until stiff peaks form (tips stand straight).

Enjoy!!

Teresa
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Permalink Reply by Joanna on February 1, 2010 at 3:29pm: Hi Teresa,
Thanks for sharing!
Do you have the direct link to this recipe? I need that to add to the widget..
Thanks,
Joanna

TeresaR said:
Oooh, I love crock pot recipes...thanks, Peg!

And thanks, Joanna, for this great idea to share tried and true recipes! I'm lucky that dh is the chef of the family, but I do love to bake. I'd just finished typing out a recipe for a friend for this birthday cake that I made for ds#1 today. The kids almost always ask for this cake...it is pretty easy and tastes incredible:
Walnut Mocha Torte

2 C walnuts or pecans, toasted
2 T AP flour
2.5 t baking powder
4 eggs
3/4 C sugar
1 recipe Mocha Frosting (see below)

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease the bottoms of 2 8x1.5" round cake pans. Line pans with waxed paper; grease and lightly flour pans. Set pans aside. In a medium bowl, combine nuts, flour, and baking powder; set aside.

2. In a blender or food processor, combine eggs and sugar. Cover and blend or process until smooth, stopping and scraping sides as necessary. Add nut mixture. Cover and blend/process until smooth. Spread batter evenly in the prepared pans.

3. Bake for 20 to 25 mins or until cakes spring back when lightly touched (centers may dip slightly). Cool cake layers on wire racks for 10 mins. Remove cake layers from pans. Cool thoroughly on wire racks. Spread Mocha Frosting on each layer; stack layers. Loosely cover and chill cake for 2 to 24 hours. If desired, top with chocolate curls.

Mocha Frosting:
In a chilled mixing bowl, dissolve 1 t instant coffee crystals in 1 C whipping cream. Add 1/3 C sugar, 1/4 C unsweetened cocoa powder, and 1/2 t vanilla to cream mixture. Beat with electric mixture on medium speed just until stiff peaks form (tips stand straight).

Enjoy!!

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Permalink Reply by TeresaR on February 1, 2010 at 4:12pm: Hi Joanna,

Yes, sorry...it's http://homesteadnotes.blogspot.com/2010/02/best-cake-ever.html

:)
Teresa

Joanna said:
Hi Teresa,
Thanks for sharing!
Do you have the direct link to this recipe? I need that to add to the widget..
Thanks,
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