Posts for July 28th 2011

Sugar Shout Out July 28, 2011
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Sugar Shout Out: Learn the Secrets to Baking Mrs. Fields Cookies!

Get the dish: Mrs. Fields chocolate chip cookies Video: model moms Miranda Kerr and Gisele Bundchen talk babies How-to: touch up and remove blemishes in Photoshop 5 products you can't leave home without Reasons to embrace single life this Summer Shop for a good cause: pint-size purchases that give back Get glammed up, '70s style for under $100 Fabulous decorating ideas to steal from Rue Ides of March trailer: Gosling and Clooney make a run for the presidency Sneaky ways supermarkets get you to spend more Twilight hair-styling tools help you achieve a Bella inspired look Free iPad apps bring the gym to you PopSugar City: NYC's top taco spots (part I) Kim Kardashian unwinds with a bubble bath as her wedding invitations are delivered to guests
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Fast and Easy Goat Cheese Appetizer Recipe
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Goat Cheese With Olives, Lemon, and Thyme

This dish can be prepared 2 hours ahead and kept, covered, at room temperature.
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This dish can be prepared 2 hours ahead and kept, covered, at room temperature.

Goat Cheese With Olives, Lemon, and Thyme

Goat Cheese With Olives, Lemon, and Thyme

Information

Category
Appetizers, Other
Fast and Easy Goat Cheese Appetizer Recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup assorted olives (I used a mix of dry-cured gaeta olives and marcona almonds)
3 fresh thyme sprigs
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest
Freshly ground pepper
1 (4- to 5-ounce) fresh goat cheese medallion, or 2 (2-ounce) goat cheese buttons
Crackers, flatbread, or baguette slices, for serving

Directions

  1. Heat olives, thyme, oil, zest, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a small skillet or saucepan over low heat until fragrant; do not simmer. Cool to room temperature.
  2. Pour olive mixture over goat cheese, and serve with crackers, flatbread, or baguette slices.

Serves 4.

Review of Adult Chocolate Milk
taste test

Taste Test: Adult Chocolate Milk

Although Adult Chocolate Milk, a cream-based liqueur that's infused with vodka, was first introduced two years ago, I've just now got my hands on a bottle.
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Although Adult Chocolate Milk, a cream-based liqueur that's infused with vodka, was first introduced two years ago, I've just now got my hands on a bottle. Since I enjoy trying new spirits that take the alcohol world by storm — in the past six months everyone from Time to Eater has talked about Adult Chocolate Milk — I was excited to finally give it a taste. Created by two friends who reconnected through Facebook, Adult Chocolate Milk is described as a "retro-inspired" classic that's made with "premium ingredients and an artisanal approach." But does it really taste like the chocolate milk of my childhood? Find out, after the jump.

Queso Recipe
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Queso Dip

From Bobby Flay Queso Dip Information Category Appetizers, Dips Cuisine Mexican Notes Use smoked mozzarella cheese for more fire-licked flavor.
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Queso Dip

Queso Dip

Information

Category
Appetizers, Dips
Cuisine
Mexican

Notes

Use smoked mozzarella cheese for more fire-licked flavor.

Queso Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup queso fresco, shredded
1 cup white cheddar, shredded
1 cup mozzarella, shredded
1 cup fresh goat cheese, crumbled
1 cup Mexican chorizo sausage, cooked and crumbled
1 cup roasted poblano or red peppers, diced
Tortilla chips, for serving

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
  2. Combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl. Pour into an oven-proof serving dish.
  3. Bake until the cheese is melted and bubbling, about 20 minutes. Enjoy immediately.

Serves 6 to 8.

Mrs. Fields Cookie Recipe
Get the Dish

Chocolate Chip Cookies

From Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies Information Category Desserts, Cookies Cuisine North American Ingredients2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup C & H dark brown sugar (firmly packed) 1/2 cup white sugar 1 cup cold salted butter, cut into cubes 2 large eggs 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 2 cups (12 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips Directions Preheat oven to 300° F.
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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Information

Category
Desserts, Cookies
Cuisine
North American
Mrs. Fields Cookie Recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup C & H dark brown sugar (firmly packed)
1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup cold salted butter, cut into cubes
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 cups (12 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 300° F.
  2. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix well with a wire whisk.
  3. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer blend the sugars at medium speed.
  4. Add the cold butter and mix to form a grainy paste, scraping down the sides of the bowl. Add eggs and vanilla extract and mix at low to medium speed just until blended. Do not over mix.
  5. Add the flour mix and chocolate chips and blend at a low speed just until mixed. Do not over mix.
  6. Drop by rounded tablespoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet, two inches apart.
  7. Bake 20-22 minutes until golden. Transfer cookies immediately to a cool surface with a spatula. You can line sheets with parchment and transfer to a cold surface to do it faster.

Makes 30-36 cookies, depending on the size of your scoops.

Blueberry Recipes
summer

10 Blueberry Dishes to Savor Before the Season's Over

If you're as mad for blueberry season as I am, then you'll be dismayed to know that there are only a few weeks of it left, as the fruit is at its best between May and August.
by Susannah Chen
French Toast Skewers With Blueberry Sauce

If you're as mad for blueberry season as I am, then you'll be dismayed to know that there are only a few weeks of it left, as the fruit is at its best between May and August. So while there's still time, buy up all the wild and cultivated varieties you can find, and eat these puppies until you're, well, blue in the face. Need some inspiration? Here, are 10 recipe suggestions.

Blueberry Muffin Blueberry, Lemonade, and Watermelon Pops French Toast Skewers With Blueberry Sauce Blueberries Gone Wild Blueberry Cream Cheese Pies Ice Cream Sandwiches With Blueberry Swirl Blueberry-Glazed Ribs
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Popsicle Troubleshooting
Cooking Basics

What Went Wrong? Popsicles Breaking

There's nothing more discouraging than a failed first attempt at making something — and this is exactly what happened to me when I tried to make popsicles!
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There's nothing more discouraging than a failed first attempt at making something — and this is exactly what happened to me when I tried to make popsicles! I was so excited to finally get a set of molds that I immediately went home to put together some delicious pops. There were a few almost-too-ripe bananas on the kitchen counter; thus, I decided to make this recipe for banana blueberry swirl popsicles.

The process was super easy and the resulting mixture was finger licking good. I placed the pops in the freezer and anxiously waited for them to freeze. However, several hours later, I couldn't get the popsicles to come out of the molds. I ran the molds under warm water, but to no avail. It was horribly disappointing and I'm not sure what went wrong. Has this happened to you? What's your technique for unmolding popsicles?

Summer Produce
2011 Summer

Can You Identify Summer Produce?

Heat waves aside, Summer's one of my favorite seasons, not just for the sun and surf, but also for the incredibly diverse and abundant produce that's available in markets across the country.
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Heat waves aside, Summer's one of my favorite seasons, not just for the sun and surf, but also for the incredibly diverse and abundant produce that's available in markets across the country. Perhaps you're as enthusiastic about the crop of warm-weather fruits and vegetables as we are. How well do you know your Summer produce? See if you can spot the biggest stunners of the season when you take this quiz.

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Spaghetti With Fried Eggs and Pangritata Recipe
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Spaghetti With Fried Eggs and Pangritata

Move over, mirepoix; there's a new holy food trinity, and it's called butter, cheese, and eggs.
by OnSugar Blog

Move over, mirepoix; there's a new holy food trinity, and it's called butter, cheese, and eggs. Just ask Yoo Eatz, who's recently discovered a new everyday-pasta recipe.

I believe there are two types of pasta sauce people: those who gravitate toward tomato-based sauces, and those who fiend for butter and dairy. You may spike your sauce with something special, be it some chili flakes in arrabiata, olives in puttanesca, or pancetta in carbonara, but if you are a serious carb-loader, I'm pretty sure that you'll fall into one of the two camps. As surely as I am left-handed, I belong to Team Dairy.

This affiliation can often be inconvenient in light of my lactose intolerance, but as easy as it was to give up ice cream, it has been impossible to say goodbye to cheese. Some nights when I am eating alone, I will boil up some spaghetti, sizzle a few fresh sage leaves in butter and olive oil, and toss it all together with Parmesan. If I'm feeling particularly daring, I'll fry up an egg to give my pasta a happy little party hat. But I've been looking for a new recipe to turn that quick weeknight staple into an elegant meal for two.

Keep reading to check out her latest weeknight staple.

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