Yours Mine and Ours: Cuisine

Epi. love what you are doing. please what is the recipe for dirty rice, and also how to prepare it?

Scalloped Potatoes (recipe attached)

With a twist:-

For coloring, I eliminated the cheese and added paprika instead. 
I used the ingredients from the recipe to make the sauce on the stove.  added oregano, garlic, onion and parsley for a better flavor

Sauce

•2 tablespoons flour
•1 teaspoon salt
•1/8 teaspoon pepper
•3 tablespoons butter
•2 cups scalded milk
finely chopped garlic and onion
1/4 teaspoon of oregano and parsley

http://southernfood.about.com/od/scallopedpotatoes/r/bl30129v.htm

epi u are such a wonderful cook can't believe someone will devote her time 4 all this
sure u are going 2 make a carrer out of this& u will make a wonderful wife &mum too
lots of love
pls do reply me

Thanks for the compliment.  I try
I know think so
right back at you, babe
Done!  I think this calls for a celebration.  Let's go out and have a drink, dance, chat and get to know each other some more.   Just tell me the time and place and I'll be there

Liberian Okra Stew  (SeanT's recipe).  With SeanT's permission, I prepared this dish and had some chefs sampled it.  This dish is very very very tasty.

SeanT, I added these to your recipe:-
red and green sweetpeppers, garlic, thyme, and crushed red pepper(a spicy taste). I didn't brown the Okra as per your recipe.  I prepared the onions, garlic, and peppers saparately and used hake fish

Trying to find the link with the recipe SeanT posted but unable to do so.

^^ I love you

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Talapia in creole sauce

Creole sauce

olive oil
butter
lime juice
tomatoes or tomato paste (optional)
onion (finely chopped)
sweetpeppers (finely chopped)
pepper and salt to taste
celery (finely chopped)
garlic (finely chopped)
honey (optional)
Thyme

Direction

Saute tomatoes, onion, sweetpeppers, celery, garlic and thyme in oil and butter
Add skillet
add lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
add little water (enough to cover fish)
cover/simmer 10 minutes

Here is the original recipe posted by sT

Liberian Okra Stew

Ingredients:

1lb of tender fresh okra, trimmed and cut into pieces
1 onion, finely chopped
3 fresh tomatoes, chopped
3 tsp tomato paste
6 tbsp oil
1 dried fish, flaked and de-boned
salt and black pepper, to taste
METHOD:

Fry the okra in the oil until lightly brown then add the onions and tomatoes and stir. Cook until the onions just soften then add water to cover along with the dried fish and season with salt and black pepper. Bring to a boil and add the tomato paste. Cover the pot and reduce to a simmer, cooking for about 30 minutes, or until the okra is tender (stir freqently and add more water as required). Serve with rice and a hot sauce

I am HUNGRY

Lasagna  Shhhh burned a little

^ your are welcome anytime

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Strawberry, mixed fruits, banana pie

21 oz strawberry pie filling (can)
8.75 oz fruit cocktail (drain syrup)
2 medium banana, peeled and sliced
whipped cream
1 graham cracker pie crust (lazy to make pie dough)

in a large bowl, combine strawberry filling, banana and mixed fruits. 
spoon into crust.
spread whipped cream over pie
chill, serve

Please accept my humble apology. I forgot

Dirty Rice Seasoning Mix

2 tsp cayenne pepper
1 1/2 tsp black pepper
1 1/4 tsp sweet paprika
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp dried thyme leaves
1/2 tsp dried oregano leaves
1 tsp dry mustard

Rice

3 cups water
salt to taste
1/4 cup onion medium dice
1/4 cup sweetpepper medium dice
1 1/2 cups long-grain white rice
1/2 tablespoon garlic, minced fine

In a pot bring the water, onion, sweetpepper, garlic and salt to boil
add the rice and stir well
when the mixture returns to a boil, turn the heat down
*add 1 tablespoon of dirty rice seasoning
cook until rice obsorbs all the water and the grains are tender

* if rice is not "dirty" enough, add extra of the seasoning

Sorry about the picture, they ate it before I could take a picture  

French Bread

Ingredients

12 1/2 oz water
1 1/2 Tbsp butter or margarine
4 1/4 cups Bread flour (see flour i used)
2 Tsp Sugar
1 1/2 Tsp Salt
2 1/4 Tsp Dry Yeast

Method

In a clean bowl add all ingredients
with a spatula, mix dough then . . . . . .
Place dough onto a lightly floured (all purpose) surface
knead dough for approx 8 to 10 mins (smooth and tight). If dough is sticky, add a little flour at a time
Divide into two (ball shape)
place dough into an oiled bowl (I use spam)
Spray top of the dough with spam or pour a little olive oil on top
cover with plastic and let rise in a warm place until dough almost double/doubled
Punch dough down
divide in two
form each dough rectangle shape
leave to rest for about 30 mins (keeping both dough under plastic wraps
after resting, take a scissors or knife and make three slashes (diagonal)
Place into baking pan
bake for 20 -30 mins - 375 degrees