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Butter Chicken with Cashew Nut Butter, July 2010 Daring Cooks' Challenge

Posted by Milagritos on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, In : Poultry

The July 2010 Daring Cooks’ Challenge was hosted by Margie of More Please and Natashya of Living in the Kitchen with Puppies. They chose to challenge Daring Cooks to make their own nut butter from scratch, and use the nut butter in a recipe. Their sources include Better with Nut Butter by Cooking Light Magazine, Asian Noodles by Nina Simonds, and Food Network online.

This is my first post after what seems to be a long while, for me anyway. Yes, I've been busy just like everyone else and have...

Bloody Good Coq au Vin

Posted by Milagritos on Friday, June 4, 2010, In : Poultry

I was half-way reading through Michael Bauer's "The Secrets of Success Cookbook" when it struck me that I wanted to cook almost every recipe in this book and this is a rare occurrence even when I deem a cookbook to be excellent. Bauer, a San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic, has compiled a number of original recipes which, in his opinion, represented the best San Francisco in the year 2000 had to offer. In case you wonder, I was reading a 10 year-old book on San Francisco's best restaur...

Silken Chicken

Posted by Milagritos on Monday, April 26, 2010, In : Poultry

Silken chicken is one of the easiest chicken dishes in my mum's repertoire and this one yield tremendous flavour in exchange of a little prep and then not much cooking time. It is imperative that you use the best quality chicken and condiments you can afford as this dish is all about the ingredients. The resulting flavour of this dish is far better than the sum of its parts, but then, its parts must be top-notch. This is an ideal meal whenever you are short on time and/or patience ...