A Pad Thai Worth Making
The wonderful national noodle dish of Thailand, it is now served in many trendy restaurants. It can be adjusted to your taste, add ingredients that you like and make it as spicy or tart as you want to. It is also great as a basis for a stir fry of leftovers. This is a recipe for those who like it HOT, if you can’t handle the heat, go easy on the chile sauce.

The noodles should soak for 20 minutes in a large bowl of hot tap water.

Stir the fish sauce and water in a small bowl.

sugar and lime juice oyster sauce Chicken stock and two teaspoons of the chile sauce.

Place aside.

Add vegetable oil to a wok or large skillet that has been heated over high heat.

Stir the garlic into the hot oil for about 10 seconds.

Add the shrimp and chicken, and cook while stirring constantly for 5 to 7 minutes, or until the chicken is thoroughly cooked.

ArnoldGreg September 30, 2025

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Bread Pudding with Praline Sauce
A buttery and sweet sauce made with toasted pecans tops this rich bread pudding.

Set oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit (165 degrees C).

Apply 1/4 cup of melted butter to a 13×9-inch baking dish.

In a sizable mixing bowl, combine milk and half and half with the bread.

Let sit for 10 minutes, then stir gently.

Incorporate eggs completely into the bread mixture by stirring.

Sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and raisins should all be added, stirring after each addition before adding the next.

Add bread mixture to baking dish that has been prepared.

Bake in a preheated oven for about 50 minutes, or until the bread mixture is firm and pudding-like.

ArnoldGreg September 29, 2025

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Vegan Split Pea Soup
This vegetarian split pea soup recipe is made with barley, carrot, celery, and potato cooked with garlic, basil, and thyme for a healthy vegan soup.

Oil in a big pot is heated up over medium-high heat.

Sauté onion, garlic, and bay leaf in hot oil for 5 minutes or until onions are translucent.

Bring the water, peas, barley, and salt to a boil.

Simmer for two hours on low heat, stirring occasionally.

Potatoes, carrots, celery, parsley, basil, and pepper should be added.

Simmer for about an hour or until the vegetables and peas are tender.

ArnoldGreg September 28, 2025

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Applesauce Bars
Moist and spicy bar cookies with frosting. An easy and quick after school snack that is also perfect for carry-ins and bake sales.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan.

In a medium bowl mix together the butter brown sugar and egg until smooth.

Stir in applesauce.

Combine the flour baking soda salt and pumpkin pie spice; stir into the applesauce mixture until well blended.

Spread evenly into the prepared pan.

Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven or until edges are golden.

Cool in the pan over a wire rack.

In a small bowl mix together the confectioners’ sugar and margarine.

Stir in vanilla and milk until smooth.

Spread over cooled bars before cutting into squares.

ArnoldGreg September 27, 2025

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Exotic Brinjal (Spicy Eggplant)
Eggplant cubes are browned, then simmered with onions in a sauce fragrant with Indian spices.

Fry the eggplant pieces in the 2 tablespoons of oil for about 5 minutes, or until they are golden.

After removing the eggplant and setting it aside, clean the skillet with a paper towel.

In the same skillet, heat the 6 tablespoons of oil to medium.

Cook the cumin, fenugreek, kalonji, and sesame seeds after stirring them in for about two minutes, or until the cumin turns golden.

Turn down the heat before adding the ginger and garlic and stirring.

Add the onions and green chile peppers, and cook and stir for another 10 minutes, or until the onions are golden.

ArnoldGreg September 26, 2025

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Kids’ Turkey and Cream Cheese Spread Bento Box
Kids and adults alike enjoy eating lunch when it’s packed in a bento box, like this one with turkey, homemade cream cheese spread, crackers, carrots, grapes, and apples.

Cut a slit from top to bottom into the side of each jumbo olive.

Ease the olive open slightly to insert about 1 teaspoon of cream cheese forming a penguin belly.

Cut a small triangle-shaped notch out of 9 carrot rounds to form feet; press 1 triangular piece (trimming if necessary) into each small olive to create the beak.

Thread each jumbo olive onto a toothpick lengthwise through the existing holes.

Anchor the toothpick onto a carrot slice (line belly up with feet); set a small olive on top (beak facing forward).

Place penguins on a plate; refrigerate until assembly.

ArnoldGreg September 25, 2025

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Blueberry Smoothie Bowl
A blueberry and banana smoothie is topped with coconut and almonds in this quick and easy blueberry smoothie bowl recipe.

Blend blueberries 1/2 banana water cashew butter and vanilla extract together in a blender until smooth; pour into a bowl.

Top smoothie with sliced banana almonds and coconut.

ArnoldGreg September 24, 2025

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Sauted Radish Greens
Radish greens, which have a slightly peppery taste similar to arugula, make a delicious side dish when sauted with garlic, butter, and olive oil and tossed with crumbled feta cheese.

In a saucepan, heat butter and olive oil over low heat until butter melts.

Add the garlic and cook for about a minute, or until it is fragrant and soft.

Slices of radish should be added and sauteed for 1 to 2 minutes to bring out their sweetness.

Add the greens and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until wilted.

Add feta cheese after taking the pan off the heat.

ArnoldGreg September 23, 2025

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Romaine Rice Tuna Salad
This is a yummy salad my roommate from Croatia made all of the time. It’s perfect for lunch. You just want to keep eating and eating! Make right before serving, doesn’t refrigerate well.

Combine the rice and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat to low cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until rice is tender and the water has been absorbed.

In a medium bowl toss together the romainee lettuce carrot and tuna.

Pour the olive oil and vinegar over this mixture and season with salt and pepper.

Toss to coat.

When the rice is done cool for about 5 minutes then toss with the salad.

The warm rice will wilt the romaine lettuce slightly.

Taste and adjust the amounts of vinegar and oil or salt and pepper if desired.

Serve immediately.

This does not keep well.

ArnoldGreg September 22, 2025

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Easy German Cut-Out Cookies
This is a straightforward German recipe for cookie dough that can be easily rolled out and cut into any shape needed for cut-out cookies.

Combine 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon butter white sugar vanilla sugar and egg in a bowl.

Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.

Mix flour and baking powder together.

Beat into the butter mixture on low speed until dough becomes crumbly.

Work dough crumbles with your hands into a smooth dough and place into a sealable container.

Refrigerate until chilled 1 to 2 hours.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.

Roll the dough out to 1/4-inch thickness on a lightly floured surface and cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters.

Place cookies 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets.

ArnoldGreg September 20, 2025

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