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[Vik]

Just made a delicious pizza if I say so myself 
Contains:
-Tomato sauce
-Chorizo sausage
-Pepper
-Crushed chilli
-Paprikas
-Pesto

[claws]

Just made me Pizza-Ramen. You'll need:

pepperoni (I used hormel turkey pepperoni sliced, 6 oz)
1 lb ground beef
2 packages (3 oz each) beef-flavor ramen noodle soup mix
1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano, undrained
1 can black olives sliced (2.25 oz, drained)
1 cup water
1 cup shredded mozzarella or cheddar (4 oz)

Cook beef and pepperoni over medium heat in skillet for about 10 minutes, until beef is brown. Drain liquids. Stir tomatoes, water, olives and seasoning packets into beef mixture. Heat to boiling. Add noodles broken into small blocks. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until noodles are tender. Add cheese on noodle mixture, turn off heat, cover and let stand about 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Easily feeds 3-4 people.

[Vik]

I made me some spicy eggs 

[claws]

Crunchy Sourdough Sandwiches (my own creation):

4 slices sourdough bread
4-6 slices Muenster Cheese
2 cups Cheddar French Fried Onions
Mayonnaise
Stackers Kosher Dill Pickle Slices
Butter

Spread Mayonnaise thick (yes!) on two slices of bread. Sprinkle each slice with one cup of Cheddar French Fried Onions. Layer 2-3 slices of Muenster each on Cheddar French Fried Onions (meatlovers may also add very thin sliced ham). Top with remaining two buttered bread slices. Carefully flip and press Sandwiches slightly and cut in half. Fold ("S" shape) four Stackers Kosher Dill Pickle Slices and pierce with toothpick on Sandwich halves. Enjoy.

[Flick James]

Pesto sauce is one of Italy's finest contributions to the culinary world. It can be used not just as a pasta sauce, but as a marinade for cooking meats (try it with pork chops or chicken), as a pizza sauce (instead of or combined with tomato sauce), and, my favorite, on potato gnocchi. If you're not familiar with gnocchi, Italy's version of potato dumplings, then you're missing out. Pesto is simple, and doesn't need to be cooked, just put the ingredients in a blender or food processor, and blammo, fresh pesto. Just spread it on whatever floats your boat or mix it in with freshly cooked starches. Tonight I'm putting it on chicken and mushroom stuffed raviolis.

2 cups fresh basil leaves, packed well
1/2 cup of a good parmesan or romano cheese
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/3 cup pine nuts or walnuts (pine nuts for that special tang)
3 cloves garlic (or 4-5 if you're a garlic nut like me)
A little salt and pepper

[claws]

Two eggs in a hole (basket, nest).
It takes a little effort to get the bread crispy and the yolks just a tiny bit runny, but I managed.

[dean]

Just came back from a gathering at my friend's place where we had some great food.  Two stand outs; home-made dumplings and pork belly.  Yum!

Topped off with home-brewed chilli beer.  Booya!

[meQal]

Going to cook something really simple tonight, pintos and rice with smoked sausage.
Just need a couple of cans of pinto beans, some rice, and a package or two of smoked sausage.
Broil the sausage while heating the beans and cooking the rice. Cut the sausage up in slices or chunks, put the cooked rice in a bowl, toss the sausage on top of the rice, then scoop some pinto beans on top of it and add hot sause as desired. Real simple to make but very good to eat.

[claws]

Here's a hearty traditional German dish we always make in fall. It's called Zwiebelkuchen which literally translates into Onion Cake, but there is nothing "cake" about this dish. If anything, it's more like a flat, thin crust pizza/quiche hybrid. You'll need:

Zwiebelkuchen

1/2 yeast cube
5 fl oz milk
1 pinch of sugar
3 cups flour
1 tea spoon salt
2.2 lb onions, sliced
1 cup bacon, diced
3 1/2 cups sour cream
3 eggs
1 tea spoon caraway seeds
pepper
oil

Stir yeast and sugar into lukewarm milk. Add flour and half of the salt, knead dough into ball and place in covered bowl. Let it rest for 45 minutes at a warm place.
Heat oven (392F) and fry cubed bacon in pan until half done. Add onions until done (but not brown). Mix sour cream, eggs, pepper and salt in bowl.
Knead dough and roll out on oiled baking sheet. Add and spread bacon and onions, pour sour cream mixture on top, spread. Sprinkle with caraway seeds. Bake for 35 minutes. Serve while still warm.

Goes great with Federweisser. That is, if you can find any in the states.

[AndyC]

Made a nice pot of beef stew on the weekend. Hard to put it in recipe form, since I seldom cook with a recipe, but here goes.

Flour a couple of pounds of lean cubed steak and brown in a large pot with a couple of tablespoons of oil. Add in a large onion (or a couple of smaller ones), finely chopped, and a minced clove of garlic. Continue until the onion is soft. Throw in some salt, pepper, celery seed, sage, rosemary, thyme. Add enough chicken broth to cover, along with a small can of tomato paste. Put in a dash of Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce. Once that gets bubbling, let it simmer on low heat for about an hour. Add about three large diced potatoes and about a cup and a half of diced carrots. Add more broth as needed to cover, and keep simmering and occasionally stirring for about an hour. Taste and add additional seasoning if needed. Add a cup and a half of peas and half a cup of brown rice, then simmer for another hour. Just prior to serving, take a teaspoon or two of corn starch and dissolve in a tiny amount of orange juice, and stir in to thicken and stabilize.

[Olivia Bauer]

I'm making Lasagna for my roomates soon. I also ordered a cookbook in the mail, I can't wait to try it out.