cookingbites recipe challenge

Italian Baci di Dama biscuits literally means “kisses of a lady.” The name comes from the charming shape of these biscuits: two delicate biscuits halves joined by a layer of dark chocolate, resembling lips about to kiss. Perfect with a coffee, tea, or as a charming gift. Originating over a...

Pasta with Caponata Makes 4 servings Ingredients 2 eggplants 1 TB kosher salt 8 oz dry short pasta (closest I had was orecchiette) 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2-3 cloves garlic, peeled, lightly crushed 1/2 yellow onion, diced 1 large red bell pepper, diced 1 rib celery, diced 2 TB pine nuts...

Tamil Nadu is the southernmost state of India, and just a breath away from Sri Lanka. The dishes from there are fiercely hot, and generally include (apart from chiles) coconut in some form, coriander seeds, black pepper, fennel and curry leaves. This particular dish caught my attention and it is...

Roasted Beets with Pistachios, Herbs, and Orange Makes 8 servings Ingredients 3 lbs medium beets, trimmed for roasting (mixed-color beets, which I didn't have, work really well for this) 1 3-inch cinnamon stick, broken into 3 or 4 pieces 2 bay leaves 1 cup water 1 large shallot, minced 1/4 cup...

Wanting to try new things, especially vegetarian food as I am trying to switch to an 80% plant based diet due to science telling us that's the healthiest way to live; I stumbled upon this recipe. Now this is very rich and not quite a meal those same scientists would recommend for health, but...

Who couldn’t use a bit of an extra kick in their morning smoothie? This is a good way to get a cup of coffee and a smoothie all at once. If you are better at planning ahead than I am, make the coffee ahead of time and let cool in the fridge. I am not great at planning ahead, so I usually just...

Mixed Seed Soda Bread Makes 1 small loaf Ingredients 3 cups flour (I used a mix of light whole wheat & plain white flours) 1/2 cup sunflower seeds 2 TB poppy seeds 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 tsp superfine sugar 1-1/3rd cups buttermilk Directions Set your oven to 450F and lightly grease or...

Pecan Sour Cream Coffee Cake Ingredients: Crumb: 1 ½ C. Pecans, chopped ⅓ C. granulated Sugar ⅓ C. packed light Brown Sugar 1 ¼ tsp. ground Cinnamon ⅛ tsp. Table Salt 3 Tbsp. melted Unsalted Butter Cake: 1 ⅞ C. All-purpose Flour ½ tsp. Table Salt 1 tsp. Baking Powder ¾ tsp. Baking Soda ½ C...

This is my adaptation of a recipe from www.nigella.com , I've kept it for years but I do want to mention where I got the original idea. I love the spicy sweetness of the sauce with the crisp vegetables. It's surprisingly filling as well. A good vegetarian option to bring to a potluck as well...

Ingredients: 200 gms salted peanuts 100 gms raw peanuts 30 gms cashew nuts (salted, or unsalted) 20 gms filleted almonds 30 gms raisins, or sultanas 30 gms shelled pumpkin or sunflower seeds 20 gms dried cranberries 60 gms fried green plantain chips * 4 gms curry powder 4 gms garam masala 2...

This cookie is a huge deal in Hawaii. I make these for my Mother, since I can't buy them here on The Mainland. Chocolate Dipped Macadamia Nut Shortbread Cookies yields +/- 24 cookies Ingredients: ½ C. Macadamia Nuts, roasted, unsalted and coarsely chopped 1/3 C. granulated Sugar ½ C. Unsalted...

Welcome to the CookingBites recipe challenge. The current challenge ingredient is nuts and seeds and Z-Cook is our judge. To enter, all you need to do is post a recipe which contains nuts and/or seeds, tag it cookingbites recipe challenge, and post a link to it in this thread. The winner becomes...

It has been brought to my attention that the success of the challenge is starting to cause problems for the judge with the large number of entries for each ingredient. As such, I am planning a revision to the rules restricting the number of entries to the challenge that an individual can make to...