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Do you have a recipe of your own that you usually cook to your family or to your friends, you want to share it here? We, Filipinos love to eat adobo so that's one for me, I love to cook adobo, the usual ingredients and procedure but I add 1 tsp of brown sugar and hard boiled egg to it and it tastes good.
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I have sort of a funny specialty that my sister and I picked up from our mom- clean out the refrigerator soup. I know, not really a recipe, per say, but if you know how to combine ingredients well, it usually turns out well. My mom is very good at putting together a meal with random available ingredients and no recipe. My sister and I seem to manage to do that much of the time as well. When you have a bunch of leftovers in the fridge from the last few nights of dinners, sometimes it's nice to use it all in a new way. The best leftover soup usually involves some leftover veggies, leftover red sauce of some sort, and some leftover noodles or ground beef. My mom often just uses water as the base, but we always have homemade chicken broth in the freezer, so that is generally what I grab. It's surprising how well this concept turns out if you know which leftovers to leave out and which to include!
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Post by Jackie Holycross »

When I married my husband he told me I had to learn to make his mom's pizza style spaghetti. You cook the noodles and put them in a baking pan. Then add pizza sauce mixed with one egg. Mozzarella cheese and pepperoni goes on top. Then bake it for 30 minutes at 350. It's easy and very yummy.
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My specialty is seafood.
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Post by Gmdiamzon 2 »

Yes and its roasted chicken. I know eveeyone knows how to cook roasted chicken but as a newbie here this is my best recipe i ever made 😊
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I tried making quiche for the first time about a year ago and it was a hit! My family loves it and we freeze them for our parents. However I have to be in a special mood to make them, I need a lot of focus and space.
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I thoroughly enjoy all kinds of cooking, being in the kitchen is my happy place. If I had to pick a specialty I would have to say its in the baking genre and it would be my cakes and pies. I use only fresh ingredients and make everything from scratch. All of my friends and family request my cakes and pies for all special occasions and holidays.
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I make a mile high apple pie. It's the best. I use Alton Brown's recipe, and it never fails.
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dtb wrote: 24 May 2018, 16:28 I make a mile high apple pie. It's the best. I use Alton Brown's recipe, and it never fails.
Alton Brown is awesome. My uncle's holiday corn casserole came from him.
He made me yell at the tv once when he put a drop of bleach in the soaking water for the corn on the cob. Science or not that freaked me out.
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My love to cook dish is stuffed peppers. Word to the wise, ground turkey does NOT work!
But I'm told my sauces and dressings are my speciality. My last hit was a balsamic ranch. I used the ole store bought mix, hidden valley I think, but substituted half the mayo with cream cheese, I added a generous amount of garlic powder, dill, and black pepper and a tsp or so of balsamic vinegar.
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Post by JeanFour »

Everybody have there own destiny and imagination and what they do is there mind functioning like. But for talking about specialties , it is easy to know by your own that what make you feel good about doing your job , how you look at different situations and that's all.
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Post by elliebelle2018 »

beef caldereta from the Philippines is my specialty that i learned from my mom.
abit spicy salty and sweet. everyone should try it and taste the mouth watering caldereta.
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Baked mac and cheese. Takes about an hour to make but it is worth the wait.
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I just moved and don't have my recipes on hand but I make a great matzo ball soup =)
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Post by PlanetHauth »

Oh man, I love chicken adobo!

My go-to that people usually ask me to make is chicken pot pie and quiche. The pot pie is a little more labor-intensive than the quiche, but it's so good. They're both great make-ahead meals you can then store in the freezer for later use. Quiche is also extremely versatile. I usually put onion, spinach, bacon, and cheese in mine, but you could do just about anything and season any which way.
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