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Happy Anniversary CWC (Cooking with Candi)

Posted on May 26, 2012 | 7 comments

Picture my 2-year-old Grandson took of me!

Is it a birthday or an anniversary? I’m not really sure but one year ago I started this blog and I didn’t really know what my intentions were in doing so. I know that I really hoped for a reading audience. I also wanted a place to chronicle all of my recipes. And eventually, the blog just sort of blossomed. I am so happy that I actually have followers who seem to be genuinely interested and engaged, my daughters have a place to go for my recipes without having to track me down and hope I have it in my brain. It’s all right here at their fingertips. Here I am at 176 Posts and still going strong! Every week I ask myself: How am I going to think up new recipes? But it always seems to just come to me and it’s lucky for Joel because he is truly the recipient of many a meal. Isn’t the Internet amazing? I wish I had it when I was younger. I still get a kick every day when I check my blog to see my stats and see how many people are actually reading it! Even though I can’t see who is reading, I can see how many people have hit on it. I love all my subscribers. You all give me a reason to write, and I love when I run into one of you and you tell me how much you enjoy the recipes and reading the blog! Thanks again for making this labor of love worthwhile. Please continue reading and leaving me feedback–it means so very much to me.Candi

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Home from Vacation and Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 13, 2012 | Leave a comment

Just got back from vacation with our family,  Great Grandparents, Ourselves, Our Kids , Significant others,  and our 2 grandkids there were 12 of us.(rolling deep ) Needless to say it was wonderful being with whole family and challenging in many ways. Ages ranging from 2 – 86 . Alot of fun , a lot of tumult but it was wonderful waking up to all of their beautiful faces every day. Don’t know when or if I’ll ever have this opportunity again in my life.  So as crazy as it may have been I am happy for the blessing of our families, and wish my Mom , my Mother- in -Law and my Daughter a very very happy Mother’s Day. And to all of you who read my blog a very Happy Mother’s Day to you too.

*picture of 3 generations playing Mah Jongg

I will be back with some new and wonderful recipes this week. In the meantime thanks for reading Cooking with Candi. Keep on Cooking!

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My Youngest Fan

Posted on April 14, 2012 | Leave a comment

This is just a very cute story. My sister-in-law called me the other day to tell me that I had a very young fan. Assuming it was one of her boys, I asked what she  meant.  It seems that my nephew RJ who is only 9 was very into my Thanksgiving Corn Bread Pudding and wanted to know how to make it himself or get his Mom to make it for him. He overheard her telling her friend about my blog and he went home, googled me, found the site, found the recipe and wrote out all the ingredients and handed them to her to buy for him so he could make the recipe! So psyched, so cute, so happy! I love that my nephew loves my cooking, and I love that he loved it so much he went to the effort of researching it on the web. Thanks to RJ, my youngest fan and my youngest nephew!

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Cooking Notes – Passover is Finally Here

Posted on April 6, 2012 | 2 comments

We are in the home stretch at least as far as cooking goes. I have literally been shopping and cooking all week and I am not even having the dinner in my house which is another job in and of itself. We are going to our daughter Jenn’s house tonite, and I am helping with her Seder.  Bringing a lot of goodies from my house.  Second night I am bringing everything to my Sister in Law’s family, we will just be 6 so it’s not overwhelming but I am sure I cooked enough for 26.   I go a little crazy as I’m sure we all do trying to please everyone with what they love and expect. Of course I’ve enjoyed making everything and am happy to do it. Will be pretty relieved Sunday morning when I can stop thinking about it all the time. We will observe the no bread rules for the week, and I have a few suggestions for that .  Nothing quite like the food storm I hit you with from the last 2 weeks. Also a special shout out to all of those who sent me recipes, I tried to make as much as I could. I am going to try all of them at some point this week, will post as I cook them. Special thanks to Marcy  ,Julie ,  Ellen , Jean , Cathy , Karyn  and of course to my daughter Kerri for all her help with this blog.

This is what I cooked:

Homemade Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls

Chicken Marbella

Happy New Year Brisket

Spinach Souffle

Peach Farfel

Grandma Regina’s Farfel

Fresh Cranberry Sauce

Roasted Brussel Sprouts

Macaroons ( both dipped and non dipped)

Julie’s Brownies

Ellen’s Apple Cake

* of course Gefilte Fish which I have never made and buy at Shop Rite in Plainview. If you eat Gefilte Fish, I have to say this is the most delicious gefilte fish I’ve ever eaten, we’ve been buying it there forever. ( they make Kosher and Non- Kosher) we love the sweet one! (they have both sweet and regular)

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Eggs – a little note

Posted on April 1, 2012 | 1 comment

I always say to use room temperature eggs. Let’s face it sometimes you are just not ready with the eggs. It’s not great to bake or cook with really cold eggs. Here is a little trick if you forget to leave the eggs out.

Take a bowl of water and soak the eggs in the warm water for about 15 minutes. Remember , not hot water we don’t want to cook the eggs just remove the chill.

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Posted on April 1, 2012 | 1 comment

Brisket Recipe

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Brisket can definitely be an intimidating thing to make. I once made it as a young cook, and it was perfectly inedible. Back then, I couldn’t believe how long it takes to cook, but it does take very long. Now I usually make it in the slow cooker, which is awesome; but I don’t have a slow cooker in New York, and I don’t have time to run out and buy one. So this time I used my trusty Le Creuset, which worked out beautifully. I just finished cooking it and froze it before I took pictures so I will post pics when it defrosts on Thursday. A lot of people have some pretty awesome brisket recipes and I welcome you to send me yours. This really couldn’t be any easier and it’s super tasty. This original recipe came from my friend, Michele (with a few comments from Karyn too.) I did change…

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Posted on March 25, 2012 | Leave a comment

This is tomato sauce I made with turkey meatballs

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After a day of skiing it’s hard to get motivated to go back out, especially when you have only 2 episodes of Homeland to catch up with. I was too tired to even bother going food shopping, so decided to just check out what was in the pantry. Always have canned tomatoes, garlic, spices and red wine. There you go, and I always love spaghetti and red sauce. It cooks up quickly, is very tasty and we both had protein for lunch on the mountain, so just in the mood for some pasta. I have posted other red sauces, and this is how I made it tonite. Obviously it would be delicious with some meat or seafood in it, just didn’t have any on hand.

Ingredients:

1 – 2 tablespoons olive oil

1 cup chopped yellow onion ( app. 1 medium size yellow onion)

1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh garlic

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Chicken Marsala – What I made last night

Posted on March 18, 2012 | 4 comments

I am just going on record that this recipe is so delicious and so easy. I made it again last night and it is just so awesome. If you are looking for an easy, quick recipe this is it. Just follow directions, and I think in an hour it was all done. Served with a vegetable and rice , perfect. Great recipe for dinner party or dinner party of 2! see recipe on website. What I Cooked – Chicken Marsala, original post date was 01/13/2012. It’s so worth looking up and cooking. Let me know how you like it. Joel loves it.

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Academy Awards Sunday and What I’m Doing

Posted on February 26, 2012 | Leave a comment

Academy Awards Sunday is here. My plan is to ski or hike during the day, have my DVR set for pre-show on E!, and then the main event and of course the after show. (and don’t forget to DVR the Fashion Police ) I like to get home, put on my PJs and just set myself up for the night of nights. As most of you are already aware, I am an avid movie fan. This year I even did an actual mail in ballot with all my picks, so wish me luck. I have seen all the top nominees with the exception of a few documentaries and foreign films. It’s tough to do it all. I think I will have to dig in to some of those wonderful leftovers that are in our freezer–maybe the lasagna and the italian wedding soup.  This is the beauty of cooking a lot and freezing the leftovers. They are perfect for a night like this when all you want to do is curl up and watch TV. The thing of it is that I really do love to watch by myself. This is not to say that there won’t be a lot of  texting going on, but no phoning–it’s too distracting. Texting and pausing is totally acceptable, and if I have to talk I will. Joel will usually make an appearance for a few awards, but he lacks the patience to stick it out. So here’s to my annual Oscars Party of One and may the best movie win!

*P.S. Just a hunch , I think the Artist is going to win, (and I adored it) but I would really love to see Hugo win.

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My Superbowl Menu–Go Giants!

Posted on February 1, 2012 | Leave a comment

I am not even sure what we are doing this Superbowl. We have been out of town and will just be getting back. I may not even be doing it, but this is what I did last year except for the shrimp, but shrimp is always a good idea for cold appetizers . I usually make the shrimp, dressing, cookies and macaroni and cheese a day ahead. I make the chili a day or two ahead. The salami can be ready to put in the oven, the nuts I make sometimes a week in advance. The idea is to enjoy the day and enjoy your friends. Last year we had 10 people so this is perfect for 10 – 12 people. Have to admit that last year I brought in wings. Sometimes it’s just easier to pick and choose what you know you want to make  and order in what you don’t want to make (in my case the wings!) These are just some suggestions for the day. Mostly enjoy the day and Let’s Go Giants!

Appetizers:

cold shrimp with cocktail sauce

sweet and spicy nuts (2 recipes on my site)

baked salami (also 2 recipes on my site)

bbq wings which I brought in , sometimes it’s just the way to roll

Dinner:

Macaroni and Cheese (recipe on my site)

Green salad with one of my salad dressings

Red or white chili , whichever you prefer

Dessert:

Cherry chocolate cookies (recipe on my site)

assortment of ice cream is always nice along with the cookies

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