Our New Community

[sila-lumenn.livejournal.com]

Welcome, everyone, to our new recipe exchange community. I'm really excited about this community and I hope everyone contributes lots of great recipes. Of course, recipes are only one aspect of the cooking process. So everyone should feel free to use this community as a place to share ideas and information. And, if you have a question, someone here will probably know the answer!

There is a link on the community's main page which should be able to help with things like the conversion of measurements to/from U.S. Standard or Metric, etc.

Recipes will be archived in the memories section in much the same way as would be found in a cookbook to make finding the perfect recipe easy.

I promised someone the first recipe posted here would be easy enough anyone who can boil water would be able to do it. It's not very hobbity, but I can't imagine a hobbit turning it down!

TUNA, MAC AND CHEESE
1 box macaroni and cheese, any variety
1 can tuna, drained
1 cup frozen english peas, thawed
1/2 tsp. garlic powder (or to taste)

Prepare macaroni and cheese according to package directions, adding english peas to the pasta 4-5 minutes before the end of the cooking time. Stir in garlic powder and tuna.

Serve with a green salad and fruit for a quick and easy meal.

Comments

[shirebound]

You're right -- even *I* could make that!

*grins*

[sila-lumenn.livejournal.com]

So, ya gonna try it? *waggles eyebrows*

^_^

[shirebound]

*adds mac and cheese to shopping list*

:)

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm going to join this community right away!

I have a little problem: the shops in the Netherlands don't sell something like "macaroni and cheese". I could probably boil macaroni and add grated cheese to get the same result..
And I don't quite know what English peas are. I guess they're the "ordinary" ones.

[sila-lumenn.livejournal.com]

Adding grated cheese to the macaroni won't produce the desired results. Our boxed macaroni and cheese mixes come with a powdered cheese that you stir in to the cooked macaroni with milk and butter. I'll post a recipe for macaroni and cheese that can be used instead!

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

That would be lovely, thanks!

[oliviaramirez]

A recipe for macaroni and cheese would be most welcome. I have googled for it and I get a couple of thousand hits O_o

[sila-lumenn.livejournal.com]

I've added a simple mac & cheese recipe, but I have a marvelous recipe for home made macaroni and cheese that I will post later. It must be cooked on the stove top and then baked in the oven, but is definitely worth the trouble.

[oliviaramirez]

Oh, yes please. I'll see if I can come up with any recipes that are worth posting. I am not much of a cook, but that is more due to laziness then anything else :)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

English peas -- as far as I can tell from visiting there once long ago -- are just ordinary peas. The little green balls as opposed to the snap peas (which are the pods, eaten whole.)

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! I (think) I know what they are now.

[sila-lumenn.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That's right. Just simple, round, green peas. As for not having condensed cheese soup, I'll give that one some thought.

[cpsings4him.livejournal.com]

I think they are also sometimes called "Sweet Peas"...but as Rabidsamfan said, they are the little round, green peas. Hehe - we call 'em "Martian Heads" in our house. I love Martian Heads!

runs off to join this community right away!

[ansostuff.livejournal.com]

Great initiative Sandy! I´ve joined up. And as Mel says, for those of us that doesn´t have packages that says "macarony and cheese" just have to add the missing ingerdient on our own.

[sila-lumenn.livejournal.com]

Adding grated cheese to the macaroni won't produce the desired results. Our boxed macaroni and cheese mixes come with a powdered cheese that you stir in to the cooked macaroni with milk and butter. I'll post a recipe for macaroni and cheese that can be used instead!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Looks like a wonderful community, and I'm going to join up straight away. Do you mind discussions of what and how hobbits would cook in among the practical modern recipes?

[sila-lumenn.livejournal.com]

Please feel free! As long as it's about cooking it's welcome. And I'm sure we're all interested in how and what the hobbits would cook!

[budgielover.livejournal.com]

What a neat idea, Sandy. I've wished more than once for something like this. I love to cook and will be contributing (and writing down) recipes as soon as I get home.