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[charliesmum]

Just want to announce that I am not getting email notification for all comments. Some, but not all, which is kind of confusing.

Charlie's imaginary friend has an imaginary friend.

I've gone from not knowing if we had anywhere to spend Thanksgiving to having too many places. My sister invited us there, then my MIL is having the dinner after all. She's cool with us not coming, but my husband would much rather not deal with my family, but I already said yes to my sister, and they are expecting us, and I'd feel guilty changing my mind.

Stupid holiday. Though, 4 day weekend is love.

I said I'd bring appetizers, and I have this urge to do something fancy and complicated, but have no idea what. Or if I could even do it. Does anyone have any suggestions? *looks pointedly at junediamanti who is a really good cook.*

Almost time to go home. Hurrah.

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[deviantauthor.livejournal.com]

Creamy Phyllo Cheese Straws in Pesto Recipe

Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 36 straws

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/4 cup grated Parmesan
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 box phyllo dough, thawed
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, melted
Store-bought pesto, for dipping

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, lightly beaten egg, Parmesan, and salt. Stir to combine. Spoon mixture into a plastic zip-top bag. Set aside. To use as a pastry bag, cut corner off bag to make a 1/4-inch diameter opening.

Lay out thawed phyllo dough. Working quickly to keep dough from drying out: brush top sheet with melted butter, pipe cheese filling along long edge of phyllo 1/2-inch from each end. Fold over ends to seal in filling and roll up straw. Repeat with remaining sheets of phyllo and place on a baking sheet. Bake until golden, about 10 minutes.

Serve warm with pesto for dipping.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Okay. I totally missed this somehow. Dur.
Sounds good but...Um...what's Phyllo? Does it come in a box or something?

[deviantauthor.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it comes in a box and you unroll it. Check in the fridge section of the grocery store. If it's not there, check in the frozen pie pastry section.

I will be making it with cheddar cheese, though, since these people prefer it. However, I have no doubt the original recipe will be just as good.

There's also the cooking_nook for recipes, if you're interested. Several of us have posted some good ones, most recently Whimbley has tossed some holiday stuff out. I still need to dig out my recipe for Spinach Madeline for that must current thread.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

And you know, I didn't get notification for this reply, either. Good thing I checked on My LJ.

I'll check out that cooking nook thing, and I'm going to print out the receipe should I feel brave enough to attempt it.

*is really not a good cook*

[deviantauthor.livejournal.com]

I'm not getting all my notifies either. Bleah. Glad you checked.

Stick with me, and I'll have you cooking in no time. I mean No. Time. You see, I go for the minimal prep time recipes and/or the ones that are prep the day before by tossing into a lasagne pan and sticking it in the fridge to cook kind of no time/low prep time thing.

If I learned to cook, anyone can. *hugs*

[cactus-wren.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'm glad you posted that about not getting email notifications. I just went back and checked my entry from last nite & had two responses that didn't come in email.

Sorry I don't know any good appetizers recipes. For that I would usually just go to allrecipes.com and nose around til I find something that sounds good. And easy.

And guess what? We get a five day weekend!! *does dance of joy*

[zakkati.livejournal.com]

My email notification is very hit, miss or maybe since our wee downtime. Glad it's not just me!

Recipes? Oh, I don't do cooking. That's hubby's job! He has some great Tunisian receipes though :)

[zoepaleologa.livejournal.com]

*looks pointedly back*

I'm kind of assuming you are looking for a starter to preface the big turkey main course (it being somewhat similar to what we would have for Christmas Lunch)?

If this is so, you need something flashy, but lightweight. I generally do something based around smoked salmon. Usually, if I can get it ready made I serve Gravad Lax (a very sweetly cured smoked salmon with dill) along with a leafy green salad (I like pretty leaves like radicchio and frisee), and a dill cream dressing. This will work with any nice smoked salmon.

200 ml tub of creme fraiche
2 tbsp of freshly grated horseradish or from a jar.
handful of roughly chopped dill weed
juice of a lemon.

Mix thoroughly.

To serve:

arrange the salad leaves artistically around the plate, with a couple of slices of the smoked salmon at the centre, drizzle with the dressing.

Can't find a good smoked salmon and REALLY want to impress?

Buy some ready made blinis, warm under grill, spread with good butter, top with salmon caviare (about a 20th of the price of the real thing, but still nice) and serve with lemon wedges. 2 - 3 blinis per person, and a tiny jar of the "caviare" will serve about six.

If the idea of fishy things makes you go, "Ugh!" try this it serves four:

Warm winter salad, using 2 heads of chicory, home made croutons, walnuts (shelled), watercress leaves, crumbled Roquefort cheese (about three ounces), thinly sliced peeled conference pears.

Olive oil, a finely chopped clove of garlic, and some sherry vinegar.

Cook the croutons in some olive oil and the garlic, then shred half the chicory and add to the oil after removing the croutons. Add the walnuts cook for about five mins and add the sherry vinegar. Arrange the raw chicory leaves and watercress on plates.Spoon over the cooked leaves and stuff. Add the pear slices, and crumble over the cheese. Top with the croutons.

I hope this is some inspiration.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

i never got the notification on this. Arugh. No one in my family (save the husband) likes Salmon.

What's a blinis?

[deviantauthor.livejournal.com]

Yeah. What she said. Wtf is a blinis?!

[on-the-breath.livejournal.com]

I've had that happen once in a blue moon -- not getting e-mail notifications of responses... Do you get e-mail when someone friends you? E-mails used to be sent for that, but they seem to have stopped doing that at some point, unless this is the same problem... Hmmm.... Oh well, hope you get this! :-)

What is Charlie's imaginary friend's name? What is his imaginary friend's imaginary friend's name? Wow, a copy and paste would've helped that sentence immensely...