Simkin's Chili

Ingredients
 
2 lbs Ground Beef
1 lbs Pork Sausage
1 lbs Spicy Pork Sausage
1 or 2 Cans Kidney Beans
1 Green Bell Pepper 
1 Red Bell Pepper
1 Orange Pepper
3 Jalepenoes 
1 Pablano
1 7oz can Chipotle Peppers in Adobe Sauce
2 Yellow Onions
7 Cloves of Garlic
1 Can Tomato Sauce
2 Cans Diced Tomatoes
2 tbls Cumin
4 tblspoon Chili Pepper
1 tbls Onion Powder
1 or 2 tbls Red Chili Pepper Flakes
1 tbls Brown Sugar
1 Bottle Winter/Holiday Beer (used Jubilee Holiday Beer by Deshutes brewery, most stouts would be good)

Additional Notes

Garnish with tortilla chips and cheese.

Possible Side Dishes/Drinks

Waiting for suggestions from Simkin :P


Cooking/Baking Instructions
 
Sweat the veggies while your browning the meat... mix together, add the canned stuff and spices and beer, and simmer for 20 min or so stirring occasionally


Another picture of how it turned out garnished with cheese:

Swedish mudcake

A typical swedish "cake" that is very easy to make and very delicious to eat.

Ingredients

100 g butter
2 eggs
1,5 dl* (100 g) sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
3 tablespoons cacao
2 dl (120 g) flour

Otherstuff:
one form with removable edge, or simply a form that can handle oven~time
and is about 20-23cm in diameter

*dl is short for deciliter, but I included the grams for it in case.


How to:

Put the oven to 175 C

Melt the butter either on the stove or in a microwave (you can do this
right before you have to use it too) then let it cool off.

beat the eggs and sugar fluffy with an electric handmixer

Add the vanilla sugar and cacao and mix with the lowest speed.

Add the flour, mix, and then lastly the melted butter. Mix until it's smooth.

Put the paste in a round form - you can "grease it in" and use "breadcrumbs" if you want,
that way it will be easier to remove from the form when taking a piece.

Bake in 175 C for about 20min in the middle of the oven. If you want a
stickyier cake, bake it shorter (this really depends on your oven thou, so if you want
- stick a fork or something in it and check the stickyness).

Take it out and let it cool of a bit, and either put it in the fridge until its cold
or simply let it be cool.

You can decorate with powdered sugar and eat it with whipped cream.

The original recipe is from a swedish site, but if you wish to see it you can click [here]

Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls

Story
 
Sometimes one doesn't feel like baking from scratch and that is when the frozen goods section comes into play for most of us. That being said I saw these at the store one night and wondered how they would actually taste/turn out. To my surprise they turned out very well although you can tell they have the mechanical dough-like texture. 

Ingredients
 
1 Can Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls (Contains the Icing Pack/See Image Above)

Safety Warnings

Contains wheat and milk ingredients. Contents under pressure! To ensure safety while opening, always point can ends away from you and others.

Possible Side Dishes/Drinks

Orange Juice (seeking_paradise_in_a_dream)
(You really don't need anything else!)


Cooking/Baking Instructions
 
The packaging states that you are supposed to preheat the oven to 204˚C (400˚F). 
Next take and grease a circular cookie sheet. Then place the Pillsbury Orange Sweet Rolls rolls 5.08cm (2 inches) apart with the cinnamon topping up. Bake them until they are golden, which takes about 8-11 min (oven temperatures vary and I like to slightly under-cook mine).

You want to let them set for about 2 minutes after they come out of the oven before applying the icing or it just turns to the consistency of water instead of icing. Spread the icing over the rolls, it should still melt but not appear as runny. The manufacturer's website also lists a Traditional Bake Method that states, "For softer rolls, bake in round pan for 14-18 min." Do not freeze or microwave unbaked dough.

This is how mine (seeking_paradise_in_a_dream's) turned out:

Click here for the Nutritional Information. Also feel free to post any variations of this, or any other recipe. Also please send me anything you would like added.

Simkin's Baked Salmon

Story
 
Simkin asked in the IRC channel if anyone had a salmon recipe for him to try out. I just completed a move and went to look for my cookbook but ended up finding out that it it is still in storage :( I looked through the internet for a recipe similar to mine and came across one that Simkin ended up making into his own. I will hopefully post mine sometime next week :/

Ingredients
 
2 Cloves Minced Garlic
2 Tablespoons Light Olive Oil
1/2 Teaspoon Sea Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
1/2 Teaspoon Ground Lemon Pepper
1/2 Teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
1 Tablespoon Chopped Parsley
2 (6oz Salmon Fillets)

Possible Side Dishes

Asparagus (seeking_paradise_in_a_dream)
Broccoli (seeking_paradise_in_a_dream)
Premium Japanese Nishiki Rice (seeking_paradise_in_a_dream)
Green Beans (Simkin)
Mac n' Cheese (Simkin)


Cooking Instructions
 
In a medium glass bowl prepare the marinade by mixing: garlic, light olive oil, basil, salt, pepper, lemon juice and parsley. Place salmon fillets in a medium glass baking pan and cover with the marinade. Marinate in the refrigerator for 1 hour turning occasionally. (I like to actually use a Ziploc bag that way you do not have to turn them as much).

After an hour of marinating them in the refrigerator preheat the oven to 193˚C (380˚F). 
 
Place the fillets in aluminum foil and cover with marinade. Next make sure to fold the foil closed and seal in a  packet. Place the sealed salmon in a glass baking pan and bake for 40 minutes or until easily flaked with a fork.

This is how Simkin's turned out:

Click here for the original link/post for seeking_paradise_in_a_dream's Baked Salmon Recipe (not uploaded). Also feel free to post any variations of this recipe or send me something you would like added.

ReidSTA's Hasselback Potatoes

Ingredients

6 Medium Size Potatoes
2 - 3 Cloves Garlic, thinly sliced
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
30 g Butter
Maldon Sea Salt
Freshly Ground Black Pepper
*Fresh Lemon Thyme

Cooking Instructions

Preheat the oven to 220˚C (425˚F). Put the potato on a chopping board, flat side down. Start from one end of the potato, cut almost all the way through, at about 3 to 4 mm intervals.

Arrange the potatoes in a baking tray and insert the garlic in between the slits. Scatter some butter on top of each potato. Then drizzle the olive oil and sprinkle some sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, and lemon thyme (The original recipe does not include the lemon thyme).

Bake the potatoes for about 40 minutes or until the potatoes turn crispy and the flesh is soft.  

This is how Reid's ended up turning out:

Click here for the original link/post for the Hasselback Potato Recipe