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Peanut Butter M&M's cookies

Preheat oven 375F/190C

227g light brown sugar, one stick unsalted butter(4oz, 113g) melted, 1/4tsp almond extract and 1tsp salt stirred into butter, after melting
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Stir until smooth
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6 heaping tbsps. peanut butter
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Stir until smooth
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2 large eggs
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Stir until smooth
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227g all purpose flour, 1/4tsp baking soda, 1/4tsp baking powder, mixed together
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Mix until smooth
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1-2cups Almond M&M's
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Roll into balls and flatten to ~2" diameter disks, lay on parchment paper-lined aluminum tray
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Bake for 9 minutes at 375F/190C, rotate tray and bake for another 4-7 minutes, until golden brown, with slight browning on the edges
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Put the tray on a cooling rack and put another sheet of parchment paper or similar sized tray on top to cover them while they cool. When completely cooled, put them in a zip bag for storage.

Edit: I forgot the baking soda and baking powder, which gets mixed in with the flour.
 
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Plantation Barbie said:
I was looking forward to finally using my new vegetable chopper. I was so excited I minced way way too much onions for the dish I was making.
Now my fridge smells like onions.
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Freeze the leftover chopped onion in a little airtight container or ziplock bag. If you don't feel like chopping fresh onion, you can get some out of the freezer. And they don't stink up the entire fridge when they're frozen.

Any time I have to dice onion, I just dice a whole onion and whatever I don't use goes in the freezer for the next time I need less than a whole diced onion.
 
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They had baccala (salt cured cod) at Strack and Van Til of all places for $5/lb so I said why the hell not and try it. I made Baccala alla Napoletana which is just baccala stewed with potatoes in a tomato sauce. But first you have to soak the baccala in water for two days to get the salt out. When I first opened the package it reeked: extremely fishy aroma. I went online to make sure this is normal and it is; the smell is supposed to go away after soaking and it did. The stew turned out well; the fish wasn't salty or fishy but had a different texture. I'd make something with baccala again.
 
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Homemade pizza.

I am really good at it, I have a ton of experience.

I make the dough myself. Cold fermented, high hydration, with whole flour and honey.

Semi raw sauce with canned tomatoes and spices.

Cheeses are parmezan, mozzarella (low moisture and high moisture) and gruyere (the real one).

Then the toppings can be tuna, smoked salmon, ham or pepperoni.

At the end, add green stuff + garlic powder and oil when needed.
 
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homemade sushi for the first time.
Froze the fish for 10 days (the fish was not frozen beforehand obviously)
Let it thaw out
Cure it in salt
Marinate in vinegar
Them assemble with the sushi rice (with vinegar,salt, sugar and kombu) +wasabi
Sardine, Salmon and European Bass
Checked the smell during the whole process.

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A tiny bit sloppy (no rolling mat) but pretty good for a first time.
 
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Got a real hankering for a huge sandwich and decided to go a bit nuts. This thing ended up weighing about 3 pounds, I used an entire french loaf for it, I still have half of it in my fridge.

Layers are:
Mozzarella
Honey Ham
Baby Swiss
Red pepper relish
Oven baked turkey
Banana peppers
Pickled red onion
Black pepper
Black forest ham
Pickles
Lays chips
Mayo, mustard, jalapeno oil

I found a tip on youtube to always wrap in paper and really squeeze the sandwich to get it like the deli and I have to admit the trick really works. I have no good sandwich shops nearby so this is the best I can get usually.
 
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Had eggs and baked beans left over from a fry up I made so made savoury baked bean pancakes (man made horror beyond comprehensions I know, worse than beans on toast)

flour, salt, pinch of baking powder, paprika and the eggs, beat into pancake batter then add the beans. They weren't bad, I'd add more salt, beans and paprika to the mix if I ever made them again.
 
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I've been eating some variation on these overnight oats everyday after discovering them weeks ago. Easy, cheap, quick, healthy and delicious.
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This is my go-to dairy/lactose free version:

1-2 cups of instant or rolled oats
1/2 to one serve/scoop of chocolate vegan protein powder
2-4 tsp no added sugar cocoa or cacao powder or both
Generous pinch or 2 of salt
Mix in a bowl, adding water (pref filtered and chilled) until it stirs easily
Mix in tbsp or so of peanut butter, I like to use extra crunchy for texture
10-15mins in fridge for instant, 20-30mins for rolled
Top with chopped fruit, nuts or just eat as is
 
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Last night I was so worn out and had to work late. Got some trader Joe's curry heated it up with chickpeas served with rice. Didn't plan on a meatless Monday or anything but super easy and cheap. Healthy too. Mrs basso approved as well. Aside we didn't get dinner till like 2000/ 8pm
 
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