For Those Of You Who Love To Cook (And Maybe Even For Some Who Don't)

You sound like me cortjo73....I have TONS of cookbooks in the shelves of my kitchen cabinets and just had recently as part of my spring cleaning thing rearranged all my cookbooks...I also managed to get rid of though a lot of recipe cards...I had TOO many of them and I had them for years and never, ever used so figured they were just taking up space that I could otherwise use..so out they went and don't regret it--I have PLENTY of cookbooks to fall back on...LOL And wow..that recipe for the chicken sounds fantastic!! I love paprika and love bell peppers

Hey Pye! If I remember, I will try to find out what that other spice is that I use. I actually think it was one of the Mrs. Dash blends but, I can't remember for sure. It could have been the Chicken blend or it might have been the Tomato Basil Garlic Blend. If I figure it out, or if I remember to look in my cupboard for which one it might have been, I will find this discussion again and let you know. It really was good and that smoked paprika was what did it I think. It just added the perfect blend of smokiness to it! If I remember or get it figured out, and you try it...let me know what you think about it! Also, I am glad to hear that you got your recipe center all cleaned up! Sheesh! I really need to do that! I think I just need to set aside an hour a day to start organizing all of it. I doubt I would throw any of them away but, there are some recipes that I tore out of a magazine that I set aside to try and haven't yet. I could, and should, start by sorting through those and perhaps tossing some of them. Also, I have a couple stacks of Cooking Lights that I should go through and get rid of after I pull any of the potential recipes to try. LOL! Whew! What a task that will end up being. It would take me at least a full 24 hour day to get most of that done, I think! LOL!

Curious...do they pay people for recipe ideas??? I have a number I could post too, but yikes, you haven't heard in three years.???? I just wrote an article for Associated Content for what to do with leftover Beef Stew or Chicken a la King...make pot pies...I hadn't made them in ages myself but did tonight as I had some leftover Chicken a la King..so pot pie I made out of it..forgot how good that tasted!

NO they dont pay for the recipe you submit that is how i understand it it is just a community of free recipe i guess. that's cool that you do stuff like that for left overs, i have never tried to do it coz my hubby dont seem to like pot pie whenever i mention it to him and most of the i base the food i am making from his preferences coz he is kinda picky LOL... i wish there is a place that pays for the recipe you make unfortunately i am not aware of any. takecare!

I love to cook to, and do a variety of different types of cooking, from French, German, Italian, Mexican, Oriental and Polish...so yes, you could definitely say I love a variety here

I'm glad I discovered the food411 site as well, as they do have quite a variety of recipes there for just about anything

One thing I loved was when I found a recipe at Allrecipes for pancakes...I used to have a recipe card for "fluffy pancakes"...probably the best recipe around for homemade pancakes..sadly over the years I don't have a clue where it disappeared too....so the other night out of curiosity I hunted at allrecipes and there was a recipe exactly like the one I used to have..thank goodness!!!

I love to experiment in cooking too. I do have a few special favorites that I make from time to time though especially at Thanksgiving or Christmas time

I have to admit now that I live alone, I'm not as "fussy" about cooking either, not like I used to be when both my grandmother and mother were alive and did all my real fancy smanchy cooking, but heck even though I'm alone now I like to have a really good meal and just can't get away from my rather "disciplined" cooking behavior. In fact tonight I fixed something for myself I hadn't made in ages...a chicken pot pie...yikes I forgot how great that tasted...hehe

In all my years of cooking do you know I've never used bisquick? If I make biscuits or pancakes completely from scratch...my one friend uses Campbells Cheddar Soup to make her mac & cheese, but to me has an "odd" taste to it, so make mine one hundred percent homemade...na, na, na, na, nah Hey I wonder it there are cat recipe sites...{pyewacket turns to her cat, Pyewacket and Kissy and asks...do you know if there are any cat recipe websites?--she doesn't get an answer but she swears she sees a smile on their faces}

I use bisquick for pot pies and biscuits but that's bout it. I gotta have my mac 'n' cheese from scratch or it's just not right to me. Yes there are lots of cat recipe sites on the web. Pye and Kissy should know this. Tigger pointed it out to me one day. He brought up the list of links and gave me a look like " ok mom, start making me some treats like you do for Domingo".

Mmm..maybe Kissy does know about these sites...she's always opening the door of my bottom cabinet door that has all my cookware...think she's trying to cook one of the recipes?

Well even as a single gal here I often need something new to cook to make things different for a change..hehe

I was glad I found the AllRecipes website. I used to have a great recipe for homemade pancakes..it was just on a card...haven't been able to find it, so I checked there at AllRecipes and found one recipe that sounded like the one I used to have

It's nice to know that there are a lot of recipe websites though...sure easier than going through a lot of cookbooks

Thank you ever for that link...I've bookmarked it so I can really look at it. To be honest I've never done greek cooking....but there's always a first time, right?