Substituting Spaghetti Sauce for Pizza Sauce?
Its much less expensive to make pizza sauce using a can of tomato paste. Thin it to the consistency you want by gradually adding water and stirring it in. Add about a tablespoon of sugar, and season with garlic salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, and parmesan...
Substitute for La Choy Brown Gravy Sauce?
If you look in the ethnic foods area of your grocery store, you can usually find seasoning packets for stir-fried rice. This will give you the seasonings and corn starch for thickening and you add the water. Probably very similar to what you bought in a bottle...
Can I Make Bread Without the Paddle Hole from the Machine?
As suggested by others, remove to a greased bread pan after first rising. I have a bread machine and dont like the hole either. After learning to use the micro-rise method from the book Bread in Half the Time, I can double the dough in 15 minutes and do it...
Keeping Banana Bread from Splitting on Top?
In my experience, banana bread will always split to some extent. The secret between a split that is basically a difference in color when the top layer expands toward the end of baking and a deep split is baking at lower temperature for a longer period. Being...
Oven Steak Fries Recipe?
I dont have the recipe you mention, but I often make oven fries cutting my own potatoes and tossing with enough corn starch to lightly coat (for crispness) and then toss with olive oil, garlic or onion salt, black pepper, and paprika. The spices you use are...
Using WD-40 to Clean Stainless Steel Cookware?
I have never heard of using WD-40, but would only try it on the outside of the pan while still making sure to clean well with hot soapy water. Bar Keepers Friend is a powdered cleaner that I have had good luck with for cleaning my stainless steel pots when...
Flavored Vodka?
Alton Brown did a show on flavored vodka on Good Eats. Heres a link for a pepper vodka recipe (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pepper-vodka-recipe/index.html)
Chili is Too Spicy?
There are several options that I have found will reduce the intensity of the spiciness of your chili: Beer, chocolate (semi-sweet or cocoa powder), peanut butter (assuming no nut allergies) or simply add more unspiced chili to what you already have.
Pound Cake Came Out Dry?
The addition of some sour cream and also using lower oven temperatures will help. I found this made a big difference when I make banana bread. I used to ignore the 1 hr and 20 minute @ 325F and instead followed other recipes that called for 350-375F for one...
Keeping Rhubarb from Getting Mushy When Cooked?
I found a great recipe that combined the rhubarb with strawberries in a cream pie. The taste was great and people who were turned off by the thought of a rhubarb pie tried it and liked it.
