Simple & Delicious Magazine

Need Help-frozen bread dough!!!

catlover285 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:28:52 GMT

I tried making a chicken enchilada pizza recipe from one of my past S&D issues, which called for 1 lb. frozen white bread dough! It said to roll it out into a 15" circle but I could not get it to roll out at all and when it rolled out a little bit it just started to form back into a ball. It was completely thawed so what am i doing wrong??? I'm hoping there is someone that can help me with this!! I would appreciate any tips! - Amber

Homemade cleaning remedies

Marie P. — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:03:21 GMT

There is definitely something to be said about safe, environmentally friendly, inexpensive cleaning remedies. Simple and Delicious magazine is looking for your homemade cleaning concoctions. Do you have any cleaning recipes that work wonders with white vinegar, baking soda, rubbing alcohol or any other pantry items?

thanks,

Marie Parker

Associate Food Editor

Simple and Delicious Magazine

Looking for a cheese dip!

marika_the_beadmaster — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:05:20 GMT

At a work Christmas potluck party about 5 years ago a lady brought a cheese dip that was to die for! It had bacon, chicken and ground beef and I think it used velveeta but not sure. Anyone have something similar they would share with me and my plain old bag of tortilla chips???

Homemade Christmas

Karyan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:54:06 GMT

My husband's parents announced they wanted to try doing a homemade Christmas this year! (This is really unlike them! They are extravagant gift givers and always go way overboard!) Anyways, my husband and I are thrilled! We have already compiled a list of who we want to give gifts to and a list of ideas. I'm looking for more ideas and ideas for some Christmas crafts, too!

Our list includes:

My parents, his parents, his college-age sister and brother, my married sister, her husband and two teenage boys, my (will-be) recently married brother and his wife, my college-age brother, some aunts and uncles, an eleven-year-old boy, a six-year-old boy, and the staff my husband works with.

Our ideas include:

Aprons, blankets, totes, a survival in a mug kit, movie themed gift baskets, pancake mix, a cape, scented pine cones, gift baskets with cocoa mix, peppermint marshmallows and pretzezl sticks.

We have talked about maing our own Christmas wrap, we'll see. Also, we're going to make cinnamon-applesauce ornaments to go with each gift.

You're ideas and suggestions are welcome! Also, we have a three year old son and one year old daughter. We want to make some of their gifts. Thanks !

Making waffels

Dollykat — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:56:55 GMT

This may sound like a very silly question to some but I'm asking it anyway. I just bought a waffel maker and am going to try to use it for supper tonight. I want to know what type of batter I should be working with - does a pancake batter work or should it be thinner? What toppings do you like along with maple syrup, especially those for a diabetic.

Thanks

Dollykat

Help Please!! I need healthy, quick recipes!

Karyan — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:17:41 GMT

My husband has recently started Atkins. He is doing awesome! We have two toddlers so I need healthy, low carb dinner ideas and recipes. Pastas, cheesy dishes and red meats are out. But I also need recipes that are quick since I have two little helpers each night and recipes that will be kid-friendly. Both of our little ones have recently decided they don't like most vegetables. Thanks!

Making cookies soft again

4Puddles — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:15:51 GMT

In the latest issue i recieved in the mail, there was a reader from Phoenix, AZ wondering how to make her cookies soft...I have the same issue after about 3 days in the container, what i do is to put a small piece of bread in the container with the cookies, and it helps keep them sof t for days...i also put bread in the container with the brown sugar, it keeps it from clumping as well..take care and keep cooking!!

Simple & Delicious Recipe Quest - **New! Updated :11/3/09

Amy T. — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:33:27 GMT

Have a favorite recipe you'd like to share with other readers? Wouldn't it be exciting to see your name in print? One of your family's favorite recipes could be published in our magazines. If this sounds like fun and something you'd like to try, I'd love to hear from you!

Hi there,

My name is Amy Thieding, and I'm the Food Editor for Taste of Home Simple & Delicious magazine.

I'm constantly working on new and unique ideas for the magazine and looking for tasty recipes to try...and I need your help! As I look for recipes, I will give an updated shout out here for recipes I need. To submit a recipe, you can click on "Simple & Delicious Recipe Quest," which takes you to "My Recipe Box." Once there, fill out the form and click "Submit." Sending in your recipes via "My Recipe Box" will ensure that your recipes come directly to my desk.

That's it! If your recipe is published in Taste of Home Simple & Delicious magazine, you will receive a complimentary copy of the issue, with you in it. Also, at the end of the year, you will receive a complimentary copy of the Quick Cooking Annual Recipes cookbook, with all of the recipes published from the previous year!

C'mon, join the family and send me your favorite recipes! Keep checking for new recipe needs and postings. If you don't have a recipe this week, don't worry about it! The more you submit, the better your chances of having your recipe published. Keep checking back.

See your name in a magazine! Let us publish your favorite recipes!

All my best,

Amy T.

We're keeping it Simple (& Delicious)! Just click on this link: "Simple & Delicious Recipe Quest" to submit your recipes. Here's what I'm currently looking for:

Categories:

Simple & Delicious magazine September/October 2010

Quick-and-easy breakfast fare—Send us your favorite skillet egg dishes, quick pancakes and waffles or smoothies
Lunch-box favorites—Whether on you’re way to work or school—sandwiches, soups, salads, desserts and homemade granola bars
Dinner’s ready!—Main dish entrees ready in 30 minutes or less and quick-prep casseroles made with ground beef, pork, chicken, meatless or seafood
Need to bring a treat somewhere?—We’re looking for your favorite take-along treats for a bake sale, classroom snack or work party
Trick-or-Treat!—Share your “spooktacular” Halloween recipes here
Apples—So many varieties and so many recipes! We’d love to try your best apple pies, crisps, cobblers, quick breads, salads and main dishes

Simple & Delicious magazine November/December 2010 Holiday Issue

Special appetizers-festive & fancy
Countdown to turkey day-we need the turkey, Thanksgiving sides and other easy recipes to round out the meal
Holiday desserts with a twist-a variation on apple pie or your favorite recipes using gingerbread or mint
Christmas cookies
Leftovers-new ways to use up ham, turkey and other Thanksgiving extras like potatoes, cranberries and stuffing
Share your heartwarming stories and traditions and the recipes they serve that make the the occasion memorable
Recipes that use chocolate chips-from butterscotch to milk chocolate, vanilla chip to mint, we want to try them all!

Pumpkin Mousse recipe Sep/Oct 2009 issue

llmtucker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:22:33 GMT

Regarding the ingredients for the Pumpkin Mousse Recipe in the Sep/Oct 2009 issue of Simple and Delicious:

My grocery store does not carry the Whipped Cream Cheese with Cinnamon and Brown Sugar.

How much cinnamon and brown sugar do I need to add to plain whipped cream cheese?

Thanks for any help. This recipe looks yummy.

Burgandy Beef Recipe

MaryLeePeters — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:45:12 GMT

I am searching for the Burgandy Beef recipes that was in the Sept/Oct 2008 Simple & Delicious.

I have searched but am not having any luck. Any help would be appreciated, it was a great meal.

Marylee Peters

Ham & (string) Cheese manicotti

SharonHughart — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:38:32 GMT

Hi I read about a recipe for this dish and it sounded so simple that I didn't write it down! I know the dish involved wrapping a piece of string cheese in a slice of deli ham, then stuffing into an uncooked manicotti shell, repeat until you have enough servings... Trouble is -- I can't recall the sauce and baking instructions! I think it was just covered ina jar of spaghetti sauce...??? Any ideas? How long and at what temp should I bake it? Thanks!

Cake Balls

skyburke — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:41:18 GMT

my sister just sent me the recipe for Cake Balls using a baked boxed cake, canned frosting and almond bark to coat them. What combinations of flavors have you tried? Any hints on making them as easy as possible?

"ACCOUNT NOTICE" STICKER ON RENEWAL OFFER

DevonM. — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:41:38 GMT

Hi,

I keep getting renewal offers in the mail from Taste of Home and Simple & Delicious that really annoy me. They come through with big orange stickers that say "ACCOUNT NOTICE" in capital letters on the front, like I'm late paying for a bill or something. I don't appreciate it, and even though I like both magazines, and am currently subscribed to both, I am seriously considering not doing business with companies that resort to such cheap trickery.

Website Problems

dvaughn — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:43:05 GMT

Erik, I do not find the "Subscriber only recipe page" that you refer to. Am I missing something? I have been a subscriber for several years and get frustrated at the "We're Sorry" message I get on certain recipes. Please let me know where to look. I have never seen the "Subscribers visiting for the first time" box. I would appreciate some help. Thanks.

no bake chocolate/coconut/peanut butter cookies

pdjones — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:17:13 GMT

I love the above recipe. I recently was checking out others recipes and found one that substituted almond butter for the peanut butter. Is almond butter and almond paste the same thing?

ERIC, why was I denied access to "Creamy Peanut Butter Pie"

thegeema — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:37:48 GMT

Egg Salad Sandwiches

melissa thomas — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:56:56 GMT

This recipe was in the March 09 Simple and Delicious. It was on page 28.

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Egg-Salad-Sandwiches

I had never had egg salad before and thougth the recipe sounded very good. I am sorry to say that I did not like it at all. But I do not think it was the recipe, I'm pretty sure it's me. I don't think I would like any egg salad. Which I find fairly strange as I like macaroni salad (boiled eggs with salad dressing) but I guess for some reason one I like and one I do not.

I really was not going to post my review on this recipe, as I thought well no one is really going to care that I didn't like it. And just because I did not like it certainly does not mean that others will not like it.

But I decided to post this review anyway, because my husband did like this. He liked it alot and he has requested that I make it for him to pack in his lunches. As this is much cheaper than deli meats and cheeses (what he usually takes in his lunch) I have decided that the extra effort on my part (and really not that much extra as this was a fairly simple recipe) will save us money in the long run.

With the economy the way it is and prices climbing saving money anywhere I can has become a goal. So I am planning on making up a big batch of this every other Saturday (I don't want him to get tired of it) so that he can pack it in his lunch during the week. The magazine says that it costs 80 cents a serving (I think mine may have been a little higher - simple due to where we live).

If you like egg salad (or if your not sure) then I am assuming based on my husband's request that this is an excellent egg salad recipe.

I hope that maybe someone will find this review helpful!

Melissa Thomas

21 free recipes

rockwess — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:12:52 GMT

I just paid for my Simple & Delicious magazine, and was promised 21 free recipes. I signed in and clicked on one recipe, and then couldn't get back to get the rest of the free recipes. What gives?

Mustard Ham Strata

melissa thomas — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:08:18 GMT

This recipe was in the March/April 2009 Issue on page 44

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Mustard-Ham-Strata

I made this for dinner last week. I was planning on making it for breakfast but I forgot that it had to refrigerate overnight so I whipped it up in the morning and then let it refrigerate all day and we had it for dinner. It was wonderful! Very easy to make but tasted as if I had spent a lot of time in the kitchen.

I used a loaf of French bread cut into cubes and I did not remove the crust. Since it was refrigerated all day with the egg mixture you could not even tell that the crust was still on the bread. It was very soft and yummy.

I also bought a bag of Cheedar/Monterary Jack Cheese blend instead of buying the two different cheeses and just used two cups of that (we like ours cheesey).

The last thing I did different was I only used 2 tsp of ground mustard instead of the 3 called for in the recipe. My two sons and I are not big mustard fans so I didn't want the mustard taste to be strong. We actually could not taste it at all so maybe next time I will use all 3 tsp and see how that works.

I served this with fried potatoes and orange slices. It was very good and very easy. And now that I have made a very large note to myself on the recipe that this needs to be made up the night before it will make a wonderful Sunday morning breakfast that will allow me to put a hot, great tasting breakfast on the table before church without having to get up any earlier than usual.

I have also made a note to myself to plan on having this after ham holidays (Easter, Christmas). This will make an excellent and fairly inexpensive way to use up those leftovers.

Melissa Thomas

Chicken leg quarters

Esti — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:17:25 GMT

On page 54, the recipe for Soy Garlic chicken calls for 6 chicken leg quarters. Is that the same as chicken bottoms (ie. drumstick plus that triangular part)?

Sweet Pickle recipe

txhockeygal — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:08:51 GMT

My grandmother who has passed away used to make THE BEST sweet pickles using canned sour pickles, sugar, cloves, and whatever else. She would cut up the sour pickles, empty the jar, then add her ingredients and let it sit. Anybody have something like that out there?

bread pudding

Mildred Spratlin — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:16:42 GMT

does any one have a recipe for bread pudding made with Crispy cream donuts ?

How do you weight fish -- before or after cooking?

dauclair — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:02:22 GMT

I'm assuming before but not sure.

Thanks

new Simple & Delicious

droopydawg_ky — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:40:03 GMT

In the new S & D, it says to go to tasteofhome.com/halloween but I can't get it. Has anyone else tried to get that site? It has some cute ideas for Halloween treats for kids.

Marilyn

Need recipe f/ May June issue!

mhe25 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:20:45 GMT

I was reading through this magazine at a beauty salon and saw many recipes that I would like to try. I have found most of them; however, in the May June 2009 issue there was a recipe near the beginning of the magazine that included shrimp and ramen noodles, snap peas, etc. It is not listed online in that magazine's directory and I would really love to try it.

If anyone can post I would appreciate it very much! Thanks! :)