So I bought a box of sage leaves, but I only used like 2 of them for the dinner I was making. I want to use up the rest, so does anybody know some simple dinners that call for sage leaves? Or just in general which type of food they would taste good in. Also how long will they last?

I'm finally on my own food-wise and am a bit of a cooking n00b. So any recommendations of easy, inexpensive & healthy dinners/cookbooks would be appreciated as well. I ordered Rachel Ray's 30 Minute Meals but it hasn't arrived yet.

6/3/2006 10:34:04 AM

The Joy of Cooking. Best cook book ever.

http://tinyurl.com/os39e

6/3/2006 11:35:19 AM

this site is really helpful too.... http://allrecipes.com/

but really you can put sage on anything... steak, chicken, pork, potatoes....

6/3/2006 11:49:20 AM

I second The Joy of Cooking...lots of stuff in there that's really good. Excellent techniques.

6/3/2006 12:27:08 PM

spaghetti sauce!!!

or barefoot contessa.

ETA: Ehh to Rachel Ray. She kind of throws stuff together... I dunno I'm not too big on her stuff. But, my brother is an executive head chef, so I'm used to quality vs. quantity (or time, i guess in that case).

Once you get more acclimated to cooking, check out Anthony Bourdain and Lidia Bastianich. Also watch America's Home Test Kitchen or something like that on PBS.

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6/3/2006 12:29:19 PM

I like Rachel Ray's show, and food network in general

however a lot of the shows make stuff that is too hard/time consuming/expensive/requires equipment I don't have

6/3/2006 12:39:41 PM

Ooooh.

Yeah, I guess it's pretty dorky to tell your mom you want a robin's egg blue KitchenAid food mixer type thing for your birthday, huh?

6/3/2006 1:42:53 PM

It's only dorky if you don't get it in RED.

Robin's egg blue? I didn't know they made them in that color.

Best kitchen appliance ever. Well, maybe so, next to a blender.

6/3/2006 1:45:17 PM

The pink one is great as well. Well, the official color name is "Cornflower Blue".

Anyways, I just bought a new piping set at Williams Sonoma this morning to make a birthday cake.
Even though I don't like her much, it's Paula Deen's recipe for Tennessee Black Walnut Banana Cake with Caramel Frosting or something...but you have to cut the sugar in half for the frosting. Ye gods, I'm barely 19 and I felt like my teeth were going to fall out the last time I ate it

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6/3/2006 1:58:19 PM

hahaha...I don't really know anything about Paula Deen, but having been born and raised in the south, I can totally relate to going into insulin shock after eating a southern dessert.

6/3/2006 2:06:27 PM

oh god yes.



i'm not crazy about dessert foods in general... i'd much rather eat a big hunk of rare meat... but i'd kill for some pecan pie.

6/3/2006 2:17:33 PM

allrecipes.com is a great website if you have specific ingredients you want to use or you don't have (The ingredient search).

6/3/2006 2:19:41 PM

buy an unseasoned pork tenderloin, moisten the loin with butter and roll it in fresh shredded sage. Bake at 350 for 30-45 min.

6/3/2006 2:36:36 PM

Oh yeah, get a crock pot and a crock pot cook book. They're pretty awesome--throw stuff in, go to work/school, come home and eat.

6/3/2006 2:43:09 PM

You want simple: This is it. Pan-fry or bake some chicken breasts or thighs, skin on. On each piece, put a whole sage leaf and some shaved parmesan cheese, then pour over some browned butter.

6/3/2006 2:46:34 PM

sub it for rosemary in any recipe

6/3/2006 9:10:29 PM

mince it up with garlic in a blender thingie and stuff it into slits that you cut into a pork roast

makes a damn good roast and the leftovers are even better as sandwichs

6/4/2006 11:39:46 PM

here's a list of 36 recipes that use "fresh sage"

allrecipes.com ingredient search for "fresh sage"

6/5/2006 12:23:06 AM

tomato soup and grilled chese sandwitch

6/5/2006 12:30:44 AM

omg a sand witch!

6/5/2006 1:18:40 AM

sage brownies

6/5/2006 1:19:30 AM

the real truth is that those packages of herbs are too big.. sage is a very concentrated herb. try cutting the bottom of the stem off and rooting it in a glass of water (you need to change the water every day or two). if it doesn't root, you can save the leaves by freezing them in ice cubes.

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