Bears Can Cook! – Page 2 – A personal gathering of recipes and food

Oven Fries

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Post published:September 18, 2020
Post Category:Veggies

Yukon Gold potato planks, roasted in a hot oven. Brought to us by the nice ATK people.

Pasta alla Norma

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Post published:April 30, 2020
Post Category:Italian / Pasta / Veggies

A tomato based sauce, pan fried eggplant, fresh salty cheese and pasta. Yes, it’s another recipe from America’s Test Kitchen. Yes I have a fascination with them. Stop being so judgmental.

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Cacio e Pepe

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Post published:April 30, 2020
Post Category:Italian / Pasta

As if to prove that not everything I cook has been vetted by America’s Test Kitchen, this comes courtesy of Alton Brown from Good Eats fame. A simple pasta dish of spaghetti, pasta water, cheese and black pepper.

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Flank Steak in Adobo

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Post published:April 29, 2020
Post Category:Beef / Latin

A hearty dish of cubed flank steak braised in a homemade adobo sauce, I was amused that this Tex-Mex recipe comes from two of the whitest woman from the east coast (America’s Test Kitchen, duh).

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Shakshuka

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Post published:April 14, 2020
Post Category:Eggs / Middle Eastern

Middle Eastern? Israeli? North African? The origin of this spiced tomato, pepper and eggs dish is delicious regardless of where it came from. Another America’s Test Kitchen recipe.

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Baked Polenta

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Post published:April 4, 2020
Post Category:Italian

From Cook’s Country, this is a copy of a copy of a VFW cafe recipe with involves a brick of polenta topped with your favorite marinara and parmesian.

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Guacamole Taquero

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Post published:February 9, 2020
Post Category:Sauces

A tomatillo avocado salsa for tacos and stuff. Super easy and very delicious, this salsa comes together in minutes.

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Classic Pancakes

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Post published:February 9, 2020
Post Category:Breakfast

The easiest pancake recipe that I have ever seen. No odd ingredients, usually everything is on hand. No separating eggs or challenges.

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Chicharron de Pollo

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Post published:February 17, 2019
Post Category:Chicken / Latin

Chicharron de Pollo is fried chicken I devoured in Puerto Rico and is found in most Caribbean islands. The chicken is marinated in adobo and then breaded in seasoned flour and fried.

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Instant Pot Butter Chicken

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Post published:October 31, 2018
Post Category:Chicken / Indian

Apparently butter chicken is not actually Indian, just Indian inspired. It remains my go-to menu item at Indian restaurants despite it’s dubious origins. I chalk this up to my infatuation with all things involving tomato cream sauces. This recipe comes courtesy of the website Jo Cooks and taken some liberty with the spices and ingredients.

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