Boom's Bacon Bites

Boomsplat's Bacon Bites!
Gamer rating: Anywhere!
Prep-time: about 15 minutes, plus a few hours of soaking time

What could be better than bacon? How about yummy goodness wrapped in bacon? Yum! These are bite-sized, easy to eat treats, but be very careful when they come out of the microwave because they will be VERY hot!

• strips of bacon
• 1 can water chestnuts, packed in water
• Worcestershire sauce
• toothpicks
  

1. Drain chestnuts well. Place in bowl.
   
2. Pour Worcestershire sauce over chestnuts until covered. Cover with lid, tinfoil, what ever. Soak in fridge at least an hour. Longer if you can manage to wait. Overnight is best.
   
3. Take 2-3 slices of soaked chestnuts, wrap in slice of bacon, skewer with toothpick. Repeat as desired.
   
4. Place bites on a couple paper towels. Place on plate. Microwave on high for 4 min. Check bacon. If not done, do another min. Repeat until bacon is done.
   
5. WAIT, very hot treats! After they cool a minute, savor.

Requires a microwave.

Thanks to Boomsplat of Khadgar for the recipe!

Submitted Recipe: Decadent Strawberries

Decadent Strawberries
Platform: Couch or messier
Prep-time: about 10 minutes

This is recipe from Cygninae of wow_ladies introduces us all to an interesting spice blend: Ras el Hanout. As Cygninae points out, this recipe is best served with ripe, tasty strawberries, and no inhibitions. A short, sweet, and to-the-point recipe, and another delicious way to beat the summertime heat!

• 1 cup whipping cream
• Ras el Hanout to taste (the more, the better!)
• about 1 pound fresh ripe strawberries
• honey for drizzling
  

1. Whip cream with Ras el Hanout and honey until it forms stiff peaks.
2. Serve over strawberries and enjoy!
   

This recipe requires either a hand or stand mixer and a mixing bowl.

From Cygninae of wow_ladies!

Submitted Recipe: Cheesy Nom-Nom Stars

Cheesy Nom-Nom Stars
Platform: Anywhere!
Prep-time: About 40 minutes. Pre-heat your oven to gas mark 7, or 425 F (220 C)

Scones are awesome, and when I found this recipe in my inbox, I had to try them right away. Scientific trial and all. These are delicious little scones, and while they do take a little bit longer to make than a pack of ramen noodles, this is time well-invested!

• 225g self-raising flour (which converts to about 2 cups)
  
• 40g butter (converts to 6 tablespoons, which is 3/8 of a cup), cold
  
• 150ml milk (1/4 pint)
• grated aged or mature cheddar cheese (poster's note: I used about a cup)
  
• 1 1/2 tablespoons caster sugar
• pinch salt
• powdered mustard, black pepper and rosemary or sage to taste (PN: I used a half teaspoon of each)
  
• flour for rolling out

1. Pre-grease a baking sheet and set aside.
2. First of all, sift the flour into a bowl and rub the butter into it rapidly, using your fingertips. Next stir in the sugar and salt, then take a knife and use it to mix in the milk little by little. Now flour your hands a little and knead the mixture to a soft dough - adding a drop more milk if it feels at all dry.
3. Then turn the dough out onto a floured pastry board and roll it out to a thickness of not less than 3/4 inch (2 cm) using a lightly floured rolling pin. Take a 1 1/2 or 2 inch (4 or 5 cm) pastry cutter (either fluted or plain) and place it on the dough, then tap it sharply so that it goes straight through the dough - don't twist it or the scones will turn a peculiar shape! After you have cut out as many scone shapes as you can like that, knead the dough trimmings together again and repeat until you have used it all.
4. Then place the scones on the greased baking sheet, dust each one with a little extra flour and bake near the top of the oven for 12-15 minutes. When cooked the scones will have turned a crisp golden brown. Cool on a wire rack and eat them slightly warm, still crisp on the outside and soft and light inside.
   

This recipe does require an oven and a baking sheet, as well as a mixing bowl and a rolling surface. (PN: I just used my cutting board with some flour on it.) If you use vegetarian cheese, the scones count as vegetarian.

Much thanks to Cygninae of wow_ladies!

Submitted Recipe: Giggly Strawberries!

Giggly Strawberries
Platform: Any
Prep Time: About 10 minutes, and a day's soak time.

This is the first of a couple of recipes submitted for our contest by Cygninae of wow_ladies for our contest! All the recipes she submitted sound deeelicious but I laughed my butt off when I read the alternate name for this one, so I'm posting this one first. This recipe is very simple, alcoholic, and easy to eat.

• 1 bottle "average" red wine
• Sugar to taste
• About a pound of strawberries, washed, hulled, and cut in half
  

1. Heat red wine in a pan, not to boiling, and add sugar to taste.
2. Add as many strawberries as you can fit into the pan, and turn off the heat, so the strawberries soak up the wine and sugar mixture.
3. Let the strawberries soak up the wine mixture overnight for maximum potency.
4. Can be served in a bowl or a nice glass (poster note: hell, or straight out of the pan :D ) but beware, these are some POTENT strawberries!
   

This recipe doesn't require anything special in the way of tools, and if made with kosher wine, is kosher. Also, I believe this counts as vegetarian. It is alcoholic in nature and should not be fed to minors.

From Cygninae/Cygnet of wow_ladies

Sweet Treats in 5 minutes or less!

5 minute chocolate cake
Gamer rating: it's in a mug, eat it anywhere!
Prep-time 5 minutes

Note from the Chef: We use melted butter in ours, rather than oil, and chocolate chips is the way to go. We've actually whipped this up in a raid break and come back to eat freshly made hot chocolate cake at people in vent, it's that quick! It's even yummier with raspberry jam, sauce, or real berries, and cream....

• 4 tbs / 45 gms self raising flour
• 4 tbs / 55gms caster sugar
• 2 tbs / 17gms cocoa powder
• 1 egg
• 3 tbs / 43 mls milk
• 3 tbs / 25 mls sunflower oil
• 3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
• A small dash of vanilla extract
• 1 large coffee mug

1. Add dry ingredients to the mug, and mix well.
2. Add the egg and mix thoroughly
3. Add the milk and oil - mix well (don't forget the corners / edges of the mug).
4. Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again
5. Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes (in a 1000 watt microwave).
6. The cake will rise above the top of the mug, but don't worry it’s supposed to!
7. Allow to cool a little, tip out onto a plate (or eat right out of the mug!)

Credit to Elise

Easy to make summer recipe

Pink Lemonaid Pie
Gamer rating: Table or couch, not good for desktop eating.
Prep-time: 2 minutes to make, several hours to freeze

Summer is hot. This treat is a frozen apology from the gods.

• 1 can of frozen pink lemonaid (or whatever juice you want)
• 1 tub (1 litre) of kool whip
• 1 can of sweetened condensed milk
• 2 premade graham cracker pie shells (you find these in the baking isle)

1. Mix wet ingredients.
2. Pour into pie shells.
3. Freeze.

Try adding a thin layer of chocolate fudge (the kind that doesn't fully freeze) and using a raspberry juice from concentrate instead. Chocolate and raspberry, ohhhh yeah.

Credit: Ruth

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