I'm looking for exotic, fresh, good cooking recipes?

I'm so tired of my usual food choices, and can't be creative and think of anything besides tacos, spaghetti, mashed potatoes, the usual orginal kind of meals. Its always the same thing, so I'm desperate for exotic culture, like French meals.





If anyone knows of any recipes, it would be greatly appreciated~


Thanks!I'm looking for exotic, fresh, good cooking recipes?
I don‘t think it‘s very exotic, but it sure is good, one of my favorites





Steak rolls





Prep time: 30 minutes.


Cook time: 1 ½ hours





2 lb cheap beef roast (I use bottom round they are usually shaped perfectly for this dish)


The shape of the roast is important the slices should be round or preferably oval 2-3 inches in diameter, oval would be a little longer than wide, this is ideal.


1 Large yellow onion


1 lb thin sliced bacon


8 oz mushrooms, sliced or halved (optional)


1 cup white wine


¼ cup peanut oil


3 whole garlic cloves peeled and crushed. Or ½ tsp garlic powder.


toothpicks





Have the butcher slice the roast into ¼ inch slices (real time saver) or if you’re good with a carving knife you can do it yourself, it‘s easier to slice if the roast is still slightly frozen.


Slice the onion into ¼ inch thick slices then cut the slices in half.


Cut the bacon slices in half.


Lay a slice of beef on a cutting board and put one of the half slices of bacon on it long ways with the oval, if the slices are round you can pull them to make them oval, then put one or two pieces of the onion over the bacon. (it’s better if you use the long pieces of onion I save the small ones in the center of the onion slice for later)


Now tightly roll the combination and secure the roll with a toothpick all the way through. Repeat for the rest of the roast. You can just throw the small pieces of meat that can’t be rolled in with the rest of the rolls when you cook them.





A little hint: if someone doesn’t like onion omit it from their rolls and mark these with two toothpicks. (I know how kids can be, I had to do this with my youngest)





Heat up a large skillet on high, cast iron works great, but any large skillet will do, I use a large electric skillet on 400 degrees.


Put the oil in allow it to heat and put in your “steak rolls”


Sear them hard until very browned, just short of burning, on both sides.





Hint: Do not salt and pepper the rolls until they are seared this will bring the water out of the meat and make it take longer to sear. Sometimes the water in the beef will come out and seem to fill the pan. Don’t worry just keep cooking until the water is gone. It is very important that the rolls be seared good.





When the rolls are seared on both sides the pan will look almost black on the bottom, this is a good thing. Turn the heat down to medium let it cool down a little turning the rolls again if necessary. Now is the time to salt and pepper them and add the garlic. Pour in the wine and add water to the skillet covering the rolls completely and continue to cook on medium. When the water is completely boiled off, add water again to cover the rolls. When the second watering has boiled off, add water only to cover half the rolls. Add the remaining onion pieces and mushrooms if you like. Cook until the mushrooms and onions are soft. And voila it is done.





I usually serve this dish with either mashed or baked potatoes and a green vegetable; steamed asparagus or a nice dinner salad works very nice.I'm looking for exotic, fresh, good cooking recipes?
I like to poke around Williams-Sonoma's site. Even their lasagna looks good ;-)





http://www.williams-sonoma.com/srch/reci…





Paella, is one of my faves.





http://www.williams-sonoma.com/srch/reci…





http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/in…





Pastitsio (Greek) is a fave comfort food:


http://www.lerios.org/recipes/pastitsio.…
if you a sick of using recipy books etc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, cause theres so many steps to follow and sometimes you make mistake when cooking esp,why not try looking in the website / internet for other formular etc,or go to MASTER FOOD.com.au etc......... for more cooking ideas,good luck?
Go to Amazon.com





Buy Island Entertaining by Wanda A. Adams.......





It is a great cookbook with authentic recipes and even has substitutions if you need them.





I have it and I use it all the time.





Good Luck!!


Happy Cooking!
Try cooking with lavender... Used sparingly, it brings a unique flavor to all kinds of foods. I just ate a rose petal salad last week and that was really good as well.
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Google Greek recipes. They are great.
nice salads with a delicate dressing,that is sort of youthful and makes u fel good
Go to foodnetwork.com and type in Vietnamese foods, I LOVE THEM! They're really good with lots of different flavors!