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  1. I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Dean G.

  2. Quoted message said:

    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Dean G.

    I love walnuts too.

    Dessert is easy- Walnut Brownies, perhaps with ice cream. Be sure to
    put whole ones on top of the brownies before baking. Something about
    the toasted walnuts and the chocolate...

    Carrot cake also often uses walnuts. Put extra on top after frosting.
    (toast first)

    Here's a salad I posted a while ago:
    1 cooked chicken breast, in fairly large (3/4"?) cubes
    1 Granny Smith apple, cubed, same size
    1 thin slice of onion, minced
    2 stalks of celery, chopped
    1/2 c craisins
    1/4- 1/3 c chopped walnuts
    mayonnaise (Hellmans) to bind

    I don'tt add salt, pepper because I usually use leftover chicken that
    has already been seasoned.

    Sue(tm)
    Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

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    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Dean G.

    One of the best desserts, if you go in for this kind of thing, is some
    excellent blue cheese such as a Stilton, walnuts, and a glass of good port.

    --
    Peter Aitken

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  4. Quoted message said:

    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She


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    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Make glazed walnuts. Make a simple sugar syrup, pour over walnuts on a
    sheet pan, let them dry.

    Serve with ice cream.

    Susan B.

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    Quoted message said:

    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She


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    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Make glazed walnuts. Make a simple sugar syrup, pour over walnuts on a
    sheet pan, let them dry.

    Serve with ice cream.

    Susan B.

    There are pasta sauces with walnuts in them. I just don't know a recipe
    for one. Google is your friend.

    --
    No Bread Crumbs were hurt in the making of this Meal.
    Type 2 Diabetic 1AC 7.3, 5.5, 5.6 mmol
    Continuing to be Manitoban

  6. Quoted message said:

    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>


    Here's a main dish (Circassian Chicken) for future use. I haven't
    made it but did have it at one of our NYC cookins in Brooklyn, 1997.
    Laura (LKS) brought it. It was delicious.

    http://users.rcn.com/sue.interport/rfc/laura.html#turkchik

    Sue(tm)
    Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

  7. Quoted message said:

    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    I use walnuts to make pie crusts, instead of pastry. Just chop 'em up
    really fine, toss 'em with splenda (or sugar) and some butter then press
    into the pan. I use this as a crust for cheesecake and pumpkin pie.

    --
    Siobhan Perricone
    "I ain't afraid of your Yahweh
    I ain't afraid of your Allah
    I ain't afraid of your Jesus
    I'm afraid of what ya do in the name of your god"
    - Holly Near

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    Quoted message said:

    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She


    likes

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    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Make glazed walnuts. Make a simple sugar syrup, pour over walnuts on a
    sheet pan, let them dry.

    Serve with ice cream.

    Susan B.

    There are pasta sauces with walnuts in them. I just don't know a recipe
    for one. Google is your friend.


    Pesto.
    I prefer walnuts in pesto made from a combination of curly parsley &
    basil.
    Usually pine nuts (which are I seed, I guess) usually are used in pesto
    recipes calling for all basil.
    Dee

  9. Quoted message said:

    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted
    them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She
    likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Dean G.

    Il Pesto (from The Nero Wolfe Cookbook by Rex Stout)

    1/4 lb. pig liver (chicken livers will work, just not as well)
    2 tablespoons butter
    2 cups fresh basil leaves
    2 cloves garlic
    1/4 cup black walnuts
    1 teaspoon chopped chives
    1/2 cup grated Canestrato or Cacciocavallo cheese
    1 teaspoon salt
    1/2 teaspoon black pepper
    3/4 cup olive oil

    Saute the thinly sliced liver in the butter until just done and
    remove. Chop coarsely. In a blender or food processor, combine
    basil, garlic, black walnuts, chives, cheese, salt, pepper, and 1/4
    cup of the olive oil. Blend or process at low speed until a puree
    consistency is achieved. Slowly add the remaining olive oil, blending
    at low speed, until the oil is completely incorporated and the
    consistency is that of whipped cream. Add the liver and blend for
    another five seconds - the texture of the liver should be discernible.
    This may be served as a spread for crackers, or by increasing the
    olive oil to 1 1/2 cups, used as a sauce for pasta.

    I didn't use pig liver, so I guess Nero Wolfe would sneer at my
    pickiness. And I couldn't find Canestrato cheese, but I could find
    Cacciocavallo. I also like using a bit more pepper and a little less
    salt (I added salt after everything else to my taste). Perhaps some
    of you with good cheese shops in your area (or Italian food markets;
    Canestrato is from Sicily) will have better luck. The spread is good
    while drinking ale.

    --
    "Life is hard. Life is harder when you're stupid". - John Wayne

    "Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with
    bloodshed" - Mao Zedong

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  10. Quoted message said:

    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Dean G.


    Walnuts with dried apricots or dried figs are terrific.

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    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She


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    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Dean G.

    Plant a walnut tree.

    Sheldon

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    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Dean G.


    A classic waldorf salad.
    Baklava, if you can get your hands on frozen filo dough and have some
    guts. It actually is not that tough to make, and is the most walnuty
    thing I've ever eaten.
    blacksalt
    Or try the "single girl. cute guy" combo

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    Quoted message said:

    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Hey Dean....if the above ideas worked last night, and now you're looking for
    something for breakfast....try sprinkling some chopped walnuts over Raisin
    Bran...doesn't sound like much, but it really transforms a bowl of cereal.

    If it wasn't way past my bedtime, I'd go get my mom's recipe for
    cinnamon-spiced walnuts....you beat an egg white, dump in some walnut
    halves, toss to coat, then dump on some cinnamon sugar (and salt?), spread
    out on a cookie sheet, and bake at 250 for about an hour, turning nuts over
    halfway through. You could try googling for this. Easy and wonderful!

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    Chris Neidecker said:

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    Quoted message said:

    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Hey Dean....if the above ideas worked last night, and now you're looking for
    something for breakfast....try sprinkling some chopped walnuts over Raisin
    Bran...doesn't sound like much, but it really transforms a bowl of cereal.

    If it wasn't way past my bedtime, I'd go get my mom's recipe for
    cinnamon-spiced walnuts....you beat an egg white, dump in some walnut
    halves, toss to coat, then dump on some cinnamon sugar (and salt?), spread
    out on a cookie sheet, and bake at 250 for about an hour, turning nuts over
    halfway through. You could try googling for this. Easy and wonderful!

    I do pecans this way sometimes for a sweet treat.

    Might work for Walnuts? (I hate walnuts! Too bitter. My cockatoo gets
    them all!)

    Take (walnut) pieces or preferably halves, place in a microwave safe
    bowl.

    Sprinkle liberally with brown sugar, top with butter and a bit of maple
    syrup.

    Nuke on high until the butter and sugar melts, then stir with a fork.
    Level them out flat on a plate and let cool.

    Pecans are better imho, but that's just me. ;-)

    --
    K.

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    kalanamak said:
    Quoted message said:

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Dean G.


    A classic waldorf salad.
    Baklava, if you can get your hands on frozen filo dough and have some
    guts. It actually is not that tough to make, and is the most walnuty
    thing I've ever eaten.
    blacksalt
    Or try the "single girl. cute guy" combo

    I have some frozen filo. My sister has made baklava, but again, we
    substituted pecans for walnuts.

    Mmmmmm!!!

    Post your Baklava recipe here???

    Please?

    I'll have to get sis' to e-mail hers to me after she has the kid.
    She is due in 2 weeks, (I'm gonna be an Auntie again!!! :-) ) so I'll
    bug her then and post it.

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    Quoted message said:

    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Dean G.


    Walnuts with dried apricots or dried figs are terrific.

    And great with medjhool dates; then dip them in tahini before plopping them
    into your mouth! WOW!!!

  17. Chris Neidecker said:


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    Quoted message said:

    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>


    Hey Dean....if the above ideas worked last night, and now you're looking for
    something for breakfast....try sprinkling some chopped walnuts over Raisin
    Bran...doesn't sound like much, but it really transforms a bowl of cereal.

    I agree! Sometimes I add raisins and walnuts to my daily flakes :>

    Sue(tm)
    Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

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    I'm looking for a few new ideas for using walnuts. I've roasted them,
    used them in stuffings, in pestos, and also topped salads with them.
    I've even made cookies with them.

    Preferably a side dish, or a dessert. Single guy. Cute girl. She likes
    walnuts. It really is an emergency.<g>

    Why not eat them as they come, raw?

    I like a little salt with mine.

    --
    alan

    reply to alan(dot)holmes27(at)virgin(dot)net

  19. Quoted message said:

    I use walnuts to make pie crusts, instead of pastry. Just chop 'em up
    really fine, toss 'em with splenda (or sugar) and some butter then


    press

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    into the pan. I use this as a crust for cheesecake and pumpkin pie.

    It is a 1:1 replacement for flour ? It seem the walnuts would have more
    fat. Do I need to cut back on the butter ?

    thanks,
    Dean

  20. Thanks, everyone, for the ideas.

    I'll have to try more than a few of these.

    The current idea is to make a pear-walnut-stilton [censored] on Siobhan's
    crust. Then a port reduction sauce on top. The Stilton may be to, how
    shall I say, "rough" for baking, so maybe I'll mix with Mascarpone to
    keep the kitchen air within EPA regs. Even then I may add that on top
    very late in the cooking process.

    Dean G.

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