Chelsea udderly amazing us with her bovine abilities! Haloween 04

So there we were at Holmes Safari 5, incredible food being prepared all around us by our friends, and someone (I think it was either Matt or Erin) said, "Wouldn't it be really cool to have a Holmes Family cookbook with everybody's recipes in it? Well... I thought that that was just the bees knees and have had a plan to make this page ever since. And in fact, if we get enough recipes on here, I will personally see to it that an actual book is made and printed! So please help make this all a reality... we have so much to offer, let's make it happen!

Yeah, so, there are really two parts to this page. There are food recipes and alcoholic drink recipes. I figure both are equally important when planning for any kind of party. So please look through these and feel free to make any of them, expand, experiment, and get some recognition for the awesome foods and drinks that you have invented.

FOOD | DRINK

FOOD

Onnawim - Dan Shuman

take Salmon steak or filet, pre-heat oven to 400 degrees, chop pistachos and put on plate, drip honey over pistachoes and then spread pistachoe honey mix over one side of fish. Sprinkle with a few fennel seeds and the with shredded coconut. Put in brownie pan that has been lightly sprayed with Pam, and cook in pre-heated oven for 15 minutes. I made it the other night on a whim and it was awesome.

Nick's Slammin' (Everything you got) Salsa

This recipe will make about a gallon of salsa and is intended for large gatherings. I cant say as I'd know how to slim the portion size down at all as that it's design is based on quantity. I can say that it's all fresh and will last a while so if you don't use it all, its safe to bottle it up and refridgerate for a bit, and it also goes great on burgers or grilled chicken.

What you will need:
1	102 oz can of stewed WHOLE tomatos
2	of every kind of hot pepper in your local Stop & Shop, Shaws, or Big Y
2	green bell peppers
1	yellow bell pepper
1	orange bell pepper
1	red bell pepper
1 bunch	of fresh Cilantro
3 cloves	fresh garlic
5 tsp	lemon juice
1 tsp	salt
1 tsp	pepper
1 tsp	paprika
1 tsp	parsley
1/2 tsp	ground cinnamon

In a big bowl or pot, empty can of stewed whole tomatos. Clean, de-seed, and chop all peppers. Add peppers to bowl. Cut off stems of cilantro and finely chop the rest - add to mix. Mince 3 garlic cloves and add with lemon juice, salt, pepper, paprika, parsley and cinnamon. Mix everything together using a large, sharp knife, making sure to cut up the tomoatos and further chop the rest of the ingredients. For added heat and flavor, add 2 tsp of Johnnie Walker's Scotch Bonnet hot sauce.

Floundering Around - Nick Steglich

Holy crap! I just made this as I was working on finishing up the new Holmes Page here. And DAMN... this is yummy. Its VERY easy to make too!

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

In the glass casserole dish, lay out the flounder fillets as evenly as possible. Slice the 1/2 stick of butter into even patties and lay on top of the fish, while distributing them evenly. Drizzle the lemon juice around. Sprinkle around the Paprika, pepper, crushed red pepper, salt, and if you have it, a lemon & pepper combination spice.

Bake the uncovered dish for 20-25 minutes until the fish is cooked but not burnt. Remove from the oven and let cool slightly. Then Enjoy!!! - Note: I find that this goes exceptionally well with a spinach salad covered in 'Zesty Italian' dressing from Kraft.

Baked Tilapia a la And I

Preheat oven to 400. Place fish in glass baking dish, cover with oil, salt, cumin, and pepper, cover with foil and refrigerate for about 30 minutes. Slice pepper and onion into thin, lenghtwise strips. Slice plum tomatoes
into medium thin slices. remove fish from fridge, remove foil (duh), cover fish with peppers, onions, tomatoes, capers and olives. replace foil cover, and bake for 15 minutes, or until fish is cooked all the way through.

yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

DRINKS