Get the latest Useful recipes from Group Recipes. http://www.grouprecipes.com/tag/useful Pesto is a wonderful Italian invention, a sort of sauce that goes with any savory dish. This recipe comes from "The Body in the Bonfire", a Faith Fairchild mystery. http://www.grouprecipes.com/88718/faith-fairchilds-pesto.html Some recipes call for salting eggplant to remove bitterness, some don't. So using Google I have posted what I think gives the best answers. Very informative. I think more would eat egg plant if it had a different name. It really does taste good. http://www.grouprecipes.com/59024/eggplant-to-salt-or-not-to-salt.html This is a mixture of spices used in some Middle Eastern dishes, particularly mansef, a Palestinian dish. Make ahead and keep it in your spice drawer. http://www.grouprecipes.com/50135/mixed-spices-for-middle-eastern-food.html I know , these are great options for rushed days…. http://www.grouprecipes.com/41789/6-variations-to-mayonnaise.html Curd may be used in many recipes and for many reasons..in baking it is a must recipe to have....just one of those staples. http://www.grouprecipes.com/29922/orange-curd.html Here's the thing: I don't like ketchup. Never have. I've never put ketchup on a burger, never dipped fries in ketchup, never added ketchup to my stew. I just don't like the stuff. But other people do, so when I serve somebody a burger or a sandwich, or cook French fries or onion rings, everyone but me expects ketchup. I looked at a lot of ketchup recipes, and this one seems to include all the necessary ingredients and flavors. You can store it in the refrigerator for a week or so, but it also freezes (since it's basically just a tomato sauce). http://www.grouprecipes.com/23140/home-made-ketchup.html A Great way to use up ripe banana's. I was tired of banana bread. http://www.grouprecipes.com/20873/banana-chip-bars.html A NICE LIGHT SPONGE TO BE USED AS A CAKE WITH JAM AND CREAM OR WITH FRUIT AS A BASIS FOR A DESSERT http://www.grouprecipes.com/3348/fatless-sponge.html