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Fresh Raspberry Pie
--Fresh raspberries are arguably the best part of summer. Here's a great pie recipe that also works with blackberries, black raspberries, or other ...
Caribbean Curried Goat
--This is absolutely mind-blowingly good. Goat basically tastes like lamb, but is far leaner. (Lamb is the fattiest of the red meats.) It's very...
Spicy Meatloaf
--This savory meatloaf recipe was based on a recipe from the Parsi cookbook, though I've modified it a bit to my tastes. Ingredients Meat Loaf 2.5 ...
Marinated Squash and Roasted Pepper Salad
--This is a wonderfully light, tasty vegetable salad. It's great for picnics, and a perfect way to use up your garden's oversupply of summer squashe...
Marinated Squash and Roasted Pepper Salad
--This is a wonderfully light, tasty vegetable salad. It's great for picnics, and a perfect way to use up your garden's oversupply of summer squashe...
White Gazpacho
--This is a slightly mutant form1 of the traditional white gazpacho, but still extremely tasty. Part of Black & White Day. Ingredients 1 cup a...
White Gazpacho
--This is a slightly mutant form1 of the traditional white gazpacho, but still extremely tasty. Part of Black & White Day. Ingredients 1 cup a...
How to Enter the Lion Brand Yarn Slideshow Challenge
--Winners announced. See who won! Welcome the new year by sharing your projects and inspiration! Instructables and Lion Brand Yarn want to help ...
Corn, Carrot, Kale, and Sausage Soup
--This turns out to be a fantastic way to use up leftover vegetables and stay warm in the cold California winter! The big chunks of corn work parti...
Ginger Carrot Soup
--This is a simple, quick, and tasty winter soup. Prep time: ~10 minutes Cook time: ~30-45 minutes Ingredients 1 pound carrots (shredded) 1/2 larg...
How to Store Onions and Potatoes
--We use lots of onions, so need to store them in reasonably large quantity. Unfortunately, while we bring them home from the store in plastic bag...
Chocolate Peppermint Bark
--Dark or semi-sweet chocolate, white chocolate, and crushed peppermint candies. What could be easier? It's a perfect homemade holiday gift. By: ca...
Baked Sweet Plantains
--These Cuban-style sweet plantains make a side-dish that works beautifully with meat or extremely spicy dishes, though you can of course treat it as...
Poached Pear Pie
--A delicious, easy recipe for a downright classy dessert. By: canida
How to Re-Cover Chairs
--An easy way to fix up old or used furniture. Why didn't we do this earlier? By: canida
How to Enter the Thanksgiving Reuse Challenge
--Winners can be seen here. Thanksgiving is about family, food, and a general culture of excess (at least in the US). Whether it's endless piles ...
How to Make Pie Crust
--A good, tender, flaky pie crust is a wonderful thing. Thankfully it's easy, even for a double crust pie. Perfect for Poached Pear Pie. By: canida
How to Enter the Instructables and ReadyMade Mash-Up Contest
--See who won here! Instructables and ReadyMade magazine challenge you to take everyday items and reinvent them as something new for our Mash-Up Co...
How to Enter the Instructables, MAKE, and PopSci DIY Halloween 2007 Contest!
--Results are up! Halloween is our favorite day of the year, so we've joined up with PopSci, MAKE, Craft, and our friends at American Science &a...
How to Harvest Squid Ink
--Clean your own squid, and collect ink for printing or cooking! As seen in Craft Magazine, Vol. 4. Video by my ever-awesome collaborator, noahw. ...
Squid Ink Risotto with Pan-Fried Squid
--Use all parts of the squid, including the ink, to make a classic dish. By: canida
How to Cook a Snake
--Roadkill. It's what's for dinner when the apocalypse comes. Learn how to cook snake, and you'll be ready for almost anything. A companion piece ...
How to Skin and Clean a Dead Snake
--So you've got a dead snake- now what? Learn a useful skill, and leverage roadkill for fun and profit. A companion to How to Cook a Snake. By: canida
How to enter the Real Simple 'Fake It, Don't Make It!' Recipe Contest!
--The winners of the Fake It, Don't Make It Recipe Contest have been announced! Introducing the Real Simple "Fake It, Don't Make It" Holi...
How to Enter the Launch It! Challenge
--We're launching our Instructables Store, and what better way to celebrate than by hurling things through the air? Join us, and Launch It! How? M...
How to Enter the Instructables, Popular Science, and TreeHugger "Go Green!'' Contest
--Popular Science and TreeHugger are teaming up with Instructables to offer some great prizes and help you Go Green! CONTEST RESULTS HAVE BEEN POS...
Chipotle Coconut Creamed Corn
--A savory blending of disparate food traditions. Or, cleaning out the fridge. By: canida
How to Enter the Instructables Harry Potter Challenge!
--Results are up here. It's time for the next 1-week speed contest: the Harry Potter Challenge! Now with an additional randomly-chosen winner! Di...
How to Enter the Amazon.com ® and Instructables Science Fair! Over $3,000 in Prizes!
--UPDATE: contest extended to Sunday night, 2 September! Sorry about that one- we always try to close on a Sunday night to give you the weekend to po...
How to Enter the Instructables Office Supplies Challenge
--Results are up! Since you like them so much, we're running another 1-week speed contest: the Instructables Office Supplies Challenge! Are you ...
How to Roll Dice Like an MIT Nerd
--Lost your d6? Flip three visually distinct coins, and use binary. This Instructable is another cool way to substitute for a standard 6-sided die, ...
How to Enter the Instructables Fridge Magnet Challenge
--Results are up! Are the big contest deadlines too far away? Want some instant gratification? Want to win a robot t-shirt? Here's your chance! ...
Mouse Mouse!
--Hacked travel-size (hardware) mouse + taxidermied (wetware) mouse = Mouse Mouse! Fully functional, and furry! Warning: this project involves ta...
Thai Squid Salad
--A quick, spicy squid salad with a citrus bite. By: canida
Pan-Fried Squid (Calamari)
--Fast, easy, and almost fool-proof calamari. By: canida
Squid Salad with Blood Orange and Avocado
--Squid with seasonal California produce. By: canida
Cream Scones with Blueberries and Lemon
--Cream scones are simply the best, period. Just add your favorite dried fruit and citrus zest. By: canida
Cherry Stuffed Meatballs
--Turkey meatballs with a surprise inside. By: canida
Tostones (Fried Plantains)
--A garlicky Cuban snack of twice-fried plantains By: canida
How to Cook and Clean a Flounder
--Fast flat fish feast, by broiler. By: canida
Duck Mouse
--Captured on video: a duck-footed mouse, created through the wonders of taxidermy. This is an advanced project; see mouse taxidermy for the basics...
How to Cook and Eat an Artichoke
--Artichokes are easier than you might think. By: canida
How to Cook and Clean a Fresh Dungeness Crab
--If you live on the Pacific coast, this is necessary information. Why settle for soggy, pre-cooked crab when you can prepare it fresh? By: canida
Sneakerdoodles (Snickerdoodles)
--Cookies with this much butter and sugar have got to be good. By: canida
Turkey Sausage with Green Beans and Chayote Squash
--A winter stew that gives an introduction to long beans and chayote squash. Learn to use more new vegetables; they're good for you. By: canida
Corned Beef and Cabbage with Root Vegetables and Horseradish Sauce
--A classic New Year's Eve dish that tastes so much better when made at home. AKA New England Boiled Dinner. By: canida
Moroccan Beet Salad
--Marinated beets with lemon juice, garlic, and cumin. By: canida
How to Build a Picture Frame
--How to build a high-end wood picture frame to accommodate a large oil on canvas. Awesome art by Emily Keyishian. By: canida
Cornbread Baked Catfish
--Minimal prep, very tasty fish. By: canida
Spinach Salad with Fruit, Nuts, and Sesame Lime Vinaigrette
--A light, fruity spinach salad that works especially well with seafood. By: canida
Pan-fried Scallops with Sesame Lime Sauce
--Insanely easy and fabulously good. By: canida
Rosemary Garbanzo Beans
--A quick hearty dinner when you just feel like opening cans. By: canida
Cranberry Relish
--A healthy holiday staple to replace that scary canned stuff. This is a variant of basic cranberry relish. By: canida
Sausage Apple Cranberry Cornbread Dressing
--A little bit of everything in an easy dressing you can prepare ahead of time. Easily made vegetarian through omission. By: canida
The Thanksgiving Spreadsheet: How to Organize and Cook Holiday Dinner for a Crowd (42)
--Use freezers, spreadsheets, and Gantt charts to optimize your time and resources. By: canida
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