Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Your Favorite Restaurant Dishes at Home

The other day I had a simple craving for Olive Garden bread sticks to go with my dinner. But i didn't want to go to Olive Garden JUST for bread sticks. I don't even know if they allow that! So I decided that hey, it's bread, and it's a stick, how hard could it be to make on my own. So started my quest to find Olive Garden's recipe and technique for making those delicious pieces of bread. It was not long before I realized that there were a number of places promising to teach me just how to do it, but which one could I trust? Upon further research, I settled on one entitled "Americas Most Wanted Recipes".

I did not have the time to make the bread sticks that night, but I knew my craving would not go away in just one day, I needed me some Olive Garden bread sticks! I read through the guide, which had a large number of other secret recipes, and found the Olive Garden bread sticks recipe. It sounded great, and I was surprised at how easily they could actually be made at home. I made my list of the needed ingredients, headed to the store, and grabbed what I needed. I followed the directions and my bread sticks tasted almost identical to the ones Olive Garden sells, maybe even a little better! I was astounded. I decided that if the bread sticks were so good, perhaps the other restaurant recipes would be as well. Since then, I have made some of my favorite dishes from Applebees, KFC, Outback, and many other restaurants. "Americas Most Wanted Recipes" is the best cookbook I have ever owned!

It is definitely worth checking out if you like going out to eat. Check out some more info on it here.