Real Recipe: Cheesy Stuffed Tomatoes

Cheesy Stuffed Tomatoes Zynga Executive Chef Matthew DuTrumble

INGREDIENTS (serves 2)

2 medium heirloom tomatoes 4 ounces (113 grams) cooked white bean or canned bean 1 red onion, small diced 3 ounces (84 grams) carrot, small diced 3 ounces (84 grams) celery, small diced 1 ounce (28 grams) garlic, chopped 1/2 teaspoon fresh oregano, chopped 2 teaspoons olive oil 1 cup (115 grams) dry bread crumbs 2 tablespoon Parmesan cheese 4 fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced

DIRECTIONS

Cut a thick slice off the top of each tomato. Leaving a 1/2 inch (13 millimeters) shell, scoop out and reserve pulp. Invert tomatoes onto paper towels to drain. In large skillet, sauté all the vegetables in oil until tender and liquid has been reduced by half. Remove from the heat. Stir in beans. Add breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, basil and oregano to hot vegetable mixture and give a quick stir. Stuff tomatoes with the vegetable mixture. Place in a shallow baking dish coated with olive oil. Bake, uncovered, at 350°F (175°C) for 15-20 minutes or until heated through and the tops are slightly browned.

Real Recipe: Chicken Cobb Salad

Chicken Cobb Salad Zynga Executive Chef Matthew DuTrumble

INGREDIENTS (serves 4)

8 ounces (230 grams) boneless, skinless free-range chicken breast 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil 1 ounce (28 grams) chopped garlic pinch salt pinch black pepper 3 hearts romaine lettuce chopped 2 lemons juiced 2 ripe avocados, halved and scooped from skins with a spoon, then 1 inch (2.5 centimeter) diced 2 vine ripe tomatoes, seeded and 1 inch diced 1 red onion, chopped 2 cups (270 grams) blue cheese crumbled 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil pinch salt pinch black pepper

DIRECTIONS

Heat a grill pan or nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Coat chicken breasts with 2 teaspoons oil, chopped garlic, salt and pepper. Grill or pan-fry chicken 6 to 7 minutes on each side. Look for some browning. Remove from heat and let rest for 5 minutes. In a small pot, cover eggs with cold water and bring water to a boil. Once it comes to a boil, cover the pot and turn off the heat. After the 10 minutes, cool eggs under cold running water. Peel and chop. Brown chopped bacon in a skillet over medium high heat. Drain bacon on paper towels. Chop 3 hearts of romaine lettuce and place in a large serving platter or salad bowl. Dress chopped lettuce with the juice of 1 1/2 lemons. Drizzle the remaining 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil over lettuce. Season greens with salt and pepper, to taste. Toss diced avocados with juice of remaining 1/2 lemon, to prevent browning. Halve chicken breasts and chop the meat. To serve, arrange rows of chopped chicken, chopped hard boiled egg, crisp bacon bits, diced avocado, diced tomato, chopped red onion and crumbled blue cheese on top of either 4 individual portions of dressed romaine or 1 large serving platter.

Rainbow Roll

Creating the Rainbow Roll is no easy feat, and yet you are required to complete three of the dishes in the timed quest chain: Become the Master.

After placing and unlocking your Sushi Master Station, you will find that you now have several new dishes that you can create. The Rainbow Roll is the furthest to the right. Select the Rainbow Roll and click Start to get one cooking.

Currently this is a difficult dish to complete, since Tuna is very hard to come by currently. In order to complete the Rainbow Roll you are going to need:

• 3x Tuna
• 2x Sushi Roll
• 3x Salmon

It also takes twelve hours to complete each one. This is just the type of thing I've been saving those Instant Thymes for, and I hope you have too!

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Real Recipe: California Cheese Strata

California Cheese Strata Real California Dairy Recipe Contest Winner, Sabrina R

INGREDIENTS (serves 4)

12 slices white bread, crust removed and cut into halves 2 cups (230g) grated Real California Cheddar cheese 3 cups (700 mL) nonfat Real California milk 1 cup (240 mL) liquid egg substitute 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon dried sage, crushed 1-1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed

DIRECTIONS

Spray a 13x9 inch (33x23 cm) baking dish with a nonstick vegetable cooking spray. Line the dish with half of the bread slice, overlapping to make them fit and top with half of the grated cheese. Combine all remaining ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Pour half of the liquid mixture over the bread and cheese in the dish. Continue layering and cover the dish tightly with plastic wrap. Then refrigerate for several hours or overnight before baking. Remove from the refrigerator 2 hours before baking. Preheat oven to 325F (170C). Place the strata in the preheated oven and bake, uncovered, for 40 minutes , or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to stand for five minutes before cutting.

Sushi Master Station

Trying something a little different today. I made a video for the Sushi Master Station, and put it up on Youtube. The video highlights how to unlock the station, and what you have available once it is unlocked. I will probably do similar videos to this in the future, this is the first one, and I might still have some bugs to work out. Please leave me some feedback here, or on Youtube.

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County Fair!

Howdy Partners!

Have you heard the news? The county fair has come to town! Hot Dogs, Corn Dogs, Chili Dogs, and all kinds of other fair found dogness can be found!

Seriously though, there are several new quests, a few new pieces of equipment, and fifteen new recipes to be had with this fun little update. Not to mention some added decorative items!

So spend some time, and dig in.

Instead of getting "mastery stars" for these recipes, you'll be acquiring County Fair Ribbons! As you collect more and more ribbons, you'll earn awards.

A County Fair Hotdog Sign, 5 One-Hour Thymes (probably the best reward), and the County Fair Carousel. Each new recipe can receive 3 ribbons, and you only need thirty ribbons to get the carousel, so with fifteen recipes times three ribbons...you should be able to get there, no problem!

All the new county fair decorations are limited time, so if you see anything you really want, grab it while its there!

Now I'm horrible with names, but that Aussie looking fella is who shows up to tell you about the fair. He'll give you your Hot Dog Cart, and a Mustard Dispenser.

You will need quite a bit of mustard, so harvest that little machine every time it pops up. Personally, I think it takes forever to get all the mustard...so a I ask all my friends for mustard. It is FAR easier. If you need more friends, post your info over on the Add Me page.

There is also a meat grinder that you'll need to use to make some of these items. You'll have to purchase this item. Head to the Market, then look under Kitchen, then Crafting Staions. It will only set you back 500 coins, and you're going to need it.

You'll also need some help from your friends getting everything all set up. The meat grinder will allow you to make ground beef, and spicy ground beef. What would a hot dog stand be without a chili dog?

You will go through a ton of beef (You did upgrade your mom & pop butcher shop right?), tomatoes, dough, and all kinds of other toppers. The quests are pretty straight forward, so you shouldn't get lost along the way. Have fun at the fair! As always, please leave comments, click like, follow us on Facebook, Google +, etc...

Crafted Ingredient: Tomato Sauce

The ingredient Tomato Sauce, is what is referred to as a "Crafted Ingredient". You can't find it lying around (at least not at first), you can't pick it or grow it, you have to make (or craft) it. Crafting tomato sauce requires a Mixer, which becomes available after completing part two of the quest chain: Standards of Italian Cuisine.

Crafting tomato sauce requires you to click on the mixer. You'll then select the tomato sauce from your options at the bottom, just as if you were cooking a dish on the grill. The tomato sauce requires five tomatoes, and four wild onions per sauce. After clicking start, the mixer goes to work, and you'll have to wait five minutes before you can collect your sauce.

Down the road there will be another quest allowing you to unlock a second mixer, but for now one is all you need. You may find yourself needing more friends to accomplish the goal, and get your mixer. You can list yourself on our Add Me page to list your name, if you are needing more Chefville friends.

Tomato Sauce is used in quite a few dishes including; Pommes Frites, Mozzarella Sticks, Chicken Parmesan, Moussaka, Chicken Enchilada, Classic Tomato Soup, Creamy Cheese Lasagna, Meatball Sandwich, Calzone, Beef Canneloni, Margherita Pizza, Spaghetti Bolognese, and Veggie Flatbread.

Additionally a Tomato Sauce Rack has been released, allowing you to collect tomato sauce without needing to make it. You can collect it from the rack every 15 minutes.

You can also harvest at your neighbors sauce rack for a chance to collect more tomato sauce.

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Ingredient: Chicken

The ingredient Free Range Chicken, is not found when you first start playing Chefville. During the quest chain Pluck Ingredients (Free Range Love pt. 3 of 3) you expand to the Poultry Bazaar.

Getting the poultry bazaar up and running takes a few staff members. Time to call on your friends, or its possibly time to get some friends (visit our Add Me page to list your name, if you're needing more Chefville friends).

Once you've got your poultry bazaar open, you can start collecting chicken from it. You can collect one chicken every five minutes. You can also harvest your neighbors bazaar, for a chance to get chicken.

Chicken is used in about twenty-two dishes, and a couple of crafted ingredient recipes including; Chicken Cobb Salad, Chicken Lettuce Wrap, Chicken Broth, Pot Stickers, Buffalo Bat Wings, Buffalo Wings, Chicken Enchiladas, Chicken Fajitas, Chicken Marsala, Chicken Mole, Chicken Parmesan,  Chicken Pot Pie, Chicken Quesadilla, Chicken Salad Sandwichi, Chicken Tenders, Chicken Teriyaki, Chimichanga, Coq Au Vin, Fettucin Chicken Alfredo, Divine Chicken Divine, Sweet and Sour Chicken, and Tangy Orange Chicken.

You can also harvest at your neighbors bazaar for a chance to collect more chicken. And don't forget you can eat dishes that your neighbors have prepared that use chicken, and you may receive an ingredient also.

*UPDATED*

There is now an upgrade for your Poultry Bazaar. The upgraded bazaar allows you to harvest two chickens at a time. So now you'll be able to get two chickens every five minutes.

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Milk

Soon after starting your new restaurant in Chefville, you'll meet up with Ginger. Get used to seeing her, as she shows up frequently to give you quests. The second quest, The Milk Man Cometh, in a short quest chain unlocks your milk truck.

Getting the milk truck up and running takes three staff members. Time to call on your friends, or possibly time to get some friends (visit our Add Me page to list your name, if you're needing more Chefville friends).

Now that you've got your milk delivery truck, you can start collecting  milk from it. You can collect one milk every seven minutes.

Milk is used in several dishes including; Dough, Wild Onion Bisque, Creamy Broccoli Soup, and Ranch Dressing.

You can also harvest at your neighbors truck for a chance to collect more milk. You can also eat dishes that your neighbors have prepared that use milk, and you may receive an ingredient also.

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Romance Pond

As you start unlocking more areas in Chefville you'll eventually come across an area containing the "Romance Pond".

The red ribbon is around the pond because it is initially locked. Get a few friends to help out, and you'll have it open in no time.

The pond is movable, even while it is locked, so if you have some decorating plans, feel free to move that pond out of your way.

Once unlocked you'll be able to fish in the pond. The pond contains Salmon. After fishing, you won't be able to catch any more salmon for 60 minutes.

You can always go and fish in your neighbors pond though, for another chance to get some salmon.

If you're looking for the Giant Salmon, Giant Tuna, or Salmon Roe, then you'll want to check out the Moon Pond! That's where you'll find those ingredients.

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Veggie Kebab

The Veggie Kebab is one of the very first dishes you can cook when you start playing Chefville. You use the grill that you start out the game with, and it requires only a couple of ingredients; two tomatoes and two wild mushrooms.

After gathering the required ingredients, click on your grill, and then select Veggie Kebab from the list of possible menu items. Then click start. After clicking start you'll see some food laid out on your grill, and above the grill is floating the things needed to make this recipe. The first ingredient will be bouncing up and down impatiently, click it. Then click the rest of the items in order. You're chef will run right over and start running through the steps to make your dish!

Veggie Kebabs are ready in only 30 seconds, so don't run off! When done you'll here a "ding ding" chime, and your dish's icon will be floating over the grill. Click it to have your chef take the dish and set it on the counter.

Once you've placed the dish on the counter your customers can start ordering it, and your waiter will take over from there. You can then go off to another task, or make more! If you make more of the same item, your chef will stack them up together so that you'll have more servings in one stack.

As you serve a recipe more and more you get better at making the dish, and you are awarded stars for each dish. At the three star level the Veggie Kebab has 30 servings and will net you 90 coins (3 coins per serving).

For some of the dishes, Zynga has given us the recipe that inspired the in game dish. If you feel like making some Veggie Kebab's at home, check out the recipe!


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Ingredient: Salmon

The ingredient Salmon is not found right away when you start playing Chefville.

As you progress through the game you start unlocking more properties. A few of them are unlocked during quests, and others you "buy" as you can. You'll notice a little south of your starting area is a small pond that looks as if it has been gift wrapped for you. Once you unlock this area, you'll then be able to unlock the Romance Pond. You fish salmon out of the pond.

Romance Pond

Fishing out of the Romance Pond costs you one energy, and you'll receive one xp and piece of salmon. You'll be able to fish again after 60 minutes.

Salmon is used in six dishes, including; Grilled Salmon, Chirashi, Pesto Salmon, Salmon oBruschetta, Salmon Nigiri, and Rainbow Roll.

You can also harvest at your neighbors pond for a chance to collect more salmon. You can also eat dishes that your neighbors have prepared that use salmon, and you may receive a salmon ingredient also.

Don't confuse Salmon with the Giant Salmon. Giant Salmon are found in the Moon Pond, along with Giant Tuna.




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Broccoli

The ingredient Broccoli is not found right away when you start playing Chefville.

As you progress through the game you'll get the quest called "Farmer's Market" from Ginger, the hippy looking girl. Completing the quest will allow you unlock the ability to purchase an expansion. The expansion is to the left of where your restaurant started, and you'll see a couple of stalls (Broccoli and Romaine Lettuce), and a pile of wrapped boxes.

One of the newly opened stalls is your Broccoli Stall, allowing you to now start harvesting Broccoli. Click the stall to get your broccoli. The broccoli can be harvested every eight minutes. The wrapped boxes will contain your Garlic Stall, where you can get garlic.

Broccoli is used in a couple of dishes including; Broccoli and Dip, and Creamy Broccoli Soup.

You can also harvest at your neighbors stall for a chance to collect more broccoli. You can also eat dishes that your neighbors have prepared that use broccoli, and you may receive an ingredient also.




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Real Recipe: Veggie Kebabs

Veggie Kebabs Zynga Executive Chef Matthew DuTrumble

INGREDIENTS (serves 10)

1 pounds (450 g) wild mushrooms 1 medium-sized heirloom tomatoes 1 large zucchini 1/2 large Vidalia onion 1 large bell peppers 1 medium-sized squash 1/2 cup (120 milliliters) balsamic vinegar 1/2 cup (170 grams) honey or agave 1/2 small bunch Fresh Basil 10 bamboo skewers

DIRECTIONS

Soak the skewers for 45 minutes in water. This will prevent them from burning when grilled. Cut vegetables into uniform bite sizes pieces and line them up on the skewers. Arrange vegetables to keep like colors separate. Think rainbows! Keep in mind this can be eaten by hand and doesn’t need a knife and fork. To make the veggie glaze, combine the balsamic vinegar and honey (or agave) and simmer for 10 minutes. Let the glaze cool down to room temperature. The glaze will become thicker as it cools down but should still be pourable like honey. While the glaze is still warm, tear up the basil to release its flavor and add it to the glaze. Grill the kebabs on a grill pre-heated to 400-450°F (205 - 230°C). The goal is to get some grilled flavor and color on a couple sides. This should take under a minute on each side Once the kebabs look good, plate them and spoon the veggie glaze over the top of the skewer. The veggie glaze will run down and coat the rest of the kebab naturally. Make sure you get plenty of that great basil on there from the glaze.

Romaine Lettuce

Romaine
Lettuce

The ingredient Romaine Lettuce is not found right away when you start playing Chefville.

As you progress through the game you'll get the quest called "Farmer's Market" from the hippy looking girl. Completing the quest will allow you unlock the ability to purchase an expansion. The expansion is to the left of where your restaurant started, and you'll see a couple of stalls (Broccoli and Romaine Lettuce), and a pile of wrapped boxes.

One of the newly opened stalls is your Romaine Lettuce Stall, allowing you to now start harvesting Romaine Lettuce. Click the stall to get your lettuce. The romaine lettuce can be harvested every five minutes. The wrapped boxes will contain your Garlic Stall, where you can get garlic.

Romaine Lettuce is used in a number of dishes including; Wild Mushroom Salad, Ceaser Salad, Springtime Spring Roll, Chicken Cobb Salad, Chicken Lettuce Wrap, House Salad.

You can also harvest at your neighbors stall for a chance to collect more romaine lettuce.




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Garlic

Garlic

The ingredient Garlic is not found right away when you start playing Chefville.

As you progress through the game you'll get the quest called "Farmer's Market" from the hippy looking girl. Completing the quest will allow you unlock the ability to purchase an expansion. The expansion is to the left of where your restaurant started, and you'll see a couple of stalls (Broccoli and Romaine Lettuce), and a pile of wrapped boxes.

Click the wrapped boxes a few times to unwrap your garlic stall. After unwrapping it, you'll have to get a few neighbors to help you open shop, and then you'll be able to start harvesting garlic, and cooking dishes with a garlic ingredient. Garlic can be harvested fairly quickly, every five minutes.

Garlic is used in a number of dishes including; Garlic Toast, Ranch Dressing, and Steak Florentine

You can also harvest at your neighbors stall for a chance to collect more garlic.




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Wild Onion

The Wild Onion, starts out growing naturally in your yard. I haven't seen yet if they'll come back if you dig them all up, but you can buy a new starter plant from the Marketplace.

Onions are used in a number of recipes including; Tomato Sauce, Ranch Dressing, Philly Cheesesteak, Grilled Steak Panini, Wild Onion Bisque, Chilly Gazpacho, Southern Dumplin, and Foccaccia.

Wild Onion Plants

When growing in the wild, new plants will sprout daily. Each new sprout contains up to three onions, and you have to use up one energy to dig up each single onion, as you pick the onions one at a time.

Wild Onions can also be harvested in your neighbors yards, so if you find yourself running low check out your neighbors! Don't forget that you can also eat dishes that your neighbors are serving. Each dish gives you the possibility of a certain ingredient, mouse over the dish to see what you have a chance of getting from that dish.

With onions being in such high demand, you'll probably run out quickly if you don't make sure to leave some plants to grow back. Then you'll wan to purchase some more Wild Onion plants for your yard. They are available in the marketplace, and will cost you 30 hearts per plant.