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Saturday, February 21, 2015, 09:45 PM
We needed a quick meal that we could make with whatever we had on hand since we were snowed in. It was simply a mixture of Trader Joes Soy Chorizo with 3 eggs (plus a bit of almond milk), low-fat feta and capers. We served that over rye toast. They came out pretty good. Most of the flavor was from the soy chorizo and the brineyness of the feta and capers.
We also had kale sprouts like we did here. Meredith tossed them with garlic and parmesan. I liked them though they were maybe a bit more bitter than last time (and, from the pictures, a very different color)
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9647, 2015-02-21_214518
Saturday, February 21, 2015, 02:35 PM
I made a stir-fry with the balsamic sauce. I made a lot which may have been my downfall. It was a mixture of broccoli and zucchini. I did them separately (as I would have) but the zucchini still let off too much water. it was very wet.
Still, it was a nice lunch on a snow day. The chicken was from fake chicken from Trader Joes
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9634, 2015-02-21_143510
Saturday, February 21, 2015, 01:11 PM
I made BBQ beef jerky. I just kind of played around with it. It ended up with way too much liquid. This was my first time using solid meat. I was going to use flank but it was very expensive so I went with top round. It started as 1.49 lbs but by the time I trimmed the fat, it was just over 1 lbs + 3.5 oz (I didn't think I took that much off. Starting was from the package and the end was weighed at home).
The marinade was as follows: Note that if I do this again, it has to be a lot less liquid.
I marinated overnight then blotted off the beef (didn't rinse) and dried for about 5 hrs on 160.
Next time, I would dry at 160 for an hour then bring it down. I liked it a lot but it was a bit dry. I'd have to be more careful about lower temps though.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9639, 2015-02-21_131101
Friday, February 20, 2015, 08:15 PM
I made a mixture of Potatas Bravas with half potatoes and half rutabagas. It was actually really easy. I tossed the potatoes and rutabagas with salt, pepper, smoked paprika, cayenne, and chipotle powder. Roasted at 425°F for around 40 minutes.
I roughly used our recipe for the sauce but roughly doubled. I blended some of the tomatoes and then just played with the seasonings. Again, mostly smoked paprika, chipotle powder, cayenne, a tiny bit of liquid smoke, and some vinegar.
We also had lemon-chipotle chicken sausage grilled. It was a nice compliment to the smokey meal.
Only problem was that I made way too much of it.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9628, 2015-02-20_201559
Thursday, February 19, 2015, 07:15 PM
Quick pho again. Still fine-tuning a reduced spice version of this. I made it with
Plus the normal 1/4 cup fish sauce at the end.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9631, 2015-02-19_191521
Thursday, February 19, 2015, 01:05 PM
I threw together another asparagus stir-fry. It was roughly inspired by broccoli beef but with a Thai bent. In particular, for the sauce, I used:
I made the stir fry first by stir-frying (from frozen) 1/2 pack (125 grams) of Gardein "Beef" tips(5 pp total). Then I used a bit of oil and did half an onion with garlic towards the end. I then stir-fried about a pound of asparagus.
When I added the sauce, I quickly realized that it was too much. It thickened nicely but was too much of it. I will have to reduce it in the future.
It was actually pretty good though way too salty! I will work on that in the future.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9621, 2015-02-19_130525
Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 08:15 PM
We had friends over and they bought us a waffle iron so we made two things waffled plus soup.
The soup was really, really good. We made it based on past soup recipes and I then wrote it up into its own recipe on my recipe book. We used Sargento Parmentino which is about 3.75 oz which is pretty low for the amount of soup.
There was not a lot of other flavors but it was still really flavorful. It needed the lime juice to brighten the flavors.
For the main meal, we made parsnip waffles. We had done them before but pancaked it. Now that we had the waffle iron, we used that. Meredith made it but I think she followed the recipe pretty well. It didn't pancake super well. I think we liked it more as a waffle. It had a nice flavor but wasn't anything out of this world. Also parsnips are really hard to waffle since they have such a thin tip.
Finally, we made brownies in the waffle iron. We used Ghirardelli dark Chocolate Mix with White Chocolate Chips. We tried doing smaller bunches but what worked best was to use a lot of batter and fill the iron. They needed 7 minutes. Also, they seemed to be very soft but they hardened at the end after they were out of the iron. And they were so good! Biggest issue was that we ate too many of them! But we will do this again.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9612, 2015-02-17_201529
Thursday, February 05, 2015, 01:35 PM
I made a stir fry using the "broccoli beef" recipe for the sauce with a pound of asparagus and a zucchini. The meat was the fake chicken from the asian market. I thought it was really good as usual. And it looks pretty as it was being cooked in the dutch oven.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9605, 2015-02-05_133508