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KitchenKatalog: Blog 305
Saturday, August 18, 2012, 03:31 PM
I made the falafel using the recipe from here. I did this because I had bought parsley but didn't remember what for. I added one tiny ground up bhut jolokia, and that made this super, super spicy. I was almost not able to eat it. I liked making this just for me since it isn't too bad (only points come from chick peas) and ends up beginning a lot of food.
I also made roasted broccoli. I cut it up and tossed it with some oil and lots of rosemary, plus some other seasonings. I roasted them on an aluminum covered pan for 20-25 min at 435. They got nice and crispy, and very, very good! I love eating broccoli like this
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1977, 2012-08-18_153109
Friday, August 17, 2012, 10:21 PM
First the pasta: I was inspired by this recipe on Serious Eats, but it is basically making pasta with half of the water as red wine. I did that and tossed it in an olive oil, garlic and dried parsley mix. I heated some olive oil with chopped garlic. As it started to sizzle, I added parsley. I eventually added the pasta when it was al dente and a bit of water. I topped it with grated (micro planned) Ricotta Salata since that is all I had. It was very, very good though I honestly do not know if the wine contributed anything but color. Maybe a little bit. I used two (three?) Buck Chuck shiraz so I didn't mind that I poured most of it.
I also made broiled zucchini and broccoli with a yogurt dill sauce from the recipe below. I basically followed it for the zucchini except I got the pan hot before going into the broiler to try to get some more color. I also sprinkled dried dill on it since that appears to be what they did in the picture. I used broccoli too since I didn't have much zucchini. I made the sauce with the ingredients listed (but with fat free greek yogurt) though I kind of just winged it on the amounts of everything. And again, dried dill.
It came out pretty good. Strangely sweet but that wasn't bad. I would definitely make it again. And I had leftover sauce which was good when I dipped it with cucumber.
Broiled Zucchini with Yogurt-Dill Sauce (from The Kitchn)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2212, 2012-08-17_222115
Thursday, August 16, 2012, 10:05 AM
I tried to make these based on the recipe below. I more or less followed the recipe except I used one regular eggplant and I didn't have chipotles in adobo so I added a tiny bit of Dave's Insanity hot sauce. I also added a habanero and some hot paprika. So, as you can imagine, it was pretty spicy in the end! Overall it was kind of okay. Nothing amazing but extremely low in points. I did use too much oil for the zucchini so I have to be more careful next time. I made the tortilla taco shells as I have in the past. It made a lot!
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Ratatouille Tacos (from Serious Eats)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2209, 2012-08-16_100534
Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 11:40 AM
I made hamburgers with a bunch of different seasonings. I do not even remember what I used but I know there was rosemary, onion powder, garlic powder, some Montreal Chicken Seasoning and probably some salt. They came out a bit dry but that is not too surprising since a) I tend to overcook hamburgers no matter what and b) I used extra lean beef. I need to work on making them bigger and thinner but it is hard to form them that way. I'll look into it.
I also had edamame.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2204, 2012-08-14_114009
Monday, August 13, 2012, 10:09 PM
As I have done a few times before, I baked some frozen tilapia and frozen shrimp with salsa on top. Despite doing the same amount of time as before (350 for 30), the tilapia wasn't fully cooked. So, I microwaved it for a bit and it exploded everywhere. Oh well, it was still pretty good.
I used a really, really, really hot salsa from the farmers market. OUCH! It was intense
I also roasted broccoli. Nothing special but it was very good.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2201, 2012-08-13_220936
Sunday, August 12, 2012, 08:38 PM
Grilling FAILURE. I tried to grill again. It didn't go as well as last time, which says a lot since it didn't go very well then either. It took three tries to get the light I think I needed to pack it tighter. I also used more coals to get it to be hotter and hopefully stay lit longer.
Well, it started off really hot. I let the grill get a bit warmer, cleaned it, then put the chicken and eggplant on it. I used chicken thighs since it is hard to overcook them. Well, five minutes later, they were barely cooked. The grill went out again. I had the lower vent open so that wasn't the issue.
Anyway, I had to go to plan B. I fired up the broiler for the eggplant and the grill pan for the chicken. I am glad I used thighs since they should have been overcooked by this point but they held up well. Even though I thoroughly trimmed the fat off. I guess the meat itself is fattier.
I had marinated them in a Red Wine Dijon marinate I bought premade.
They turned out fine as did the eggplant, but no thanks to the grill. I guess I need to learn more about how to use a charcoal grill. I just am not getting it so far.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2196, 2012-08-12_203820
Friday, August 10, 2012, 07:43 PM
Meredith was here so we tried a bunch of new things for dinner. It was the first time I have ever grilled with charcoal (and I have barely grilled before) and it was my first time shucking oysters.
We bought chesapeake oysters at Whole Foods. We watched a few different videos on how to shuck them. We had a bit of trouble but for the most part, we were able to open them without spilling too much liquid and/or getting too many shells and sand in them. We served them on ice (or sorts) and with cocktail sauce and lemon. We ate them raw and survived to tell the tale. Pictured are only 6 but we bought 12.
And then there was the grilling! I have read a few things on how to work with charcoal but we decided to play it safe and cook hotdogs since they are safe and already cooked.
Well, the grill started out well. It lite like I had expected though I guess it took a bit long. I dumped the coal and started cooking. When I flipped them, they were cooked but the grill felt kind of cool. Everything was cooked well, but the next batch of hot dogs didn't work too well. I had to cook them on the grill pan. I do not know why it went out so quickly but again, thankfully they were precooked so there was no real risk.
As you can see from the picture, we also tried spiral cutting them. See this video for more info on them. However, the hotdogs were really thin since they were the really low fat. I used a steeper angle to not go as deep.
Oh, as we split a french baguette lengthwise to have good bread with them.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2191, 2012-08-10_194356
Wednesday, August 08, 2012, 07:41 PM
I made the roasted veggie and chicken sausage thing with italian chicken sausage. It was pretty good though I went light on the potatoes to save some calories. I liked it a lot but I think I preferred it with other types of sausage. I used artichokes, onions,potatoes and a bit of sweet potatoes.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2187, 2012-08-08_194100