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KitchenKatalog: Blog 310
Sunday, June 17, 2012, 10:06 PM
I was making Moussaka but it took way too long and I didn't want to wait. So I am having that tomorrow (see that post). So, then I wanted to go to a meal I planned later in the week from Serious Eats (I will come back and link to my own page of it later), but I apparently didn't have tuna. So, here is what I did: I took pasta (the Plus kind that is multi-grain and extra protein). While it was cooking, I took some olive oil and a heaping scoop of whole grain mustard and put it in the pan. I then added some fire roasted green peppers and then a scoop of hoagie spread. Finally, I added a wedge of laughing cow cheese. I added the pasta to the pan (a trick to get better flavor). Then, I added a bit of the pasta water I reserved (another trick to coat it). Finally some black pepper!
It was actually pretty good. Had a nice bit of spice. I do not know if it was from the hoagie spread or what, but it was good. I would definitely make it again. It would have been even better with the tuna.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2024, 2012-06-17_220655
Friday, June 15, 2012, 09:48 PM
I made zucchini fritters at least starting out with the original recipe. It was actually a bit thick before I added anything else, but then I remembered the baking powder. Except, I accidentally added corn starch. That made it even thicker! I think I may have used a bit too much flour. It was a little bit more like pancake batter. As I said, it was thick before but it made very few despite using two whole zucchinis.
I also made a small side of pasta (using the "plus" kind that is whole grain and more protein). I added some cheese, butter spray and lots of Penzeys Sandwich Sprinkle. It was also pretty good!
I could have stretched it to two meals but since I didn't need lunch the next day and since the fritters are low, I just did it as one.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2014, 2012-06-15_214832
Friday, June 15, 2012, 09:48 PM
The main part of this meal was the chicken which I used with magic rub (recipe below). I tried to follow the recipe pretty closely but I had to make some changes. I didn't have kosher salt so I used half as much and just used regular. I also ran out of chili powder so I improvised. Also, I used mostly hot (but not smoked) paprika. The recipe called for doing it with pork but I used pounded out chicken.
On the note of pounded chicken, I found the easiest way to do it. I vacuum sealed the chicken and did it in there. No mess and it worked really well. Plus, I was able to reuse the bag to freeze the other pieces I wasn't using.
The chicken was pretty good. Nothing amazing, Despite cooking it on the hot pan, it didn't quite caramelize as much as I had hoped. I used the thermometer to check the temperature of the chicken, and I think I took it off at the exact right time. It wasn't overcooked or anything. The spices were a bit too heavy on cumin but not all together bad.
I also heated a pre-made peas and lentil thing as a side dish.
Magic Dust (From Serious Eats)
Local Copy -- password is the name of my dog, all lower case
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2017, 2012-06-15_214848
Thursday, June 14, 2012, 03:13 PM
This was my first meal I cooked in my new apartment. I also got to use two new kitchen toys. FIrst, I made the hamburgers with lots of seasonings including a tiny bit of nutmeg, some garlic powder, minced onion, and others. Then I used my new cast iron grill pan. It worked pretty well! I decided to have them open face (each patty was about 3 oz)
I cut the fries with my new mandoline. It was so easy! Much better than the old one or doing it by hand. I sprinkled them with olive oil, then salt+pepper and baked them at 400 for 35 min. Despite rotating the trays halfway through cooking, one set got more cooked than the other. Oh well.
I made two servings of both potatoes and burgers and took the second for lunch.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2008, 2012-06-14_151356
Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 07:16 AM
I attempted to make the pretty standard taquitos included shredded chicken. About the only other change was that I accidentally added way too much salsa. Plus, it was medium instead of hot salsa. It added a good amount of tomatoes which was nice. In addition to onion, I used a red pepper, some chopped mushrooms, and carrot slices (hey, why not add nutrients). We didn't have enough tortillas so I put the remaining filling into the glass bowls, topped them with cheese, and baked them too.
I think it has been better before, but this was still pretty good.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1999, 2012-05-30_071609
Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 07:15 AM
We were going to order in, but decided to save the time, money, and calories. Plus, this got rid of more stuff in the pantry. I basically cooked whole wheat shells (about6 oz or three servings). Then I added a can of 97% fat free condensed chicken soup, a can of black beans, a can of tuna, and some steamed broccoli. Then I added a bunch of spices, some grated low fat cheese and salt. Stirred it up and made this. It was alright. A bit strange I guess and not overly flavorful but it got the job done.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1996, 2012-05-29_071541
Monday, May 28, 2012, 12:06 AM
I had to use some frozen calamari I bought a while ago. The calamari was pretty gross. It was the whole tubes and the tentacles. I persevered and made a nice stir fry. I used scissors (my meat cutting tool of choice) to cut the tubes into rings and I kept the tentacles as is. Then I sautéd onions and peppers. I added the calamari and a bunch of garlic. I let it cook just until it seemed that they were all cooked. I wanted to avoid making them too rubbery. I then added rice (see 2012-05-01 for pressure cooking instructions). Then, I went a bit crazy with liquids. I added soy sauce, oyster sauce, a bunch of different hot sauces, sesame oil, rice vinegar and fish sauce.
Overall, it was actually pretty good. The tentacles still managed to give me the heebbie Jeebies, but I ate them anyway.
I also made rosted broccoli similar to here. It could have been cooked a bit more. I also made too much at 1.5 lbs. That is a lot of broccoli to eat all alone in one sitting.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1993, 2012-05-28_000645
Saturday, May 26, 2012, 10:18 AM
I was originally going to make taquitos, but I decided to "cupcake" them instead. Basically, it was all the usual. To make the cupcakes, I put down a layer of wonton wrappers, added some cheese, then another layer of wonton wrapper, then more filling (much less than first layer) and then a bit more cheese.
The filling was pretty standard. I sautéd onions (with too much oil, see note below on points), Then I added about half a cup of frozen corn. I added about half a cup of hot salsa. I also used some soy sauce instead of salt and some hot sauce. I made the shredded chicken using my standard technique. That is, about 1/8-1/4 inch of water with seasoning in the pressure cooker then cook on high for about 10 minutes. Then, shred with the mixer. After it was all mixed, I kept adding some of the pressure cooker "broth" to moisten it and let it cook down. Finally, I added 2 softened laughing cow cheese wedges
I also had steamed edamame
Wonton Wrappers (24)...8
9 oz chicken...9
1/2 cup corn...2
~2 tbsp olive oil...7
2 laughing cow...2
Cheese...4
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=32 ---> 16/serving
It came out a bit high, but I used too much olive oil. I will go lighter on it next time to save a good number of points.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1987, 2012-05-26_101831