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KitchenKatalog: Blog 88
Monday, November 23, 2020, 09:58 PM
I made Hot Dish with Impossible Beef and using vegetable broth instead of chicken. It worked very well. It took exactly three packs of the beef, which cooked up just like real meat. I thought there was a slight acidity I do not usually note when Meredith makes it and I suspect that was the beef.
I made two containers as seen in the picture though it was really hard to spread all four layers. I should have done just two. We had some tater "rounds" instead of tots so that went into one of them (and a bit of the other). Finally, I did cheese! On one, I tried doing cheese then tots. On the other I did tots then cheese. I think the cheese under worked better as the tots got more exposed to the heat but honestly, the cheese just hardened on both and I didn't really taste it.
But overall, a very well received meal!
Sunday, November 22, 2020, 08:34 PM
I made our typical African Peanut Soup. I made extra sure to actually use vegetarian broth. I also added an extra two cups of water since I wanted to make more. And a bit extra peanut butter because of that.
I used only one frozen ginger cubes and then went heavy on the powdered ginger. I also used a red onion since it is all we had. And since I didn't plan to blend anything, I tried to chop things on the smaller side.
It came out really good. I liked the change in tumeric from last time.
I also grilled two delicata squashes. I think I prefer kabocha, even though it is drier. But they were still good and well received.
Saturday, November 21, 2020, 04:36 PM
Meredith made Croque-Monsieurs following Bon Appétit (LOCAL). She used Trader Joes Focaccia bread but I think otherwise followed the recipe. They were good. We may try to prep-ahead the béchamel and use that to make these quickly during the week.
Friday, November 20, 2020, 08:26 PM
Meredith made fondue to have before Christmas Tree decorating.
She used the Serious Eats Recipe (LOCAL). We used comté instead of Appenzeller. We also forgot the nutmeg and didn't have kirsch. It came out pretty good. We wish we had the kirsch but it was fine. Even Caroline ate some of it (we didn't want her to have too much with the wine).
We served it with bread, roasted fingerling potatoes, apples, broccoli, and cauliflower
Thursday, November 19, 2020, 04:34 PM
Meredith made her usual Cauliflower Mac and Cheese. She used the Sriracha Mac and cheese with less sriracha and added lightly mashed (a bit rougher than "cauliflower rice" consistency) cauliflower.
We really liked it but Caroline decided to be fickle about it this time. I did think it needed a bit more sriracha than usual but still very good.
Thursday, November 19, 2020, 03:31 PM
Meredith prepped and froze Chicken and Wild Rice Hotdish. It still needs the cracker topping, but otherwise ready to go. She also did onions instead of leaks. And used a combination of half and half with whole milk for the heavy cream
I will update or link back when we reheat it and cook it: 2021-01-04
Thursday, November 19, 2020, 02:03 PM
Meredith made a crustless version of her Caprese Quiche. The blind-baked crust came out shrunken, a but bubbled, and a bit overcooked. So she decided it wasn't worth it.
Monday, November 16, 2020, 08:53 PM
Meredith made Sweet Potato Chili
Used Japanese sweet potatoes which are super sweet and were really good! Also topped it with leftover spaghetti squash. Again served with red and green onion, Fritos, non-fat Greek yogurt, and cheese.
She also doubled it and used a mix of black and pinto beans. She also skipped the chipotle (which we previously done with smoked paprika but didn’t use either today)