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KitchenKatalog: Blog 2
Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 02:05 PM
I made a triple batch (36) of Armadillo Eggs. Note, I rewrote the recipe following these to be more precise and easier. I also stuffed and bacon wrapped extra jalapeños and dates.
We brought 1 batch to Wes and Katy's, halving each one. That worked pretty well once they were cool enough.
Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 08:16 AM
Nothing especially special about the waffles themselves but Caroline wanted "Christmas Waffles" so I played around with the food coloring in Kodiak Cake mix.
Saturday, December 20, 2025, 05:47 PM
Meredith made this for a Winter Solstice Party. If I get more details, I will update it.
Friday, December 19, 2025, 06:00 PM
We hosted a Hanukkah Party!
The main items from us were:
Emily brought home-made challah and cookies (other picture). A friend brought other appetizers.
This was a challenge. I roughly tripled the recipe, and kind of played it by ear. I baked them though had a lot of oven trouble. Then the bottom rack burned badly as you can see! I ended up cutting off the bottom and cooking the rest to make it form better. It actually worked out okay in the end! And they all tasted pretty good.
I did have very good helpers!
We bought [Christmas] donuts and peppermint bark. Someone brought babka. Emily made cranberry cookies. They were very good and we will try to make them in the future
Not pictured, but Emily also brought a Hanukkah cookie decorating kit which was a success
Saturday, December 13, 2025, 07:10 PM
Trader Joes pizza dough. We also used leftover filling from the spinach artichoke trees.
Meredith played around with ChatGPT and generated this recipe Spinach + Artichoke Puff Pastry Trees
There was a lot of leftover puff pastry so I combined it where I could and tried to make some kind of leek tart. I put leeks down on a greased parchment paper then used leftover balsamic reduction and put the dough on top. I've seen this a ton of times on Instagram, though I didn't follow any specific recipe. The general idea was okay but between the sweet of the balsamic and the heat of the bottom rack, it kind of burned. Oops.
I also tried to make cheese twists with a similar fate...
Thursday, December 11, 2025, 07:01 PM
Meredith and the kids made Italian Cherry Almond Cookies though they rebranded them "Rudolph Nose Cookies". The kids had a blast making the thumb prints and they were easy!
Monday, December 08, 2025, 06:52 PM
Meredith made White Bean Soup [Weekday Vegetarians] though she had to use pinto beans for some of it. It was fine. Not amazing but certainly good. The kids rejected it even with the tip on serving.
Monday, December 01, 2025, 06:52 PM
Meredith kind of just winged it. Had some tomato paste. I think the mashed potatoes were from Costco.