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KitchenKatalog: Blog 300
Sunday, December 16, 2012, 08:30 PM
I made this with Meredith at her house. We followed the recipes below. For the soup, we stayed pretty true to it except roasted the brocoli for 20 minutes. We also used a cheddar-gouda. The leek was very large that added extra flavoring. I am not sure if you could really taste the cheese. I would definitely make it again, but I'd try to reduce the cheese. We also used a yukon gold potato.
The shrimp was only loosely based on the recipe. We used more butter (instead of oil) than we regularly cook with but still not too much. We used the shrimp from frozen so we had to let it cook and dry out a bit more. We cooked the pepper (which we used a different kind, I just don't recall what kind), the garlic (used 10 cloves), and the crushed red pepper separately since the shrimp was going. We added it all together, added some sriracha, the paprika (we used hot smoked) and the parsley. It was very good. A bit spicy but not in a bad way. Lots of flavor and for one of the first times, I could really taste the garlic. We didn't have the banana ketchup.
We forgot the lemon on both recipes
Gambas al Ajillo (Spicy Shrimp and Garlic) (from Burnt Limpia)
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Roasted Broccoli & Cheddar Soup (from The Kitchn)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2905, 2012-12-16_203032
Friday, December 14, 2012, 08:13 PM
I made carrot pudding again. I am trying to work on the recipe. I actually made two batches where one was with half beets, half carrots. I am starting to get a feel for the recipe. The beet one tasted a bit metallic I think I put too much baking powder in so I cut it a lot for the next. I also did half sugar and half splenda. That made the carrot one (and maybe the beet) extra caramelized. I wonder if I could now cut back on the sugar a bit more. Interestingly, the carrot one was much wetter out of the pressure cooker.
Anyway, below is the latest iteration of the recipe. This is what I did for the carrots which were better. The only changes for the beets were I forgot the ginger, did 1 tbsp baking_soda_and obviously half beets.
The texture was still a bit of mush which I do not think I am going to be able to avoid without taking too much time. I do not mind it being mushy, but it is less authentic.
Carrot Pudding
Put the milk and the smart balance in the pressure cooker. Grate the carrots. Mix all the dry ingredients separately then add them to the carrots. Stir and then pressure cook on setting 2 for 15 minutes (that timing starts when the regulator starts venting).
Release the pressure quickly (just with the gauge). Then cook on medium to reduce until it is the desired consistency
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2902, 2012-12-14_201354
Thursday, December 13, 2012, 08:08 PM
I wanted something quick and easy and I already had chicken thighs. I just baked them in the oven like 2012-11-29. I did one with a mix of rosemary, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and onion powder. The other one was Old Bay. The Old Bay was better.
I also sautéd spinach with garlic and minced onion
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2899, 2012-12-13_200856
Monday, December 10, 2012, 09:27 PM
I am writing this a bit after the fact so I do not recall everything. I made the standard empanada dough. I do not think I followed all of the timing on the recipe, but it came out okay. I again steamed the beans for a bit like last time which made them easy to mash. I do not recall if I put Dave's Insanity in, but I think I did. I remember them being very spicy.
They were good but not all too notable but it was good. I always forget how much of a pain-in-the-ass it was to make empanadas but it was good.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2887, 2012-12-10_212710
Sunday, December 09, 2012, 08:02 PM
I made sloppy joes based off my normal recipe but I added a bunch of seasonings. I also used splenda instead of sugar. I also adjusted down to about 2/3 of a lbs for the beef. I let it simmer for a long time (which I think is extremely important). I also added Dave's Insanity which made it pretty hot. It was extremely good. I also put spinach on it to get some extra nutrients.
I also made zucchini latkes for chanuka. I followed the recipe (but I corrected the mistake with the flour on it) and with dried minced onion instead of real. I intended to make this earlier but didn't have everything so the zucchini got extra time to dry out. So, I do not know if that is why, but they were really dry (the onion probably didn't help either). I also think I over-cooked them a little. Oh well, I know for next time
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2890, 2012-12-09_200205
Sunday, December 09, 2012, 10:13 AM
I made the carrot pudding again. I didn't have enough carrots so I cut it and kept most of the other stuff. Again, below is a list of what I did and maybe I'll add some more notes on the way.
For the most part, it was good, but I do not think it was as good as last time. Maybe I was just less excited about it. I think that next time, I may use half sugar and half splenda to give it a more real feel. I also used less butter. I think that is okay, but it is a bit less rich. Maybe I 'll try about 45 grams next time. I originally cut the splenda, but I added two more packets (back to a total of 18)..
I am not sure if I taste the other spices. I will probably keep them to see if I get the same flavors. I tried to cut the milk, but I chickened out as the carrots absorbed it all immediately and I was worried about it burning
Also, I had a good idea: I want to try half beets and half carrots. It should work fine or even better as beets have a lot of natural sugar too.
Oh, and I combined all of the spices first then added them (Except the baking powder which I forgot and added after the others).
Anyway
Cook for 15 minutes (of VENTING, not total). Then do a quick (not water) release
Then cook on medium for 10 minutes. (I timed it to a good texture)
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2880, 2012-12-09_101319
Friday, December 07, 2012, 07:46 PM
I steamed about half a pound of shrimp and did the microwave thing with shirataki noodles. I added a wedge of laughing cow, some parm cheese and garlic powder. Nobody can say that shirataki noodles can take the place of real pasta nor it is that good, but it did the job. So it ended up being a pretty big but low point meal. Again, not the greatest meal, but it was easy and fast.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2873, 2012-12-07_194623
Thursday, December 06, 2012, 09:35 PM
I had bought these 100 calorie "Flatoush Wraps" things and decided they were better than tortillas both in health and size for an easy pizza. I also bought some cheap cans of tomato sauce. So I made really easy pizza. The pepperoni was low-fat turkey pepperoni and certainty tasted like it. Meh.
So, anyway, this was pretty easy, fast and tasted okay. Not amazing, but okay.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2870, 2012-12-06_213515