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KitchenKatalog: Blog 318
Thursday, February 09, 2012, 06:27 PM
Meredith made these so I do not really know anything, but I think she followed the same recipe as posted 2011-08-02. Unlike that time when it was extremely good, it wasn't as flavorful this time. It was just a bit dry. We do not know why. Maybe too little sauce, unlike the first time when there was too much sauce.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1803, 2012-02-09_182709
Wednesday, February 08, 2012, 12:34 PM
We made a beef and vegetable chili (and a lot of it). We used about 2/3 lbs of beef, two 28oz cans of tomatoes, a can of black beans, an onion, and a can of hominy. The hominy was strange but good. To make a chili powder, we first ground up two large dried ancho chilies and one small but jolokia (hottest pepper in the world), We deseeded both to ensure that we didn't make it too hot. We also added cayenne, oregano and some other seasonings. I am honestly not sure if we did cumin or not (I'll ask Meredith). We also used this to kind of clean out the fridge. So, we put some mini bell peppers and some artichokes (strange) into it as well. I do not remember what else.
It was already very thick so we simmered it covered so it wouldn't reduce too much more. We let it simmer for about 30 minutes. The chili was very good. It had a nice kick but it wasn't too bad. And, we had ample leftover for lunch! As you can see, we served it with some sliced avocado, 2% cheese and greek-yogurt. We also had some sliced green onion
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1798, 2012-02-08_123419
Sunday, February 05, 2012, 12:26 PM
We made a quick stir-fry. We used some sliced, cooked egg beaters, a lot of mini-bell peppers, and green onions. I do not remember what else for veggies. We also used instant brown rice but in the future we will use real brown rice and use the pressure cooker. The "meat" was a marinated Seitan I got at Whole Foods. I love seitan!
For sauces, I did a mix of oyster sauce, low-sodium soy and sesame oil. I really like the oyster sauce, but it is extremely, extremely salty so I didn't want to use too much.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1793, 2012-02-05_122640
Thursday, February 02, 2012, 09:18 PM
We made pretty standard taquitos using shredded chicken and anything else that sounded good. We also made patatas bravas using the recipe from 2011-07-19. It was a while ago so I do not remember all of the details but I think what we did was use 1+ Tbsp of hot (not smoked) paprika, plus two pinches of the smoked-hot. Then skipped the cayenne. We also used diced tomatoes which I immersion blended before adding to remove most (but not all) the chunks. Meredith cut up the onion into really, really small pieces. We used Yukon Gold potatoes and one leftover purple majesty. For them, I just roasted them for 45-50 minutes at 400. Reading the notes from last time, we remembered the bouillon this time.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1784, 2012-02-02_211807
Wednesday, February 01, 2012, 09:16 PM
I came across this recipe for lasagna soup from Paula Deen's son and simply had to make it. Lasagna is the ultimate comfort food in my book, and this sounded like a pretty healthy rendition. It was in fact delicious (though a bit anise-y for my preferences), and I imagine it will go into our regular rotation. I followed the recipe pretty closely, except I like to sneak in extra veggies when I can. So when I remembered we had a block of frozen spinach, I decided to defrost it and throw it in. Also, we topped it with grated Toscano instead of Kraft fake parm, and we substituted whole wheat penne for lasagna noodles.
Lighter Lasagna Soup (from The Deen Brothers)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1779, 2012-02-01_211630
Monday, January 30, 2012, 09:17 PM
We made these off of a few different recipes. Basically coat them in a bit of oil and spices, then roast them at 400 for about 30 minutes. They were pretty good. They are a bit high in points for a snack, but not too bad. A lot of protein.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1771, 2012-01-30_211705
Sunday, January 29, 2012, 09:34 PM
Standard Taco Stew. Not really much else to say other than we also put some avocado on it too.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1768, 2012-01-29_213431
Friday, January 27, 2012, 06:52 PM
First of all, the picture was really not very good but it was what I was able to get. Anyway, we made a lunch version of the white bean thing from 2012-01-21. However, we added red quinoa and instead of on top of eggplant, we roasted cubes and put it in. The idea was to give it enough substance (mostly protein) to act as the main [lunch] meal. We had to use a lot more balsamic because the quinoa absorbed it all but it worked fine. The basil was also iffy (it may have either gone bad or frozen on the top shelf), but both Meredith and I are still alive so I guess it was fine.
We will definitely have to do this again. It was really easy and very filling.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1764, 2012-01-27_185232