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Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies and Cream Cookies

Sunday, May 31, 2020, 09:55 PM

Meredith made Cookies and Cream Cookies again but used mint Oreos instead (and remembered the vanilla)

She refrigerated them for about an hour before scooping. Then put the dough balls back in the fridge. Once cooled, she froze all but 6. The remaining 6 sat for about a week before we finally made them today.

Made about 36

They were really good with the mint!


Sous Vide Brisket

Sunday, May 31, 2020, 07:50 PM

I made sous vide brisket following Serious Eats. I found a brisket that wasn't too fatty at Trader Joes and it was a nice size to fit in the bag.

My major changes were that I used white pepper since it's all we had. And likely a lot less of it than they call for (they also call for a ton!). I sous vide cooked it for about 33 hours at 155°F.

As with the pulled pork, I finished it on the grill with wood-chip packets1. I was able to keep the temp at about 300°F without too much trouble.

It came out really good. Some smokiness though I would have preferred more but lots of flavor either way. And a nice crust!

Green Beans

Meredith also made a French green bean salad with the recipe from Gaby Dalkin's book, "What's Gabby Cooking". We both really liked it though (much) less oil next time.

Weights

As with the pulled pork, I tracked the weights of everything:

Item Weight Comments
Before the water bath 4.10 lbs Includes the bag. A bit less than the package but not much
Full bag post water bath 4.05 lbs Could it have lost anything?
Bag liquid only 1.38 lbs Includes bag
Meat after trimming some fat 2.36 lbs Still a good bit of fat left
Final, off the grill 1.76 lbs lost 2.34 lbs or ~57%

Nice piece without too much fat Good crust from the grill


  1. Unsoaked. I need to read more on whether to soak them. I hear different things 


Vanilla Latte Protein Bites

Sunday, May 31, 2020, 02:56 PM

Basically, TIU recipe, but 2 tbsp instant coffee instead of matcha, and then did 1/4 cup coconut flour instead of shredded coconut. Mostly because we have it now, and I wanted to try it out. They smell great!


Grilled Scallion Pancake

Sunday, May 31, 2020, 02:43 PM

Since we had a pretty big brunch not too long ago, we just had this for lunch.

I followed the Serious Eats Recipe (LOCAL). However, as I noted on the local copy, in the Food Lab article1, they add an additional brush step.

Anyway, I followed the recipe really closely. I did struggle with the last rollup from the scallions and they were far less pretty than theirs. I did grill two at a time and brushed them a few times but I think that was pretty minor. I also flipped them onto the grill with the parchment then carefully removed it. This is what I have been doing for burgers and it works well!

In the end, they were good! Not as good as a fried one from the restaurant but certainty tasty! And I did have some layers though again, it could probably have been better.

I want to try to grill other breads but I suspect I would be, essentially, making naan...

Scallions chopped and divided The formed pancakes All back on the grill to warm up and cook a bit more


  1. Local PDF copy is linked on the local copy of the recipe 


Egg Clouds and Tomato Chutney

Sunday, May 31, 2020, 10:11 AM

Meredith was in the mood to make a real brunch so she made Egg Clouds with homegrown chives and using Trader Joes Cheddar Gruyere. She also topped it with some of that cheese which gave it a nicer color.

She cooked ours for about 10 minutes and left Caroline's in a bit longer to make sure it was really cooked. Caroline liked it enough too!

Meredith also made a Spicy Tomato Chutney from Tasty Express by Sneh Roy (Ebook so that is the local copy). I thought it was fine but I preferred the egg clouds without it.

I also made some bacon in the oven and we served it with toast


Romesco Grilled Cheese

Saturday, May 30, 2020, 09:47 PM


Jicama Fries

Friday, May 29, 2020, 09:04 PM

Meredith was craving the spiralized Jicama fries since we hand't done them in a while so we made a batch. Our version of the recipe uses half the cayenne as the original. Well, we further halved it thinking we could gie it to Caroline to try (so 1/4). Well, it was still super hot.


Koefta Burgers

Thursday, May 28, 2020, 08:14 PM

We've done skewers, we've done tacos, we've done meatballs, and now we've done burger patties!

I made the regular Koefta recipe with about 1.75 lbs of lean ground turkey and formed them into 7 patties to grill. I did (roughly) the same as last time with fiesta burgers and formed them into patties, with wet hands, onto aluminum foil. Only this time, I cut the foil after they were patties. Much easier!

I also grilled cauliflower that Meredith had just tossed with salt (and pepper? garlic powder?)


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