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KitchenKatalog: Blog 178
Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 09:07 PM
Meredith made red lentil spread and we had it on toast for dinner. She followed the linked recipe, but I think we need to add that you should overcook the lentils. They were a bit dry, but was otherwise still really good.
I had mine with some eggs too
Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 08:53 PM
We made out typical Shrimp and Snow Pea Stir-Fry. There wasn't anything too special about this one. We did it with cauliflower rice and made enough for lunch.
Sunday, July 16, 2017, 07:40 PM
Meredith and I had friend over for dinner and we made whole grilled chicken (and see also example of the temps and settings). I used Penzeys Northwoods Seasoning on the chicken and followed the standard procedures. I was getting some spurious temperature readings so I went a bit longer to be 100% certain...A bit too long. While the chicken was really good still, it was drier than usual. Again, not bad, but still dry.
We also served bread and our friends brought a kale salad and a cold soup.
I still had 4 leftover egg whites from ice cream the other day and decided to use them to make Angel Food Cake. Since I had an unspecified amount of egg whites, I decided to go with the recipe from the book Ratio, as I had done before.
First of all, as I was assembling, I decided I should add more eggs so I added 3 more whites for a total of 7 egg's worth.
I then followed the general recipe except, as I noted before, I dropped the sugar to about a 3:2.5 ration of
My actual numbers were:
That is a 3:2.625:0984 ratio. But close enough!!!
I liked it. I still thought it was a tad sweet but everyone else thought it was fine. And, except for the "stress" of getting the egg whites just right, it was pretty easy!
Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 10:37 PM
(2018-09-05: My Recipe Book Version)
We've been making this a bunch of times, we I finally decided to make it into my own recipe book page.
I followed that general idea from that page and it was pretty good as usual and made a nice amount of food. We used a different brand (can't remember the name now) and it was a bit spicier which I liked. In this case, we used a zucchini and a buch of little bell peppers. I actually prefer using them since they are easier to slice and work with.
Sunday, July 09, 2017, 10:11 PM
We made a meal grilled meal for Meredith's parents last night in Albuquerque.
We made grilled, glazed mushrooms with home made teriyaki sauce. It came out ok except I didn't have enough mushrooms so the bacon on the outside got a bit burned. I also over cooked it a bit which didn't help.
We also make yakitori eggs. This time we did 3 minutes but we should have done more. 4 minutes next time. They were fine, though a lot of work. They are also very pretty (pictured below)
Finally, I grilled some asian eggplant and also glazed it with the teriyaki.
It was not the most amazing. Like I said, it was overcooked.
Wednesday, July 05, 2017, 10:24 PM
The wings went over really well last night but we didn't have enough so we decided to go all out and make 5 pounds tonight! I followed the same way as before.
SO we had chicken wings plus a small cheese and charcuterie plate. The charcuterie was from a local deli. We had
We also had some cheese such as cheddar, queso fresco (leftover), and feta. We also had pineapple and strawberries.
It was pretty good but a lot of food. (we had tons of leftovers)
Tuesday, July 04, 2017, 08:08 AM
We had our friends Sam and Ron visiting and made a nice meal for July 4th. The main meal was grilled wings, hot dogs, and vegan ceviche.
I made the wings similar to 2017-05-28. I grilled them over medium-low to medium for about 10 minutes, flipped them and then did another 10. I then sauced them and turned the grill to high. I put them back on the grill for 3 minutes to crisp up and cook in some of the sauce. The sauce was just butter and Frank's Red Hot.
They came out really good, though probably could have used more sauce. I liked that they were all just drumbettes too! We only ended up with about three wings/person so we should have bought more.
The hotdogs were "frankfurters" from Boars Head. They were pretty decent. I am not sure if the difference in flavor was Boars Head brand or frankfurter vs hot dog.
Ron made vegan ceviche from our regular recipe. It was good with some chips.
We also had some grilled zucchini.
I made dry ice ice cream as we did before with Sam & Ron. I followed those same tips. The only note is that you use the beater blade.
As requested, I again did the Rich Chocolate Ice cream and Meredith found a Brown Butter Ice cream recipe we used. We followed both recipes very closely. The only note is we also did an ice bath to cool the brown butter batter since it was pretty warm from the vitamix.
Knowing to go slower, I managed to make the ice cream without any mess though there was still a big super-frozen clump on the bottom.
It was pretty good that night but way too rich. I really need to figure out how to get some air mixed in with it since it is so dense and rich. And, the next day with leftovers, it was super solid from the freezer. Probably again, because there was no air.
We found the chocolate to be easier to handle the richness better than the brown butter. I would like to do it again once I figure out how to better manage it or with a real ice cream maker.
Sunday, July 02, 2017, 08:45 AM
Meredith and I made breakfast for our visiting friends. There was nothing too special. I made hash browns/homefries with some russet potatoes. I decided to peel them first which I think was a good idea. They had more uniform flavor, though I did have trouble browning them (not sure if that is because I peeled them). I also made scrambled eggs with a little but of half and half to fluff them up.
Meredith made a breakfast caprese. It had:
It was really good. And came out really pretty (pictured below)
