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KitchenKatalog: Blog 188
Monday, February 27, 2017, 09:56 PM
This was a pretty standard meal. We chopped up onions, pepper, some (homegrown) kohlrabi, and canned artichoke hearts. We roasted it for about 35 minutes then added chicken sausage.
There wasn't much more to it. We made a double portion so we could take it for lunch.
Sunday, February 26, 2017, 08:56 PM
This was something of a project meal but not too bad.
For the brisket, I again followed the Serious Eats guide 1. Unlike the first time, I did it at 135°F for 72 hours (yes, 72 hours!). I then put it in the fridge and cooked it the next day.
The original plan was to grill it as per the recipe, but decided to bake it instead since we hadn't soaked the wood chips.
I followed the general idea, but I just did it with salt and pepper by feel. I did use the liquid smoke, but you could barely taste it. Next time, I would do a bit more, even if I do plan to do it on the grill.
It was pretty good. I think I liked it at the lower temperature. The meat was very flavorful. And even in the oven, it got a nice crust
As you can see from the pictures, it went from to 4.09 to 2.62 pounds, a 35% loss! (Actually, I saved a lot of the liquid from the sous-vide bag to use later).
Meredith made a modified version of this Homesick Texan Recipe (Local). She used the recipe but added cheddar cheese, two jalapeños, and used ghee for the oil/bacon drippings.
It was very good but could easily have used much more salt in it and also, maybe Maldon salt on top. The texture was perfect and worked very well in the cast iron. It gave it a perfect crust (though we needed to cook it an extra 10ish minutes).
Meredith made broccolini by sautéing it with some ghee with roasted garlic powder, salt, and crushed red pepper. She sautéed it for about 10 minutes.
She topped it with Tahini sauce which worked really well.
On that recipe page, is a link to the PDF with the entire page ↩
Sunday, February 26, 2017, 08:45 PM
Meredith was having a friend over and wanted to make some food. Her main dish was pimento cheese. She followed the general recipe with our changes from 2015-08-15. It ended up really good, though maybe a bit heavy on the tabasco and the smoked paprika.
She also made some boozy gummy bears by soaking grapefruit gummy bears with rosé wine.
As you can see in the photo, she also had some (store-bought) macarons.
Friday, February 24, 2017, 10:55 PM
We made our standard Lasagna Soup again with the sauce mentioned on that post. I do not think we really did many other changes. We didn't end up using any kind of starch such as pasta or potatoes. We also just used some sliced mozzarella cheese and no parmesan
It was, as usual, pretty simple and flavorful!
Thursday, February 23, 2017, 07:44 PM
We finally used up the jerk chicken from July. Not much more to it. They were our pretty standard made-ahead jerk chicken tacos. I do still want to make our own Diablo sauce sometime.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017, 07:32 PM
We made (and prepped ahead) healthy twice baked potatoes. We didn't follow any specific recipes, though we looked around for times. We roasted the potato for about 1.25 hours at 400°F rotating it ever 20 min or so. After they cooled, we hallowed the out and Meredith made horseradish mashed potatoes.
We used a mixture of greek yogurt, some butter, a little bit of mayo (for creaminess), salt, pepper, garlic powder, and lots (and lots) of horseradish. We also threw some scallions and "Unexpected Cheddar" from Trader Joes.
We stuffed them into the potatoes and cooked them (I forget how long). Meanwhile, we super caramelized onions. We french cut them and used butter and salt as appropriate. Also, while we used a low heat, we also deglazed as needed with white wine.
Finally, when we reheated the, we topped it with roast beef and some spinach sautéed with Mural of Flavor.
It was pretty good. Kind of fun to make and also pretty easy. We would do this kind of thing again! And the onions were also really good.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 07:34 PM
Meredith is still working to recreate her favorite cod meal. This was our latest attempt. We used this Rasamalaysia / Nobu (local).
We basically followed the recipe but used red miso, and maybe a little extra. We were a bit hesitant about searing it so hot. We also followed a similar Kitchn recipe is and seared it for a bit too long. But we only baked it for about 4 minutes (after ~2 min per side of sear).
It was overcooked, but not too bad. It also stuck to the pan a bit more than I was expecting. But we did like it. The marinade was a bit too salty alone, but it was fine in the fish. I think we would try this again!
We also made Twist Peppers. I think they needed a bit more time. And some dipping sauce
Monday, February 20, 2017, 08:59 PM
This was what is becoming a standard: Ginger and Snow Pea, Shrimp Stir Fry with Cauliflower Rice.
We basically followed the directions except Meredith is still avoiding wheat as we come off Whole30 so we still used coconut aminos. Otherwise, I just used extra sriracha and some sesame oil in the sauce. Oh, and I skipped the garlic but added garlic powder to the sauce.
I actually made three servings with it since we had a lot of shrimp so we also have a lunch. Pretty easy, healthy, and tasty