KitchenKatalog: Blog 224

Meredith made this. She essentially made very bulky Tzatziki (lots of cucumbers) and then we added about 12oz of rotisserie chicken¹.

I liked the concept but I actually think it masked the flavor of the chicken. It ended up just being more bulk. I think larger chunks of chicken next time and/or maybe less intense Tzatziki flavors. (Though Meredith prefers the smaller pieces)

We found at Costco that you can buy pre-cut rotisserie chicken breast. It is a bit more expensive but (a) much easier and (b) healthier since there is no dark meat (or skin) ↩

Thrown Together Vegetable Egg-Drop Soup

This was a very thrown together meal. Meredith hadn't been feeling great so I threw together some soup. Our dog sitter left us a vegetable tray. I used the carrots and celery from that. I then used better than bouillon. I also added some garlic powder and soy sauce. The broth actually came out pretty good.

However, I then added some asian noodles (I forget which kind) and then, at the end, I did the egg-drop thing. I think it was all too much as it kind of turned ot mush. Oh well, it still tasted pretty good. Or at least acceptable.

Homegrown Tomato BLTs

Note, I am writing this post on 2015-12-05, well after we made this. Anyway, these were the very last of the non-green home-grown tomatoes. Meredith had pulled most of the green ones off before the first freeze but she cut a few farther from the vine and let them ripen inside.

The tomatoes were good but not quite as sweet and flavorful as those ripened the entire time on the vine. Also, they had some funny shapes.

Additional Photos

Orange Chicken

I am writing this way after the fact on 2015-12-05. I do not remember much of what we did but I think we made Orange Chicken again (2015-09-18). I think we went lighter on the corn starch. And we may have used rotisserie chicken.

Again, I do not recall much, but I think we didn't like it as much as before. And I think the "rice" was a mixture of cauliflower and cabbage

Buffalo Stuffed Peppers

Meredith and I made this together. We made buffalo chicken stuffed peppers like we did on 2015-04-13 using this recipe. We really just used the recipe as a guide and we did it with rotisserie chicken (~2/3 lbs).

We again made it with lots of filler including 1/2 head of cabbage and some zucchini. Not sure what else...

Taco Stew

Not much to say here. It was the standard taco stew. I used extra zucchini and just about 3/4 lbs of beef, but that was about it. Everything else was standard.

Cardamom Almond Pear Crisp

Meredith made these and stayed pretty true to the Oh She Glows recipe (local). The only changes she noted was she used coconut sugar and pecans. Also, she topped it with a bit of pecan-pie ice cream.

Cardamom Almond Pear Crisp (from Oh She Glows)
Local Copy (U: "guest", P: name of my dog, all lower case)

Thai/Indian Stuffed Jalapeños plus Chinese Kohlrabi Stir-fry

We had stuffed jalapeños at a restaurant and it seemed like something that was easy enough.

Prep

I wanted to use the first option on the recipe page but we couldn't find nice lemon-grass. So instead, I opted for the second option with a mix of spices (hence why it is also Indian). They are pictured below but were

I mixed them with the rest of the ingredients (plus chopped garlic). I also probably went heavy on the fish sauce.

It made a ton of peppers as you can see in the prep photos. And that was just about about 3/4 lbs of (lean) beef as opposed to a full pound!

I already knew roughly how the meat would turn out since I had a tiny bit left which I just pan-cooked. It was flavorful but SPICY (probably the tandoori chicken stuff).

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Baking & Result

I was unsure of exactly how long to do so I guessed at about 12-15 minutes at 350 (in the small convection oven). This turned out to be fine. They were cooked through for sure and maybe just a tiny bit overcooked but not bad. The real problem was that the meat shrank and then easily fell of the jalapeno. Not sure how ot prevent that in the future.

They came out pretty good. A bit dry but flavorful. And spicy. The meat mixture certainly had a kick but then add on the jalapeños (some were hotter than others) and it was hot!

Stir Fry

I also made a simple Kohlrabi stir-fy. Essentially, just kohlrabi with the Broccoli Beef sauce.