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KitchenKatalog: Blog 246
Thursday, November 27, 2014, 01:20 PM
For Thanksgiving, I made vegetarian Fesenjan and caramelized butternut squash.
The fesenjan was the same recipe as last time but vegetarian. I used Osem for the chicken (following the guidelines roughly on amount) and for protein I had chick peas (1 large and 1 small can) with more toasted whole walnut. It was good like last time but the color was different. Maybe it was me not using the dutch oven or maybe it had to do with the chicken stuff. We made double and tried to thicken it more. It was really good but a bit rich. Fine for Thanksgiving style side dish.
I also made caramelized butternut squash. I didn't choose the recipe but I made it. The recipe is from Ina Garden. I basically followed it with the changes being
It was very popular though I thought it was a bit mushy. Still, I'd make it again for a special occasion.
Caramelized Butternut Squash (from Ina Garten)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9309, 2014-11-27_132041
Tuesday, November 25, 2014, 09:20 PM
I again mixed home-made with pre-made. We had some store-bought veggies samosas. They were small but you got a good amount in a serving that was only ~250 calories. Not bad.
And we made tuna tataki. We had some issues with the pan not being hot enough or something like that but it came out pretty good. Not as good as last time but the fish was probably inferior. The crust on these is really good and adds a lot.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9306, 2014-11-25_212023
Monday, November 24, 2014, 08:20 PM
I made chicken pho which is now part of my recipe book. As I noted last time, I cut the pepper and some of the spices. I was out of fennel seeds but that didn't matter much. Also, adding a packet of gelatin was nice. It have it some more mouth feel.
See the recipe for the most up to date on how I like to do this. This time, we also used real rice noodles. And some veggies and a fried egg
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9303, 2014-11-24_202028
Monday, November 24, 2014, 01:20 PM
This was a quick stir-fry of broccoli and brussel sprouts with some miso ginger dressing. For protein, I diced some tempeh. It was a while ago so I do not recall everything. But my wok kept craping out with the induction so I heated and used the cast-iron dutch oven. I think I will try to use this from now on or a while over the wok. We'll see how well it works
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9300, 2014-11-24_132006
Sunday, November 23, 2014, 08:20 PM
I will come back and update this but Meredith made smokey cauliflower fritters. Mashed roasted cauliflower and added some smokey seasonings. We also had store bought (frozen) steamed chicken Shumai. Pretty good meal. I kind of liked the combination of store bought and home made. It make life easier but still felt like we cooked
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9297, 2014-11-23_202029
Saturday, November 22, 2014, 10:55 PM
Meredith and I made a smokey tortilla soup from Home Sick Texan (local link).
We stayed pretty true to the recipe with the following changes
The soup was really good. Smokey but lots of flavor and delicious. I would certainly make this again. It was also pretty easy.
Note the chicken was from the pho earlier in the week.
Smokey Tortilla Soup (From Homesick Texan, page 127)
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Original WP Pub Date: 2014-11-22_225510
Thursday, November 20, 2014, 09:30 PM
We had steak tacos with cabbage slaw and some sautéed peppers and onions. The cabbage slaw was from this meal. I used a bit too much onion but other than that it was really good (I like this recipe a lot). It is a bit strange for this meal but we planned it when we had considered shrimp tacos so we stuck with it. The onions and peppers were just cooked in the cast-iron pan before I did the steak.
The steak was a big piece of round. I thought it was similar to Eye of Round from thai restaurants but this had a lot more fat in it. It was really chewy. I also wasn't sure if I cooked it well. I think I had too high a heat on the cast iron so the outside overcooked before the inside. I checked the temp a bunch with the thermometer and got inconsistent readings. I let it sit 5 minutes before cutting it but it still lost a lot of juice. BTW, I had marinated it in 1 Tbsp oil plus 2 Tbsp soy sauce. So while I would do steak tacos again, I would look for a better cut of meat.
The tortillas were from Whole Foods. I had considered making my own the the Whole Foods ones are really good and it saved a lot of work.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9280, 2014-11-20_213015
Thursday, November 20, 2014, 02:25 PM
This was a super-simple side dish for lunch. I sliced up an asian eggplant and stir-fried it. For sauce, I just used a bit of the thin, low-sodium teriyaki.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9276, 2014-11-20_142507