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KitchenKatalog: Blog 308
Monday, July 02, 2012, 08:50 PM
I made spaghetti squash with home made tomato sauce. For the sauce, I sautéed some onions and a bit of leftover mushrooms. I added garlic and let it sauté for a minute before adding petite diced tomatoes. I used a bunch of different seasonings, but I went heavy on the oregano and garlic powder. I do not recall exactly what I added but I know I tried using soy sauce instead of salt. I also added some balsamic vinegar and some red wine vinegar. I added a 6oz can of tomato paste so it was pretty thick. I did use some olive oil, but I tried not to use too much. The sauce came out really good! One of my better tomato sauces.
I followed a different sites instructions on the zucchini. I stabbed it many times with a knife and then microwaved it for 12 minutes. I then cut it long-wise and carefully scooped out the seeds. Then the meat part. It made quite a bit of food with little points!
I also made sweet potato fries but I let them cook a tad too long.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2085, 2012-07-02_205031
Sunday, July 01, 2012, 10:14 PM
Inspired by horrible tacos Meredith got at a restaurant, I wanted to make better ones, even if I used Old El Paso's taco seasoning. They still beat the restaurant's. I also sautéd mushrooms, onions and peppers into the beef. I also followed this page to make taco shells. I pammed them, then put them between two grates (see the picture on the page), and baked them for 8 minutes. I also topped them with sliced avocado, some low fat cheese, chopped tomato and fat free greek yogurt.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2077, 2012-07-01_221419
Sunday, July 01, 2012, 10:13 PM
Meredith was here so we made carrot cake pancakes, again doubling all of the seasonings. I tired to make them without using pam to get a better side, but it stuck somewhat. The second batch on the pan with pam worked better. Now I know
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2074, 2012-07-01_221331
Thursday, June 28, 2012, 10:12 PM
I tried to make the thing I made here except I actually used tuna. Of course, I was in a hurry and didn't really follow any directions. It was okay. Not great. Better the first time without the tuna. I bet the first one would have been better with tuna. I do not know what I did differently.
I also had a reheated mini-moussaka from the other night.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2071, 2012-06-28_221243
Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 10:11 PM
I made sloppy Joes with the regular recipe with extra garlic powder and a bunch of seasoning. I also added a habanero but it (surprisingly) didn't add any heat. I had it on multi-grain rolls I bought.
I also made Curry cauliflower with this recipe. It was good. Could have been cooked a bit more, but really not bad
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2068, 2012-06-26_221153
Monday, June 25, 2012, 08:39 PM
I made black bean empanadas just as I have done before. I started with the normal dough. (though I accidentally used too much salt) I sautéd an onion, added a green bell pepper, a jalapeno pepper and some frozen corn. I figured out a trick with the beans. After adding them, I dropped a bit of water in the pan and covered it. It steamed them and make it really easy to mash with a potato masher. I added some crushed red pepper, habanero tobacco sauce, and a bunch on other seasonings. Finally, I added some white vinegar for an extra tang to it.
They came out really good. I liked the addition of the vinegar in the mix. And the salty dough was even better. I do not know if it was the extra peppers and stuff but I had leftover filling which was a nice appetizer while they cooked.
Of course, they didn't look as nice since I am nowhere near as good at folding and crimping them, but they were fine.
I also had some steamed edamame.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2059, 2012-06-25_203955
Sunday, June 24, 2012, 11:30 PM
I wanted something easy though I still spent quite a while on the onion jelly. I basically supersautédandcaramelizedred onions and then added some balsamic vinegar a little bit of sugar. I put it on salmon burgers.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2054, 2012-06-24_233006
Saturday, June 23, 2012, 08:19 AM
I made the similar thing that I first posted on 2011-10-24. Basically, it is just roasted potatoes except the addition of chicken sausage for the latter half of baking for some protein. I made a single portion so I just used two small potatoes. I also added beets (which died everything red), artichoke hearts, onion, green bell pepper and a jalapeño. I do not recall of the seasonings, but it was mainly rosemary, sage, TJ's 21 seasoning salute, salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder. I do not remember which type of sausage I used but I'll look it up when I get home.
It was so good. And it made the apartment smell really good. I like this meal. It is a lot of chopping but then you can set it and now worry about it until you have to add the sausage. I also rotated the racks when I added the sausage.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 2051, 2012-06-23_081932