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KitchenKatalog: Blog 317
Monday, January 16, 2012, 12:44 PM
We largely did the same thing as 2011-10-24 except with a few changes. We used both sweet and purple majesty potatoes. This gave it a really, really cool look. Such a colorful meal. We also used poblanos instead of bell peppers. Finally, we again used chicken sausage, but this time it was more spicy italian flavored. I liked it though Meredith was still a bit unhappy with the strong anise flavor
It was again, fairly tasty. Nothing too special but still good. I really liked how colorful the whole thing was. It was also not too bad in points (we made less than last time) being that it was the entire meal. Maybe a bit high for the amount of food.
Points Plus for the entire things
Potatoes...16
Sausage...15
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1708, 2012-01-16_124438
Friday, January 13, 2012, 04:30 PM
These don't look very pretty but we tried to make baked chicken fried steak. We basically used the recipe from the Homesick Texan book. The crust was made of flour,cayenne, pepper and salt. We also used egg beaters and almond milk instead of whole milk. We used pre sliced thin steak to make it a bit easier.
Instead of cream gravy, we basically made the bechemel from moussaka except we added extra pepper. The ingredients were similar but we know that this one worked well when done with almond milk.
They were okay, but not great. They definitely came out rather unappetizing looking. The crust tasted pretty good but again, didn't really stick to the steak nor did it get crispy. I wouldn't rush to make it again but if a different way of doing it came along, I would consider it again.
BTW, it's called chicken fried steak because you fry steak the way people fry chicken.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1701, 2012-01-13_163002
Thursday, January 12, 2012, 04:29 PM
This was largely a repeat of the meal I made on 2011-12-25 except without the dessert or the potatoes. The salmon pieces were thicker so I cooked them longer both on the flesh side and in the oven. It also gave them a crispier crust on the top. That ended up being really good. Thankfully, it was not overcooked.
I did the broccoli the roasted way as before. I used Adobo powder on them. I do not know what was the cause, but they tasted a little bit like plastic. I do not know what was up with them.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1698, 2012-01-12_162906
Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 06:32 PM
We had leftover salsa verde from the other night and didn't know what to do with it. So we made posole similar to the previous times. However, we also didn't remember to buy many of the peppers needed. We used chipotles in adobo instead. Since we still used hominy, it was still technically posole. It was different from the previous ones, but it was still really good. And it made a good use of the extra salsa. We again broiled the tomatillos instead of boiling them.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1695, 2012-01-11_183202
Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 08:34 AM
A Tofurky was really cheap so we figured it made a good, easy meal. We roasted it with sweet potatoes, carrots, a small regular potato and a parsnip. Meredith made the same marinade of soy sauce, olive oil, and dried thyme (the recipe on the box, basically) as last time.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1691, 2012-01-10_083458
Saturday, January 07, 2012, 10:26 PM
We made the soup from the recipe below. Generally, we have trouble with Crock Pot stuff since it takes too long to just do when we get home but not so long as to be doable before we leave for work. However, this worked well because we set it up and then ran (a lot) of errands. We followed the recipe surprisingly closely with the only change being half the chicken, extra adobo sauce, and I chopped a chipotle and put that in too.
The soup was very good. I was especially impressed with how easy it was to shred the chicken. This is definitely something I would do again. We also had a nice amount of leftovers
Meredith made the salsa verde from the recipe in Homesick Texan book (I'll add the page in the comments when I check). She basically followed the recipe except one of the avocados tasted funky so we didn't put it in. While we though it was our best attempt, it wasn't incredible. Too much lime (lemon?) and maybe something else, but I don't know. We toasted some whole wheat tortillas to dip.
We also had bread since I need to carb-load for the next day.
Crock Pot Chicken Enchilada Soup (from Gina's Skinny Taste)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1685, 2012-01-07_222602
Friday, January 06, 2012, 10:25 PM
We made chicken vindaloo with the recipe here. I more or less followed it with the following changes
It came out pretty good. I went too heavy on the tumeric which is why it is yellow and not red (and why the food processor is stained). Other than that, it was just spicy.
We didn't have time to make samosas, plus, this had a lot of potato in it already so we didn't need it.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1682, 2012-01-06_222547
Wednesday, January 04, 2012, 02:54 PM
Nothing too special here. We made Koftas as before basically using the same recipe. I do not think we made any _new_changes. Still used lean beef, and less of it. Meredith made her usual tzatziki.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1673, 2012-01-04_145440