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KitchenKatalog: Blog 341
Monday, January 03, 2011, 09:09 PM
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 841, 2011-01-03_210904
Saturday, January 01, 2011, 08:01 PM
We made mini Samosa as a side dish for New Years Eve. For the most part, we just followed what we had done in the past but we used different spices because we were at my Dad's house. We made 3x the normal dough and cut it into 30 total.
The dough was the normal samosa/empanada dough (written up here).
I thought they were a bit over cooked. Also, the filling got a bit spicy due to too much . sriracha but I still liked it. We forgot onions so we used dried minced onions. On the bright side, for the first time, we did not over cook the potatoes first.
I do not know the exact points but each one had 1.2 points plus of dough then add the potatoes.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 846, 2011-01-01_200151
Monday, December 27, 2010, 09:57 PM
I made a hamburger out of 93/7 lean ground beef. I added a bunch of seasonings and a tad of worcestershire but not too much. I think I overcooked it a bit but it was fine with me. I also made red-onion marmalade to go with it. I used red onions because Meredith is away and since she doesn't like them, I figured it was a good chance.
I made the fries by cutting yukon gold potatoes and pamming them. I sprinkled them with salt and pepper. I baked them at 375 for about 35 minutes. They were good but I made too many.
The burger was topped with low fat pepper jack. The burger was about 1/6 lb and very lean so it was only about 3 points plus each, plus the cheese, bun and fries.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 836, 2010-12-27_215743
Friday, December 24, 2010, 03:55 PM
This worked out really well. It was a can of tomatoes with broccoli, peppers and a bunch of seasonings including crushed red pepper and other Italian seasonings. We put tilapia in as well but it got kind of broken up. It was still good though. We originally served the quinoa on the side but both Emily and I mixed it in.
It was really low in points and was pretty good. Also, it was easy and filling.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 828, 2010-12-24_155512
Thursday, December 23, 2010, 06:51 PM
I made the usual Bailey's Irish Cream Which Chocolate Cheesecake for a holiday party. Since it was not for me to eat, I made no attempt to lighten it at all.
There are a few notes from this. First of all, I had apparently incorrectly been using the whisk all of these years. Reading the recipe again, I realized the beater blade is really what I wanted. This was particularly nice because I now have one of those blades that scrape the bowl. It was much easier to do.
The other note is that every place I went either was out or didn't carry white chocolate in bars so I had to use the chips. This was fine for in the cake because it is just ground but for the topping, I also just had to use ground instead of grated chocolate. I do not think it has as nice of an airy, white look, but it is fine.
See the recipe page (linked above) for the Points plus as well.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 825, 2010-12-23_185122
Thursday, December 23, 2010, 11:34 AM
The fajitas were just onions, peppers, mushrooms and kidney beans with fajita seasoning. I would like to make my own seasoning sometime but this worked well enough. We added the red kidney beans right at the end so they didn't get too smashed. The beans were there to be a source of protein and some substance. We made the onions rings inspired by the Hungry Girl Recipe I copied below. We really just winged it but it was helpful to have the recipe. They were pretty easy with two people so you that I did not get my hand full of egg. Finally, we made sautéd spinach because it was getting old and we wanted to use it.
Fiber One Onion Rings (from Hungry Girl)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 823, 2010-12-23_113425
Wednesday, December 22, 2010, 10:56 AM
This was Emily's idea and it worked pretty well. We made the same pasta recipe as last time but we cut it in 1/3. Also for some reason, it did not need any more water. I used 1/3 cup egg whites for the 1/3 of 4 eggs and it seemed to be enough liquid. Odd that this time was fine but it worked.
The filling was somewhat haphazard. Emily and I read a bunch of recipes and just set out to do it. We mixed mostly pumpkin with skim ricotta and then added some nutmeg, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and splenda. The filling was good but it tasted a bit like pumpkin pie. I think next time, I will look for a more savory pumpkin filling. I think it came out to what we were aiming for but I want to try it differently.
Overall, it was pretty successful and not really too hard. Last time Meredith and I made pasta, we halved the recipe and had more than enough noodles. Since we were stuffing them, we made less pasta. I felt like it made a lot less but it was enough.
When assembling, we folded it over making it a bit more like a dumpling with pasta but it was easier to assemble because the pasta sheets were not all uniform.
Points plus are not too bad. Last time, I calculated 18 for 1/2 recipe so 2/3*18=12 or 6 each. The filling was rather low with just skim ricotta. Really not bad! And, unlike most stuffed pasta meals, we got a lot!
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 805, 2010-12-22_105619
Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 11:15 AM
We made these for Meredith's work party so there was no attempt to lower the calories. We tried one and they were very good. The main recipe is below but we made some changes.
The biggest change was we used creme-de-menthe in the butter cream instead of peppermint. The cookies came out very dense but they have a really nice chocolate flavor. We had to refrigerated everything in the middle of putting it together because everything was getting too soft.
I am not going to try to do the points. It isn't worth it.
Candy Cane Cookies (from Kitchen daily)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 807, 2010-12-21_111557