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KitchenKatalog: Blog 61
Sunday, July 04, 2021, 04:52 PM
Meredith (and her mom) made Gougères from The Kitchn Baking School. She used about 6 oz of cheese. Mostly gruyere, and about 1/2 oz of unexpected cheddar.
Sunday, July 04, 2021, 04:42 PM
I again made my Mom's Cinnamon Pecans recipe for an Independance Day party.I used a mix of pecans, hazelnuts, and walnuts. I had been looking at many other recipes. Most of which are more candy making with you then baking it. I wasn't opposed to that but because of time, I ended up going with the stove-top ones.
As I said, I used a mix of nuts but I did 1.5x the recipe. I also toasted them a bit first. For the ingredients, for the extra sugar, I tried using brown sugar. I also had to use 1/2 and 1/2 for the milk since we didn't have it. And I added almond extract and went heavy on the spices. And added 1/4 tsp salt.
Saturday, July 03, 2021, 01:52 PM
Meredith made "Calzone Grilled Cheese". It was inspired by Spinach-Ricotta Calzone and Butternut Squash Dip and Spinach Ricotta Stuffed Peppers and Crab. Her notes:
Sautéed a few handfuls of spinach until it was wilted. Then mixed the spinach with a few spoonfuls of ricotta, seasoned with a little roasted garlic powder and salt. Sprinkled a bit of shredded mozzarella on Costco sliced brioche, spread the spinach-ricotta mixture on top. A bit more shredded mozzarella, and then the other slice of [brioche] bread. Grilled and served with warmed Rao’s marinara for dipping.
It was super tasty!
Saturday, July 03, 2021, 09:27 AM
There really isn't anything too special here but it was cute so I wanted to document it. At Caroline's request, I made Smiley Face French Toast.
I made quick-french toast using my regular method: 1 beaten egg and oatmeal cookie creamer with brioche bread. I cut it up and then made a smiley face with whipped cream. Topped it with different color sprinkles and some white chocolate chips on the nose. Finally, a pirouette cookie broken up as the hair
Friday, July 02, 2021, 08:24 PM
Meredith made a Root Beer Float Cake from Cakes by Courtney (LOCAL) for this week's potluck theme "Fourth of July".
It was pretty good and unmistakably root beer!
Thursday, July 01, 2021, 06:33 PM
We made sheet-pan pulled pork nachos. The pork was from March. I put it on chips chips and cheese (mostly Mexican blend, some cheddar, and then we ran out). I also put some red onion around it.
We served it with pickled jalapeños, more red onion, cilantro, and avocado. Plus Meredith made Duke’s Southern Coleslaw [Duke's Mayo] with the normal changes (which we clarified. Half batch of dressing for a full amount of cabbage)
Same basic idea as New Year's
Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 06:05 PM
Meredith made One Pot Hamburger Helper from The Defined Dish (LOCAL). I don't think she made any changes and did include the cheese.
It was good. Caroline was suspect but the rest of us enjoyed it. And very easy cleanup!
And more "Wiggle Beans" (aka green beans)
Saturday, June 26, 2021, 03:14 PM
My other thing (see also Cinnamon Pecans) for "Comfort Food Week" at Tony and Kacie's house was Cheese Kugel – Dolores from Israel's recipe. I really made near-zero changes to the recipe. I made it Thursday morning and froze it as directed.
It was good and well received. Probably not the kind of thing I would make often but fun to do. And fit the theme well!