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KitchenKatalog: Blog 62
Friday, June 25, 2021, 03:07 PM
As one of the things (see also Cheese Kugel) to bring to Tony and Kacie's house, I made my mom's Cinnamon Pecans. My only changes were to add a 1/4 tsp of salt, go heaping on the Cinnamon, and add 1/4 tsp of almond extract as well.
They were good and well received. I may play with some other recipes for this too. Maybe ones that make it a bit more candy coated. Or stick with this since it was pretty easy!
Thursday, June 24, 2021, 07:16 PM
Meredith made miso code using the Aloha Kitchen recipe Ginger Misoyaki Butterfish [Aloha Kitchen]. Other than the fish, I think she followed the general recipe (halved). The fish marinated for a few days.
When cooking it under the broiler, the marinade burned and bubbled a lot as you can see. But it came off nice and cleanly!
It was good though a bit overcooked.
And Meredith made her favorite green beans for the first time this season!
Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 05:36 PM
Meredith made Chocolate Nougat Candy Bars [Liz Moody] from Healthier Together by Liz Moody
Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 05:31 PM
Meredith made Zucchini Breakfast Casserole [The Kitchn] following the recipe. She prepped it early and baked it for dinner. Except it too forever to be done. Meredith eventually turned up the heat and it still took a long time. I think next time, we will use the thermometer to help decide when it is done.
It was good. Needed a tad more salt but just barely.
She skipped the bacon (and maybe did something different with the cheese?)
Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 07:04 PM
Meredith made stuffed peppers from Lil Luna (LOCAL)
Her notes: Skipped the tomato stuff. Also, subbed mozzarella for parm because we were just about out. Sprinkled the parm we had left on top of the peppers before baking. Probably went light on the ricotta, too.
And Dungeness crab from Costco steamed for a few minutes
Saturday, June 19, 2021, 05:23 PM
Meredith made Butternut Squash and Parmesan Dip which we served with Stacy's Pita Chips and some fresh french bread from a local bakery.
And Meredith made a Spinach-Ricotta Calzone. She used the King Arthur Flour (LOCAL) filling but we just used Trader Joes herb crust. We had bought the crust a long time ago and froze it. We defrosted it last week and it sat in the fridge until we used it.
We're not sure if it didn't like all of that but it didn't puff very much. Still, the filling was very good
Friday, June 18, 2021, 05:16 PM
This was for the Friday Potlucks. Meredith made Liege Waffle French Toast Casserole (where "French Toast Casserole" basically means bread pudding but sounds fancier).
The waffles were a mix from yesterday and from New Years (which were frozen).
She used this Food52 recipe for inspiration but really, just used it for the basis. Her notes:
It was certainly good but not as decadent or amazing as we expected. I think if we were going to go through the effort to make waffles just for this, I would just have the waffles instead.
Thursday, June 17, 2021, 08:43 PM
Meredith made the a spinach frittata from The Kitchn (LOCAL) and we made truffle-tots.
For the frittata, she used regular (previous diced) onions instead of shallots. I also think she skipped the broiler step.
For the tots, Meredith baked them for about 40+ minutes. We then tossed them with black truffle oil and parmesean cheese. I do not know if it was the oil (being black truffle? or in general) or if it was something else but they were not as good as we had hoped. They just didn't have the strong truffle flavor we'd expect. I'd try it again with a different oil though.