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KitchenKatalog: Blog 62
Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 08:48 AM
Caroline loves the sausage, egg, and cheese on an english muffin from Starbucks. She calls it Starbucks Breakfast and asks for it a lot.
Since it is pretty pricey, Meredith bought a small egg pan and has been making her own. It is just a round beaten egg with cheese (usually colby jack) and a Morningstar Farms Breakfast Sausage on a buttered english muffin. Meredith says that buttering it is one of the keys to getting Caroline to like it. And it is all a whole lot cheaper!
Monday, June 07, 2021, 07:02 PM
We debated whether to even post this meal since it is basically store-bought Trader Joes Orange Chicken, but we doctored it up a bit. I stir-fried a 12 oz bag of broccoli with some green-onion white-parts added towards the end. After setting that aside, I cooked the chicken on the stove and finally combined it all.
Next time, I would do the chicken in the oven. It may be slightly faster but will be easier and use less oil.
It was good. Caloric but not horrible for 3-5 servings. And while I would have liked more broccoli, it was a good amount so as to not absorb all of the sauce.
Meredith made quinoa to serve with it.
Sunday, June 06, 2021, 07:50 PM
Meredith made Tomato-Feta dip from RealSimple (LOCAL). It is inspired by the baked feta dishes.
She followed the recipe except she also broiled the feta to give it more color, flavor, and be easier to blend.
We really liked it. We just had it on some naan but will serve it with some crackers and other stuff as more of a meal another time
Sunday, June 06, 2021, 02:59 PM
Meredith made Butternut Squash and Parmesan Dip from The Kitchn (LOCAL). She followed the gist of the recipe but used two frozen packs of squash from Costco which was way easier. She also used half-and-half to give it some more creaminess.
We really liked it. It had a nice flavor but was also (relatively) healthy! We will make that again and maybe even adapt it for some other recipes or meals.
Wednesday, June 02, 2021, 07:32 PM
Meredith made Baked Feta Pasta [Tiktok] using chick-pea pasta.
Tuesday, June 01, 2021, 06:10 PM
I made Peruvian Chicken. It was the spice mix from 2021-03-20 except no added salt1. I also 2.5x that since I was doing two chickens and some tofu (see below). Of course, that is based on Peruvian-Style Roast Chicken & Spicy Jalapeño Sauce [The Food Lab]. I used that sauce recipe with lactose-free sour cream. I also kind of winged it with amount of garlic and cilantro (both increased).
I dry-brined the day before and added the spices all of two hours before cooking
It came out really good as usual! I really like this recipe. And the sauce was very well received.
I also tried to make Peruvian Tofu for Emily. I spread the rub on it. It was not easy since it really should be wetter for tofu. I also meant to add salt since I didn't do it in the rub. I thought they tastes bland but Emily liked it a lot. And again, good with the sauce.
Emily also roasted Japanese Sweet Potatoes.
Too salty on 2021-04-11, though that may also have been the kind of salt. I wasn't taking the risk. ↩
Saturday, May 29, 2021, 12:04 PM
I made No-Knead Brioche [Bread Illustrated by America's Test Kitchen] again adding 1 oz additional flour (I have now noted it on the recipe).
I made a double batch like last time which worked well. I started it Thursday morning and let go until Saturday morning. I cooked it for about 36 min and pulled around 192°F. (I was aiming for 185-190 but oh well)
And you can see I had a small hole. But it was pretty good as usual!
Friday, May 28, 2021, 05:01 PM
Meredith made Mary Berry's Bakewell Tart. Unlike last time, this time she used the Pâte Sablée from Mary Berry as well. It may have been the recipe or the heat in the kithchen or something else, but she couldn't get the Pâte Sablée off the counter and ended up forming it in the pan. And Meredith also didn't trim the pan down.
So it wasn't as pretty as last time, but it was still very good and well received. Lots of almond flavor balanced by the sweet (maybe a tad too sweet?) icing. Meredith also had some trouble with the icing hardening but I thought the lines looked good