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KitchenKatalog: Blog 78
Wednesday, December 23, 2020, 12:28 PM
Meredith made a crustless quiche. 5 eggs, 1/3 cup egg white, 1 cup of milk, 1/2 cup half and half, 2 tsp kosher salt.
Today’s variety: chopped roasted broccoli, 3 green onions sliced, and some shredded cheddar. Maybe about a cup.
Monday, December 21, 2020, 04:34 PM
Meredith made the Asian-ish Shredded Chicken Salad / "Redemption Salad" from Dinner: A Love Story (LOCAL)
Main change were rotisserie chicken, soy sauce for fish sauce, and cashews for peanuts (someone ate all our peanuts). Also used just 2 tbsp olive oil. And to make life really easy, we used bagged cole slaw and broccoli slaw.
We both really liked it and will definitely be making this again!
Sunday, December 20, 2020, 05:17 PM
I made Pulled Pork to freeze for future meals. I did the noted change of just doing salt, garlic powder, pepper, and coriander in the crust. The biggest note was that I finished it in the oven. It was a lot and I wasn't sure it would all fit on the grill. And this was way easier. Taste wise, going into the bag, it good. We'll see if we notice a difference when we crisp it up. There was still a crust but less pronounced than some others.
I started with a lot of pork but I didn't have enough of everything. For the crust, I did:
Cooked souse vide at 165°F for about 24-26 hours (not sure how long it took to finally come to temp)
After it was out of the bags, I weighed them to be about 6-3/4 oz so I adjusted my initial weight accordingly
| When | Weight | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Start | 14 lbs 10.2 oz | I had trimmed off fat from the original package but this includes spices |
| Post Cook | 10 lbs 4.3 oz | based on 4 lbs 5-7/8 oz of liquid) |
| Final | 8 lbs 8 oz | I did eat some but certainty not more than a few oz |
About a 42% loss. Not too bad
Saturday, December 19, 2020, 06:49 PM
Meredith made White Bean Chicken Chili from Eating Bird Food (LOCAL). She skipped the jalapeño and used only half the green chile (using the 505 Brand medium). Also, she used Costco Rotisserie Chicken instead of cooking it. Anf finally, she followed the tip to mash one of the cans of beans.
We really liked it. It was really tasty and flavorful. It certainly didn't taste too salty1, though we were feeling it later
Meredith went light on the salt and then decided it did need more and added it later ↩
Thursday, December 17, 2020, 07:05 PM
I made Black Bean Soup from Love and Lemons (LOCAL). I followed the recipe uncharacteristically closely. It came out pretty good. A lot spicier than I would have hoped, especially since we planned to give it to Caroline. But she actually liked it (though it was spicy). I will consider dropping the spice next time!
We also had the bagged BBQ Ranch salad and some toaster hash browns (as an approximation for latkes on the last night of Chanukah). For the hash browns, you toast them right on the grates three times at full setting. They come out super crispy.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 05:39 PM
We had pulled pork (the last from 2020-08-23). I reheated it in the cast iron which I think helped crisp it up even more. I heated it up, broke it up from being vacuum packed, and then, when it was crispier, I added BBQ Sauce.
Meredith also made her regular coleslaw but actually measured the lemon juice and it was maybe a bigger bag of slaw. Either way, it was really, really good!
Served with quartered tortillas which worked really well (BBQ tacos!)
Sunday, December 13, 2020, 07:02 PM
Meredith made Tempeh Tacos based on Eating Bird Food (LOCAL). She followed the recipe closely and also made some cauliflower rice with adobo powder.
Decent option for vegetarian tacos!
Sunday, December 13, 2020, 04:43 PM
I was really unhappy with how the biscotti came out yesterday so I thought I'd try again with some changes.
First and foremost, I realized I made mistakes yesterday. Notably, I didn't use the offset spatula to take it off the silpat and then I also didn't try to do that until I was ready to cut.
So today, I made some notable changes:
With those, they cut way better! I was much happier with them.
