Documenting a year of cooking experiences
We made a rack of ribs on Sunday because I had to work late tonight. Why can’t people work normal hours like 6am-3pm? These late afternoon (3pm) meetings kill when I have to deal with traffic. Our ribs were pretty simple: 2 lbs baby back ribs Chili powder Garlic powder Fenugreek powder Squeeze of honey …
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I forgot to grab the chicken thighs at the store the other day so we had to sacrifice the thick cut pork chops that we supposed to be grilled on Wednesday when we would have a bit more time. Flavors were right but pork is just not my favorite protein for a curry. Our curry …
My fermentation station is starting to take shape. At present, I have going: kombucha, garlic-honey, Sriracha mimic hot sauce, and Tepache. I bought some raw soy beans today to start a miso for the next year and to see what “fresh” tamari really tastes like. Then I remembered all of my fermentation jars are taken …
Today is Super Bowl Sunday and we had a wonderful time watching the Dog Bowl, Puppy Bowl, and Kitty Halftime Show. To get in the spirit, my wife thought we should used the flavors of a Super Bowl party to make dinner. Her idea and execution was to combine a nicely baked rockfish with some …
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Today we decided to have turkey burgers and chips for dinner. In a normal family that would mean a simple turkey burger and some Ruffles. In our family that means an experiment with miso-turkey burger, homemade sweet potato chips with various dips, and some toppings that most people wouldn’t think about. For the dips, we …
For my wife’s birthday, we made meatloaf and mashed potatoes. As always, I make way too much mashed potatoes because I love making gnocchi and potato pancakes. Since we had another early dismissal today due to weather, the whole gang is in on the action. For the gnocchi: 2 Cups leftover mashed potatoes 4 eggs …
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My year long experiment has reached the conclusion of its first month. My metrics for success are that I continue to enjoy both cooking and logging my ideas/recipes/experiments. Cooking has become more fun because we are now having longer discussions about how to style the food for the pictures, what we would change next time, …
It was my wife’s birthday today and everyone gets to choose when it’s their birthday in our house. She made it easy and decided on meatloaf and mash potatoes. We tried a new meatloaf recipe since I have been watching way too many Italian cooking shows recently and tried to tie in some of the …
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Our make ahead this week is a simple chicken enchilada. Some nice comfort food because the Polar Vortex is supposed to hit us later in the week. We were also able to find blue corn tortillas at the market this morning so got even more excited. We decided to make our own sauce to see …
Early dismissal today due to a snowstorm so we had a bit of unplanned extra time in the kitchen as a family. We had planned on eating the make ahead from Sunday but decided it could wait until tomorrow. Tonight we were able to have a full two course meal with an appetizer and all. …
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