Recipes & Cooking Notes
Recipes & Cooking Notes
20150429 baked salmon made baked salmon largely following this recipe: http://allrecipes.com/video/159/how-to-cook-salmon/detail.aspx basically: take salmon out to rest for ~20 min – (let warm up) preheat oven to 475 F – yes, very hot! prepare herbs of choice, I used dried parsley and fresh sliced garlic. Press onto flesh side prepare pan with butter (I used […]
20150416 Made chocolate chip cookies following the recipe at the bottom. As usual, letting it rest for at least 24 hours lends towards a deeper flavored cookie. Learned something today when I tried to bake with different pans. The large aluminum pans took longer to heat up, and took around 14-16 minutes to cook. The […]
Made beef pot roast, largely following the allrecipes recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-beef-pot-roast/ Only used 2.5 lb beef roast, USDA choice from wal-mart. I’m glad I did, any bigger, and it wouldn’t have fit! I did brown and cook vegetables beforehand, I did think it increased the umami and depth of savoriness. But I need to add more […]
I want to try to make beef stew according to this recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-beef-stew-i/ “This easy, comforting beef stew is cooked in a slow cooker with potatoes in a hearty broth. Garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and paprika add flair!” INGREDIENTS: 2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch cubes 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt […]
slow cooked mashed potatoes made slow cooked mashed potatoes largely following the recipe at the bottom: Didn’t add sour cream because I didn’t have any, but I like the fact that it made good potatoes, that weren’t too wet. I think I added too much garlic, 4 tablespoons. It was too garlic-ey. I added […]