Recipes & Cooking Notes
Recipes & Cooking Notes
20170827 Mashed Potatoes Update on mashed potatoes I’ve known the principles of starting with salted water to add flavor of the boiling potatotes, starting with cold water for more even cooking, and even adding warmed butter to the potatoes after it’s cooking so that the starches are better flavored/coated, but one fatal mistake when making […]
20170620 Made macaroni and cheese from scratch largely following this recipe: Macaroni and Cheese Prep: 15 Minutes Level: Easy Cook: 15 Minutes Serves: 6 Ingredients 4 cups Dried Macaroni 1 whole Egg, Beaten 1/4 cup (1/2 Stick Or 4 Tablespoons) Butter 1/4 cup All-purpose Flour 2-1/2 cups Whole Milk 2 teaspoons (heaping) Dry Mustard, […]
Made pizza today – comparing Fleischmann’s yeast vs active dry yeast, and papa murphy cheese vs kraft cheese. I didn’t like the fleishmann’s pizza yeast that much, but it indeed, did make a decent looking crust in a very short period of time. I still feel like the wolfgang puck’s pizza dough produced a chewier, […]
20160106 chicken noodle soup made chicken noodle soup largely following the recipe below from the back of a soup can. I adjusted the recipe by 1.5-2x. I used one entire 50 ounce can of chicken noodle soup (6 cups), added two stalks celery, 1 carrot (all I had), 1 cup egg noodles, 2 breasts of […]
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 […]
20131115 French Fries – frozen Figured out how to deep fry frozen french fries. Bring oil to ~350 F, put small batches of fries in. DO NOT CROWD. It will splatter lots, but you’re putting ice and water into hot oil. It’s not spattering because it’s too hot, it’s spattering because of water. […]
Made pizza dough following the Wolfgang Puck’s Pizza dough recipe: http://americanfood.about.com/od/pizzaandbreads/r/Wolfgang_Puck_Pizza.htm Good pizza dough. Also used mozzarella cheese shredded from a block. http://slice.seriouseats.com/archives/2011/02/the-pizza-lab-the-best-low-moisture-mozzarella-for-pizzas.html http://www.thekitchn.com/theres-a-reason-why-low-fat-cheese-tastes-like-an-eraser-the-new-york-times-175378 addendum 20150404 Ingredients 1 package dry active yeast 1 teaspoon honey 1 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees F.) 3 cup all-purpose flour (375 grams) 1 teaspoon kosher salt (6 […]
A Gracie made meal! Gracie says: The above picture is not Gracie approved, not Gracie approved at all. I mean, I think this was taken after Mommy hogged all the broth and before I could dive in to rearrange the carrots, so it looks awful. At least Isaac got to plate his food- mine’s all….pot-y. […]
Didn’t follow any recipes this time. Started rice first: Rice: 1 cup rice 1 1/3 cup chicken broth 1/2 tbsp butter 1tsp cumin seeds rice was a little on the dry side. May have been either the pot or, really the lack of water. Will need to watch next time. It was still tasty though. […]
Made onion rings based on a hybrid of this allrecipes.com recipe, and foodwishes recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/old-fashioned-onion-rings/ Ingredients 1 large onion, cut into 1/4-inch slices 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup milk, or as needed 3/4 cup dry bread crumbs seasoned salt to taste 1 quart oil […]