Recipes & Cooking Notes
Recipes & Cooking Notes
This past week, Grace made risotto and steak: (Gracie: Classic Wong combination, a la Elizabeffy) Great risotto with portobello mushrooms (G: Why thank you. For some reason- this risotto always turns out better with red wine than white wine, even though the recipe calls for white- Guess mushrooms pair better with red.). Even though I […]
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. […]
Made the dish after marinating for two days (Would have made it yesterday, but parents brought home dinner from C&J’s barbeque): Made side dish of homemade mashed potatoes with mushroom gravy and peas and carrots. I think the best thing was the mushroom gravy. Baked the chicken for about 55 minutes, about the right […]
Started prepping dinner for tomorrow: Made the “marinade” and gashed the chicken, stirred it together and let it sit overnight. Added around 2 tsp of salt and 1 tsp of pepper. I find that chef John’s recipes are a little ambiguous on the salt department. The recipes that I make following his directions are typically […]
Made Arroz con Pollo today based on foodwishes recipe: http://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2009/12/this-arroz-con-pollo-recipe-chicken-and.html My major modifications were using 5 chicken thighs instead of a whole chicken, leaving out capers, and putting in a whole can of tomato paste (didn’t want to waste it). I used the thighs only because they were on sale, and I used 5 because […]