Recipes & Cooking Notes
Recipes & Cooking Notes
Made Avocado “green sauce” largely following this recipe: Didn’t use cilantro, but this is pretty much the green sauce that I see at coco loco! Hooray! -Isaac 20150801 http://laylita.com/recipes/2013/01/29/avocado-sauce/ Avocado sauce Yield: ~2 ½ cups of avocado sauce Creamy avocado sauce recipe made with avocados, limes, cilantro, hot peppers, garlic, olive oil and cumin. This […]
Made ice cream largely following this recipe: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/01/dining/the-master-ice-cream-recipe.html ICE CREAM BASE Time: 20 minutes plus several hours’ cooling, chilling and freezing 2cups heavy cream 1cup whole milk ⅔cup sugar ⅛teaspoon fine sea salt 6large egg yolks Your choice of flavoring (see grid below, or invent your own) 1. In a small pot, simmer cream, milk, […]
The Kitchn’s Guide to Storing Fruits and Vegetables TIP ROUNDUP This past week my CSA pickup share was as bountiful as it’s been all summer. A dozen tomatoes, six or seven ears of corn, crisp greens, a pound of peaches — it’s quite a sight to lay it all out on the countertop and plan […]
20150601 Wanted to write some tips on making sweet oatmeal. Use mostly, if not all milk. I added a touch of cream and water. instant oats are edible in 1 min, but for gooey goodness, it will take at least 10-15 minutes. Make it ahead of time. I added copious amounts of brown sugar. Think […]
20150525 Soup Bones Beef Stew (cross cut beef shank) http://ieatmostlymeat.com/beef-soup-bone-stew/ Solid, easy slow cooker recipe for stew. Preparation You can prepare this in no time and let it cook all day in the slow cooker. This is a very simple paleo slow cooker recipe. Optional brown the soup bone on all sides. Place the soup […]
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 […]