Theme was American South Chicken fried steak, breaded wings, succotash, pineapple upside down cake, strawberry orange sangria, and then challah, hamentaschen, cookies from shabbos, and drinks.
Purim 5783
The presnack: buffalo wings 1:1:1 ratio Sriracha, brown sugar, margarine Wings got sprinkled in garlic granules and smoked paprika The wings were then cooked for 30 minutes on 120 C and then 40 minutes in 200 Celsius Afterwards they were tossed in the sauce The main meal: Chinese hot pot The dessert: Mochi and Adzuki…
Random Shabbos Menu
Night: chicken mulligatawny soup, our standard shabbos chicken described elsewhere on blog, cauliflower with turmeric brought by guest. Day 1: french onion soup (getting increasingly closer to being perfect but not there yet), crusty bread, salad, yogurts, and totally extraneous gefilte fish. Day 2: pesto chicken, and pesto alio olio noodles. https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/chicken_mulligatawny_soup/ Substitutions : red…
Chicken Cacciatore
Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore This recipe came out absolutely fantastic. Crockpot, on a timer, went on at 4am and we ate at around 11. Carrots came out slightly Al dente, could be sliced finer. Everything else was absolutely perfect. Notes from my husband; This is the recipe that I used, with the following modifications :-I…
Sinner’s Lazy Pasta non-meat Carbonara
When you want eggs and pasta but are too lazy to actually do anything hard: 1. Make pasta 2. Whisk together eggs, melty cheese, parmesan or other yummy hard cheese, garlic powder 3. Add pasta to the eggs 4. Horrify all foodies by popping the mixture into the microwave for a minute 5. Add some…
Amazing brown lentil soup
2 cups lentils8 cups water4 onions, chopped fine and fried6 cloves crushed garlic3-4 small chopped sweet potatoes3-4 chopped carrots1/2 tsp black pepper1.5 tsp cumin1 tsp garlic salt2 tsp salt Took about an hour and a half on a simmer
Additional pie crust recipe
This one uses a fat coating flour method and a food processor and claims to create perfect, flaky crust. The pies in question are in the oven, so time will tell. https://www.inspiredtaste.net/22662/flaky-pie-crust-recipe/ Edit: the verdict is in, and it’s a no. This is not a perfect flaky crust.
Recipe for sauce
Addictive sauce you can’t stop eating approximately 3 parts caramelized sugar, 3 parts wine vinegar, 3 parts soy sauce, 2 parts silan, 2 parts water, 2 parts natural peanut butter, dash of ginger My husband invented it this morning while “experimenting”
Sukkot 5782
Night meal: Challah Out of this world decadent bbq for the adults Hotdogs for the kids Sunflower sprout salad (https://www.primalpalate.com/paleo-recipe/sunflower-sprout-salad/) Potatoes with rosemary, salt, pepper, olive oil Brunch meal: Challah Salatim Halloumi salad Lupper meal: Challah Gazpacho (https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-easy-gazpacho-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-173180) “Kebab” (the Israeli kind, ie a sort of meat patty, not skewers) Roasted vegetables Dessert: Kokosh cake…
Rosh Hashana 5782
We are invited out for one meal, so that leaves three and a bit meals to plan. Lots of repeats from previous year Rough menu plan, subject to change over course of day: Meal one: garlic cheese challah, salmon, gefilte fish (guest doesn’t like salmon), zucchini cheese kugel, ice cream. Meal two: tzimmes themed roast,…
Tacos!
(but in tortillas so not really tacos) Taco meat recipe: About 1 kg ground beef 2 large or 3 medium onions 4 cloves of garlic or equivalent in garlic powder or frozen garlic Option – one medium red pepper 1 tsp cumin Half tsp chili flakes 1 tsp allspice Half tsp nutmeg Half tsp black…
Not really a recipe blog 