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February 29, 2024 at 6:01 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 25, 2024? #42018
To go with leftover roasted chicken thighs on Thursday, I made a small stir-fry of farro cooked in broth and sauteed carrots, celery, mushrooms, and a bit of kale from the pot my husband is growing under the grow lights on our enclosed porch.
February 28, 2024 at 8:59 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 25, 2024? #42011We had a full afternoon, so it was good to know that dinner was awaiting us in the refrigerator. We finished the Spaghetti Squash-Turkey Casserole and had some microwaved frozen mixed vegetables.
I took advantage of having recently fed my sourdough starter and, having made the levain Monday night, I baked my Rustic Sourdough Mixed Grains Bread on Tuesday. I used a Romertopf glazed bowl (greased with Crisco and coated with farina) and put the cloche top on it. This loaf came out particularly well in appearance, so maybe I am getting better at forming a boule. I look forward to slicing the bread tomorrow.
I think that I will stick to my ceramic bakers. With this recipe, I put the covered bowl, with dough that has risen for 35 minutes and then been slashed, into the cold oven, set the temperature to 425 F, turn it on, and bake for 55 minutes. It's nice to be able to use the pre-heating as part of the bake.
February 27, 2024 at 6:11 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 25, 2024? #41997I've done mashed potatoes with garlic before, Len, but I never thought to add Parmesan. I'll have to try it. BTW, I also have discovered, with my hand blender that a taller pot is essential when mixing.
I roasted chicken thighs and sweet potato chunks for dinner on Tuesday, which we had with leftover coleslaw. There is enough chicken left for another meal, and there is still plenty of coleslaw.
February 26, 2024 at 9:19 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 25, 2024? #41985Thank you for reviewing that recipe, CWCdesign. I had printed it off to try sooner or later. Given your review, it will be sooner!
I've been happy with the cloche I bought from Skeptic, although for larger loaves, I use a Romanoff bowl on the bottom with the cloche on top. I like that the recipe calls for a cold oven start. In fact, I'm going to make the levain tonight for my Rustic Sourdough, which I will bake that way tomorrow.
I have never tried the "drop it into a heated Dutch oven." I also use my Dutch ovens frequently for soups and stews, so it does double duty. I have a ceramic Emile Henry Dutch oven that I've used for rolls, but although it is supposed to be safe on the stove top, I have no plans to try it there.
February 26, 2024 at 6:20 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 25, 2024? #41979For dinner on Monday, we had coleslaw and Crispy Oven Baked Fish and Chips with Dill Tartar Sauce.
I also made yogurt today.
February 25, 2024 at 9:28 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 25, 2024? #41972That sounds really good, Joan.
We re-ran the Spaghetti Squash Casserole, but this time with microwaved frozen mixed vegetables.
I baked a streusel apple pie. I made a mistake and instead of adding the filling ingredients to the apples, I added the topping ingredients (pre-streusel). I went ahead and added the filling ingredients, so there was 1/4 cup more sugar in the pie, as well as 1/2 cup of flour that would not be there. I made up more topping mixture. The pie still baked well and looks good. Next time, I will put the streusel mixture on the other side of the room.
February 24, 2024 at 8:41 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 18, 2024? #41959This one is for Mike:
https://www.thenew60comic.com/thecomics/2024/2/15/valenines-day-2024
On Saturday, I made dough for my Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers. I will bake them next week.
February 24, 2024 at 6:48 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 18, 2024? #41955On Saturday, I roasted my last spaghetti squash (a Golden Arrow variety), then used it to make a spaghetti squash "lasagna" (really a casserole) in which it is layered with a tomato meat sauce, then sprinkled with mozzarella and Parmesan before baking. The tomato sauce is from some I froze this summer. We had it with microwaved frozen peas. There is enough for two more meals.
Here is the chocolate cookie recipe that I baked yesterday. It originated with the Tartine Bakery, but there are numerous iterations of it on the internet. Here is one:
My husband had one at tea time, and he--who watched my whisk mishap and helped clean up--proclaimed: These are SO WORTH IT. I'll add my review after I have one for dessert tonight.
My Review: WOW!
February 23, 2024 at 6:25 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of February 18, 2024? #41948We finished off the farro stir-fry for dinner on Friday. As there was not enough for two, we supplemented with roasted sweet potato chunks and microwaved fresh broccoli.
Len, I suspect it would be like the time I was trying to buy a new work bowl for my food processor. While Cuisinart was helpful in aiding me in finding the part number, they no longer carried it. They would have given me a 20% discount on a new food processor, but I knew that my old one is superior to the new ones, and I was able to source the part.
There appears to be a design flaw in the Cuisinart hand mixer latching mechanism that causes it to break. I'm not willing to buy another one, even with a discount. I will make do with my back-up hand mixers and think about whether a small Kitchen Aid stand mixer might be a better investment.
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