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I bought 4 1 1/4 lbs. strip steaks from Costco. I marinated them in TJ's Souvlaki sauce for 1 1/2days. Then I grilled them over high heat for about 14 minutes, turning once. This is where the Thermapen comes in handy. At 145* they were perfectly medium rare.
I baked three loaves of potato sourdough bread. A three day affair!
Baker Aunt, you're a Penzey's fan. Does it drive you crazy to see all the "free' offers they have on Facebook or in your email? Every time I think I have all that I need (or have room for) they come up with a new offer and I have to see how I can justify ordering $20 or $30 worth of spices just to get the free or heavily discounted offer. I have to stop buying things just because they are on sale. Help!!!
I made my own "spicy taco seasoning" (Allrecipes) for our beef tacos. I love the Penzey's spicy taco seasoning but it is pricey and making it myself helps to use up my soon-to-be expired spices.
I found some leftover (3 mos.) frozen meatballs, an Italian sausage and a block of good parmesan cheese. So I sautéed onions and peppers with a little oil and added some vodka and a jar of marinara sauce. I then threw in the meatballs and sausage with some Italian spices and let it simmer a while. At the end I added a Tbls. of half & half and served with shredded parmesan. Lots of kudos came my way.
I just remembered this. About 5 yrs. ago (or maybe more) I was testing recipes for Cook's Illustrated. One of the recipes required a potato ricer so being the good little tester I went to Williams Sonoma and bought one. I don't remember what it cost nor do I remember ever using it again. I had to quit testing though because it became too expensive and time consuming.
I decided to mix things up so I found an old gourmet recipe that I had saved for chicken satay. The recipe called for “white vinegar so I used regular distilled white vinegar . When I tasted the peanut sauce it was too vinegary so I added more peanut butter. Well while stirring (over heat)I noticed the sauce separating and I tried to remove some of the oil. Not my best moment or meal.
Thanks BA. Loved Guppy’s!
Last meal I had to prepare (for at least 4days). Those burgers ? I made up ahead we’re the stars in this last supper. The freezer is officially empty. Now I can go food shopping again in a week is week or so. Yay!
Last meal I had to prepare (for at least 4days). Those burgers ? I made up ahead we’re the stars in this last supper. The freezer is officially empty. Now I can go food shopping again in a week is week or so. Yay!
I also love my grapefruit knife. It is perfect to slice out pineapple flesh and watermelon quarters. I use my scale to weigh and divide my stolen. When I get lazy and find my onions aren't chopped fine enough in my spaghetti sauce I use my scissors to cut them finer in the sauce. Ok I love gadgets!!!
The "fresh loaf" eggless banana bread recipe worked! I had to use a little coconut oil packet from TJ's to supplement oil and I had to supplement flour with bisquick and replace vanilla with maple syrup and bake it forever but it turned out beautifully!!
It's getting near the big day! I have 3 bananas, 1/2 c flour, oat flakes cereal,1/4 cup canola oil, 1/2 stick butter, I box of pumpkin cookie mix. Somehow I think baking a banana bread would present quite a challenge. Baking is not like cooking is it? you can't just throw things together and hope for the best. Maybe this should be a "Chopped" basket!
Having to empty freezer we had folks over for hors d’ouvres. Had left over smoked sausage. I sliced it and placed it in a pan with pickle juice and a little wine vinegar. Very tasty.
Isn’t Mike the cholatier?
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