Archive for November 2017
Playing With My Food....Emergency Rations Experiments">Playing With My Food....Emergency Rations Experiments
Anyone have some amazing things you do with emergency rations all year round? Have great time savers or money saving tips using emergency rations? Have a great recipe using emergency rations, please share it here! Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreBaked Chicken and Potatoes with Bechamel Sauce Recipe!!!">Baked Chicken and Potatoes with Bechamel Sauce Recipe!!!
Hi, everybody! Today, I'm going to make chicken with bechamel sauces! It's so easy recipe, I like it's very much. Also you can take this dish for your job, it's very comfortably. So, Let's go! INGREDIENTS 150g mincemeat 2 onions 4-6 potatoes sunflower oil 60g cheese salt and paper For sauce 50g butter 1tbs flour 250ml milk salt and paper PREPARATION 1. Peel the potatoes...
Read moreholidays are coming... which peter reinhart book should I ask for?">holidays are coming... which peter reinhart book should I ask for?
Do you suggest using a stone, even when making bread in a pan? i.e. Dutch oven , loaf pan, etc. Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreWhat to do with cooked leftover ribeyes">What to do with cooked leftover ribeyes
Embarrassingly enough, I have experienced this phenomenon, with the only redeeming/mitigating factor being the crab cake appetizer was so effing good! Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read more3.5 year old whole frozen duck">3.5 year old whole frozen duck
Others can chime in, but I say go for it. Just don't serve it to guests! Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreReplacing butter & eggs with applesauce">Replacing butter & eggs with applesauce
So I recently found this surprisingly good recipe (https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/grapefruit-poppy-seed-bread) to help me go through a few grapefruits I had from my previous groceries. I really like to adapt recipes to my taste, but I also have a policy of always trying something new by following exactly the instructions at least...
Read moreFreezing white chicken chili with a heavy cream roux">Freezing white chicken chili with a heavy cream roux
I've been making this annually for a November meeting, this year I can't be there, and I was asked if I could make it two weeks ahead. I understand a roux, especially one with dairy, could "break" when frozen. My choices are -to make a recipe with no cream, which...
Read moreWhat Cookbooks Have You Bought Lately, or Are You Lusting After? October 2017 edition [old]">What Cookbooks Have You Bought Lately, or Are You Lusting After? October 2017 edition [old]
Wow. That's pretty harsh. Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreWhat are you baking these days? October, 2017 edition! [old]">What are you baking these days? October, 2017 edition! [old]
Excellent idea. Man oh man, TO Jo! you and your gang really got it going on. Reading More May Cause Envy...
Read moreSeeking basic recipe for turning baker's chocolate into eating chocolate">Seeking basic recipe for turning baker's chocolate into eating chocolate
I believe, in 2014, Consumer Lab found 100% Baker's chocolate to be the only cacao product uncontaminated with lead and cadmium. It is a real shame because Baker's chocolate is not organic or fairly traded. I do enjoy the flavor of baker's chocolate but I am...
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I love food. Unfortunately, I can't cook worth a damn. I've been known to even burn water.
When I watch chefs and good cooks on tv, I'm so envious of their skills. This blog is the closest I get to cooking, other than the microwave ;)
Try not to drool!
John, New Englander turned Cali dude