Food

Brown sugar, butter, craisins, butter roasted pumpkin seeds.

Pretty standard no-knead recipe. This time though I replaced half the water with Erdinger alcohol free beer and rubbed some butter into the flour for a softer crust.

The new inox pan is a wonder to get perfect crusts. Even on the brined chicken I got it perfect. Once I got the crust done on both side I could put the whole thing in our oven to finish cooking.

The plan when I thawed the venison cube steak was chili. But I had Mexican slaw and jalapeno cream sauce to use up. So burritos got the win. Taco seasoning, bacon grease, orange juice, venison, Mexican rice, vinegar slaw, jalapeno cream sauce, avocado.

Here is the recipe I use: https://natashaskitchen.com/borscht-recipe-with-meat/

At this point, any scientist, doctor, journalist, or policy maker who denied or minimizes the importance of a whole food plant-based diet for individual and societal well-being simply isn’t looking clearly at the facts . There’s just too much good evidence to ignore anymore. -T. Colin Campbell, PhD

Having just Whole Food Plant-Based meals and food items is not hard and with such tasty it is not really any sacrifice, so since this is healthier, and not contributing to animal slaughter and the captivity and abuse with that, and use of more resources with the waste and great harm to environments, why not?

Founded by engineer Anyell Sanmiguel and research chef Palmiro Ocampo, CCORI promotes food sustainability through optimal cooking, a methodology that trains people in culinary techniques that make it possible to use all the food – preserving it, recycling it, and adding value to all its parts.

This was my time baking baguettes. Loaves on the left were the first, while the right being the final. You can see as the batches went on they came out better. I baked them 2 at a time on my pizza stone.

Vegan cheese made from home-grown vegetable oils is healthier, greener and more “oozy”, scientists have found.

Pasta dough from scratch but it took longer than expected to get the pasta in and out of the pot so the butter went from brown to dark brown. Still tasty. Sage and garlic from the yard.

Rule

Simple but effective :)

I love baking yeast braids, and Easter is a great occasion. They smell deliciously while baking, the recipe‘s simple, the dough easy to work with, and I‘m left with a lot of fluffy goodness that makes for a great gift to friends and neighbors.

With egg and crispy chilli oil/chilli crisp. 😁 Mangled the egg - yolk fell out half way through.

Sauteed onion and bell pepper, bacon, sour cream, and cheddar.

Doner kabob on a pita, with seasoned oven baked sweet potato fries. Made a lemon garlic sauce and topped with red onion and cherry tomatoes.

I make these in my old GE Spectra electric oven. It’s worth about $300 these days. I just don’t feel like you need one of those expensive Ooni ovens.

“Thick” smashed burger with onion, american and gouda cheese, bacon, quick burger sauce, lettuce, pickle on a Sara Lee potato bun. I can’t get Martins buns in my small town. Oven fries cooked in the bacon grease and seasoned with Lawrys

There’s a meat store near me. I wouldn’t call it a butcher. The prices are at least as good as Walmart but with better variety.

Made this as a celebratory dinner one night for my wife. The ricotta gnocchi comes together so quickly but feels so impressive, and any time I include a ribeye she’s happy haha.

So, I tried a recipe for buttermilk pie from the Internet, and it may not be the prettiest thing to ever be baked but it is delicious and super easy (and cheap) to make.

I made hot cross buns tonight.

My sweet husband baked my favorite carrot cake for my birthday. I dedicated about a third of it to be consumed in pure hedonism (straight from the platter with a fork) while the rest was portioned and frozen for later, sensible treats.

The guide in question. I kind of expected affiliate link spam going into it, but there are no affiliate links, and it’s genuinely well-considered. The “well, technically…” bonus at the end caught me way off-guard.

The eggs, scallion greens, wild garlic chives and dead nettles came from the yard.

Thank you everyone!

Not a recent bake, but I’m quite proud of this loaf! Challah is one of the most fun breads to make imo, I love the shaping process and the results when I have French toast for breakfast 😋

I guess the trend is to call it “chilli crisp” now, but I still call it crispy chilli oil.

Free chicken thighs went into this but after cooking it I’m convinced that they were completely unnecessary because the sun dried tomatoes did all the lifting here.

White Bean, Potato, Leek, and a smidge of bacon Soup.

Currently in the depths of newborn hell, but baked these for friends back in Tennessee.

Shot from the night before which shows the interior:

Brown pizza. Brown food. Look, idk if this belongs here, should I crosspost? Is it just spammy when I do that? Anyway. I’m cleaning my stove so I can get it dirty again.

Homemade jalapeno cream sauce and quick pickled cabbage slaw. The crunch from the fried corn tortillas and slaw is very nice with the refried beans.

An iconic kitchen appliance gets a major upgrade.

I think this is going to be worth it. Bit worried, as I mixed all of that whiter stuff on the top into the bottom. Way too much flavour to toss. Didn’t skim the tops before it geletinized either so it’ll be quite fatty. Also didn’t get all the meat out