I somehow managed to produce the most boring tofu and noodles ever. Had both plain and Chinese broccoli, plus a lot of garlic, soy sauce and chili crisp, but it was just kind of bland and watery. I guess it was inoffensive? I did make an interesting dessert, though, from Dessert Person: white chocolate halvah blondies. More or less basic brownie procedure, with melted white chocolate, brown sugar and butter, plus a little tahini. Then you fold in chunks of halvah. I was intrigued when I read it, and the picture looked so pretty, with the sesame seeds on top. Anyway, I didn't bake it long enough, but it was good! will definitely try again, and bake it a few minutes longer. She was so bossy about not overbaking that I panicked.
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Tuesday, 5/4/21
Grilled cheese on Jason bread, plus a strange soup that I picked up from Aldi during their German Week. It was lentil and chickpea, but the fine print indicated that it also had raisins and apricots? It seems like it was more Moroccan than German, plus it needed a fair amount of punching up. The grilled cheese was good, anyway. For dessert I tried another thing from Dessert Person: white chocolate-halvah blondies. Interesting recipe: you melt white chocolate with tahini and butter, and fold in the halvah at the end. The top is sprinkled with sesame seeds and a little salt. I liked these pretty well, but wish I had baked them a little longer. Her instructions scared me into pulling them out a bit early. Anyway, they have a pleasant sesame flavor. The book hasn't exactly blown me away, though.
Monday, 5/3/21
Pulled pork (made in the slow cooker, with onions, bourbon, a little brown sugar and some liquid smoke), made into sliders on those Hawaiian buns that Jason is so crazy about. Jason and I also had cauliflower, roasted with cumin and tossed with queso fresco and some diced prunes (OK, it was a little weird. But not bad!). Carter has Ultimate practice until 6:30, so I have to kind of make two dinners for the next month or so.
Monday, May 3, 2021
Sunday, 5/2/21
Dinner with Jen and John, and no Blue Apron! Jason made a giant pizza (half taco, half goat cheese & caramelized onion), and I made cupcakes to atone for forgetting then a month ago. Stupid box mix again (yellow this time which is in my opinion a little better), and Smitten Chocolate frosting. I told Jason it wasn't enough frosting and that I must have scaled it up last time, and sure enough, 6 cupcakes went unfrosted (and left at home). So note to future Lace: use 1.5 of the recipe. As it was, I was out of unsweetened chocolate, so it was kind of a moot point. But don't tell Jason.
Saturday, 5/1/21
Aloo chaat: potatoes, chick peas, mint/cilantro and tamarind/date chutneys (full disclosure: I was out of dates and made it with prunes), lots of other toppings, plus I picked up a box of frozen medhu vada (little donut shaped lentil thingies) to go along with it. I really miss our favorite Indian buffet and will be glad when I don't have to re-create all this food myself.
Thursday, 4/29/21
Just spaghetti and meatballs (no recipes) and another little Caesar-ish salad. Not exciting, but delicious nonetheless. And since I actually got off the couch and made them the night before, it was a quick dinner.
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