In which there’s not really a recipe so as much as an assembly idea. I have leftover chili and it needs to be eaten, but another bowl of chili does not sound appealing. So I’ve mashed up a few recipes and here’s chili cheese enchiladas. Ingredients: leftover chili corn tortillas cottage cheese grated cheddar, divided […]
In which it’s the #breadin5 recipe! Okay. So. There are cheeses that need to be enjoyed with good bread. Not the crap from the Safeway bakery, but good bread. What they call artisan bread now, what used to be rustic peasant bread. Bread you can only get from fancy bakeries now. I got too spoiled […]
In which I think I’ve successfully copied my favorite canned chili beans, which I can’t find in my local grocery. 1 c. dry pinto beans, picked over 3 c. water 1-2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1/4 tsp. onion powder a glug of vegetable oil Cook in an Instant Pot under high pressure for […]
In which there are leftovers. I made aloo matar, carrot raita, and naan for dinner. Even though I halved the naan recipe I still have four or five leftover, so have been surfing for ways to use them. Behold these fancy pizza ideas: – Naan, olives, pesto, red pepper flakes, grilled artichokes, walnuts, chopped parsley, […]
In which there’s sodium citrate, aka melting salt, in American cheese, so it makes great nacho cheese sauce. You may be a human being who, from time to time, thinks to yourself, “I want some freakin’ nacho cheese sauce.” But when you look up nacho cheese sauce recipes online, they’re all roux-based, which is basically […]
In which there’s a recipe. Another recipe. Yes, this is a recipe blog now. Beans are fucking awesome. And cheap. And delicious and filling. So Make A Pot Of Beans Already 1 lb dry pinto beans 1 onion, peeled 2 jalapenos, slit 2-3 large cloves garlic, peeled 1 bay leaf 1 clove 2 tsp salt […]
…”the soup of Ezo the bride” is an amazingly delicious red lentil and bulgar soup famous in Turkey. Here’s some in a mason jar on the window sill in my office! I brought it for lunch! It’s totally raining outside! (April 16, 2012) Ezogelin çorbası Heat in a stock pan: 1-1/2 T. butter 1-1/2 T. […]
…that feeling when you glance over at the griddle and your bread has puffed up into a little steam-filled ovoid. This stuff is so easy and so delicious I don’t understand why it isn’t just a thing that everybody always does. I mean, aside from a piece of naan here and there, how did I […]
…English cukes, white onions, red bell pepper, garlic. Brine is water, cider apple vinegar, sugar, salt, black pepper, Bay leaf, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and chile pequins. I made a pint of these last week and couldn’t stop eating them, so this time I made two pints!
