Cooking for one or two can be fun even if you end up with half empty cans of things. Next time, I'll use the entire can of cream of mushroom soup and a bit more milk to end up with a creamy sauce.


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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

I went easy on the Thanksgiving spread this year. (Okay, I was lazy and couldn't be bothered doing much except the bare necessities.)


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The website where I found the 'for one' cake recipes also has savoury dishes. Especially pasta dishes.

Like this Ham and Pea Alfredo for One ... I made it with linguine


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PICTURE HEAVY: I totally forgot to post this until today. The turkey was thawed and cooked more than a month ago ( Read more... )

I had tucked away some turkey leftovers (turkey gravy, diced breast meat and roasted carcass) at Thanksgiving and decided to finally clear them out of my freezer.

The cream of turkey rice soup came about because I inadvertently let my turkey stock boil (company came, I THOUGHT I had turned off the heat and covered the pot to let it cool). An ( Read more... )

I was tempted by a liter of half price buttermilk (even if the best before date was a few days later) and made a couple of new recipes I had found on FB and the internet.

Buttermilk Biscuits - tasty enough but a bit too much butter for my taste and a fussy technique with results that didn't make me want to repeat the recipe.


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Happy Thanksgiving, 2017!


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Just a quick info dump for those who aren't familiar with chowders. A chowder is a hearty potato based soup which is often thickened with a flour roux and/or milk or cream.

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If it weren't for bread and soups, I wouldn't be doing much new cooking at all these days. I'm not counting the six kinds of fudge I've made since Thanksgiving.

These are no knead sourdough breads where gluten development comes about from letting flour, water and starter autolyse for a long time at room temperature. Unlike high hydration doughs, ( Read more... )