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So way back in January, I set a goal to make 50 recipes this year that I hadn't tried before. I learned a ton about cooking, and now, calling them different recipes almost seems like splitting hairs. Now I think in terms of recipe categories, and feels a sense of fluency in the kitchen that makes things more natural. . Since its 12:30, and I have to leave for the airport in seven hours for a trip I'll get into, maybe, later, I won't get too detailed about that.
Of note is the fact that for 40 days I couldn't eat anything I liked, so I simply didn't cook, and lived mostly on peaches and yogurt and tofu. So I fell short, and won't be cooking again this calendar year.
It feels like a cheat to count roasted squash, since I've done that, but I hadn't done it with orange. See? So its splitting hairs.
I have thoughts on all of these, but ... oh LJ, how is it that I used to have more time for you? You must feel so abandoned. I missed fifty by a bit but the list aint bad.
creme brulee
pad thai
chocolate pecan cake
applesauce
pumpkin cupcakes
chocolate pepper espresso cookies
fig / goat cheese / prosciuttto tart
mushroom risotto
bechamel sauce
homemade pasta
chicken dijonaise
jerusalem artichoke almond soup
cream of spinach pea mint soup
carrot artichoke heart soup
gallettes (fig/ goat cheese, apricot,)
chocolate ice cream (on playa - so extra nifty trick)
lamb rioja
baklava
chicken bastille
bacon wrapped duck stuffed with apples, served over celery root mash
salmon cakes with lime dipping sauce
roasted squash with orange and garlic
seared / grillled duck stuffed with breadcrumbs, onions, apples
couscous with candied orange peels and brandy infused dried fruit (w. simple syrup mixed in)
beef flank and ginger in caramel sauce
panfried rice noodles wiht beef and vegetables
candied carrots
cream of asparagus soup with parmesian custard
strawberry jam
canned fruits
rhubarb pie
cherry pie
morroccan spinach and rice soup
pirozkis (2 variations)
rugalach
lemon soup with spiced lamb meatballs
ginger molasses cake
artichoke asparagus goat cheese tart w salmon
stuffed gamehens
phylo-wrapped peaches with basil and goat cheese
Of note is the fact that for 40 days I couldn't eat anything I liked, so I simply didn't cook, and lived mostly on peaches and yogurt and tofu. So I fell short, and won't be cooking again this calendar year.
It feels like a cheat to count roasted squash, since I've done that, but I hadn't done it with orange. See? So its splitting hairs.
I have thoughts on all of these, but ... oh LJ, how is it that I used to have more time for you? You must feel so abandoned. I missed fifty by a bit but the list aint bad.
creme brulee
pad thai
chocolate pecan cake
applesauce
pumpkin cupcakes
chocolate pepper espresso cookies
fig / goat cheese / prosciuttto tart
mushroom risotto
bechamel sauce
homemade pasta
chicken dijonaise
jerusalem artichoke almond soup
cream of spinach pea mint soup
carrot artichoke heart soup
gallettes (fig/ goat cheese, apricot,)
chocolate ice cream (on playa - so extra nifty trick)
lamb rioja
baklava
chicken bastille
bacon wrapped duck stuffed with apples, served over celery root mash
salmon cakes with lime dipping sauce
roasted squash with orange and garlic
seared / grillled duck stuffed with breadcrumbs, onions, apples
couscous with candied orange peels and brandy infused dried fruit (w. simple syrup mixed in)
beef flank and ginger in caramel sauce
panfried rice noodles wiht beef and vegetables
candied carrots
cream of asparagus soup with parmesian custard
strawberry jam
canned fruits
rhubarb pie
cherry pie
morroccan spinach and rice soup
pirozkis (2 variations)
rugalach
lemon soup with spiced lamb meatballs
ginger molasses cake
artichoke asparagus goat cheese tart w salmon
stuffed gamehens
phylo-wrapped peaches with basil and goat cheese