I'm considering salmon croquettes with salad and green peas for tonight. I have some crackers that taste stale, and this is a fine way to use them up. I'm also thinking of cooking them in the air fryer instead of the oven. Haven't tried that before, but it would sure save electricity.
Last night, made carnitas. Let the meat slow cook all day. Topped with chopped onions, radishes and a bit of cilantro. Also a habanero salsa I made, which is basically habaneros charred on the stove, garlic, a little bit of tart/sour orange juice, and salt and pepper. Just throw those ingredients in blender and puree. You get a great sauce that packs a punch.
Blast! There's no way for me to make it Any advice or favored recipes for making them? I've always wanted to try but I've never done it.
I don't really have a recipe. Beat a couple of eggs with salt, pepper, and spice (oregano or thyme works), smush up a can of salmon into the eggs, add enough crushed saltine crackers to get the salmon to hold togethere, pat the mixture into little flat round shapes, and bake them in a 350 degee oven until they turn brown. My mother used to fry them, which is crispy delicious, but far more caloric than baking. That's why I'm considering using the air fryer.
Thank you! I have an air fryer as well--that sounds like an interesting experiment. I appreciate the information.
I just made a blueberry cherry cobbler from scratch! Im starting on lemon bars now (special request from my brother). I figure i'd cook now so that im not hogging my moms kitchen when i go back home. Smells so good i want to eat it now!!
Today is our Thanksgiving dinner. I made pies last night. The pumpkin pies look perfect. The apple pie was dubious. Veeerrrryyyy dubious. However, when I got up this morning, my husband displayed the suspect apple pie which had been half eaten by our lab/Great Pyrenees mix dog who is tall enough to reach the back of the counter top. Good dog. Smart dog. Ate the ugly suspect pie and left the pretty pumpkin pies. My husband is busily making turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and what ever Norwegian veggie dish is on the list for the year. My job is to vacuum. As soon as my coffee is gone, I'll get to it.
Made cacio e pepe for the first time. Three ingredients: pasta, black pepper, and cheese. It ended up being delicious and the sauce the cheese formed was a lot better than I was expecting.
I did up a rosemary/lemon chicken, with a parmesan risotto, and steamed veggies tonight. The only thing I did well was the veggies. I was way too generous with the rosemary, and the way I do it the word risotto can be translated as ‘overcook rice in some kind of sauce’. The chicken was still edible, I just have to lighten up on the rosemary next time.
Made a big batch of spaghetti sauce I'll be vacuum sealing and freezing, and then tomorrow I'll make another one that I'll pressure can for long-term storage. Not gonna eat any of it now.
My wife somehow came across a 3 ingredient recipe for peanut butter cookies, and demanded I give it a go. Surprisingly, it turned out really well. 1 cup peanut butter- creamy or crunchy doesn’t seem to matter. I tried both, and crunchy actually is a nice touch. 1/2 cup sugar. 1 egg. That’s it. Just dump it all in a bowl, and stir until it’s of firm enough consistency to roll into balls. Do the criss-cross thing with a fork, and cook at 350° for ten minutes. It sounds implausible, I know. But it does work, and well at that. I made a batch just to humor my wife. Then she wanted me to make more for her to take to work.
I tried making this with Nutella, just for kicks and giggles. It did not turn out well. Tasty, yes. Recognizable cookies, no. I only tried to do 9 on the cookie sheet, but after cooking for ten minutes all I had was three blobs, where they had all run together. Stick to the regular peanut butter.
I'm having some friends over for dinner tonight so I'm making farfalle with alfredo sauce (just gonna do cream and Parmesan, essentially, with a bit of black pepper and a sniff of nutmeg), broccoli, garlic bread, and for dessert I've got shortcake biscuits and strawberries with some whipped cream. It's been a bit since I've cooked like this for others and I'm so excited for them to get here.
