Notes from the Garden ~ Roasted Turkey Oklahoma
Roasted Turkey Oklahoma The head Chef brought this back from the 1980 US Culinary Olympic Team. it was archived in the garden book and added as an American Flavor Recipe
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Day 54 Quarantine: Spring Fling Cake (Copy CAT of the well known original from the recently closed Market)
Above is a picture of the spring fling cake we made. Lemon Meringue batter, a cream cheese frosting, fresh fruit, candied pansies from our garden, and a colorful base of rainbow sprinkles. In light of recent events, my school hosted a virtual bake-off, and this […]
Day 78 Quarantine: Sweet & Sour Mango Chutney
Today, to go with our Hawaiian chicken brochettes, we made a Sweet & Sour Mango Chutney. Now, I love mangoes! Their tangy-ness, fibrous seed, and rich flesh make for a perfect fruit. Though, in this chutney, the mixture of onion, vinegar, mango, and sugar just hit those flavors over the top.
Honestly, this mixture is just a simple syrup made of vinegar and granulated white sugar. First, begin by adding about 1 cup of white vinegar, and about 1/3 of a cup of granulated white sugar. Put these two ingredients into a wide-based pan, and bring to a slow simmer while stirring. Then, add the garnish: two cut up mangoes (just the flesh), & 1/3 of a cup of diced onions. Stir while this cooks, and reduce the flame.
Once I made this chutney, which was about 3 hours before I actually used it, I could not stop “sampling” it. I only left about half because I couldn’t keep my spoon out of the bowl! Anyways, long story short, this chutney is one to crave. It could be used on basically any game: pork (heading in the Hawaiian direction), chicken, and anywhere else from there!
After dressing this chutney on the main meat, you could also add just a pinch of fresh mint; the color and a hint of that flavor wouldn’t be bad!
Enjoy.
Social Isolation ~ Cooking Projects. Day 65 == Porcupine MeatBalls
Day 65 of social isolation had a twist. Zoom Call while cooking. Food Netwok sent Porcupine Meatballs as the recipe of the day. The Recipe opened up childhood flood gate of comfort home food. the recipe was forwarded to my siblings and share with brother […]
Social Isolation ~ Cooking Projects. Day 68
Cooking project today is Taco Tuesday. Frozen chicken breast into Fajita Style Tacos. Shredded red cabbage slaw with cilantro and green onion and white vinegar dressing is the complement to the tacos. Cook with what you have be well
Social Isolation ~ Cooking Projects. Day 71 == find takeout
Social Isolation Day 71 Cooking project today is find take out. G&B is open and serving. Order door side, quick, hospitable and efficient. Battered Cod, Malt vinegar, chips. perfectly executed.
Be well.
Social Isolation ~ Cooking Projects. Day 55 == Mac-n Cheese.
Day 56 of Social Isolation is a large batch of mornay , shell pasta for comforting Mac-N-Cheese . cooking what we have. Be well.
Social Isolation ~ Cooking Projects. Day 57 == find takeout == ShakeShack
Day 57 of Social Isolation lead us to find take out. Shake Shake has take out. Order on the app; burger no bun, no cheese w/ peppers and onion: 2 chick’n shack; blossom lemon aid and add a whipped cream shake . Perfectly executed. Perfect […]
Social Isolation ~ Cooking Projects. Day 69
No particular cooking project today. Thank goodness the food section came today in the Rocky Mountain News. the article that caught my eye ” here are 10 essential Indian recipes” .
Reading the narrative I find this to be a nice distraction to social isolation – Toor Dal, Keema, Roti Gajjara Kosambari to name a few – but not a cooking project .
Cook what you have.
Stay well
Social Isolation ~ Cooking Projects. Day 61 == Pozole
We had white hominy in the freezer. the stock is dizzy chicken stock and inspired Pozole. Roasted pumpkin is from October…and also from the freezer. Garni includes cilantro, marigolds, chicken, artichoke, tomatoes, cucumber. Cook what you have. stay well