Ikyoto Day #20: Oden
For dinner I made oden in my nabe for my partner and a friend. I totally forgot to take a picture, so this one is courtesy of:
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Ikyoto Day #18: Roast Leg of Lamb
Thursday I hung out with friends with the intention of playing the ukulele, but instead we got caught up in some leg of lamb drama. Friday night we are all going to a Princess Bride theme party, and one person decided that MLT (mutton, lettuce & tomato) should be on the menu. Unfortunately, the leg purchased still had the hipbone attached, which provided quite a few troubles until YouTube videos came to the rescue. The other snafu was there is apparently a lymph node in the leg that should be removed, which was tricky to find for beginners. Mostly I was a prep cook for the main chef, but was excited by the outcome.
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Ikyoto Day #12: Corned Beef & Day #9 Recap
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Since I didn't post a photo on the day I actually did it, here are the costume shirts I made on Day #9. They were quick and dirty (I whacked out 5 in 5 hours including fitting time), but I'm pretty pleased that they are appropriate to the venue.
Today I made corned beef, but it is significantly less photogenic than the lovely ladies above.
TAD DAY 12
Another foodie TAD for me today - I tried a new recipe. I made two sausage and white bean casseroles. (One is vegetarian with "sausage" and one is meatatarian with sausage.) In this house, I try to please all of the people of the time. The recipe I followed is from Real Simple. (A falsely named, but still somewhat enjoyable magazine.)
The verdict: Yummy and satisfying!
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TAD DAY 08
Yup... another cooking TAD. I have never made Indian food before, but I have been all about eating Indian food lately. I am also always a fan of warm, stewy, chickpeas. (Check out Lazy Lulu's chickpea thing.) That said, I was recently turned onto Smitten Kitchen, an excellent food blog written by a new mom, named Deb, who cooks comforting and beautiful food in her small NYC kitchen. Needless to say, her blog speaks to me.
When I saw that Deb had posted a recipe for Chana Masala, I decided to take a stab at it. I guess I should have gone easy on the cayenne, like Deb did, because it was a bit too hot to enjoy. Oh well. The upside was that I learned about toasting cumin seeds and figured out how to "grind" them myself without a grinder or mortar and pestle. I put them in a plastic bag, placed them on my marble cutting board, and smacked the heck out of them with a sturdy little bamboo cutting board.
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Ikyoto Day #6: Superbowl Colored Buttermints
Another day of party prep was on my agenda today. I had been wanting to try my hand at making homemade buttermints(the pastel candy you dig out with a spoon at the diner check-out), and thought that it could be integrated into my party planning by making them in the team colors. The white ones taste the best, since they have no additives, and the black taste a little funky since I always find the amount of dye you have to use to make something black is excessive. They haven't fully dried (you leave them out overnight to set), so I'm holding on passing judgment on whether they will be worth making again in the future.
TAD DAY 06
I love trying new recipes and today I followed a Bon Appetit recipe for chicken cacciatore. The recipe notes that: "The classic dish is updated by adding oven-roasted tomatoes, mushrooms, and onions to deepen the flavors." It is soooo yummy. I will definitely make this dish again. However, next time I make it, I will not forget that the pan had been in a 350 degree oven, not just on the stove. That bare handed grab of the pan handle made me very sad, very angry, and a bit mean to my family until I was sitting down and eating.
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Ikyoto Day #4: Cookies for Boutique Opening
Since Friday the 5th is the grand opening for my friend's new boutique, Better Than Jam Handmade Co-Op, I made two kinds of cookies. If you're in Brooklyn, NY consider stopping by to sample them (and see the awesome creations of local designers) between 7-10pm. You can also flag me down to chat about TAD (I'm one of the designers represented), or geeky things.
The cookies are chewy chocolate chip with walnuts, and ginger oatmeal. Once my roommate made the oatmeal cookies for our landlord, but put them too close together on the baking sheet, so they all merged together in a messy mass. The landlord was clearly not eager to accept them (in fact she seemed a little disturbed), but 5 minutes later she ran up the stairs to ask us for the recipe and thank us! It is from the Dessert Bible by Christopher Kimball if that story has piqued your interest.
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