Food / Cooking

Yesterday’s vegan dinner leftovers turned vegetarian with eggs and yeast.

I tried to use this recipe and multiply it, only to discover I had almost none of the ingredients. So mine only has white vinegar, salt, American mustard power, 4 duck yolks, 4 chicken yolks, and only 1 teaspoon of msg. I eyeballed the oil, and only used EVOO. It’s a bit sharp and tangy, but still tasty.

The rice: lightly fry some cinnamon stick, green cardamom pods, cumin seeds, and cloves in olive oil. Add rinsed rice and stir it fast so it doesn’t stick. Add the water, some tumeric and salt. Mix it all up and put the lid on. Turn to high or medium high, bring to a boil, reduce to low, check it in 10 minutes to see if it’s done.

Now with 200% more beef than restaurant made!

Home made semolina egg pasta made with back yard eggs. Sauce made from onion, back yard basil, diced tomatoes, olive oil and herbs and spices.

I hadn’t made homemade pizza in a while. One edge got a little too done, but overall it was pretty good.

Aside from Benedict, this is my favourite breakfast.

Take a baking sheet and flip it over. That’s your pizza steel for this thin crust pizza. 425 for 8-12 minutes. And I definitely recommend a sprinkle of corn meal or semolina between the baking sheet and the pizza.

Chicken Tacos with Green Peppers, Red Onions, and Sriracha Mayo

Greek potatoes, tzaiki sauce, bacon, jalapeno slices.

This is going to be hilarious.

My wife fell in love with the Tropical Heat smash burger at Sonic. This was my attempt to do it at home. It is, surprisingly, cheaper to make at home. I need to work on the pineapple jalapeno glaze a bit but it’s a very solid burger.

Had mine mashed on a bagel with sumac and toasted sesame seeds.

Black coffee and avocado on whole wheat toast with salt and pepper

Cost? No idea. 86¢ for a can of chickpeas. 86¢ for a cucumber. 50¢ for smoke cheddar. Beyond that I’m not sure.

i got some duck eggs at the farmer’s market with no plan on what to do with them. i thought i’d try them in the purest form to get a sense of the difference from chicken eggs.

I was looking for a way to use as much discard as possible. (There is a limit of how many pancake I can eat on a diet.)

Do you have a a lid to your blender that is a pain in the butt to clean because it’s filled with nooks and crannies instead being a sealed flat surface?

Little inside view bonus pic.

It doesn’t just look red, it’s also made to authentic Sichuan spice levels.

Brussel sprouts, bacon fat, salt, sesame seed, 12 minutes in the air fryer.

Pan-seared, salted beef short ribs cooked in a cast-iron skillet, served with sliced cucumbers seasoned with soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame seeds, sesame oil, and a touch of Tajín for a bright, citrusy finish.

Extra chunky. I typically start with a 28oz can of crushed tomatoes and start the sauce at least 30 minutes before I start the pasta. Garlic, home grown dried basil, orega, star anise, red pepper flakes, a pinch of cayenne power, salt.

I was looking at my images and realized I forgot to post this one.

Edit: link to the recipe

Heat: Foreman Grill / Panini

Row 1: Aleppo Pepper, Allspice, Basil, Bay Leaves, Cayenne, Celery Salt, Celery Seeds, Cinnamon, Chinese Five Spice, Chili Powder, Freeze Dried Chives, Whole Cloves, Cream of Tartar

My very first loaf. It is very crunchy, but kinda too dense. Im in a very low humidity zone, I believe I let it dry out while it was in the fridge. Also next time I’ll cut deeper. It’s made out of unbleached all purpose, 500-350-100.

Saw this recipe at some point on a Korean cooking yt channel and I wanted to try it since I love miso.

Leftover bits from the sandwiches the other day plus some other things. Most notably some smoked sharp cheddar and smoked mozzarella. I smoked the moz in 2024 and the sharp cheddar in December.

It works well with single/double cream or mascarpone, and raspberry jam, applesauce and blueberry jam

It’s 82° in the kitchen and thanks to a small AC unit a friend gave us from their surplus it is nice and dry.

It’s like a simplified bolognese, but it takes less time and uses cheaper ingredients. Works well for weekdays. It was very hard to resist having a second serving

It’s the “cinnamon crisp coffee cake” from king arthur flour, and was a little bit of a pain to prepare, since you have to make the dough, the filling, the crumbs, and the glaze, but i can’t argue with the results.

20% whole wheat 80% bread flour, 65% hydration, 12hr preferment

Had some veggies about to go bad and a bunch of spices I was at the last little bit, so I made this 3 bean chili.

Cold rotisserie chicken from the deli, tomato, tzatziki. No at home heat used.

This may look like idli, but it’s only the shape, it’s actually Dhokla. We had an idli stand so we just repurposed it.

I made Spanish and Argentinian food for our world cup party. This was part of the Argentinian spread. Served it with a chimichurri sauce.

My family think I’m a monster, but it was really nice. I chucked a load of parmesan on too, which really counterbalanced the sweetness of the plums nicely.

Noodles are steamed rather than stir-fried. I think they came out pretty good.

Too hot to cook. 86°f in the kitchen. Black Forest ham, provolone, salami, pepperoni, cucumber, tomato, olives, banana peppers, mayo, mustard, olive oil, red wine vinegar.

At the request of kid #1 we did spring rolls for dinner. This time I got one of the kiddo to roll his own rolls and they actually looked fine.

Some homemade pizza my bf and I made with premade crust and some toppings and cheese

Very fluffy, rose quite well. Not as acidic as most sourdough I’ve made, I wonder if that will change over time as the culture develops and ages. Overall quite tasty, goes well with butter, cheese, and jam.

Partner decided to go all out on this toasted triple decker sandwich. I really wanted tater tots. We found about half way through that we may experience a little bit of regret, but none were had by the end of it.

Salad: cucumber, chickpea, bacon, craisin, dill, lemon juice, sour cream, feta, salt, pinch of red pepper flakes.

The original variant is, according to Wikipedia, supposed to be similar to ice cream. But this one uses a cream made of mascarpone, yoghurt, sugar, heavy cream and vanilla. It makes it easier, but I still want to try making the original which is “made by boiling cream, egg, sugar and syrup to create a custard-like or meringue-like puree which is then frozen”. Sounds harder, but maybe better

Refried beans started from dry beans. Chicken is leftover rotisserie chicken. Headed to the tienda for a ripe avocado without waiting for days. Cost per person $4.40 without the chicken it would have been $3 and vegetarian. Margarita not included. That’s $1.80.

With rice, cucumber and kimchi :)

So I’ve managed to end up with two Costco-sized containers of Kraft grated parmesan. I’ll reach for real parmesan 95% of the time, with Kraft being an occasional nostalgia pick, but these will go bad long before I can get through them at my normal consumption. The containers are both opened, so can’t donate and I’m loathe to waste food, so been trying to think of ways to use it all up.

Made a pizza with it. I’d say the crust looks good lol. Will edit with taste when it’s cool.

Making pork vermicelli bowls this week. It’s nice and refreshing in the summer.

This easy recipe to do, comes from the Food Network Italia. A very beautiful channel, way, way different and better from the USA, with tons of recipes and cooking shows to watch. I do love it and watch it 2–3 times per week when possible.

Too hot to cook so I only used enough heat to fry the tortillas.

Is there a food crimes community?

Recipe here : https://alexandracooks.com/2018/03/02/overnight-refrigerator-focaccia-best-focaccia/

I have been baking bagels quite a bit since i closed my business in the end of March. One of my customer’s ex-wife convinced me to take my bagels to the weekly farmer’s market. I did a double batch (14ish bagels per batch) and sold half of them. I did 7 plain, 7 poppy seed, and the rest everything.

I started making my own pickles last year and I’ve been hooked ever since…I’m hoping these will last at least a week or two😄

Today time was in short supply with my partner visiting customers and me experiencing full speed managerial bullshit so I put together a simple curry.

Okras are like green been, they to be cleaned with water and chop off their head, let it a bit in water with vinegar and cook them in the pot with all the ingredients mentioned above + olive oil, pepper and salt. Okras can be cooked with meat as well, starting always with the meat, and then adding the okras. Lovely food that makes me escape out of the ordinary every day food.

It’s a crisp 83°f (28.3c) in the house. I decided I was definitely not turning on any heat source for dinner. Which isn’t cheap. Cost per person: $6.41

My take on Arby’s Beef and Cheddar. Store was out of onion rolls so just a hard roll.

Chicken thigh, melted swiss, bacon, lettuce, tomato, S&P, and a lil mayo. And an extra piece of bacon snack haha.

Best paired with a slice of Irish fairy bread

Happy sunday 🤗

Meatball, bell pepper, fresh basil from the garden.

Jacques Pepin meets Seiu Itoh

The center was just slightly underdone, but the crust had the perfect crunch I was looking for, made to pair with some goulash I was making

Not my type of food but he enjoyed it.

It was definitely too hot to be cooking this but I was craving it.

It’s been a while since I could cook due to the horrific weather here in Belgium the last weeks. A quick meal to resume the cooking adventure :)

Started making sourdough about 6 months ago. Scaled up my operations and started making 6 at a time. Here’s what I made recently, jalepeno cheddar.

I will definitely be making these again.

that last move from the banneton to the baking pan is perilous.

I am always amazed that the water from a jar of chickpeas can transform so beautifully and deliciously–and it’s completely vegan!

I seldom ever go to thrift stores anymore because they now charge $5 for a used T-shirt.

The recipe is easy to do: Put overnight the chickpeas in water, give the a wash next day and boil them for 15-20 minutes, put in the oven for 30 minutes or so with the rest ingredients.

I think it came out beautiful, if a little deformed lmao

Sourdough donuts

Baked the bread before the kitchen got too hot. Kinda tossed the rest together. Chickpeas, black beans, corn, cucumber, onion, herbed garlic goat cheese, geek seasoning, cumin, lemon juice olive oil, red pepper flakes, black pepper.

I made this recipe a couple of days ago. Was an absolute pain in the butt to toast the sugar and grind all the spices, but it is absolutely worth it. I made it without the roasted soy powder, but the dough still came together and they firmed up excellently. You will want to keep an eye on these cookies as they bake though. I found them to be perfect after 10-12 minutes and way overdone at 16.