30, Mar 2009
Blondies
I have been craving brownies all week, but since E is not eating chocolate at the moment we decided to try making blondies. First question? Just what the hell is a blondie anyway? Obviously, it’s like a brownie but without chocolate, but what stands in for the chocolate, in terms…
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8, Mar 2009
Baked Sesame Chicken
Another variation on the baked version of my ever-useful golden chicken recipe. The glaze this time was hoisin sauce, mae ploy sweet chili sauce, and soy sauce. After glazing the chicken breasts, I sprinkled them liberally with sesame seeds and white and black pepper. It came out great, though next…
8, Mar 2009
Green Mashed Potatoes
This irio recipe (basically mashed potatoes and peas with corn) sounded so good, we decided to try it ourselves. However, we didn’t have corn and so instead mixed in a caramelized onion. We also used yukon gold and fingerling potatoes, and left in the skins. The result was really good…
1, Mar 2009
Mu Shu Pork
If you asked either E or me our favorite Chinese dishes, I don’t think Mu Shu would come up on the list — until recently anyway. We had it on a whim somewhere not too long ago and since then have been loving it. Not only is it fun and…
1, Mar 2009
Cate’s Caramel Corn
E whipped this up for an oscars party with themed food. It turned out great. Her only complaint was that actually making popcorn on the stove the old-fashioned way was sort of a pain (looks like it’s really easy and cheap to make your own microwave popcorn though). She might…
1, Mar 2009
Crawfish Etouffee
Crawfish etouffee has long been one of my yearned-for favorites — cajun restaurants are hard enough to come by (here anyway), good ones even harder, and good ones that offer etouffee as well as jambalaya/gumbo harder still. So when I came across crawfish at central market I figured what the…