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I'm Also Not Doing The Dishes
Oct. 17th, 2010 07:22 pmThis weekend was a cooking weekend! Because I'll grab onto anything that will distract me from having to do actual schoolwork. Mostly successful kitchen experiments, with a few exceptions.
The Good:
Sweet Potato Ginger Muffins - I made these because I was craving muffins and I had half a sweet potato left over from making sweet potato fries that I couldn't figure out what to do with, but they turned out quite good. I doctored the original recipe from Joy of Cooking up by using honey instead of sugar and adding in some chopped candied ginger my aunt gave me. Chopped nuts would probably also have been a good addition, if I didn't hate nuts in things. But they were tender and just a little sweet and reminded me of the pumpkin bread my favorite teacher in middle school used to make.
Polenta - I've never made polenta before! I'm not even sure I've ever eaten it before. But I am toying around with the idea of starch-based sides that aren't steamed rice or potatoes, so this seemed like a good avenue to pursue. Even after I cut the recipe in half it made a lot more than I was expecting. Good last night plain with some grilled beef. Better this morning fried in olive oil with some honey and fruit.
Teriyaki Chicken - I should make Japanese more often, this was good! I think I need to buy a broiler pan though. In fact, I just need more pans in general. And more kitchen knives. Not that I have a place to put any of this stuff in The World's Smallest Kitchen, but still.
The Not-So-Good:
Steamed broccoli - I...I don't get it! Steamed broccoli is not a complicated concept! I get how it works! But I can't seem to find the perfect medium between practically-raw and mushily overdone. I like broccoli a lot though, so I shall soldier on and keep trying.
Stir-Fried Bok Choy - edible, but I should have considered that soy sauce and oyster sauce are both already pretty salty condiments and left the extra salt out, no matter what the recipe said. Apparently my taste for salt in my food has gone a lot. How weird.
Toasted Flour Bread- this was mostly shaping fail. The bread tastes fine, but the loaves aren't as big as I'd like, and really too small for sandwiches. Probably I should just stick to round loaves until I have a little more time to practice shaping some more. And I guess this week I'll just...eat very tiny sandwiches?
And now that I've bored you all to tears with my tales of minor cooking mishaps, it is back to not working on my presentation and not writing about soccer and not reading poetry. So much work to not do!
The Good:
Sweet Potato Ginger Muffins - I made these because I was craving muffins and I had half a sweet potato left over from making sweet potato fries that I couldn't figure out what to do with, but they turned out quite good. I doctored the original recipe from Joy of Cooking up by using honey instead of sugar and adding in some chopped candied ginger my aunt gave me. Chopped nuts would probably also have been a good addition, if I didn't hate nuts in things. But they were tender and just a little sweet and reminded me of the pumpkin bread my favorite teacher in middle school used to make.
Polenta - I've never made polenta before! I'm not even sure I've ever eaten it before. But I am toying around with the idea of starch-based sides that aren't steamed rice or potatoes, so this seemed like a good avenue to pursue. Even after I cut the recipe in half it made a lot more than I was expecting. Good last night plain with some grilled beef. Better this morning fried in olive oil with some honey and fruit.
Teriyaki Chicken - I should make Japanese more often, this was good! I think I need to buy a broiler pan though. In fact, I just need more pans in general. And more kitchen knives. Not that I have a place to put any of this stuff in The World's Smallest Kitchen, but still.
The Not-So-Good:
Steamed broccoli - I...I don't get it! Steamed broccoli is not a complicated concept! I get how it works! But I can't seem to find the perfect medium between practically-raw and mushily overdone. I like broccoli a lot though, so I shall soldier on and keep trying.
Stir-Fried Bok Choy - edible, but I should have considered that soy sauce and oyster sauce are both already pretty salty condiments and left the extra salt out, no matter what the recipe said. Apparently my taste for salt in my food has gone a lot. How weird.
Toasted Flour Bread- this was mostly shaping fail. The bread tastes fine, but the loaves aren't as big as I'd like, and really too small for sandwiches. Probably I should just stick to round loaves until I have a little more time to practice shaping some more. And I guess this week I'll just...eat very tiny sandwiches?
And now that I've bored you all to tears with my tales of minor cooking mishaps, it is back to not working on my presentation and not writing about soccer and not reading poetry. So much work to not do!