{"id":4201,"date":"2006-10-09T03:28:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-09T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2006\/10\/09\/old-and-new-cooking"},"modified":"2023-03-07T08:07:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T14:07:39","slug":"old-and-new-cooking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2006\/10\/09\/old-and-new-cooking\/","title":{"rendered":"Old and New Cooking"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Old Apartment cooking: Lettuce wraps – these were so good! I found a recipe supposedly copying a certain appetizer at a certain restaurant. I made a couple changes (ground turkey instead of minced chicken, button mushrooms instead of shiitake, and added carrots) and it turned out great! I should definately keep this recipe on hand for later.
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The tree in the parking lot had these gorgeous apples.
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I decided to try an apple crisp recipe. The “topping” (if you can called two tablespoons of brown sugar a topping) didn’t really cook. So I used my blowtorch!! The cinnamon sparked when I blazed it (kind of scary).
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These were supposed to be bars you can eat out of hand. They were far too gooey, in fact, the center didn’t cook while the edges were dry. I have that problem with bar cookies a lot. I should get this pan<\/a>.
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Stuffed zucchini and pork sandwich. Blah.
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Pasta with two sauces and standard green beans. Blah. (Getting close to moving, can you tell?)
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A sudden spurt of energy led me to pizza!
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The one on the left has steak, carmalized onions, cheddar, and garlic on marinara. The one on the right has a pesto base with sundried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, feta cheese and garlic.
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Sweet Potato Soup. Ingredients: sweet potato, sage (thanks mom!), butter, chicken stock, salt and pepper.
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Simmer all day, stir in cheese, you’re done. I also made wheat bread with sage. <\/p>\n

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New House!! It took me several days, but I finally cooked in the kitchen. This is my first dinner (not counting the mac and cheese from a box). I improvised with food on hand (hadn’t gone grocery shopping yet) and used a recipe I found online as a base. It’s acorn squash, potatoes, tomatoes, garlic, and garbanzo bean stew with Indian curry.
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After shopping I made – sandwiches! I know, real ambitious of me, huh? But they were quite tasty: bacon, gouda, and butter lettuce with grainy mustard and horseradish. I picked up the requisite gallon of cider at the store. The neighborhood king soopers was fairly impressive.
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And tonight’s dinner: rosemary pork tenderloin, sweet roasted acorn squash, sweet and sour braised cabbage, and you’ll notice my prized roasted garlic nestled on the right. I have a whole head of it, baby. I just brought a batch of brownies with butterscotch chips out of the oven. <\/p>\n

It’s starting to feel like home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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