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Grey Day

LOTD, Recipes

In which nothing is being done.

It seems like half the office is out sick today. It’s really quiet at work. The people who are here have coughs and sniffles. It’s snowing outside.

I had take-out from India Cafe for lunch today. I really like their channa masala. I searched for a recipe for it, and found this site with several good recipes. (Check out the sushi recipe. It’s adorable.)

While we’re on the subject of cool food-related links, check out this little number: type in what you’ve got in your fridge, and it will find recipes matching those ingredients. Is that not brilliant?

And since I’m linking, KF sent me a link to Cute Overload and nearly fucking killed me. It takes a minute to sink in, but by the end of the page you’ll fully be giggling.

Tonight I have a House 11 rehearsal. Tomorrow, a gig at Morningstar Studio. Saturday, another gig at Morningstar. Sunday, another House 11 rehearsal. This whole ‘doing music again’ thing is proving to be damn fun.

I’m sleepy, and it’s dark and cold out. I prefer summer to winter by about a million bajillion percent.

Pea & Carrot Soup

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I made this last night. It was good. Here’s the recipe. Sometimes I feel like I’m a freakin’ soup-makin’ goddess.

Pea & Carrot Soup

1/4 c. butter
1/4 white onion, diced
1-2 rib(s) celery, diced
2 c. carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
1 c. frozen peas
1 tsp. thyme
1/2 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. paprika
1 clove
2-3 c. broth
1+ c. heavy cream
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Breakfast Potatoes

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I ate breakfast at a Chili’s restaurant in an airport last month, and I really liked their “breakfast potatoes” – which were prepared as if they were in a wet curry, but the spices were Mexican rather than Indian. The end result was greasy, saucy, spicy, and really good.

This morning I tried to duplicate the recipe, and while what I came up with wasn’t the same, it was delicious.

Breakfast Potatoes

3 T. oil
1/2 large onion, diced
1/4 red pepper, diced
2-4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tomato, diced
3 T. tomato sauce (or leftover tomato soup or red sauce)
6 small or 4 large potatoes, peeled and cubed
1-1/2 tsp. paprika
1/4 tsp. cayenne or to taste
3/4 tsp. red pepper flakes
1/2 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. chili powder
salt and black pepper to taste

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Hummingbird Cake

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I found this recipe waaaay back in August and printed it out because it struck me as being amusing; I’m all for any cream cheese frosting-carrier that doesn’t contain raisins.

I finally bought the key ingredients (bananas, canned pineapple, and a new bottle of vanilla extract) last Monday, and – that’s right bitches – I got it in the oven today!

The part of the recipe where they suggest you “pour” the batter into the prepared pans is a joke. This batter could be used for bondo, I am not kidding you. You could stand a three-foot fork up in this batter. This batter actually freaked me out a little, because I had to knead it like dough because it was too thick to stir and because I’m more of a cook than a baker and I don’t know enough about cake batter to know from reading a recipe if it will work out or not.

The cake still cooling, but it looks cakey enough. We’ll see if it’s food or not when it’s cooled and frosted. Continue reading Hummingbird Cake →

Alfredo Sauce

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The last time I went grocery shopping, I noticed that it’s possible to buy alfredo sauce in tubs in the cooler, in just-add-water dry packets, frozen, and bottled.

This is absurd.

It’s so easy to make delicious, preservative-free alfredo that there’s no reason to buy the stuff at all. In fact, the dry packet version actually takes longer to make than the original.

Operating on the assumption that folks just plain don’t know how to make alfredo, here’s how I do it.
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Pie Crust Recipe?

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Does anyone have the world’s best pie crust recipe for me? I usually use the one out of The Joy of Cooking, but I’m wondering: what’s your favorite pie crust recipe?

Store-bought Marinara SUCKS

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All store-bought marinara sucks. I know because I’m lazy and I’ve tried them all. They all suck, even the ones with Italian names and even Paul’s. I simply cannot understand why they’re all so sickeningly sweet. Ugh. So I’ve taken to making my own again – and it’s so easy there’s really no reason to buy pre-prepared pasta sauce in the first place, unless you’re EVEN LAZIER THAN ME.
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