Saturday, January 30, 2010

I'm Connected!

After a month of agonizing red tape, I finally have internet in my dar (house)! I'm all set to start exchanging!

I've got two items to post for now:

Cabbage Stew with Lamb















(I always just guess on measurements)

Lamb
Bay
Salt
Pepper
Ginger
Onions
Carrots
Cabbage
Spinache (I had just a couple leaves lying around I wanted to get rid of)
Tomatoes

So this typical of how I have been (or at least should be) eating in the cold. Put stuff together in a pot with water and make it hot.

This was half inspired by my own incompetence, half inspired a recipe. I was at the market and the vender buying from had a cauliflour on display in front of a bunch of ca
bbage heads. Naturally assuming that the cauliflour was an open sample the other items, I picked up a huge one. I ran home (actually, the cyber at this time) and looked up a recipe for Italian-style caulifour in vinegar. Halfway through preparing the recipe, I turn to clean my cauliflour only to realize that there's no white stuff inside. It was all leaves!

So anyway, I've had cabbage sitting around needing to be used for a week, and I found something approaching this recipe online.

I didn't have any stock and the lamb cut I wasn't great, so I first made a stock with the lamb, boiling it for about an hour. Then I separated the meat from the bone and returned it to the pot with fresh veggies and the cabbage, and simmered it for another hour.


Savory Corn Pancakes














1/2 cup corn flour
1/2 cup normal flour
salt
2 t baking powder
pinch baking soda
1 t salt
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
1/2 cup buttermilk
green onions
green pepper


I know I took this off your list from before, but I think we had the same inspiration (your brunch in Chicago?). I'd be curious to see how you vary the recipe. Mine is a combination of a couple I found online.

The only big problem is that I didn't plan ahead for how I would dress it. I wanted to make something approaching ranch dressing with the butter milk I had left over, but they all called for mayonnaise and/or sour cream, neither of which I had. I ended up making a quick tomato and onion salsa; it's hard to go wrong with tomatoes, salt, and pepper.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Let it begin!

I've got a handful of recipes I've printed out or scribbled onto post-its stuck with a heavy-duty magnet to my fridge.

Carrot Cornbread
Cornmeal Pancakes
Spicy Stir-Fried Tofu with Snow Peas, Peanut Butter and Mushrooms
Earl Grey Tea Cookies
Asian Slaw
Potato Salad with Herbs and Grilled Summer Squash

I've made them all (except the carrot cornbread) and have intentions to play around with them and make them mine.  Until then, they're just good recipes I've come across and want to remember.

Let's get this Recipe Exchange-thing started. 

What do you suggest?