I thought I'd posted these before, but apparently I was dreaming of posting to my blog...or something equally weird. I just need to get these recorded so I can easily find them.
White sauce
2 Tbl soy sauce
3/4 C water/white wine
1 Tbl grated ginger (or a squirt from a tube)
1 Tbl cornstarch
Combine and add to stirfry. Allow to cook down a couple of minutes.
Egg drop soup
4 C chicken broth
1/2 tsp ginger
2 tbs chives, chopped
1 1/2 Tbl cornstarch
3 eggs, beaten
Combine everything except eggs in a saucepan.
After its cooked down a bit, use a fork to drizzle the egg into the soup. Serve immediately.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Buffalo wings
These are semi-healthy. The sauce will be played with a lot, methinks.
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
8 Tbl hot sauce (Louisianna or whatever)
stick butter
1 1/2 Tbl white vinegar
1/4 tsp
2 shakes garlic powder
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Dice chicken and cook.
Mix the other ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a simmer.
Add chicken into sauce to coat.
Nom
First thing I want to play with - reducing the amount of butter in this. Actually, though, 2 breasts only used about half the sauce, if that. All in all, not too horrible a meal.
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
8 Tbl hot sauce (Louisianna or whatever)
stick butter
1 1/2 Tbl white vinegar
1/4 tsp
2 shakes garlic powder
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Dice chicken and cook.
Mix the other ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a simmer.
Add chicken into sauce to coat.
Nom
First thing I want to play with - reducing the amount of butter in this. Actually, though, 2 breasts only used about half the sauce, if that. All in all, not too horrible a meal.
Salsa...finally
ALRIGHTY, sportsfans. I think I have it. After I blogged, I did some research and over a couple of days figured out some of the finer points of my salsa. Here's what I have...
3 tomatoes still on the vine in the store
1/2 small white onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 pablano pepper
1 jalapeno pepper
1 lid full cilantro (larger bottle of McCormicks)
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 lime
Start the broiler on the oven and place the rack as high as possible.
Slice tomatoes in half and place face down on cookie sheet. Add the peppers sliced longways and deveined and deseeded.
Broil about 3-5 minutes. You are looking for 2 things here - no burning and for the tomato skins to start splitting.
After you've removed the tray from the oven, pull the skin from the tomatoes and discard (the skin, not the tomatoes). Chop up the tomatoes and the peppers and add to the onion and garlic.
Add the spices and squeeze the lime over the top.
Refrigerate for at least an hour to allow the flavors to blend.
3 tomatoes still on the vine in the store
1/2 small white onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 pablano pepper
1 jalapeno pepper
1 lid full cilantro (larger bottle of McCormicks)
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 lime
Start the broiler on the oven and place the rack as high as possible.
Slice tomatoes in half and place face down on cookie sheet. Add the peppers sliced longways and deveined and deseeded.
Broil about 3-5 minutes. You are looking for 2 things here - no burning and for the tomato skins to start splitting.
After you've removed the tray from the oven, pull the skin from the tomatoes and discard (the skin, not the tomatoes). Chop up the tomatoes and the peppers and add to the onion and garlic.
Add the spices and squeeze the lime over the top.
Refrigerate for at least an hour to allow the flavors to blend.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Salsa...again
Alrighty, this isn't a recipe because I've still not found one that works. I wanted to blog about the search, though. Its interesting.
When I got down here in July, I figured I'd have a salsa recipe instantly - like someone is standing on the roadside at the Corpus Christi city limits handing out recipes. Needless to say, that isn't the case.
A few months later, a friend gave me his recipe. It was 2 tomatoes to 1 onion and was overpowering. I figured I'd just work with this recipe to get one I liked. Then I saw one yesterday. I figured it was worth a try.
The unique thing about this one was it had me broiling some veggies. I thought that would add a nice smoky flavor. After I got the tomatoes, jalapeno, garlic and onion all cut up and on the sheet I reviewed the recipe. It wanted them to broil for...TWENTY MINUTES? That seemed a little crazy, but...I'm the one who doesn't know about these things. Still - I set the timer for 10 minutes and figured I'd just watch it.
The smoke alarm started going off after about 7 minutes. Sometimes, it pays to listen to yourself. So, the search continues. Its fun, but sometimes...dang.
When I got down here in July, I figured I'd have a salsa recipe instantly - like someone is standing on the roadside at the Corpus Christi city limits handing out recipes. Needless to say, that isn't the case.
A few months later, a friend gave me his recipe. It was 2 tomatoes to 1 onion and was overpowering. I figured I'd just work with this recipe to get one I liked. Then I saw one yesterday. I figured it was worth a try.
The unique thing about this one was it had me broiling some veggies. I thought that would add a nice smoky flavor. After I got the tomatoes, jalapeno, garlic and onion all cut up and on the sheet I reviewed the recipe. It wanted them to broil for...TWENTY MINUTES? That seemed a little crazy, but...I'm the one who doesn't know about these things. Still - I set the timer for 10 minutes and figured I'd just watch it.
The smoke alarm started going off after about 7 minutes. Sometimes, it pays to listen to yourself. So, the search continues. Its fun, but sometimes...dang.
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