Post by erin elizabeth on Oct 30, 2017 12:25:42 GMT -5
I am bored today and have leftovers galore so I am starting this thread early 
Excellent
10/29 Green-Onion Risotto (BA 2/06) Love the hint of orange. Used 2 tbsp goat cheese.
10/14 Autumn Salad of Caramelized Vegetables, Greens, and Garlic-Pine Nut Dressing (Lynne Rossetto Kasper) Another party in your mouth! Forgot cheese.
Make Again
10/29 Chocolate Peanut Butter Bread (FNM 50 Quick Breads) Good. Use all peanut butter chips? Used half sc half buttermilk.
10/22 Gluten-Free Citrus Bundt Cake (KA) Easy, pantry-ingredients, light, tasty. Used OJ for the glaze. A little overbaked at 30 min in 9x13.
10/14 Herbed Goat Cheese with Roasted Chiles and Olive Oil (recipe calendar) Made as a spread and served alongside the chiles and toasted bread. Very good. Made 2x this month!
10/14 Sweet Potato Cake (Saveur 10/11) Excellent cake—nice balance of spices and sweet potato/pumpkin taste, very moist. The rest made it an excellent bite, but marshmallow filling and pecans were eh on their own and praline frosting was waaaaay sweet. I would def do cake again, maybe with cc frosting and toasted pecans on top.
101/4 Caramel Apple Dip (Southern Living) This was the surprise hit of the evening—a last minute addition. Easy, simple, good!
10/14 Artichoke-Stuffed Mushrooms (CLBB empty spool) Good veggie app. Artichoke dip in mushrooms. Broil a bit at the end.
10/11 Honey-Roasted Peanut Butter Cookies (Great Cookies) 1oz for 13 minutes. Used combo Jif and Krema. Use more than ½ c nuts. Very soft—leave on tray longer than 1 minute. Frozen dough overbaked at 13 min.
Good
10/14 Mashed Potatoes with Leeks (FNM 11/16) Tasty, but I modified recipe to use waaaay less butter. Still, the herbs + leeks + butter + golden potatoes = delicious.
10/14 Roasted Vidalia Onions with Herbed Bread Crumbs (Saveur) These were very good, but most people said it was too much onion—smaller slices would be key, but annoying to make. Topping crisp and herby, onion soft and sweet.
OK
10/29 Roast Chicken with Maple-Soy Glaze (BA 2/06) There was nothing wrong with this, but it didn’t glaze and I don’t think that stuffing the cavity with aromatics works. Could have thickened glaze.
10/4 Flank Steak, Broccoli, and Green Bean Stir-Fry (FC 12/13) A fine stir-fry, but nothing new.
Cook’s Error
10/14 Caramel Apples (Sunset 10/11) At least this kinda worked and tasted OK, but caramel barely stuck to apples then came off during transport.
10/14 Caramel Apples (seriouseats) Total failure!
Excellent
10/29 Green-Onion Risotto (BA 2/06) Love the hint of orange. Used 2 tbsp goat cheese.
10/14 Autumn Salad of Caramelized Vegetables, Greens, and Garlic-Pine Nut Dressing (Lynne Rossetto Kasper) Another party in your mouth! Forgot cheese.
Make Again
10/29 Chocolate Peanut Butter Bread (FNM 50 Quick Breads) Good. Use all peanut butter chips? Used half sc half buttermilk.
10/22 Gluten-Free Citrus Bundt Cake (KA) Easy, pantry-ingredients, light, tasty. Used OJ for the glaze. A little overbaked at 30 min in 9x13.
10/14 Herbed Goat Cheese with Roasted Chiles and Olive Oil (recipe calendar) Made as a spread and served alongside the chiles and toasted bread. Very good. Made 2x this month!
10/14 Sweet Potato Cake (Saveur 10/11) Excellent cake—nice balance of spices and sweet potato/pumpkin taste, very moist. The rest made it an excellent bite, but marshmallow filling and pecans were eh on their own and praline frosting was waaaaay sweet. I would def do cake again, maybe with cc frosting and toasted pecans on top.
101/4 Caramel Apple Dip (Southern Living) This was the surprise hit of the evening—a last minute addition. Easy, simple, good!
10/14 Artichoke-Stuffed Mushrooms (CLBB empty spool) Good veggie app. Artichoke dip in mushrooms. Broil a bit at the end.
10/11 Honey-Roasted Peanut Butter Cookies (Great Cookies) 1oz for 13 minutes. Used combo Jif and Krema. Use more than ½ c nuts. Very soft—leave on tray longer than 1 minute. Frozen dough overbaked at 13 min.
Good
10/14 Mashed Potatoes with Leeks (FNM 11/16) Tasty, but I modified recipe to use waaaay less butter. Still, the herbs + leeks + butter + golden potatoes = delicious.
10/14 Roasted Vidalia Onions with Herbed Bread Crumbs (Saveur) These were very good, but most people said it was too much onion—smaller slices would be key, but annoying to make. Topping crisp and herby, onion soft and sweet.
OK
10/29 Roast Chicken with Maple-Soy Glaze (BA 2/06) There was nothing wrong with this, but it didn’t glaze and I don’t think that stuffing the cavity with aromatics works. Could have thickened glaze.
10/4 Flank Steak, Broccoli, and Green Bean Stir-Fry (FC 12/13) A fine stir-fry, but nothing new.
Cook’s Error
10/14 Caramel Apples (Sunset 10/11) At least this kinda worked and tasted OK, but caramel barely stuck to apples then came off during transport.
10/14 Caramel Apples (seriouseats) Total failure!
