Since I had found a full package of pepperoni as well as a log of sliced mozzarella at the same time, the obvious conclusion was to make pizza. Since I have more than enough of the basic ingredients to make a crust, the only missing ingredient was the sauce. I roughly followed this recipe by… Read More Pepperoni Pizza
This week I found a bottle of enchilada sauce and spent a while trying to figure out what to do with it. Then I thought, why not just make enchiladas? I wasn’t totally clear on what an enchilada was except for something my ex-boyfriend in Florida had at Taco Bell once: a burrito, but in… Read More Turkey Enchiladas
I’ve been thinking about making buffalo wings ever since I found some chicken wings, and after also finding some fennel, thought it might make a nicer side than the traditional celery sticks. I went ahead and used my log of chevre in both parts of the meal; on the fennel and in the ranch dip… Read More Buffalo Wings With Fennel and Chevre
Two weeks ago I found a bag of almond meal. This isn’t finely ground enough to use for stuff like macarons or frangipane but it’s great for breading. So I’m using it to bread some mahi-mahi. I grew up calling this fish “dolphin,” which of course led to a lot of people briefly upset at… Read More Almond-Crusted Mahi-Mahi
While dumpstering I get a surprising amount of dried fruits and nuts. Initially I thought I would take some apricots and figs and almonds and mix them with spices and brandy to make pan de higo, a Spanish fig cake I’ve made a couple times before. I still have a chunk in my freezer (it’s… Read More Apricot Chicken Tagine
I never wound up eating most of the baguettes I made last week. I left them out in a paper bag and by the time I came back to have some I found that they were so dry that they crumbled upon being touched. So I decided to grind them up into breadcrumbs. I could… Read More Pesto with Chicken
Last week I found a box of frozen crab. I thought at first it was unopened, but one of the packets was missing. I knew I wanted to make crab cakes, but I only had 4 oz of crab, enough for about two cakes. I had found one frozen crab cake once while dumpstering but… Read More Crab Cakes
The first shepherd’s pie I ever had was at Ethos, a vegan restaurant in Orlando, which refers to it, adorably, as a “sheep’s pie”. It was simply vegetables topped with mashed potatoes and honestly, despite it being a typically meat-focused dish, that’s still my ideal for what a shepherd’s pie should be. Most of the… Read More Turkey Shepherd’s Pie
I generally prefer soft tacos, but last night I found two dozen taco shells, so I decided to make some crunchy tacos with the sausage I found. I thought I ought to try to make more meals with cheese and meat, because I have so much of it. Shredded Brussels sprouts, grated pepper jack cheese,… Read More Chicken Andouille Tacos
I’ve been putting off cooking this for a few weeks because I’ve been getting over a long flu. For days I couldn’t make myself eat anything but yogurt and rice, and wound up throwing out half the food I cooked for myself. I just couldn’t finish eating my filets of sole baked in fig leaves… Read More Truffle Butter Salmon
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