today's supper: Zuppa Toscana and foccacia made with pizza dough. So insanely good.
The foccacia was made with pizza dough, with Italian spaghetti seasoning kneaded in. Cheddar cheese topping. Which was surprisingly good.
The Zuppa Toscana is so so good.
I don't think it would be possible to find a bad recipe for this - it's chicken broth, water, potatoes, sausage, bacon, cream, and kale. My, my, my. Nothing bad here. Don't leave the kale out, that's what makes it so scrumptious. Even little kids and picky grandpas like this soup!
Our version though comes from Robbie's Recipe Collection. http://recipes.robbiehaf.com/O/573.htm
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Today was a COOKING DAY - well, it turned out to be one, anyways.
For supper we had French Onion Soup, which the children HATED. But the adults LOVED. So we'll make it again, but give them chicken nuggets.
Here's what was accomplished today:
sliced 16 pounds of onions in my food processor - half directly for the freezer. Used the other half to make soup (makes 20 servings, so most of that was frozen too!
More Bread!
More Pizza Dough!
Net freezer gain: replaced the loaf of bread I took out yesterday. 4 ready-to-go pizza doughs. 16 servings (about) of French Onion Soup.
Also made another loaf of bread as "finger rolls", dipped in honey butter & baked.
The soup recipe was from one of the most useful cookbooks ever, if you buy in quantities at warehouse clubs:
Fix Freeze Feast . Love many of the recipes (especially the lasagna!) but the best part is that it teaches you how to THINK about recipes to freeze - I now know that I can get the big pork loin and slice it into roasts, chops, and stir fry quickly and easily - and freeze the roasts in the marinade.
For supper we had French Onion Soup, which the children HATED. But the adults LOVED. So we'll make it again, but give them chicken nuggets.
Here's what was accomplished today:
sliced 16 pounds of onions in my food processor - half directly for the freezer. Used the other half to make soup (makes 20 servings, so most of that was frozen too!
More Bread!
More Pizza Dough!
Net freezer gain: replaced the loaf of bread I took out yesterday. 4 ready-to-go pizza doughs. 16 servings (about) of French Onion Soup.
Also made another loaf of bread as "finger rolls", dipped in honey butter & baked.
The soup recipe was from one of the most useful cookbooks ever, if you buy in quantities at warehouse clubs:
Fix Freeze Feast . Love many of the recipes (especially the lasagna!) but the best part is that it teaches you how to THINK about recipes to freeze - I now know that I can get the big pork loin and slice it into roasts, chops, and stir fry quickly and easily - and freeze the roasts in the marinade.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Today's meals: I give them an okay. BUT: there were three items that were AWESOME.
Banana Muffins
Corn from the Freezer
Honey Butter finger rolls
The Banana Muffins were my mom's recipe, which somehow always turns into a light colored banana bread for me - although when she makes it, it's always dark. Hm. I used the brown bananas that we froze a few weeks ago - so perfect! the are mashed as soon as they are defrosted.
The Corn is so, so good - I bought a LOT of ears of corn this summer every time I could find it on sale. There was one place selling it for $1 a dozen - so every week I bought 5 dozen.
Then I brought it home, tugged the dangling silk and extra leaves off, left the rest of the silk and husks on. Put them right on the grill at medium, rotate a time or two. Done when the leaves turn brown and dry.
I pile them up on my half sheet pan - by the time we are done eating them for supper, the rest are cool enough to handle. My dad made me a corn holder that fits in my cake pan, and I use my corn cutter to slice it off. Pop it in the freezer bags.
The best thing about making it this way: Tastes GREAT. Is INSANELY EASY. And reheats quickly - the frozen corn does not have that "starchy" icky taste that store-bought does.
*Side note: my brother said they're down "when they look like field corn" - which is a perfect description IF you are a farmer! Every time I make grilled corn I think of you, Jeff.*
Honey Butter Finger Rolls were really easy - I took my loaf of dough, cut it into a LOT of slices (I think about 15). Dipped each piece in a honey-melted butter mixture, squished them back together on a half sheet pan, and baked as usual. Pulls apart! so good. Dad said his mom used to make it this way.
Banana Muffins
Corn from the Freezer
Honey Butter finger rolls
The Banana Muffins were my mom's recipe, which somehow always turns into a light colored banana bread for me - although when she makes it, it's always dark. Hm. I used the brown bananas that we froze a few weeks ago - so perfect! the are mashed as soon as they are defrosted.
The Corn is so, so good - I bought a LOT of ears of corn this summer every time I could find it on sale. There was one place selling it for $1 a dozen - so every week I bought 5 dozen.
Then I brought it home, tugged the dangling silk and extra leaves off, left the rest of the silk and husks on. Put them right on the grill at medium, rotate a time or two. Done when the leaves turn brown and dry.
I pile them up on my half sheet pan - by the time we are done eating them for supper, the rest are cool enough to handle. My dad made me a corn holder that fits in my cake pan, and I use my corn cutter to slice it off. Pop it in the freezer bags.
The best thing about making it this way: Tastes GREAT. Is INSANELY EASY. And reheats quickly - the frozen corn does not have that "starchy" icky taste that store-bought does.
*Side note: my brother said they're down "when they look like field corn" - which is a perfect description IF you are a farmer! Every time I make grilled corn I think of you, Jeff.*
Honey Butter Finger Rolls were really easy - I took my loaf of dough, cut it into a LOT of slices (I think about 15). Dipped each piece in a honey-melted butter mixture, squished them back together on a half sheet pan, and baked as usual. Pulls apart! so good. Dad said his mom used to make it this way.
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