New recipes
After a week of not being able to deal with cooking dinner, I got ambitious on Saturday and tried a bunch of new recipes.
Chris's birthday barbecue was Saturday evening. I used up some bok choy by roasting it with a spicy sesame-soy dressing, which was tasty but didn't make very much. So then I made a bunch of roasted broccoli, because yum.
But more importantly, I made a cake!
I saw this recipe for Black Magic Chocolate Cake, in which the secret ingredient is condensed tomato soup, and the review said it's it really good, so I had to try it. And it is! I also whipped up some chocolate-cream-cheese frosting and made it into a layer cake. It was kinda ugly, but very yummy. So hooray, weird cake!
Also, lamb-burgers, socialization, Dominion, 7 Wonders, woo!
Sunday was pool partying at Bob & Pyro's followed by D&D, so I made a savory summer vegetable cobbler from the Good and Cheap cookbook. (Vegetarian, so Jon & Gary could have some.) It was good! The crust was a little involved, though; if I make it again, I might just bisquik it.
Also, several hours of lounging in the pool. Yay! And zapping things with psionics in D&D.
And then tonight I made a broccoli-tofu stir-fry with peanut sauce, mostly to use up things in the fridge. No recipe to link to, since I fiddled with it a lot. But basically: fry up some tofu, par-boil some broccoli and carrots, and mix it all with a sauce of peanut butter, vinegar, soy sauce, and a bit of molasses. Stick blender the sauce with some water to make the sauce smooth. Yum! Some onion would have gone well, too, but we were out.
Chris's birthday barbecue was Saturday evening. I used up some bok choy by roasting it with a spicy sesame-soy dressing, which was tasty but didn't make very much. So then I made a bunch of roasted broccoli, because yum.
But more importantly, I made a cake!
I saw this recipe for Black Magic Chocolate Cake, in which the secret ingredient is condensed tomato soup, and the review said it's it really good, so I had to try it. And it is! I also whipped up some chocolate-cream-cheese frosting and made it into a layer cake. It was kinda ugly, but very yummy. So hooray, weird cake!
Also, lamb-burgers, socialization, Dominion, 7 Wonders, woo!
Sunday was pool partying at Bob & Pyro's followed by D&D, so I made a savory summer vegetable cobbler from the Good and Cheap cookbook. (Vegetarian, so Jon & Gary could have some.) It was good! The crust was a little involved, though; if I make it again, I might just bisquik it.
Also, several hours of lounging in the pool. Yay! And zapping things with psionics in D&D.
And then tonight I made a broccoli-tofu stir-fry with peanut sauce, mostly to use up things in the fridge. No recipe to link to, since I fiddled with it a lot. But basically: fry up some tofu, par-boil some broccoli and carrots, and mix it all with a sauce of peanut butter, vinegar, soy sauce, and a bit of molasses. Stick blender the sauce with some water to make the sauce smooth. Yum! Some onion would have gone well, too, but we were out.
