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A Partial List of Food I’ve Prepared

  1. Mushroom rigatoni with chorizo cream sauce
  2. Islamic Curry
  3. Rib eye steaks, cornbread, broccoli with tahini
  4. Rotisserie Chicken with Cabbage slaw
  5. Sous vide pork loin smoked with honey/cider glaze
  6. BBQ chicken with Smoke Show Salad (Mandys)
  7. Sweet Potato soup
  8. Chicken stir-fry (velveted the chicken) – Kenji.
  9. Pizza with Rapini, bacon and olives
  10. Lamb Tagine
  11. Broccoli with canneloni beans, sumac, and parmesan. Cardamom spiced chicken skewers
  12. Pineapple pork stir fry with sugar snap peas
  13. Ceci e pepe potatoes with salad
  14. Pasta with basic tomato meat sauce
  15. Chicken Parmesan (Smitten Kitchen)
  16. Cullenskink (smoked haddock soup) with Scottish soda bread and Cranachan parfaits.
  17. Smash burgers, fries and salad
  18. Pork ragu with fettuccini and salad
  19. Rotisserie Chicken (Kamado Joe) with boiled potatoes and sautéed cabbage
  20. Chicken quesadillas
  21. Maple Pumpkin Chili with corn bread (Brown Eggs and Jam Jars)
  22. Braised beef brisket with egg noodles
  23. Mulligatawny soup
  24. Smoked ribs with sautéed greens and mashed potatoes
  25. Paprika chicken thighs, veggies, and perogies
  26. Saffron & carrot risotto. Grilled picanha with chimichurri and kale chips
  27. Smoked Wings (Adam Perry-Lang), baba ganoush (Sababa)
  28. Chicken shawarma with green zhug, quick pickled red onions, and baba ganoush.
  29. Risotto arancini, shrimp with pasta, and cacio e pepe (Serious Eats)
  30. Chicken pho
  31. Mulligatawny
  32. Ribs and cottage potatoes
  33. Pancake tuesday + Sausages
  34. Roast pork sandwiches and salad
  35. Chicken and Shrimp Gumbo
  36. Chicken Stir fry with key lime pie for dessert (serious eats)
  37. Leftovers with pomegranate kale salad
  38. Penne with from scratch tomato sauce and romaine salad
  39. Maple soy salmon with peanut butter broccoli udon noodles
  40. Maple pumpkin chili
  41. Coconut chicken thighs with rice (NYT Cooking)
  42. Tropical pancakes
  43. Roasted sausages, perogies, and frozen vegetables
  44. Mussels with coconut saffron orzo and herb oil [[Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage]]
  45. Koska with ras el hanout and homemade pitas
  46. Nduja chicken with potato Nests and green salad [[Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage]]
  47. Seared duck break with “Mexicorn” sauce, green onion relish, and crispy potatoes with swiss chard [[Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage]]
  48. Paprika chicken drumsticks with tomato citrus soup[[Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage]]
  49. Pasta with turnips and kale (Serious Eats) Sweet and Sour celery salad [[Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage]]
  50. Rotisserie Chicken with zaatar, lemon and sumac. Sweet potato red curry gratin [[Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage]] with roasted carrots and dukkah
  51. Pulled pork, spaghetti squash noodles with tomato mushroom sauce (Oh she Glows)
  52. Rib eye steaks and potato cakes [[Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage]]
  53. Roasted chicken with olives, grapes. Roasted carrots with honey butter and dukkah and kale.
  54. Sous vide chicken Caesar salad
  55. Chicken Pho
  56. Smoked picnic shoulder with green beans. Dessert: Roasted strawberries with whipped yogurt and peanut fudge sauce [[Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage]]
  57. Shrimp stir fry with rice
  58. Ground beef tacos (OG) with roasted cauliflower tacos
  59. Sausage and eggplant pasta (Sort of a A la Norma)
  60. Salad with lime-y cucumbers [[Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage]] sausages and potatoes
  61. blanched green beans, roasted asparagus, with instant pot tangerine carrots with walnuts, baked salmon with lemon butter.
  62. Chicken breast with thai mango
  63. Sausages, fries, and frozen peas
  64. Pork chops with apple sauce, brown butter curried corn bread and kale pomegranate salad.
  65. Random Pasta with vegetables and pancetta. Salad with green goddess dressing
  66. Tomato soup with Citrus [[Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage]], Romaine with green goddess dressing, shrimp with a lime/lemongrass/ginger butter.
  67. Sausages with charred citrus [[Mezcla by Ixta Belfrage]] and Iceberg salad with tangerine vinaigrette
  68. Potato Green Pea Soup (Marcella Hazan)
  69. Hanger steak with crispy dill new potatoes
  70. Lamb burgers, hot dogs, and salad.
  71. Coconut curry Chickpeas (NYT Cooking)
  72. Maple Pumpkin Chili
  73. Roasted Sausages and peppers with double fennel
  74. Spicy Thai pork tenderloin salad (NYT Cooking)
  75. Citrus and sumac grilled chicken with salad [[Eating Out Loud by Eden Grinshpan]]
  76. Coq au reisling (Laura Calder)
  77. Jack and the BeanStack (LooneySpoons/Erin Finley)
  78. Eggplant and sausage rigatoni with roasted brussel sprouts with miso and honey dressing
  79. From Scratch chicken noodle soup
  80. Grilled pork chops, corn on the cob, and broccoli
  81. Roasted cabbages with sauteed cabbage and apples
  82. Veal scallopini (Marcella Hazan)
  83. Baked Ziti (Serious Eats), Garlic Bread (NYT Cooking), Tiramisu (Serious Eats)
  84. French toast (Barefoot Contessa)
  85. Easy Shawarma with garlicky tahini, quick pickled onions, green zhug [[Eating Out Loud by Eden Grinshpan]]
  86. Grilled chicken breast with peppers, zucchini, and corn
  87. Grilled T-Bone Steak, Instant Pot Tangerine carrots, roasted asparagus and boiled new potatoes
  88. Adam Perry-Lang Beef Brisket with APL BBQ sauce. Lemon dill coleslaw with sumac. Lime ginger dressing (Mandy’s) with grilled corn and romaine lettuce.
  89. Pressure cooker tomato sauce with meatballs served on Italian rolls (North Pole bakery)
  90. Grilled Sausages with grilled zucchini, sauteed fiddleheads and Smashed red potatoes with chimichurri. [[Eating Out Loud by Eden Grinshpan]]
  91. Chocolate pancakes with white chocolate chips and rainbow sprinkles.
  92. Pizzas on the Kamado. Pizza dough didn’t rise and one stuck to the peel and so it became a calzone! BBQ Sauce and Burger Calzone with Pickles and Cheese.
  93. Penne a la vodka: Serious Eats.
  94. Green Bean Salad with toasted coconut and maple lime miso dressing. New York Times.
  95. Chili Con Carne: A riff off the Serious Eats monstrosity. Toasted the dried peppers and made a paste, but didn’t use the multitude of umami bombs and omited the beans. It was quite spicy but kids liked it.
  96. Ooni Pizzas using the Ooni Pizza dough recipe. Dough was a bit tight, need more water and time to rise I think.
  97. Braised Beef Short Ribs in the Instant Pot with Mashed Potatoes and Roasted Broccoli. New York Times.
  98. Crunchy Fish Tacos with Pineapple Salsa
  99. Almond Yogurt Cake – Splendidtable.org This was really good, and inspired me to pick up the book “Gateau” by Aleksandra Crapanzano
  100. Homemade ricotta
  101. Niku Udon (Japanese Beef Noodle Soup) – New York Times Cooking
  102. Pressure Cooker Chocolate Pudding – Melissa Clark New York Times
  103. From Scratch egg tagliatelle with Ragu and homemade ricotta recipe via Pasta Grannies.
  104. Nigel Slater’s White Loaf of Bread from Appetite A HUGE loaf of bread.
  105. Square Pan Pizza – a house favourite and an easy win on pizza night. Paired this with a nice salad.
  106. Smoked a Turkey – Brined and smoked it on the Kamado
  107. Dark turkey stock – Then made soup!
  108. Made waffles (They were tough and dough-y)
  109. Made Waffle Bread Pudding (This was good!)
  110. Chicken cacciatore – This is a classic dish we make often
  111. Gnocchi with brown butter sage sauce– Turned out great; but I crowded the pan when finishing and they got a bit soggy…
  112. Made a mezcal margarita with makrut lime leaf