Cooking this weekend
Oct. 18th, 2009 10:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serenecookingYesterday I made six quiches (using the basic recipe for the one of mine on the rec.food.cooking signature page, but three kinds: caramelized onion and goat cheese; green chili and cheddar; and pesto/mozzarella/parmesan). We tested one of the goat cheese ones (YUM!). The rest were for a party, though two of them were way overdone.
Then I made a big pot of mushroom barley soup (also for the party). For six quarts or so of soup, I used 5.5 POUNDS of mushrooms. The stuff was amazing. I have to duplicate it at home -- three onions, six cloves of garlic, a stick of butter, the mushrooms, (cook all those down first, then add) three ribs of celery, three carrots in coins, salt, pepper, a cup of barley, enough water to fill the pot. Bring to a boil, simmer for an hour.
And I got heirloom tomatoes and fresh mozzarella, along with some green and purple fresh basil, for a caprese salad to go with it.
Today, I made spicy cioppino for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
someotherguy, who has a cold. Used a whole head of garlic, a bunch of black pepper, and a bunch of sriracha -- he said it cleared his sinuses before he even started eating it. It was delicious. Later, we had a nice dinner of mashed potatoes, chickpea gravy, and broccoli.
And just now, I made potato patties out of some of the leftover mashed potatoes, cheese, and a couple eggs.
I am SO happy that I've gotten well enough to spend the weekend cooking. Besides my broken foot, it was utterly happymaking to do this. It was a good weekend, foodwise.
Then I made a big pot of mushroom barley soup (also for the party). For six quarts or so of soup, I used 5.5 POUNDS of mushrooms. The stuff was amazing. I have to duplicate it at home -- three onions, six cloves of garlic, a stick of butter, the mushrooms, (cook all those down first, then add) three ribs of celery, three carrots in coins, salt, pepper, a cup of barley, enough water to fill the pot. Bring to a boil, simmer for an hour.
And I got heirloom tomatoes and fresh mozzarella, along with some green and purple fresh basil, for a caprese salad to go with it.
Today, I made spicy cioppino for
someotherguy, who has a cold. Used a whole head of garlic, a bunch of black pepper, and a bunch of sriracha -- he said it cleared his sinuses before he even started eating it. It was delicious. Later, we had a nice dinner of mashed potatoes, chickpea gravy, and broccoli.And just now, I made potato patties out of some of the leftover mashed potatoes, cheese, and a couple eggs.
I am SO happy that I've gotten well enough to spend the weekend cooking. Besides my broken foot, it was utterly happymaking to do this. It was a good weekend, foodwise.
