madbaker: (Chef!)
2025-06-01 12:29 pm

I always channel Sybil Fawlty when saying "Basil"

This week's Resolution Recipe: Turkey in Lemon-Basil Sauce.
"Turkey is the perfect protein for a low-fat dinner. Lemon juice and zest give this dish oomph."
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madbaker: (Chef!)
2025-04-15 10:19 am

And Olives

This week's Resolution Recipe: Chicken Thighs with Lemon and Olives.
"I adore the flavours of lemon and chicken together."
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madbaker: (mammoth garlic)
2025-02-10 07:43 am

All Things We Like

This week's Resolution Recipe: Roasted Tuna with Brown Butter Corn.
"It's a dish that seems to scream summer but tastes nearly as good in winter using frozen corn."
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madbaker: (Chef!)
2025-01-26 11:24 am

For Gosht's Sake

This week's Resolution Recipe: Pudina Gosht (Minty Lamb Curry).
"I've made this curry on the stove, but the stovetop version doesn't compare to how flavorful this dish becomes when cooked in the CultPot. The mint and spices get locked into the meat under pressure, resulting in a simply delicious curry with melt-in-your-mouth lamb."
(No, *you're* a tool.) )
madbaker: (Chef!)
2025-01-19 09:22 am

Wrap It Up

This week's Resolution Recipe: Cheesesteak Burritos.
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madbaker: (Chef!)
2024-12-23 11:53 am

Salmon Chanted Evening

This week's Resolution Recipe: Salmon Wellington.
"Swaddled in buttery puff pastry, this is a stunner of a holiday centerpiece even a novice cook can nail."
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madbaker: (Chef!)
2024-10-21 10:10 am

Flankly, My Dear...

This week's Resolution Recipe: Flank Steak in Vinaigrette.
"You marinate the tough flank steak and *then* cook it. What you wind up with is a delightful and tender piece of meat."
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madbaker: (Chef!)
2024-09-30 11:30 am

Oh Snap!

This week's Resolution Recipe: Scallops and Snap Peas.
"Chinese cooks have a culinary trick called velveting. The meat is par-cooked before it is stir-fried to give it a smooth, velvety texture."
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madbaker: (mammoth garlic)
2024-08-25 10:27 am

Duck... duck... Aruuuugula!

This week's Resolution Recipe: Duck and Arugula Salad.
So, so pink )
madbaker: (Default)
2024-08-19 01:49 pm

Fish, Starch, Fish.

This week's Resolution Recipe: Roasted Cod, Potatoes, and Anchovy.
"Rubbing a garlicky anchovy paste on pretty much any kind of fish before roasting is possibly my favorite way to add flavor without much work."
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madbaker: (Chef!)
2024-08-05 11:03 am

Wonton Destruction

This week's Resolution Recipe: Chicken Meatballs in Plum Sauce...For Science!
"This has the flavor of chicken wonton filling, but there's no messy folding or frying."
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madbaker: (Chef!)
2024-06-24 07:48 am

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This week's Resolution Recipe: Slow-cooked lamb shoulder with polenta gnocchi.
"The polenta gnocchi are the perfect thing to mop up all the juices from the lamb." But it was feeling like too much work, so I substituted commercial potato gnocchi.
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madbaker: (Chef!)
2024-05-19 08:54 am

Our special today is trout amandine.

This week's Resolution Recipe: Miso-Glazed Salmon.
"Sweet and savory miso-glazed fish is one of the easiest dinners out there, especially when you pair it with vegetables roasted in the same pan."
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madbaker: (oxford comma)
2024-04-01 12:32 pm

Or, as we call it here, "quesobirria tacos".

This week's Resolution Recipe: CultPot Birria.
"Serve it as cheesy birria tacos!"
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madbaker: (Chef!)
2024-03-06 10:34 am

Braised Expectations

This week's Resolution Recipe: Pork Shoulder cooked in Milk.
"This is an Italian classic."
citation needed )
madbaker: (Chef!)
2024-02-25 09:58 am

American Coyotes Aren't Wrong

This week's Resolution Recipe: "Not your Irish Grandmother's Lamb and Potato Soup."
"Frankly, we find lamb too strong for most soups."
Wimps. )
madbaker: (Chef!)
2024-02-13 12:03 pm

(no subject)

This week's Resolution Recipe: Pork3 and Beans.
A Rancho Gordo recipe. This is going to read like a lot of work, but most of it is scheduling.
A cassoulet variant )
madbaker: (Chef!)
2024-02-05 12:52 pm

Fish!

This week's Resolution Recipe: Sous Vide Cod with Carrots and Leeks.
"The sous-vide method is the best, most leisurely way to cook fish."
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madbaker: (Default)
2024-01-29 01:27 pm

(no subject)

This week's Resolution Recipe: Roasted Chicken "Tagine".
"This roasted chicken dish has all the flavors of a North African tagine but with the streamlined preparation of a sheet pan meal."
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madbaker: (mammoth garlic)
2024-01-02 01:39 pm

On the Lamb

This week's Resolution Recipe: Chipotle-Roasted Lamb.
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