Becca, Nick, Chloe, Galen, Albin, Jocie, Phil, and Sarah —
Welcome to our Blog space! Since we will not physically be cooking together, I am thinking this Blog could be our “Kitchen Conversation”. I imagine here could be a great place to post questions about recipes, tricks that worked well, adjustments to recipes, logistical questions, banter about whose guacamole looks better, etc. Plus, this way we do not have to clog up each other’s email inboxes.
So overall I think anything is good when it’s fried and includes cheese and this fits that mold. My fatal flaw was not reading the recipe ahead of time and throwing my egg yolks away only to realize I needed them. So it was cooked in egg white fluff minus the yolks. Still came out great.
also my cousin came over to join in and be my videographer/creative director so she put this video together.
Addendum 1 (5/19): They were great the next day too after reheating. I think I would enjoy them casserole style for a grab and go breakfast.
Cooked! (a Netflix documentary series)
I think we did it!
So, I don’t know if you’ve noticed but the lighting in all our photos is pretty awful. It’s cause our light bulbs keep going out. And we don’t have good lighting in the kitchen anyways. I’m jealous of your lighting. Especially Becca’s – such colorful photos! – Sarah
Attention all those needing Empanada inspiration (as though it’s possible to need inspiration on this topic): http://laylita.com/recipes/all-about-empanadas/
Can we say gluten free Green Plantain Empanadas?
I work with a group of seven other people on the Creative Team, who to say least are all foodies who love to cook, watch cooking shows, eat good food, and eat local. We did a potluck around Christmas and we did it up pretty damn good. So another one was organized. I am not sure how it came about, but this second one was dubbed the “Meat-luck”.
Every dish had to include some form of meat and the only green item allowed was pickles (the pickles were a necessity for cutting through the fat and food coma). Here are a few pictures of some of the dishes made:
Quiche — Smoked Salmon Lox — Candied Bacon
St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner, and another potluck already in the works hilariously enough. This time everything has to be green — thank goodness!
Yea, I got totally wrapped up in how good the empanadas tasted that I forgot to take a picture. Anna went all out! She had mini vegetarian ones, baked ones, deep fried ones, gluten free ones, and more! Below is the recipe for the masa empanadas that were fried. The recipe is from the “Empanadas: The Hand-Held Pies of Latin America”cookbook. We should make these for a meal sometime!
Because we are all limited by certain food allergies and preferences, what if we cooked some meals solely based on having to include one ingredient?
For example, say we voted on “include pumpkin” as the meal for next week. We would all then have to find a recipe of something that we wanted to cook with pumpkin in it. This could lead us to very different results like Creamy Pumpkin Pasta Sauce, Pumpkin Cornbread Muffins with Pumpkin Butter Glaze, Pumpkin with White Beans and Bacon, Pumpkin-Leek Soup, and so on, but would allow us all to cook something yummy within our diet and food restrictions.
Of course, this shouldn’t replace making specific meals like enchiladas entirely , but could be an alternative way for us to generate meal ideas and keep it open for everyone to participate in a fun way.
What do you think? Yea or Nah? Too far from what you originally imagined with this Weekly Cook Off?
— Jocie
The Weekly Cook-Off 