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Shakshuka for One

I love Shakshuka. It’s a veggie heavy (onions, peppers, tomatoes), spicy, Middle Easter / North African dish that works well from breakfast to dinner. I’ve also made version with meat and seafood (shrimp/prawns) or spinach and/or zuccchini. You always poach eggs in the stew and add feta after it is out of the oven. Most of the recipes that I have found are “to feed a crowd” though, with 6 to 8 eggs, so I decided to make a version just for one, or possibly two people. Serve with crusty bread or pita.

25. January 2024

Appetizers/Starters, Lunch, Savory Snacks, Sides

Bacon Ranch Deviled Eggs

Switching gears, it’s week two of my little “Ingredient game” to keep us motivated during the blah months and up this week as ingredient two is “Eggs”. Pretty broad topic and I promise not to just make breakfast food. Starting off, I made Bacon Ranch Deviled Eggs for lunch today. Just the right amount of ranch (though I’ve heard people say that you can never have enough) and bacon crumbles. Easy to make. Easy to double the recipe for a crowd or a party. Just plain easy.

22. January 2024

Appetizers/Starters, Breakfast/Brunch, Dinner, Lunch, Savory Snacks, Sides

Mini-Rösti
(German/Swiss-style Potato Pancakes)

There are lots of names for these…. (mini) Rösti, Kartoffelpuffer, Reiberdatschi, Latkes, Placki, Potato Pancakes, Hashbrown patties. These are so many many variations and personalizations. While many of them have onions, I use finely sliced red onions (just a little) and I use a very uncommon ingredient: carrots. I like the color and a little bit of sweetness and because they have similar characteristics when it comes to cooking, it works well for me. If you don’t like the carrot idea, leave them out but add 2 more potatoes.

I haven’t done this in a while, but back in the day, Ben and I would use these rösti as the base for Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict, so today I made both smoked salmon and avocado eggs benny with mini-rösti patties. Delicious.

21. January 2024

Dinner, Lunch, Pasta

ATK’s “Cheater” Gnocchi with a Mushroom Medley Cream Sauce

So of all the “pastas”, “dumplings” and “easily bought so why make them yourself” items, gnocchi is my least favorite to make myself. I mean, why bother making gnocchi when you can just buy them? They are generally a lot of work — roast the potatoes, let them cool, but make sure that they don’t gummy so make sure to release the steam just at the right minute. Then make the dough, but depending on the potatoes, add more less of this or that. So, America’s Test Kitchen came up with a recipe to make gnocchi, but using potato flakes — still potatoes, right? So, that is how I made these earlier today. Was much easier than the traditional method. The recipe is more about showing off the gambit of potato things than the actual gnocchi in mushroom sauce.

20. January 2024

Appetizers/Starters, Dinner, Lunch, Savory Snacks, Sides

Hasseltots
(aka Teeny Tiny Hasselback Potatoes)

These are Hasseltots…. teeny tiny potatoes, cut hasselback style. Contrary to the autocorrect on my phone, these are NOT Hasselhofs. As far as I know, The Hof is not involved with my lunchtime kitchen activities (shudder), but I’ve had to correct the autocorrect more than a few times.

Autocorrect is annoying. These Hasseltots are delicious. Hands down yummy.

Also, might be kid friendly (minus the greenery?) because they are “snackable” and taste a lot like french fries.

18. January 2024

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