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Today I am not complaining.
Aug. 28th, 2007 07:13 pmInstead, I'm talking food.
It's cooled off enough that I'm starting cooking again, and I've been experimenting lately. Thought I'd share some of the more successful endeavors, if anybody cares.
#1: Plum chicken: Peel and slice several ripe plums for each chicken breast you're cooking. Toss a slab of butter into your frying pan, let it melt, then add chopped green onions and your plum slices. When the plums have cooked enough that they're looking fairly soggy, add your chicken breasts and cook on low heat until the chicken's done.
---for you veggies out there, i bet this would work loverly-like with tofu or paneer, as they'd take on the tartness of the plum nicely.
#2: Cinnamon and cilantro steak: just about like it sounds. use whatever you normally fry your steak in, but add fresh cilantro and cinnamon; it makes it hotter than you'd think.
#3: Sweet potato mashers: just like regular mashers, but use sweet potato instead of regular. I've tried this several ways now, and my favorite is with a bit of cilantro and minced garlic added in as well as butter and milk.
#4 (probably doesn't count as an experiment, since a friend suggested it to me): When making corn bread, instead of water and milk, use creamed sweet corn. Makes it more moist and sweet and therefore more yummy (as if corn bread wasn't already just spectacular)
It's cooled off enough that I'm starting cooking again, and I've been experimenting lately. Thought I'd share some of the more successful endeavors, if anybody cares.
#1: Plum chicken: Peel and slice several ripe plums for each chicken breast you're cooking. Toss a slab of butter into your frying pan, let it melt, then add chopped green onions and your plum slices. When the plums have cooked enough that they're looking fairly soggy, add your chicken breasts and cook on low heat until the chicken's done.
---for you veggies out there, i bet this would work loverly-like with tofu or paneer, as they'd take on the tartness of the plum nicely.
#2: Cinnamon and cilantro steak: just about like it sounds. use whatever you normally fry your steak in, but add fresh cilantro and cinnamon; it makes it hotter than you'd think.
#3: Sweet potato mashers: just like regular mashers, but use sweet potato instead of regular. I've tried this several ways now, and my favorite is with a bit of cilantro and minced garlic added in as well as butter and milk.
#4 (probably doesn't count as an experiment, since a friend suggested it to me): When making corn bread, instead of water and milk, use creamed sweet corn. Makes it more moist and sweet and therefore more yummy (as if corn bread wasn't already just spectacular)
