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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
I made Gyoza for the first time, I did buy the wrappers because I didn't want the folding to be a pain point, and I'm definitely making more in the future, it's easy, and produces a lot of meals for cheap, the only drawback is the amount of time folding the gyozas, but this could be a very nice family task.
The recipe I followed was basically this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoTqzjg83u8
Gyoza are excellent! I made about 70 of them a few days ago; I mostly make them using feeling these days, loosely taking ideas from Kenji's recipe and this JOC recipe. They freeze really well (lasting maybe 2 months in the freezer) so they're excellent for lunches and to give out to friends. I normally have them with a dipping sauce and some pickled red ginger, maybe miso soup if I can be bothered.
Definitely, I had some requests, I will be sharing some as soon as I start making them prettier.
For the sauce I went with 50/50 soy sauce, rice vinegar and added some crispy chili oil, super easy and tasty.
And I forgot to mention, for the second batch I went less traditional, and instead of water I used some homemade chicken broth I made to steam them, they were so incredibly good, with a beautiful golden color.
Mostly things to warm the soul during these colder months! Potato leek soup, Japanese curry, a simple sausage and tomato pasta.
Once it hits December I’ll feel the season is finally here to make Hoppin John. Of course I could make it any time, but it only feels right to me in December and January.
I am from the north and have never heard of "Hoppin John" so I looked it up and now I've saved a recipe for this weekend and am excited to try it. Thanks!
We had our first snowstorm of the year yesterday, so naturally I made chili.
My parents would always make it as a good luck dish for the new year, but it’s so good that we’d usually have it a lot around this time of year. It freezes and reheats great too!
Technically nothing different from usual, but I have made a change that I am enjoying immensely. I’m prepping veggies ahead of time so when it’s time to eat I am already halfway done. Advice to do this is everywhere and it’s amazing that I never did this.
Yesterday I made Creamy Chicken And Orzo, it was pretty good.
Another favourite of mine is this meatloaf recipe: https://www.budgetbytes.com/classic-homemade-meatloaf/
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The nyt braised beans recipe on some warm flatbread. It’s bean season.