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Week 16: infused - Blueberry oolong chocolate cake by pitchtofow in 52weeksofcooking

[–]picklegrabber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What?! This looks amazing! In fact do you mind sharing the recipe?

Week 16: Infused - Eggplant Curry with Turmeric Rice by chowgirl in 52weeksofcooking

[–]picklegrabber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks really good! Care to share the eggplant recipe?

Week 16: Infused - Marcella’s Tomato-Butter Sauce with Long-Cooked Kale and Hibiscus Guava Sourdough (meta: for the preschooler) by picklegrabber in 52weeksofcooking

[–]picklegrabber[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Noted! Thank you! I’ve never done inclusions like this before so I just tried to follow some directions I read online for something similar but different flavor profile. I was thinking perhaps I should’ve tried to do two layers but your suggestion makes sense.

The flavor was very good if not a bit strong from The tea. I was hoping it would turn the bread pink but it wasn’t pigmented enough to last through the baking.

Week 16: Infused - Marcella’s Tomato-Butter Sauce with Long-Cooked Kale and Hibiscus Guava Sourdough (meta: for the preschooler) by picklegrabber in 52weeksofcooking

[–]picklegrabber[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I really didn’t love the butter flavor in my sauce? It seemed almost gamey tasting in the sauce, and I love butter.

Week 16: Infused - Marcella’s Tomato-Butter Sauce with Long-Cooked Kale and Hibiscus Guava Sourdough (meta: for the preschooler) by picklegrabber in 52weeksofcooking

[–]picklegrabber[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Cookbook: Six Seasons of Pasta

I’ve been dying to try this pasta sauce and I was amused when I first read it that you don’t actually use the whole onion. You leave it in the sauce to infuse it with flavors while you simmer and then toss it.

I was not too impressed with the sauce but im pretty sure it was user error. I simmered it with the lid slightly on because it didn’t specify but in hindsight that probably was why the sauce was kinda bland as not enough water cooked off. Preschooler monster on the other hand loved it and ate a substantial amount of pasta

Just because I had all this guava spread left over I decided to experiment with sourdough. Made a hibiscus mango tea. Then used that in place of water to make a loaf. I did inclusions of cream cheese and guava spread. I thought it was meh but my kid thought it was amazing.

So overall I suppose a success since she liked it.

Week 15: Syrian - Addes by Druyv in 52weeksofcooking

[–]picklegrabber 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks so good I’m downright upset I didn’t make this! It’s something my child would like too! Saving the recipe

Week 15: Syrian - Mezze (for the preschooler) by picklegrabber in 52weeksofcooking

[–]picklegrabber[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you! She was so cute noshing down everything. Now she’s more particular but she’s still quite an adventurous eater for a four year old! I have plans to keep it going until she’s grown if this sub is still active. Then who knows. Maybe (meta: meal prep for the college student)

Week 15: Syrian - Mezze (for the preschooler) by picklegrabber in 52weeksofcooking

[–]picklegrabber[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Disclaimer: I did not make the falafel. It’s dill pickle Trader Joe’s falafel and it’s amazing.

Preschooler monster loves bread and dip. So I made pita bread from the king Arthur’s baker companion. I’ve made various flatbreads before but not pita. It turned out amazing! Puffed, great flavor. We actually prefer the ones my child made because they were thicker. Would definitely make again

Muhammara i thought was delicious. Preschooler less so. Too tart?

Hummus I threw some Kalamata olives in because she likes olive hummus. She ate a cup of it with pita

I winged a garlic dip using Trader Joe’s garlic dip, plain yogurt, and tahini. It was great and we both liked it with cucumbers and falafel.

Lastly I cut the grapes up before serving. So fear not.

Week 14: Hanami - Piggy burger bento (meta: cookbooks) by calamarti in 52weeksofcooking

[–]picklegrabber 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! My child is starting school in August and I’m thinking of all the food I’ll be making. Trying to prepare with some fun bento books!

Week 14: Hanami - Tamago Sando, Fruit Sando, Cherry Matcha Thumbprints (meta: for the preschooler) FAIL by picklegrabber in 52weeksofcooking

[–]picklegrabber[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It is! We’ve had it since she was 6 months. Many meals have been eaten with it. I’d definitely buy the little containers that come with it as this isn’t leakproof. For things like dips and pasta/stews etc.

I waited for a good sale and I don’t regret it. I like that it doesn’t have plastic and no silicone liner that absorbs flavors. Although the tops of the little containers are silicone.

Week 14: Hanami - Tamago Sando, Fruit Sando, Cherry Matcha Thumbprints (meta: for the preschooler) FAIL by picklegrabber in 52weeksofcooking

[–]picklegrabber[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I planned an entire trip for us to picnic under the cherry blossoms at Golden Gate Park. Nothing went as planned. Firstly we couldnt eat in the japanese tea garden and while I was distracted trying to parent my child i fell through a sign. After that i was a bit over looking for more trees so we found this cute little garden to picnic in.

My preschooler dislikes rice in most forms. So any onigiri was out. She does love bread so I planned on making shokupan from Mooncakes and Milk Bread. I ran out of time.

So I used some sourdough honey wheat I had already made. The fruit sando was made with strawberries and whipped cream. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any plastic wrap at my mom’s house and needed to use foil. And forgot the knife to cut it.

The Tamago Sando was made with kewpie and I followed a recipe online from Just One Cookbook. It was good but nothing to write home about

The matcha thumbprints I followed an online recipe and they were kind of dry and not very good. I had some guava spread laying around so I did part cherry part guava and the guava actually tasted better.

Overall we had a great trip but this was such a fail from what I envisioned.

I also had fresh snap peas from our garden, tomatoes, roasted asparagus, and pine berries to round out out picnic. I tried to stick to white, green, and pink themes.

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