Sunday, January 4, 2026

Vietnamese (Chicken) Salad

 https://www.recipetineats.com/vietnamese-chicken-salad/

Made this for NYE without chicken (we had grilled chicken on the side) but could be a great summer meal as intended with shredded chicken in it.

My only modifications were:

  • Used pre-shredded cabbage from TJs
  • left out the chili but would be good with something in there
  • used green onion instead of red onion

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Chanterelle fritatta

 This was very good!!

Pre-heated oven to 375. 

Started with 1 lb (cleaned, trimmed) chanterelle.  I cleaned them under cold water and then dried them with towels, cut them into 1/2" to 1" pieces.

With pan on 8, dry-cooked them, pouring off water ever 3-4 minutes until all water was gone (about 8 minutes).

Added ~2 tbsp butter cut into small cubes, a pinch salt, and 2 minced garlic cloves.  Cooked on 4 for about 5 minutes until browned a bit.  Added the leaves from 2 springs of thyme at the end.

Meanwhile, combined 7 eggs, 1/4 cup heavy cream + 3/4 cup whole milk, 1/2 tsp salt, black pepper, and 1 cup grated sharp cheddar.

Added in mushroom mixture.

Poured into pie dish (I didn't pre-grease it and it was fine).  Cooked 30 min, then grated a bit of parm on top and broiled for a few more minutes.

Delicious!! 

Sunday, December 21, 2025

Green chicken

 I think we made this:  https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/hariyali-chicken-green-chicken/

 It was good, but let's try it again to finalize. 

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Persian style chicken mushroom barley soup

This was very good!

Here it is.  We used 2 packages (16 oz) of mushrooms.  other than that we did it to the directions.

Friday, November 28, 2025

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Okomiyaki !

 Made this with Matt.  Very delicious!

http://www.littlejapanmama.com/2011/10/okonomiyaki-recipe-with-endless.html

We actually made this one:

http://www.littlejapanmama.com/2012/02/shrimp-okonomiyaki-recipe-with-prawns.html 

Sunday, November 23, 2025

Salmon Tikka

 Recipe here:  https://www.teaforturmeric.com/fish-tikka/#recipe

Quick to prep.  I used 1 tsp chili powder ... maybe halve that.  Maybe find a different marinate recipe? It had a nice bright flavor, but never got any char.

Did 8 min, turning the sheet pan around at 4 min.  The very thick pieces needed 1-2 more min each.