Experiments in Cooking

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Low-waste chimichurri with roasted veggies

Low-waste chimichurri with roasted veggies

I offered to bring a veggie side for a party, and then got completely stumped trying to fridge-dive and avoid a grocery run. Finally I settled on roasted veggies with a fun dip/sauce. I chopped up one head of cauliflower, half a head of broccoli, […]

Seeded bread with pre-ferment

Seeded bread with pre-ferment

I have been experimenting with my Seeded Bread recipe to get more depth of flavor as well as weights on the flour instead of volume measurements. I made this recipe using a sponge. The sponge had 250 g flour, 220g of water, and 1/8 tsp […]

Chuck roast chili

Chuck roast chili

I recently borrowed a Paleo cookbook Against All Grain by Danielle Walker, from the library. The first recipe I tried out from it was a red curry short rib, which was spectacular. Next up, I made the chuck chili, and loved it too. Thankfully, this […]

Seeded bread

Seeded bread

My family has been hooked on Whole Food’s Seeduction Bread for a long time. I decided to try a copycat recipe which I’ve further modified over the years to suit our tastes. I like to proof my yeast first. I add half the flour on […]

Sous vide steak

Sous vide steak

Update: I made this recipe again, but cooked at 145 for 4 hours. The 4 hours did the magic, and the steak was very evenly cooked. I recommend using the longer cooking time, specially for less than medium doneness. The very first thing I cooked […]