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I tried making my own white bread for the first time last night. I’m not sure if it looks right but it tastes pretty good!
That is a good start, it rose and tasty good. Brushing the tops with melted butter, or milk, or beaten egg will give the crust more color if that’s important to you.

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Brunch today. Caramel bananas with a dash of pie spice over French toast, and breakfast links.
 
I went to the butcher shop in town, yesterday which like to do when I want good ground chuck for hamburgers. Of course, he is much more expensive than the supermarket, but he had everything he normally has, and I spent $80, which I normally don’t.
 
I went to the butcher shop in town, yesterday which like to do when I want good ground chuck for hamburgers. Of course, he is much more expensive than the supermarket, but he had everything he normally has, and I spent $80, which I normally don’t.
I have an excellent butcher I normally only go to for his charcuterie. I'm about out of bacon, so I'll probably end up paying attention to everything else there this week. I also go to an organic market for just a couple of specific items, and I noticed they were pretty well stocked on most things. I guess I could start paying more for food to eat at home and still save money since I'm not eating out.

OT No pic, but I made a favorite vegetarian meal, orecchiette with chick peas and broccoli. Olive oil, garlic, chilli flakes, nutmeg, s & p, finished with pecorino. I usually like to have some halved grape tomatoes or roasted red peppers in it if only for color, but didn't have any on hand.
 
I went to the butcher shop in town, yesterday which like to do when I want good ground chuck for hamburgers. Of course, he is much more expensive than the supermarket, but he had everything he normally has, and I spent $80, which I normally don’t.

:yes: Nice!! Support local small business.
 
That looks and sounds great. I need to get some honey for my marinade. This is a lot like our newfound summer marinade. I do the same but also use an acid or one of these. Onion, splash of tequila, splash of rice wine vinegar, lemon zest, lime zest, lemon juice, lime juice, a little piece of jalopeno, ground in a mortar and pestle. If you dont have a mortar and pestle use the back of the spoon in a proper bowl. Its amazing what the mashing does for that marinade. I start with solids, onion, garlic, spices, salt for grinding, jalapeno, sugar and citrus zest. Then add liquids to the paste. The guac this makes is heavenly.

Last night I made more fried pasta noodles with a not so different sauce. It was sooo good. I love this dish. Didnt hurt I used a ginormous bag of smoked pork butt with it.
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Soy sauce
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Garlic
Red pepper flakes
Pork chops
 
Anybody got a good tikka masala sauce recipe they really like? I have 1.5 pounds of ground venison defrosted to make meatballs and KOTC would like tikka masala sauce on them! Thanks in advance!
This is the IP version I did not long ago for Chicken. It was amazing. You may be able to do the marinade and sauce portions. Recipe came from pipinghotcurry.com.


IP Chicken Tikka Masala – pipinghotcurry.com

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Chicken breasts
For marinade

  • 1/4 cup Yogurt thick
  • 3/4 tbsp Ginger grated
  • 3/4 tbsp Garlic minced
  • 1 tbsp Lime juice
  • 2 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder mild, adjust to taste
  • 1/2 tsp Ground Turmeric (Haldi powder)
  • 1 tsp Garam masala
  • 1 tsp Salt adjust to taste
Spices for sauce
  • 1/2 tsp Garam masala
  • 1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder adjust to taste
  • 1/2 tsp Ground Turmeric (Haldi powder)
For sauce

  • 2 tbsp Ghee or Oil divided
  • 1 cup Onion finely diced
  • 1 tsp Ginger grated
  • 1 tsp Garlic minced
  • 1 cup Tomato Puree canned
  • 1/2 cup Water
  • 1/2 cup Heavy cream
  • 1 tbsp Dried Fenugreek leaves (Kasoori Methi)
  • Cilantro to garnish
For Rice

  • 1 cup Basmati rice
  • 1 1/4 cup Water
  • 1 tbsp Ghee or Oil (optional)
  • 1 tsp Salt (optional)
Directions

Marinate the chicken
  1. Combine all ingredients for the marinade (except chicken) in a bowl and mix well.
  2. Add chicken and coat on each side with the marinade.
  3. Let it rest for anywhere between 30 minutes to 8 hours in the refrigerator.
 
This is the IP version I did not long ago for Chicken. It was amazing. You may be able to do the marinade and sauce portions. Recipe came from pipinghotcurry.com.


IP Chicken Tikka Masala – pipinghotcurry.com

Ingredients
For sauce

  • 2 tbsp Ghee or Oil divided
  • 1 cup Onion finely diced
  • 1 tsp Ginger grated
  • 1 tsp Garlic minced
  • 1 cup Tomato Puree canned
  • 1/2 cup Water
  • 1/2 cup Heavy cream
  • 1 tbsp Dried Fenugreek leaves (Kasoori Methi)
  • Cilantro to garnish

Thanks, Travis, I can work with this! :)
 
It’s cold and rainy here, a great day to cook up some chili. I soaked the pintos overnight.

Great minds. Did chili here too night before last and ate it again last night on some brats!

Did a bunch of cooking this weekend:
First is Saturday morning breakfast.
Second is Ramen that my daughter picked up at a place called Ramen Head and brought by the house for us for dinner Saturday night. Just amazing! Really AMAZING!!!. That's pork belly on top and the broth takes like 60 hours to prep. Just amazingly good!
Third picture is the chili I mentioned.
And finally are the poached then pan fried brats and knackwurst. I always grill brats, but these turned out like the ones I used to get on the street in Germany that were cooked on a flat top and were really very good!
Did I mention that the RAMEN IS AMAZING. My favorite new restaurant in town. Only been open a month or two. I hope they can make it through all this turmoil.

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You are most certainly welcome!

I made the tikka masala sauce - with a bit more ginger and garam masala and cinnamon - and made the venison meatballs with some of the same spices as the sauce. Made about 1" meatballs, roasted them in the oven, and covered with the sauce. DELICIOUS! No pictures because we scarfed it down too fast last night - will try to remember to get a plated picture tonight when we finish it off. Thanks, Travis!
 
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