• Blackening Rub

    Credits

    Recipe adapted from 101 Cooking for Two.

    ingredients

    AmountIngredient
    2 Tpaprika
    1 Tchili powder*
    1 Tonion powder
    1½ tspsalt
    1 tspblack pepper
    1 tspthyme
    1 tsporegano
    ½ tspgarlic powder
    ¼ tspcayenne
    * this is the chili powder which is a smokey blend of spices often used for Mexican cuisine, NOT a single-pepper powder like cayenne

    process

    1. mix all ingredients together
    2. store in airtight, glass container away from heat and light
  • Burger Sauce

    Ingredients

    amountingredient
    220gmayonnaise
    110gketchup
    50grelish, sweet pickle
    13gsugar
    15gvinegar, white
    5gblack pepper

    Process

    1. mix all ingredients together; refrigerate

    Notes

    • made using homemade mayo; can use storebought
  • Potato Leek Soup

    Credits

    Recipe adapted from Cooking Carnival.

    Ingredients

    AmountIngredient
    28gbutter
    25gcelery, diced
    1bay leaf
    2 tspgarlic
    270gleeks, greens removed
    540gpotatoes, Yukon Gold
    3½ cupswater
    21gvegetable base*
    1 tspthyme, dried
    ½ cupheavy cream
    ~½ tspMSG
    ½ tspsalt
    to tasteblack pepper, fresh cracked
    *I use Better Than Bouillon

    Process

    1. chop and wash leeks, set aside
    Mode: sauté
    1. melt butter in pressure cooker, add celery, bay leaf, garlic; sauté
    2. peel and rough chop potatoes
    3. add leeks, potatoes, water, vegetable base, thyme into pressure cooker
    Pressure: high
    Time: 7 minutes
    Release: natural release
    1. discard bay leaf, blend using immersion blender until smooth
    2. add heavy cream, MSG, salt and pepper

    Nutrition

    Yields: 1,974g soup
    Calories:  1,216 total, 62 per 100g

    Notes

    • leeks must be washed multiple times and only AFTER cutting to remove all dirt and grit
    • can substitute stock base and water for 3½ cups vegetable stock
    Potato Leek Soup
  • Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Credits

    Recipe adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction.

    Ingredients

    amountingredient
    280gflour, all purpose
    1 tspbaking soda
    1½ tspcornstarch
    ½ tspsalt
    170gbutter, unsalted, melted
    35gmolasses*
    200gsugar
    1 whole + 1 yolklarge eggs, room temp
    180gchocolate chips, semi-sweet
    *see notes for brown sugar usage/substitution

    Process

    1. Large bowl, whisk: flour, baking soda, cornstarch, salt
    2. Medium bowl, whisk butter, brown sugar, sugar until no lumps; whisk in egg, then egg yolk. Whisk in vanilla
    3. Pour wet ingredients into dry, mix
    4. Fold in chocolate chips
    5. Cover + chill for up to 3 days
    6. Remove dough from fridge, let sit 10 minutes
    Preheat oven: 325º F
    1. Line baking sheets with silicone baking mat
    2. Roll dough into balls 2 or 3 tablespoons each, roll taller than wide; ~8 balls per sheet
    Bake Time: 10 minutes for 2 T cookies; 13 minutes for 3 T cookies
    1. Allow to cool on silicone mat, 10 minutes
    2. Transfer to wire rack to finish cooling

    Nutrition

    Yields: 16 or 24 cookies

    Calories

    whole recipe: 4,156
    per 3 T cookie: 260
    per 2 T cookie: 173 per

    Notes

    Brown sugar is just regular sugar with molasses added back into it after the refinement process. If you don’t have molasses on hand, you can just use brown sugar instead (135g of it) and reduce the regular sugar down to 100g.

  • Pizza Sauce

    credits

    Recipe from Kalville Free Presss.

    Ingredients

    AmountINgredient
    12 oz tomato paste
    1 ½ cupswater
    ½ tsporegano, dried
    ¼ tspbasil, dried
    ¼ tspblack pepper
    ¼ tspsalt
    ¼ tspsugar
    ⅛ tspgarlic powder
    ⅛ tsponion powder
    ⅛ tspMSG

    process

    1. in small bowl: oregano, basil, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder
    2. add enough water to get everything wet and microwave
    Power: 30%
    Time: 2 minutes
    1. mix spices with tomato paste, water, salt, sugar

    nutrition

    Yields: 990g pizza sauce
    Calories: 485 total; 50 calories per 100g sauce

    Notes

    This is a Little Caesar’s copycat recipe. It can be used immediately if necessary, but the flavor will be best after it’s been in the fridge for 3-5 days.

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