I’d been wanting to use the Joule sous vide to make some steaks at home. Making steaks at home is not something we usually do. I can probably count one one hand the number of times I’ve cooked a steak in the last 3 years. Up till now, steak has always been one of those…
Chicken Tikka in the Pressure Cooker
While I was preparing tonight’s dinner I found myself using not one but TWO pressure cookers at the same time! Why does one need two pressure cookers? Well that’s the life of a KitchenGadgetJunkie. I’ve had my Fagor Rapid Express cooker for a while now and I use it pretty frequently. Then I learned of…
Sous Vide Eggs
Obviously, by the name of this site, I really like kitchen gadgets! I got quite a few for Christmas and I wanted to get a good handle on how I like them before I start posting about them here. One of the gadgets I got was a Joule Sous Vide by ChefSteps. This is a…
Chicken Tinga
Recently I renewed my subscription to one of my favorite cooking magazines, “Cooks Illustrated”. But, this time, I only subscribed to the iPad version rather than getting the paper magazines mailed. I wasn’t sure I’d like it, but the iPad version has all sorts of extra features and videos which make it very cool. While…
Presto! Pesto Chicken Packets
There is nothing I love more than a really quick weeknight dinner that seems like food for company. This recipe is simple, takes about 15 minutes to prep and ends up really “fancy”. (By “fancy” I mean, looks way more complicated than it really is). This is perfect for a BBQ with friends or any…
Sour Cherry Jam: A Sweet Treat
As I told you in my last post, I picked a bunch of sour cherries recently. So for my day off 4th of July project, I made jam! The cherries I picked were light in color and very tart. Perfect for pie and jam as they do well with the added sugar. The final product,…
Brandied Cherries
I had a day off in the middle of the week this week and I used it to pick cherries! A friend of mine had posted pictures of her cherry picking adventure on Facebook and I was a bit jealous so I had to go myself. I have been cherry picking before, but this year,…
shiitake mushrooms, asparagus, and pesto pasta
For Christmas last year I got a subscription to “fine cooking” magazine. So far, I love it. My husband and I try to do one new recipe each week and this magazine has been really useful so far! They have so many great recipes in each that I am backlogged for trying the new things…
Sourdough – Take #1
If you follow my Instagram account, you will have seen that I started a sourdough starter about a week and a half ago. This was quite the learning experience! I had NO IDEA that you could just start the starter without yeast. Since I am a big fan of King Arthur Flour, I used the…
