OT: Whatcha Eatin' - Second Course

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Seth Jarvis is Elite
Apr 14, 2012
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Summer Rose

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May 3, 2012
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I'm baking red velvet cupcakes from scratch this weekend. I'll post my shitty iPhone 6S pictures of them when they're done! :P

I only frosted two (one for me, and one for my husband), with a butter knife, but they turned out very nice and airy. They'll look nicer when I frost the rest tomorrow morning. It's cream cheese frosting, so it has to stay in the refrigerator overnight, then I'll bring it up to room temperature before I can use it. Anyway, here's what one looks like!

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JustJonK

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I made chicken vegetable soup in the crockpot over the weekend. Parboiled the chicken, diced it, tossed it in the crockpot with onion, celery, carrots, peas, green beans, limas and corn; poured in a can of chicken broth and a can of cream of chicken soup; seasoned it with salt, coarse black pepper, garlic, thyme and basil.

Turned out reasonably tasty, and I made enough to get four meals out of it, which was kind of the idea.
 

JustJonK

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Here's something I whipped up (pun not intended) in a few minutes this afternoon. "Mystery Mousse"; simple, very tasty.

If you're allergic to soy or chocolate, not for you, though. Ingredients:

1 1-lb package silken tofu, drained
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate, melted
2 tablespoons real maple syrup

Put the tofu in a blender or food processor, add the maple syrup. Melt the chocolate however you choose (I use an improvised bain-marie, as it's less likely to shock the chocolate), scrape it into the food processor with a rubber scraper, and blend 'til smooth and all ingredients are incorporated. Pour into small serving dishes and refrigerate 'til firm.

Today I made a variant - I added a blob (a little over 1/4 cup, I'd guess) of peanut butter as well.

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hblueridgegal

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Thought of all of you grill masters on Saturday. I had the best dish at The Blackbird..Charred Steak and Watermelon. I have never had grilled watermelon before..so good. Coupled with their summer cooler cocktail. Perfection.

Charred Steak and Watermelon: grilled tenderloin, charred watermelon, blue cheese, pepitas, Sorghum watermelon glaze
 

Boom Boom Apathy

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Thought of all of you grill masters on Saturday. I had the best dish at The Blackbird..Charred Steak and Watermelon. I have never had grilled watermelon before..so good. Coupled with their summer cooler cocktail. Perfection.

Charred Steak and Watermelon: grilled tenderloin, charred watermelon, blue cheese, pepitas, Sorghum watermelon glaze
That sounds sounds delicious. Will have to try grilled watermelon. A few years ago, we started grilling peaches from our trees with mascarpone cheese on top and it’s become a favorite.

We try grilling most fruits and vegetables on our farm at least once. We tried grilled radishes the other night and they were dreadful. I’m not a radish fan to begin with though, but someone recommended it and they were terrible.
 
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Lempo

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New potatoes and Biff à la Lindström from the -50% expiration date sale.
 

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