December 16, 2023: Super-Quick Mocha Yule Log

December 7, 2023: Gingerbread Blondies

December 4, 2023: Georgian Khachapuri

• I wish the cheese was soupier! I might not egg to the cheese mix next time to see if that helps

November 23, 2023: Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes

November 18, 2023: Potato Gratin with Herbs and Shallots

November 15, 2023: Carrot Tart with Ricotta and Feta

November 14, 2023: Rhubard Syrup

November 14, 2023: Simple Hot Cocoa for One

• Just cocao powder, sugar, milk, and a splash of vanillia and pinch of salt!
• 2 Tbsp cocoa, 1-2 Tbsp sugar, 1 c milk, pinch salt (1/4 tsp per quart of milk), and 1/4 tsp vanilla
• Combine powders and a little milk and warm up, then add remaining milk and finish with a splash of vanilla

November 13, 2023: Miso-Ginger Sweet Potatoes

November 2023: Lacto Cauliflower

October 15, 2023: Tomato-Butter Pasta

October 4, 2023: Lemon Posset Brulees

• I combined the recipes Easy Lemon Posset Brûlée and Lemon Posset, ending up with 2c heavy cream, a scant cup of sugar, 6 Tbsp. lemon juice, and a teaspoon of vanilla extract set in hollowed-out lemon halves

September-October 2023: Lacto-fermented hot sauce

September 29, 2023: Quick Vegan General Tao's Noodles

• Another iteration on the crumbled fried tofu with sauce approach

September 8, 2023: Tiramisu

August 20, 2023: Pineapple Tepache

August 17, 2023: Brined Cherries

• Whole cherries in 2/3 c water and 1 tsp. Kosher salt

August 14, 2023: Nectarine Umeboshi, follow the salt-preservation instructions here

July 24, 2023: Blueberry Pancakes

July 19, 2023: Tomato Galette

July 12, 2023: Scallion Chili Oil from Lottie and Doof

May 11, 2023: Simple and Rich Chocolate Cake

• Pairs well with an Easy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

April 24, 2023: Green Curry Glazed Tofu

April 3, 2023: Scallion Egg Wrap

March 19-25, 2023: J. Kenji López-Alt Chicago Thin-Crust Pizza

• Dough
• Sauce
• Assembly
  • I ended up using pepperoncini with excellent results

March 16, 2023: Miso ginger dressing

• Pretty good, but I'd like to add more ginger next time. And maybe a bit of pepper or garlic

March 14, 2023: Chocolate Cream Pie with Oreo Crust

February 28, 2023: Coconut Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

February 20, 2023: French onion pasta

• Crazy good! I used veggie broth but added some marmite and soy sauce for some extra glutamate oomph!
• Also added a little extra salt

January, 2023: Chocolate from Cacao Pods

January 27, 2023: KA Ultimate Chewy Brownies

• Maybe my new favorite brownie recipe to have on hand!
• Super quick and simple
• Recommend under-baking slightly

January 24, 2023: Chiang Mai Curry Noodles

• Subbed in veggie broth and raw firm tofu
• Used Maesri curry paste after a number of recommendations - much more flavorful than the curry paste available at my usual grocery stores

January 22, 2023: Crumb-lovers Coffee Cake

January 9, 2023: Brothy Thai Curry with Silken Tofu

January 1, 2023: Shredded tofu

• Run your tofu through a cheese grater! Nice to have some variety in tofu preparation textures
• This recipe takes the tofu in a barbecue direction but I think it would be great with many other seasoning combos as well

December 31, 2022: Espresso martini

• Really it's just 2:1:½:½ vodka/rum, espresso, Kahlua, and simple syrup

December 27, 2022: Gingerbread latte cookies

December 25, 2022: Pull-apart pizza Christmas tree

• Based on the picture in this recipe from Cabot but using a burger bun recipe from King Arthur for the dough. Came out great!

December 18, 2022: Buttercrunch! See below

December 15, 2022: French onion soup

December 10, 2022: Oven-Cooked Pulled Pork from Serious Eats

• Great with a nice Lemon-Tahini Slaw - very light and sharp with the lemon flavor

December 10, 2022: Sheet pan pancakes

• Actually made by a friend (not me), but belongs on the list nonetheless!

December 10, 2022: Swedish egg coffee

• An interesting way to make a lot of coffee! Tossing in a whole (cracked and scrambled!) egg is supposed to mellow the flavor a bit and remove the need for a coffee filter

December 3, 2022: Julia Childs' beef bourguignon

November 26, 2022: Blueberry muffins

November 11, 2022: Roasted brussels sprouts with garlic

• I added some maple syrup and freshly grated ginger to the balsamic drizzle at the end - good additions!

November 8, 2022: Pumpkin whoopie pies, a Thanksgiving tradition

October 29, 2022: Spider Web Brownies

• Spooky!

October 27, 2022: Mostly Apples Apple Cake

• Kind of like an apple clatoutis!
• I only added half of the suggested almond extract and subbed in vanilla for the rest, which turned out really well

October 14. 2022: Another burnt Basque Cheesecake

October 6/7/22, 2022: Apple Tart from Dessert Person

• Amazing. The first step is making an apple compote, and once that's done assembly is super quick. The apricot glaze at the end is an incredible addition too
• The video version of the recipe is really helpful in showing how to layer the apple slices!

September 7, 2021: Fried squash blossoms!

• The farmers market had loads of squash blossoms available for cheap, and frying them up with a ricotta filling was amazing

August 21, 2022: Blueberry slab pie from Dessert Person

• Enormous! So big! Requires 3 pounds of blueberries!

August 10, 2022: Burnt Basque cheesecake

July 26, 2022: KAB's Chocolate Zucchini Cake

July, 2022: Seitán from vital wheat protein

• Basically just hydrated gluten with some salt and herbs (like garlic powder and sage and black pepper), fried up a little on a pan
• First saw this in a video from Sauce Stache

July 19, 2022: BA's Whole Wheat–Oat Waffles as pancakes

• My favorite pancake recipe for years. Not sure how it didn't get on the list sooner!

July 12, 2022: Another Clafoutis

• Used some plums I picked from a friend's backyard!
• Went way lighter on the almond extract this time - big improvement. That's a strong flavor

June 28, 2022: A blueberry pie you don't have to bake! Very good for hot summer kitchens. Also tasty!

June 17, 2022: Key Lime Pie

• This one's a little odd because even though there are 6(!) egg yolks, the pie is not baked! I guess freezing is supposed to do the trick
• I misunderstood the task sightly and ended up baking thispie for 15 minutes at 350F. Went great! Set up very nicely actually.
• So much better if you make your own graham cracker crust! Very easy too - just need grahams and butter

June 18, 2022: Watermelon margaritas

June 11, 2022: Sizzlin' tofu sisig!

• It would be shame not make this alongside some Garlic Rice

June 8, 2022: Cherry clafoutis

June 5, 2022: Mint simple syrup

June 4, 2022: Cauliflower tacos with romaneso

May 1, 2022: Robin Egg Cake

April 2, 2022: Cake-mix-based coffee cake

• I used Greek yogurt in place of the sour cream because that's what I had on hand
• I also added a coffee ribbon in the middle, inspired by Claire Saffitz's coffee coffee cake

March 27, 2022: Banana bread from The Kitchn

March 24, 2022: Creamy red pepper tortellini

March 21, 2022: No-churn chocolate ice cream

• Added a teaspoon of espresso powder and a splash of rum

March 20, 2022: Maple donuts

March 1, 2022: Beignets!

February 23, 2022: Peanut butter-miso cookies

February 10, 2022: Almond butter banana bread

February 1, 2022: Clementine cake

January 27, 2022: Lemon Chai Cake

January 24, 2022: Ethan Chlebowski's Weeknight Chopped Cheese

• Subbed in Impossible burger to create a solid approximation of the Harlem Style Chopped Cheese Hero at Cambridge's own Veggie Galaxy

"Best salted chocolate chips cookies" from Food 52

• Only calls for one stick of butter - handy in a pinch!

January 13, 2022: Saucy Tofu Noodles With Cucumbers and Chili Crisp

January 9, 2022: Ciabatta rolls

• Maddening website but good recipe. I added 1/8 tsp. citric acid to try to get a bit of sourdough-y tang and I think it worked - might play with the levels more in the future

January 1, 2022: Levain cookies

December 31, 2021: Cheese saganaki, a flaming cheese dish

• Some flambé tips

Vegetarian skillet chili

December 2021: Buttercrunch!

December 9, 2021: Ginger molasses cookies

November 20, 2021: Garlic confit

• really just simmer peeled garlic cloves in olive oil until they're super soft. Added in some rosemary and peppers for extra flavor!

November 19, 2021: Mason jar whipped cream

• (this didn't really work but fun idea!)

November 18, 2021: Buttermilk oatmeal pancakes

• This recipes comes pretty close to the ones I used to get at a restaurant called the Corner Shop back in the day. I was low on oatmeal on the 18th so I subbed in some shredded coconut which worked pretty well too
• Actually I did this again a few days later and it definitely works better with the oats!

November 4, 2021: Pumpkin pie! From Claire Saffitz. Used the pumpkin puree made below!

November 2, 2021: Pumpkin puree

October 16, 2021: Apple fritter cake

Sept. 22, 2021: Simmered greens with garlic sauce

• Video from J. Kenji López-Alt
• He references the recipe from here

August 31, 2021: Chipotle Cauliflower Tacos

August 31, 2021: Zucchini Bread

• I did 1 1/4 c sugar instead of the recommended 1 3/4 c, but in the future I might go with even less! Plenty sweet at 1 1/4 c

August 23, 2021: Grilled pizza with caramelized onions and green tomatoes. Similar to this recipe and made following J. Kenji Lopez-Alt's NYT video

August 16, 2021: Sesame noodles with chili oil and scallions

Early August, 2021: Shortbreads!

• Ted Lasso biscuits
• Millionaire's Shortbread
• Bittersweet Brownie Shortbread

July 13, 2021: Black pepper tofu

• Also tried this recipe - good as well (July 20). The key with these seems to be a sauce of soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sugar, and cornstarch poured over sauteed onions, garlic, ginger, and chiles mixed with some crisped up tofu

July 13, 2021: Banana bread

June 19, 2021: Toasted coconut no-churn ice cream.

• Added 1/4 tsp salt and used 3/4 cup toasted sweetened coconut instead of the required 1/2 cup.
• Also, couldn't find sweetened shredded coconut so I sweetened some unsweetened stuff myself as described here.
• In the future, might try swapping out the heavy cream for coconut cream as described here

June 14, 2021: Chocolate chip cookies with a touch of cinnamon. I also added a bit of espresso powder - very good!

June 3, 2021: No-Churn Ice Cream

May 11, 2021: Buffalo sauce from Ethan Chlebowski

Trader Joe's Falafel Mix. Plated with spinach, cilantro, mint, jalapeno, tahini, harissa, and pickled onions

April 22, 2021: French Silk Pie

April 10, 2021: Creme brulee

• Same recipe without paywall

March 14, 2021: Coconut Cream Pie

March 14, 2021: Blueberry Pie

March 7, 2021: King Arthur's Perfectly Pillowy Cinnamon Rolls

Feb. 25, 2021: Jacques Torres' NYT Cooking Chocolate Chip Cookies

• Very similar version of this recipe can be found at Smitten Kitchen, in case the NYT Cooking paywall presents a problem

Feb. 20-21, 2021: King Arthur's Extra Tangy Sourdough

Mid-Feb. 2021: Brad Leone's Ginger Beer

Feb. 7, 2021: Adam Ragusea's Condensed milk and browned butter brownies

Feb 6, 2021: Ethan Chlebowski's Vegetable Korma

Jan. 9, 2021: King Arthur's "Easiest Loaf of Bread"

Jan. 8, 2021: Earl Gray Yogurt Cake

Dec. 31, 2020: Homesick Texan's Bacon-Jalapeño Cheese Ball

Nov. 29, 2020: Leftover Mashed Potato Pancakes

Nov. 27, 2020: Milk Street's Glazed Guiness Gingerbread

Nov. 2, 2020: NYT Cooking's Cast Iron Apple Crisp

Oct. 14, 2020: Moroccan Spiced Lentils