This week: School-Kid Comfort Food for Grownups!
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-JT
Your soup sounds good but a lot of work. Ours was tomatoes with baking soda to kill the acid and milk heated in separate pans. You didn't measure, you just knew. Then served with a pat of butter.
Mine I liked to grill some finely chopped onion to add. And I still eat the canned stuff, only Campbell's with milk, and with a pat of butter and sprinkled with celery seeds.
Last week I didn't mention my latest simple snack. Hot chocolate by Chef John on Food Wishes. I bought the expensive Dutch process red cocoa at amazon. Since I run out of milk very fast, I ordered some special kind of milk powder and Cremora from walmart, gonna try that, hasn't come yet. You heat a mug of milk (in a pan, my microwave was sparkin' last time I used it). I pour boiling water in my mug while heating the milk. When milk is steamy, stir in 2 tbsp (or to taste) cocoa/sugar mix, pour hot water out of mug, pour in cocoa. I don't need marshmallows or whipped cream but would like to try a small amt of espresso powder in the mix.
Lots of variant mixes out there, used to make the Nestles Quik, powdered milk, powdered sugar and Cremora when kids were growing up, made a lot. I tried this one and like it:
Youtube - Chef John Food Wishes Hot Chocolate Mix
Then I get this Asiago cheese bread in the bakery section of Hy Vee (they have wonderful breads), it's on the flat side, cut 4 1/2-inch slices. Slather one side with melted butter, place on a rack in an old jelly roll pan. Turn oven to 425, don't put under the broiler but middle rack. Toast for about 5 min until the edges of the bread get toasty but inside doesn't.
I make grilled cheese sandwiches with tortillas - does that register as adult? Unfortunately, I got so fed up with my cast iron grill pan, I put it out for pickup. I just couldn’t clean it. I need to get another non-stick grill pan!
The last time I made tomato soup I just added things as I went-kids loved it, I should have written it down. Used tomato sauce and evaporated milk plus herbs and seasonings.
My favorite way to make grilled cheese is mayo on the inside, tomato slices with a pinch of basil and then cheeses. It’s usually only for the summer when the garden is full of tomatoes.
Add a glass of club soda with rhubarb syrup and it’s my favorite summer meal.
Wife and I made Po-BLAM-o “burgers” this week.
Toasted buns on the grill, poblano peppers, portabello mushrooms, a slice of pepper jack and a chunk of avocado, slathered in Mexican Odobo sauce.
Excellent !
Mmmmmmmm.......we just finished chili w/ cheddar & cornbread muffins.
I also like to make this casserole for a crowd, including kids. I add a lb. of beef mixed with taco seasoning( like the one from Trader Joe’s) to the onion/tortilla mix.
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chile-relleno-souffl/print