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cooking summary - april

April 2020 / cooking

Overall I made 28 things in April.

Day Breakfast Lunch Kid's Lunch Dinner Side Other
1
2 1 Chicken Broth
3 1 : Sopa de Tortilla
4
5 1 Dinner: Pasta with Ragu (purchased) 1 Side: Roasted Spring Onions
6 1 Dinner: Pulled Pork
7 1 Dinner: Pulled pork with Pasta 1 Asparagus
8 1 Dinner: Pulled pork with Pasta
9 1 Dinner: Pulled pork with Pasta 1 Side: Sautéed Clamshell (Brown Beech) Mushrooms
10
11 1 Dinner: Potstickers 1 Side: Roasted Spring Onions
12
13
14
15 1 Baguette
16 1 Dinner: Panko Pork Chops
17
18
19 1 Lunch: Grilled Cheese 1 Dinner: Beef and Bean Chili 1 Side: Roasted Spring Onions 1 Bread
20
21
22 1 Dinner: Panko Fried Chicken with Lemon
23
24
25 1 Lunch: Grilled Cheese 1 Dinner: Shrimp Tacos 1 Asparagus
26 1 Lunch: Hot Dogs 1 Side: Kale
27 1 Dinner: Reverse Seared Steak 1 Red Beans and Rice
28
29 1 Dinner: Baked Panko Rockfish
30 1 Lunch: Steak Over Rice

April 2

Chicken Broth

I really like the Caldo de Pollo from Doña Tomás, and it means you also get an entire chicken ready to make Sopa de Tortilla.

Jars of chicken stock

April 3

Sopa de Tortilla

With roasted cauliflower

April 5

Pasta with Ragu (purchased) (Dinner)

Roasted Spring Onions (Side)

April 6

Pulled Pork (Dinner)

April 7

Pulled pork with Pasta (Dinner)

Asparagus

April 8

Pulled pork with Pasta (Dinner)

With broccoli

I've cooked this just once before

Pulled pork with pasta and broccoli on plates

April 9

Pulled pork with Pasta (Dinner)

This is a short version of a longer post here.

Is this the third day in a row of this? I'm amazed it lasted this long, and that there wasn't a rebellion.

I've cooked this 2 times before

Sautéed Clamshell (Brown Beech) Mushrooms (Side)

April 11

Potstickers (Dinner)

I'd made these and froze them about a month ago.

Some more details a bit later.

Roasted Spring Onions (Side)

I've cooked this just once before

April 15

Baguette

These didn't turn out at all well - I had stuff to do, the dough overproofed (I think? it rose too long, and got soft), and I didn't get enough steam so the outside was pale and uninteresting.

Two baguettes; one on a wire rack, the other cut in half on a cutting board

April 16

Panko Pork Chops (Dinner)

I've cooked this just once before

April 19

Grilled Cheese (Lunch)

Bread

A bit more detail here.

time activity
2200 mix leaven
645 mix dough
715 rest
750 bulk rest in the oven with a pot of boiling water
1215 bench rest
1245 final rise
1620 1st loaf in oven
1820 2nd loaf in oven

Beef and Bean Chili (Dinner)

From Fresh Every Day by Sara Foster.

Roasted Spring Onions (Side)

I've cooked this 2 times before

April 22

Panko Fried Chicken with Lemon (Dinner)

This is a great recipe - easy, tastes great, looks harder than it is. I've made it a lot (for previous evidence, see 1, 2, or 3).

I've cooked this just once before

April 25

Grilled Cheese (Lunch)

With the chicken soup.

I've cooked this just once before

Shrimp Tacos (Dinner)

Last made in 2018.

Plates of shrimp tacos  asparagus

Asparagus

I've cooked this just once before

April 26

Hot Dogs (Lunch)

Kale (Side)

April 27

Reverse Seared Steak (Dinner)

With roast cauliflower with garlic

I'd previously documented this back in March.

Red Beans and Rice

This barely fit in my skillet. Recipe was fun, the but result was underwhelming.

Meat cooking in a cast iron skillet

A cast iron skillet cooking, filled to the brim

April 29

Baked Panko Rockfish (Dinner)

Previously back in 2018.

April 30

Steak Over Rice (Lunch)

Sliced steak served on rice, sprinkled with green onions