I saw a delicious photo online the other day. It was some chile colorado that a professional chef made, and it looked wonderful. So I decided to make some of my own. Here’s my recipe. It requires an InstantPot and a strainer and a blender. Ingredients 1 pound beef chuck roast stew meat 15 dried… Continue reading Todd’s chile colorado
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my first Thai basil cocktail
Well, I seem to be on a roll with the short posts about cocktails. Here’s another. Saturday I went to one of my neighborhood pho restaurants, Phonatic, for lunch as I often do on Saturdays. The waitress was feeling chatty, and we talked about a variety of things, including the fact that I bought a… Continue reading my first Thai basil cocktail
my Campari cocktail
OK, in reality, I invent cocktails all the time. I love experimenting in the kitchen, and I love experimenting in the bar. I recently acquired 7 more different types of bitters (including Peychaud), Campari, Herbsaint, and Heering cherry liqueur, I’ve got a new world to discover. So here’s what I made last night. It was… Continue reading my Campari cocktail
Native Chopped, Part 1
I support a charity organization in Denver called Denver Indian Health and Family Services. They provide a ton of physical and mental health services to Native American families in the Denver metro area, and have done so since the 1970s. Recently Brooke forwarded me an email from their email list that caught my eye. It… Continue reading Native Chopped, Part 1
Todd’s healthier Independence Day potato salad
I’ve been trying to cook and eat healthier the past few months, to help support Brooke and me losing some weight. It’s been working, and I’ve been continually challenged to make lower-calorie versions of food I like that don’t taste like crap. So, when my box of pre-selected produce from the farmers market had potatoes,… Continue reading Todd’s healthier Independence Day potato salad
green chile stew
I’m doing some digital spring cleaning, going through a bunch of random old notes on my computer. And I came across part of a recipe for green chile stew that I made up to reflect what I was making. This was meant to emulate the green chile stew I had at the View Restaurant at… Continue reading green chile stew
spicy peanut sauce
I’m experimenting with PB2 powdered peanut butter today. Here’s my first recipe, for some spicy peanut sauce. This would go well on chicken tenders. Ingredients 4 Tbsp peanut butter powder 3 Tbsp water 1 Tbsp soy sauce 1 Tbsp sriracha 1 Tbsp rice vinegar Put it in a bowl and stir it all together. There’s… Continue reading spicy peanut sauce
chocolate pizza
One nice thing about being out of work is I have lots more time to experiment in the kitchen. A few days ago I made “two-ingredient dough” for the first time. I made two batches, enough to make homemade bagels one day, with lots left over for another day. Today was that other day, and… Continue reading chocolate pizza
muffin tin omelets
When I have time, some weekends I make muffin tin omelets, also sometimes called no-crust quiche. It makes it easy for me to have a high protein, low carb breakfast throughout the week. In the past, I’ve used a fairly shallow muffin tin. But that makes muffin tin omelets that aren’t quite enough to satisfy… Continue reading muffin tin omelets
Todd’s Instant Pot pork green chile, attempt #1
Like a lot of people in Colorado, I like green chile. Denver is a 9 hour drive from Hatch, New Mexico, but we’re close enough to be in the orbit of Hatch chiles. So when I got an Instant Pot for Christmas, I decided to try to use it to make pork green chile. The… Continue reading Todd’s Instant Pot pork green chile, attempt #1