leeks – Page 4 – Simply Delicious: The Cookbook Project

4-6: Rösti

Jamie Martin Group 04: Potatoes & Vegetables, Section 1: Appetizers & Starters February 13, 2016October 6, 2020breakfast, butter, cast-iron, Cheddar, cheese, chives, crispy, dinner, egg-free, fairly easy, gluten-free, grated, green onions, inexpensive, leeks, lunch, nutmeg, pan-fried, pared, parsley, potato pancakes, potatoes, salt, shredded, Swiss, thyme, untested, vegetarian, yellow onions

Here’s one I’ve been meaning to make for a while. As I mentioned in 9-12: Shepherd’s Pie and 6-30: Scottish Chicken Casserole, I had too many potatoes after a Costco shopping trip, so I’ve been burning off potato recipes.

Potato pancakes have been done before, along with a zucchini version as well. So what’s different about this one? For one, this one features an umlaut. 😉

9-26: Crispy Beef Turnovers

Jamie Martin Group 09: Ground Meat & Sausage, Section 2: Main Courses November 17, 2015July 6, 2020appetizers, Asian, baked goods, bean sprouts, beef, black pepper, brushed, canola oil, celery, Chinese/dark soy sauce, cornstarch, crispy, dough, egg wash, eggs, fairly easy, fairly expensive, filling, ground beef, ground meat, hors d'oeuvres, julienned, leeks, mushrooms, party food, pastry, puff pastry, salt, sautéed, sherry, sliced, soy sauce, turnovers, untested

As I said in 13-13: Spinach Turnovers, the holiday season is upon us and therefore, you’ll need some recipes for dishes to take with you to a party, or at least to snack on while you binge-watch Netflix. 9-26: Crispy Beef Turnovers are the heartier, meatier companion to their spinach and crab brothers.

These are remarkably similar in execution to 13-13: Spinach Turnovers, so I suggest cooking the two at the same time if you want to add some variety to your dish. However, these are mighty tasty, and stand just fine on their own as well. If you have access to a deep-fryer, consider 1-7: Trader Vic’s Crab Turnovers for a crispy, Polynesian-inspired third option.

7-11: Oriental Stir-Fried Pork

Jamie Martin Group 07: Pork, Section 2: Main Courses July 9, 2014June 19, 2020Asian, canola oil, carrots, cilantro, dairy-free, easy, egg-free, fairly inexpensive, fried, Italian parsley, julienned, leeks, mushrooms, Oriental, pan-fried, pork, pork tenderloin, sesame seeds, sliced, stir-fry, tender-crisp, teriyaki sauce, toasted, untested, water chestnuts, wok

“Oriental” is a word you don’t hear often anymore (for good reason)–this would probably be referred to as an Asian dish in a modern cookbook. 7-11: Oriental Stir-Fried Pork is a pretty standard Asian stir-fry starter recipe which could also work with chicken, beef, or shrimp.

The teaser line on the front reads “tantalizing flavor”. Not so much, at least in my opinion. This is a basic bare-bones stir-fry–if you want something that’s going to have some kick to it, you’re gonna have to do it yourself.

11-16: Indian Fried Fish

Jamie Martin Group 11: Fish & Seafood, Section 2: Main Courses July 5, 2014July 7, 2020all-purpose flour, bananas, blanched, bread crumbs, breaded, butter, canola oil, Caribbean, cashews, catfish, coated, cod, crème fraîche, curry powder, dinner, dredged, dry mustard, easy, eggs, fail, fairly expensive, fish, fish filets, flounder, fried, grouper, haddock, halibut, Indian, leeks, lemons, lunch, nuts, pan-fried, peeled, plantains, rockfish, salt, sautéed, seafood, sliced, sour cream, spice blends, turmeric, untested, West Indian, white bread, whitefish, yellow mustard

Another bit of real life distractions, but I refuse to let this die. Back to it, with an interesting dish: 11-16: Indian Fried Fish. 🐟

Um, okay. “Indian” is being used liberally here, as far as I can tell. It was an okay dish, but didn’t exactly conjure up images of India. This seems more like West Indies/Caribbean “Indian” than India “Indian”.

8-18: Tangy Beef Rolls

Jamie Martin Group 08: Beef, Section 2: Main Courses June 15, 2014July 2, 20201980s, all-purpose flour, appetizers, beef, black pepper, boneless, braised, butter, chopped, chuck roast, cranberries, creamy, dinner, fairly expensive, fairly hard, garnish, gravy, green bell peppers, green onions, jam/jelly/preserves, leeks, lunch, minced, mushrooms, pared, parsley, pork shoulder, red bell peppers, round steak, roux, salt, sautéed, tangy, toothpicks, untested, veal, vegetable broth, whipping cream

Catching up after a few weeks of IRL obligations. Let’s get back to it.

This was one of the 4 recipes cooked in the batch I mentioned in 17-28: Pound Cake. I was making a large amount of food to store up while I was gone for a week, and one of those recipes was 8-18: Tangy Beef Rolls. Sounds deliciously 80s.

Book 2, Group 2 (Main Courses), Subgroup 8 (Beef) gives us card #18: Tangy Beef Rolls. How do you resist something beef-related that describes itself as “tangy”? Mine didn’t come out as classy as the one in this picture, but it was still definitely edible. And somewhat tangy.

5-24: Meat-Filled Crêpes

Jamie Martin Group 05: Eggs & Cheese, Section 1: Appetizers & Starters April 24, 2014October 15, 2020all-purpose flour, boiled, breakfast, broiled, butter, Cheddar, cheese, cheese sauce, coconut flour, coconut milk, creamy, crêpes, dinner, dry mustard, easy, eggs, fail, fairly inexpensive, filling, French, grated, ground beef, ground meat, ground turkey, leeks, lunch, milk, paprika, Parmesan, salt, sautéed, stuffed, tender-crisp, untested, whipping cream, white wine

The long-awaited 5-24: Meat-Filled Crêpes. I finally solved my ingredient issues and it was crêpe-time. The only thing is…I’ve never done this before.

Confession time: In all of my time cooking (which is most of my life), I have NEVER made crêpes. I have made many pancakes (as you could imagine), but never a crêpe. This was a first for me and as you will see, I learned many lessons from this attempt.

5-7: Quiche Lorraine

Jamie Martin Group 05: Eggs & Cheese, Section 1: Appetizers & Starters April 23, 2014April 29, 20201970s, all-purpose flour, black pepper, butter, Cheddar, cheese, chicken fat, chilled, cut in, diced, dinner, dough, dried herbs, eggs, fairly hard, fairly inexpensive, filling, French, grated, green onions, ham, herbs and spices, housewarming party, Hutton house, Jarlsberg, leeks, lunch, paprika, pie crust, quiche lorraine, quiches, rendered, revisited, salt, sautéed, smoked ham, Swiss, tart pan, Tarzana apt, whipping cream

This was supposed to be 5-24: Meat-Filled Crêpes, but ingredient shortages persist. A trip to the market tomorrow should resolve it, but for now, we’ll have to make do with an old classic, 5-7: Quiche Lorraine.

This one I have made in the past, several times. Two past memorable occasions:

– When my boyfriend (now husband) and I officially moved into our first apartment together a few years ago, we threw a 1970s-themed housewarming party. This along with another quiche, some rumaki, fondue, and other 1970s goodness made up the menu.

– When I was in 7th grade, I had to do some sort of project on France/French culture in my English class (I have no idea why). My project partner and I made this recipe at her house and also bought a Celine Dion CD (where she sings in French) to play while the class ate our quiche. I think her mom returned the CD to Target the next day. That was our lazy, late-90s attempt at French culture. 🇫🇷

2-34: Avocado-Parmesan Salad

Jamie Martin Group 02: Salads, Section 1: Appetizers & Starters April 17, 2014March 14, 2020appetizers, avocados, black pepper, blender, cheese, chopped, cucumbers, Dijon mustard, dinner, dressing, dry mustard, easy, egg-free, fairly inexpensive, Glendale apt, gluten-free, grated, iceberg lettuce, leeks, lemon juice, lemons, lettuce, lunch, olive oil, parsley, peeled, Prosciutto, salads, salt, sliced, tarragon, tarragon vinegar, untested, vegetarian, vinegar

We start our journey in Book 1, Group 1: Appetizers & Starters with 2-34: Avocado-Parmesan Salad. Got that? It’s further broken down into subgroups, depending on different classifications. I see now where I get my classification aptitude.

We start here due to yesterday’s CSA box delivery brimming with already-ripe avocados (a rarity). As avocados are a fickle beast, it was imperative to consume them in the near future.