Ben Zanin @gnomon@kitch.win
Joined Feb 2021
meat, fish
Fingerling potatoes
Microwave on high for about 6-7 minutes, flip over, repeat. Slit open; season with butter, pepper, salt, thinly chopped chives.
Tomatoes
Wash, halve, season with salt and pepper. Toss with crumbled feta.
Asparagus
Wash; trim fibrous ends; chop into bite sized pieces. Toss in olive oil. Add a few cloves of smashed and diced garlic, then cover with microplaned parmesan cheese and fry.
Toss asparagus after the bottoms have browned; squeeze over about half a lemon worth of juice. Add the other half of the parmesan cheese, then pop into the 400°F oven for 18-20 minutes.
Once you remove the pan from the oven, squeeze over another half a lemon or so.
Salmon
Heat a half sheet tray in an oven set to 400°F. (This will aid with heat conductivity and also catch any leaks.) Lay out two sheets of parchment paper or aluminum foil near prep area.
Dice two celery stalks, two shallots, a few cloves of smashed garlic; lay in a flat layer on the foil sheets. Tear in a good amount of dill. Salt generously. (The goal here is mostly to add aroma and steam.) Lay skin-on salmon pieces over the vegetables; salt well; top with 3-4 thin lemon slices and more dill.
Tightly seal parchment/foil packets. Lay atop heated sheet tray. Cook for 16-20 minutes depending on fish thickness and desired doneness level.
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food pic
i was gonna cook pasta for dinner but i didn’t have lunch til 4pm so now i’ll maybe just have toast? idk.
last night i sautéed some veg to try and counteract the weekend of breakfast and snack foods. i think next time i’ll attempt to crisp up the potatoes before i add the silverbeet.
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Dinner
It worked out pretty good! All the things I like, none of the things I get in takeout that I don't like (celery)
It's about 4 oz of sliced up steak, 6oz of shrimp, a head of broccoli, 2 carrots, 6 quartered mushrooms, and a small can of water chestnuts, with a sauce made of: minced garlic and ginger, vegetarian oyster sauce, and chicken stock (with cornstarch)
There's also white rice under there
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@guysoft @Alamantus sweeeet, thank you!!
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Butterfly Pea Flower Martini #natmixes
shouts out to @JhoiraArtificer@twitter.com for infusing the flowers into gin and @FridayTea@twitter.com for providing the flowers in the first place!
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Food, candy, recipe
Second batch of sesame candy done! I used this simple recipe https://healthynibblesandbits.com/easy-sesame-candy/ (though could not get black sesame seeds). This time I toasted the seeds a bit longer (I think I under-did it last time), and added a pinch of brown sugar. It only takes a few minutes and is so tasty.
They recommend silicone mats, but parchment paper over a cutting board worked just fine for me. If you do not have a rolling pin, any round can or bottle works - I used a wine bottle.
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High effort meal
Individual Beef Wellington (it's just a 7oz filet mignon in there) came out pretty good, I'm glad I can make something complicated once in a while
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documenting the day's labors prepping whisky tastings and making blue gin on my ig stories https://instagram.com/stories/natalie.weizenbaum/2504139202145448646?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=1o6j9stg65ll5
Joined Feb 2021
