Over all this was a very easy recipe to make. The meatballs were great - I would make them and use them in other ways. Again as in past recipes, this is a very salty soup. The flavor was great, it just needs a salt reduction.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
Albondigas with Mushrooms, En Croute
Over all this was a very easy recipe to make. The meatballs were great - I would make them and use them in other ways. Again as in past recipes, this is a very salty soup. The flavor was great, it just needs a salt reduction.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Apala
First let me say that I hate coring apples when you can't cut them open! I had to get my husband to do it. Secondly, it's impossible to get that pretty green filling into the apple without a piping bag. The apple cooking and cooling took a bit of time, but overall the recipe wasn't too bad. I thought the alcohol in it would have a stronger flavor but it wasn't very noticeable. Not too bad. 3 mickeys.
Seafood Marinara
The great thing about this recipe is that you can make the seafood part optional. Since I had my son I seemed to have developed a shellfish allergy. Being able to eat the the sauce without the shellfish was great. I added in the shellfish for my husband. In reality it was still a very average sauce. 3 mickeys.
Mikado Rice Salad
What a great rice salad! Okay, so something about it wasn't great. The onion. The extreme amount of onion. The recipe calls for 1 cup of onion. Compare that to the 1 cup of rice. Yes, extreme onion. My advice? Use 1/4 cup of onion and it would be perfect. 4 mickeys (with the notion of less onion).
Lake Buena Vista Club Onion Soup Des Halles
Another french onion soup recipe, another recipe with WAY TOO MUCH SALT! Seriously, cut back the salt a LOT. I didn't make my own beef stock as it called for in the recipe (Sorry, I was lazy that day and used canned beef stock). That accounts for some of the salt problem. I would still cut the salt back a lot. I can't give you a great estimate of the quality of this recipe because literally all we could taste was salt. I think with the salt reduction it would get a much higher rating. Currently though, it only stands at 2 mickeys.
Fresh Vegetable Salad
With this recipe you have a choice - use it as a dressing or make it into a dip. I decided to go the dip route that way if it was horrible it didn't ruin all the veggies. :-) It wasn't bad, but it does have a strong curry flavor. That's a great flavor if you love curry, but it you don't it could be overwhelming. I do like curry so it didn't bother me too much. I had no desire to eat more of it though, so it only gets 3 mickeys.
Coconut Mousse
Yum yum yum! This was such a yummy dessert. I typically only fall in love with desserts that contain chocolate, but this was was amazing. It takes a little bit of time because the different stages have to cool before it can be mixed, but it's worth the effort. 5 mickeys means a recipe!
1 t unflavored gelatin
1/2 c cold water
1/3 cup sugar
2 T powdered milk
1/8 t salt
1 c whipped topping or heavy cream
3/4 t valnilla extract
1 drop yellow food coloring
2/3 cup shredded coconut
Soak gelatin in 1/4 c of the cold water for 2 min. Place container of gelatin in a pan of hot water and heat until gelatin dissolves. Cool to lukewarm.
In mixer bowl, combine sugar, powdered milk, remaining 1/4 c water, salt, whipped topping or heavy cream, vanilla and food coloring. Beat until thick. Slowly beat in gelatin. Fold in coconut. Chill until firm.
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