Hello!!! Another week in the books of 2020. We are over halfway through the month already. Wow! Just about 5% through the year; that's a crazy way to think about it. No need to rush, though, this year should be a good one.
Two keeper's this week - Cajun Pork Roast and Breakfast Casserole. Alongside the new pork roast we made mashed potatoes. Here's a tip: when you add the butter and dairy (milk, half and half, etc), melt the butter first and fold that in before you add the diary. If you add the milk first it will combine with the starch from the potatoes and become "gluey". If you add the butter first it will coat the potatoes and you will end up with a much smoother bowl of mashed potatoes! My suggestion is that you keep using the recipe for mashed potatoes you know and love, just add the butter first when you incorporate the additional ingredients!
We did have a flop this week - a new recipe for homemade rolls. I suppose it is a bit of an exaggeration to call it a flop as the rolls were quite delicious! The problem is that it was a double rise recipe, and it took over 2 hours each time to get the dough to rise and double! In the end the recipe took much too long and wasn't worth the effort and it did not earn keeper status. But we enjoyed 30 rolls for lunches and with dinner during the week!
We did have another flop; we never made it the horse therapy with Finn yesterday! Such a bummer. We were expecting snow around the evening rush hour, but right around 4pm the snow arrived and really got going! We built in a little extra time to get to the therapy but it wasn't enough. The traffic was crawling, and add to that an accident on the route we take and we just never made it to the barn. Luckily Finn took it in stride; phew! Next week, if there is snow again on Friday, we will leave with even more time and be sure to arrive so he can ride.
It's looking like a busy week ahead so I am not sure if I am going to have time to experiment in the kitchen. But hopefully I'll be able to carve out a little time - keep your fingers crossed that I do and we find a keeper!
New Recipes
Cajun Pork Roast
Breakfast Casserole
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