Salisbury steak with mushroom gravy

We tried this SkinnyTaste recipe, which ingeniously lightens the dish by substituting half of the minced beef with minced turkey. http://www.skinnytaste.com/skinny-salisbury-steak-with-mushroom/ Although the recipe calls for unseasoned breadcrumbs, we added about ½ tsp each freshly minced sage, oregano, and thyme to the meat mixture. To shape the patties, we used an oval ½ cup measuring… Continue reading Salisbury steak with mushroom gravy

Roasted root vegetable and mushroom shepherdess pie, version 1

We followed this recipe, but made several modifications: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/11/mushroom-and-root-vegetable-shepherds-pie-recipe.html First, we seasoned the mushrooms and the vegetables separately with a few sprigs each marjoram and thyme, 1-2 Tbsp olive oil, and a little salt and pepper. In addition to oven-roasting 6 oz cremini mushrooms (halved or quartered for uniform size) for 30 mins, we oven-roasted… Continue reading Roasted root vegetable and mushroom shepherdess pie, version 1

Mushroom bourguignon

We tried this Smitten Kitchen recipe, and it was delicious. http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2009/01/mushroom-bourguignon/. The recipe calls for beef broth, but it easily can be made vegetarian if you use vegetable broth. We used baby portobellos (cremini mushrooms) instead of large portobellos. We served this over egg noodles tossed with some minced parsley. (May 2016)Note: The recipe recommends… Continue reading Mushroom bourguignon

Japanese-style root vegetable and chicken stew

Recipe by Melissa Clark from http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017935-japanese-chicken-and-root-vegetable-stew. We used carrots, rutabaga, kohlrabi, and celeriac and cooked it with chicken for the first 25 mins. We added sweet potato and purple-topped turnip for the remaining 20 mins. We also used 4 skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs and then discarded the skin and bone after shredding the chicken. The… Continue reading Japanese-style root vegetable and chicken stew

Shepherdess pie with lentils, mushrooms, and sweet potato topping

We had mashed sweet potatoes leftover from Thanksgiving, and we decided to try this vegetarian shepherd’s pie recipe from The Kitchn:  http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-lentil-and-mushroom-sweet-potato-shepherds-pie-182683.  This recipe creatively uses steel-cut oats as part of the filling, which lends a meaty texture to the dish.  We made the following modifications:  first, instead of 1 lb cremini mushrooms, we used… Continue reading Shepherdess pie with lentils, mushrooms, and sweet potato topping

Roasted turkey matzoh ball soup

We decided to use our leftover turkey to make one of our favorite soups.  We generally followed the recipe in my blog:  piglettedc.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/chicken-matzoh-ball-soup-recipe-from/.  However, we made a few adjustments:  first, in lieu of a whole chicken, we used the carcass from our 14 lb Thanksgiving roast turkey. Second, because the turkey broth flavor seemed thin,… Continue reading Roasted turkey matzoh ball soup