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Comments (18)Lemony Mushroom Risotto Gourmet : February 2001 This crowd-pleasing risotto works well as a main course-accompanied by green salad and crusty bread-or as a side dish for leftover chicken. Active time: 45 min Start to finish: 45 min Yield: Serves 6 to 8 2 2/3 cups boiling-hot water 1/2 oz dried porcini mushrooms 3 cups chicken broth 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter 1/2 lb small cremini mushrooms, quartered 1 small onion, finely chopped 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons Arborio rice (8 oz) 1/4 cup dry white wine 1 teaspoon finely grated fresh lemon zest 1/4 cup finely grated parmesan 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley Pour 2/3 cup hot water over porcini in a heatproof cup and let stand until softened, about 10 minutes. Lift porcini out of water, squeezing excess liquid back into cup, and rinse well to remove any grit. Coarsely chop porcini. Pour soaking liquid through a paper-towel-lined sieve into a glass measure and reserve. Meanwhile, bring broth and remaining 2 cups hot water to a simmer. Keep at a bare simmer, covered. Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a heavy skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then saut� cremini, stirring, until browned, about 7 minutes. Add porcini and reserved soaking liquid to skillet and boil, stirring, 1 minute. Remove from heat. Cook onion in 1 1/2 tablespoons butter in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute. Add wine and simmer, stirring constantly, until absorbed. Stir in 1/2 cup simmering broth mixture and cook at a strong simmer, stirring frequently, until broth is absorbed. Continue simmering and adding broth 1/2 cup at a time, stirring frequently and letting each addition become absorbed before adding the next, until rice is tender but still al dente and creamy (it should be the consistency of a thick soup), 18 minutes. (There will be leftover broth.) Stir in zest, mushrooms, remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, parmesan, parsley, and pepper to taste. (If necessary, thin risotto with some of remaining broth.) Serve immediately. ____________________________________ personal notes: add lemon juice to the porcini in the first step with the water, for extra lemon flavor. I also steeped the mushrooms in the lemon water overnight which worked well. Here is a link that might be useful: from Epicurious' website...See MoreJanuary 2020, Week 3
Comments (50)I just got my first set of stainless steel straws. I like them so far, but there’s the transportation problem. I don’t usually carry a purse anymore, unless I’m out all day or will need to carry storage. I just grab my billfold and phone. Straws don’t fit all the way. Going to have to think on that one. Also, some of Audrey’s favorite toys are the red plastic straws from QT and Sonic. Amy, I still buy powdered detergent. I think it works better than liquid and doesn‘t gunk up the washer. Walmart and Target have Tide, Cheer, and Gain powders. Sometimes I pick up Ariel at the Mexican market. Mom used Cheer powder exclusively when I was growing up, so it invokes good memories here. I also use only hot water, because cold water doesn’t get anything clean. If it did, our dishwashers would run on cold water, and we’d shower in it. Nope, I’ll stick with hot. Grimy gardening clothes, you know. I‘m a terrible housekeeper, but I do like vinegar for cleaning. It also works well in the rinse aid dispenser in the dishwasher. I need my paper towels for cleaning up cat barf, and when she commits insecticide. I have major issues with cleaning up anything yucky with regular towels. Same with Kleenex. And toilet paper, actually. All messy, gross stuff should be disposable. I was making progress in avoiding plastic bags until last fall. I have plenty of reusable containers. I try to avoid containers that aren’t reusable or recyclable. I recycle a lot. I even recycle my winter sowing containers after they become too brittle to use. Audrey likes Arm and Hammer litter that comes in cardboard boxes, so I recycle those too. Although, I often wish I had the plastic buckets for planting. I tried the recycled, green, environmentally proper litter, and all of my cats over the years have rather dramatically rejected it. Gardening: I have milkweed seeds in the freezer and I miss tomatoes....See MoreVeggie Tales ... January 2024
Comments (7)Happy new gardening year! It was a green December around here, we only got one snow that lasted a couple days before it was melted off. Rain otherwise. Rather uncanny. But it has turned properly colder now. Got no idea what's going on in the caps, haven't opened them. The rest of the yard looks like it's still sleeping. Been lots of small birds flocking about in the last couple weeks, but there seems to be a bit less ground rodent activity than the usual for now. Sitting on a bunch of wild wintersowing seed since it's been so nice out, so probably won't sow till late this month or into the next. Indoors has been some microgreens and a couple rounds of germination testing. I had some trouble last year with squash and melon and wasn't sure if it was due to the seed. I haven't gotten fresh in a while. So tests before sending off seed orders- just a couple smaller ones this year....See More2nd week of January 2024 winter is coming
Comments (55)I had to buy potatoes and onions at the grocery store today. I used the last of the garden ones last week. It's annoying, but I'm grateful. There's still a few small sweet potatoes that I'll use up this week in a recipe. And there's a few cups of frozen onions too. Does anyone watch the homesteader youtubers who do the "no grocery shopping" challenge in January and February? We could probably live out of our freezer and pantry for a couple of months, along with the eggs which are coming back now, but we would miss the things that we purchase. Oh, I also bought some kale just in case the kale in the hoop house doesn't make it. It's covered inside the hoop house, but it's supposed to get to the single digits as you all already know. Our friend is sharing a lamb with us. He processed two and we're getting the smallest one which is about 10 lbs of ground lamb and some other cuts. I don't know enough about lamb really, but did put Whole 30 Lamb Curry on the menu for next week. The last sheep we had, we did a leg of lamb, but I don't think I cooked it properly. It had a good flavor, but the texture was weird. He's the friend who grew out the pig for us a couple of years ago. Honestly, I would be fine with being vegetarian completely again. I prefer it. But...trying to support Tom. Oh, and my cholesterol was the same after eating Whole 30 (with meat and eggs) as when I did the 6 months of eating less that 30 mg of cholesterol daily. It's just gonna be high no matter what I eat and how much I exercise. But...the body makes more cholesterol every day than any of us could ever eat. Like my doctor said, healthcare is way behind the newest scientific findings about all of that. I wanted them to test my LDL because LDL isn't always bad. If it's the soft buoyant kind, it's actually beneficial. BUT, if it's the small, dense kind, it's bad and will build up in the arteries. However, my doctor said insurance doesn't yet pay for that test and it's expensive. Another odd thing is my VLDL and triglycerides are very low. So many things to wonder about. I'm a big wonderer. Y'all keep warm. It's not gonna be easy....See MoreHU-422368488
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