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Macaroni Moments with Maxie and David

Today Maxie and I went over to David’s van and made some Macaroni and Cheese. We used my all-time favourite recipe for Mac and Cheese, my Granny’s recipe. Her mac n cheese uses sharp cheddar and has a bit of a tang to it, and I love that about it.

 

Here is the recipe we used:

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 cups old cheddar, grated
  • 2 cups macaroni
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 2 1/4 cups milk
  • 1 TBSP Imperial Cheese
  • soda crackers

The recipe calls for a microwave to melt the cheese and mix the butter, but given that we were in the van, we heated and mixed everything on the stove. Place butter, flour and salt in a pot and heat until butter is melted. Add milk and stir until sauce becomes thick (took about 5 minutes). Mix in cheddar and imperial cheese until melted. While making the cheese sauce, cook 2 cups of macaroni for 8-10 minutes and drain. When done, add drained macaroni and cheese sauce into a casserole dish. Top with crushed soda crackers. Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes, or until crackers are golden and cheese is bubbly.

Cooking with friends definitely added an element of fun to the cooking process. We worked together to measure, stir, and add ingredients and did crosswords while we waited. I had a marvellous time making my Grans Mac n Cheese, and would definitely want to cook in David’s Van again!

 

Midterm Video Upload

I am excited to show you the progress I’ve made so far this term. Although I know that I have a lot more to learn, and listening to the recording of myself definitely highlighted that for me, I am far ahead of my growth plan! I am eager to hear the feedback, recommendations, and tips for improvement given the fact that I’ve taught myself ukulele and have not sung (other than in my car and around the house) for quite some time.  I would love to add one or two more songs to my growth template for the remainder of the semester and see what else I can learn!

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Vegan Potato Curry

Tonight I made some Vegan Potato Curry. I looked up some recipes on Pinterest for some curries that looked relatively easy. Its definitely starting to feel like winter is coming already, and I thought that some warm-comfort food would be a great idea.

I took a much better picture of my food this time, and I am pretty happy with the results.

Through doing this recipe, and given the fact turned out so well, I have started to wonder how many vegan/vegetarian meals I could make throughout this Inquiry Project. Although I don’t think that I will be able to make all of the recipes veggie, I think it would be an exciting thing to try and get more comfortable with some recipes that are better for the planet.

Below are some adjustments and tips n tricks that I learned through the night.

  • Start off with boiling potatoes
    • Peel potatoes
    • Cut into cubes
    • Boil for 15 minutes
  • Then cut the onion
    • Leaned how to cut an onion properly and with more precision
    • Messy and crying, but best I’ve done it
  • Then put the onion in a pre-heated pan
  • Put together all of the spices while you are waiting on the onions (which need to be stirred every two minutes so that they cook evenly)
    • Pretty much double all of the spices except for cyan because I can’t handle too much spice
    • Rae always adds garlic and onion powder to add a little extra flavor
    • And turmeric for extra color and health benefits
  • Add minced garlic to the onions in the pan
    • Learned to carefully crush the garlic to get the skin off of it
  • Add spices and coat the onion and garlic in the mixture
  • Next, I learned how to peel ginger with a spoon and grate it
    • Add this to the pan
  • Add a can of chickpeas and a can of diced tomatoes
    • You want to squish to tomatoes before adding them to the pan to help them absorb more flavor
  • Strain the potatoes and rinse with cold water
    • You always want to rinse starches with cold water because it helps them stick to the pan less
  • Add in frozen peas and currents
  • Added in coconut milk earlier than normal because the ingredients were looking a little dry
  • Learned how to make real rice (and not 5 minutes rice)
    • Rinse the rice
    • 2 cups of rice and slightly less than 4 cups of water
    • Let the rice boil, stir, and move to a cooler element (low) and leave for 20 minutes
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