Month 10! We're almost out of magazines!
This month I have five issues:
- Food Network Magazine, November 2009
- Food & Wine, November 2010
- Cooking Light, November 2010
- Cooking Light, November 2011
- Every Day with Rachael Ray, November 2011
In general, I thought I was getting better at picking out just the perfect amount of recipes that were actually realistic to make in a month, but this month was difficult! Some of these are "double issues" and they're all FULL of turkey, stuffing, green bean, and pie recipes. It was a little tricky to find recipes to make that weren't all just turkey (which
I could eat for a whole month, but I don't know if G could).
Today I made:
Pepita-Crusted Pork, Every Day with Rachael Ray, November 2011
Kabocha Acorn Squash Puree, Cooking Light November 2011
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| G made a squash heart! |
We hadn't yet gone grocery shopping, but we wanted to get started on dinner. I looked through the freezer and the pantry and realized that we had an extra squash and some pork in the freezer, so I made these two dishes. They're both simple-- the pork is just dredged in flour, then egg, then chopped [roasted, hulled] pumpkin seeds before being browned in a skillet and then baked. The squash is supposed to be baked for like an hour, but I sped it up by cutting it in half with some water in a pyrex pan and microwaving it for 10 minutes. After getting steamed in this way, you blend it with some brown sugar, butter, and salt and pepper. I was pretty sure G would like this, and he did. It's like candy! He didn't seem to care too much for the pork, though. We like tenderloin, but this was just a normal pork chop or something, so it came out a little tough. The pumpkin seeds don't really have that special of a flavor either. We won't keep that recipe, but I will keep the squash one.
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