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sythyry was out in San Francisco with family, so dracosphynx and I headed up there to hobnob a bit and have food! It was at a Mexican restaurant called Sabrosa's. I sketched a quick pic of the family's avatars while we waited for food, with tortilla chips served with a trio of salsas and vegetables con mole as appetizers.
I had the 'Costillas Con Mole' - those are "pork confit short ribs, veracruzan xico mole, organic sweet potatoes & rice". They were very tasty! The mole tasted of chocolate, making a nice sweet-savory flavor. I was a bit naughty in not having anything much in the way of veggies with the meal, but I blame the restaurant in not providing a balanced diet.
The hash browns I made last week, though tasty, were a bit mushy. Reading up on the subject, I found several methods to improve the crispiness. This version works! My breakfast, let me show you it.
These are made from a bag of Trader Joe's mixed potatoes-- that is, red potatoes, small gold potatoes, and purple potatoes-- and a couple of zucchinis grated. What I did differently is that I grated them into water in a bowl, thus preventing the potatoes from oxiding. After that, I rinsed them in a collander a few times to drain the starch, while heating water to boiling in a large pot, then I blanched them. Once the potatoes were cooked, I removed them, drained in the collander, and bagged 3/4th of them for later hash brown servings, and cooked the last quarter.
Those are Trader Joe's "fully cooked" apple-smoked bacon strips on the side; I heated them up in the pan while I was cooking the hash browns, then put them on some paper towels to soak up extra grease. The eggs are just microwave scrambled eggbeaters with frozen pepper strips; I didn't want to fire up another burner, so this was easier! If I were trying to impress people, I'd have made an omelet of them.
Mm, brunch. ^_^
sythyry was out in San Francisco with family, so dracosphynx and I headed up there to hobnob a bit and have food! It was at a Mexican restaurant called Sabrosa's. I sketched a quick pic of the family's avatars while we waited for food, with tortilla chips served with a trio of salsas and vegetables con mole as appetizers.I had the 'Costillas Con Mole' - those are "pork confit short ribs, veracruzan xico mole, organic sweet potatoes & rice". They were very tasty! The mole tasted of chocolate, making a nice sweet-savory flavor. I was a bit naughty in not having anything much in the way of veggies with the meal, but I blame the restaurant in not providing a balanced diet.
The hash browns I made last week, though tasty, were a bit mushy. Reading up on the subject, I found several methods to improve the crispiness. This version works! My breakfast, let me show you it.
These are made from a bag of Trader Joe's mixed potatoes-- that is, red potatoes, small gold potatoes, and purple potatoes-- and a couple of zucchinis grated. What I did differently is that I grated them into water in a bowl, thus preventing the potatoes from oxiding. After that, I rinsed them in a collander a few times to drain the starch, while heating water to boiling in a large pot, then I blanched them. Once the potatoes were cooked, I removed them, drained in the collander, and bagged 3/4th of them for later hash brown servings, and cooked the last quarter.
Those are Trader Joe's "fully cooked" apple-smoked bacon strips on the side; I heated them up in the pan while I was cooking the hash browns, then put them on some paper towels to soak up extra grease. The eggs are just microwave scrambled eggbeaters with frozen pepper strips; I didn't want to fire up another burner, so this was easier! If I were trying to impress people, I'd have made an omelet of them.
Mm, brunch. ^_^
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Date: 2014-02-24 09:32 pm (UTC)