Author: vlahos

I’m making a single 9″ pie today, so half the crust recipe, the top will be a bacon weave with every other strip missing. The apple filling will be 3/4 sliced, cooked apples, and the rest will be more of a canned apple pie filling. Feel free to serve with aged/sharp cheddar, and a scoop… Continue reading 2024-11-11

Garlicpalooza 2 – Oral boogaloo   Lebanese vegan garlic mayo.   Greek garlic & mashed potato dip      

Today’s veg will be tossed in olive oil, salted, put on a metal sheet pan, roasted at 425F for the following times: Roasted Brussels Sprouts cut in half 25 minutes Roasted Broccoli 15 minutes Roasted Carrots 25 minutes, depending on size. Toss them around after 10 minutes, scrape the pan if needed, and repeat every… Continue reading 2024-11-04

Steak, taters, veg, and a pumpkin custard Make the potatoes and other veg. I was just given a bag of organic carrots and want to use them asap. I might do a tray of Brussels sprouts for real this time. 1 hour dry brine steak, pat dry, lightly oiled med-high heat cast iron pan add… Continue reading 2024-10-28

Roast crispy taters, carrots, brussels sprouts, and pretty much any other veg. Use larger chunks of potatoes we want them slightly alkaline, so boil in water with baking soda add some salt to pre-=season them oven to 425F 1/2 tsp baking soda per 2 lires/quarts water bring to boil add 2 tbsp salt 4 lbs… Continue reading 2024-10-21

My stats: OPs 42, M-level 127, ops locked on most combat research. Spocks Club Log James T. Kirk, Spock, Khan Noonien Singh on the bridge, and Ent-E Troi, B’Elanna Torres, Neelix, Beckett Mariner, D’Vana Tendi, and Tom Paris below deck. No exos, no buffs. Khan hits 100% crit rate halfway through round 5, so increasing… Continue reading Solo Exchange Armada

Morale +10% to piercing stat of the ship, applied after all research, bonuses, etc. Hull Breach Increase crit damage by 150%, calculated after everything else. Burning Enemy loses 1% of current hull health per round.

I had a pound of frozen ground beef that I slowly browned in a pot with 1/4″ water and a splash of bacon fat. This took about an hour. I reduced all the liquid so none of that wonderful beef flavour was lost. I only added a sprinkle of salt halfway through the cooking process.… Continue reading 2024-09-16