Original recipe: accidentally awesome cabin ice cream
Food Lab: Traditional French cassoulet
Allrecipes.com: Cottage Cheese Roast
I was looking for a recipe to use up a large container of cottage cheese that had gone untouched in the fridge for several weeks. It was starting to go sour, which meant that nobody in the house was going to eat it as is (we are picky about our…
Food.com: Trifle custard
I needed a quick and easy recipe for a thickened custard to use in trifle, and I didn’t want to go to the trouble of separating eggs and cooking to a very precise temperature. This recipe fits the bill. At some point, it might be worth making this custard and…
David Lebovitz: Jeni Bauer’s Chocolate Ice Cream
This is one of the best chocolate ice cream recipes to have in your repertoire. It’s creamy, smooth, not too sweet, and just the right balance of chocolate and milkiness; it tastes somewhat like eating a Cadbury’s Dairy Milk bar (made in England, not North America), when they still used…
Epicurious: Hot Fudge Sauce
I had ice cream and I wanted hot fudge sauce. I specifically wanted the kind that gets thick and glossy and chewy when it gets cold; the kind that reminds you of those DQ ice cream cakes you had as a kid before you started appreciating quality of ice cream…
Smitten Kitchen: Hand pie dough
I haven’t had a lot of time to experiment with hand pies, and to be honest, my desire to mess around with different kinds of recipes is not what it used to be. That’s why I count myself fortunate to have come across this recipe, because even though I thought…
Serious Eats: the Best Chili Ever (adapted for ingredient availability and Instant Pot)
I never grew up with chili, but I understand that there are some Very Strong Opinions out there about what makes a “true” or “authentic” chili. Fortunately, what I primarily care about is whether I get a delicious meal out of my efforts. Authenticity comes a distant second, if it…
Chickens in the Road: Homemade white cake mix (substitute for 18.25 oz. Betty Crocker box mix)
This is a bit of a nested recipe; it’s intended to be used to make a cake using melted ice cream that you don’t particularly like enough to eat as is, but don’t want to waste. It’s getting used today to bring to a friend’s birthday party in the form…