Archives for 2008

How To Cook With Beef Tallow

April 16, 2008 (Updated November 18, 2013) by Drew Kime

Beef, Technique frying, gluten free, Undieting

If you're reading this, you've probably already decided that cooking with animal fat is not the worst thing you can do. So I won't bother going into an explanation of how trans fat from hydrogenated vegetable oil is the real killer. But I will point out that there are several people who will explain it all in great detail. So, now you're interested in how to do it. If you don't already have some frier-ready tallow, rendering your own is cheap and (fairly) easy. … [Read more...]

How To Make Onion Ring Dipping Sauce

April 16, 2008 (Updated March 23, 2014) by Drew Kime

Dressing / Sauce gluten free, Undieting

I won't say this is exactly like the sauce at either Outback Steakhouse or Burger King. Why would I, they're both chain restaurants? That's not setting the bar very high. This is better than either of those, and made with better ingredients. (Funny how those two things always seem to show up together.) This is based on a Russian dressing recipe. In fact it's exactly the Russian dressing recipe, except with added horseradish. You can also check out the recipe for onion rings. The recipes for … [Read more...]

How To Make Pizza Sauce From Scratch

April 13, 2008 (Updated March 23, 2014) by Drew Kime

Dressing / Sauce gluten free, Italian, Undieting

Part of cooking from scratch is knowing just how "from scratch" it needs to be to feel good about what you're making. The other part is knowing where to buy the parts you're not going to make for yourself. This time it was getting a pizza crust from Alesci's and doing the sauce from scratch. … [Read more...]

Tuna Puffs

April 7, 2008 (Updated March 24, 2014) by Drew Kime

Dinner, Fish broiled

This is the kind of dish you might be embarrassed to serve to company. You could probably fancy it up by using some kind of artisan bread, and going with seared ahi or tuna steaks or something with better foodie cred than canned tuna. But when you're not worried about impressing anyone, this is comfort food that will take you straight back to your childhood. And in honor of childhood, this recpie is being submitted for the Food for Plastic Challenge III. Tupperware will be donating some of … [Read more...]

Potato Salad With Bacon and Egg

March 30, 2008 (Updated March 24, 2014) by Drew Kime

Salad, Side Bacon, egg, potato

I've always liked my potato salad much drier than what you usually get from a store. The dressing is mostly mayonnaise with just enough vinegar to add some "bite" to it. And hard boiled egg ... lots of hard boiled egg. So today's recipe is a little bit of a departure, since the dressing is a bit thinner than I usually do. Of course, that's because I made the mayo from scratch. Using rendered bacon fat instead of vegetable oil. Have I ever mentioned how Everything Is Better With Bacon? … [Read more...]