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Cookbooks Used
- Toasted Pearl Couscous and Summer Vegetable Medley, The Mediterranean Dish | Suzy Karadsheh
- AK Winter House Salad, The Ambitious Kitchen Cookbook | Monique Volz
- Basic Sheet-Pan Pizza Dough, By Heart | Hailee Catalano
- Fried Garlic Pizza Sauce, By Heart | Hailee Catalano
- Black and Blueberry Ricotta Cake, Snacking Cakes | Yossy Arefi
- Marry Me Chicken Chili, Seriously, So Good | Carissa Stanton
- Classic Cornbread, Savory Baking | Erin Jeanne McDowell
- Ashraf's Tomato Saag, Third Culture Cooking | Zaynab Issa
- Honey-Soy Glazed Salmon with Broccolini, So Easy So Good | Kylie Sakaida
- Charred Brussels with Soy Butter and Fried Garlic, Cook This Book | Molly Baz
- Shrimp, Cheddar, and Charred Pineapple Tacos, What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking | Caroline Chambers
- Espresso Chocolate Chip Cake, Snacking Cakes | Yossy Arefi
- Sheet Pan Pepperoni Pizza, By Heart | Hailee Catalano
Notes
- Toasted Couscous Salad w/ Harissa Chicken (The Mediterranean Dish | Suzy Karadsheh): The toasted couscous salad was really flavorful (I loved the mint!) — I liked it more than Allen did, overall it was good and nutrient-dense. The Harissa Chicken was good but nothing special. Overall easy and nutrient-dense. (PITA: 6, Outcome: 7)
- AK Winter House Salad (The Ambitious Kitchen Cookbook | Monique Volz): Delicious. I skipped the sweet potatoes because of time but we didn't miss them — we ended up adding leftover chicken to this the next day and it was perfect. Would absolutely make this again. (PITA: 4, Outcome: 9)
- Sheet-Pan Pizza w/ Fried Garlic Sauce (By Heart | Hailee Catalano): This was a great start — the pizza sauce had great flavor and added some subtle garlic notes throughout. I loved it. The dough itself was good, but could use a bit more fat I think (like brushing with butter or oil?) to get it a little crispier. And then the toppings — they were good but I think I need to do a mix of cheeses vs. just straight mozzarella to add some "oomph" especially for something like a pepp. Overall, good and definitely something to build on (and way cheaper than delivery!). (PITA: 5, Outcome: 7)
- Blueberry Ricotta Cake (Snacking Cakes | Yossy Arefi): Delicious, light, moist, lovely. No notes. (PITA: 3, Outcome: 8)