wouldn't make again: February 2009 Archives

I have to admit that the main reason I wanted to make chili for dinner tonight was to get a better photograph for the recipe in the archive. I also thought it would be nice to try a new recipe for cornbread, since the only one I've ever made is my mom's recipe. I did a quick search and found this one from Homesick Texan.

It has a lot more cornmeal than my regular recipe, buttermilk, and no sugar. Unfortunately, I wasn't a fan. It tasted very acidic because of the buttermilk. Also, I'm definitely a sweet cornbread kind of girl. But, the important thing is that I tried something different.

I definitely want to make cornbread in an iron skillet from now on though. I made this in my 8" cast-iron skillet, which was a bit small, so I put the extra batter in a mini loaf pan. Next time I think I'll try making my regular recipe in this skillet.


» Recipe for Iron-skillet Cornbread

I had a bunch of stew beef to use up and since we haven't had any mexican inspired dinners in a while I figured I'd remedy that.

This turned out ok, but I probably won't make it again. The meat never got as tender as I would have liked, while the peppers fell apart completely. I added the chipotle chiles because I had some sitting around. They added a smokey flavor, but I'm not really a chipotle fan.

Finally, I'm happy to announce that I've launched a mobile version of 33flavors.org. Check it out if you're into that sort of thing.


» Recipe for Slow-cooked Chipotle Beef Tacos