Thursday, September 1, 2011

Making Garlic Paste



My first retweet of my blog Twitter post occurred yesterday. Thank you @CabotCoop.

This gave me the motivation to crack open a new recipe and conquer. Pg 114 of September 2011's Everyday Food had a recipe with ingredient staples I had in the house already. Salt, garlic cloves, paprika, coriander, vinegar, olive oil, and chicken. What made this recipe fun was what I did with the salt and garlic cloves. I covered 2 peeled garlic cloves with 3/4 teaspoon of salt. Then I chopped the garlic into the salt and used the flat side of the chopping knife to mash the garlic/salt mixture into a paste consistency.

The sides were Near East's 100% Long Grain & Wild Rice - Garlic & Herb mix, stir-fry veggie mix with stir fry sauce, and Rhode's dinner rolls.

Mr. David Reynolds, 96, as in Reynolds wrap died today. His father started Reynolds in 1919. In his honor, I used Reynolds Parchment Paper under my chicken while baking. No sticking to my Emile Henry azur oven bakeware tonight!