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Homemade tomato ketchup

Cooking Dad — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:27:24 +0000

We have been harvesting quite a few tomatoes from our greenhouse these past few weeks. Yesterday I decided to give homemade tomato ketchup a try and it was a great success! As with many nice foods, it took a lot longer to make than to eat it. I only made a fairly small batch to try out the recipe. Next time I will make a big pan full of it and freeze it smaller batches.

Ingredients
800 grams tomatoes (one 28 oz can if you don’t have any fresh ones)
1 medium sized onion
1 small clove of garlic
2 tbsp olive oil
75 grams sugar
3 tbsp vinegar
1 tsp salt
½ tsp cinnamon

Peel the skin off of the tomatoes. Fresh tomatoes should be put into boiling water for a few seconds followed by a ice water dip, this makes the skin come of very easily. Canned tomatoes can be easily peeled or might already be peeled. Fry the finely chopped onion and garlic in olive oil over medium heat without letting them get brown. Add the chopped up tomatoes and the rest of the ingredients and let it simmer until it’s fairly thick. Smooth mixture in a blender and chill for at least a few hours so the flavors can blend.

This ketchup will look a bit odd to most people as it does not contain any artificial coloring and thus looks more orange than the red we are used to. It’s also free of preservatives.

Danger Men Cooking wear

Cooking Dad — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:10:33 +0000

I’ve been asked about the ‘DANGER MAN COOKING’ sign in my website header image more than a few times. The original sign actually reads: ‘DANGER MEN COOKING’ but since I’m just one man, I changed it using Photoshop.

There’s a lot of DMC wear available: aprons, oven mitts, baseball caps, steak branding irons and, of course, the road sign. You can order all these items from amazon. Any of these would make a great gift to any male cook.

Chicken and fruit salad

Cooking Dad — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:50:31 +0000

Here’s an easy recipe for chicken and fruit salad. It is a great side dish for a BBQ or it can be served with toast or crackers when watching a movie or having company over. This dish can be prepared ahead of time, in fact it should be kept in the fridge overnight to allow the flavors to melt together.

Ingredients
Chicken breast filet
Canned mandarin
Canned pineapple
Mayonnaise
Sugar
Salt
Pepper

Start by frying the chicken breast in a pan, it should be slightly over-cooked to the point where it almost falls apart. You can also use turkey breast filet or leftover turkey meat for this. After the meat has cooled down, cut it into small pieces. Prepare the dressing by mixing mayonnaise with a little salt, sugar and lots of freshly ground pepper.

Add the chicken meat and cut up mandarin parts and pineapple. Use about one part mandarins and one part pineapple to two parts chicken meat. If the mixture is too dry, you can add a little of the juice from the canned fruits. Put everything into an airtight container and store in the fridge overnight.