The Cookbook

Nothing too serious — just documentation of things I've enjoyed cooking over the years. Fair warning: I hate measuring things, so take all units with a smidgen/pinch/dash of salt.

Main Courses

5 recipes

Flammkuchen

Flame-cake

effort ●○○makes 2 flammkuchen

Jerk Chicken

Taste the Caribbean heat

effort ●●○makes 1–2 lbs of chicken

Lasagna

Laura's favorite

comfort foodshow-off

effort ●●●serves 6–8

Mac & Cheese

You can't make everyone happy - you're not cheese

effort ●●○serves 6–8

Pulled Pork

Low and slow baby

comfort foodshow-off

effort ●●○serves 8–10

Snacks & Sides

5 recipes

Crispy Chicken Wings

Oven-crispy, no fryer required

effort ●○○serves 2–4

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

The garlic is not optional

effort ●○○serves 4–6

Oven Roasted Mushrooms

Great on salads, pizza, or anything really

healthy-ishquick

effort ●○○makes Scales by the handful

Stuffed Pretzels

Pretzels...but spicier and with cheese

show-offcomfort food

effort ●●●makes 6–8 pretzels

Twice-baked Potatoes

Po-ta-to, po-tah-to

comfort foodshow-off

effort ●●○serves 6

Bread

3 recipes

Hamburger Buns

Every burger deserves a great bun

effort ●●○makes 6 buns

Pizza Dough

Why is stretching dough so hard?

effort ●○○makes 2 pizzas

Sub Rolls

...or hoagies, or grinders, or ...

effort ●●○makes 4–6 rolls

Dips & Sauces

6 recipes

Buffalo Sauce

Blue cheese's best friend

effort ●○○makes About 1 cup

Chili Citrus Marinade

Smoky chilis, bright citrus

effort ●○○makes Enough for ~1kg of meat

Enchilada Sauce

All the spices!

effort ●○○makes About 500ml

Mango Habanero Hot Sauce

Sweet up front, scorching on the back end

effort ●●○makes A few bottles

Ranch Dressing

Shhh - don't tell Europe

effort ●○○makes About 150ml

Teriyaki Sauce

Half marinade, half glaze

effort ●○○makes About 150ml

Desserts

2 recipes

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brown butter makes everything better

comfort foodshow-off

effort ●●○makes 1 small mountain of cookies

Molasses Cookies

Chewy, spicy, wintery

effort ●○○makes A big batch