On 1/11/2021 at 10:01 AM, Shelby said:LGD and Herbdacious have become condiments like ketchup and mustard for us.
Ditto that! I recently used Herbdacious to make a batch of the Chef Mix. Then used what was left to make some garlic bread and a small batch of croutons. I've still got a little log of Herbdacious butter in the freezer that's handy to slice off to put on vegetables.
For the mix, I used Wheat Chex, Cheese-Its, pecans, small pretzel twists, pita chips and a few different kinds of crackers. Couldn't find bagel chips or the Gardettos rye things that @Shelby recommended and didn't feel like buying saltines for just a few crackers. All good except the pita chips kind of shattered into tiny bits when I tried to break them up. The pretzels and several of the crackers were gluten-free so I'm sure an all gluten-free version could be done.
That's the Chef Mix on the left and V's Nuts on the right. I used pecans from Trader Joe's in the Chef Mix and the big plump Georgia pecans I received as a gift in V's Nuts. Note the difference in size!
V's Nuts are similar to the spiced pecans called Viv's Addiction in Deep Run Roots but they use a different mixture of spices. Both are very good. I really like the method in @JAZ's Sweet & Spicy Walnuts which doesn't use an egg white coating so I may try subbing Vivian's seasoning mixture into that recipe to compare.
With V's Nuts made, I'm ready to try the butternut squash that @curls posted about above. It sounds really good and it will probably taste really good once our temperatures fall back down.
Yesterday, I made a batch of Community Organizer. I water bath-processed 3 pints and put the rest into the fridge. I was going to wait on this until summer but Aldi had a special on bell peppers and they looked pretty nice so I decided to give it a go.
Peeling 20 tomatoes then dicing them, along with 8 bell peppers, 3 onions and slicing 10 cloves of garlic felt like a lot of chopping!
At first taste, it seems a little on the sweet side but I'll reserve judgement until I use it in more things. I used Roma tomatoes from Aldi, not the most flavorful things, so I went with called for amount of brown sugar. Vivian says to remember that this is used as a condiment so you're not using a ton of it so we'll see.
For breakfast, I used the Community Organizer in the Egg in a Cup in a Microwave which tasted very good but looked kinda like a mug of barf. I will spare you the photo. Since I do not eat in my car (unwise with a manual transmission and unnecessary since I have no where to go these days), I do not need my eggs in a cup and with my feeble microwave, it would be quicker to just scramble everything together in a pan. Or scramble the eggs & cheese and put this stuff on the side. Maybe I'll do that tomorrow. It is good with eggs. Edited to add that this would be a great addition if you are making those sous vide Starbucks knock-off egg cups or anything similar.
I also used it in a pot of the Organized Peas (or Beans) using Rancho Gordo's black eyed peas and I must say that stuff adds a ton of flavor to them.
