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The dry ingredients, both types of chopped chocolate and vanilla bean paste are placed in a food processor and pulverized to a coarse powder. I placed the mix in a mason jar and delivered to my daughter. The recipe makes 4 servings. My daughter used 2 tablespoons of mix to 8 ounces of milk. My five-year-old granddaughter said the hot chocolate was very good. At the time, I didn’t have vanilla bean paste, however, during the holidays, my local Costco had a jar of Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Bean Paste for $20, which I immediately bought to have on hand; now I’ll have to make a batch for myself.
I recently picked up a family pack of pork tenderloins at my local Wegmans for $2.99/lb. I gave my husband two options of preparation and he chose Ree Drummond’s recipe for Grill Pork Tenderloin with Baby Bok Choy, which we hadn't had in awhile; he chose the latter. For the recipe you’ll need mirin, low-sodium soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, light brown sugar, sesame oil, scallions, vegetable oil, fresh garlic cloves, fresh ginger, baby bok choy and kosher salt. A marinade for the pork is made with the mirin, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, brown sugar, sesame oil, scallions, vegetable oil, thinly sliced garlic and thinly sliced ginger. The pork marinates for two hours or even overnight. Although the recipe calls for using a grill pan for cooking, I grilled my pork outside on the grill. The pork was cooked to 145° then allowed to rest before slicing. The marinade was transferred to a saucepan and boiled over high heat until slightly reduced. The baby bok choy is cleaned and cut in half. While the meat rests, in a large skillet vegetable oil is added and the garlic and ginger are sautéed until fragrant. The bok choy is added to the pan, cut side down, along with some water, covered and steamed to cook until tender. To serve, the pork was sliced and served with the bok choy and both drizzled with the marinade. What a scrumptious meal. The combination of flavors for the marinade added a depth of flavor to the meat. Ever since being introduced to bok choy in our CSA, we love it as a side dish with our meal. The recipe is very easy to make as the heavy lifting of flavor is done with the marinade. This was delicious and easy meal to prepare.
Hot Chocolate Mix
“4 Homemade Food gifts They’ll Love (and So Will Your Wallet) By Melissa Clark The New York Times, November 22, 2022 Total Time: 10 minutes Yield: 4 servings Ingredients ⅓ cup/35 grams confectioners’ sugar ¼ cup/30 grams unsweetened cocoa powder, either natural or Dutch-process (see Tip) ¼ cup/40 grams chopped bittersweet chocolate (preferably 62 to 72 percent cacao) ¼ cup/40 grams chopped milk chocolate or vegan milk chocolate 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (optional) Pinch of fine sea salt Mini marshmallows Preparation
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