Thread by @notfolu

okay I did the tortilla trend to make a pared down @tacobell breakfast crunchwrap (verdict? it’s...fine?)

•mashed avo w/ lime, salt, pepper
•scrambled eggs with pickled jalapeños
•chipotle sour cream, crispy hash browns
•muenster & bacon #humblebragdiet

I’m bad at making ice cream cuz I approach it like cooking (I build flavors then suss things out) when it’s closer to baking (ingredient ratios can be tweaked but only slightly)

anyway, these will be a boozy dupe for grape flinstones push pops with calpico& soju #humblebragdiet

#humblebragdiet x #unsnackable in purple for my pre-birthday

•homemade boozy flinstones grape push pops (calpico concentrate, grape fanta, yogurt soju)
•luxurious kyoho grape calpis soda (from japan)

my solo birthday brunch is an important tradition and tbh I went off this year

@Savenors duck pastrami benedict
roasted garlic& havarti biscuits
poached eggs
dijon hollandaise
fresh dill

scotch & lambrusco ny sour in the glass, mikan seltzer on the side #humblebragdiet

probably worth noting that I somehow have never poached an egg or made hollandaise before (out of pure laziness)

but this duck pastrami benedict deserved the effort #humblebragdiet

you can’t tell, but the star of yesterday’s benny was these roasted garlic and havarti biscuits, easily the most tender biscuits I have ever made or eaten (a riff on the @TheKitchenista recipe) #humblebragdiet

It’s my birthday until I say it’s not, so I made myself a cake based on a cherry dip cone

•buttermilk cherry chip cake
•malted waffle cone crunch
•aperol & cherry chip crème patissiere filling
•waffle cone infused double vanilla swiss meringue buttercream
#humblebragdiet

for the waffle cone infused double vanilla swiss meringue buttercream, I crumbled waffle cones and let them steep in my egg white syrup before straining it and whipping it into a meringue #humblebragdiet

just a lil’ cake decorating time lapse of my cherry dip cone cake

•buttermilk cherry chip cake
•malted waffle cone crunch
•aperol & cherry chip crème patissiere filling
•waffle cone infused double vanilla swiss meringue buttercream
#humblebragdiet

trying to menu plan for the week on tuesday morning when I have been spiritually anchored to my bed for days... #humblebragdiet

not every day beautiful meals from scratch, some days digiorno pepperoni croissant pizza gussied up with extra parm & feta, duck fat garlic confit& red pepper flakes then cut into breadsticks instead of slices #humblebragdiet

I think I’m cheating by adding this to my ~quar cooking~ thread but like...I made the garlic confit

I don’t really drink coffee ( who needs energy during a panorama? why would I fuel this ennui) but I randomly bought a jug of la colombe cold brew? and topped some with a cajeta + vanilla knockoff sbux cold foam and some cinnamon #humblebragdiet

absolutely fumbling my bedtime by putting a bake in the oven at 11:30 (but there is plantain and chai goodness to be had....tomorrow #humblebragdiet

turned some overripe plantains into brown butter plantain bread w/ chai spiced streusel before bed last night cuz I only cook to outrun food waste lately

a bit overbaked , but v. good

la colombe cold brew w/ cajeta vanilla cream+ cinnamon in the glass

#humblebragdiet

had more of this and honestly, I went off

the baker her cakes

#humblebragdiet

the kitchen the food

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no energy for anything other than grilled cheese but at least it is a grilled cheese with roasted cauliflower tossed in old bay hot sauce and melted havarti

spiced orange & mezcal cocktail in the glass #humblebragdiet

not us being in this panoramic for so long that my quar cooking thread is breaking because it is too long?

the snowstorm didn’t really hit here but it still made me spiritually crave meltedcheesecarbs so I made baked penne with garlic parmesean bechamel and like a pound and a half of mozz and provolone #humblebragdiet

~~the money shot~~

baked penne with garlic parmesean bechamel and like a pound and a half of mozz and provolone, spicy italian sausage #humblebragdiet

working towards possibly being able to eat a breakfast sandwich that I shopped for on sunday and starting prepping around lunchtime for dinner tonight, real girlboss shit

is it breakfast for dinner or the only meal I found motivation to make today?

•custardy baked eggs w/ chopped broccoli
•sharp cheddar
•@Savenors heritage ham steak
•rosemary maple dijon

citron tea muddled with fresh mint & topped w/ seltzer in the glass #humblebragdiet

each time I reassemble my pantry jenga and pretend that this is not impossible to maintain

I never take pictures of my many “this is just stuff in a bowl” meals because they are generally unremarkable but here’s some corned beef hash with green onions, sweet peppers, jalapeños and a poached egg #humblebragdiet

made some chicken katsu marinated in @KatoSakeWorks sake kasu+buttermilk+microplaned ginger & garlic (it is very good) so I ate it with some rice, shaved carrot, rice vinegar pickled cukes, shredded cabbage

@KatoSakeWorks nigori in the glass #humblebragdiet

my controversial opinion is that the traits that make a bagel shine are antithetical to good breakfast sandwiches

everything bagel w/ muenster& colby jack, old bay hot sauce cream cheese, sausage patty, fried egg

iced coffee w/ banana milk & cajeta in the glass #humblebragdiet

(this is just a bready grocery store bagel, that’s why it’s good for sandwiches!)

one more pic of the @toalltheboys always & forever handpies with snickerdoodle demerara sugar and dark cherry filling made with yakult cuz they were beautiful and also because ~someone~ told me this pic looks like AI generated recognizable nonsense and that’s cool #humblebragdiet

tomorrow I make pie (round) and also maybe pizza pie (rectangle)

I’m due for a nice humbling catastrophic baking failure but until then, here’s a the 5 spice meringue that is on top of my persimmon pineapple curd pie with a brown butter graham crust.

the pie is baking and it’s an iffy situation...it might not work out #humblebragdiet

I think I have a fundamental misunderstanding of how meringue works but it made for a stunning pie

•brown butter graham crust
•persimmon pineapple curd filling
• shattered five spice meringue #humblebragdiet

coming back to this to say I absolutely fucked up the filling but at least I got the....content lol

I also ate all of the meringue, the meringue was perfect

POV: you’re about to take a very cheesy detroit style roni cup pizza out of the oven #humblebragdiet

the idea for these came to me in a dream/caffeine hallucination #humblebragdiet

nothing highlights my lack of time management skills like when I try to bake things for unsnackable but these were so fucking good

black sesame and blood orange zest marbled shortbread with caramelized white chocolate ganache made with coconut milk #humblebragdiet

absolutely haunted by a lack of motivation to engage in food to do anything other than avoid waste

•kale & garlic fried rice
•@sekaliboston mushroom xo sauce
•topped with leftover ghost king thai fried chicken
•sesame & green onions
#humblebragdiet

I made mango lemongrass handpies with pandan kaya jam glaze and toasted coconut for #PiDay ( they are really fucking good)

yesterday was #PiDay so I lost count of how many book turns I did on some pastry dough and filled hand pies with a mango lemongrass jam with a touch of vanilla and used @sekaliboston pandan kaya jam to make a glaze then finished them off with toasted coconut #humblebragdiet

i’m trying to heal my “tiktok tomato feta pasta” ptsd

•toasted ciabatta
•roast cherry tomatoes
•@sekaliboston mushroom xo sauce
• crispy pancetta
•goat milk feta
•basil
•fresh cracked pepper & kosher salt
#humblebragdiet

attempting a riff on a basque cheesecake, pandan kaya jam+pandan extract and raspberry swirl and some false confidence about this pan *not* overflowing #humblebragdiet

talked sparkling sake with @alyssamikiko for the koji club zoom meeting with a few snacks
•furikake+togarashi, bacon, kewpie mayo tater tots
•a chili crisp riff on @TheKitchenista’s perfect buttermilk biscuits
•charred scallion compound butter
#humblebragdiet

once again I have made the @meimeiboston kale salad (dressed in olive oil & vinegar) with garlic panko, feta and a poached egg but also added some leftover takeout pork belly rendered & crisped up in my air fryer. #humblebragdiet

I actually make this salad all the time because I can dress the greens at the beginning of the week and it’ll last for a few days, so I can just add in whatever I have around without having to think

made some “cleaning out my pantry” bougie cereal bars (because my bakers pantry hasn’t gotten much use lately)

•golden grahams
•cinnamon toast crunch
•marshmallows
•peanut butter
•scharffen berger bittersweet dark chocolate
•heath bar bits

#humblebragdiet

i’m still using the panoramic to justify unjustifiable purchases like drink syrups shipped from hawaii

•potato starch karaage and yuzu salt
•rice with furikake & green onions
•ramune & oleo saccharum cream soda with soju, ice cream and a cherry #humblebragdiet

it’s international @BeeBabs appreciation week aka LOVE IN COLOR is out in north america(go buy it!!)

a tiny cake inspired by the vibrant stories & cover art

•lemon zest sponge
•kiwi ginger compote
•berry mezcal cream
•smoked brown sugar swiss buttercream
#humblebragdiet

I need to get out of bed so I can make something unhinged but also hopefully delicious that I thought of when I was in a post-vaxx haze

made an eggs benny inspired by hawaiian pizza after a post-pfizer fever dream about pineapple on pizza

•english muffin
•slow roasted tomato compound butter
•@Savenors heritage ham steak
•poached egg
•pineapple pepperoncini hollandaise
•red pepper flakes
#humblebragdiet

a perfect poached egg on a hawaiian pizza inspired eggs benny with roasted tomato compound butter on toasted english muffins, ham steak, pineapple pepperoncini hollandaise #humblebragdiet

steeped some orange zest+cinnamon sticks in coconut milk and used it to make mini baguette french toasts and a salted orange zest and cinnamon coconut custard and also added malted sumac yogurt, d’anjou pears & passion fruit

matcha limeade slushy in the glass
#humblebragdiet

this was so good and also I made it like...very slowly over the course of an entire workday. don’t ask what possessed me to add malted milk powder and sumac to yogurt, I don’t understand my brain either

a brunchy vibe to fuel a nap before 1PM

•cherry shiso jam pop tarts w/ kiwi orange blossom water glaze, smoked brown sugar meringue crumble, clementine zest
•a bright spritz made w/ yoigokochi yuzu sake from @alyssamikiko’s koji club & clementine juice

#humblebragdiet

good things come to those who haul their ass out of a cozy bed to make pizza dough at 9PM (clockwise from top- mozz, salami, sausage, fennel, olive tomato and walnut tapanade, roast tomato compound butter) #humblebragdiet

made the @kingarthurflour crispy cheesy pan pizza cuz I saw @bettinamak make it but used bread flour and spread roast tomato compound butter onto the crust instead of using sauce & topped it with mozz, salami, fennel& fronds, tomato olive and walnut tapenade #humblebragdiet

hit my cheesemonger for the first time in ages and panic ordered too much out of happiness, made some tatertots to cope

•creamy brown butter havarti sauce
•pastrami
•pepperoncini
•caramelized fennel
•green onion

salted crack seed plum lemonade in the glass #humblebragdiet

used the leftover havarti cream sauce alongside some egg, pepper jack, sharp cheddar&muenster to make a guesstimated 1/8 sized solo batch of my usual mac&cheese recipe (worked better than I expected) #humblebragdiet

revisited this because it was easily one of the most delicious things I ate last year but also because it is a dish that evades my attempts to take note of directions or techniques because something always goes “wrong” even though it still tastes very very good in the end

this time, I replaced the honey with smoked brown sugar so it’s a freeform carrot galette with roasted black pepper carrots, smoked brown sugar greek yogurt custard& toasted pistachios, brushed w/ smoked brown sugar butter to finish it off (in very dramatic light) #humblebragdiet

duck fat confit cherry tomatoes with like....a looooot of garlic, so much garlic. Once again just cooking to outrun food waste #humblebragdiet

leftover pizza dough brushed with a fennel frond+anchovy+lemon pesto adjacent sauce, then topped with crumbled feta and za’atar #humblebragdiet