Recipes for the week

Plus my scary corned beef experience 🌞

Happy Monday. I hope everyone had a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day filled with good luck, good food, and good friends. 🍀 Today, I have three new recipes, a few reader favorites, and one short cautionary tale about Prague powder.

In my last newsletter, I mentioned starting my corned beef last week so that it would be ready for Sunday. What I did not expect was having to call Poison Control a few hours after dinner!

But first, the before. Here I am with my dad and the big platter of corned beef I was so proud of. I cooked my brined brisket in a slow cooker for about 8 hours. Then, I used the cooking liquid to boil potatoes, carrots, and onions until soft.

To finish the corned beef, I chopped up cabbage and arranged it in a baking dish with the brisket and a few ladles of its cooking liquid. I finished it in the oven for about 30 minutes, then broiled it to crisp up the fat layer. It was truly exceptional. My dad made a beautiful loaf of soda bread with dried fruit. It was a really delicious meal that we all enjoyed, until…

…A few hours later, I was reading more about corned beef and I happened upon a comment on someone’s post accusing the writer of adding way more Prague powder than what was safe for human consumption. This made my ears perk up because I read their recipe, and they used only about 1.5 teaspoons for 5 pounds of meat.

I immediately realized I had mixed up ingredients and used nearly 3 tablespoons of Prague powder for 5 pounds of meat, which sent me down a spiral of frantic Googling, trying to figure out if we were all going to have heart attacks in our sleep. I immediately called Poison Control just to be extra safe, and after a brief and tense hold, she came back and told me she was most certainly positive I had absolutely nothing to be worried about but not to eat any more of it.

Fortunately, my Dad was a good sport about the whole thing.

Needless to say, a recipe that requires a call to Poison Control is NOT one I will be posting on my site. I’ll be spending more time learning about how to safely brine with Prague powder before I develop a recipe for corned beef because I also gave my finger a little chemical burn. Oops!

Luckily, we are all okay, and we’ll look back on this and laugh about it like we do when we remember my disastrous potato soup that turned into cement. I also read a few horror stories where people mix up Prague powder for kosher salt and use like 1 cup of it instead of 1 teaspoon, so my blunder–as embarrassed as I am about it–was relatively manageable, all things considered.

The cautionary tale: If you decide to make homemade corned beef using Prague powder, do NOT get cute with it! Read the instructions carefully, and don’t handle the brined meat without gloves.

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New Recipes

Okay, no more scary tales. Let’s dig into new recipes I promise are 100% safe for human consumption.

Cheesy Pork Cutlets

This girl has never met a single pork chop she didn’t like, even the overcooked ones. These cheesy pork cutlets are the perfect accompaniment to pasta and are as easy as anything to throw together.

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Basil-Parmesan Chicken and Chickpea Soup

A quick, scrappy soup you can throw together with one eye closed, this basil-Parmesan chicken and chickpea soup goes from cutting board to table in under an hour but still delivers deeply satisfying flavors.

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Honey-Sriracha Rotisserie Chicken Bowl

This honey-sriracha rotisserie chicken bowl recipe is one of my mid-week go-to recipes. You can modify it endlessly depending on what’s in season and your crisper. Best of all, it’s the perfect blend of sweet, spicy, and tangy.

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🌟Reader Favorites🌟

I have two delicious reader favorites to share with you today.

Miso Turkey Meatball Ramen

I love it when my recipes can be a jumping-off point for your dinners. Thank you so much, Natalie! I’m so happy you were able to modify this rich and dreamy ramen to use up the ingredients in your crisper. Yum!

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Creamy Lemon-Basil Chicken Pasta

This comment comes from Hope on Instagram, and it really made my whole week! So happy this lemon-basil chicken pasta has made it into your regular rotation; it’s one of my all-time faves, too.

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Okay, I think that covers it for today! I hope you all have a wonderful day eating non-toxic corned beef leftovers 😜 If you decide to give one of my recipes a spin, please drop a comment on this post to let me know how it turned out. I’d love to hear from you! Byeeeeeeeee 💖💖

-kylie