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Everything Bagel Donuts?!?!

4/10/2016

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Most of you have probably already heard of the new musical called Hamilton. Well my parents went to see it, and when they went they picked up a donuts from an amazing place called The Doughnut Project.  My dad bought a box for us to try and in it was a donut that everyone has been talking about called the Everything Bagel Donut. I know that you guys might be thinking that it was not going to taste too good. Well, that went through my mind also when I heard about it.

The first piece of donut I tried was the salted caramel chocolate donut with buttered pretzel on it.  You know that was the one that looked like it would be my favorite but, to be honest, it was not my favorite, and here is why.  When I took a bite of it the donut tasted exactly like a chocolate donut with crunchy stuff on top.  I thought it was more of a plain jane donut that did not really stick out but, it was still pretty good.  That is really what I thought about it overall.

The next donut I tried was my favorite.  Believe it or not, It was the everything bagel donut with sweet cream cheese glaze. Even though I was hesitant, I thought that the cream cheese was not overwhelmingly sweet but, it was just enough to go along with the everything bagel flavored topping.  I thought the bagel donut stood out and you would not find that at every donut shop you went to.  To be honest, it was the exact opposite of the first donut.

Next was a very interesting donut, and that is part of the reason why I really enjoyed it so much.  It was a long donut that had a maple frosting with a piece of bacon going across.  It was the perfect combination because bacon, and maple are like, two peas in a pod.  The savory bacon gave a nice touch to the sweet maple.  Overall I would say the same thing about this donut as I said for the last.

The last donut was a pretty cool donut. It was a PB&J donut.  It had a strawberry glaze with a peanut butter filling.  I thought it tasted almost identical to a PB&J sandwich, and I really liked that they did that. I thought that was very creative.  Overall I thought it was a really good donut.

The next time you are in NYC and want a sweet snack, swing on by the Doughnut Project and grab a box of these delicious donuts.
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A Very Special Valentine's Day

2/21/2015

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This Valentine’s Day was really special.  The morning of Valentine's Day, my dad didn’t get me an ordinary present.  He got me flowers.  That might seem like a really ordinary present for Valentine’s Day, but they were roses.  But not just regular roses. They were bacon roses which is the best present a bacon lover can have! Then my dad and I decided to make a special Valentine’s Day dinner for my mom.  We looked up some good recipes for a surf and turf.  We decided on a Moroccan styled theme.  We decided to make lamb and shrimp.  First we seasoned the lamb with salt and Ras el hanout.  Ras el hanout is a Moroccan spice blend which reminded me of Indian and French spices.  For example when you smell the Ras el hanout you could smell the paprika because paprika was in it.  It also had cumin, cinnamon, ginger, coriander, turmeric, black pepper, cardamom, allspice, mace, white pepper, rosebuds, nutmeg, cloves, saffron, and bay leaves. After we rubbed the spices on the meat, we put it in a plastic bag and added prunes and honey.  Then we put the bag in a vacuum sealer to seal the bag. Once the bag was sealed, we put it in our Sous Vide Supreme machine.  The Sous Vide machine will cook it for two hours the way we want it to be cooked without overcooking it.  It has water in it and the water is heated to the exact temperature we want the meat to be. Once the machine had the right temperature, we put the bag in. Many restaurants cook using machines like this so that when you cut into the meat it will be the perfect color you want.  Then we peeled carrots because we were going to make carrots along with the shrimp and lamb.  After we peeled the carrots, we made a paste to put on the carrots.  The paste was made out of butter, maple syrup, and harissa sauce.  Harissa sauce is a Moroccan pepper sauce and it will give the carrots a kick while the maple syrup gives it sweetness.  After we got the paste on the carrots and got them in the oven we had to do the shrimp.  So, we got the shrimp and cleaned them under water. Then we put it in a bowl with scallions, lemon zest, ginger, garlic, and sesame oil.  Then, I mixed it all together with my hands and then I smelled the bowl and said, “Dad, come over here and smell the bowl, it smells amazing!”  My dad came over and smelled the bowl and called out for my mom and they thought it smelled amazing too.  After that, we put it in a plastic bag and did the same thing we did to the lamb.  Then after we did the vacuum sealer, we put the shrimp in the Sous Vide machine and took the lamb out.  For dessert, my mom made chocolate lava cakes. I helped by melting the chocolate.  After we finished the shrimp and did the finishing touches we were ready to dig in.  When we sat down I tasted the lamb it was sweet and really tender.  Then, I tasted the shrimp and it tasted the way it smelled and the carrots were soft and sweet.  Then, after we ate and cleared the table, my mom brought out dessert.  When I sliced through my chocolate lava cake, a puddle of chocolate came through.  When I tasted the cake it was dense and rich.  I hope that we all remember this lovely dinner. I hope that everyone else had a cool Valentine’s Day like me!

Here are links to the recipes we made:

Moroccan Lamb Chops with Prunes and Honey
Baby Carrots Glazed with Harissa and Maple Syrup
Shrimp with Lemon and Ginger
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My Bacon Poem

1/19/2014

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This is a poem I wrote for school about bacon.
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We were on Bacon Selfies!

1/7/2014

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A picture of me and my dad enjoying the beautiful, tasty, crunchy, flavorful BACON MUFFINS at dinner yesterday made the Bacon Selfies site! I am really excited that I made Bacon Selfies and that I'm providing this blog.

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Bacon Muffins

1/6/2014

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Yesterday, I made bacon muffins. It's actually not my recipe. We got it from a magazine called Taste of Home. It's very simple. You only need bacon, sugar, milk, an egg, and biscuit mix. Aftter that, it tastes very delicious. I would advise you to put some butter and a touch of salt in it. You can make it for any occasion. I just made it to eat it! We took a video and will post it soon.

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Welcome to Jordan's Lunch Box!

1/3/2014

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Me at one of my favorite restaurants, Baconery
My name is Jordan. The one thing you have to know about me is that I'm a big foodie. I like how you can compare foods to one another. Like is this food better than this food? Jordan's Lunch Box is going to be a place to show you lots of recipes and to talk about different foods. The goal of this is to inspire the people who love food. Some of my favorite foods are bacon, sushi, seafood, chocolate, strawberries, cucumbers, and bok choy. Some of my favorite restaurants are Neo World Bistro, Max Brenner, Baconery, Lalibela, Okinawa, and Sushi Mike's.
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