Figured I should revive the ol' cooking thread so we can talk about all the delicious food we're making. Delicious, glorious food.
Right now, I'm having some great diced/sauteed onions and mushrooms with tilapia on a bed of white rice. Simply divine. Also cheap and easy to make.
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I'm going to have some pinto beans that have been slow cooked all day in a crock pot, along with an onion and a few strips of bacon.
Also going to have some green beans, some pork chops, and maybe some hashbrowns.
Steamed fish and veg with veg gravy and tartare sauce
Pork shoulder cooked with red onions, avocado, tomatoes, garlic and coriander with some rice tonight.
The avocado goes paste-like and turns into a sauce/dressing full of the onions, tomatoes etc.
Oatmeal with ground up walnuts and blueberries.
I made some quick pasta with veggies, pork, leftover fish and tomato sauce.
Mediterranean Platter, double lamb kebab from a Greek restaurant I frequent.
(BTW, a lot, maybe most "Greek" restaurants in the US are owned and operated by Muslims. Some of the Mediterranean cuisine overlaps, and they know profits will be better as a Greek restaurant than as a Moroccan, Turkish, Lebanese, etc. restaurant.)
Quote from: "Plu"I made some quick pasta with veggies, pork, leftover fish and tomato sauce.
If you've never tried it, I highly recommend going to an Indonesian restaurant and ordering a rice table. They're fuckin' awesome, and I only get to a good one when I get to the Netherlands. There are a handful in the US, but the rice table is different (since they don't cater to Indonesians as much here) and I've found only a few here in Vegas and NYC.
I've tried those before, they are very good :) Unfortunately they also cost about 5-10 times as much as me doing some of my own cooking, so they are a rare treat.
Quote from: "SilentFutility"Pork shoulder cooked with red onions, avocado, tomatoes, garlic and coriander with some rice tonight.
The avocado goes paste-like and turns into a sauce/dressing full of the onions, tomatoes etc.
Changed my mind and substituted the avocado and tomatoes for mango.
Food. You should all try it sometime. I know it's expensive, but the occasional treat is good. :-$ :P
ooooo good stuff there man, I am making my chicken diablo. Filet a chik breast lightly brown in olive oil add a cup of marsala wine, two tablespoons of lime juice, half a cup of chopped onions and tomatoes each, teaspoon of tarragon, parsley, oregano and minced garlic with a healthy pinch of crushed red pepper and let simmer for 20 minutes or so. Spoon over some noodles or fet....zing! Pop! that some good shit there and you get a wonderful zip at the throat from the pepper. You try you like.
Tuna helper. :x
PB&J
Homemade chicken noodle soup. I cook the noodles and the chicken separately (the chicken in water and spices, boiled for thirty minutes, then drained, cooled, and diced), and then saute the vegetables and thyme before adding chicken stock, the chicken, and noodles. Chicken thighs make the best soup in my opinion.
Quote from: "FinalSomnia"Homemade chicken noodle soup. I cook the noodles and the chicken separately (the chicken in water and spices, boiled for thirty minutes, then drained, cooled, and diced), and then saute the vegetables and thyme before adding chicken stock, the chicken, and noodles. Chicken thighs make the best soup in my opinion.
Home made chicken noodle soup is one of the greatest things ever made. :shock: :)
Quote from: "PickelledEggs"Quote from: "FinalSomnia"Homemade chicken noodle soup. I cook the noodles and the chicken separately (the chicken in water and spices, boiled for thirty minutes, then drained, cooled, and diced), and then saute the vegetables and thyme before adding chicken stock, the chicken, and noodles. Chicken thighs make the best soup in my opinion.
Home made chicken noodle soup is one of the greatest things ever made. :shock: :)
I couldn't agree more :-D
Had home-made pizza tonight. Yummy! =P~ :D/
Best thing ever: homemade ham and cheese with broccoli.
Man parts of a pine tree are edible..~Euel Gibbons
Just for the record, I'm not eating a pine tree for dinner tonight.
I'm just returned from the Olive Garden after watching Frozen at the theater (a very good film I thought, even though animated cartoons are not my thing at all). I had the seafood alfredo, and was waited on by Anthony, who seems to really like doing what he does. I always enjoy being placed at one of his stations, and I suspect he will be running the restaurant one day.
Had baked chicken.. (generic Bake n Shake) It's not fried Daddy, it's generic Bake n Shake and I helped!
Quote from: "Hydra009"Best thing ever: homemade ham.
:-k
Some Thai food for lunch, just looking to lose weight and only eat one meal a day.
Quote from: "darsenfeld"Some Thai food for lunch, just looking to lose weight and only eat one meal a day.
You do know that once you start eating normally again you will put the weight back on. Yet another thing you know nothing about.
And my dinner was 2 venison steaks and a beer.
Had a really good Steak cheese sandwich at the Charlotte bus station. They actually have a great cook there...she's friendly and smiles too. That was a pleasant surprise. I'm hungry again.
Quote from: "aitm"Quote from: "Hydra009"Best thing ever: homemade ham.
:-k
So he built a smokehouse and slaughtered a pig 6 months ago. What's not to believe?
Meant to say homemade grilled ham and cheese. Makes more sense that way, lol.
Quote from: "Moralnihilist"Quote from: "darsenfeld"Some Thai food for lunch, just looking to lose weight and only eat one meal a day.
You do know that once you start eating normally again you will put the weight back on. Yet another thing you know nothing about.
And my dinner was 2 venison steaks and a beer.
I intend to never eat junk food again. And? Is not eating McDs illegal?
Quote from: "darsenfeld"I intend to never eat junk food again. And? Is not eating McDs illegal?
That's a good start. I dunno about one meal a day though - maybe reduce your carbs a little, get plenty of fresh fruit and veg and get some cardiovascular exercise going (if you don't already).
Erm... lunch today is in the interests of using up leftover crap in the fridge - fishfingers, baked beans, poached eggs and toast.
Quote from: "darsenfeld"Quote from: "Moralnihilist"Quote from: "darsenfeld"Some Thai food for lunch, just looking to lose weight and only eat one meal a day.
You do know that once you start eating normally again you will put the weight back on. Yet another thing you know nothing about.
And my dinner was 2 venison steaks and a beer.
I intend to never eat junk food again. And? Is not eating McDs illegal?
1 meal a day causes your body to go into starvation mode, lowering your metabolism rate. What this means is that as soon as you start eating like a human again(3-4 times a day) your metabolism will have slowed to the point that you will simply put on weight as fat. What you want to do to properly drop weight(and keep it off) is to eat MORE meals(6-9 times a day), SMALLER meals(no bigger than both fists on the plate), and EXERCISE. You can eat whatever you want and loose weight, as long as you burn more calories per day than you take in.
*source*
Ive spent most of my life as an athlete(wrestler in high school and in the military, and as a professional kickboxer) And cutting and or maintaining weight is something Ive done for most of my life.
pasta, chopped tomatoes and cheese - my standard pre-gig meal...
lulz.. i'm not human, ok.. lol... Yes, I know calorie regulation is key...
I'm really thinking I'll go the fine dining route tonight. I'm tired of stuff that requires thought to prepare. :)
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haven't decided yet. maybe some stir-fried rice.
Spaghetti, Prego Creamy Vodka sauce with salsiccia.
Tonight, I'm making my homemade vodka sauce and serving it with roasted chicken and whole wheat pasta. I've been perfecting this recipe for the past couple of years, and it has to be the thing I'm proudest of. It uses real vodka, chipotle powder, garlic, prosciutto (or Blackforest ham because I don't want to spend $20 for 3/4 lb of meat), tomatoes, and cream. It's a reward for my sister (at her request) for achieving some goals she has been working on for a while.
New York strip, baked potato, grilled veggies and hot Italian bread.
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I'm having chicken and rice, I made.
-Nam
Just went to a fancy in a box restaurant which means cheap shit overpriced, had chicken breast which was almost exactly like the cheap shit I had in homeless shelters except it cost about 4000 times as much and the waitress had a fat ass. The only difference was the two beers and lack of assholes eating like savages.
I made Roasted Red Pepper and Sage Chicken Alfredo......I am indeed a pretty fuckin awesome cook...suffer beaches...
I forgot that this thread even existed... lol
Right now I'm having ham sandwiches on everything bread with sauteed mushrooms, green peppers, and onions topped with spicy guacamole and dijon mustard!
BEST. SANDWICH. EVER.
A quart of ice cream, followed by dessert of a pint of ice cream. Followed by a mug of coffee with ice cream.
Meatloaf burgers made from ground turkey burger, sauteed Portabellas with vegetable salad and fresh green beans.
Served on sprouted wheat bread- no buns- and no dessert.
southern fried chicken and mash potatoes.
6 oz sirloin, steak fries and a salad with blue cheese from the Ol Steakhouse in Corpus Christi. For 30 plus years it was the Longhorn Steakhouse until a year or so ago the The Longhorn Steakhouse chain came to town and made the owner's an offer they couldn't refuse to change the name. The name may be different but the steaks are still better than anything you can get from the chain.
Chicken, new potatoes and salad.
Old topic but...
Big ass salad with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, green peppers, tomatoes, boiled egg, bacon crumbles, bits of blue cheese, blue cheese dressing, a roll and thin strips of pan fried medium rare filet mignon.
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Quote from: PopeyesPappy on September 22, 2017, 10:14:32 PM
Old topic but...
Big ass salad with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, green peppers, tomatoes, boiled egg, bacon crumbles, bits of blue cheese, blue cheese dressing, a roll and thin strips of pan fried medium rare filet mignon.
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Get rid of the blue cheese, and it looks great!!
Quote from: PopeyesPappy on September 22, 2017, 10:14:32 PM
Old topic but...
Big ass salad with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, green peppers, tomatoes, boiled egg, bacon crumbles, bits of blue cheese, blue cheese dressing, a roll and thin strips of pan fried medium rare filet mignon.
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Outstandingly impressive! I'm not big on soft stuff in my salads, and I prefer ham on my "whole meal" salads, but a medium rare filet sliced thin along the grain with a horse-radishy ranch dressing on the side and a deviled egg or 2 ends up on the inside the same way. Just in a slightly different order. LOL!
Quote from: Mike Cl on September 22, 2017, 11:37:20 PM
Get rid of the blue cheese, and it looks great!!
Nooooooo... Blue cheese and steak go together like cinnamon and sugar.
Quote from: PopeyesPappy on September 23, 2017, 08:14:32 AM
Nooooooo... Blue cheese and steak go together like cinnamon and sugar.
To each their own, but when MY cheese goes moldy, I toss it. LOL! It reminds my of 2 things.
1. An uncle spent time in Hawaii and tried Poi. He described it as Library Paste gone bad".
2. A coworker spent 3 years in Korea and tried Kim Chee. "Make cole slaw. Leave it on the kitchen counter for a month. When it is thoroughly rooted, bury in in the ground for another few months. Eat...
Beats me, I never tried either and do not intend to.
I've had both. I agree with your uncle on poi, but I've had some kimchi that was edible. Most of what I tried was too spicey for my taste, but some it was OK. Not much different than some of the sauerkraut I've had over the years. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to stomach any of the stuff fermented with seafood in it, but I can't eat that shit in it's Scandinavian versions either.
Quote from: PopeyesPappy on September 23, 2017, 08:37:15 AM
I've had both. I agree with your uncle on poi, but I've had some kimchi that was edible. Most of what I tried was too spicey for my taste, but some it was OK. Not much different than some of the sauerkraut I've had over the years. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to stomach any of the stuff fermented with seafood in it, but I can't eat that shit in it's Scandinavian versions either.
both my grandparents were first generation Swedes--straight from Sweden. They loved their pickled herring, blood sausage and pudding, head cheese, and luta fisk. I loved them, but could never stomach that.
Quote from: Mike Cl on September 23, 2017, 09:41:26 AM
both my grandparents were first generation Swedes--straight from Sweden. They loved their pickled herring, blood sausage and pudding, head cheese, and luta fisk. I loved them, but could never stomach that.
If you don't like eating it by 2 years of age, you probably never will. An exception is pickles and such. There seems to be a point around 16-20 when the sour taste comes in over the sweet.
Quote from: Cavebear on September 23, 2017, 08:22:52 AM
To each their own, but when MY cheese goes moldy, I toss it. LOL! It reminds my of 2 things.
1. An uncle spent time in Hawaii and tried Poi. He described it as Library Paste gone bad".
2. A coworker spent 3 years in Korea and tried Kim Chee. "Make cole slaw. Leave it on the kitchen counter for a month. When it is thoroughly rooted, bury in in the ground for another few months. Eat...
Beats me, I never tried either and do not intend to.
Kim chee in Korea, is anything pickled. In America, it is only cabbage, and it is denatured (made so as to not smell of rot). Home made kim chee smells ... bad!
Quote from: PopeyesPappy on September 23, 2017, 08:37:15 AM
I've had both. I agree with your uncle on poi, but I've had some kimchi that was edible. Most of what I tried was too spicey for my taste, but some it was OK. Not much different than some of the sauerkraut I've had over the years. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to stomach any of the stuff fermented with seafood in it, but I can't eat that shit in it's Scandinavian versions either.
In Iceland they have shark meat buried in beach sand for awhile ...
Hot Italian sausages going down my throat, that's my dinner tonight.
My favorite supper is breakfast.
We have breakfast for supper every now and then, but we have breakfast for breakfast to often to make it special.
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on September 24, 2017, 08:08:08 AM
My favorite supper is breakfast.
And my favorite breakfast is supper. (Especially if it's cold pizza)
My favorite breakfast is coffee.
My breakfast breakfast is a bowl of cereal and four cups of coffee. But I love sausage, bacon, eggs, hashbrowns, so when I'm not in danger of burning the house down I make breakfast.
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on September 24, 2017, 10:51:15 AM
My breakfast breakfast is a bowl of cereal and four cups of coffee. But I love sausage, bacon, eggs, hashbrowns, so when I'm not in danger of burning the house down I make breakfast.
My wife is the same way. She could have breakfast for breakfast, lunch and dinner--and snack time.
Tonight it was a Caesar salad and grilled bacon wrapped chicken breast.
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Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on September 24, 2017, 08:08:08 AM
My favorite supper is breakfast.
That cracks me up. My favorite breakfast is lunch. I'm almost never up in time for breakfast. But I made a stuffed omelet today. Saute some green pepper, onion, and a garlic clove in an 8" cast iron skillet in bacon fat. Shave some good cheddar cheese and mince a half-slice of bacon. Remove sauteed veggies to the plate. Crack 2 eggs in a small container and add ground pepper and oregano. Shake well.
Pour into skillet medium low heat. Cover 2 minutes. Add veggies cheese bacon on half the eggs. cover 1 minute.
Fold omelet in half. Wait 30 seconds and remove. Serve with buttered cinnamon toast, heated whole milk with vanilla extract.
Wow!
Grilled chicken breast marinated in olive oil, chili powder and paprika with Mexican rice and lettuce and tomatoes with guacamole and sour cream.
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thats looks so good. But I always find using large plates for such meals makes it look like lesser portions. I prefer to bring it all together on a smaller plate to make it look like a full meal.
Quote from: Munch on September 30, 2017, 08:46:04 PM
thats looks so good. But I always find using large plates for such meals makes it look like lesser portions. I prefer to bring it all together on a smaller plate to make it look like a full meal.
You are right about plate size. Studies seem to show that smaller plates make meals look larger. Plates have grown larger over the decades. I use medium plates. Or more often bowls. A stir fry in a bowl looks like a lot more than spread out on a plate.
Yeah me too, i prefer bowls these days. I made sausage mash and beans last night and had it in a bowl.
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I also use small plates. See how big is the cutlery compared to the plate)
But I eat very little anyway.
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Quote from: Munch on October 01, 2017, 08:51:31 AM
Yeah me too, i prefer bowls these days. I made sausage mash and beans last night and had it in a bowl.
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3 hot italian sausages, cooked and cut into coins
1 can of cannellini beans undrained
1 carrot, i onion 1 celery stalk, minced and simmered to tender
1 small can of diced tomatoes
1/4 c of chicken broth (I use paste)
2 cloves garlic, crushed (or garlic powder)
1 tbs oregano
some crushed red pepper flakes to taste
Thicken with flour or cornstarch as desired.
Let sit in fridge overnight. Reheat. Yum!
Tonight, it's gonna be mushroom and cheese raviolo from scratch with a yogurt/garlic/basil/curry sauce and a side of buttered garden peas and homemade sourdough bread. Yum !!! I always forget how easy it is to roll out some fresh egg pasta.
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To paraphrase Warf (from STNG), today is a good day to dine.
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I've changed my diet radically, and made a deal with God to bless me 10+ years to my lifetime.
Good deal, huh?
Quote from: SoldierofFortune on September 03, 2022, 11:32:29 AMI've changed my diet radically, and made a deal with God to bless me 10+ years to my lifetime.
Good deal, huh?
If you send me 50 bucks, I'll bless you for another 100 years; God and I are buds and I'm sure he'd do that if I asked.
Here's a meal I make a lot, because it's fairly cheap and easy and tasty:
1 pound ground turkey (or beef or bison or whatever) - brown it in a large pan, drain
while that's cooking, dice the following: 1 red onion, 1 white onion, 1 large tomato, 1 green pepper, 1 jalapeno
add all that to the browned ground meat then add a can of chunky salsa (I know, there's already the diced tomato. Yes, on one hand, that's a lot of tomato. But on the other hand, I really like tomato)
cook on medium for 10 minutes or until onions are suitably cooked, simmer afterwards until salsa thickens
Season to taste - I usually add some lemon juice and lime juice
Serve with taco shells/burritos/tostadas/etc and any combination of sour cream, shredded lettuce, shredded cheese, olives, cilantro, etc. Go nuts.
Essentially, this is a lot of meat with a LOT of onion/pepper/tomato. If you do it right, you should be able to make the meat go a long, long way. Every bite should taste meaty while also containing much more non-meat than meat. And it's a lot of food for not much cost, so it's a helluva deal.