What did I cook this weekend.....

[passedpawn]

I had 1 just get her political science degree and my baby is in her 3rd year working on her education degree, she wants to teach science to grade school kids(kill me) I should have just given them my bsnk account #s. Really proud of my girls they're amazing.

It's a little surreal, but I love the quiet. You guys probably don't know this, but I work out of my house. So without kids here, it's highly unlikely I see other people besides my wife most days.

 

[Dixon9717]

I had 1 just get her political science degree and my baby is in her 3rd year working on her education degree, she wants to teach science to grade school kids(kill me) I should have just given them my bsnk account #s. Really proud of my girls they're amazing.

That's awesome. My two girls went into the military now are both in college pursuing careers in the health field. Uncle Sam is picking up 75% of the tab.

 

[cpa4ny]

Udon is surprisingly easy to make; the dough is so stiff though that you need to put it in a Ziplock and knead it with your feet.

I followed this recipe for the noodles:

http://raven.iab.alaska.edu/~ntakebay/misc/udon/udon.html

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Udon is surprisingly easy to make; the dough is so stiff though that you need to put it in a Ziplock and knead it with your feet.

I followed this recipe for the noodles:

http://raven.iab.alaska.edu/~ntakebay/misc/udon/udon.html

That looks sooooo tasty!
Regards, GF.

 

[Staestc]

I will definitely post pics here, but if anyone wants to try it before I do (still a little warm for soup here in NC) I will list the recipe now:

Beer & Cheese Soup ...

Thanks very much for posting this! I can't wait for it to cool off here so I can give it a try. Will be 94 again here this afternoon. Huff

 

[Staestc]

Udon is surprisingly easy to make; the dough is so stiff though that you need to put it in a Ziplock and knead it with your feet.

I followed this recipe for the noodles:

http://raven.iab.alaska.edu/~ntakebay/misc/udon/udon.html

What an awesome recipe find!! This is on my list to do as well, pending cooler weather! Thanks for posting it!

 

[BUCKNUTS]

That's awesome. My two girls went into the military now are both in college pursuing careers in the health field. Uncle Sam is picking up 75% of the tab.

Both of my girls are Ohio Air National Guard so Ohio picked up the tab for 100% of tuition. I "only" had to pay for food, clothing, on campus housing and a host of Other miscellaneous expenses. Still the tuition benefit is worth 10s of thousands of dollars.

 

[Homercidal]

Well, I bought chicken and I need to cook it. The wife says it's not too warm to make White Bean Chicken Chili. I'm assuming she means for tonight.

I *could* save it for tomorrow and put it in the crock pot for BBQ chicken too.

 

[TwistedGray]

Took a banana bread recipe and modified it with some figs from my neighbor's tree ... need more figs to offset the strong banana flavor but was still good

 

[Staestc]

Finally got around to prepping the spices, meat garlic, ginger, and pork shoulder. Vindaloo tomorrow!
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[mattmmille]

Bucatini Carbonara for lunch yesterday. Stuffed Beef Roll with peas and roasted Yukon Gold potatoes for dinner tonight. The beef was stuffed with panko bread crumbs, milk, egg, parmigiana reggiano, and homemade bread and butter pickles. The sauce is tomato sauce, red wine vinegar, and Dr. Pepper 10.

 

[Staestc]

Bucatini Carbonara for lunch yesterday. Stuffed Beef Roll with peas and roasted Yukon Gold potatoes for dinner tonight. The beef was stuffed with panko bread crumbs, milk, egg, parmigiana reggiano, and homemade bread and butter pickles. The sauce is tomato sauce, red wine vinegar, and Dr. Pepper 10.

Both look fantastic! I love carbonara, and I am fascinated with the beef roll!

 

[mattmmille]

Both look fantastic! I love carbonara, and I am fascinated with the beef roll!

I had gone for a London broil sale, but all they had were the thinner cuts, so I decided to pound it out, throw together a stuffing, and I rolled itup and tied it. Browned it, added a little water to deglaze, tomato sauce and a shot of red wine vinegar. Then, because I had heard of people using cola, root beer, or Dr. Pepper in BBQ recipes, I decided to add some in this dish. Lowered heat and simmered for probably about 45 minutes. Could have gone a little longer, if I had time. Or could be adapted to Crock Pot. I got the idea from Italian Braciole (basically).

 

[Staestc]

It's Vindaloo tonight! First batch of meat searing.
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[Staestc]

Meat is browned. Browning onions now. I used a bunch of yellow onions, a red onion, and a couple of shallots, both cause I had them and to make it sound fancy!!
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[Staestc]

This is how far I take the onions.
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[Staestc]

Vinegar and tamarind in. Now it becomes a braise for an hour or so. I need to fix my recipe I posted here a while back. Vinegar should have been in with the meat and spices overnight, but my recipe is wrong. Won't matter much if at all, but meat may have picked up more flavors and the acid would have tenderized it even more.
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So it's an hour long slow simmer now.

 

[Staestc]

Hmmm. That was the wrong picture that I clicked. It actually looks like this during the long simmer.
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Sorry about that.

 

[Staestc]

Rice is on. This is about reduced enough.
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[Staestc]

Okay. Now it's thick and rich enough. Took me much longer than I expected.
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[Homercidal]

Made Chicken Chili last night. Made it more like a stew/chili than soup. It was good with chips!

Sweat onions in butter (I actually sautéed them this time)
Fry some bacon strips in a pan. Set aside.
Slice Chicken breast to half-thickness and fry in the pan. When cooked through, pull to the side.
Add a couple of TBSP flour and 1 packet chicken chili seasoning and stir.
To the onion mixture add 2 cans white bean (northern beans), 1 can black beans, 1 can sweet corn, and 1 can Rotella diced tomatoes with chilis. stir well
Add just enough water to get the consistency you want.
Slice each piece of chicken once or twice and shred. Chop bacon.
Add chicken and bacon to pot and stir.

 

[bob1852]

Grilled shrimp and green papaya & daikon salad.

 

[Staestc]

Grilled shrimp and green papaya & daikon salad.

Very pretty and looks delicious!

 

[Kharnynb]

made a 3 kg piece of pork belly in the oven during the night, asian bbq style...soo good.

Basically pulled pork, but done in a folded alu. foil bag.
2 table spoons sugar
2 table spoons salt
1 table spoon smoked paprika.
2 tea spoons sichuan peppers
1 tea spoon star anise
1 tea spoon ground dried thai chili.

half as a rub, half mixed in the liquid afterward, otherwise just in the oven at 120 degrees c for 8 hours... falling apart good.

 

[slym2none]

Pork belly makes awesome pulled pork... OMG, it's so good...

*drools*

I want to get a pork shoulder and make the classic Latin-America style pernil. Just thinking about spicy pork cracklin's makes me want to cry in joy...

...thing is, for the past two weeks, I have been restricting my calorie intake, and I have lost 12 pounds. To me, that's a lot, esp. in 2 weeks time, as I was only around 210 before. So, all this food I want to make, but if I want to make it back to 180, I can't make this... some things, eating in moderation wouldn't be worth making.

*pulls hair*

"They" say nothing tastes as good as being skinny. "They" have never eaten really good food, I think...

*LOL*

 

[Temptd2]

*pulls hair*

"They" say nothing tastes as good as being skinny. "They" have never eaten really good food, I think...

*LOL*

Fully agree!!! LOL!

 

[schematix]

Braised lamb ribs with roasted garlic mashed potatoes and balsamic glazed brussel sprouts.

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Very tasty but the ribs are like 80% fat. Moist but ugh.

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I'll make again but will choose a different seasoning, and a method that will render more fat. It's like eating lamb pork belly.

 

[Staestc]

I'm prepping stuff for the eclipse party tomorrow night. This is a roasted jalapeño pico de gallo.
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I finished the little cheese cake flans earlier and they are in the fridge. This was the caramel in the bowls before I backed the flan.
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My big golden doodle is neither helping or watching for bits to hit the floor!
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[ChefRex]

I'm prepping stuff for the eclipse party tomorrow night. This is a roasted jalapeño pico de gallo.
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I finished the little cheese cake flans earlier and they are in the fridge. This was the caramel in the bowls before I backed the flan.
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My big golden is neither helping or watching for bits to hit the floor!
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But she looks so comfortable

 

[unionrdr]

Pico doesn't have all the juice in it. When we were in SoCal, the difference between salsa & pico was all the juicy stuff. The restaurants down there, like El Polo Loco, had condiment bars with big pans of pico, salsa & guacamole.