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Tonight I made Cong Bao Rou Si.

So good.

Tonight it's a "Ménage à trois" French onion soup with freshly baked bread.

Epignosis wrote:Tonight it's a "Ménage à trois" French onion soup with freshly baked bread.

omg. I was just talking about how much I love french onion soup last night!

I'm making chicken fajitas and fried potatoes tonight.

That said, both the fajita stuff *and* the potatoes are all frozen. I'll of course be spicing them up. But eff. I'm too tired to be assed to do any more tonight.

I really really really want to cook again soon though.

I've topped mama!

I always loved her enchiladas, and I've never made them until now. I pureed broiled onion, tomatillo, and serano pepper. I filled corn tortillas with sauteed chicken thighs and various cheeses. Broiled that with the puree, topped my half of the dish with olives, and covered with the cheeses.

Wow.

Rob, that enchiladas dish sounds good. Yum.

Well today was a major coup in that I was able to make my first home-cooked meal in the three weeks since the accident.

I finally was able to make Egg/Avocado Boats that everyone has been crowing about, as seen here: http://keeprecipes.com/recipe/howtocook ... -egg-boats

Hint: If you make these, you don't need a stand, just slice a bit off the back hump of the avocado and it will now sit flat on your pan.

^pretty! And sounds delicious!

It's really nice! I would definitely recommend it. You probably have to scoop out a bit more avocado than you would think, but other than that, it's foolproof.

I just made my first fish chowder. At first I was nervous because, as much as I loved fish, this stuff stunk to high heaven. But now that it's finished, it smells wonderful. Will return after a while with a taste report.

Okay it was really good.

I love chowder! Specifically corn chowder is my favorite. I decided to make it while living in Germany. Turns out it's really hard to find fresh corn there. Finally found a slightly old dryish ear and yeah it wasnt very good.

Glad your fish chowder was a success!

I found out yesterday I'm allergic to corn.

Devastated as it was my 5th or so fave food!

Today I made vegetarian English breakfast. It's so easy to come by and I can't find one place in Tampa Bay that does it.

It's:

* Hashbrowns
* Fried Bread
* Sauteed Mushrooms
* Sauteed Tomato Halves
* Baked Beans
* Eggs or Tofu Scramble
* Soysage Links


Tofurky just put out a new kind of links that are almost as good as the homemade and Quorn brand I can only find in England. I spent two hours preparing the feast and even got a "Not bad" from James. Woo.

My hashbrowns won't crisp up. Why won't they crisp up! Epi?

Mongoose wrote:Today I made vegetarian English breakfast. It's so easy to come by and I can't find one place in Tampa Bay that does it.

It's:

* Hashbrowns
* Fried Bread
* Sauteed Mushrooms
* Sauteed Tomato Halves
* Baked Beans
* Eggs or Tofu Scramble
* Soysage Links


Tofurky just put out a new kind of links that are almost as good as the homemade and Quorn brand I can only find in England. I spent two hours preparing the feast and even got a "Not bad" from James. Woo.

My hashbrowns won't crisp up. Why won't they crisp up! Epi?

pics or gtfo

insertnamehere wrote:

Mongoose wrote:Today I made vegetarian English breakfast. It's so easy to come by and I can't find one place in Tampa Bay that does it.

It's:

* Hashbrowns
* Fried Bread
* Sauteed Mushrooms
* Sauteed Tomato Halves
* Baked Beans
* Eggs or Tofu Scramble
* Soysage Links


Tofurky just put out a new kind of links that are almost as good as the homemade and Quorn brand I can only find in England. I spent two hours preparing the feast and even got a "Not bad" from James. Woo.

My hashbrowns won't crisp up. Why won't they crisp up! Epi?

pics or gtfo

Mongoose wrote:TMy hashbrowns won't crisp up. Why won't they crisp up! Epi?

The potatoes need to be dried out as much as possible. When I make hash browns, I put the pieces between several layers of paper towels to absorb the moisture.

Mongoose wrote:Today I made vegetarian English breakfast. It's so easy to come by and I can't find one place in Tampa Bay that does it.

It's:

* Hashbrowns
* Fried Bread
* Sauteed Mushrooms
* Sauteed Tomato Halves
* Baked Beans
* Eggs or Tofu Scramble
* Soysage Links


Tofurky just put out a new kind of links that are almost as good as the homemade and Quorn brand I can only find in England. I spent two hours preparing the feast and even got a "Not bad" from James. Woo.

My hashbrowns won't crisp up. Why won't they crisp up! Epi?

You makin' me hungry! I would eat all of this except mushrooms. And a corn allergy?? Seriously, corn is in everything. Hmm, what fat did you use to cook potatoes? Butter, oil? Maybe you need more or maybe it's your heat level?

Hedgeowl wrote:

Mongoose wrote:Today I made vegetarian English breakfast. It's so easy to come by and I can't find one place in Tampa Bay that does it.

It's:

* Hashbrowns
* Fried Bread
* Sauteed Mushrooms
* Sauteed Tomato Halves
* Baked Beans
* Eggs or Tofu Scramble
* Soysage Links


Tofurky just put out a new kind of links that are almost as good as the homemade and Quorn brand I can only find in England. I spent two hours preparing the feast and even got a "Not bad" from James. Woo.

My hashbrowns won't crisp up. Why won't they crisp up! Epi?

You makin' me hungry! I would eat all of this except mushrooms. And a corn allergy?? Seriously, corn is in everything. Hmm, what fat did you use to cook potatoes? Butter, oil? Maybe you need more or maybe it's your heat level?

Mmm, good call. I usually fry stuff at high heat with coconut oil. The kind that is solid in cold temperatures and liquid at warm. I maybe shoulda used Safflower instead. Or Sunflower or whatever the heck it is I have.

I even tried to broil them at 450F in the toaster oven to crisp them up with no dice.

Yeah my workout regime lately has been NUTS and I've not been eating a ton with the cat stress, so I figured it was time I had a good meal (not that I am about to waste away or anything. hardly). It was yummy. I had a coffee latte and James had a chocolate chai latte.

this sounds awesome (ha, sounds, get it) http://pitchfork.com/news/53998-detroit ... ads-kid-a/

That does sound awesome. I would totally dig doing something like that.

The "How to Disappear Completely" course sounds both delicious and well paired.

What are everyone's thoughts on molecular gastronomy?

It's an interesting and fun to play with idea but not very practical and also prolly hella expensive.

Mongoose wrote:What are everyone's thoughts on molecular gastronomy?

I think it's awesome! I used to love watching segments about it from Anthony Bourdain etc. But also what Bea said

Yea - I mean, I'd love to try it sometime. And the science is hecka cool. I just can't imagine paying 30 bucks for some steak flavored foam that would still leave me hungry ya know?

I totally get it. I usually like rustic over posh as posh can be a bit pretentious sometimes.

Plus, I'm from the Panhandle, so I'm not one to put on airs.

But it's fun to watch on the color TV.

(caps warning)

WHAT KIND OF FOOD SHOULD I MAKE IF I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING KINDA EXOTIC BUT ALSO "SAFE"?

BoatsBoatsBoats wrote:(caps warning)

WHAT KIND OF FOOD SHOULD I MAKE IF I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING KINDA EXOTIC BUT ALSO "SAFE"?

Pad thai, sug?

Mongoose wrote:

BoatsBoatsBoats wrote:(caps warning)

WHAT KIND OF FOOD SHOULD I MAKE IF I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING KINDA EXOTIC BUT ALSO "SAFE"?

Pad thai, sug?

0/3 on words I understand.

Pics/recipe?

BoatsBoatsBoats wrote:

Mongoose wrote:

BoatsBoatsBoats wrote:(caps warning)

WHAT KIND OF FOOD SHOULD I MAKE IF I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING KINDA EXOTIC BUT ALSO "SAFE"?

Pad thai, sug?

0/3 on words I understand.

Pics/recipe?

Well, sug is short for sugar. A term of endearment Nancy Gribble might use.

Pad Thai is a noodle dish with a peanut flair.

This Chow recipe is highly rated: http://www.chow.com/recipes/28369-pad-thai

Thanks for the slang lesson. Looks nice, definitely considered.

Yay! I think it's fairly easy as well.

I read "sug", like rhymes with "bug" and was confused

It turns out my baby has food issues with dairy, soy, and fruit combined with sugar as per some recent testing.

This means for the next 8 weeks, this veggie mama, cant eat dairy or soy at all, or sugar within 4 hours of fruit.

Yeah...i am dying a little. I'm becoming...vegan.

Hedgeowl wrote:It turns out my baby has food issues with dairy, soy, and fruit combined with sugar as per some recent testing.

This means for the next 8 weeks, this veggie mama, cant eat dairy or soy at all, or sugar within 4 hours of fruit.

Yeah...i am dying a little. I'm becoming...vegan.

I did pretty well as a vegan! Does he have issues with goat? A lot of my friends that have LI babies fall back on goat milk/yogurt/cheese to supplement. I dig it too!

I'm on a liquid diet for 2 weeks starting Friday. It is going to be horrible.

This is how we roll in the Brown house. No need to order in when you can make everything from scratch Yummmm! I also made stuffed mushrooms this week and a ricotta mushroom sauce. We put it over fresh pasta that Rob made. It was delicious too, just didn't get a picture.

I love how you don't come in here to complain about how awful my bad dishes are!

so very cute -the cheese pizza looks yums!

bea wrote:so very cute -the cheese pizza looks yums!

I make a bitchin' pizza!

Epignosis wrote:

bea wrote:so very cute -the cheese pizza looks yums!

I make a bitchin' pizza!

you better also make bitchin dish washing....that's all I gotta say right about now.....

bea wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

bea wrote:so very cute -the cheese pizza looks yums!

I make a bitchin' pizza!

you better also make bitchin dish washing....that's all I gotta say right about now.....

He does them once a week for me

Elohcin wrote:

This is how we roll in the Brown house. No need to order in when you can make everything from scratch Yummmm! I also made stuffed mushrooms this week and a ricotta mushroom sauce. We put it over fresh pasta that Rob made. It was delicious too, just didn't get a picture.

Killing me!! Pizza is my favorite. This looks delicious! We love (d) making pizza and then we can have veggies and meat split.

Week 1 of no dairy and soy is ok so far. I still have goat cheese it turns out. Husband made a delicious skillet tamale pie with corn, beans, red pepper, onions, spices, with a tasty cornbread topping.

It turns out not eating cheese is the hardest part. I love it so much.

Hedgeowl wrote:
Killing me!! Pizza is my favorite. This looks delicious! We love (d) making pizza and then we can have veggies and meat split.

Week 1 of no dairy and soy is ok so far. I still have goat cheese it turns out. Husband made a delicious skillet tamale pie with corn, beans, red pepper, onions, spices, with a tasty cornbread topping.

It turns out not eating cheese is the hardest part. I love it so much.

My poor sweet hedgey. I don't know how you are still alive. Cheese is one of my most beloved food groups. It's right up there with pasta, potatoes and booze.

I dated a vegetarian for 7 years so I got very used to the diet. I really, by the end of it only ate meat at work or at family gatherings. But cheese. No fracking way. I could never give up cheese.

I'm glad you still have goat's cheese. It's very awesome rolled in like almonds or pecans or walnuts and in a salad with fresh fruit and stuffs.

bea wrote:

Hedgeowl wrote:
Killing me!! Pizza is my favorite. This looks delicious! We love (d) making pizza and then we can have veggies and meat split.

Week 1 of no dairy and soy is ok so far. I still have goat cheese it turns out. Husband made a delicious skillet tamale pie with corn, beans, red pepper, onions, spices, with a tasty cornbread topping.

It turns out not eating cheese is the hardest part. I love it so much.

My poor sweet hedgey. I don't know how you are still alive. Cheese is one of my most beloved food groups. It's right up there with pasta, potatoes and booze.

I dated a vegetarian for 7 years so I got very used to the diet. I really, by the end of it only ate meat at work or at family gatherings. But cheese. No fracking way. I could never give up cheese.

I'm glad you still have goat's cheese. It's very awesome rolled in like almonds or pecans or walnuts and in a salad with fresh fruit and stuffs.

Thanks bea!! Thank god I can still eat gluten. But cheese...we have a local goat cheesemaker, so I may start spending all our money there. Also, takeout, wow so much harder now. This Mediterranean place we like does lots of dairy free and even checked for soybean oil. the things we do for baybehs.

Anyone have big food plans this weekend?

See, this is why I just don't go to the doctor.

Epignosis wrote:See, this is why I just don't go to the doctor.

Doctors are charlatans, nutritionists doubly so.

Hedgeowl wrote:

bea wrote:

Hedgeowl wrote:
Killing me!! Pizza is my favorite. This looks delicious! We love (d) making pizza and then we can have veggies and meat split.

Week 1 of no dairy and soy is ok so far. I still have goat cheese it turns out. Husband made a delicious skillet tamale pie with corn, beans, red pepper, onions, spices, with a tasty cornbread topping.

It turns out not eating cheese is the hardest part. I love it so much.

My poor sweet hedgey. I don't know how you are still alive. Cheese is one of my most beloved food groups. It's right up there with pasta, potatoes and booze.

I dated a vegetarian for 7 years so I got very used to the diet. I really, by the end of it only ate meat at work or at family gatherings. But cheese. No fracking way. I could never give up cheese.

I'm glad you still have goat's cheese. It's very awesome rolled in like almonds or pecans or walnuts and in a salad with fresh fruit and stuffs.

Thanks bea!! Thank god I can still eat gluten. But cheese...we have a local goat cheesemaker, so I may start spending all our money there. Also, takeout, wow so much harder now. This Mediterranean place we like does lots of dairy free and even checked for soybean oil. the things we do for baybehs.

Anyone have big food plans this weekend?

Hedgie - we made great use of Chipotle when we were entertaining the vegan friend. But you are right, takeout is damn near impossible.

Hedgeowl wrote:Anyone have big food plans this weekend?

Not this weekend, but on Tuesday we're doing a Chinese-style hotpot with my roommates. Winter season is almost over, so we've got to get them in before it warms up.

I discovered a place near me with $1 sushi happy hour specials, so that was a lovely Sunday treat. I had tuna, salmon, mackerel, purple clam, shrimp, octopus and flounder.

I am making a cottage pie tonight, a shepherds pie, but with beef. It's Irish food season, but corned beef brisket is an Americanized version. In Ireland it's more likely to be salt port or salt mutton. So I stick to Cottage Pie, and Guinness Chocolate Mousse. YUM!!!

S~V~S wrote:I am making a cottage pie tonight, a shepherds pie, but with beef. It's Irish food season, but corned beef brisket is an Americanized version. In Ireland it's more likely to be salt port or salt mutton. So I stick to Cottage Pie, and Guinness Chocolate Mousse. YUM!!!

I was going to make that but BDH took me out to dinner instead. Weird how our brains were in the exact same space.

Tell me if you are getting tired of seeing our dinners

Homemade pasta (Epi) with stuffed mushrooms and a creamy mushroom ricotta sause (all me ).