I baked some banana muffins yesterday. I was surprised at how delicious they turned out (I am NOT a baker).


Today, I am going to make some haluski (cabbage & noodles).

I baked some banana muffins yesterday. I was surprised at how delicious they turned out (I am NOT a baker).


Hey, I made some of those with Jason on Monday. They were really good, albeit a bit heavy. :D

I made a stir fry last night with Ramen noodles and beef and frozen veggies. It turned out decent.

Hey, I made some of those with Jason on Monday. They were really good, albeit a bit heavy. :D

I made a stir fry last night with Ramen noodles and beef and frozen veggies. It turned out decent.


the stir fry sounds good! I am planning on making some maybe next week. I even bought the little add-ins (mini corns, water chestnuts, straw mushrooms). :)

I made some pork ribs the other night with sweet potatoes and beans....it was  suuuuper dooper.

Tonight I made this Bisquick Chicken Fingers recipe ---> http://www.bettycrocker.com/Recipes/Recipe.aspx?recipeId=36497

I always worry when I try new recipes but this one was actually quite tasty. :)  I also heated up some baked beans and corn for sides.

I heated up some fish fillets at lunchtime, so that they'd be ready for dinner tonight. :)

Last night I made Mexican chicken with rice,the recipe was on the box of Minute Rice.

I made some bread today (or rather I put the ingredients in my machine).

dinner tonight was just Hot Pockets, rice and peas and sweetcorn.

Probably Wednesdays dinner was a cooked from scratch meal of shepherds pie, cauliflower cheese and carrots

My boyfriend and I made 3 pies! We made them together and put a lemon filling in them. I'll have to admit, he's developed a killer pie crust.  :)

Last night I made eggplants cutlets and wheat pasta with alfredo sauce..for dinner.

Aubergine (egg plant) bake with cherry tomatoes, asparagus, broccoli and mozerella in it. YUM! Tonight I'm doing stirfry for Himself and fish and veggies for me.

The last food I cooked was my breakfast...which consisted of sausage links, an egg and a piece of toast...

The last meal I cooked for my family was Raspberry Vinegar Pork Chops, Red Potatoes and Broccoli... :)

pasta bolognese for tonights dinner with enough pasta and meat for lunch for tomorrow and another dinner this week.

I'm currently baking chicken breasts and veggies for my dinner.

Tonight we baked some chicken in the oven, and cooked some vegetables in the microwave.

We microwaved some rice, I made a salad with avacado, baby spinach, tomato and Asian Sesame dressing. We also reheated some leftover pizza and cut up some "fake" roast beef.

Tonight I'll be making one of my favorite pasta dishes...Shrimp Scampi (over linguine)!  :D

Baking a meatloaf right now. Also making mashed potatoes and corn.

Baking a meatloaf right now. Also making mashed potatoes and corn.


I'll be over after work :D

I'm baking chicken enchiladas in the oven right now.

I'll be over after work :D


;D

Last weekend I baked Turtle Brownies. They were awesome. Last night I made some chicken rice in a skillet with some cut up chicken in it with shredded cheese melted on top. Mmmm good  :D

Made some pancakes this morning.

Last weekend I baked Turtle Brownies. They were awesome. Last night I made some chicken rice in a skillet with some cut up chicken in it with shredded cheese melted on top. Mmmm good  :D
What's a turtle brownie? Is it pecan and caramel like a turtle? If so please feel free to send me your next batch!  ;D

Made a turkey burger and salad this afternoon.

Apple pancakes...on the griddle.

tacos actually fajitas..then were ok

Currently baking a baked ziti in the oven right now.

Bacon & Eggs

roasted mixed vegetables mixed with penne pasta, marinara sauce, peas and cheese for dinner last night.

Loaf of bread this morning in the machine

A strawberry cake.

chicken fajitas

cheese ravioli with alfredo sauce.

Mushroom macaroni cheese.

Pot roast, mashed potatoes and rolls.

Lasagna.

Chicken in asparagas sauce with roast veggies.

Cod fish grilled lightly in olive oil.

^ Sounds good!


Last night I cooked Cheese & Onion Enchiladas...from scratch!...and they were wonderful!  :)

Making steaks and baked potatoes right now. Gonna saute some mushrooms with butter and garlic in a minute. Also have a salad chilling in the refrigerator.

I baked a CPK (California Pizza Kitchen) pizza in the oven (namely, the barbecued chicken one) and steamed some vegetables on the stove. Made for a nutritious dinner.

Baking a ham right now. Need to make the side dishes in a minute.

The last thing I baked was a cake for a potluck we had at work.  I bought some of those coloured icing tubes so I could decorate the top of the cake with the logo of the company I work for.  It was a big hit at the pot luck 8)

roast chicken, roast potatoes, potatoes, brocolli and carrots.  Apple crumble and custard to finish

Roast beef, veggies, and potatoes.

lasagne

just made fried chicken and mashed potato's with red potato's

Heating up a Lean Cuisine lasagna now.

pork curry and rice

I made some spagetthi with a sausage and tomato sauce.

Chicken Stir-fry with onions, mushrooms, and red bell peppers.

penne pasta with rosted vegetables

^sounds good!


I made tuna noodle casserole last night for dinner.

Orange Chicken and Rice

I bought 2lb of minced beef to cook a chilli for lunch yesterday.  Then my friend said she would cook a chilli and bring it along so Im cooking the mince now.  Some will be a Shepherd's Pie and some will probably be a lasagne or something with pasta

Steaming some food right now: some frozen char siu bao (BBQ pork buns) to go with my lo mai gai (rice and stuff steamed in a lotus leaf) leftover from yesterday's dim sum. I think I might make some of those egg custard buns (not sure of the Chinese name) for dessert.

chicken sweet and sour

baked fish
mac/cheese

I scrambled some eggs in a pan and mixed in some pre-cooked vegetables. I call it a "vegetable scramble." :)

Last night, I made a reduced fat chicken and vegetable Korma curry. I used 2 chicken breast fillets, 1 jar of Co-Op Reduced Fat Korma Curry Sauce, brown rice, Chicken Oxo Cubes and dried coriander to flavour the rice, 1 red pepper, some green beans, 4 mushrooms, 1 onion, some baby sweetcorn and more coriander for the curry mixture. It was absolutely delicious and satisfying. I have leftovers of the curry to have for supper tonight.

I made spaghetti again.










I like spaghetti.  ;D

Heated up noodles in the microwave oven.

Heated up noodles in the microwave oven.


not sure that counts as cooking!

I'm going to put the oven on for pizza.  I bought ready-made bases and we are going to do our own toppings.

not sure that counts as cooking!

I'm going to put the oven on for pizza.  I bought ready-made bases and we are going to do our own toppings.
I did want my meal to be hot.

Turkey Tacos

pork curry (though I cheated and used a jar of sauce.  My daughter doesn't like my home-made curry)

chicken nuggets yesterday

Does boiling this count?  ;)

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/goodygiftbox_1954_16924206

(I do cook "real" food too, not just pasta.  ;D )

Hamburgers on the "George Foreman lean mean fat reducing grilling machine".  ;D

Turkey burger.

Just finished tonight's dinner:  bowtie pasta with spinach and cannelinni beans

^ sounds yummy.

Well I made a frozen pizza.  What do you want on YOUR Tombstone (pizza)?

stir fry blue new potatoes

^^Where do you get the blue potatoes from?^^

I've seen them on TV, but I NEVER see them in the store, just Idahos, Yukons and red potatoes.  :) I've always wanted to try them. They look purple and purple is my favorite color.  ;D

stir fry blue new potatoes


Sounds good. i make stir-fry a couple times a week.  I have never heard of blue potatoes though.

Last meal - spaghetti with homeade sauce made from San Marzano tomatoes. 

chicken fajitas

As I type, I am making vegetable-fried rice.

beef stew, green beans and potatoes

Steamed mixed vegetables

Grilled some salmon, boiled the potatoes, and steamed the veggies tonight.

mean green beans

mean green beans


Steamed mixed vegetables

As I type, I am making vegetable-fried rice.

By my logical deduction I think you might like your veggies ;D
lots of veggies for you
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee254/symatrix/USA%202007-2008/23-29%20Dec%20NY%202007/DSCF0139.jpg :)

By my logical deduction I think you might like your veggies ;D
lots of veggies for you
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee254/symatrix/USA%202007-2008/23-29%20Dec%20NY%202007/DSCF0139.jpg :)
Where are the fries?

Where are the fries?

Fries for Phil
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk112/me-ithink/Food/french_fries.jpg
maybe some fish & chips
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o38/xilefosk/genplace/fish_chips.png

spring chicken casserole

LOL.  I try to eat as many veggies as possible, though, sometimes I fall off the horse.  I made quick soft-corn torilla quesadillas tonight.

I baked some garlic cheesy  bread. Yum-o! ;D

meringues for strawberry meringues tomorrow

bolognaise for dinner this evening

I just baked a rather large ham.  I also have a pot of potatoes boiling so I can make mashed potatoes and I have a loaf of homemade (read: mixed by hand and put in an actual oven) bread to finish baking.

I think I'll make some corn, too.

I just baked a rather large ham.  I also have a pot of potatoes boiling so I can make mashed potatoes and I have a loaf of homemade (read: mixed by hand and put in an actual oven) bread to finish baking.

I think I'll make some corn, too.


I'm on my way! 

I'm on my way! 


There's plenty.  It's an 8 pound ham. :o

;D

spaghetti

Meatballs in tomato and mushroom sauce.

I tried to make Ziti last night from a recipe I saw in magazine. Next time I'm going to alter it a bit. It was still good enough.

fish cakes.  The mixture was a little wetter than I expected.  Maybe I overdid the milk in the mashed potatoes  :-\\

Bolognaise.

I heated up a sausage roll in the micro wave, does that count for this thread?

I made some Grilled Chile Rellenos (and Salsa Fresca) from scratch the other night...

This was the first time I'd ever tried to make it at home...and amazingly, it turned out A LOT like the ones I order at my favorite Mexican restaurant!  :D

I heated up a sausage roll in the micro wave, does that count for this thread?


Good enough for me!

I 'waved' something out of a box...not sure what it was, but it was probably fresh at some point in its life!  :D

I made sticky chicken.  It didn't look quite how the recipe pictured it but tasted pretty good

Not a tough meal -
Grilled Steak (with some Montreal Steak Seasoning)
And my husband's favorite (and he hates vegetables) grilled asparagus

Steakums.  Love those things.

last night at about midnight I cooked up some shrimp scampi and linguini for a potluck at work today with a couple friends  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/07/naughty.gif

Steakums.  Love those things.


They still make those things???? I loved them as a kid (cook them and put a slice of american and a slice of swiss - yummmy sandwhich), I will have to check out the freezer aisles.

My son and I just whipped up a trial batch of peach and walnut muffins.  They're really good, so I'll probably keep the recipe.

I'm also waiting for my bread dough to rise so I can bake that.

I don't know if it counts or not, but I popped a bag of popcorn.  ;D

I sprinkled some extra salt on it. LOL.

Life is uncertain.  If you can't make up your mind between eating dessert first or eating the main course first, eat dessert with the main course.

To that end, I did three homebrewed variations of the Luther Burger, which was also known as the Fat Kreme as far back as 2003.

A Luther Burger is a bacon cheeseburger wherein the "bun" component has been replaced with a Krispy Kreme donut.  There's some question as to whether the bun should consist of two donuts, or of one donut sliced in half and toasted, and if you go for the sliced single donut approach, whether you should apply the donut to the meat with the toasted-sides-out (sugar side in) or the toasted-sides-in (as in a conventional burger bun, but with a gooey sugar coating).

Purpose:  Evaluate the three popular methods of Luther Burger construction.

Hypothesis:  Are you nuts?  I had no freaking idea what any of these were going to taste like.

Methodology:  Three Luther burgers were prepared, ungarnished except for the cheese and the bacon.  Burger meat was a spicy mix of ground round, and a spice package featuring salt, pepper, crushed garlic, fine-chopped onion, and an egg and a dash of breadcrumbs to hold it all together.  Experimental bites of each burger were garnished with a dash of ketchup alone, mustard alone, or ketchup-and-mustard.  No pickles, onions, relish, lettuce, tomato, or other condiments were tested.  Fried eggs have been left as an exercise for a future experiment.

PROTIP:  When toasting the donut, remember that the oils in a donut will be a lot hotter than the water in a conventional hamburger bun.  So will the sugar atop the donut.  It won't brown or catch fire, but it will be dangerously hot.  Do not attempt use your bare hands to retrieve the donut-buns from the grill.  You would have figured this out after your first failed attempt, but I'm going to spare your fingers the abuse.  The donuts, when warm, are very easy to squash.  By using a spatula to retrieve the donut halves, you'll not only save yourself some pain, your burgers will also have a more imposing presence on the plate.

Observations:

Burger 1) Two donuts, warmed, but not toasted

Tasty, but too sugary, even for the relatively thick burgers I make. 
The sugar dominated the flavor of the meat, resulting in something tasty, but unbalanced.

Burger 2) One donut, sliced open and toasted, with toasted-side-out, sugar-side in.

This is a burger made of God and Win, your fingers stay mostly clean, and the sugar balances nicely with the spices in the burger and the salt/smoke of the bacon and cheese.  The crunch of the toasted donut face was the first thing to hit the tongue, and provided an interesting variation in texture and flavor.  Completely delicious, but read on...

Burger 3) One donut, sliced open and toasted, with toasted-side in, gooey sugar side out.

This is a burger made of Win and God, wherein your fingers get gooey, and you get a burst of sugar flavor on your tongue that is only - after a few seconds of chewing - balanced and replaced by the salt/spices/smoke of the burger.  Completely delicious, but a completely different experience from #2.

Conclusions:

I'm going to recommend the Luther Burger.  Condiments could use further experimentation, but I think you're going to do best keeping the condiments light, and emphasizing spices in the burger.  Ketchup, mustard, if you roll that way, but probably nothing else is going to go well with the sugar/spice mix that forms the basis of the Luther.  I'm optimistic about trying one with a fried egg as a topping, as the flavor of the yolk should go well with both the yeasty/doughy flavor of the donut as well as with the bacon and smoke components in the rest of the burger.

I couldn't really make up my mind as to which way to deal with the toasted bun.  Burgers #2 and #3 were both different, yet awesome in their own ways.  I concluded the experiment by alternating bites between each burger.

I'm going to recommend that if you try this at home, that you go for one burger with the toasted face out, and a second burger with the toasted face in.  They're both delicious, but in entirely different ways. 

Suggested liquid accompaniment:  Milk.  I can't think of a wine or beer that would go with the sugar.  I tried it with soda to cut the obvious grease, but the sweetness from the donuts was so overpowering that the soda tasted bland in comparison.  Milk, on the other hand, was a refreshingly neutral flavor.  Think "cake and ice cream", and you're getting the right idea.

Don't just eat that hamburger.  Eat the hell out of it.
  - J.R. "Bob" Dobbs

^ I see you're also a reader of A Hamburger Today.  Do you read Slice as well?

By the way, I don't know if I could do the hamburger/donut thing.  I'm not a big fan of Krispy Kreme.

I'm not a big fan of Krispy Kreme.


HERETIC.  UNCLEAN!!1!one!1!!eleventy1!

But as long as I'm now reading Slice (and really liking what I'm reading!), I'll suggest that you try any plain glazed donut (probably best to go with the traditional yeast-risen donut, rather than the cake-style of donut, because the yeast donut is less likely to crumble to dust than an "old-fashioned" cakey donut). 

I think you're onto something, and you might even do better than I did; the distinguishing characteristic of the Krispy Kreme is that it's light and airy, which means it's pretty easy to squash into a thin gooey ribbon when used as a hamburger bun.  A conventional yeast-based donut might hold its structure better than a Krispy Kreme, and something like a dutchie (square, no hole, yeast-based, typically with raisins) would definitely make a better bun than a bun with a big hole in the center.

garlic bread and I've got beef stew cooking in the crock pot

Gosh, a Luther burger frightens me.  :o I saw a burger on TV last night that was slathered with peaunut butter. (The things Andrew Zimmern will dare to eat!)  It was called a "Goober Burger" I prefer mine simple with mayo, pickles and onions.  ;D ;D

Anyway, I helped my father cook some fried porck chops, pork and beans --with onions--and sone white rice. Yum-o.  ;)

fetal bites!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uVeCXKycKxs

HERETIC.  UNCLEAN!!1!one!1!!eleventy1!

But as long as I'm now reading Slice (and really liking what I'm reading!), I'll suggest that you try any plain glazed donut (probably best to go with the traditional yeast-risen donut, rather than the cake-style of donut, because the yeast donut is less likely to crumble to dust than an "old-fashioned" cakey donut). 

I think you're onto something, and you might even do better than I did; the distinguishing characteristic of the Krispy Kreme is that it's light and airy, which means it's pretty easy to squash into a thin gooey ribbon when used as a hamburger bun.  A conventional yeast-based donut might hold its structure better than a Krispy Kreme, and something like a dutchie (square, no hole, yeast-based, typically with raisins) would definitely make a better bun than a bun with a big hole in the center.


Yeah, I can't really eat Krispy Kremes.  It's like giving myself instant diabetes.

Slice just did a story about a restaurant in my neighborhood (Caffe Florian) which I now need to go try.


fetal bites!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uVeCXKycKxs


Those are just wrong on all sorts of levels. 8-P

I baked a chocolate cake.  With a little help from Betty Crocker.

I re-heated some boudain today.  ;D (DJ's Inc. made them! LOL! )

I re-heated some boudain today.  ;D (DJ's Inc. made them! LOL! )


What is boudain?  Is it French or Soul Food?  Or French Soul Food?  LOL.

Turkey Tacos.  Mi faborito.

Jook.

Those are just wrong on all sorts of levels. 8-P

fetal bites!
fetal bites!
oh, dear god, please don't eaaaaat meeeee!
small and white!
far from right!
oh, dear god, please don't eaaaaat meeeee!

Jook.
yummy.  I love that stuff

yummy.  I love that stuff


As do we.  It is also like the ONLY food that Jason will voluntarily eat.

Rice was talking to his aunt later that night.  When he told her that we had just eaten jook, she asked if he had cooked it.  He told her I did, and her reaction was along the lines of :o.  It amused me for some reason. ;D

And the last thing I cooked was a tri tip, baked potatoes, mushrooms, and I threw together a salad to go with it.  The tri tip turned out excellent, which shocked me because I really had no idea what I was doing.  But it was medium rare, still juicy, and very tender.  Perfect!

As do we.  It is also like the ONLY food that Jason will voluntarily eat.

Rice was talking to his aunt later that night.  When he told her that we had just eaten jook, she asked if he had cooked it.  He told her I did, and her reaction was along the lines of :o.  It amused me for some reason. ;D

And the last thing I cooked was a tri tip, baked potatoes, mushrooms, and I threw together a salad to go with it.  The tri tip turned out excellent, which shocked me because I really had no idea what I was doing.  But it was medium rare, still juicy, and very tender.  Perfect!
his aunt was probably thinking "that white girl can cook jook"?  ;D  it is amusing    I think it's about time that this yugoslavian/spaniard (me)  made some jook for my chinese family too  :)


...tonight I made some chorizo with ground beef and scrambled eggs and ate it in tortillas. it was hecka good  ::)

his aunt was probably thinking "that white girl can cook jook"?   ;D  it is amusing    I think it's about time that this yugoslavian/spaniard (me)  made some jook for my chinese family too  :)


...tonight I made some chorizo with ground beef and scrambled eggs and ate it in tortillas. it was hecka good  ::)


:D

Oh man, I miss the chorizo my dad buys from some market in California.  It was delicious.  And the last thing I baked was a lasagna last night.

I made tuna on toasted bread.  :)

But that chorizo and eggs sounds appetizing. I might try that!  ;D

I made some smothered pototatoes with sausage and onions. It was yummy!  ;)

I made toast in a toaster, does that count for this thread?

I pan fried some chicken filet strips.

Then I cut some onion tinned baby tomatos and mushroom slices, I then proceeded to sautee it down with Garlic,ginger,lemon juice, balsamic vinegar,salt and pepper.

Once this was cooked, I poured it over the chicken strips and that was my dinner ready :)

Took less than 15 minutes.

Fish (halibut) on the barbecue...and stuffed pasta shells in the oven. We had guests over for dinner tonight, and they loved the meal!

But that chorizo and eggs sounds appetizing. I might try that!  ;D
you should try it, it's hecka good. the 3 ingredients go well together, especially in a warm tortilla, but make sure to drain the grease from the chorizo really well.

...last thing I cooked was 2 big hunks or filets of fresh salmon on my bbq grill, McCormick makes spice rubs and I got this one exclusively for salmon. I sprinkled some on and put some lemon slices on them and they came out pretty good

Pork fried rice, lettuce stir fried with seitan, and something that I only know as 1-4-7 eggs (one can of chicken broth and four eggs scrambled together and steamed for 7 minutes or longer...I also add a preserved duck egg chopped up).

Pork fried rice, lettuce stir fried with seitan, and something that I only know as 1-4-7 eggs (one can of chicken broth and four eggs scrambled together and steamed for 7 minutes or longer...I also add a preserved duck egg chopped up).
the duck egg, is that a thousand year old egg? 




I made some sausage, gravy and biscuits for dinner

the duck egg, is that a thousand year old egg?   




I made some sausage, gravy and biscuits for dinner


Yes, sir. :)  I love those things.

And your dinner sounded goooooooooooooood.  *drools*

Yes, sir. :)  I love those things.

And your dinner sounded goooooooooooooood.  *drools*
my Chinese co-workers keep telling me to add the 1000 year old egg to my jook and I ain't having it  8-P  however Lady Di likes them.  my dinner was good, not from scratch, but tasted like it. McCormick has a really good packaged country gravy mix and I fried up some reduced fat Jimmy Dean sausage and made some pillsbury grands and it was pretty darn good. I should have had a couple scrambled eggs. maybe next time

my Chinese co-workers keep telling me to add the 1000 year old egg to my jook and I ain't having it  8-P  however Lady Di likes them.  my dinner was good, not from scratch, but tasted like it. McCormick has a really good packaged country gravy mix and I fried up some reduced fat Jimmy Dean sausage and made some pillsbury grands and it was pretty darn good. I should have had a couple scrambled eggs. maybe next time


Not a fan of them, huh? :D

Ah yes, I put them in my jook, too.  A couple of those with some broken up Costco rotisserie chicken and topped off with some green onions....mmmm.  I didn't think I would like them because they look really ugly, but they're delicious when mixed with other things.

And if people are wondering what we're talking about, it looks like the attached picture.  Yummy looking, no? ;D

Not a fan of them, huh? :D

Ah yes, I put them in my jook, too.  A couple of those with some broken up Costco rotisserie chicken and topped off with some green onions....mmmm.  I didn't think I would like them because they look really ugly, but they're delicious when mixed with other things.

And if people are wondering what we're talking about, it looks like the attached picture.  Yummy looking, no? ;D
they're kinda scary looking  :o 

Let's see...

I mad a smoked ham and provolone chesse panini this morning.  ;D With a Claussen pickle half on the side. Yum-o.  ;D

I'll be going into the kitchen in about 5 minutes to make "Chocolate Lover's Chocolate Mousse Pie" for our poker game tonight.  I hope it turns out like the pic
http://www.meals.com/imagesrecipes/29755lrg.jpg

I made home made pizza last night, started from scratch including the base.

Thin and crispy Kransky, mushroom and onion and A cheese and garlic pizza.


Turned out ok :)

I made Italian herb chicken in the slow cooker yesterday.  Wasn't a big success which is a shame because I made a double portion!

I made rotini pasta with shrimp, carrots and corn in a garlic sauce. Yum-o-liscious.  ;D

I just took a big Lasagna out of the oven. it looks great. I took pics of the before and after and will post them   ::)  as soon as it cools, I'm gonna go sample it.




...ok, 20 minutes later & the first sampling was very good, so good I had to have a 2nd plate, just to make sure it really was that good  8)
now I think I'll need to get some french bread to make garlic bread to have with it

Spaghetti Sauce with fresh sweet basil from the garden, tomatoes, sausage, and Red Onion, over Barilla Rotini plus. (very tasty) I was surprised the whole wheat pasta was really good. When we tried it about 10 or 12 years ago it tasted like straw 8-P, so this was a nice surprise.