Cooking

Slow toasted pork tenderloin, instant potatoes, corn and pepper sauce. All store bought, cook and serve. The pork was roasted in foil for 90 minutes at 275f and then opened up and broiled until crispy.

It feels similar in vibe to dutch baby pancake. Both use a preheated pan or dish, some fat, and a dough that is quickly poured in and baked in the oven. It tastes better this time than last I made it, but the consistency is the true star of this dish. It’s both crunchy and chewy, and the bits of meat add some variation. Though I would love to add some spices or sauce, or vegetables on the side or something

Mexican themed seasoned rice with whatever I had on hand (half an onion, carrot, peas, black beans) etc.

Row 1: Aleppo Pepper, Allspice, Basil, Bay Leaves, Cayenne, Celery Salt, Celery Seeds, Cinnamon, Chinese Five Spice, Chili Powder, Chives, Cloves, Cream of Tartar

I’ve been working on a variation of a simple Chinese dish (Tomato Egg stir fry) to make in the morning for a single person and I think I have something usable and repeatable by others at this point.

It has a very safe taste. Feels like it’s connected to mac n cheese (but it has potatoes). Apparently they often serve it with apple compote, which works ok, but I like it better without

Rolled oats, craisins, apple, pumpkin seeds, brown sugar, butter honey. The apple is the first one I’ve ever eaten from my own tree that I planted years ago. Normally they went bad before ripe and I’d give them to the chickens.

Turkish doner I made from ground pork. Grilled onions with cheddar and sour cream topping. Side of rice.

Hummus and tzatziki with homemade naan (I didn’t want pitas), and a cucumber, carrot and tomato salad.

I’m not sure I’m so much a fan of this. Maybe the recipe isn’t the best there is but it felt not that creamy and lacked acidity despite my attempts to adapt with some more apple cider vinegar.

I always liked coffee based desserts so I decided to try my hand at tiramisu. It was much easier than I expected and the results are pretty good. I will be making this more I think.

No. The egg did not fry this rice.

And why should I keep them?

Pasta and beans in a tomato, onion and carrot sauce with rosemary and a whole lot of homemade turkey stock.

Tuna melt: onion, carrot, pepperoncini, capers, mayo, brown mustard, salt, tuna, black pepper, aged cheddar, 12 grain bread.

Made chicken tandoori for the first time. It’s pretty good.

Cheap, filling, flavor. Sub out yogurt for coconut milk and this becomes a vegan meal. But I wasn’t opening a can of cocoi milk for two tablespoons.

Yesterday’s vegan dinner leftovers turned vegetarian with eggs and yeast.

The rice: lightly fry some cinnamon stick, green cardamom pods, cumin seeds, and cloves in olive oil. Add rinsed rice and stir it fast so it doesn’t stick. Add the water, some tumeric and salt. Mix it all up and put the lid on. Turn to high or medium high, bring to a boil, reduce to low, check it in 10 minutes to see if it’s done.

Now with 200% more beef than restaurant made!

Home made semolina egg pasta made with back yard eggs. Sauce made from onion, back yard basil, diced tomatoes, olive oil and herbs and spices.

I hadn’t made homemade pizza in a while. One edge got a little too done, but overall it was pretty good.

Take a baking sheet and flip it over. That’s your pizza steel for this thin crust pizza. 425 for 8-12 minutes. And I definitely recommend a sprinkle of corn meal or semolina between the baking sheet and the pizza.

Greek potatoes, tzaiki sauce, bacon, jalapeno slices.

This is going to be hilarious.

My wife fell in love with the Tropical Heat smash burger at Sonic. This was my attempt to do it at home. It is, surprisingly, cheaper to make at home. I need to work on the pineapple jalapeno glaze a bit but it’s a very solid burger.

Had mine mashed on a bagel with sumac and toasted sesame seeds.

Black coffee and avocado on whole wheat toast with salt and pepper

i got some duck eggs at the farmer’s market with no plan on what to do with them. i thought i’d try them in the purest form to get a sense of the difference from chicken eggs.

Cost? No idea. 86¢ for a can of chickpeas. 86¢ for a cucumber. 50¢ for smoke cheddar. Beyond that I’m not sure.

Do you have a a lid to your blender that is a pain in the butt to clean because it’s filled with nooks and crannies instead being a sealed flat surface?

It doesn’t just look red, it’s also made to authentic Sichuan spice levels.

Brussel sprouts, bacon fat, salt, sesame seed, 12 minutes in the air fryer.

Extra chunky. I typically start with a 28oz can of crushed tomatoes and start the sauce at least 30 minutes before I start the pasta. Garlic, home grown dried basil, orega, star anise, red pepper flakes, a pinch of cayenne power, salt.

I was looking at my images and realized I forgot to post this one.

Edit: link to the recipe

Row 1: Aleppo Pepper, Allspice, Basil, Bay Leaves, Cayenne, Celery Salt, Celery Seeds, Cinnamon, Chinese Five Spice, Chili Powder, Freeze Dried Chives, Whole Cloves, Cream of Tartar

Leftover bits from the sandwiches the other day plus some other things. Most notably some smoked sharp cheddar and smoked mozzarella. I smoked the moz in 2024 and the sharp cheddar in December.

Saw this recipe at some point on a Korean cooking yt channel and I wanted to try it since I love miso.

It works well with single/double cream or mascarpone, and raspberry jam, applesauce and blueberry jam

It’s like a simplified bolognese, but it takes less time and uses cheaper ingredients. Works well for weekdays. It was very hard to resist having a second serving

It’s 82° in the kitchen and thanks to a small AC unit a friend gave us from their surplus it is nice and dry.

Had some veggies about to go bad and a bunch of spices I was at the last little bit, so I made this 3 bean chili.

Cold rotisserie chicken from the deli, tomato, tzatziki. No at home heat used.

This may look like idli, but it’s only the shape, it’s actually Dhokla. We had an idli stand so we just repurposed it.

I made Spanish and Argentinian food for our world cup party. This was part of the Argentinian spread. Served it with a chimichurri sauce.

Noodles are steamed rather than stir-fried. I think they came out pretty good.

Too hot to cook. 86°f in the kitchen. Black Forest ham, provolone, salami, pepperoni, cucumber, tomato, olives, banana peppers, mayo, mustard, olive oil, red wine vinegar.

At the request of kid #1 we did spring rolls for dinner. This time I got one of the kiddo to roll his own rolls and they actually looked fine.

Some homemade pizza my bf and I made with premade crust and some toppings and cheese

Salad: cucumber, chickpea, bacon, craisin, dill, lemon juice, sour cream, feta, salt, pinch of red pepper flakes.

The original variant is, according to Wikipedia, supposed to be similar to ice cream. But this one uses a cream made of mascarpone, yoghurt, sugar, heavy cream and vanilla. It makes it easier, but I still want to try making the original which is “made by boiling cream, egg, sugar and syrup to create a custard-like or meringue-like puree which is then frozen”. Sounds harder, but maybe better

Refried beans started from dry beans. Chicken is leftover rotisserie chicken. Headed to the tienda for a ripe avocado without waiting for days. Cost per person $4.40 without the chicken it would have been $3 and vegetarian. Margarita not included. That’s $1.80.

With rice, cucumber and kimchi :)

So I’ve managed to end up with two Costco-sized containers of Kraft grated parmesan. I’ll reach for real parmesan 95% of the time, with Kraft being an occasional nostalgia pick, but these will go bad long before I can get through them at my normal consumption. The containers are both opened, so can’t donate and I’m loathe to waste food, so been trying to think of ways to use it all up.

Making pork vermicelli bowls this week. It’s nice and refreshing in the summer.

This easy recipe to do, comes from the Food Network Italia. A very beautiful channel, way, way different and better from the USA, with tons of recipes and cooking shows to watch. I do love it and watch it 2–3 times per week when possible.

Too hot to cook so I only used enough heat to fry the tortillas.

Is there a food crimes community?

I started making my own pickles last year and I’ve been hooked ever since…I’m hoping these will last at least a week or two😄

Today time was in short supply with my partner visiting customers and me experiencing full speed managerial bullshit so I put together a simple curry.

Okras are like green been, they to be cleaned with water and chop off their head, let it a bit in water with vinegar and cook them in the pot with all the ingredients mentioned above + olive oil, pepper and salt. Okras can be cooked with meat as well, starting always with the meat, and then adding the okras. Lovely food that makes me escape out of the ordinary every day food.

Best paired with a slice of Irish fairy bread

It’s a crisp 83°f (28.3c) in the house. I decided I was definitely not turning on any heat source for dinner. Which isn’t cheap. Cost per person: $6.41

Happy sunday 🤗

Meatball, bell pepper, fresh basil from the garden.

Not my type of food but he enjoyed it.

It was definitely too hot to be cooking this but I was craving it.

It’s been a while since I could cook due to the horrific weather here in Belgium the last weeks. A quick meal to resume the cooking adventure :)

I am always amazed that the water from a jar of chickpeas can transform so beautifully and deliciously–and it’s completely vegan!

I seldom ever go to thrift stores anymore because they now charge $5 for a used T-shirt.

The recipe is easy to do: Put overnight the chickpeas in water, give the a wash next day and boil them for 15-20 minutes, put in the oven for 30 minutes or so with the rest ingredients.

Baked the bread before the kitchen got too hot. Kinda tossed the rest together. Chickpeas, black beans, corn, cucumber, onion, herbed garlic goat cheese, geek seasoning, cumin, lemon juice olive oil, red pepper flakes, black pepper.

A can of crushed tomatoes, a pound of ground pork, 12 ounces of pasta, an hour, and a whole lot of spice cabinet. Cost per person: $2.63

Finally opened one of the jars of turkey meat I canned a while back. I’ll use the rest of the jar for … tacos? Probably tacos.

No knead dough, extra cheese, I sliced and popped the polish sausage and corporate frozen meatballs in the air fryer before adding them to the pizzas and cooking the pizzas.

A friend had a kidney transplant and bought a lot of frozen fruit after that. As happens a lot in cases like that they can’t eat the frozen fruit anymore because of medication interactions. So they gave it to us.

Can’t say how much I love chicory, with lots of olives, feta and some bread.

Made a photo worthy meal yesterday. Last few weeks have been soups and lentil curries, which are very beige of brown on camera.

3 racks smoked on a Traeger:

Midnight snack.

Watched The Plant Slant’s videos again (https://youtube.com/shorts/rCx7v7O44nY?is=kdwtRMDF3pxjYHIw) and it’s excellent! Not sure what the actual name would be of this dish.

Deviled goose eggs have been a future project for a long time. I had to use up some emergency goat cheese so today is the day it finally happened.

Aldi has bronze extruded pasta like spaghetti, linguine and fettuccine for $2 a pound. That is a fraction of the normal price. They are in thicker plastic packaging. I know you hate that but it’s less likely to let pantry months in. So you don’t need to put it in another container like you do when it comes in cardboard packaging.