OT : Cooking

[Jazzepi]

Since we have a politics thread, I thought I'd start a cooking one.

Anyone have any recipes to share?

Jazzepi

[Ironhawk]

Not really. But I've had this growing affection for Fried Rice lately. If you have some leftover rice in the fridge you just grab it and like ALL the vegetables that are about to go bad and through it into a skillet. Cook it up with some oil and soy sauce and you have a passable meal.

[Gandalf Parker]

Lately as a diet aid Ive been keeping a bowl of mixed nuts out. A small handful really does curb appetite and it lets my get right back to Dom3 gaming.

The only "recipe" Ive come up with is two hotpockets and pour a can of beans or chili over it, then heat.

[BandarLover]

Gandalf, that's bachelor food. I should know.

But I have to admit to a fondness for cooking, especially pasta dishes. I make a pretty good stuffed manicotti(sp?) and real good seafood enchiladas, if I don't say so myself.

And beer chili for football season. Does anything NOT go good with beer?

[Jazzepi]

I love making this.

You need
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One package of Fat Free Hotdogs (Use 3-4 of them)
One can of vegetarian baked beans (Use the whole thing)
Two red potatoes
Cottage Cheese

Prep
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Chop up the hotdogs into small cylinders
Chop up potatoes into a couple of flat discs

Cooking
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Put the potatoes into water. Boil under tender, something like 10-15 minutes on high.

Use a good number of slabs of butter into a large flat pan. Melt it. The put the potatoes in face down. Cook them until they get a nice brown shade. Flip and repeat for the other side. Spice with salt and pepper lightly after they're finished cooking.

Put hotdogs and beans both into a pot. All you need to do is warm them up. I use a habenaro spicy sauce and lots of Cumin to give it a nice kick. If you don't like spicy, just use the Cumin.

Serve all on one plate, and add low fat cottage cheese. Don't mix the cottage cheese in, just put it on the plate alongside everything else.

It's a nice low calorie low fat meal.

Jazzepi

[Foodstamp]

Hmm, are we talking just quick meals or any type of cooking?

I am a very excellent chef, particularly when it comes to grilling, frying and baking. I am terrible when it comes to doing deserts though.

Here is a quick meal that tastes really good

I guess you would call it "Italian Stir Fry"

You need:
Half a stick of butter
2-3lbs of sliced boneless chicken breast(depending on how many you are cooking for)
Fat Free Italian dressing(It is better than regular Italian because it has more spices and less oil)
Slivered almonds
garlic
1 bag of the stir fry mix you get in the frozen goods section that only has sliced bell pepper (orange,green,red) and onion.
soy sauce
little bit of salt and pepper.
Habanero pepper sauce (or texas pete, tobasco sauce is fine)

Here is how you make it:

Heat the skillet to medium, place the butter, the garlic and the slivered almonds in the skillet.

As the butter melts and begins to sauté the slivered almonds, add the chicken which should be thinly sliced as if you were making fajitas.

Put a little bit of soy sauce (to taste) on the chicken, a splash of hot sauce and allow it to absorb into the meat. Pour enough italian dressing on the chicken to coat the side that is facing up. (alternately you can marinade the chicken in the italian dressing before you cook)

Salt and Pepper to taste.

Let the chicken cook and use a spatula to flip the pieces once the bottom looks done. Put more italian dressing on the other side of the chicken and allow it to cook.

When the chicken is almost done, add the frozen stir fry vegetables (Around half a bag) to the skillet. Cook for 5 more minutes, drain the excess water from the frozen vegetables.

Serve with rice. <3

Prep time and cooking time less than a half hour and anyone can make it.

[Jazzepi]

You should be careful with nuts as a diet aid. They're actually loaded with calories.

I like a big salad with unsalted peanuts + raisins + fat free balsamic vinagarette. It's filling, but very light in calories and fat.

Jazzepi

[Gandalf Parker]

A handful is ok. And it was recommended by my doctor/dietician. One of the few suggestions I bothered taking.

[LoloMo]

Yep, those nuts are really nutrient dense, and I'm actually in need of calories as I do a lot of physical activities - weightlifting, fencing, wii boxing, worm farming (those worm boxes need moving around daily!) dom3 manual page flipping and search button tapping on the shrapnel forums =)

As an aside, Pine nuts seems to have the most calories per gram of any nuts, but they are expensive!