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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
Harvested a great big bag of wild flowers from the woods behind our place! I celebrated with a gin martini garnished with bergamot petals.
Also bought a bag of Pao de Queijo mix and had some hesitation, but it mixed and baked exactly as I remember it. Definitely going to be ordering some cassava flour soon and trying to modify up a vegan version for me to entertain guests!
Ottolenghi’s Five-A-Day Toad in the Hole. It’s been a while since I’ve made it since my kid had an egg allergy (gone now just with getting older), but it’s fantastic. The gravy is good but unnecessary if you want to save some effort. Also I’d recommend skimming the yorkshire pudding serious eats article since toad in the hole is just a big Yorkshire pudding.
I’ve been really lazy while also being really busy this week (the absolute worst mix) so I’ve been eating frozen pizza and takeout, and drinking rum in coke, and whiskey in coke due to their convenience.
Okay, I’ve eaten lazily more than usual, but to be honest I have been making some simple meals as well. Just last night I made some lightly breaded Tex-mex chicken. Not really sure what it’s called, if there is a name, but it’s basically just chicken seasoned with cayenne, chili powder, cumin, garlic, pepper, and salt and then breaded with a thin layer of flour and pan fried. I had gone to the store to pick up ingredients for a chicken pasta I wanted to make, and proceeded to forget the very dish I had wanted to make in the first place. This lead to me saying, “screw it,” before leaving the store (it’s a short walk from where I live) and heading home.
Beyond that, I’ve made some egg dishes, such as the typical ways some people eat straight eggs: boiled, sunny-side up, scrambled, etc. as well as other egg-centric dishes such as omelettes and quiches. Last week I made some breakfast tacos to take with me to work, which were just tortilla wrapped scrambled eggs with cunecuh sausage, green bell pepper, and cheese. This week I plan on making some egg drop soup if I can drop by the store for the fresh produce.
I’m glad that eggs have dropped in price (as least relatively to where I am). I love eggs due to their flavor, flexibility, and protein. It was a sad few months when a dozen eggs were nearing $6+ bucks a dozen for me.
With your texmex chicken I'd say add oregano, onion powder, and white pepper instead of black! That with what you listed above is my go to texmex spice combo that has yet to fail me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beBQgxdu2eY&vl=en
These stuffed tomatoes from my Tasting History cookbook! They were really delicious but a lot of the filling fell out when I flipped them :( If I ever make them again I'm going to have to use a spatula to keep them contained
Recently made a creamy garlic chicken dish that was delicious.
Was it good for you? Far from it. But man was it good. It was supposed to be served with pasta but we decided to do it over mashed potatoes and side salad.
The weather's been hot, so I've been making gazpacho. I don't use the full cup of olive oil -- maybe 5-6 oz -- and it is absolutely worth it to run it through a strainer to get out the tiny bits of tomato skin.
Pulled pork in a slow cooker has been a favourite of my household recently. There's lots of different ways to prepare it so it turns out differently every time.
One of my favorite ways is to dice an onion and put it in the bottom of the slow cooker, so it basically dissolves and flavors the meat as it cooks.
I've usually been slicing the onion a layer at the bottom like you do but this way you can have some seasoned/cooked onion to go with your pulled pork. I'll try dicing or next time, thanks for the tip!
I make pulled pork every time there's pork shoulder on sale. Absolute favorite recipe so far is a citrus-based one that includes throwing in the juice of half a dozen oranges (original recipe called for blood oranges, I actually prefer regular ones), a lemon, a couple of limes, chopped onion, garlic, whatever mix of peppers I'm in the mood for, and a bottle of Mexican beer (optional, sometimes I just use stock). Spices vary, usually cumin and chili powder to start.
Best bit about pulled pork, in my opinion, is if you trim the fat off a full shoulder and render it down, the pot juices plus the rendered fat plus the pork make a fantastic base for tamales. Just add masa and husks. Freezered citrus tamales last for weeks, just pop a couple in the microwave when the mood strikes.
I'll have to try with the oranges the next time!
I'm a huge citrus fan and it comes out so good, aromatic and complex. Throw a couple of the juiced rinds in too, it brings out the oils brilliantly.
I've never heard of a 'juiced rind'. What exactly is it? I tried a quick Google but nothing turns up.
The peel after you've squeezed the juice out of the oranges - I usually add the rind from half an orange and half a lemon. The citrus oil in the peel itself, more than just the juice, enhances the aromatics a lot. Too much might get bitter, though, I need to experiment.
Ahhhh, I had thought you were them or something and it wasnt just the peel of a used orange lol
I’m making chicken cacciatore as we speak which my children absolutely will not eat so I’m also making wedges and sweet potato chips for them to have with these vegan schnitzels that they (thank the lord) actually like.
Last night we had moussaka, which was insanely good. Tomorrow probably just pasta because my husband is away and cooking feels low on the priority list!
Been going through a TON of those avocado six packs from Costco. Mostly just cutting them up and seasoning with lime, lawrys, celery salt, and tajin. But also occasionally making some guac.
I'm not sure this counts since I didn't prepare anything myself, but a coworker was at a Scottish festival over the weekend and picked me up a couple of cans of Irn Bru!
It's my favorite pop, and while it is possible to find here in Canada, it's not exactly common and it's always relatively expensive so I usually only get to have some once every couple of years. It was a very pleasant surprise and a great way to start the week!