General cooking thread.

[mrflynn03]

We have a smoking and grilling thread. How about one for regular cooking?

Oven roasted pork loin with homemade bbq sauce. 

 

[Seeking6]

We love anything Mexican in our house. This week Kroger had a special on turkey burger so I bought 3lbs. and before last night it's always the same prep on stovetop. First time I ever cooked turkey burger in slow cooker and honestly I don't think I'll go back to range anytime soon. 

3lbs turkey burger, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, cayenne, and 2 seasoning packets along with 2 cups of salsa poured over top. Low cook for 6 hours and done. I would break up the meat every couple of hours otherwise it turned out great. I was hesitant in slow cooker for ground beef but won't go back to the range anytime soon.

[tdhoosier]

We've been doing 3-4 nights per week meatless. That said we found a recipe for red lentil curry and it's freaking incredible.

https://rainbowplantlife.com/vegan-red-lentil-curry/

 

 

[rico]

I love cooking in the oven.

[jv1972iu]

33 minutes ago, rico said:

I love cooking in the oven.

Ahhh, yes...you're a micro manager.  😂

[jv1972iu]

1 hour ago, rico said:

I love cooking in the oven.

The remote is a nice touch.  Very subtle.   😊

[Leathernecks]

A few years ago there was a food porn thread, but no posts in it in a long time.  Good idea for a reboot.

[IUFLA]

Bringing this one over from the Crock Pot thread from days of yore...

I know a lot of folks on here grew up in Indiana, so here's an Indiana staple...Beef and noodles. Never seen it anywhere else, but my Mom made it on a regular basis when I was a kid...I made up this crock pot recipe a few years back...easy-peasy

The Crock-Pot method.

32 oz of beef broth 

2-3 lb chuck roast 

24 oz bag if Reames frozen egg noodles

Put the roast in the crock pot and cover it with the beef broth

Cook low for 7 hours 

Shred the roast 

Dump the Reames noodles in and cook on low for an additional 90 minutes

Best over mashed potatoes (starch city, baby)

 

 

[mrflynn03]

Just had homemade shrimp tacos and elote.  Alot of meals anymore we just make up our own recipes using what's in the house. 

For the Elote we used a bag of frozen corn, onion, red bell pepper, yellow squash, cilantro, salt, pepper, garlic powder, cayenne, half a lime juiced, and believe it or not parmesan cheese. 

Parmesan is a substitute for cojita cheese which we didnt have. 

Cooked it up in a cast iron using avocado oil. Turned out really well. 

Just makes me impatient for fresh sweet corn.😬

Edited May 7, 2021 by mrflynn03

[Coach1K]

My dad's father could cook like no other the kitchen was his domain.

[mrflynn03]

Making my wife a belated anniversary dinner. Home made crab ravioli. Yes im making the pasta, filling and the alfredo. 

And Italian style cheesecake but in cupcake form. From scratch, out of my head. 

I used to do something like this every valentines and anniversary day but been a few years. 

Here is the cheesecake. Will have pics of ravioli if i can get one before she eats it. Lol!

 

 

[Zlinedavid]

The first time you make Alfredo sauce, you realize it’s quite possibly one of the most unhealthy things you can eat. Heavy cream, butter, cheese. 
 

But sweet baby Jesus is it good….lol.

[rico]

Made some fried cucumbers(I call them fried pickles) the other night.

 

[MoyeCowbell]

Making a homemade marinara tonight and I... nailed it!

I've started cooking a lot more the last two years and am really enjoying it. Very (very) slowly, I'm starting to build a rotation of good dishes.

What are some of your faves?

[mrflynn03]

11 hours ago, MoyeCowbell said:

Making a homemade marinara tonight and I... nailed it!

I've started cooking a lot more the last two years and am really enjoying it. Very (very) slowly, I'm starting to build a rotation of good dishes.

What are some of your faves?

Oven roasted fennel and beets is a go to side for me. Olive oil, salt and pepper, 15 ish minutes on 400 degrees. 

[mrflynn03]

Dinner tonight. 

Bacon, egg, tomato, mayo and swiss cheese on sourdough. With a side of kimchi

[btownqb]

On 5/27/2022 at 9:10 PM, MoyeCowbell said:

Making a homemade marinara tonight and I... nailed it!

I've started cooking a lot more the last two years and am really enjoying it. Very (very) slowly, I'm starting to build a rotation of good dishes.

What are some of your faves?

We made a homemade marinara the other night for our meat ball subs. Solid stuff, man. 

-Spaghetti... cook slice mushroom, green peppers, and onions IN the sauce. Put the veggies in raw. I cook a pound of burger and put in there later on in the process. Cook the noodles, yadda yadda. I like some sort of bread with it... even just regular white bread with garlic powder and butter isn't bad. 

-Smoked Chili-- Idk if you have a smoker, but it's good shit. 

-Burgers- I make them about 5 or 6 different ways. 

-Chicken Pesto sammies-- with a hot pepper mix on a bun. Damn good

-Nashville hot chicken sammies-- pickle, mayo, my wife's favorite 

-Smoked meatballs (subs)-- solid and easy. 

-Stuffed peppers in the insta pot

-Stir fry or Hibachi on my blackstone-- usually make a homemade yum yum sauce

-I meal prep breakfast for the week a lot of times, as well. pound of sausage crumbled up, browned with onions and garlic powder, throw A LOT of eggs with it, green/red peppers.... use it for breakfast burritos to just warm up. Add a slice of cheese to it. Or I will patty the sausage and do English Muffin breakfast sandwiches. Always toast the muffins on the blackstone. 

-I'll be real... when are in a pinch or simply don't want to cook that much for the week.... we might take 2lbs of burger and make a double batch of hamburger helper, or 3 cans of tuna and make a double batch of Tuna helper. No idea what your taste buds are like, but I actually don't make it at all lol 

 

oh... and Tacos. Do a lot of tacos... lots of different ways to do those, too. Cook those on the blackstone. 

Edited November 29, 2022 by btownqb

[mrflynn03]

I'm par boiling some potatoes so I can make a corned beef hash for dinner tonight. 

Took me too long to figure out good hash browns. I always bought the pre cut bags from the freezer. Nope. 

Fresh potatoes par boiled and cooled. Then cook them up in a cast iron with butter or bacon grease.  

[MoyeCowbell]

On 11/29/2022 at 7:38 AM, btownqb said:

We made a homemade marinara the other night for our meat ball subs. Solid stuff, man. 

-Spaghetti... cook slice mushroom, green peppers, and onions IN the sauce. Put the veggies in raw. I cook a pound of burger and put in there later on in the process. Cook the noodles, yadda yadda. I like some sort of bread with it... even just regular white bread with garlic powder and butter isn't bad. 

-Smoked Chili-- Idk if you have a smoker, but it's good shit. 

-Burgers- I make them about 5 or 6 different ways. 

-Chicken Pesto sammies-- with a hot pepper mix on a bun. Damn good

-Nashville hot chicken sammies-- pickle, mayo, my wife's favorite 

-Smoked meatballs (subs)-- solid and easy. 

-Stuffed peppers in the insta pot

-Stir fry or Hibachi on my blackstone-- usually make a homemade yum yum sauce

-I meal prep breakfast for the week a lot of times, as well. pound of sausage crumbled up, browned with onions and garlic powder, throw A LOT of eggs with it, green/red peppers.... use it for breakfast burritos to just warm up. Add a slice of cheese to it. Or I will patty the sausage and do English Muffin breakfast sandwiches. Always toast the muffins on the blackstone. 

-I'll be real... when are in a pinch or simply don't want to cook that much for the week.... we might take 2lbs of burger and make a double batch of hamburger helper, or 3 cans of tuna and make a double batch of Tuna helper. No idea what your taste buds are like, but I actually don't make it at all lol 

 

oh... and Tacos. Do a lot of tacos... lots of different ways to do those, too. Cook those on the blackstone. 

Nice. Sounds like you try a lot of different things. I'm all about variety and experimenting... sometimes I know what I'm doing, most of the times I don't, but I'll discover things I like.

Funny little story, my ex (who was born and raised in SoCal) is Brazilian (mom from Rio) and she makes a delicious Feijoada (traditional Brazilian dish of black beans on rice with sausage, topped with farofa, usually served with collard greens). It's delicious comfort food and I wanted to learn how to make it, but she would always take over because she could do it so much better (sad truth).

So I said, well, when it's my turn to cook, I'm going to make spaghetti with hamburger. She looked at me like I had a third eye. I was using the wrong terminology (thanks to my midwest upbringing)... while I was referring to ground beef/Spaghetti Bolognese, she was picturing spaghetti with an actual hamburger on top.

I've since learned how to make a decent Bolognese, using a whole lot of time and patience. Make a soffritto to start, then sauté fresh ground beef and pork (always from the butcher); I also use ground sausage, remove the meat from the casing and simmer that in red wine until all the liquid is absorbed in the meat -- this is a critical step!! Once you have all those elements cooked and drained of excess fat, combine in dutch oven with San Marzano crushed tomatoes/passata and cook low and slowwwwwww.

Add fresh pasta (wide noodles are best), some shaved parmesan and voila! Add a simple arugula salad with balsamic vinegar and olive oil, salt, pepper... and the wine. So good.

[mrflynn03]

I absolutely love Cuban food. Pretty much impossible to find in Southern Indiana.  There was a lady in Jasper selling it out of her house for awhile but that got shut down.  

So I found some pre-made packaged cuban black beans yesterday on Amazon and ordered them. Next week I'm going to give mojo pork, cilantro lime rice with those black beans my best effort. 

[mrflynn03]

My mom bought a pound of Swiss and a pound of corned beef for her husband.  My 3rd dad, lol. Well he didn't like it so I've been eating on it this week. I mean, I like it but I never buy deli meat by the pound. 

[Drroogh]

5 hours ago, mrflynn03 said:

I absolutely love Cuban food. Pretty much impossible to find in Southern Indiana.  There was a lady in Jasper selling it out of her house for awhile but that got shut down.  

So I found some pre-made packaged cuban black beans yesterday on Amazon and ordered them. Next week I'm going to give mojo pork, cilantro lime rice with those black beans my best effort. 

I also love Cuban! You need to try your hand at Ropa Vieja!

[mrflynn03]

Dinner turned out really good tonight. I made Italian meatballs served over roasted spaghetti squash. The side dish though, extra good. Onions, mushrooms, garlic, spinach with salt and pepper. Sautee everything but the spinach then wilt the spinach down at the end. 

[mrflynn03]

Might make this a go to breakfast. Sirloin steak and eggs with side of sweet potato, mushrooms and onions and avocado. 

Sirloin was 5.99 a lb so I got 2 steaks for less than $5. 

[mrflynn03]

I do most of my cooking in cast iron.  My wife can't figure out cast iron cooking.  She follows this guy who calls his content FlavCity. He contracted with a company to make cookware. His stuff went up for sale Dec 1st. I bought his 2 12" skillets. One regular the other has a ceramic coating. I thought they might be too big then I remember my wife is always losing food over the sides of our 10".  Paid $134 for both.