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Waffle Party!!!
banana nut, lemon blueberry poppyseed maybe?
What are you? Recipe Follower or Recipe Deviant
total deviant. i'm so OCD in everything else i do in the kitchen, not following a recipe 100% makes me feel like a rebel. :)
Cook the Book: 'Canal House Cooking, Vol. 1'
a cold tortellini salad with grape tomatoes, feta cheese, canellini beans, pepperoncini, basil, olive oil and fresh lemon juice. amazing.
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speaking of waffles -- what's the shelflife for the batter?
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What Did You Eat Today?
breakfast - toasted english toasting bread with butter AND peanut butter
lunch - hot pastrami on homemade rye w/ melted swiss and spicy brown mustard on the side.... oh, and a deli pickle
dinner - couple michelob ultras, bowl of miso soup, and 6 different types of sushi rolls (shiki sushi in durham, nc has buy-one-get-one 7 days a week)
a good day. definitely a good day. :)
Waffle Party!!!
banana nut, lemon blueberry poppyseed maybe?
What are you? Recipe Follower or Recipe Deviant
total deviant. i'm so OCD in everything else i do in the kitchen, not following a recipe 100% makes me feel like a rebel. :)
Cook the Book: 'Canal House Cooking, Vol. 1'
a cold tortellini salad with grape tomatoes, feta cheese, canellini beans, pepperoncini, basil, olive oil and fresh lemon juice. amazing.
dolmas (stuffed grape leaves) recipe?
thanks @yankeesgal! this is exactly what i was looking for!
Strange green specks in carrot cake
i've made this carrot cake and have never had this happen. if someone else made it for me, i would assume that there was shredded zucchini in the cake, but unless you blacked out and added zucchini yourself, i have no answers for you. strange.
Cook the Book: Magee's Roast Turkey, Parsley Potatoes, and Stewed Zucchini
i used to balk at parsley potatoes growing up. chalk it up to not knowing better...
clarification on the procedure: are you continuing to cook the potatoes in the oven? if so, what would the temp be and for how long? or are you just keeping them warm until the rest of the meal is complete?
Plane Snacks
have they flown before? i was surprised when mine (6 and 4) took their first flights 6 months ago. they were so jazzed about looking out the window and stuff that they didn't eat any of the snacks that i packed for them!
BUT, better to pack and not need than to not pack and have three kids freaking out on a plane, right? that said, i packed little snack sized baggies of pretzels and goldfish, cereal bars, little bottles of water, and a handful of hershey's kisses. i felt it was more important to indulge a little (i.e. bribe them) than to be hyper about nutrition...
hope this helps!
cheeseburger in a can?? ew!!
yeah, that whole chicken in a can thing was pretty gross. just because you can physically place something in a can, does not mean you should!
Should Recipes Shrink to 140 Characters on Twitter?
yeah, what @CatBoy said! :)
Cook the Book: Braided Beef with Anchovies and Olives
yum! this sounds delicious!
Weekend Cook and Tell: Make a Meal for $10
pasta with beans and greens. one pound pasta, 1 bunch greens, 1 can cannelini beans, 3 cloves garlic, 1 can chicken broth. easily feeds 4 for under $10
Snapshots from South Korea: Soondubu and More from Ddukbaegi Jip
i've always wanted to try soondubu. my favorite korean restaurant offers it. i might have to make a run out there this weekend.
Seriously Italian: Frittelle di Spinaci
i can practically taste these!! having grown up in a house that never ever served greens of any kind, i've spent the last couple of years getting my long over-due fill. will definitely give these a try! thanks for sharing!
What to do with greens!
@2qrs - that sounds like a variation of my family's 'beans and greens' recipe.
one bunch greens (escarole, chard, kale, etc), chopped
2 Tbs olive oil
3-4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 can chicken broth
1 can canellini beans, drained and rinsed
2 Tbs lemon juice
1 tsp crushed red pepper
heat olive oil in large saute pan over medium heat, saute garlic 1 minute. add greens, chicken broth, canellini beans, lemon juice, and crushed red pepper. lower heat and simmer one hour or until very tender. serve along side hot pasta and top with parmesan
Food that Freaks Me Out!
head cheese. that ain't cheese, people!!
Indian Restaurant Condiments
the brown one is tamarind, and it to be used as a dipping sauce for pakora, though i prefer to use the bright red oniony mixture with my pakora. the bright green one is a cilantro dipping sauce, to be used with samosas. so yeah, what's the oniony mixture and what's it for?
Wasabi Peas
love the wasabi peas! and i can totally eat an entire container in one sitting...
Cash, credit, check, or other: How do you pay for food?
debit for nearly everything. i rarely ever carry cash. the only time i have cash, is if it is given to me (hardly), or if i am doing something that specifically requires cash -- like yesterday's trip to the farmer's market.
Anybody else a hoarder?
definite hoarder. particularly when it comes to a specific variety of stuffing cubes that we cannot find in this area of NC. in fact, during a trip back home for a funeral, my father and i went to the town's two grocery stores and bought them out of the stuffing cubes to bring back to NC with us!
Grilling: Asparagus Wrapped in Prosciutto With Lemon
this is one of my "other" favorite ways to do asparagus. like you, i love to grill them exactly the same way... yummers!
Mixed Review: Jiffy Pie Crust Mix
i am, by no means, a baker. however, i'm responsible for the apple pie every thanksgiving, because, for whatever reason, my pie kicks @ss. ;)
i've never made a pie crust from scratch. i use the pillsbury refrigerated dough. i like to roll it out a bit on a flour-dusted counter, and i throw a little flour on top. i don't roll it out much, but just enough to take some of the thickness away. produces a wonderful light and fluffy crust that has my own mother succumbing to my version over hers! :)
Cooking hazards and other unpleasant side effects.
i look at my time in my kitchen as "my time". whether i've got my kids running by me with trucks (though there is a "no playing in the kitchen when mommy's cooking rule"), or that i've got 10, 15, 30 guests i've cooking for... i might get b*tchy and/or curt with someone trying to help me, or if i yell out "OWEEE!!!!, no really, I'M OKAY!!" after suffering a burn from a pot of boiling water or after having grabbed the oven rack w/out an oven mitt, it's part of my personal cathartic experience that is feeding those i love!
What Fictional Foods Do You Wish Were Real?
@td2036 -- they've made that book into a movie. it comes out soon, i think...
and yeah, @veggieout , it was gum. yes! thank you!
i've also wondered how those meals that turned up out of the kitcheny/machine/thingy would have tasted on the jetsons. i've always wondered that... hrm... wonder what that's about? :)
What Did You Eat Today?
Breakie--grapenuts, soy milk and blueberries
lunch--brown rice stir fry with bay scallops
dinner--pumpkin turkey chili
What Did You Eat Today?
- breakfast burrito from the stash I made last weekend to stock the freezer
- leftover baked rotini with fresh mozz, sausage, and artichokes
- roast chicken and oven fries
What Did You Eat Today?
breakfast: A bowl of shredded wheat (vanilla almond) with soy milk
lunch: Some left over tofu vegetable stir fry and a small bowl of Perry's ice cream.
Still too early for dinner, it's only 4:30 but chips and apple salsa will be a snack tonight with the Sabres game!
What Did You Eat Today?
I always love to know what other people are eating!
Today I had crunchy PB and strawberry jam on italian bread for breakfast with a big glass of skim milk.
Next was a thermos of tea with lemon and sugar.
Lunch was 1/2 can of tuna with lots of celery and mayo, accompanied by an anemic salad of just lettuce and tomato. I really need to get to the grocery store.
At 3pm, I found a pan with ONE brownie left in the kitchen at work. So I ate that and all of the crumbs in the pan.
Dinner? Probably some sort of pasta with some sort of tomato product and maybe steamed zucchini.
What Did You Eat Today?
breakfast: homemade granola w/ skim milk
lunch: scallion cream cheese on whole wheat flatbread with cucumber
snack: banana
dinner: sole stuffed with crab, broccolini, cole slaw
snack: dark choc covered macadamia nuts
What Did You Eat Today?
For 10/8/9:
1pm: 1C plain yogurt with 1/2 Fuji apple (diced) and a few handfuls of blueberries.
3:30p: The rest of the Fuji sliced, each one slathered with creamy peanut butter. A small bowl of roast pork and gravy (mmmm, leftovers).
7p: Dinner for the family = beef/pepper (red and green)/tomato/onion stir-fry. First time I made this for my tribe, and they fought over the leftovers. A keeper.
9:45p: Two freshly-baked oatmeal-raisin cookies (quality control purposes only!).
Water throughout the day and coffee as desired/needed until 6p.
What Did You Eat Today?
7 AM: steel cut oat w/peanut butter and blueberries stirred in, coffee, babybel cheese
12:45 PM: homemade white bean, kale and mini lamb meatball soup, selzter
3 PM: 2 clementines
8PM: Jerk Mahi burgers, spinach and apple salad
What Did You Eat Today?
This is fun. The first thing I ask my bf when he gets home is - "what did you have for lunch?" Yesterday I had:
6:30 AM: steel cut oat with wheat germ and dried apricots plus coffee
12:30 PM: a cup of steamed spinach with a sesame dipping sauce and an eel, cucumber and avocado maki roll
5:30 PM: some dried tart cherries and advil before my walk home
6:45 PM: a handful of smart puffs and 2 spoonfuls of butter pecan ice cream before I worked out
8:45 PM: a few cups of roasted brussel sprouts and cauliflower plus a little shredded chicken breast
9:30 PM: a little cup of ice cream and a snifter of Calvados
What Did You Eat Today?
I love this thread too! Ah, PumpkinBear I'm alot like you with regards to hearing what people eat...It's always been "my thing" and I'm glad there are more like me who feel that way as well...
Well, breakfast was a few figs off the tree-
I kept it light as I was going out to lunch with a friend at her family's Italian pizzeria/restaurant...I just felt like ordering pizza--I had one regular Sicialin with extra cheese and a gigantic veggie slice with eggplant, yellow and green zucchini, mushrooms, onions, peppers, chunks of tomatoes, garlic mozzarella with extra tomato sauce on the side...She had bowtie pasta with chicken, peas, ham mushroom and onions...
Then after we went shopping we stopped at the Cheesecake Factory and I had the carrot cake cheesecake and she had the strawberry shortcake and I brought home a piece of pumpkin/pecan pie cheesecake---to be eaten at a later date....
Didn't reallly eat dinner as I was full from everything else....Today is City Island for seafood......I'm thinking a seafood salad of calamari, scungelli, shrimp and scallops with a lemon vinigrette...YUM...(next week after vacation ends, I'll be back to a more boring fare or else I'll be the size of a house)
This is a great thread, PumpkinBear, lets keep it going...
What Did You Eat Today?
Breakfast - French press and a pork chop biscuit.
Lunch – Leftover hamburger helper.
Snack –2 Bloody Mary’s, 1 Guinness, 1 Natty Light
Dinner – Homemade black bean chili with crackers.
What Did You Eat Today?
breakfast: steel cut oats with toasted pecans and maple syrup.
lunch: carrots, olives, tamari almonds, raspberries, concord grapes, an apple
dinner: microgreens from the greenmarket, an avocado, wasa bread, canned salmon, baked corn, a popsicle.
What Did You Eat Today?
6am breakfast yesterday -- hot oatmeal with milk
10am staff meeting -- soy mocha, potato and leek soup
12pm appreciation lunch -- terrible pepperoni pizza from a parlor down the street
8pm -- duck confit and molasses bean bake, Barry's tea with milk and sugar
...now that I look at this, I realise that I eat very strangely on the weekdays...
What Did You Eat Today?
Dinner yesterday - Pasta casserole using leftover Anthony Bourdain's Mushroom Soup that I made this past weekend. Also, merlot. I'm trying out the Bota Box stuff. It's actually pretty good.
Breakfast - Shredded Wheat, water and coffee
Lunch will be rice pilaf with lentils and green peas.
For dinner we will finish off the casserole.
What Did You Eat Today?
Brunch--a small scoop of large curd cottage cheese and a small caesar salad and a couple of diet pepsi's. (I generally don't like to eat until 4 or 5 hours after I've been up)
Mid afternoon snack--1/2 turkey sandwich with mayo and shredded iceburg, lots of cracked pepper on rye.
Dinner--macaroni and cheese with tomatoes provencal, steamed broccoli followed up by a couple of saltine crackers and chardonnay.
Pretty boring.
Paradise Lost at Paradise Cove Beach Cafe in Malibu, California
Hey dude, you got to eat at the restaurant that was next to Jim Rockford's trailer!!! That's seriously cool. I'm all over this place when I get to LA. FYI it used to be called the Sandcastle.
Mixed Review: Jiffy Pie Crust Mix
I have used Jiffy Pie Crust Mix for fifty years. It is excellent! Anyone that can't get a perfect pie is not going to get one anywhere else. I am upset that I haven't been able to find it in our area now. Has Jiffy stopped making it or can I find it somewhere?
Snapshots from South Korea: Vegetarian Temple Food at Sanchon
@LawGeek: Thanks for the update! I still haven't been to Hangawi...d'oh!
Snapshots from South Korea: Vegetarian Temple Food at Sanchon
I ate at Sanchon regularly when I lived in Seoul and worked in Insadong. The food really is amazing there.
Now I am back in NYC and back to eating at Hangawi once again. Yes, the cuisine they serve there is as close as you can get stateside. It is temple food, although it has a full menu and you have the option of ordering a la carte or a more set menu like at Sanchon. The set menus are not quite the temple food (I believe they use onions and garlic), although many similar dishes could be selected. It even has a transporting experience, complete with being seated on the floor.
It isn't quite the same, though. Without having to step from rock to rock over water, and without being forced to order the set Buddhist menu, it couldn't be. However, short of a 14 hour flight, it is as close as I get to going back.
What are you? Recipe Follower or Recipe Deviant
Deviant! Recipes aren't rules -- They're more like guidelines. ;) (Although I follow when baking. At least, the first time through.)
What are you? Recipe Follower or Recipe Deviant
I used to have a rule for recipes: if it starts with "C", double it.
Then I got married, and at my wife's request, I have had to exclude things like cayenne pepper from that rule. But not chocolate.
Waffle Party!!!
No matter what make sure you have real maple syrup- I can't understand why people would buy the fake stuff. I vote for putting some cocoa in the batter, chocolate waffles are great with sliced banana and/or strawberries.
Waffle Party!!!
Last weekend I made pancakes with Nestle's chocolate-peanut butter chips in them...very tasty.
Waffle Party!!!
I agree with beth 1 fried chicken, chicken wings, homemade chicken tenders, bacon. blueberry compote and whipped cream. I am so jealous, I wish I could come lol.
Waffle Party!!!
This may be an unpopular sentiment, but butter and really good syrup and/or butter and honey can't be beat....
Waffle Party!!!
corn meal waffle with blue cheese, figs, sauteed onion and panchetta
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breakfast - toasted english toasting bread with butter AND peanut butter
lunch - hot pastrami on homemade rye w/ melted swiss and spicy brown mustard on the side.... oh, and a deli pickle
dinner - couple michelob ultras, bowl of miso soup, and 6 different types of sushi rolls (shiki sushi in durham, nc has buy-one-get-one 7 days a week)
a good day. definitely a good day. :)