So, cooking.

[mintsauce]

Who cooks? Any recipes you want to share? Did you make anything good this week?

Personally, I find myself cooking a lot more as we head towards winter. I love home-made soups, leek and potato is probably my favourite one to make. So easy and completely delicious.

I did an awesome sausage bake on Monday, with butternut squash, onions, potatoes, cherry tomatoes and red peppers all sprinkled with rosemary.

Oh, and I've recently been introduced to an amazing salad... just fry up some bacon, chop an avocado, and mix it in with some lettuce, spinach and cherry tomatoes, with Pizza Express House Dressing on top. Absolutely immense.

 

[Gxas]

I've always wanted to be able to cook. Unfortunately, I am culinary retarded. I do pour a mean bowl of cereal, though. *wink*

 

[fix-the-spade]

King prawns flash fried in butter and chopped garlic, served with mayonnaise, a baked paotato and vegetable ratatouille.

It was yummy. More normally I make anything to do with pasta, including semi-infamous 'random pasta' where you just grab 8 ingredients from the fridge/pantry without looking. Then you HAVE to cook a meal from those and pasta. Sometimes it works incredibly, other time it's just incredible that it works.

 

[Amnestic]

I do cook on occasion. Nothing major, mostly stews, casseroles and the like. Did make some paella for my family once, went down pretty well. Unfortunately as of late I've been cooking less due to budgetary constraints. I quite enjoy it though, making tasty food, eating tasty food

 

[raemiel]

Must say since I moved out of home about 8 months ago one of the things I've enjoyed most is cooking. My flatmate doesn't really cook so it means the kitchen is pretty much all mine. Despite having no money I can always get some vegetables cheap (meat is soo expensive) and just make something up from there. I recieved a mortar and pestle as a gift from my girlfriend at the time's parents and my favourite thing to do is mix and match spices and use it to make up my own curries.

 

[ffxfriek]

I've always wanted to be able to cook. Unfortunately, I am culinary retarded. I do pour a mean bowl of cereal, though. *wink*

well i can make mean hard toast

 

[Matthicus]

It's weird. I can't cook anything easy like spaghetti, but I can cook one hell of an apple pie.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

Balsamic Soy Pepper Steak
1 Cup Balsamic Vinegar
2 Cups Soy Sauce
Fresh Ground Pepper to taste.

The Soy Sauce and Balsamic Vinegar should smooth eachother out giving it a smoky, tangy and sweet flavor without harshness

Sauce should be served warm/hot over grilled or Pan Fried Steak. This sauce should serve around 4 people.

 

[Elurindel]

I've not done a great deal of cooking. I CAN do cooking, but only if I give it my full attention, and preferably with some instructions.

So far, I can do bolognese, pasta bake, pork chops marinated and vegetables, and victoria sponge cake. When I want to. I also want to try baking cookies, because my girlfriend does awesome cookies. Or hell, just making the dough to eat would be good enough for me.

 

[L.B. Jeffries]

Bachelor Chow

1 shoulder of beef
1 diced onion
3 diced carrots
3 diced celery sticks
2 diced potatoes
2 cups rice (and corresponding amount of water needed to cook)
1 Beef Stew Spice Packet

Dump all of this into a crock pot and leave it on for 8 hours. It will then become a giant sticky mass of rice and awesomeness.

It's what Bachelors need!

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

Tabouli Salad
1 Cup Bulgar Wheat
1 Bunch of Fresh Parsley
1 Bunch of Green Onions
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
2 tbsp olive oil
Salt, Pepper and Allspice to taste

1. Soak the Bulgar What for 30 min to 1 hour
2. Mince the parsley.
3. Chop the onions to desired size, smaller is better.
4. Drain the Wheat then mix the 3 above ingredients into a large salad bowl or serving dish.
5. Add the Olive Oil and Lemon Juice
6. Use Salt to mesh the flavors of the above ingredients together.
7. Add Pepper and Allspice to taste.
8. Let sit for at least 1 hour before serving, ideally you want to leave this in the fridge overnight.

Should serve about 4 people.

 

[PureChaos]

im a qualified chef although i don't really cook much anymore. i cook amazing pizzas' (even if i do say so say so myself) and a great cheesecake.

 

[Dante_Alucard]

1.5 orange, juiced or half cupof oj
3 limes, juiced
1/2 soy sauce
3 tables spoons wishasire sauce
2 1/4 pounds skirt or flank steak, trimmed of some fat
If you trim off all the fat it will ge tough
1.marinade for 1 hr
2. grill for 5 mins each side
3.let sit for 4 min (if you cut it to ealrly juices will come out.)
4.cut against grain
5. put on tortias add cheese
6.eat

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

Red Pepper Wine Steak over Pasta
3 or 4 Lean and Tenderized Medallion Steaks
1 Diced Red Pepper
Some Diced Onion
1 tsp crushed garlic
Red Wine
About 1 tbsp Butter
Salt
Pepper
Pasta

1. Slice Medallion Steaks into bite size chunks
2. Melt butter in a frying pan.
3. When butter is hot, add Red Pepper, Garlic and Onion, fry until lightly browned/carmalized
4. Reduce heat, then add and brown the steak chunks, low heat ensures that the steaks juices won't cook away.
5. Once steak is browned remove the steak from the mixture with a fork or slotted spoon, ensuring you leave as much steak juice in the pan as possible.
6. Add the wine and bring to a simmer, ensure that the steak juice isn't cooking to the pan.
7. Return the Browned Steak to the pan and finish cooking to desired tenderness.
8. Add Salt and Pepper to taste.
9. Serve over desired Pasta.

Olive Oil is an acceptable substitute for butter, as is Canola Oil.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

i like to cook, i'm pretty good or can be and i'm awesome at bbq

don't really have any good recipes tho i just mess around tho

 

[Ultrajoe]

I Once Ate Roadkill. This Is Not A Joke. Kangaroo Fresh From The Asphalt.

It Was Evil.

 

[vede]

I love to cook.

On a regular basis, I generally only make omelets. My dad has conceded that I'm better at him at making them, even though he taught me how. I also make burgers. Sometimes I do 1/3 sausage 2/3 hamburger. It's awesome. I do pastas occasionally, too, though. Manicotti rules.

 

[mintsauce]

I love to cook.

On a regular basis, I generally only make omelets. My dad has conceded that I'm better at him at making them, even though he taught me how. I also make burgers. Sometimes I do 1/3 sausage 2/3 hamburger. It's awesome. I do pastas occasionally, too, though. Manicotti rules.

Ah yes, I love making omelettes. My ex-girlfriend taught me how, but I still can't nail them as well as she did. Mind you, we were making them on different sides of the world, so the taste was bound to be a bit different. I just love chucking everything in there, cheese, mushrooms, peppers, bacon, you name it.

 

[The Iron Ninja]

I like to cook.
I can make a mean pizza (or so I'm told)

 

[TheBluesader]

Put cheese on everything. That's the best advice anyone can give anyone, ever. Cheese on EVERYTHING. Lots of cheese.

I had this salad at a local pub that's really good. They call it the 'California salad', which may not be a real thing, as I've been to other restaurants and they said it's not a real thing, so I don't know. At any rate, it's got whole apple and radish slices and raisins and feta cheese. You top it with vinaigrette, or in my case, blue cheese dressing.

Because you should put cheese on everything.

I don't know what it is, but raisins and feta cheese together make a weird, awesome flavor. Kinda nutty, but not as strong. But eating a lot of that makes the back of your throat all sticky and weird, and if you don't drink something, the aftertaste is like vomit.

Cheesy vomit. And that's not good on ANYTHING.

Hope I've enriched your worlds, folks.