What are you cooking?

[jaylach67 183]

Just for the record Wings done with Panda Express' spicy orange sauce are awesome. Next time I'll try with Panda Express Sweet Chili sauce which is mild hot. I see no reason why that would not be good. That will give me four that I like a lot and I have four burners on my stove. Sounds like a football thing. Three pounds of raw wings split to four portions. A portion in a pan on each burner with each having a different sauce.

Oddly, as much as I love wings, I'm really not all that much of a Buffalo Wings fan. I mean I like them but will probably never do at home as I like the others I've mentioned much more.

 

[fishorama58]

I'm making Spanish rice. Slow going using brown rice. I'm disappointed the store husband went to today didn't have any zucchini (courgette). I wonder how hard he looked, he doesn't like it much...To me it's the tofu of veggies; it tastes like what it's cooked with. But adds another veg & moisture.

 

[Jennet47 105]

Nothing, husband is cooking today - he will get hungry before I can find the energy to get up from reading on laptop and re-reading some of my old fashioned books.

 

[gimme301]

I'm considering buying a bread maker. Everything I can buy at the grocery store has this weird, processed taste in the crust, kind of metallic almost. (I'm one of those that can taste the can in canned foods) Nature's Own has been the one exception but lately the wheat has these huge holes in it so the pineapples fall right out! There aren't any actual bakeries around here so I'm thinking making my own might be the way to go.
I don't know though. Mom bought one when I was a kid and after using it a couple of times decided it was too much of a pain to use. And she actually LIKED to cook. Me, not so much.

Modern day problems.

 

[Jennet47 105]

I'm considering buying a bread maker. Everything I can buy at the grocery store has this weird, processed taste in the crust, kind of metallic almost. (I'm one of those that can taste the can in canned foods) Nature's Own has been the one exception but lately the wheat has these huge holes in it so the pineapples fall right out! There aren't any actual bakeries around here so I'm thinking making my own might be the way to go.
I don't know though. Mom bought one when I was a kid and after using it a couple of times decided it was too much of a pain to use. And she actually LIKED to cook. Me, not so much.

Modern day problems.

I have one that you just throw all the ingredients in together (except for nuts or seeds, and it has a little dispenser thing on the top that drops them in on top at the end of mixing).
Its really easy to do, and makes different bread and cakes and such, dependent on what you chuck in there. So go for it.

 

[fishorama58]

I hear you, gimme. I can taste artificial sweeteners, flavorings & preservatives in some food. I can ignore it sometimes but yeck! I've never noticed in bread. I used to see bread makers in thrift stores but maybe not as cool as Jennet's type. Hers sounds so easy!

Husband had lab work at 6 am today so last night he had scrambled eggs with cheese & fried ham; protein, no carbs. I had a big salad & ham.

We watched baseball today & had burgers during the game.

 

[gimme301]

@Jennet Maybe it was the cleaning that turned mom off? I can't remember for sure but she made some pretty elaborate dishes so it had to be pretty bad for her to shelve it.

Have you seen the price for a pound of sliced turkey/ham/roast beef lately? I bought some cheap balogna to try on my holey bread. There's a funny southern youtuber named Ginger Billy that did a review on fried balogna that prompted this....I've never cared for it much but I'm going to give it a shot. Frying bologna seems like an unnecessary added step but we'll see.
It'll probably be better with pineapples.

 

[Rusty_Shackleford67 182]

I should have taken pictures. Last night I made chicken parm stuffed peppers.
Soooo yummy and pretty easy to make.

 

[Rusty_Shackleford67 182]

I made banana pudding for dessert. Instead of using Nilla Wafers in it I used Nutter Butters. Banana and peanut butter, could it be any better?

 

[fishorama58]

Rusty, that sounds like a dessert Elvis would like!

I was going to make black bean salad for tonight, lots of chopping. But I had to make a Walmart run this afternoon. It's not that far but bad traffic & a rearranged store made it worse than usual.

So, I'm having a glass of red wine while I make tacos & husband plays dancing music. What teamwork!

 

[Jennet47 105]

Pastry made, steak diced, onions chopped and gravy made from some bacon fat. Just gonna fry onions and steak down a little in the fat, add a little guiness then slam all in a pie dish and good to go. Broccoli, green beans and carrots as side.

 

[fishorama58]

That sound so good, Jennet! Very British While I like to drink red wine & sometimes Guiness, neither is something I cook with. Now, kidney pie is something I'm not sure about trying, I heard "things" related to both smell & taste, lol Is that something you make?

I made black bean salad with grape tomatoes, red & jalapeno peppers, onion with a lemon/balsamic/garlic dressing. It's chilling now to be served with Frito corn scoops. Might be a bit picante hot until the lemon tames the jalapeno, probably tomorrow...

 

[gimme301]

While I like to drink red wine & sometimes Guiness, neither is something I cook with

I cook with bourbon. Not that any ever makes it into the recipe. And sometimes it makes it look like I've got twice as many tomatoes than I actually do.

 

[Jennet47 105]

That sound so good, Jennet! Very British While I like to drink red wine & sometimes Guiness, neither is something I cook with. Now, kidney pie is something I'm not sure about trying, I heard "things" related to both smell & taste, lol Is that something you make?

Never, EVER used kidneys, ruins a good steak pie, and is something totally unnatural that I just don't understand why anyone does it!

However, Guiness is a great pint, and complements steak in a wonderful way.

 

[Jennet47 105]

I have the most wonderful husband anyone could ever wish for. He has spent the past few hours peeling and cutting veg, putting chicken on to roast, and has even put parsnips on to roast. All that is left for me to do is carve the chicken and make the gravy. I am so very blessed.