What are you cooking?

[lottabubbles]

we chow down on the big bell pepper type. I just wish I could grow them like I used to do before the garden quit yielding results like
it did 50 years ago.

 

[jaylach]

Tonight I think I'm having a cheese burger with Swiss Cheese and sauteed onion and shrooms. A while back I tried my first ever burger with a runny yolk fried egg. I think I'll do that again as it was pretty tasty. Just not sure yet on the taters. It will either be frozen steak fries or cut in half baby taters done with rosemary and garlic Will probably be the spiced baby taters. I'll do the taters stove top with half butter and half oil. Ends up pretty much like super flavored fries as I cook until well browned and sort of crusty.

And what is it about beef? It is fine to have a burger, steak or BBQ with just a tater of some sort but with chicken, pork or fish there will almost always be a veggie involved? Not saying that I never have a burger and just a veggie but that just does not seem the norm. Mayhaps we've been brain washed by the fast food burger places and steak houses.

 

[lottabubbles]

Tonight I think I'm having a cheese burger with Swiss Cheese and sauteed onion and shrooms.

we do the burgers the same way except we use Provolone instead of the Swiss. nothing like that melting cheese picking up the smoke on the grill.

 

[jaylach]

we do the burgers the same way except we use Provolone instead of the Swiss. nothing like that melting cheese picking up the smoke on the grill.

I also often use Provolone but tonight will be Swiss. Most people would likely think either American (Actually developed in Canada) or Cheddar but I mostly use white cheeses. For me Cheddar is for a burrito, chili or omelette. Even with an omelette it isn't always Cheddar. To me a full blown omelette is ground breakfast sausage, onions, shrooms, maybe or maybe not bell peppers, either red or yellow, not green, and cream cheese. Ya, cream cheese as odd as it may sound. Hey, cheese cake is basically cream cheese and eggs. What I do ends up sort of like a cheese cake egg quiche. Actually really good!

Wish I could do burgers on an open grill but I'm in a third floor apartment. Not the same but my indoor grill and some liquid smoke cones pretty close. Even if on the first floor I still could not use a gas or charcole grill as they are banned in the complex for fire safety reasons.

 

[fishorama]

Meatloaf, baked potatoes, carrots & maybe peas tonight.

Real American cheese is a blend of colby & cheddar. We get it at the deli, my husband's go to for sandwiches. Not that squishy Velveeta or Kraft singles although Velveeta does make nice nachos. Cheddar is our usual for many things, sometimes Monterrey pepper jack. I don't care for Swiss except maybe on a Reuben, provolone on some food too. I prefer plain burgers, no cheese; my husband likes cheese on almost everything. Parm & cream cheese are in a different category. Edam & gouda just for snacking as are some like manchego & meadowkass. I like goat cheeses once in a while, but my husband dislikes the "tanginess".

 

[lottabubbles]

I also often use Provolone but tonight will be Swiss.

something I've noticed, the melted Swiss cheese with sautéed mushrooms enhance the taste of the mushrooms somehow.

 

[jaylach]

something I've noticed, the melted Swiss cheese with sautéed mushrooms enhance the taste of the mushrooms somehow.

To be honest I never really noticed. Might just be that Swiss is milder than Cheddar so the shrooms stand out more with Swiss while Cheddar sort of hides them.

Tonight I'm having a smoked pork chop with mac and cheese. May dump some broccoli in the mac. Of course I'll dump some apple sauce on the mac and cheese. May sound odd but I love apple sauce on mac and cheese and Cheddar cheese on apple pie. Thinking pie... I need a peach pie or cobbler. I like apple but will take peach any time.

 

[jaylach]

Tonight is a pork stir fry with red, yellow and green bell peppers. There will also be some broccoli. It will be tossed with egg noodles. Won't know for sure until I add the actual sauce but I already have a hot orange sauce bottle out so tonight will likely be a bit warm.

 

[BigDog]

I made pork chops in the crockpot with onions cream of mushroom with cream of garlic and onion soup
I also add some seasoning to the mix

I add some potatoes to to it off.

It cam out well

 

[jaylach]

Having sirloin tips and Brussels's Sprouts tonight, probably no taters. Normally I BBQ tips but think I'll just spice up leave off the BBQ. Hmmm, not going to do taters but buttered egg noodles with crisp peas might just go well. I swear that I could just about live off of egg noodles; they are a food group of their own.

Thinking egg noodles here is something good especially if you have a decent wok.

1) Get some egg noodles going and cook to firm chewy while doing other stuff.
2) Cube up some chicken breasts, or thighs if you prefer, and do a good sear on pretty high heat but do not cook till done..
3) If you have a decent wok just push the chicken up the sides and it should stay there. If no wok remove the chicken, make sure to save juices.
4) Add diced tomatoes, fresh basil, course black pepper and white button shrooms to the pan.
5) Bring the tomatoes and stuff to a boil and add the egg noodles. Cook until just the edges of the noodles lightly brown and bring back in the chicken. Add some frozen peas or broccoli.
6) Just finish on medium high heat constantly tossing.

Good stuff.

 

[jaylach]

Sigh, I guess the above is for tomorrow as I just never got around to cooking so am not eating today. I just never got hungry. While not extreme I DO fast at times. If memory serves my longest fast was nine days with nothing but small amounts of water. Never once felt hungry or thirsty.

I just don't get the ""Must eat at certain times"" concept. My body knows if it needs fuel. If I don't feel hungry my body already has what it needs.

 

[lottabubbles]

Sigh, I guess the above is for tomorrow as I just never got around to cooking so am not eating today. I just never got hungry. While not extreme I DO fast at times. If memory serves my longest fast was nine days with nothing but small amounts of water. Never once felt hungry or thirsty.

I just don't get the ""Must eat at certain times"" concept. My body knows if it needs fuel. If I don't feel hungry my body already has what it needs.

way too many people now are obese to the point of damaging their health. if they do get older and decide to shed that for health reasons they are left with extra ugly skin that doesn't go away without surgery
the media doesn't help as they show a lot of commercials with overweight people like it's the desired norm. noticed a long time ago that a woman that wore a size 12 dress now wears about a 3. I guess it's some psychological attempt to make them feel better about their condition.
feel free to hate me for this.

 

[BigDog]

I’m grilling a few very fine steak tonight

They are about 2’ inches thick

I’m going to make scallop Cheese potatoes with dinner tonight

 

[lottabubbles]

we had baked cod burgers, steamed broccoli and cottage cheese. Yum!

 

[gwand]

Now that is a healthy meal.