I'm not talking about cereal. I'm talking about actual cooking/baking.
I've been in a real baking-type of mood lately, and last week I made two different kinds of scones (one cheddar-chive, the other oatmeal-buttermilk). I also made dinner for myself a few times last week, a big ass veggie shepherd's pie and broccoli and tofu in garlic sauce. And I did some sauteed peaches for dessert last week, too. I'm a cooking machine!
Pancakes.
Spicy grilled chicken w/ rice and herbs. Yum.
I just made some peanut butter cup cookies. They are still cooling in the pan, lol.
I'm about to make pancakes over a fire :)
Bacon & egg pie
Pasta. It took me a while.
I made a cake a few days ago.
Today I made pasta and homemade pizza.
I kinda enjoy cooking.
corned beef, mmm. its beef with potatoes &tomatoes &onions. yummy[:
I made some BBQ stuff with biscuts for the family for dinner, since I won't be around later, haha.
Chicken strips.
:3
made some mini cakes. They didnt turn out as well as i hoped though.
Brownies that were burnt on the bottom and not done on the top.
I hate my stupid little oven.
But it still tasted okay.
sinigang ;o yum
I made pasta . <333, yum .
meatballs and rice.
I'm going to be making a spiced potato and cauliflower dish and some scones later on for my grandma's birthday party tomorrow.
a sandwich. :)
Last night after midnight I made a type of 7 layer dip and it was deliciously!
s'mores
well heated up frozen white castle burgers.
but the last thing i cooked was a egg or 6.
grilled cheese.
:3
soup. :)
spaghetti
Um... instant noodles.
hmmm,
i thiiiink it was long-grain rice, or something like that.
pancakes.
I made myself dinner the other day, it was sesame tofu with asparagus in this tasty vinaigrette. I made the asparagus in again yesterday. Then I made breakfast for myself today, it was kind of an omelette (except I flipped it, cuz I wanted it more like a tortilla than an omelette), filled with potatoes and Mexican cheese blend.
french fries.
and I feel really sick now.
toast.
beef stroganoff
fettuccini
I will be soon making myself tacos with soy chorizo.
...tea?
protein shake
I marinated some chicken in buttermilk and garlic, and then I rolled in wheatflour and flax and stuck it in the oven. That totally counts! Right?
That definitely counts.
You know, my mom, because we ran out of buttermilk, the last time she made fried chicken she dunked it in some plain yogurt. I have no idea what it tasted like though. She said it was good.
chicken in the pressure cooker, green beans, rice cooked in beef broth with mushrooms and rolls
Steamed artichokes...with Dijon mustard & an olive oil / garlic saute.
dumplings for a really yummy stew. :]
chip and dip
2 layer strawberry cake =)
glad i made it too.
hu tieu.
haha its vietnamese.
i think its called vermicelli ?
tacos
salad.
Ummmm..... I think it was Ice ream... :/ A bowl of it anyway...
i got a package of hawaiian rolls and then made miniature hamburgers. so f**king good.
rice.
Cereal. lol. Rice Krispies cereal.
Toast. Hey, I put the butter on it!
I made cheesey noodles last night with chicken...
For some reason, I thought it'd be cool so marinate the chicken in buttermilk and garlic and then roll it in wheatflour and flax and bake it on a rack in the oven.
The last thing that I made was beef tips and rice with steamed baby carrots and garlic toast.
I added garlic cloves and two cans of cream of mushroom soup to the beef tips, it was yummy.
Stirfry noodles + chicken and vegetables
Tacos, last night.
Today was taco day because is very easy to do and is yummy!
Popcorn .. yummss
Home made cinnamon rolls. I left them in the warm oven for longer than 30 minutes to rise, so they pretty much tripled in size and are huge. haha
Ramens :D
Scrambled eggs and hashbrowns
Banana nut bread on Sunday.
a bagel with turkey, ham, eggs, italian seasoning, mayo and lettuce! it was delicious!!!
A turkey sandwhich on wheat bread. with cheese..and some green stuff. it wasn't lettuce but i just put whatever i could find on it because i was hungry.
Behold, the manwich.
^holy shit. how did you eat that monster?? looks good though.
If you just slap everything on there, the thing will collapse. Every ingredient has to be precariously positioned. A newbie, for instance, probably wouldn't know not to put the mushrooms on last, or else the bread molds into the shape of their contours, which weakens the structural support.
Moreover, I have to warm-up the bacon and chicken wings, which takes time. You also have to wait for them to cool, or else the cheese melts, removing the foundation that wraps the bacon strips together.
And Tabasco sauce has to be added incrementally on every layer, or else the spiciness becomes denatured in everything else going on and there won't be any physical pain upon eating it, which defeats the entire point of the manwich.
^ i don't like mushrooms or bacon so that will not be a problem haha. and you put chicken wings on your sandwich?! omg you have like literally everything on there. i prefer simple turkey+ham+egg+lettuce+italian seasoning+cheese+mayo sandwiches. oh and i think slightly melted cheese tastes good!
today for dinner, i made lemon peppered grilled chicken with a side of mac&cheese and a side of corn+mashed potatoes! it was deliciousssss!
Grilled Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Corn and Stuffing.
Last night 8)
Quesadilla
All I made today was a peanut butter and jelly sandwich lol. Tomorrow I'm going to be making Fettuccine Alfredo though.
steakssssss
i made rice crispies : D
Chocolate mousse, courtesy of Nigella Lawson.
Fried chicken and salad yesterday.
eggs
Another manwich.
^ How does one eat a manwich? I've been trying to figure it out, but since I've never seen anyone actually eat one, I don't know.
1. Bite.
2. Stare in disbelief as the entire thing falls apart.
3. Rage.
4. Use fork.
I made some egg salad. Though my mom ate all of it and i only had a little
eggrolls!
found a great recipe, but i needed to fry them longer.
Apple strudel. It's currently baking. I hope it tastes good *fingers crossed*
I made/had hot pot tonight! It was amazing
I made rice a couple of days ago.
I baked and decorated sugar cookies today with my girlfriend.
As far as baking goes, cookies, although I had to improvise on ingredients the texture was more cakey.
My mom and I just made cranberry sauce and now a pumpkin hazelnut cheesecake/pie is baking in the oven.
^ Yum.
I made some Raspberry Truffle Fudge and Bavarian Mints. Tommorrow I am making truffles. I'm sending them home with the family after Thanksgiving.
Upside Down Cranberry Coffee Cake
For Thanksgiving, I made roasted cauliflower with "Indian" barbecue sauce and steamed asparagus in a soy-sesame-dijon vinaigrette.
I made fried chicken and rice,
^ I'm just trying to distinguish between actually cooking and doing something lame like heating a toaster strudel or a making a bowl of cereal.
ah i get it now. sorry ^^
Currently baking tofu and mushrooms. The marinade tastes so freakin' good, I can't wait.
cheesecake for thanksgiving
I am in the process of making toffee topped fudge. It's a beautiful thing.
Indian spiced peas.
The last dishes I made were miso soup, stir-fried tofu, stir-fried veggies and broiled fish.
I also made chili crab earlier this week.
Chicken in marinara sauce with some parmesan cheese and some seasoned red potatoes.
Gingerbread cookies : D
Frenchtoast yesterday morning.
Sugar cookies!
They were all decorated with frosting and sprinkles. I was so proud of myself :D
instant coffee because i am lame
Cookies!
^SHARE!!!
Baked Chicken and Salad!
just been living on ramen now that i really have to cook for myself. D:
yeah, i just made jajjang ramen.
An egg white omelette with mushrooms yesterday and a fried egg white with garlic today for breakfast. I love eggs and garlic and mushrooms.
Salad...
Im darn good cook.
But im not aloud to cook cause my mom hates mess.
???
Spicy herb rubbed tofu
Shrimp roe noodles
Except with no green onions and none of that crap on top.
Uhm like french toast.
made pasta last night, sausages and rosemary beef
Jello Shots.
Orange Jello + Peach Schnapps + Vodka = Jiggling Fuzzy Navels. Yummm.
^mmm.
i made tacos.
chicken drummers to go with rice.
In the process of making veggie chili.
some really awesome and easy to make chicken strips with sauteed zuccini and squash. i'm a cook. hit me up if you want the recipe.
FALAFEL
homemade mac&cheese.
I made roasted Brussels sprouts for dinner.
Honey garlic ketchup pork chops and veggies.
I am lucky I only have to cook once a week cause my roomie loves doing it (but I probably need the practice :P)
I'm baking a http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Lemon-Verbena-Pound-Cake-with-Strawberries-11996 right now =D
^ Shit man... that sounds good. Care to send some over?
last thing i made was a protein shake :D
Beeteedubs, that cake is AMAZING, if I do say so myself.
Brown rice with corn, broccoli, green beans, 1 scrambled egg, and 1 small can of tuna altogether. Boiled with only extra virgin olive oil, no salt/pepper, nor any other seasoning.
With half a pound of salmon marinated in lemon with a touch of garlic.
That was last night's dinner. Other wise I just finished making a "meal replacement" shake lol.
Haha I just made a bowl of cereal.
mm...made pasta with a white sauce and bacon today. delicious.
A modified version of http://veganyumyum.com/2009/01/eggplant-and-pine-nut-rolled-lasagna/ recipe. My mom hates pine nuts so I'm using a store bought pesto, and instead of eggplant, I'm using zucchini, mushrooms, and spinach. Should be tasty.
me and my sister made rainbow cupcakes
*thinks
Grilled Cheese
^thats the last thing i ate.
Chili haha.
Even though its like 62 degrees out.
i baked a marinaded salmon filet, made some creamy garlic shells, and corn on the cob.
Just finished up (well, about 10 minutes ago or so) breakfast burritos with eggs, potatoes, jalapenos, onions, diced ham and shredded cheese. It's a bit of a pain in the ass (since I'm a stickler for fresh ingredients) but my mom loves them and I wanted to be nice. :)
^ I made breakfast for my mom too. We had coddled eggs (although ours were baked as opposed to coddled), mine with spinach and mushrooms, and hers with the addition of Canadian bacon.
Pasta.
My own recipe.
Spaghetti with my own sauce.
^ I love making fresh sauces. Did you make your own pasta, too?
italian breaded chicken strips.
Chicken stir fry. I'm so boring.
A tuna sandwich ;o.
Omelet and french toast. (:
For dinner I made baja citrus marinaded baked chicken, sweet potato fries and boiled some corn on the cob. Oh and there was sourdough bread. There's always room for sourdough bread.
half a jalapeno/cheese bagel.
pan-seared tuna steak with tomatoes and onions. yum.
peanut butter wiff strawberry jelly :D! haha
A sandwich. ^_^
Vermicelli style noodles, spicy pasta sauce and meatballs. Also, garlic bread. I'm full, but really wanting something sweet now. We have root beer and vanilla ice cream. Hmmm.
I'm making cinnamon rolls!
I have the easiest cake ever baking in the oven.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Quinoa-with-Black-Beans-and-Cilantro-243392 quinoa dish. And soon I'm going to bake some tofu for lunch tomorrow.
pink and green confetti cupcakes with purple and yellow frosting.
I made delicious sirloin steak with onions and tomatoes, with a garlic butter sauce, TONS of garlic of course.
i made something like this
Amish friendship bread :]
enchiladas
^Yum!
Prosciutto tortellini with tomato sauce and spinach with onions, garlic, and tomatoes.
shin cup
cupcakes (;! the usuallll.
A pasta dish for dinner and double chocolate cupcakes for dessert.
rice.
Hot chocolate !
just got done making some pancakes and hashbrowns.
grilled some pork chops, boiled some corn on the cob, baked some pineapple au gratin, and cherry dump.
I made, like, the healthiest improved pumpkin bars. And put walnuts and almonds on top.
I was gonna reply to a post and say that sounds delicious but I kept reading and everything sounds AMAZING!
dorito..
AHH fuk dat.. i steel sum dude bag dorito chipp wen moi attt wurk...
LOL I was going to ask if you actually made the Dorito. :p
Muffins. There's cinnamon and sugar on top. 73 calories a pop!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxty with a mushroom cream sauce, and I will soon be making cupcakes.
pb&j. God I wish I had a stove.
mushroom risotto for dinner. soooo good.
cheeseburgers. i wish i had some gorgonzola to put in the middle of them.
i made cheeseburgers last night. they were yummy.
i'm about to go make some chicken nuggets.
deep dish pizza tehehe
A sammich with the potato wedges from KFC, and some other things.
Vegan grapefruit-y cupcakes (I put some grapefruit zest in the batter) with a lemon glacé icing.
^mmmm, sounds fancy.
i made some tomato, basil, garlic chicken for my drummer, his roomate, and their friend.
^ They're pretty good, but I maybe used a pinch too much zest. There's a bit of a bite left behind.
^just curious, what makes them vegan cupcakes?
^ No eggs or dairy. I used regular granulated white sugar though, as opposed to raw or natural sugar (which I'd use normally, except there's not much left) so the veganness of my cupcakes is relative (a lot of white sugars have been whitened with bone char, made from animal bones, so technically not vegan).
I made Crepes for the first time, they were just normalhttp://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Dessert-Crepes/Detail.aspxThey were very easy to make and were super yummy. I also made a http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pastry-Cream-2/Detail.aspxto put in the crepes everyone in my family loved them!
Cheesecake. Sadly, my brothers ate it before I got in a picture :(
Vegan snickerdoodles.
I was gonna make bannana muffins tonight but my mom said no cause we are showing the house tomorrow and she didnt want a mess.
an apple and almond clafouti for my school's international dinner.
^i don't know what that is but it sounds good.
i made gorgonzola burgers with chipotle mayo (yes i'm very pleased with myself).
chicken cordon blue, rice, and chocolate mouse. And a mushroom sauce. I had to supervise a french restaurant at my school on Friday.
chicken fried chicken w/ gravy, steamed spinach, and mashed potatoes.
soy "chik fil a" sandwich w/cheddar cheese
i made some very colorful cupcakes tonight.
(Vegan) Ginger snaps
Ham & Cheese omelet.
Either a fried egg and cheese sandwich or black beans and quinoa. I haven't decided how much effort I feel like exerting.
three pieces of grilled chicken
tofu stir-fry.
Coconut cupcakes (my mom's Mother's Day present)
Baked Mahi-mahi with garlic hollandaise sauce, herb potatoes,cheddar cheese biscuits and a salad.
spaghetti.
Vegetarian, but I love vegan baking.
Spaghetti with sauteed mushroom and endive, homemade tofu basil ricotta, and pesto.
hamburgers.
i just just just finished making whole wheat pancakes with apples
grilled pork chops, brocoli with cheese, and garlic buttery rice.
I made some applesauce (and sliced one of my fingers in the process )
haha shake n bake and twice baked potatoes
One of the easiest things in the world to make: Banana Bread
i think it was called texas ranch chicken. it was sooooooooo good.
Coconut rice. It was good.
Spaghetti and meatballs. Secret's in the sauce.
Scrambled tofu.
^^ i had some scrambled tofu for dinner. :)
i've got a zucchini/carrot bread baking in the oven as i speak...err...type. my first attempt at vegan baking.
I LOVE vegan baking. Hope it turned out good!
Yeah, replacing eggs is tricky. When I baked snicker doodles once, I used... I think it's baking soda, oil, and water, not sure of the proportions. They came out okay. Apparently, in cakes, you can use blended silken tofu, which I want to try next.
Next time you make your zucchini/carrot bread, try sifting the flour, and if that doesn't help its dense-ness, add a 1/2 tsp. of baking powder.
I was a vegetarian for 8 (almost 9) years, vegan for 4 of those years. I used to use tofu as an egg replacer, depending on what I was preparing. Now a days there are all sorts of things you can do.
This is a good egg replacer:
http://www.ener-g.com/store/detail.aspx?section=8&cat=8&id=97
Then there's the classic:
1 egg = 2 Tbsp. water + 1 Tbsp. oil + 2 tsp. baking powder
Sometimes I'd use random things, like applesauce or bananas as thickening agents. Bananas work well with things like french toast, since it makes things sort of stick together, like an egg would. Applesauce works fairly well in baked goods, such as brownies.
On an entirely different note, last thing I made/prepared was bbq ribs, mashed potatoes, corn (they had a great deal for fresh corn on the cob at Kroger) and cheesecake.
I'm wary of using fruit as binders though, because wouldn't it taste like it? Well, I know it would taste like banana, but what about applesauce?
Depends. In the example of french toast, bananas work. If it were something else, might not. Sometimes you have to be creative and think about what foods would work together and what wouldn't work together. Also, some fruits taste entirely different when they are cooked. That's where experimentation comes in. I've never tasted applesauce in brownies.
Tofu is good because it typically will take on the flavor of other more potent ingredients. I just didn't find it to work too well as a "binder."
Edit: Right now (5:30PMish), grilling steak, fresh corn on the cob and baking potatoes. I wish I had one of those large glass containers to make sun tea in. They're so cheap, I just need to go out and get one.
^^by the way [i suppose i'm taking this completely of topic]
but i just discovered that white suger isn't vegan [or vegetarian for that matter] as bone char is used in the bleaching process. so basically, no more packaged candy for me [not that i really eat it] xD
i just had tofu, rice and carrots. quite yummy.
Yeah, sugar's an iffy thing. I think for the most part that sugar producers have stopped using bone char -- I think I read that a little bit ago -- but I'm not sure. But I try to stick to organic sugar and demerara sugar for the most part.
Well, most sugar is going to be refined (processed) in some way, cuz, you know, that's how they get the little crystals.
Carrot cake. No photo :( but it was gooood.
last night i made baked tofu with braised baby bok choy
^ That sounds good.
my boyfriend and i are baking vegan chocolate chip cookies right now. two more minutes until i have to take them out of the oven. it should be interesting... it's our own recipe.
i love cooking. i should have gone to college for that. i think i may have missed one of my callings.
edit//
they turned out beautifully!
i need to post a picture... [and maybe a recipe? ]
why do you f*ck up the exposure on every picture you post? i mean i dont blame you, hides fat
i just made a loaf of bread so my boyfriend doesn`t starve while i`m in montreal for the next week.
A Nutella sandwich for lunch tomorrow !
I made vegan ginger cookies (http://theppk.com recipe)
I made some burgers on the grill :D
BBQ tempeh. Oh my god, I'm so full.
I have no pictures :( but it was a beautiful homemade pizza. Well, I made the dough from a box, haha.
Got coconut rice cooking now, for tomorrow evening. Building up the patience to make ginger cookies.
roast.
brownies.
Pancakes at 10:30pm. Yessssss.
(Excuse the crappy photo and ugly countertop)
Jam roll thing (I don't know the technical name), my dad loves them & I don't care for them at all.
http://theppk.com/blog/2009/04/18/chesapeake-tempeh-cakes/ (reminiscent of crab cakes but without the crab) and green beans with roasted shallots and toasted walnuts. It was GOOD.
Bread! Was surprisingly easy and very tasty!
Noodlez with Parmesan sprinkled on top :D
just made a lovely carrot cake with a vegan cream cheese frosting.
My sister & I just made some spaghetti :3
i made a oreo ice cream pie from scratch :]
My sister & I made tacos for lunch :D ! I just made some brownies, they should be done in about 5 minutes.
a martha stewart stromboli recipe. it was so good and it was easy.
i made a cheesecake the other day
steak, i think.
about to go make some fresh squeezed lemonade right now.
spicy SHIN noodles
Cranberry muffins with streusel topping.
I just got back from making tamales with my grandma. f*ck I hate making those things. Pain in the ass.
Cake, I think. I made two from scratch for my grandma's birthday last week.
Pumpkin Waffles.
a sandwich.
Strawberry cheesecake... and I put a layer of chocolate over the graham cracker crust before I poured the filling in.
ravioli and pesto.
pics ya'll
Grilled some burgers. Summer weather is leaving :(
i WAS going to make a cake.
Stupid oven has been on sabbath mode for about 3 weeks now
It has completely locked itself and wont let us use it.
Damn power surge
Calzones.
Made apples unhealthy.
My 1 year old. She will be 2yrs October 13
Just made some double chocolate chip cookies with pecans in them
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ellie-krieger/triple-chocolate-cookies-recipe/index.html
I got a little weirded out when making them b/c cookies I usually make from scratch don't turn out well, but these ones came out pretty good
I opened a can of olives and ate them for a midnight snack.. that is the extent of my "cooking"
oreo ice cream cake, everything from scratch :]
some spiced rubbed turkey breast with roasted carrots, steamed asparagus and cucumbers.
steak with orange marmalade and garlic marinade
pumpkin scones