What Have You Cooked Recently?

[Big Al's Famous Pork]

My in-laws did something sweet for us so I baked them a round loaf of jalapeno and cheese bread. Unfortunately and unbeknownst to me, this also happened to be the first day of their new keto diet lmao so I made kimchi grilled cheeses tonight with a side of steamed yu choy with oyster sauce and garlic.

Ribs in the smoker tomorrow because they were like $4 per huge package this week, braised cabbage with slab bacon the next day, and pinto beans with smoked sausage and the other half of the slab bacon, with dirty rice on the side the next day. I portioned out the leftovers of Sunday's pasta dish with cream/tomato/lemon/parmesan/roma tomato for lunches for the first few days of this week, and I'll make a soup with vegetables, chicken thighs, and red curry for the other half of the week. We had two weddings to attend this month and had to purchase gifts for both alongside the usual costs of being in the party, so I've been doing cheaper meals than usual- everything mentioned above came out to about $60 for 2 adults and several children.

There are many "professional" methods to smoking ribs. Only one is needed. Smoke your ribs for four or five hours. Sauce. Wrap in foil until they reach 203 degrees.
All methods are lies unless you have juicy ribs at 203.
Also cabbage is vile.

 

[Triple Flutz]

There are many "professional" methods to smoking ribs. Only one is needed. Smoke your ribs for four or five hours. Sauce. Wrap in foil until they reach 203 degrees.
All methods are lies unless you have juicy ribs at 203.
Also cabbage is vile.

Thanks for the tips! I really appreciate it.
I like cabbage a lot, I've been known to core them out and eat the tip of the raw core as my special chef's treat so I think we'll have to disagree on that one. I absolutely abhor parsnips, though.

 

[Big Al's Famous Pork]

Thanks for the tips! I really appreciate it.
I like cabbage a lot, I've been known to core them out and eat the tip of the raw core as my special chef's treat so I think we'll have to disagree on that one. I absolutely abhor parsnips, though.

We will agree to disagree on cabbage.
But my smoking tips will not steer you wrong.

 

[Kosher Salt]

P.S this was like my second ever attempt trying to make rice and either I somehow magically did it or rice is really fucking simple to make, I never make rice because im afraid that I would make it into porridge lmao

A rice cooker is one of those annoying single-use gadgets that's 100% worth the cost and the extra space in your kitchen to have. Makes rice stupidly easy, just put in rice and water and push a button.

two pre-assembled pot roast kits on half-price "buy it today or we throw it out" clearance
quite nice but unremarkable as far as a pot roast goes, nothing unique but half-off makes it a good deal on cheap dead cow

Can't beat Aldi's half-off discounts. I just snagged a couple of family packs of boneless skinless chicken breasts to restock my freezer. $2.99/lb with a 50% discount is a nice way to beat the inflation. It's not like finding the old $0.99/lb sales, but it's close.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

rice cooker is one of those annoying single-use

Yeah I've got one of those hella cheap ones, like maybe six inches across. Couldn't have been more than twenty bucks
Had it for years, it's crazy handy, and when you store the leftover rice you can just chuck the inner thing in with the lid

 

[AbyssStarer]

I made borscht from a soup recipe book from Germany. Borscht tastes much better than I expected it to, I recommend it as a winter soup. We took out the carrots and put in broccoli and green beans, also used canned beets for the sake of saving money and time. Husband wanted to add a beef sausage, it worked out very well.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

I made borscht from a soup recipe book from Germany. Borscht tastes much better than I expected it to, I recommend it as a winter soup. We took out the carrots and put in broccoli and green beans, also used canned beets for the sake of saving money and time. Husband wanted to add a beef sausage, it worked out very well.
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I feel like I'd be well-served trying a jarred borscht or something okay-ish with some kielbasa to get an general idea about how I'd like to try really doing it
I suspect it would be sorta like red cabbage where I like it for about two dishes and then get tired of it quickly

 

[AbyssStarer]

I feel like I'd be well-served trying a jarred borscht or something okay-ish with some kielbasa to get an general idea about how I'd like to try really doing it
I suspect it would be sorta like red cabbage where I like it for about two dishes and then get tired of it quickly

The best thing about soup is that it is cheap as fuck to make and very simple. The biggest buy in is the apple cider vinegar. If you only eat it once or twice then you only eat it once or twice, no big deal.

 

[Bennytehsmeghead]

Ever heard of a film called "Spanglish"?
I'm not surprised you haven't, because it's a rare case of a film you want to EAT rather than watch (IYCMD).

Basically, in the film, Adam Sandler plays a chef. At one point, he's about relax, eating a sandwich consisting of Toasted Bread, Cheese, Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato and a fried Egg, only for the plot to interrupt before he can eat it.
I just had that sandwich as my supper.
I should've been full at that point, having had a Brownie with Coffee and a Baguette Sandwich prior in the morning, and those carried me through the day, but in the evening, I was feeling hungry, I had bought some medium eggs, I had other ingredients in the fridge, and I baked an artisanal White Loaf of bread, so I figured "What the Heck?".

 

[Takayuki Yagami]

So, someone got me a meatloaf pan instead of a breadpan for christmas.

USA PAN Meat Loaf Pan with Insert

USA PAN's Meat Loaf Pan is crafted from aluminized steel. Commercial grade, made in the USA quality. Our silicone based non-stick coating is made without PTFE & PFOA.

www.usapan.com

This is a decently larger by volume pan than what the recipes I use for bread prefer.

Anyone know it that’d do anything other than affect the shape and crust or if I should just do the math to scale the recipes up?

 

[AnOminous]

Turkey tacos. Literally just tacos but with turkey instead of beef.

 

[Super Guido]

Pizza with kalamata olives, walnuts, garlic powder, and salami. Would have been better without the salami tbh.

 

[RainwaterDrop]

Came home late from work yesterday, felt really tired so instead of ordering food (and dealing with the horseshit app drivers fucking up my orders, if I got them at all) I picked the safe option and bought a frozen pizza, some cheese and ham slices. The trick is oiling up the pan with olive oil and some seasonings (like Ragusea does for his pan pizzas, but lazier lol!), waiting for the pizza to thaw nicely, add some slices of cheese and ham and then cook on the lowest possible heat until the toppings have melted and the crust is simply crunchy, not burned. When I do this I usually pick up one half to eat for lunch and save the other for dinner later, but if you're particularly hungry you can have a steak while the pizza thaws lol!

 

[Ric Flair Woooo]

Made a rack of ribs in the oven. Would have smoked them but it was raining and didn't feel like it. Still used the 221 method. I do 321 for spare ribs and 221 for baby back. Came out tender and sticky. Gonna use the leftovers tonight for tacos.

 

[The Sea Witch]

curry-bbq pulled pork in the crockpot and roasted fingerling potatoes

 

[Syikeblade]

Made some Japanese curry with Cajun sausage, bell peppers and mushrooms. Family tried some and liked it so I'll make some for dinner next week.

 

[SenorCurditos]

Chorizo and garlic steamed clams with toasted Cuban bread, 5 lbs between the two of us.

 

[glow in the dark animals]

So many salami sandwiches. Probably like 50 in the past month.

 

[DatBepisTho]

My mom (who said I was handsome) died not too long ago, and I found myself making meatloaf and chili like every other week for my dad for a month there.

Mom's chili is your standard beef-tomato-bean with seasoning affair, but the woman's meatloaf was fucking extra.
In addition the the base ingredients she'd add red and green bell peppers, sliced black olives, sliced button mushrooms, and a chub of breakfast sausage. That's before you even get to mixing whatever sauce you want on top. Shit was legit.

 

[Triple Flutz]

As per my previous post, we ended up making spicy pinto beans with slab bacon and smoked sausage and still had leftovers but not enough for everyone, so we got a piece of flank steak that's marinating right now and I'm making chimichurri to go with it. Going to the store tomorrow to plan out this coming week's meals depending on what sales are going on, which is one of my favorite household duties!

But my smoking tips will not steer you wrong.

They turned out great, thanks a lot. I almost always fill up on vegetables but I had my fair share of the ribs this time around! We ended up using the leftovers to make nachos the next day and it was just as good.