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I made Carbonara Pizza earlier this week. It's extra good because the leftovers taste great after sitting overnight in the fridge and gives just as good of a lunch the next day as dinner the night before.
I'm roasting some soy sauce(uh oh) drumsticks rn, probably make some fried rice with vegetables to go with em
 
Made a grilled cheese on sourdough with swiss, cheddar, and gouda topped with caramalized onions and thin slices of apple. Served it along with a tomato bisque I made with leftover tomatoes.

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I made sushi(maki).
For a first attempt they were really good.
I attempted to make sushi without nori(seaweed), but they couldn't stick together properly.
Today was also my first attempt at deep fried food, which was a success.(sweet potato fries)
 
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Anyone here have an easy orange chicken, or chicken in general, recipe for a somewhat beginner at cooking? Bought some chicken thighs from a butcher and want to make something for the week.
 
Anyone here have an easy orange chicken, or chicken in general, recipe for a somewhat beginner at cooking? Bought some chicken thighs from a butcher and want to make something for the week.
I do my thighs like this
Gently rinse them
Put them in a baking pan skin down
Season bottom side, paprika, tumeric, salt, sage, parsley, rosemary, thyme.
Flip them skinside up, pull the skin back, season with all that shit except salt, put a half teaspoon or so of jarred minced garlic on it, put the skin back in position, salt on top of the skin, maybe a bit more paprika and tumeric
Oven at 375, in for 30min, flip them, then another 15, then up to 400 and flip them skin up again for another 15.
 
I do my thighs like this
Gently rinse them
Put them in a baking pan skin down
Season bottom side, paprika, tumeric, salt, sage, parsley, rosemary, thyme.
Flip them skinside up, pull the skin back, season with all that shit except salt, put a half teaspoon or so of jarred minced garlic on it, put the skin back in position, salt on top of the skin, maybe a bit more paprika and tumeric
Oven at 375, in for 30min, flip them, then another 15, then up to 400 and flip them skin up again for another 15.
That sounds like a delicious recipe which I cannot wait to try out tomorrow! Ty for the suggestion!
 
I did a test run of a new brownie recipe today. One of my friends is gluten intolerent, and not the made-up kind, he genuinely gets very sick if he eats gluten.
Last year I brought him gluten-free peanut butter cookies on his birthday party (an Alton Brown recipe that were the best fucking PB cookies I've ever eaten) so this year I wanted to do something different.

I found a paleo brownie recipe that didn't look awful:
Very gooey and chocolaty, just how I like em! There's no leaveners so they're pretty flat, you could probably add baking powder and make them more substantial. The coconut sugar isn't weird at all, you don't really notice any coconut flavor. The recipe notes that granulated sugar is fine but makes them sweeter. I don't always want a super sweet brownie, so these were perfect.
 
Made a chilli-less Maafe (African peanut stew) with beef. Quite nice over rice, easy to make and strong ginger flavour. Reused the excess sauce a week later in noodles with pork like Dan-Dan noodles.
 
Lazy meal, but it's filling.

Chop up chicken breast in small pieces toss it in a skillet, add some soy sauce glaze with garlic power and a little chili powder.

Cook 1 cup of rice, once its done combine the two and have a lazy meal. If you want to be a little healither slice up some celery, bell pepper, and carrots into a little salad.
 
I made a "primavera" casserole that snuck in veggies that the wife won't eat, because bitch doesn't eat her veggies.

It's got chicken, cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, mushrooms, onions, garlic. Heavy cream, m.ilk, and two kinds of cheese as the sauce base helps hide the 90% veg ratio.

Tastes like broccoli and cheese on steroids; We'll see if she notices the mushrooms.
 
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