What's your best dish?

I make a killer stirfry, but my signature dish is spaghetti:

onion
garlic
portabella
fake meat
^simmered in olive oil
juice of two tomaters
tomater sauce
basil
oregano
parsley
marjoram
black pepper
on thin spaghetti au dente

 

whoel baked salmon (with lots of lemon juice and lemon pepper) with rice and ginger stirfried veggies

 

That actually does sound good except for the fake meat...I'd add bacon, beef and proscuito.

I can make a few cool things, but almost all the time I just chuck some chicken, bell peppers, onions and spices and simmer it in coconut milk, add some fresh herbs, lime juice etc. and serve on rice.

 

I personally like my balsamic glazed chicken and my random shakshukah best.

People seem to like my sushi (which anyone can make, really), my italian herbs chicken, and my sweet barbecue corn and chicken over charcoal.

 

I'm coming to your house for dinner.

I forgot to mention i make fabulous toast, with vegemite and everything.

 

The best I can do is steam veggies and rice.
I hated my cooking classes coz I'd burn everything!
lol.
But I'd have to say that the meals I love is vegetarian pizza (cheese, mushroom and pineapple is my fav)
I cook my own meals every night as im the only vegetarian in my family good practice

 

Hmmm, I don't know, but my husband would say my pepperoni rolls, my individual Mexican pizzas, and probably my stroganoff.

 

I mage awesome veggie lasagna. Also, my chili is pretty damn good.

 

I make a damn fine étouffée.

I'm also gettin pretty good at key lime, coconut cream pie, and jerk chicken.

If I do say so myself... :H

 

I have the sudden craving for fresh baked carrot cake. Too bad I'm not much of a baker. My mom could always churn out the cookies cakes and pies, it's a mystery how I never got fat.

 

The ultimate BLTs, cornbread, Butternut squash ravioli w/portobello cream sauce, shrimp gumbo, veggie-stuffed baked Spanish Mackeral glazed with sun dried tomato, grilled/smoked salmon, and several veg. caviar/salsa/bean dips, low-country shrimp/crab boil, hot spinich dip, several types of po' boys, Adventurer (black bean cakes, fresh mixed greens, onions, and cheddar cheese, wrapped in a grilled flour tortilla with hot sauce/salsa on the side), beer battered chicken tenders, seasoned potato wedges, portobello burger, steak salad (I've never really been one for steak, but I can make it) and oysters rockefellar... I also have made hemp granola that's pretty good, but I prefer Trader Joe's. I also make a rather mean shrimp roll, but I'd like to learn other Sushi. I just find shrimp rolls funny... And I'm not even going to start on BBQ.

(I sound like a dang upscale TGI Friday's/Cheddars menu or something)

http://www.sammyts.com/

^ My favorite restaurant, right now... on Caroline (main) street in Fredericksburg, VA

http://www.cheddars.com/CHD/06/4walls.html

^ Cheddar's is probably the best chain restaurant I know of, and I got my Spinich dip idea from them, the adventurer came from Sammy's. I just got a job at Ruby Tuesday, but I think their stuff is pretty rank for what you pay. Olive Garden is alright.

http://www.lulusathomeport.com/main/index.php
Dips and things generally originate from either... crazy ideas I have or Lulu Buffett (Jimmy Buffett's sister)

And... this restaurant on Hatteras Island, NC. I'm a friend of the owner... actually, we met while trout fishing one day. He needed help landing and netting a citation and we were nearest to him. He invited us over for free food (he invites people to celebrate the end of tourist season, every Fall.... cooks up all the leftover food in the freezer and has an open bar) That's probably my favorite way of meeting people, though... while fishing/at concerts/festies. He used to pay this dude to go spearfishing for him, so that he'd have the freshest seafood on the island... I miss ol' hat.


Down Under Restaurant & Lounge $$
NC 12, Rodanthe
(252) 987-2277

This Australian-style restaurant is family friendly and offers wonderful views of the sound. Decorated with authentic Australian art and memorabilia, Down Under is one-of-a-kind on the Outer Banks. Lunch specialties include the Great Australian bite, similar to an Aussie burger, made with hamburger, a fried egg, grilled onions, cheese, and bacon. Spicy fish burgers, Vegemite sandwiches, and marinated chicken sandwiches are good authentic options, too. Kangaroo, a deli- cious meat that is very popular at Down Under, is imported from Australia for 'roo stew, 'roo burgers, and kangaroo curry. Try the stuffed jalapenos served with Down Under's famous sweet chile sauce. Dinner selections include Down Under shrimp stuffed with jalapeno peppers and cream cheese wrapped in bacon. Enjoy a side order of the foot-high onion rings and a Foster's lager or Cooper's Stout. Parents will appreciate the children's menu, and kids will appreciate the extraordinary decor. Everyone will enjoy the view. Down Under is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner from April through early September. The restaurant is wheelchair accessible. Large parties, rentals, catering, and reservations are always welcome.


Everything else just came from fishing for Mobjack Bay Seafood and going to various beach restaurants I've been to from the Chesapeake bay on down to the gulf coast of Florida. Uh.... I think TR's or TJ's.. I can't remember the name, but there's a restaurant/cafe in Clearwater, Florida that I based alot of stuff on, Crab's Claw Restaurant in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina...

I think learning to perfect the pecan pie would be in order, but they're so off the chart when it comes to eating healthy. Peach Cobbler... that's always nice too. I used to be big on diversifying breakfast, but I've just reverted to the american primivitism movement (eh, odd that I can associate john fahey, leo kottke, and music with cooking, but the music influences the cooking) on that one, though I just like granola and fiberous cereals, these days.

 

I've been told that the best thing I make is perogies from scratch ~ and this blue cheese chicken thing that I make sometimes...

 

Spaghetti sauce... I make a mean one.

 

This week's menu for me:

in no particular order:

Lemon marinated catfish.
Cajun catfish.
Italian chicken breast.
Balsamic glazed chicken breast.
Buffallo chicken strips.
Shrimp Stir-fry.

All served with veggies/ greens/ beans.

 

you want a PB&J, i'm your man


no really, i can make other things

 

coconut shrimp with homeade ginger tamari sauce, black sesame seared ahi tuna and I make an awesome whole salmon marinated in a dry white wine and cooked with leaks and provencial veggies.
I hate making boring things so I only really cook for special ocassaions or when I am rying to get to a guy's heart through his stomach. I love it when bf's tell me I am a better cook that their mom!

 

tonight since I am alone I am having strawberries, wine and soy chips...hah

 

Coconut shrimp is orgasmic.

 

Mmmm....

 

yay cooking.

My best would be a tie between homemade bread (especially rosemary and garlic foccacia - with a touch of chilli for spice lovers) and this pasta:
Four about 4 people -

Get a roasting dish, chuck in a few handfuls of kalamata or black chilean olives, two punnets/cans of cherry tomatoes, a block feta broken into about 6 chunks,chopped garlic gloves, a sprinkling of fresh pepper add a dash of olive oil, gently stir together and roast it all for about 20 mins or until the tomatoes have burst and kind of melted into the feta.

while that's roasting cook some penne until al dente and wash and tear up a couple of handfuls of basil leaves.

Then stir it all together and serve with crusty bread, green salad and yummy red wine.


sex on a plate....and it's easy too...