Food convo thread #1

I'm starting a food convo thread for those of us here that like to cook and talk about our daily food.

So I'll start with my dinner tonight:

Roasted carrots:
9 large carrots, cut in half lenghwise, and then cut in diagonal pieces. Tossed with good olive oil, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Roasted in a single layer on a baking sheet at 400 degrees. Then tossed with fresh chopped parsley.

Drunken chicken:

Take a piece of thick ham, and dice it. Sprinkle it on the bottom of a 13x9 inch casserole dish. Place 5 or 6 boneless/skinless chicken breast halves on top, and season with salt and pepper. Then pour 1/2 cup dry white wine, and 1/2 cup drambuie on top. Bake in 350 oven for 30 minutes.

Then melt 3 tb butter over medium heat, and cook 2 packages sliced mushrooms for about 5 minutes. Then add 1 cup sour cream, and 1 can cream of mushroom soup. Pour over chicken, and bake for 30 more minutes. Serving with hot white rice.

And I also have a big keilbasa, chopped into 2 inch rounds and 1 box of dark brown sugar in the crock pot on high.

I've been making dinner for my father, mom, sister&boyfriend, and myself so I have to make a lot!

Right now I'm searching for tequila recipes besides margaritas. Including triple sec and lime juice. Anyone know of any good ones?

So from now on let's all talk about our cooking in this thread.

 

i just wish i could find a girl who couldnt cook but wanted to...so we could get high and cook together i think that would be preety cool

 

lol believe me, there are plenty of girls out there who can't cook! My sister being one of them. She can't even make a batch of box brownies without ruining them. The last batch she made, we had to use a screwdriver to get them out of the pan!

 

great thread idea! i cant cook for shit tho

 

My wife couldn't cook her way out of a paper bag with the gas stove lit already, lol. Anyways I think I am making Tuna Noodle Cassarole. if anyone is interested let me know and I'll post the recipie. =)

 

Post it anyway shaun. I don't think I've ever made that classic, or eaten it. lol But if your recipe is great I just might try it.

 

my mom said she'd give me $5 to make some honey tarts or honey cookies (forget what it was)...anyway anyone got a good recipe for these???

 

Ok so my Tuna Noodle Cassarole is really simple and easy...

Ingredients

1. 1 Family Size Pouch Star Kist Tuna (You can use the canned stuff I just prefer the pouch)
2. 1 Box Velteta Cheese (Other cheeses are acceptable, but dramatically alter taste and moisture)
3. 2 Cans Cambells Cream of Celery Soup
4. Milk
5. 16oz Bad of wide egg noodles

Directions

1. In large pot boil noodles until slightly tender (do not boil too long as they will become soggy) and set aside for the moment.
2. Place pan ban on stove, pour both cans of soup into the pan, and heat on medium. Add just under 1 cup milk.
3. Once heated, add in tuna and mix well.
4. Next add in noodles and again mix thoroughly.
5. Spread a layer of noodles & sauce (about half of what's in the pan) in baking dish, and place a layer of cheese ontop then repeat with remainder of noodles & sauce.
6. Cook at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted and serve.

There are many additions you can add in (i.e. veggies), but this is the basic recipie that my mom always, made.

 

Jadesmom and Shaun those sound great!

 

I tried making a thread like this months back, but it never caught on. hopefully this one will.

here are just some pictures. no time for discriptions now.

 

Tonight for dinner I made:

Cajun Chicken (Whole, 4lb): I just rubbed it with paprika, cayenne, chilli powder, ground black pepper, onion powder and garlic.
Then popped that sucker in a pan, tin foiled it, put it in the over for 1 hour at 350, removed the tinfoil and left it to bake for another 45 minutes, got all golden brown and fantastic.

Then I made garlic mashed potatoes, green beans and fresh, warm french bread.

I love when I have enough time to cook a proper meal. Wish I took pictures, It was sooo goood.

 

And speaking of food, right after I finished dinner the Red Cross called me inviting me to a blood drive on Thursday sponsered by one of my fav italian resteraunts and dunkin' donuts so I signed up immediately. Giving blood is the besssst! I hope they are giving out t-shirts, I have a small collection of blood drive t's. MmmmMmmMm doughnuts

 

shaun- that sounds really good and comforting. I'll have to try it sometime.

Jusdino4it- your bread looks delicious, and the other food looks great too! Glad you'll be able to help with keeping this food thread alive!!

Stella- sounds great! Also, I've never given blood before. I guess I've always been a little afraid. Especially since I hate doing it medically, and to just do it voluntarily would be awful. lol I know it makes you feel good though.

 

ok now im gonna pos alot good shit i like to cook when its apropriate.(from family cookbook)

so hear goes

choc chip cookies
1 cup soft marg
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cupwhite sugar
1 egg
add
2 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp B soda
1/2 bag choc chips
bake @350 for no less than 10 min, and no more than 12 min

no bake peanut butter fudge
2 cups white sugar
1/4 pound marg.
1/2 cup milk
^boil hard 1 1/2 min, turn off
add 3 cups oatmeal
1/2 cup coconut
3/4 cup peanut butter
pour into greased pan and freeze


bananna bread(the best)
6 over ripe banannas
2 eggs
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup melted butter
blend
then through a sifter
2 tsp B soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups flour.
makes 2 breads

zucchini bread
2 cups peeled shredded and firmly packed
1 cup oil
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinn
1 tsp B powder
1 tsp B soda
3 cups flour
bake @325 55 min
makes 2 breads

thats it for now, i just dont wanna type anymore.

 

Your no bake peanut butter fudge sound a lot like a no bake cookie i've always made. The only difference is I never put coconut in it, and I add a tsp of vanilla.

My famous peanut butter fudge recipe is easy, and delicious.

2 sticks butter
1 12 oz container of peanut butter (creamy or chunky)
1 lb confectioner's sugar

melt butter over low heat, stir in peanut butter until melted, and then turn off the heat, and stir in sugar until all of it is dissolved. Then you spread it into a 13x9, and chill.

I have to make it every single year for christmas, and I am so sick of it now, but I used to LOVE it.

 

hahaha i really wish i could cook. my dinner tonight was literally two sleeves of crackers...

 

your obsessed with food jadesmom

 

not food, good food. and get used to it. anyone who loves to cook, and is a fantastic cook is obsessed

 

ok