The Chefs Kitchen

[HotChef1970]

this is what i am cooking today... Honey Teriyaki Burger with potateo wedges

Making me feel hungry now, especially as it’s lunchtime

 

[OxfordJack]

we have a few cook books...about a dozen. Mainly Mary Berry, Nigella and Delia

My main dish is a paella I prepare from scratch...takes about an hour and a half - delicious!

I also scramble a mean egg!

 

[HotChef1970]

we have a few cook books...about a dozen. Mainly Mary Berry, Nigella and Delia

My main dish is a paella I prepare from scratch...takes about an hour and a half - delicious!

I also scramble a mean egg!

Damn even a ladies man with your cookbooks!

I make a very good risotto
Yes that’s pronounced like this https://youtu.be/8EChH1PGXaI

Doesn’t take as long as the paella

 

[HotChef1970]

I think I need more vegetable based suggestion, cause I need to find ways of enjoying those more. I have recently learned about heating up balsamic vinegar to make a glaze. That along with 1 date and slivered almonds has made me enjoy brussel sprouts for the first time ever. So I guess learning to make tasty vegetables is higher on my list of wants. Those kinds of recipes would be leftovers in the fridge for the next day types. Freezer meals would be more like the soups that I can get many servings from, but don't necessarily want to eat 5 days in a row. I like the idea of being able to just grab a bottle from the freezer when putting together my lunch for work the night before.

For healthy vegetable or vegetarian recipes that are tasty & modern you can’t go wrong with following some of these
https://ottolenghi.co.uk/recipes/vegetable-and-vegetarian

Modern North African European food

I will find some more for you

 

[Huff76]

I'm with Tom, not much of one for cooking. I wish I enjoyed it more, people who do make it look so easy!

How do you deal with the hours?
One of my brothers is a trained chef, but after about 15 years he gave it up because he basically had no social life. His was a small hotel in a small village though, so it wasn't like he had loads of colleagues with the same hours to hang with, or places that opened late

 

[HotChef1970]

I'm with Tom, not much of one for cooking. I wish I enjoyed it more, people who do make it look so easy!

How do you deal with the hours?
One of my brothers is a trained chef, but after about 15 years he gave it up because he basically had no social life. His was a small hotel in a small village though, so it wasn't like he had loads of colleagues with the same hours to hang with, or places that opened late

It can be quite enjoyable, fortunately I got out of restaurants and hotels around 15-20 years ago and now spend my time developing new products in the food manufacturing industry which is even more challenging because your products have to satisfy the masses and products have to last for more than the 5 minutes from kitchen to table..

Yeah in those circumstances the social life is either crazy late or really shit I don’t miss those hours

 

[Huff76]

It can be quite enjoyable, fortunately I got out of restaurants and hotels around 15-20 years ago and now spend my time developing new products in the food manufacturing industry which is even more challenging because your products have to satisfy the masses and products have to last for more than the 5 minutes from kitchen to table..

Oh, that sounds really interesting! Is there anything you've developed I would know about?

 

[HotChef1970]

Oh, that sounds really interesting! Is there anything you've developed I would know about?

Possibly yes

 

[AveryElle]

I agree with the whole online recipe thing, so long as you can remember where you found the recipe next time you are looking
I have books like that where I just have to buy it, the one I shared above is exactly that

I organize my online recipes on Pinterest and have private boards there for what I plan to cook or want to keep easily on hand to cook again. Makes it super easy.

 

[HotChef1970]

Oh, they look yummy. The French beans got my attention right away. Thank you

His books are pretty good to be honest, glad you like what you see and have some inspiration from it, glad to have been able to help

 

[HotChef1970]

I organize my online recipes on Pinterest and have private boards there for what I plan to cook or want to keep easily on hand to cook again. Makes it super easy.

Oh if only I could be so organised lol

 

[mstrulyscrumptious]

So many I haven't counted! Can one ever have too many?

For Christmas I received Paul Hollywood's Bread Cookbook. Looking forward to digging into it.

 

[HotChef1970]

So many I haven't counted! Can one ever have too many?

For Christmas I received Paul Hollywood's Bread Cookbook. Looking forward to digging into it.

Bread, ah now there’s a science on its own right


And no you can never have too many at all after all you never know when you’ll need a recipe or inspiration for something

 

[Little_Tease]

So you guys I thought I would post a few pics of my dinner I wrote about it was sooo yummy and easy I can really say if you like something like that you should try it...lol

Honig Teriyaki burger with sesame potatoes

 

[HotChef1970]

So you guys I thought I would post a few pics of my dinner I wrote about it was sooo yummy and easy I can really say if you like something like that you should try it...lol

Honig Teriyaki burger with sesame potatoes

Looking so good, where was my dinner invite?

 

[Little_Tease]

Looking so good, where was my dinner invite?

Oh no didn't you see it...

I sent it I promise....

 

[Chillygirl]

Lunch today was a roasted veggie quesadilla...mushroom, onion, bell peppers. So delicious. The last couple weeks I’ve had a lot of difficulty with meat so back to vegetarian/vegan eating 80% of the time!

 

[Anastasia1999]

Hello. Nice thread idea and nice to meet you Hotchef.

I have several cook books but rarely use them.

We had goose for New Years Eve dinner this year.

It was delicious!!!

 

[MarriedMumbaiMom]

Nothing spicy here!

 

[HotChef1970]

Lunch today was a roasted veggie quesadilla...mushroom, onion, bell peppers. So delicious. The last couple weeks I’ve had a lot of difficulty with meat so back to vegetarian/vegan eating 80% of the time!

Thanks for popping your head in to share, the quesadilla sounds great, for me it would have been missing something- meat but I can totally understand why a veggie one works for you. Happy to give you some veggie or vegan inspiration if you need it? The link I posted for Desiree might be worth you looking at too

 

[HotChef1970]

Hello. Nice thread idea and nice to meet you Hotchef.

I have several cook books but rarely use them.

We had goose for New Years Eve dinner this year.

It was delicious!!!

Nice to meet you too Anastasia, glad you popped by to say hi & contribute, I’ll be honest with you I have lots of cookbooks and I also rarely use them, pretty bad huh. I have them more for inspiration than for the actual recipes.

That goose looks amazing though, I hope it tasted good?

 

[HotChef1970]

I’ve been quite overwhelmed so far by the number of people who have responded to this thread, when I started it a couple of days ago I was really unsure and thought it would “die on its arse” as we would say over here.

Thank you all so far for your contributions and kind comments, I promise to add another subject later and post some more pictures - I have a lamb roast going in the oven later today.

I thought I’d leave you with a snapshot just to prove I really do have that many food related books on my shelves, and this isn’t all of them https://imgur.com/a/OrrEFjm

 

[JennyNo1]

Well, this sounds like a fun thread! Good idea. And as I'm going back to a healthy eating diet after the debauchery of the holidays, I look forward to maybe getting new ideas.

I have maybe 10-15 cookbooks, my favorites of which are the good old standard basic Better Homes and Gardens in the red-checkered binder, and a cookbook compiled by the ladies in my Grandmama's little Southern town back in the 20's. Some of my favorite recipes are in that.

Nowadays I use Pinterest for any new recipes, mostly. It's so easy to search for anything you want and to organize and find them later or delete the ones that don't work out.

 

[OxfordJack]

I’ve been quite overwhelmed so far by the number of people who have responded to this thread, when I started it a couple of days ago I was really unsure and thought it would “die on its arse” as we would say over here.

Thank you all so far for your contributions and kind comments, I promise to add another subject later and post some more pictures - I have a lamb roast going in the oven later today.

I thought I’d leave you with a snapshot just to prove I really do have that many food related books on my shelves, and this isn’t all of them https://imgur.com/a/OrrEFjm

Wow... that is one hell of a bookshelf!!

 

[HotChef1970]

Wow... that is one hell of a bookshelf!!

You’ve got to bear in mind that I’ve been a chef since I was 18 and I’m 50 now so that’s a long time to acquire books.
I’m now under instructions of 1 in1 out lol but I managed to sneak a new one in this week unnoticed