What's cookin', good lookin'? Part II

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I second the. Yes, we need tomato pictures please!

In Spain I was served fried eggs in tomato and onion/garlic sauce for merirndas, a middle of the afternoon snack. I love tomatoes and eggs together! Also, I put both chopped tomato and hard boiled egg in my macaroni salad, among other things (it's a super secret salad of some sort ). Yes, love them together. Is that weird?

 

[Lyricalli]

I second the. Yes, we need tomato pictures please!

In Spain I was served fried eggs in tomato and onion/garlic sauce for merirndas, a middle of the afternoon snack. I love tomatoes and eggs together! Also, I put both chopped tomato and hard boiled egg in my macaroni salad, among other things (it's a super secret salad of some sort ). Yes, love them together. Is that weird?

I will try to remember. July seems so far away right now, though I know in July, it'll feel like I blinked and the time has passed.

And, no, it's not weird, even if I don't care for hard boiled eggs.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Sweetemmygirl]

Today I am making meatloaf. Not exotic in the least, buy my daughter broke her ankle yesterday, is in a cast and requested meatloaf and mashed potatoes with broccoli. Comfort food for sure.

 

[midwestyankee]

Today I am making meatloaf. Not exotic in the least, buy my daughter broke her ankle yesterday, is in a cast and requested meatloaf and mashed potatoes with broccoli. Comfort food for sure.

Best reason ever for comfort food. I hope she recovers quickly.

Oddity of the week: I ate in a diner recently that does not even have meatloaf on the menu. I was stunned.

 

[Sweetemmygirl]

Best reason ever for comfort food. I hope she recovers quickly.

Oddity of the week: I ate in a diner recently that does not even have meatloaf on the menu. I was stunned.

Thank you. She just got the cast yesterday and she's frustrated already.
What kind of diner doesn't have meatloaf?

 

[IrisAlthea]

I second the. Yes, we need tomato pictures please!

In Spain I was served fried eggs in tomato and onion/garlic sauce for merirndas, a middle of the afternoon snack. I love tomatoes and eggs together! Also, I put both chopped tomato and hard boiled egg in my macaroni salad, among other things (it's a super secret salad of some sort ). Yes, love them together. Is that weird?

No, I love chopped hardboiled egg and chopped tomato on rye with chives!
And huevos rancheros!

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

No, I love chopped hardboiled egg and chopped tomato on rye with chives!
And huevos rancheros!

Oh yeah! Juevos rancheros! Nom nom nom!

For me today it's homemade chicken soup with squash, fresh corn off the cob, onions, chicken and cayenne. I'm also sipping fresh ginger lemon honey tea. Sore throat, get thee hence!

 

[IrisAlthea]

Oh yeah! Juevos rancheros! Nom nom nom!

For me today it's homemade chicken soup with squash, fresh corn off the cob, onions, chicken and cayenne. I'm also sipping fresh ginger lemon honey tea. Sore throat, get thee hence!

We have been out all day. Picnic food was grilled chicken breast a pasta salad with feta and haloumi and hummus.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I so want to love the idea of juevos rancheros, stupid red and yellow. I mean, I am sure if I were served it, I'd like it....I just cannot get past it to cook it for myself. But I love pepperonata, with red and yellow peppers

You need some immersion therapy.
If it works with spiders, it can work with food

Or perhaps just get some seriously tinted glasses

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I never made instant pudding before in my life. I mixed it up and then started talking to someone, then turned back to pour it into the serving bowl to chill it and it had already set in the mixing bowl Oops! I had no idea "instant" was truly short for instantaneous in this instance

 

[desertslave]

We are generally tapped out of energy here, so tonight is pizza. I'm always a trifle superstitious about operations and try to go for a "last meal" item. I admit it, pizza is very high on my list. Plus I wanted something filling since I'm not supposed to eat after midnight, and surgery isn't scheduled until 3:30 tomorrow afternoon.


Irrelevant side note: three times in this misadventure I've been warned not to get my splint and dressing wet. Every single time I've been on the verge of saying "and don't feed it after midnight" but was afraid of getting the wrong reaction (like confusion on their part or a 72-hour hold for me). Hopefully someone(s) here will appreciate my reference.

 

[Endless_Night]

We are generally tapped out of energy here, so tonight is pizza. I'm always a trifle superstitious about operations and try to go for a "last meal" item. I admit it, pizza is very high on my list. Plus I wanted something filling since I'm not supposed to eat after midnight, and surgery isn't scheduled until 3:30 tomorrow afternoon.


Irrelevant side note: three times in this misadventure I've been warned not to get my splint and dressing wet. Every single time I've been on the verge of saying "and don't feed it after midnight" but was afraid of getting the wrong reaction (like confusion on their part or a 72-hour hold for me). Hopefully someone(s) here will appreciate my reference.

Dear Lord! Are they insane? They expect you not to eat for nearly 24 hours?

And, LOL! I get the reference.

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In other news, I'm trying to get up the nerve to try and cook Cornish hens....

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[steelyblue73]

Nothing is cooking. A catered meal for tonight after the game...

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

Dear Lord! Are they insane? They expect you not to eat for nearly 24 hours?

And, LOL! I get the reference.

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In other news, I'm trying to get up the nerve to try and cook Cornish hens....

Cornish hens are easy!
I mean, you did a duck after all!

 

[Endless_Night]

Cornish hens are easy!
I mean, you did a duck after all!

True, I'm just always hesitant about cooking new foods. What I really need to start tackling is fish. We never had fish when I was growing up, except for the occasional fried catfish. Fish just seems...tricky.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Endless_Night]

I am a less confident fish cook too! I have some things I am super confining and other things I just hover with and hope.

Also.....if G is not at home I am not afraid to ask my fishmonger to bone things I feel unconfident with.

Honestly, I don't even know where to start. It just seems so...delicate, and easy to mess up. Plus, I'm never quite sure how the fish are different. Salmon and mackerel, I get of course (Sushi! ), but items like cod, turbot, trout....

*sigh*

It's just one of those never-seen-it-done things. I need to just jump, i suspect.

 

[La damnee elle la licorne]

 

[Collar_N_Cuffs]

I made New York Cheesecake Cookies. They are awesome, but a bit of a pain to make. Basically you are making a miniature cheesecake with a crumb base, but without the benefit of using a spring form, so it was a bit fiddly. Worth it, though

 

[MastersDelight]

Honestly, I don't even know where to start. It just seems so...delicate, and easy to mess up. Plus, I'm never quite sure how the fish are different. Salmon and mackerel, I get of course (Sushi! ), but items like cod, turbot, trout....

*sigh*

It's just one of those never-seen-it-done things. I need to just jump, i suspect.

My favorite and easy fish recipe. Tilapia with spinach, tomatoes, yellow squash and zucchini.

Defrost fish, preheat oven to 450. Chop baby spinach, halve cherry tomatoes, slice squash and zucchini. Toss all veggies with lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Spread veggies in foil lay fish on top, sprinkle fish with lemon pepper to taste. Close it all up into a little foil packet, folding the sides closed tightly. Bake in oven for 20-23 min. Open carefully, will be steam! Works well with really any veggie pairing you want but hard veggies like carrots will need to be pre cooked.

 

[MeekMe]

I think I found my new favorite cold tofu dish. Natto mixed with gochujang and doubanjiang with a bit of sesame oil and mentsuyu mixed in and served over the tofu block and topped with green onion and sesame seeds. So~ good.