What's cooking? part 4

Oh that sounds awesome too.
I'm so stoked about all my beautiful turnips. Plus since they are all white I feel like I am in the world's best video game holding them.
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamemode/various/images/various30/various30_080312b-l.jpg

Ha! Yes!! Did they come with the greens? Why because chop them and saute and they are great!

They did come with greens! So did my weird funky radishes AND my beets. I AM GREENS QUEENs.

I almost bought another stalk of brussels sprouts today but then I remembered how long it took me to get through the last batch. what are your favorite brussels sprouts recipes?

parboil, halve, toss w/ oil, roast at 400 until they pop. Opt: toss with shaved parmesan and walnut bits when they come out of the oven.

I like to cut them in half and roast them with salt and oil. (ha xp)
Even more than that I like this recipe: Brussels Sprout Hash with Caramelized Shallots. Except when I am cutting up the b sprouts I get the weird sensation that I am chopping up rabbit brains. This may not be a universal property of the recipe though.
Love u b sprouts!!!

sauteed in duck or bacon fat with some pine nuts; maybe a little wine vinegar and mustard powder added + reduced at end

They are pretty good to shred into a slaw!

Oh man I want to eat that sprout hash myself right now it's so great.
I have made them the past 3x yrs for Thxgiving and I end up kind of inhaling them all because no one likes them as much as I LOVE them. I am b sprouts crazy.

How rude, Abbott!!!! Brains are awful and sprouts are deeeeeeeelicious!!!!

bunnicula have you ever been to sichuan

For an undead rabbit you sure have some mortality issues, bunnicula!

No, I'm a domestic rabbit.

I'm not THE Bunnicula, just a fan.

bunnicula do not go to sichuan! or this may happen to you

http://tinyurl.com/ctd7dmw

Fair enough. In spite of your mortality I hope you still carry the semi-occult vibe of The Celery Stalks at Midnight and maybe have a few hypnotic powers.

I've got some skeletons in my hutch. Mostly lettuce, though.

butternut squash gnocchi! with leeks sauteed in a combo of butter/smart balance and sage. i probably should have roasted the squash yesterday to make this easier today but damn, i feel accomplished now!

tortilla de patata
lentil soup a la lechera (this time with spicy paprika and tomato paste)
feelin gloomy but eating well!

Home from Atlanta with an obscene quantity of fancy groceries from the midtown Atlanta Farmers Market, HMart, Buford Hwy Farmers Mkt, Dekalb Farmers Mkt, and Patel Bros. The most perishable will get dealt with first, which probably means lamb stew and asparagus (not together).

did a vegetarian spread for dinner last nite, recovery from a carnivore weekend

brussels sprouts - halved & roasted w/olive oil shallots sea salt, veg stock to finish
butternut squash - cubed & roasted w/olive oil thyme
farro - first time for this, simmered in h2o until chewy (20 min) then mixed w/sauted onion, bell pepper, fresh tomato

Did a lot of stuff with foods that I brought home from Atlanta.
- Prepped and portioned lemongrass and galangal for freezing (tom kha gai all winter)
- Made straight habanero syrup and blackberry-habanero syrup (for chile margaritas)
- Made lamb stew
- Now understand what "half-sour pickles" are
- am about to dissect a Buddha's Hand
- the habanero and blackberry-habanero syrups took two chiles; now to figure out what to do with the other 30 or so

sauteed in duck or bacon fat with some pine nuts; maybe a little wine vinegar and mustard powder added + reduced at end

REMMMMYYYYY I don't even LIKE brussels sprouts and I want this! Think I will make it for everyone for Txgiving.

While I'm quite competent at following a recipe, I totally lack imagination when out comes to throwing things together. I'm gonna be home late tonight and I eras in a hurry this morning so I threw the following into the crock pot and fingers crossed it's edible:

1 diced onion
1 c pureed san marzano tomatoes
1 diced sweet potato
2 c cauli
3/4 c dried mung beans
8oz tempeh
Dashes of:
ground coriander
Garlic powder
Curry powder
Nutmeg
garam marsala
Turmeric
Chili flakes
Ground ginger

I basically raided the cupboards and threw in anything that sounded like it might remotely go together. Is this genius or disastrous? Should I just pick up thai food on the way home?

I hope it's good. It sounds completely horrible.

(sorry)

yeah i dunno about that...could be mushy -- but experimenting is what makes you more comfortable with experimenting!!
no salt? i am a salt maniac though.

1. forget recipes
2. learn ingredients
3. learn techniques

otm

:(

Oh yeah there is salt - that is a given, so I didn't write it. And I remembered I put a blob of fake beef stock in. guess it's take-out tonight.

i dunno, i worry about the texture and different cooking times for those various things
also possible lack of liquid?

Oh shit

I added a cup or two of veg broth and cup or two of water

i think experimenting with fewer ingredients is easier, if you are looking to experiment

I'm not concerned about texture bc I can just soupify it with my fancy new immersion blender

well then it will taste just fine, i bet!

i didn't mean to be negative earlier; i just don't like cauliflower very much. (sorry)

ahhhh buddha's hand looks like weird giger nightmare

I think this will be one of those dishes that is literally so bad I can't even eat it, but my husband will be all MMM SO TASTY

i think experimenting with fewer ingredients is easier, if you are looking to experiment

otm

Xp to ll - it's ok!! Tbh this thread is the single reason I'm 10x a better cook than I was a year ago, and more adventurous.

i have failed MANY times while experimenting, so you're not alone
to date i have made only one panang curry that was even remotely edible
most of them ended in takeout or spaghetti

this last convo has done a great job of making me want thai food.

my crock pot mess was totally edible! like, not amazing or special, just a tomato stew type thing, but def fine to eat, which is saying something bc i'm notoriously fussy. tbh i DID dump a pile of tater tots on top.

Anyone have a pecan pie recipe that isn't an overly sweet goopy atrocity?

xpost TATER TOTS! Oh man Mr. Quincie loves those so much, they are his favorite junk food by far.

Ok, so while that stew was pretty fine, I would like to see if I can do better - I still have about 1.5 c of the tomato puree, a couple cups of veg broth, kale, chard, potatoes, lentils, delicata squash, carrots, and a reasonable array of herbs and spices.

suggestions?

i would make a stew and put it over some arepas or eat with bread?

stovetop stew, not crock pot
maybe with some rosemary? rosemary and cumin? (don't knock it til you've tried it)

Nah it's gotta be crock pot - I need to be able to throw it together in the a.m. and have it ready by the time I get home

i guess in general i find crockpottery kinda mushy for vegetables -- good for chili or beans or slow roasting meats but vegetables don't take that long to cook, so when they are in there for a whole workday they become too mushy for me.

i made these cookies today and they were DELICIOUS

when i was pouring out maple syrup today, some very very weird stuff was in it - i thought it was dead leaves at first, but it was a putty coloured sort of slime, but also kind of dusty as well? goes without saying that i decided not to use it. any ideas what it is?