Baked goods are allowed into the campgrounds; not the festival.
Baked goods are allowed into the campgrounds; not the festival.
Oooh. My coworker gave me two huge, ripe butter avocados from his yard yesterday, so I need to use them quickly. I may be making some guacamole too.
A very simple one tonight...Pork Loin Cutlets with brown rice and steamed broccoli
The pork loin cutlets from trader joes are awesome. they are only $4-5 for 6, and they cook super quick in the pan. I marinated them in some soyaki (teriyaki and soy) 10 mins and added some montreal steak seasoning. because they are thin, they cook through in about 4-5 mins total. the pork loins are also super low in fat, less than chicken. steamed the broccoli and made some basic brown rice. cheap, easy, and healthy.
preparation + cook time = 12 mins total
cost = appx. $8
serves = 2
I've been watching Food Network pretty much all morning. This new show called 'Chopped' is pretty interesting. In the vein of that show....
I'm going to tell the wife today that she can pick three ingredients, and I'll cook something I've never cooked before. I'll post the ingredients she picks and a picture of what I come up with later this evening.
I'd rate this dinner experiment a 7 out of 10. The jerk crust never formed real well when I grilled the steak, so the clove/allspice/cinnamon flavor didn't have that punch on the steak. The mashed sweet potatoes tasted good, but next time I'll use some heavy cream when making them.
The hit of the dish was definitely the relish. It'd be really good with fish I think. Here's the recipe:
half a cucumber, diced
1 mango, diced
1 green papaya, diced
5 green onions, diced
1 small red pepper, diced
2 tbs rice vinegar
2 tbs honey
2 tbs sugar
the juice of 2 limes
the juice of 1 sweet lemon
a few drops of rooster sauce
half a bunch of cilantro, chopped fine
combine the sugar, vinegar, honey, lime/lemon juice and rooster sauce, th whisk until combined. Add to the diced ingredients and cilantro. Toss & chill.
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I can make a mean Maruchan. This recipe is called Alchemy's Fiery Noodle:
1. 3 cups of water in small pan.
2. Put on stove until it boils.
3. Put in Maruchan Chicken Noodles for 3 minutes exactly.
4. Turn off stove after the 3 minutes.
5. Mix in Maruchan Chicken Flavoring.
6. Quickly pour in bowl.
7. Put a good amount of Louisiana Hot Sauce.
Drink Dr. Pepper or Coke/Pepsi in glass with ice while eating.
Well done, captn! Do you just do it to-taste, or is there a formula?
wow, this thread is going to be my new favorite.
How do you cook brown rice in 12 minutes? Does it turn out at all normal? It looks good in the pic. That would be so helpful.
Also that looks really good. I, historically, have not been a pork fan but I am being won over by eating it cooked/seasoned right.
I am actually considering making traditional style Carnitas next weekend. I haven't bit that bullet quite yet, though. I really wanna find out how it works so maybe!
I don't think I'm hosting a 2016 collaborative playlist.
^ great question about the rice, i was gonna mention something about it but forgot.
I LOVE brown rice, but hate cooking it. solution? trader joes has this brown rice thats already cooked and frozen. 3 bags per box. all natural, nothing added, just straight brown (or white) rice. It takes 3 minutes to cook in the microwave and comes out perfect. peep it, it makes your life so much easier.
Huh. I am skeptical that it would still turn out well... but then again cooking brown rice the standard way doesn't always turn out just right either so I think it's worth checking into. At least once I work through the tub of uncooked brown rice I have in my fridge.
Thanks.
I don't think I'm hosting a 2016 collaborative playlist.
dont be skeptical. i wouldnt lie about something as serious as brown rice, it comes out PERFECT every time. oh, and its really cheap too. each bag in the box is good for 2-3 servings. its really one of my favorite discoveries in the last 2 years...food wise.
on another note, my GF got me a full blown sushi kit for my bday and 2 sets of awesome japanese dish sets for sushi...were gonna get involved with the kit this week, so ill post some pics of the sushi we come up with.
I'm skeptical of most everything.
Also, mmmm, sushi.
I don't think I'm hosting a 2016 collaborative playlist.
yeahh, im really excited. i LOVE sushi, and have wanted to make some for a while now. i was definitely stoked on the kit, its really awesome.
definitely will keep that in mind, thanks for the heads up. there are tons of great seafood places around here, so im going to research tomorrow and see who has the best shit.
can you elaborate on the cutting? how would one fuck up the fish if you cut it incorrectly? what is the right way to do it?
Something about you have to make sure to cut against the 'grain' of the fish, and in one fluid motion. If you use more than 1 motion your edges won't be totally clean edges like you get in a sushi restaurant. I had a chunk of fatty tuna that I cut incorrectly and it just fell apart on me (plus it wasn't cold enough when I cut it which didn't help matters) so I ended up cubing it all up, spicing it and making spicy tuna rolls. Tastes just as good/if not better, but there's something about putting a slab of beautiful purple tuna on a little bed of rice.
Awesome, thanks for the insight guys (and gal)
I was thinking for my first experiment just going to the amazing sushi joint down the street from my house and asking the owner (who knows me by name) if i can just buy some straight from them for the first time...get some different types of fish already cut, then go from there...i'll report back.