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Recipe Your simplest cooking tips, tricks or recipes

Discussion in 'Tilted Food' started by curiousbear, Oct 25, 2013.

  1. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member


    If you're lookin', you ain't cookin'.
     
  2. curiousbear

    curiousbear Terse & Bizarre

    Perhaps this will work for removing moisture from other veggies. I will have to try! Someone I never liked Tofu...
     
  3. loquitur

    loquitur Getting Tilted

    Brussels sprouts. They're amazing when cooked and you don't even have to do much to them. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray (olive oil cooking spray is best). Dump the sprouts on the sheet. Spray them. Then sprinkle salt, pepper, onion and garlic. Cover with foil, tightly. Bake at 350 for two to 2-1/2 hours. And that's it. I use them as snacks.
     
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  4. Charlatan

    Charlatan sous les pavés, la plage

    Location:
    Temasek
    Buying cheaper cuts of tough meat and braising them, low and slow, in a flavourful liquid.

    In many ways, it's a lot tastier than a steak.
     
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  5. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member


    Then you have probably never had it cooked correctly :)
    --- merged: Oct 30, 2013 at 7:13 PM ---

    I like to roast them and then hit them with parm or nutritional yeast right after they come out of the oven.

    Speaking of nutritional yeast: it's a wonderful alternative to parmesan in many applications, and because it stores well, it's easy to keep on hand at all times.
     
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  6. curiousbear

    curiousbear Terse & Bizarre

    I had never cooked it at home. Only eaten outside. My vietnamese coworker told me you have to buy the right one. Perhaps I have to figure it out. And also a proper recipe.
     
  7. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    There is a tofu company in Eugene called Surata Foods. Excellent tofu. I'd see if you could find it where you are.
     
  8. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    I've always thought that tofu was pretty much tasteless, that it would take on the flavor of the seasoning used when cooking it.

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    Any tips for reheating leftovers that were made with fresh mushrooms? I sometimes like to use fresh mushrroms as a protein substitute for meat. The downside is we tend to end up with leftovers, and reheated mushrooms are pretty yucky.
     
  9. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member


    It can be pretty tasteless, which makes it a great vehicle for Buffalo sauce ;)

    What kind of mushrooms are you using? White, cremini, Portobello?
     
  10. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I'll see your pieces of ice and raise you frozen wild blueberries. :D
     
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  11. Fremen

    Fremen Allright, who stole my mustache?

    Location:
    E. Texas
    Frozen fruit! My god, the possibilities!
    Thank you.


    /was blind, now I see
    //kicks the ice to the curb
     
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  12. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    The frozen wild blueberries work especially well because of their small individual size.
     
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  13. Charlatan

    Charlatan sous les pavés, la plage

    Location:
    Temasek
    I don't eat all that much cereal these days but when I did, frozen strawberries where my thing.
     
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  14. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    The 'standard' white mushrooms usually readily available at most gorcery stores.
     
  15. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member


    I haven't cooked with those in years, as I find the cremini (also known as baby Portobellos) maintain their texture better. They're a bit beefier.
     
  16. curiousbear

    curiousbear Terse & Bizarre

    We eat mushrooms a lot
    They are bit like tofu too
    I will check for tofu by surata I live near Portland too so must be able to find
     
  17. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Here they have it at Winco.
     
  18. Chris Noyb

    Chris Noyb Get in, buckle up, hang on, & be quiet.

    Location:
    Large City, TX
    We buy the plain janes because of $$ constraints. The grocery stores in our 'hood' aren't the greatest; a large Asian market recently opened near us, I need drop in.
     
  19. Lindy

    Lindy Moderator Staff Member

    Location:
    Nebraska
    I tried a variation on your peanut sauce, it was quick and easy, and it worked very well. I used molasses instead of sugar and added garlic and cumin. Was yummy served over baked chicken thighs. I only wish I had used the whole jar of peanut butter.:D
     
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  20. hamsterball

    hamsterball Seeking New Outlets

    When cooking pasta, always drain it 1-2 minutes short of al dente. Then put it back into the pot, add the sauce and let the pasta finish cooking gently in the sauce until done. This is also a good time to add grated cheese as well. Transfer to your serving bowl, then add any delicate herbs (like basil) if you're using them. The finished pasta will be awesome.