Nice dinner tonight. Made oven baked chicken breasts, sweet corn, and a cabbage salad (purple cabbage, cabbage, green onions, green apples, pecans and the dressing was a concoction of honey, red wine vinaigrette and some seasonings)

Some homemade lasagna with a mix of the last of the wine I used for the sauce, plus the last of the port:

First off, before anyone asks: no, I'm not Italian. I dig their culture, though...not just the food. So many of the greatest painters in history have been Italian. Am convinced there are reasons for that.

I made the sauce before grating the mozz, boiling the noodles, etc. No, I don't do sugo/ragú. But for over 15 years I've been making my own pasta sauce as a matter of principle. This rule may become unfeasible in a few months, however.

Made the sauce and the lasagna kinda quick, as I was under stress at the time.

If that's what you call "lazy", I would not want to see an example of what you consider being overworked.

Late-night rice.

Would've chopped up some veggies & stir-fried it all, but I don't have any & am too lazy right now.

...currently sipping a Coke (sugar free)....

Ordered a food processor a couple days ago, and I should be getting it today. Very excited, can't wait to experiment with it and see what it's got

I'm happy for ya! Be sure to post pics on here once you start making stuff with it.

Back at it again with an update on the food processor. I've used it twice now, and I think I'm just gonna go on ahead and declare it one of the coolest kitchen gadgets I've got. I've made smoothies with it so far

I didn't take a picture of the first smoothie, but for that one, I had used:

• Honey vanilla Greek yogurt
• Some pineapple juice straight from the jar
• Some ice to thicken it a bit
• Pomegranates
• Banana
• Strawberries
• Blueberries
• A few clusters of granola

Then, when it was all said and done, I sifted it for a smoother texture. Very delicious

For the second smoothie, I only used banana, pomegranate a pineapple spear, and a few crumbles of granola. This time, however, I used lemon flavored La Croix as my liquid base. I had read that you can use sparkling water in smoothies, and I was just really curious. Also very delicious with a subtle fizziness to it that I thought was just delightful. I took a picture of that one

Anyway, I think I'm becoming a smoothie fiend. Experimenting has been so much fun, and I'm incorporating healthier food options while doing it. It's a win-win

A coffee experiment seemingly gone wrong...the filter ripped & I had to use something else to catch the coffee grains. It worked out but I added a smidgen too much almond mik so the coffee was very warm instead of hot. I drank it quick.

Cool. What kind of food processor is it?...I've heard the Nutribullet isn't worth the price.

It's from this brand called Syvio. The original price is 40 bucks, but I only bought it for around 12 or so cuz of a gift card. Idk what the typical size of a food processor is, since this is the first and only one I've ever personally used, but it's a size that's worked for us so far

Happy belated Valentine's Day! Hope y'all don't mind me just kinda popping back in here for a moment to drop off this crepe cake recipe I found. I got a crepe maker as a late Christmas gift, and I wanted to use it a bit more often than I do now, so the cake seemed like a good thing to use it for (which it was, btw). I didn't make the crepe mix from scratch, so I can't attest to how good or bad that aspect of the recipe is. I used pancake mix and just tossed some shit in there to experiment:

• A couple eggs
• Milk instead of the instructed water
• Cinnamon
• Vanilla extract
• Cloves

Besides the milk and mix, I didn't measure anything. I took a risk, and it was fun. I did, however, make the frosting, and I did also use the measurements. Very easy and tasty. Not too sweet, which I appreciate

I do plan on making the cake again. Maybe sometime tomorrow. But this time, I'm gonna actually let the crepes cool before applying the frosting on it, cuz I didn't do that last time. And before anyone goes, "But JP, you're not supposed to put frosting on something while it's still hot!", just know that I'm aware...I just didn't exactly care on that particular day. It still tasted great, but man, was it funny looking! I'll let them cool off next time, and I'll even send a picture!

Frosting hasn't set yet, but here it is. Will top with strawberry slices once it's been chilled

Unedited, unretouched, all after midnight:

That's chicken & beef. The photos are slightly out of date--I ate everything on the plate. Yes, it was great...tasted excellent. I used a sauce.

I recently tried to bake a carrot cake for the second time! It's double-layered with cream cheese frosting and topped with strawberries and blueberries! Was very delicious.

Forgot to take photos, unfortunately, so just try to imagine it!  ✩°｡⋆⸜

Ooh topped with strawberries and blueberries?! I bet that was delicious! Yum.

Did a trial run of a French Silk Pie to celebrate a sibling on the cusp of graduating from school. Very easy, if a bit messy. It also taste pretty good, considering I don't like regular Oreoes. But this pie isn't for me, so my opinion on Oreoes doesn't matter that much in this case. My sibling likes it, and that's what matters

I wanted to top it with a sprinkle of cocoa powder, but I only found out a few moments ago that I haven't got any more. So it's a bit on the Plain Jane side in terms of presentation

Before the whipped cream (I just liked how it looked):

After whipped cream:

"Braised" short ribs with fennel & pickled grapes from the Onepot:

I had the most delicious burrata over the weekend, with a balsamic fig glaze. The glaze was so good that I immediately ordered a bottle afterwards.

I just got finished eating this here salad. It's so simple, and it is so good. The recipe includes a feta dressing. I didn't have fresh basil and chives on me, so I used the dried stuff. But I'm super into it. Please do give it a shot whenever you can

I have no personal picture, cuz I ate it all up. It wasn't as aesthetically pleasing, but the taste rocks, I assure you

Oh man, I made something similar back in 2020, just a tower of crepes layered with whipped cream mixed with blended forest berries, slices of bananas, strawberries, kiwis, and finally topped with honey.

It was so full of calories it I had to eat it over the course of several days because it was so filling. That shit gave my ass new stretchmarks.

I was scrolling through the entire thread last night on an empty stomach, man you guys make some FOOD. And man is this thread old, I was still in university when it started.

When I studied in England my roomies and I made a make-shift grill out of aluminium trays placed on a (the landlord was not happy) wooden chair. It was a piece of ghetto crap but it worked.

My favorite thing to make were chicken breasts marinated in olive oil, garlic, onions, and various spices I can't remember, all marinating in foil overnight then just put on the grill and serve right out in the foil.

It didn't get the smokey grill flavor like the steaks did but man it was delicious with the marinade and broth poured over rice.

We did this for like a week straight until we figured it was too expensive for our humble wallets and then it was back to ramen packets.

Man, the good ol days...

I'm new to the forums. Nice to meet you! I'm Faffy and I'm a hungry bastard.

I love a good strawberry salad. 🤤

Hello! Welcome Faffy. We’re all hungry here. That chicken sounds delicious. I love a good grilled chicken!

Hungry-scrolling again and oh man that reminds me of when we had a gas outage last Christmas and we had to rely on the fireplace for warmth and cooking for like almost a week. That was all sorts of fun and... not fun, cus it was cold as shit.

The best thing we made was a skillet with bacon strips, potatoes, corn on the cob, and tenderloins.

Good lord that was delicious. It really made up for the cold nights and almost getting carbon monoxide poisoning lmao

EDIT: oh boy I guess quoting a post doesn't include the pictures and you can't click on the quote to take you to the original post so this isn't doing much xD

Basically we were doing the same thing Cyberdevil did in 2021, cooking in a fireplace