Which Cooking Are You?

[VPI]

Exploding potato grenades?

[Grahame]

Smashed potatoes?

[Voltron]

But what did TICE smash them with?

[morphsci]

Well, I know it was not The Tice, since the pieces are still large enough to photograph.

[Dusty Chalk]

What is black garlic?

[Dusty Chalk]

Steaming the cauliflower seems to work best. Then either mash with butter to taste or purée in food processor if you want a smoother consistency. I also like to grate raw cauliflower and use it like rice in stir fries or chop into thin slices, toss with olive oil and roast on a baking sheet. Latter is my French fry replacement.

Damn, several good ideas right in that one post.

 

And I just bought cauliflower, with no specific plans for it.  And before I saw any of the cauliflower posts in this thread.

[Hopstretch]

Cruciferendipity!

[shellylh]

I never thought about substituting Cauliflower for Rice, that is a great idea.

[Seed Lady]

Whee - crazy good nu Head Case party food ........ "Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes" !

Just made these, very good.  Note, they bake fast and do not rise very much.

 

Who needs chocolate rabbits ...... go for chocolate bacon

(hah - who says wimmen's magazines are useless)

 

link:  http://files.blallkyseibert.com/random/Choco_Bacons.jpg

[Grahame]

Approved!

[Seed Lady]

Grahame -- I thought of you  !!

 

They are so you.  Debating how small to crumble bacon. In mine, you could taste chunks.

About the size of chocolate chips, but chewy texture was odd.  I think smaller chunks better.

[Grahame]

Or Crispier!

[shellylh]

Split peas cooked with bacon, onion, carrots, garlic, rosemary, bay leaf, and chicken broth.  

[Absorbine_Sr]

Split peas cooked with bacon, onion, carrots, garlic, rosemary, bay leaf, and chicken broth.  

 

As a huge split pea soup fan, that sounds very good. Recipe?

[shellylh]

As a huge split pea soup fan, that sounds very good. Recipe?

 

I took this recipe and changed it a bit to make it less of a soup and more like a dish with lentils. 

 

3 cups of low sodium chicken broth instead of 4-14oz 

5 slices of bacon because that is how much I had in the fridge

green onion instead of leeks since I didn't have leeks

an extra 3 garlic cloves

1 sprig of rosemary (probably more than they called for)

I topped it with feta

 

I only let it simmer for 30-35 minutes (I just tested it for doneness, still a bit firm but cooked).   

 

I probably should have added some celery but got lazy.  I forgot how much I love split peas. 

 

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Split-Pea-Soup-with-Bacon-and-Rosemary-103872

Edited April 16, 2014 by shellylh

[Absorbine_Sr]

Love the improvising and personalizing. We will try our own version of this.

[Dusty Chalk]

Cruciferendipity!

Threw an entire bag of cauliflower in my current batch of chilli.  This is better filler than my oatmeal or couscous or pretty much anything else I've yet tried.   Cut it down to "rice" size (or "meat crumble" size), and after cooking for an hour, it has the perfect consistency of hamburger helper type stuff, without being so crunchy as to be "nuts", and without the starchy coating.  I'll def be doing this again.

[Emooze]

Lemon, lime, sugar, lemongrass, citric acid and cinchona bark in water. Making tonic syrup.

[grawk]

crawfish étouffée

[grawk]

[shellylh]

Looks good except for the crawfish.

[grawk]

That's the good part

[grawk]

Chile Colorado

Chicken soup

[agile_one]

Fax is ON, Dan.

 

1 qt of each, if you please.  Both look wonderful.

[mikeymad]

Baked my own crackers based on own wild yeast starter..

 

worked out really well.. (different styles - cheese - salt - pepper - sesame seeds)