What Did You Eat And Drink Last?

[LuckiLee]

A big bowl of chili with cheese, onion and sour cream, buttery croissants and beer.

 

[Friday]

An entire box of stouffer’s chicken stuffing.

Over the course of the day, but still. That’s like 600 kcal. Of stuffing.

Every once in a while? I go on a stuffing-binge. Usually more around thanksgiving, when it’s all made from scratch, with extras. But the box thing? Does happen.

 

[LuckiLee]

Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, pan gravy, carrots with a little brown sugar and pepper. Milk.

I made the roast in my cast iron skillet. First time I ever did that. It came out perfect. Stuffed it with onion, garlic and herbs. Cooked at 425F for 90-ish minutes.

J and I picked up a set of different size cast iron skillets and a dutch oven at a flea market during summer and I love them. Anyone have a favorite recipe using cast iron? Just curious.

 

[8888]

Pad Thai and lemonade

 

[Friday]

Anyone have a favorite recipe using cast iron? Just curious.

AVOID LENTILS.

Unless someone is bleeding. If so? Then lentils in cast iron is pure beauty. They turn squid ink black, as they leech iron from the pot. And taste either ungodly/bliss, depending on how iron starved someone is. Blood loss & bruising, lentils+cast iron is utter perfection. Anyone with a care as to how food tastes? Recoils. One of those wacky things. I use cast iron in about 98% of my cooking. The other 2% involve either a helluva lotta scrubbing with rock salt, or lentils. Seeeeeeriosly. There’s a bizarre chemical reaction with lentils and cast iron. I’m al,ost certain it’s what the visitors to Sparta called “black soup”. Amaaaaaazing on cuts/bruises. Can’t get enough of it. I make it once a month when I’m anemic, and adore it. But the rest of the time? Soooooo gross. Vomit gross, unless you’re bleeding/ bruised / anemic.

 

[Teasel]

Couple of nice cheese n nice crackers -
Payson Breton - garlic cream cheese with karg chedday n sunflower seed cracker
Cambozola - Italian soft creamy blue cheese with French toasts (the tiny crisp crackers, not eggy bread)
Coffee

 

[Teasel]

Apple crumble
Single cream
Cuppa earl grey

 

[Freddyt]

Anyone have a favorite recipe using cast iron?

I guess it's a yes? Large pieces of beef, like roasts, if you have more than one pan (or a pan and dutch oven....) get 'em smoking hot, then sear each side, moving the roast back and forth as you turn it. Once seared on all sides it will be fall apart juicy once cooked.

Chicken spring rolls, whatever veggies were in the fridge stir fry (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, onions, snap peas, onion) rice.

Calorie counting time too... A couple times a year I use the free MyFitnessPal (super simple, reads bar codes, has almost every restaurant food in it too) app to enter what I eat and check I'm eating close to the right amount. Saw my endocrinologist and seems I'm losing weight (without trying) so thought I would check.

 

[Dark.Green.Feathers]

I had this stuck in my head all day. I was not going to be satisfied until I ate it. I did a shallot and whole cherry tomatoes cooked down and caramelized, then heated the beans with. Spooned on toast and topped with fresh thyme and shaved parmesan. Divine.

Had my own version of this again. It’s so delicious.

Hibiscus tea

 

[Freddyt]

A&W Mozza burger, onion rings and root beer......

 

[whiteraven]

Leftover pizza.

 

[Teasel]

Fancy parmesan n chilli tiny little biscuits w garlic cream cheese
Fish pie & peas
Cuppa tea