On 24 Apr 2006 08:38:23 -0700, "Sheldon" wrote:


Umbrian wrote:
10. Risotto-- almost any kind without squid or other 8 legged
creatures.

Um, squid don't have legs, they have testicles, and squid have 10.

I can't help myself... rotlmao here! Is that what you call
'well-hung'????

"Bob Terwilliger" wrote in message
...
I note that these aren't the most FREQUENT things I cook, just my
FAVORITES.
And the list is only good for the way I feel right now. If you ask me
again
a week from now, at least five of them will probably be different. So
what
are YOUR top ten favorite meals?

1. Roast Chicken (so versatile!)
2. Barbecued Pork Ribs with the typical barbecue fixin's
3. Seared Scallops with Habañero-Mango Salsa
4. Pastitsio[*]
5. Beef Sukiyaki[*]
6. Singapore Chili Crab
7. Pho
8. Pork Braised in Milk[*]
9. Ma-La (Spicy & Numbing) Beef with Vegetables and Noodles
10. Vindaloo

[*] Will change when summer hits

These are also the dishes I make the most for any gatherings that include
more than my SO and I (and very frequently when others aren't around).

Pasta Bolognese I make the sauce in large batches and freeze. Its got more
tomato than an authentic Bolognese but the meats include, pancetta,
prosciutto, sausage and ground beef. It gets a good half bottle of wine,
about two cups home made brodo, 2 cups half & half or whole milk plus the
usual sweated vegetables and a long, long simmer.

Anything schnitzelly aka pounded, breaded and fried. These include veal,
chicken, skate served with browned butter, capers and lemon.

Tortellini/agnolotti (homemade) in brodo or served with Bolognese or Pesto

Tuna carpaccio/tartare

Braised lanb, veal or beef shanks with olivers, capers and gremolata

Mussels with spicy curry and coconut milk

A plum wine chicken dish with a dressing/sauce made from pickled ginger
juice and mustard from the China Moon Cookbook. It requires all these
infused oils and homemade pickled ginger and it's a pain to make all of the
components the first time but once you have them around it's a snap. I
make it as a salad in the heat of the summer but serve over steamed rice the
rest of the year.

Thomas Keller's herb and cheese (pate choux) gnocchi served simply with a
brown butter and lemon or white wine or fancied up with a variety of
vegetables and wild mushrooms. My pastry bag was a forgotten item until I
discovered these darlings.

Spanakopita

Rack of lamb.

Kate

On 23 Apr 2006 21:44:12 -0500, "Bob Terwilliger"
wrote:

I note that these aren't the most FREQUENT things I cook, just my FAVORITES.
And the list is only good for the way I feel right now. If you ask me again
a week from now, at least five of them will probably be different. So what
are YOUR top ten favorite meals?

1. Roast Chicken (so versatile!)
2. Barbecued Pork Ribs with the typical barbecue fixin's
3. Seared Scallops with Habañero-Mango Salsa
4. Pastitsio[*]
5. Beef Sukiyaki[*]
6. Singapore Chili Crab
7. Pho
8. Pork Braised in Milk[*]
9. Ma-La (Spicy & Numbing) Beef with Vegetables and Noodles
10. Vindaloo

[*] Will change when summer hits

Thinking about this question has made me realise just how limited my
repertoire has become since I got married. My husband doesn't know the
first thing about cooking and he doesn't much like vegetables and he
HATES curries or exotic spices... I've turned into a very boring cook
trying to make things that he likes

If you asked DH his favourite meals would be something like:
1. pepperoni pizza (bought not homemade)
2. nachos
3. Plain burger with raw onion and cheese, grilled rare (either bought
or homemade) and a loaded baked potato
4. spicy chilli
5. BBQ pork
6. grilled chicken with green beans or broccoli with italian dressing
7. cheese enchilada (he orders this EVERY SINGLE TIME we go for
Mexican)
8. roast chicken and homemade potato wedges
9. Homemade fried rice
10. grilled pork chop with rice


My favourites include:
1.lasagna
2.homemade pizza with lots of vegetables and not a lot of cheese
3.macaroni cheese with bacon or ham and vegetables cooked into it
4.roast chicken and roast veggies
5.very mild chilli, preferably with vegetables
6.chicken pasta (either a carbonara made with chicken and sweetcorn,
or chicken cacciatore)
7. slow-cooked BBQ pork and rice
8.meatloaf or rissoles with mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables
9.aromatic green chicken curry with coconut milk
10.baked fish in white wine

As you can probably tell, he likes food plainer than me and he thinks
a 'vegetable' is another word for a plate decoration...

As a compromise we eat a lot of chicken and a lot of baked potatoes,
with a frozen vegetable to accompany them, usually tossed in italian
dressing. I dish the plates a bit differently to try and make us both
happy. He has 35% meat, 35% starch, 30% veggies... and I have 50%
veggies, 25% starch, 25% meat.

Dishes I actually make would be:

nachos
chilli
burgers (he has a bun and little salad, and I usually have more salad
and a slice of bread)
roast chicken or roast meatloaf and potato wedges
grilled chicken
slow-cooked bbq pork
homemade fried rice with lots of 'stuff' in it.
chicken cacciatore
grilled chicken and veggies
grilled pork chops and veggies

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:49:19 GMT, Peter A
wrote:

Interesting - but I think that a list of what you cook most often would
be more informative. It would show what you really like not only for
taste but in terms of ingredient cost and availability and preparation
effort. I'm not sure I can come up with a "top 10" but the list would
certainly include:

Grilled or broiled lamb chops
Ma po dofu
Pasta Norma (with eggplant and tomato sauce, in the summer only)

Yum. What I cook most often:

1. Spaghetti with tomato sauce
2. Beans and rice
3. Soup (bean or lentil or split pea, usually)
4. Curry and rice
5. Seitan (stir-fried or baked with some kind of sauce)
6. Tacos or burritos with TVP and/or beans
7. Yaki soba or udon with seitan and veggies

I guess those are our normal rotation.

Serene

Bob Terwilliger wrote:

I note that these aren't the most FREQUENT things I cook, just my FAVORITES.
And the list is only good for the way I feel right now. If you ask me again
a week from now, at least five of them will probably be different. So what
are YOUR top ten favorite meals?

1. Roast Chicken (so versatile!)
2. Barbecued Pork Ribs with the typical barbecue fixin's
3. Seared Scallops with Habañero-Mango Salsa
4. Pastitsio[*]
5. Beef Sukiyaki[*]
6. Singapore Chili Crab
7. Pho
8. Pork Braised in Milk[*]
9. Ma-La (Spicy & Numbing) Beef with Vegetables and Noodles
10. Vindaloo

[*] Will change when summer hits


Our cooking is seasonal. It's not quite patio grilling weather here, but any
day now we will be switching to outdoor cooking mode and I will be using the gas
grill almost every night to BBQ salmon, shrimp, marinated chicken breasts, dry
rubbed pork chops, burgers etc.

During the winter we switch to indoor cooking mode. We like having a roasted
chicken on Sundays, and that gives us cold chicken for Monday. We do a lot of
stir fries, and at least once a week it is a braised dish, usually beef stew.
Some Sundays we do a leg of lamb instead of the chicken and then I make a curry
with the left overs.

"Bob Terwilliger" wrote in message
...
I note that these aren't the most FREQUENT things I cook, just my
FAVORITES. And the list is only good for the way I feel right now. If you
ask me again a week from now, at least five of them will probably be
different. So what are YOUR top ten favorite meals?



Soup. Never a recipe. Often the starting point is leftovers from other meals
Meatloaf
Pasta with tomato-meat or marinara or fresh tomato sauce. Or Lasagna.
Chicken - outdoor rotisserie in summer, a variety of ways in cold weather.
Roast beef. Italian beef sandwiches after.
Cuban sandwiches
Gyros or some other lamb dish
Sausages and/or burgers on the grill in summer.
Oxtails in tomato sauce
Stuffed cabbage


Just what I'm thinking about right now.
Favorite to cook and favorite to eat are probably different too, if I
thought much about it.

What I make most of these are probably the soup in the fall and winter, and
pasta dishes, when I'm in that mood. With meat, I think about what we had
last and the time before, and try to go with something else. I've always got
lamb on hand because I buy a whole one every year. The rest of it depends on
what's on sale and what I've stocked up on before.

Oddly enough the last few things I made -- corned beef and turkey -- aren't
on the list. Possibly because I just had them and I'm not thinking about
having either one really soon. Then again, I just had a bowl of soup, and
that's #1 on the list. I love cooking soup when it's cold outside.

Donna

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
I note that these aren't the most FREQUENT things I cook, just my FAVORITES.
And the list is only good for the way I feel right now. If you ask me again
a week from now, at least five of them will probably be different. So what
are YOUR top ten favorite meals?

Tofu, black beans and rice with mole sauce

kale and white bean stew

risotto

seitan gyros

rack of lamb

stuffed aggplant

pumpkin gnocchi

sesame crusted tofu stir fry

chick pea curry

miso/udon soup

these are my favorites. relaxing to make, good to eat.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:11:19 GMT, The Bubbo
wrote:

Tofu, black beans and rice with mole sauce

seitan gyros

stuffed aggplant

pumpkin gnocchi

Recipes, please?

serene

Puester wrote:
Bob Terwilliger wrote:
I note that these aren't the most FREQUENT things I cook, just my
FAVORITES. And the list is only good for the way I feel right now. If
you ask me again a week from now, at least five of them will probably
be different. So what are YOUR top ten favorite meals?



In no particular order, more than 10:

Roast chicken
Marinated grilled flank steak
Spaghetti with meatballs and Carmine's deli sausage
Lasagna
Roasted beef tenderloin a la Cook's Illustrated
Portuguese cosido--chicken, shrimp and rice stew
spareribs
hot-pepper chicken (General Tso's variant)
pepper steak
pot roast made with red wine
chicken piccata
pasta with garlic-butter shrimp

gloria p

Oops, how could I forget chili?

gp

The Ranger wrote:
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:32:36 GMT, Puester
wrote:
Portuguese cosido--chicken, shrimp and rice stew

Ooooohhhhh.... Got recipe?

The Ranger
--


There's no real recipe.

Chopped chicken (breast or thigh meat) browned lightly with onion,
garlic, celery and green pepper, them simmered with chopped tomatoes
(canned is fine) and chicken stock/broth and raw rice. Add whatever
spices you like--I frequently use curry powder or a bit of cayenne or a
little oregano, marjoram, or even tarragon. Add more broth, stock or
water as needed. I've had the original both soupy or dry, depends on
whose grandma is making it.

When the rice is nearly done, add shrimp and (optional) some small
chunks of ham or small clams or mussels.

Serve with crusty bread and a salad.

gloria p

Serene wrote:
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:11:19 GMT, The Bubbo
wrote:

Tofu, black beans and rice with mole sauce

Press tofu and marinate in hot sauce with thin sliced onions. Fry fry fry til
crispy. Open a can of black beans, add lime juice (maybe a tsp?), crushed
garlic, chili powder, cinnamon and oregano. Cook white rice. I use prepared
mole sauce which I pour over everything.


seitan gyros

http://tinyurl.com/mfjbf
This is my seitan recipe. Use lemon juice, olive oil and Penzeys Greek
seasoning in the mix.
I have the gyros recipe in there. It's WAY good. Like super comfort good.


stuffed aggplant

cook white rice and cool.
cut eggplant in half, score and scoop, salt, press and fry in oil until
totally frizzly and good. Drain.
Mix with rice, feta (egyptian feta is the best!), chopped tomatoes, carrots,
golden raisins, pine nuts and rosemary. Stuff back into the eggplant shells,
cover in pasta sauce and bake at 350ish?


pumpkin gnocchi
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/re...ews/views/4224
I serve these in brown butter with sage and parmesan.


Recipes, please?

serene

hope these are okay!

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
I note that these aren't the most FREQUENT things I cook, just my FAVORITES.
And the list is only good for the way I feel right now. If you ask me again
a week from now, at least five of them will probably be different. So what
are YOUR top ten favorite meals?

1. Roast Chicken (so versatile!)
2. Barbecued Pork Ribs with the typical barbecue fixin's
3. Seared Scallops with Habañero-Mango Salsa
4. Pastitsio[*]
5. Beef Sukiyaki[*]
6. Singapore Chili Crab
7. Pho
8. Pork Braised in Milk[*]
9. Ma-La (Spicy & Numbing) Beef with Vegetables and Noodles
10. Vindaloo

[*] Will change when summer hits


Bob



I had pork braised in milk twice. Once it was absolutely sublime, the other
time it was too salty, both times from the same place. what is your recipe? I
won't have the opportunity to eat it often, but i want to make it.

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:16:31 GMT, The Bubbo
wrote:

Serene wrote:

Recipes, please?


hope these are okay!

Thank you SO much! I'm saving these to use soon. Especially the gyros
-- I love them, and I've been meaning to find a seitan version that
works.

serene

Serene wrote:
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:16:31 GMT, The Bubbo
wrote:

Serene wrote:

Recipes, please?


hope these are okay!

Thank you SO much! I'm saving these to use soon. Especially the gyros
-- I love them, and I've been meaning to find a seitan version that
works.

serene

please let me know what you tried and what you enjoyed. I do love the seitan
gyros!

--
..:Heather:.
www.velvet-c.com
Step off, beyotches, I'm the roflpimp!

Thanks

"sf" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:06:05 GMT, Bill-NWG wrote:

Now, please! Hold your applause! If you're really nice, I'll post my
invaluable recipes to the above dishes at no charge.

Bill

I like you... stick around rrfc, you're a real hoot.
--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.