The Official Professional Bachelor Food Suggestion Thread

[fish2plus2]

italian dish 'bacala'

fry garlic and onion in a pan w/ a little bit of oil. add one can of tomato paste and one can of tomato puree. add some oregono and parsley, open a can of pitted black olives empty the water and throw them in there. get some cod or other fish from the grocery store and throw that in there. eat with rice. (i always add alot of salt as i am eating)

[guids]

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italian dish 'bacala'

fry garlic and onion in a pan w/ a little bit of oil. add one can of tomato paste and one can of tomato puree. add some oregono and parsley, open a can of pitted black olives empty the water and throw them in there. get some fish from the grocery store and throw that in there. eat with rice.
(i always add alot of salt as i am eating)

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Baccala is really the fish (salted and dried cod) you put in the dish, not the actual dish itself.

[AZK]

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AZK, f2:

Your posts have inspired me to get back to cooking more. I'm still pretty good in terms of eating healthy, but 've been slacking a bit the last couple of months and leaning on frozen meals a bit more than I like and eating out a bit too much. Cooking up simple meals like the ones you mention are often much more satisfying to eat.

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Yeah, everyone always thinks it takes time to cook healthy meals. 99% of it is just buying healthy stuff and once you have it it's easy to pull out of the freezer and throw in a pan stirfry on high for 5 minutes, done. Your tastebuds will at first crave more flavor, but after a while you will begin to appreciate the actual flavor of real food and sort of be overwhelmed by all the processed over flavored food we eat all the time...

edit: Note this type of cooking is not real cooking in my mind, I have visions of my mom taking hours to cook us up dinner and bake and all that...but that is serious cooking, this is a hybrid between frozen ready to eat meals and eating real food. I don't consider myself a cook or this cooking but it beats microwaving anything or reading all the chemicals that are in processed/frozen foods to better keep them.

[El Diablo]

AZK,

For a change of pace from your frozen veggies, pick up some of the fresh cut-up veggies I mentioned next time you're at TJ's and roast them in the oven. Really delicious. And I agree completely about the levels of cooking you mention. I like to once in a while do that sort of "real" cooking, but just grilling up some meat and roasting/sauteing/steaming some veggies can be much more enjoyable than nuking a frozen meal.

[AZK]

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AZK,

For a change of pace from your frozen veggies, pick up some of the fresh cut-up veggies I mentioned next time you're at TJ's and roast them in the oven. Really delicious. And I agree completely about the levels of cooking you mention. I like to once in a while do that sort of "real" cooking, but just grilling up some meat and roasting/sauteing/steaming some veggies can be much more enjoyable than nuking a frozen meal.

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I mostly go the frozen route for several reasons: 1) Frozen veggies don't need to be eaten in a fixed amount of time, too often I buy fresh and either forget about them or don't eat them in time. 2) I can make frozen veggies in a fraction of the time it takes to wash/cut/prep. fresh, 3) Frozen is generally cheaper than fresh depending on veggie/season, 4) Some have said certain frozen is healthier than fresh

I realize 3/4 are pretty weak, I used to buy peppers/zuch/tomato/avocado/cuc/lettuce/spinach, now I pretty much stick to those packages and buy avocado/tomato...

Speaking of which, I have a pretty money recipe from TJs:

Buy 3 cans of their wild alaskan salmon (tuna can shape, no bones, no skin), clean it
Add 2 packages of their Guacamole (I use the one that also has salsa in it (this is in the fridge section)

Mix together. I normally eat 1-2 tomatoes with this mixture/pwe serving... it's pretty fantastic. 3 cans makes enough for SEVERAL meals.

Also have you tried their frozen mahi mahi, salmon, they marinate them really well and they are super easy to cook.

[jzpiano]

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Crock pot thread with some yummy sounding recipes.

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Percentage of bachelors with crock pots has to be under very small. Good thread though.

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Dudes without one should get one. It's one of the easiest ways to cook ever, and you can cook in big quantities, which is always a plus for bachelors.

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I love my crock pot, I throw things in there before I leave for the day, come home and my meal is done and I usually have enough for 3 or 4 meals in leftovers

[NLSoldier]

Im guessing this has been mentioned, but my favorite easy meal is frozen chicken breast cooked on the george foreman.

I usually add some lawry's and some garlic salt and melt cheddar cheeze on top and then eat it plain or in a sandwich with just bread and mayo. Very quick, very easy, very tasty.

[Spellmen]

Chicken Chow Mein

Chop up celery and onion, set aside.
Cut some boneless chicken breast up and brown in electric frying pan (or regular one) in oil. Drain the oil
Add celery and onion and 1 cup of water, steam until the veggies are tender (make sure water doesn't boil off)
Add a can of bean sprouts and a can of chinese vegetables (water chestnuts and that type of junk)
In a bowl, put 2tsp of corn starch and some soy sauce. Mix it up and then add it to the chow mein to thicken it up a little.
Again serve with rice

[tshort]

Light butter and light syrup on top. To keep it healthy.

[TheJared]

Is there anyway to deal with the ocassional "oops I poured way too much pepper into that". Its a problem we have cooking in my apartment of 4 bachelors. Each of us can cook but sometimes we will accidently put too much pepper in a dish we are cooking. It gives it this hot aftertaste which is no good at all.