The Official Professional Bachelor Food Suggestion Thread

[punkass]

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so just beans and corn??? what is cumin? I love a good dip and would be willing to try something like this.

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cumin is an awesome spice that everyone should have. It's what's in curry, and after black pepper, my favoritie spice to add to almost everything.

[Matt Flynn]

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so just beans and corn??? what is cumin? I love a good dip and would be willing to try something like this.

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can't describe it. it's everywhere though, very common.

also i forget very finely diced jalepenos to taste -- must not be the pickled kind.

[Matt Flynn]

one more easy one:

cook corn on the cob. steamed or roasted in husk is better. squeeze a lime half onto it, rubbing it in. rub fine rock salt onto it. when the corn's ripe, it's fantastic. i ate it every day when i lived in guatemala. it cost 11 cents US in the street in 1990.

[octopi]

I just recently collected a bunch of recipes for my gentleman friend. Most are easy recipes that will last atleast a dinner and a lunch, and could be frozen if need be, for emergency use.

I've put them in a binder divided by section (snacks, mains, soups, pasta and sides) and on each page, the list of tools and items required from the grocery store. Although he is a more than competent chef, he lacks in the planning ahead department and often falls prey to the schwarma stand down the street when he's doing overtime.

I'll post a few recipes when I get a chance this weekend. Some gooders:

- mexican tortilla lasagne
- vegetarian chili
- muffaletta spread for muffaletta sandwiches
- homemade macaroni and cheese (easier than you think and way tastier)

[SL__72]

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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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You can get a crock pot for like $20... There is a lot more that you can do with it then what is listed in that thread, but my favorite (I think its listed in there) is to make a roast in there and then add carrots, potatoes and onions.

During the summer, if you like to grill, you can grill yourself more meat/vegetables then you can eat and then reheat them later. If you get good at grilling vegetables, they will still be delicious 2-3 days later. As for meat, reheated chicken breasts, brats/sausages and hamburgers are all pretty good. You can also make some killer sandwiches with cold, leftover steak.

Getting in the habit of cooking more then you can eat so that you have leftovers for tomorrow's lunch or dinner works really well if you can keep yourself from overeating the first time around...

For chicken or pork chops, a simple way to give them a bunch more flavor is to just marinate them in Italian dressing over night.

I don't think I've seen it mentioned, but instant mashed potatoes are really easy/good.

There is so many different ways to cook good things with potatoes and they are pretty much all easy...

[SL__72]

If you are really in a hurry, just by Digiorno pesto sauce and their angel hair pasta that comes in the sealed bag. It literally takes like 30 seconds for the noodles to cook after you bring the water to a boil and you don't have to heat the pesto at all, just put it on cold and then probably add some more parmesan cheese... delicious and only takes as long as it takes to boil water.

[suzzer99]

Heat a whole wheat pita in a skillet with some olive oil until crispy. Mix 1 can Trader Joes albacore tuna in oil with mayo and capers, and other stuff like relish or celery of you like. Fold the tuna into the pita.

Easy, instant, not too bad for you, and tasty as heck.

[MagicNinja]

Get a can of campbells tomato soup. Make it with milk and lots of pepper so it actually tastes good. Put little cubes of cheese in it like you normally would. Then add broccoli and let it cook in the soup for a minute or two. Eat. I do this with lots of meals; add random ingredients or spices to a packaged meal, excellent! Cheesy Broccoli in a soup!

Also, try eating your meals as salads; it is super fast; eg, a dinner: grab a piece of rump steak. rub a little extra virgin olive oil on it, some mixed herbs or whatever you have on the shelf, cumin, pepper, etc, and then beat the [censored] out of the steak until its pretty thin. Start pan frying it, while cutting up an avocado; a red onion, lots of good tomatos, and then grab some grated carrot / sprouts / lettuce leaves / whatever from your fridge. Slice the steak up, throw everything in a big bowl, add a little of your favourite dressing (I am liking a little of paul newmans creamy caeser lately), and eat.

Another good thing that i've just started doing; makes good healthy deserts; buy some fruit like bananas, mangos, pineapples, blueberries, whatever. Peel the pealable fruit, and freeze the chunks in a tupperware container. After finishing dinner throw random fruits in blender, serve in glass. You might want to add a little milk with certain mixes or a little juice with others, to keep things lubricated [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Oki-Oki]

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Jman / Others - if you guys like Japanese-style curry, this is an easy curry dish.

Cube meat of choice (beef, lamb, chicken), cut up some veggies and starch (carrots, onions, potatoes whatever). Stir-fry in large skillet. Add this:



Simmer in skillet 'til curry sauce thickens, dump over rice or egg noodles and you are done.



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I lived off curry like this for about 2 weeks last month. A Japenese friend made it for me one night and it is very easy quick to do.

One thing that he did was he put his curry over two slices of toast and not rice. It was suprisingly tasty and added a different texture to it compared to rice.

[StevieG]

Baked fish

simple, fast, healthy - quick cleanup

ridiculously easy (5 minute prep, 12 minute cook), no added fat, good for adding variety to your diet

tilapia filet (farm raised, relatively cheap)
lemon

1) Cut the lemon into thick slices (3/8 of an inch).
2) Arrange in baking pan to make a bed.
3) Season the fish with salt and pepper.
4) Place fish onto bed of lemon slices.
5) Add 1/4 inch of water to pan (so now your lemon slices are islands).
6) Cover pan with aluminum foil.
7) Bake at 375 for about 12 minutes or until done (fish is opaque, flesh easily separates, not too tough).

Do it with tilapia, and top it with your favorite salsa

Or, in step #3, sprinkle some cumin and paprika onto the fish before popping it in the oven

Since the fish is on lemon, and it is all sitting in water, cleaning your pan when finished should be a snap.

Baked trout

You can also bake trout the same way, but throw a sprig of rosemary inside the fileted trout.