The Official Professional Bachelor Food Suggestion Thread

[SossMan]

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tup,

"or if you can get crappy chicken-apple sausage at Safeway"

Safeways in California carry Aidell's sausage. Their chicken-apple sausage is awesome, perhaps my favorite around. I think it's about $5 for a pack of 4. Not sure if that's a national brand or not.

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Aidell's is awesome...I always get suckered into the giant sausage brick of various flavors when they are doing the tasting samples at Costco.

[Aces McGee]

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3. Add a healthy chunk of cream cheese to the pesto.

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I wonder how popular this is. My mother's pesto recipe calls for cream cheese and it is hands down the best pesto I have ever eaten, by a significant margin. I remember the first time I saw pesto that she hadn't made; I was stunned at how dark the green color was (the cream cheese makes the color a lot lighter).

I've never seen anyone else who makes pesto this way, but I urge all of you to try it.

I think that these cooking threads tend to assume too much cooking skill on the part of the OP (which is okay, since other, more experienced people read the threads -- and it's a good reminder that good cooking isn't all that hard). So while this might not be "basic" enough, I just want to point out that fresh pesto is really easy to make if you have a food processor. A few cups of fresh basil leaves, some olive oil, a block of cream cheese, a handful or two of grated parmesan (not the powdered stuff), and a bunch of garlic is what I use. Takes almost no time at all.

-McGee

[XXXNoahXXX]

Awesome dinner, takes under 15 minutes, great if cooking for a girl also.

Alaskan Salmon, Mashed Potato, Asparagus

Ingredients:

Frozen Wild Alaskan Salmon from Trader Joe's
Frozen bag of Asparagus from Trader Joe's
Box of instant mash (Betty Crocker Creamy Butter)
Potlatch Seasoning(I believe this is from TJ's as well, called "Potlatch Seasoning:Salmon & Seafood Spice Rub. It's just a combo of Kosher Salt, Paprika, Crushed Red Pepper, Chili Pepper, Oregano, Basil, Coriander, and Safflower Oil)

Steps for Mash

1) Follow box directions, takes <10 minutes.

Steps for Asparagus

1) You can do anything with them. Personally, I put an inch of water in a pan over high heat and toss em in.

2) When done I just season them with a little salt/pepper and a little parmesan cheese.

Steps for fish

Make sure to defrost fish for a day

1) Put oven around 350 degrees

2) Rub seasoning generously on each piece of fish

3) Bake for 12-15 minutes.


This is really an impressive dinner to serve for someone considering it takes only 15 minutes and you pretty much can't mess it up. Also great for yourself since you can just do one pack of instant mash, half the back of asparagus , and one of the pieces of fish.

[ilya]

I recommend getting a panini maker like this one. They are very easy to use and clean and make bread tastier than a toaster or oven. You can use it for simple grilled cheese w/tomato type sandwiches or get about as crazy as you like. Best of all you can have a hot meal ready in no time. Whip up a simple spinach walnut & lemon juice side salad and you have a lunch-type snack in under 10 minutes.

[PITTM]

I have a giant skirt steak in my refrigerator that has been marinating since sunday. At this point there are two things im considering doing with it tonight. I would have to go to the store to get ingredients, but i would either make a) skirt steak sandwich with bacon and onions. or b) skirt steak with broccoli, onions and black bean sauce over rice. what do you guys think?

[fmxda]

If the steak's been marinating that long, I'd just grill it rare and eat it with some rice and lightly sauteed/blanched veggies.

[PITTM]

hmm, that suggestion involves less bacon than i would prefer [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Rick Nebiolo]

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

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This may sound like a dumb question (and maybe it is a dumb question) but are you able to use the Foreman grill to cook chicken breasts directly from frozen? My schedule is too erratic to keep fresh chicken on hand.

~ Rick

[Osprey]

Can you thaw the chicken under running water in less than 20 minutes? some of the frozen food I have from Costco suggests this, some not.

[Osprey]

I just bought this 12" Lodge cast iron skillet for $17 at Sears and I think it'll be a big help for bachelor type stuff.


I tried searing Ahi Tuna in my George Foreman grill, and it worked poorly. This thing is going to work. I cooked a 1 lb ribeye and 2 large lamb chops in this thing so far, and from starting the heating to taking the food off the grill has been <10 minutes both times I've used it so far. This mother gets pretty hot- Now I just need a meat thermometer and I'll be all set. I'd recommend this.