OT: The CoVid cooking thread

[garddog]

During quarantine we are eating a lot more comfort food and saying screw it to the healthy diet we usually try to follow. Meatloaf, lasagna Bolognese, fried chicken, hot dogs, kielbasa, sausage and peppers! - bring it on.

Our usual pizza is shrimp and asparagas, mushroom or marguerita. Tonight it's sausage and pepperoni! I even bought ice cream last week. We never eat ice cream.

Even cooking more and eating what we want, I have lost weight. I think it's mainly portion size, but I think the chain stuff just packs it on when your busy working and grabbing quick lunches.

 

[Bigboote]

Last night I tried making empanadas for the first time. They were okay, but I knew they'd explode if I deep-fried them, so I baked, convection at 450, after brushing liberally with oil. The filling was great, but there was way too much breading (I followed the recipe), and it never did crisp up.

I think I'll try pierogis sometime this week.

 

[garddog]

Last night I tried making empanadas for the first time. They were okay, but I knew they'd explode if I deep-fried them, so I baked, convection at 450, after brushing liberally with oil. The filling was great, but there was way too much breading (I followed the recipe), and it never did crisp up.

I think I'll try pierogis sometime this week.

I think that is nearly 100 degrees too hot on convection. Most recipes for anything like an empanada is about 375° conventional.

It's all about that heat!

 

[Bigboote]

I think that is nearly 100 degrees too hot on convection. Most recipes for anything like an empanada is about 375° conventional.

It's all about that heat!

Hmm -- the recipe I was following had 375 in oil, so I thought more heat and the air movement would crisp up the outside better.

Thanks for the tip.

 

[huskeynut]

meatloaf. different recipe every time. just wing it, but don't forget to add onions and garlic. 'kitchen sink' optional, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

Add finely chopped green peppers and add worcestershire sauce or bbq sauce.

 

[vtcwbuff]

Meatloaf recipes remind me of Navy galley meatloaf. Always a surprise in the middle anything from boiled eggs to a hotdog.

 

[Bigboote]

My favorite meatloaf recipe is from the Mushroom Cookery cookbook (from the 40's or 50's, found it in a used book store a couple of decades ago). It's got ground beef, grated mushrooms and onion, and herbs.

Unfortunately, the daughter doesn't like meat loaf or cooked mushrooms.

 

[msf22b]

We've been cooking and overeating all Winter, worse now (the overeating) now that we're stuck inside.

One recipe that is veggi, reasonable calories, easy (a must for Corona times) and delish...is a black bean (cans) and red peppers
based dish...the small amount of Orange juice and zest really adds
We used Chinese Sichuan pepper instead of ancho and I used 2 cans of beans rather than three and reduced everything by a third...The spicing is accurate, measure carefully, ...highly recommended.

Vegetarian Black Bean Chili with Ancho and Orange Recipe

Get Food & Wine’s easy and healthy black bean chili from TV chef Ellie Krieger.

www.foodandwine.com

 

[nwhoopfan]

Unfortunately, the daughter doesn't like meat loaf or cooked mushrooms.

Sounds like you need one of those signs in the kitchen that says something along the lines of: "You have two choices for dinner, take it or leave it."

 

[triaddukefan]

Meatloaf recipes remind me of Navy galley meatloaf. Always a surprise in the middle anything from boiled eggs to a hotdog.