What did you cook today?

I'm going to fry chicken legs right now. I bought a big pack on Friday and haven't done anything to them because of the 3 day migraine.

 

Double post

 

This turned out really, really good. I added a dallop of sour cream after i took this picture

 

What's that seasoned with?

 

I'm so sorry, I somehow missed this post before.

Yes, we use cabbage leaves and meat! Well, meat and rice.
When we use grape leaves, we call it yaprak.
Sarmas are usually a lot bigger and thicker than yaprak.
I suppose it all varies though, in different Balkan countries.

Here is my attempt at sarma from a while ago

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Uncooked, of course.

 

Just paprika, bay leaf, garlic, salt and pepper. It was a really simple recipe, i'll post it later when I can get to my computer where i have it saved

You have to simmer the paprika in ..well, the recipe called for animal lard but i honestly dont know where to find that so I used a mix of butter and ghee, i melted about 4 tablespoons of it and then 1/4 cup of paprika. And it has to be hungarian paprika as most paprika you find at the store doesnt have a lot of flavor. The recipe I used called for hungarian sweet paprika but i used hot paprika. Simmer the paprika in the lard/butter/oil for a couple of minutes to bring out the flavor, then put the meat and garlic in for about 7 minutes, then add the veggies, broth, and a bay leaf.

 

that sounds good.

Lard is in a bucket where the crisco shortening is.

 

ive always been told rhubarb leaves were poisonous for humans

edit...it appears to be

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002876.htm

 

No worries. Though I'm a little ticked that you don't diligently read each and every one of my messages. :-D Those look really good. They're a lot like holobtsi (cabbage rolls). Maybe the spices are different. Holobtsi are usually make in tomato juice or a light tomato sauce, with mostly rice as the filling with a bit of ground meat in the rice.

You're right! And I knew that. I actually copied and pasted that bit from one of the websites and didn't clue in about the rhubarb leaves. Maybe I should try find the site again and warn them. lol

 

I make my goulash more like a stew but a friend took me to a German restaurant once, a little hole in the wall, and they made a goulash soup similar to yours. It was the best goulash I've had.

Like Aeri said, lard is in the shortening aisle. It comes in the bricks too, just like shortening and looks basically the same. They may have specified "animal lard" but all lard is animal, as opposed to shortening being vegetable. Lard has more flavour and makes a flakier pastry. Lard got a bad rap for being a saturated fat (it's actually mostly monounsaturated), but shortening is worse with the trans fat. Like the butter vs. margarine debate.

 

I made cinnamon French toast on homemade egg bread for breakfast yesterday. I sliced the bread extra thick. It was so good. Crunchy on the outside, soft inside.




Today I made lettuce wraps. OMG, they were SO good. The recipe called for carrots, celery, green onions and mushrooms, for the filling, but I subbed zucchini for the celery. The original sauce made was a tamari ginger sauce, but since I can't have tamari because of the sodium content, I used unsalted beef broth and added some sesame oil, and ginger. The sautéed vegetables were already good but with the sauce added it was amazing. Poured over rice noodles (originally glass noodles, but I couldn't find any) and I added chopped avocado (not sautéed, just raw), sprinkled with sesame seeds. It's all placed on bibb lettuce leaves and rolled up. It was a heavenly concoction. I was moaning the way they do on the cooking shows when they take that first bite of the meal they just made (just once I'd like to see them spit it out in disgust).

They aren't rolled up in the picture. You basically have to roll it and eat it right away or it falls apart. I'll definitely be making this again.

 

I made a pork loin roast in the crock pot with potatoes and carrots.

 

I didn't cook from scratch - it was made from microwavable frozen bags.

 

Has anyone got any good chilli recipes. Like the American chilli ones where the chili is like a soup of mince, or similar to that kind.

I can google recipes but is like to ask for personalized family recipes beforehand, people's twists and takes over the years are mostly better than a generic recipe found online.

 

Another vegetable bake.



With seasoning. Ready for the oven.

 

Done with two trays of lasagna**??
as can imagine the house smells so good this morning it's making very hungry. But these are frozen meals to keep, I kind of want pizza.

 

seafood pasta in a tomato based sauce with zuchinni, spinach and broccolini.

 

Buckwheat pancakes for breakfast, with maple syrup. I used only buckwheat flour for the first time, I've always added white flour as well. I really like them with only the buckwheat. They tasted almost chocolatey.

 

Spaghetti Bolognese.

 

Meatloaf is in the oven making the house smell incredible.