What food do you eat at home?

[Spiffor]

I've tried marinated chiken today. First time I ever marinate something (a colleague gave me the idea, his wife is a master-marinater )

It's really easy, and it gives a nice and surprising taste

[Krill]

Bacon and Egg Snappings, 5 minutes too make, if you are in a rush...

[Jon Miller]

oatmeal
pasta
cold cereal
chilli from a can (The veggie ones)
sandwich

Jon Miller

[molly bloom]

Yesterday I had field mushrooms pan fried in butter,chilli oil, garlic and mountain pepper, on toasted brioche with sour cream and chives, mustard cress and pimento stuffed olives.

Followed that with Algerian dates and some kaju rolls and a pot of masala tea.

This afternoon I'm going to have some tom yam noodles with pickled green peppers, pak choy, chestnut mushrooms and a poached egg.

[Cyclotron]

Where's a :dandy: smiley when you need it, monocle and everything?

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Cyclotron
Where's a :dandy: smiley when you need it, monocle and everything?

Not at all, not at all...I'm just fortunate to live in multicultural London where 'ethnic' food is cheaper.

The kaju rolls and Algerian dates were both reduced items in my local Tesco's, following Diwali and the end of Ramadan.

The field mushrooms were also reduced, and I dearly love big meaty field mushrooms.

The mustard cress was 10 pence a punnet, so I bought two, because I love its pungent bite.

The sour cream and chives was on special offer, otherwise I could have made my own, but winter brings on occasional spells of lassitude....

The pimento stuffed olives were a snip in a local deli, as were the pickled green peppers.

The latest 'immigrant' food items to go on sale (from a sign I noticed on Friday) were Bulgarian, in a corner shop. Another corner shop is run by a Turkish family, and sells lovely pots of Turkish rose jam and fig jam, and large containers of Greek yoghurt, and fresh Turkish bread- next to the Jamaican hard dough bread and the brioche.

There's a range of excellent mini-supermarkets nearby, from the Mabuhay (Filipino) Market, to the Chinese/Vietnamese Market and the shop near the Ukrainian Church which sells Russian and Lithuanian food items.

Then there's the farmers' market outside Stratford Station on a Thursday, which last week was selling Greek cheeses, French cheeses and English and Scottish preserves, free range produce and so on.

The tom yam flavour noodles were a bargain- five different kinds of noodles with soup bases and flavouring oils for one pound.

[Dis]

the only 2 foods I feel I can cook are spaghetti and tacos. Although since I know the basic skills for those, I'm sure I could cook other similar foods.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Well dis there are lots of tacos you can make. steak tacos picaddillo tacos potatoes and egg bean and cheese sausage and egg all your various breakfast tacos ill make for diner if its just me. when tubes is home alone he will usually do chili dogs or those sausage links that are the size of hotdogs in a bun with chili on it. Course i usually make the chili he puts on them. Which isnt hard to make either.

[Provost Harrison]

I had some duck when I was out earlier in Bexleyheath, so I am just doing a quick cheese and chorizo toasted sandwich

[Sava]

yo tengo el chorizo en los pantalones

[GePap]

Rice is as easy as pasta- you could always make pilafs.

Stir fry's take a lot of pre time, but ocne you are done with cutting, the cooking is easy.

but Bkeela was right- baking some chicken is eay, and baked chicken is great.

[Nostromo]

Fajitas are a nice alternative to Tacos, and they taste better, too.

I also enjoy Indian food. Its tasty and easy to make. I buy Patak sauces in glass. You just need skinless, boneless chicken breasts, diced. Heat a frying pan. Put some olive oil in the frying pan. Add the chicken and stir fry for five to ten minutes. Remove the oil. Pour in the indian sauce. Stir well and simmer gently for 20 minutes. Et voilà! Its easy, it tastes great and its good for you! You can serve it with white Basmati rice and vegetables.

http://www.pataks.co.uk/products/index.php

[Urban Ranger]

Re: What food do you eat at home?

Originally posted by Dis
I can no longer eat TV Dinners.

Man, you don't have any respect for yourself, Dis, shoving rubbish like that down your own throat.

Originally posted by Dis
I pretty much have to eat at home to save money (to pay off my house early). But I'm running out of ideas of what to eat.

Cooking for yourself is easy. For starters, you don't need to make the dishes look good, just tasty

Don't be afraid to experiment. Go down to the local fresh produce market to see what they have. Freely mix veggies, fruits, meat, spices/herbs, and other stuff such as cheese.

Then add rice, spaghetti, mashed potato (make it fresh, don't use powder), etc.

If you don't like it, make something different next time.

Cooking is great fun - I just hate doing the dishes afterwards.

[bipolarbear]

I need some help. I don't know how to cook, and I'm getting sick of all the food I eat. I can no longer eat TV Dinners. They taste horrible. And I'm sure I'll get sick of canned soup and sandwhiches eventually. What should I eat?

As long as you are watching TV while you are eating those TV dinners then Alton Borwn of Food Network's 'Good Eats" is your best friend, and achel Ray is that cute chick you really want to ask out but you never work up the courage because you're pretty sure that you heard she's already taken.

[Provost Harrison]

Tonight I am having mashed potato and parsnip with coriander with beef sausages and caramelised onion, oh, and some carrots and gravy...