Healthy, Tasty, Easy to Make?

[MrFun]

Looking for some good bachelor chef recipes to impress the girls. I have been reasonably successful with (1) steak in red wine sauce; and (2) spaghetti in white wine sauce with bacon. Pretty tough to mess up, thankfully.

Have any favorites?

Wouldn't you prefer women instead of girls?

[SlowwHand]

Would you? Is Iowa familiar with semantics? Colloquialism? Not having a stick up the ass? Evidently not.

[Arrian]

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/parmesan-dijon-chicken/3688dc3f-8cdf-45a0-8650-70df55985be8

Really easy, tasty and I think at least ok health-wise (I tend to skimp a little on the butter/marg/whatever). I sometimes go with Panko instead of the breadcrumbs.

-Arrian

[Arrian]

Guy - I'm totally gonna try that pasta dish.

Dan - Risotto is fairly healthy, IIRC, though it takes a while to make. It's simple, but it always takes me an hour to produce. I go with a pretty basic approach: 1 cup aborio rice, 1 cup white wine, 3 cups low fat/low sodium chicken broth, 1 onion (chopped), several garlic cloves (diced), grape tomatoes, fresh basil & grated parm for serving. You saute the garlic & onion in olive oil for a minute or too, add the rice, stir, cook for a minute, add the wine, stir, simmer until mostly absorbed, add a cup of broth, simmer until mostly absorbed, repeat until the broth is gone. You can do variations pretty easily.

-Arrian

[Al B. Sure!]

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[MRT144]

Where the **** do you shop?

Ribeye is at most ~$8/lb regular price.

In the ghetto.

[Al B. Sure!]

In the ghetto.

http://www.bestplaces.net/city/pennsylvania/philadelphia#

Cost of living is higher in Philadelphia than the national average.

The average cost of food and groceries (not including restaurants) in Philadelphia is 24% higher than the US national average.

Seattle is only 6% higher.


I suspect the prices I pay for meat are inflated in the area of 24% higher than the national average.


Wrong, MRT. So wrong. Things are MORE expensive in the ghetto than in the rest of the country. Cost of living in cities is higher. I explored that in another thread where I noted how much higher cost of living (excluding housing) is in Philadelphia vs. Fairfax county, VA, even though Philadelphia's median household income is 1/3rd of Fairfax's.

[Al B. Sure!]

And on an international comparison:

http://www.xpatulator.com/outside.cfm?lid=277

Philadelphia has an overall cost of living index which equates it with middle cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Philadelphia is currently ranked 121 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 300 international locations.

Grocery costs for food, non-alcoholic beverages and cleaning material items such as baby consumables, baked goods, baking, canned foods, cheese, cleaning products, dairy, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, fruit juices, meat, oil & vinegars, pet food, pre-prepared meals, sauces, seafood, snacks, soft drinks, spices & herbs is relatively more expensive compared to other cities with a rank of 48 out of 300.

Sorry, MRT. You are wrong. I'm guessing the $8/lb ribeye is inflated.

[MRT144]

Do you have Aspergers or Autism, OCD? Cause wow.

[Al B. Sure!]

Do you have Aspergers or Autism, OCD? Cause wow.

Do you have stupidity or ignorance, pure hating? Cause wow.

[MRT144]

Do you have stupidity or ignorance, pure hating? Cause wow.

No one misses jokes more than you do.

[DanS]

Anybody have a dead-simple lasagna recipe?

[-Jrabbit]

1. Go to grocery
2. Buy Stouffer's frozen lasagna

[The Mad Monk]

I wouldn't choose Stouffer's, but yeah, there are some tasty frozen lasagna.

Whoops, turns out I would choose Stouffer's, their Farmer's Harvest product is quite good.

[loinburger]

Mix together:

2 lb ground beef or ground sausage - cooked + drained
¼ cup chopped green pepper
¼ cup onion chopped
1 can mushrooms
2 cans pizza sauce
Parmesan cheese
Shredded mozzarella cheese
Ricotta cheese

Layer with noodles in casserole dish, bake at 350 (covered) for 1 hr


This is my mom's recipe - I leave off the ricotta and add garlic + hot sauce


Edit: The recipe also says that you can nuke it for ten minutes instead of baking for an hour