The second challenge in series humanodon started, will revolve around the color green. Whatever you conjure up, it must contain at least one green ingredient. The greener the better.
Anyone can enter. But entries must be submitted before Sunday eve, when I'll make a post where we decide who is the winner.
Go forth and cook thyselves something thenewgreen would be proud of! I'll post my dinner very soon.
EDIT: Here's my meal!
First off, we have the veggies. Champignons, broccoli, leek, zucchini and green onions.
I used some ground beef to give it some meat. Seasoned it with paprika powder, curry powder, some Kikkoman and Conimex soy sauce.
Who says men can't multitask? Cooking and checking the Hubski IRC at the same time.
Added green pesto and Philadelphia sour cream to give it more flavour.
And the result! I used a bit too much butter and too little veggies but it turned out pretty tasty.
Alright, here is what I made: I skinned a cucumber, cut it in half and took out the seeds/inside with a spoon. Then I cut the cucumber in strips, squeezed out the water and then put it in a bowl along with 1 quart of plain yogurt. In a small pan I took a chopped shallot and browned it in some butter. I added the shallots to the bowl with the yogurt and cucumber. I added some white wine vinegar, some olive oil and some fresh kale. I used my new hand blender and made what would be the sauce for my meal. -ghostoffuffle, you'll note that it is an extremely familiar recipe. I then made boiled some wasabi, mung bean pasta till it was about 1/2 done. In a large frying pan, I heated some butter, white wine, fresh ginger and lemon juice I tossed in my noodles and the sauce that I had made. I added some goat cheese to it. I grilled my ribeye steak. By the way, I made sure it was "grass fed" beef for the "green" challenge. Just salt and pepper, nothing fancy, but good beef needs no help. While this was grilling I took my avocado's and put them in a bowl with some lemon juice, jalapeño and salt/pepper. I used my new hand blender toy and within minutes had some amazingly fluffy and creamy guacamole. It was damn good. So good that it didn't last long enough to get a good picture: I plated the entree and garnished with capers, goat cheese and cilantro. Here its the finished product again:
Smoke and mirrors :) Thanks though, it's a lot of fun.
I was humbly inspired. Those crackers are whole wheat!
Ok, here's my entry: It's another dirty martini bitches, following the runaway success of my last entry. I used cheap vodka and stirred it with a knife because all the forks/spoons were dirty. It also served as an olive stabber. I had no vermouth so I used a splash of homemade mead instead. Do not recommend. All around the worst martini I've ever made. One of these days I'll do a real entry. Until then drink up.
A simple dinner tonight, partly because I feel lazy, partly because I have just had my wisdom teeth yanked out. All is green. Even that which we are watching as a culinary aid: Green Wing. But first, a diversion into philosophy....
Doth the colour always make the dish? Or is desire beyond the eyes' beholding? Iago's foe loved beyond skin but loath'd His love's desire he thought his love withholding.
Our task demands a colour naught but green Yet loins' desires ignore from where they sprung Thus all we strive toward shall be obscene If our meal lacks sweetness 'pon the tongue So to appease those whose eyes must be pleased Yet sight of white might cause their eyes to water Choose but a garish lick of white to tease To sweeten all this vegetable slaughter As love is meat to sate a soul that's living So to a meal is beer and wine divine Life without love runs long and unforgiving Meals without drink fall short of the sublime. Love simmers 'neath the surface of our thoughts Invisible it shapes us all to action A pinch of love the ordinary thwarts But if a drug provokes a crazed reaction Beside ourselves with longing do we seek For that which might appease our writhing hunger Yet if a foolish ship we fight the wind Sailing against love we'll be rent asunder Thus despite the pangs we might envision Love's grace turning again to love's derision Whilst love's meal lays before us on the table Should we feast, to propagate its fable. That was terrible. Write your poetry sober, cook your meals drunk. As always, imagine freshly baked home-made bread sending a curl of steam into the air as it sits beside the pea-green soup, ready for dipping. The trickle of coconut cream across the top is a complement to the cup of coconut cream I blended into the soup earlier after it had simmered on a low heat. There's also a dash of tabasco on there because it hurts so good. The guacamole has little to no tomato in it, instead a little more green chill and a sprinkling of sweet pepper across the top. Pea Soup: 3/4 of an onion chopped and browned in a little butter, add 2 cloves of garlic, peas, beans, fry gently until reduced, add stock (or stock cubes dissolved as I did in two cups of water), simmer gently. Blend with a hand blender, add a cup of coconut cream, salt and pepper to taste. Guacamole: 1 avocado, 1/4 of the onion finely chopped, 2 peppers, dash of salt and pepper, lemon juice, 2 tbs olive oil, tabasco to taste, blend with the hand blender until creamy. A dash of sweet chili powder over the top. Dirty Martini: 1/5th Vermouth, 1/5th olive brine to 1 Vodka, garnish with two olives. Dirty Martini 2: 1/5th Vermouth, 1/5th olive brine to 1 Gin, garnish with two olives. (To be honest, I preferred the vodka one.)
It will be a summer wedding; add walnuts and we will wear white and the honeymoon will be on a remote island unknowing of the internet or modern technology.
I would eat that despite my fear of bread. Bake it!
cliffelam used to make some pretty good bread and it was a recipe straight off of a flour bag if I recall correctly. What's your recipe _ref_? I've never baked bread. It's time I do.
Nick Malgieri's White Pan Bread from "How To Bake." Easily made vegan. Dad joke: Why's it gotta be WHITE pans, sheesh? 1 envelope yeast
2 c. warm (110-120 degree) water
5-5.5c flour
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
5 tbsp butter, melted, or veg oil Combine flour, salt sugar. Put yeast in warm water & let set until bubbles - "proofing" Combine yeast mix, oil, & dry mix. Stir for a while, and then when you can't stir, knead in the bowl for a while until all the flour is sucked up. If dough seems excessively sticky add more flour but start with less and try to add as little as possible. Grease bowl. Place dough in bowl and let rise, 1 hour. Punch down dough. Divide into 2. shape into rectangle. fold rectangle into thirds. from skinny end roll up. drop into greased 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 loaf pan. (hint: rectangle should be long enough that 1/3 = length of loaf pan - 8.5 inches or so. it's okay if the measurements are sticky.) let rise 1 hour. preheat oven to 400, stick 'em in for 25-30 min. bread is done when sounds hollow when bottom of pan is tapped on. enjoy maybe let cool first if you don't want to mush it when you cut it. I love making bread.
I'll be using the below ingredients tonight:
More to come..... 1. Basil
2. Cucumber
3. Yogurt
4. Cilantro
5. Capers
6. Edamame and mung bean pasta
7. Grass fed ribeye
I'm pretty sure I ate the one on the right, but I cannot be certain. I did pay a lot of money for "free range grass fed."
What are the chances that in the end, "the free range grass fed" animal would have preferred to still be free range and feeding on grass? : ) Animal welfare and an animal's right to life are distinct ethical positions. Although the caring treatment of an animal while alive is obviously a step in the right direction, being slaughtered after an ideal life (or in the case of lamb/veal, before having a chance of having a life at all) is still a violation of that animal's right to life. This is specially true in a day an age when we know that we can live healthily without animal products. I don't mean to spoil your recipe exchange, I think it's a great thing to do to encourage healthier eating. I just couldn't help myself on the animal rights issue. If I don't speak for the speechless who will? I'll go eat some tofu now : )
I didn't find that passive. It seems like oA just laid their position on the table. Sure the appeal is emotional, but that's fair, no? Emotions are an equal part of our experience as logic, perhaps moreso. Edit: Oh, wait, I only read the above reply. Didn't see the videos elsewhere on the thread. I retract, and stand corrected.
I wanted to put my point across without taking over the thread. Ethics are very often based on emotion, which is the basis for developing empathy. That's one of the reasons why we (arguably) overcame slavery. I'm open for a logical debate if you wish though. You can go first.
So, are we to expect that you'll be making such comments/appeals in all of the #grubski challenges? If so, you can expect my ingredients to get steadily cuter.
It's ok, when lacking arguments, facetiousness is a popular method to avoid serious issues. I could easily meet the "steadily cuter ingredients" will steadily gruesomer replies. I wonder how long it'd take to get permanently banned from Hubski. Anyway, I don't mean to rain in your parade : ) I made my point, I'm done here.
I guess my point would be that there are places to have this conversation -which I'm glad to have. I'm married to a vegetarian that refuses to eat meat for many if the reasons is wager that you do, but this thread wasn't the place for it IMO. I don't think Hubski would ever permanently ban someone for being a vegetarian. However, if you're trolling the #grubski posts with pictures of baby cows, you are likely to get called out for it.
There's never a good time to bring it up. I have posted videos on the subject before but no-one engages. It's like the elephant in the room and every time I point at it I get told to sit down and shut up. That's the kind of response I expected to an inconvenient truth. By the way, I'm not racist, one of my friends is black ; )
Your wonky smiley faces just make your patronizing that much more...well, patronizing. You ever been married? It's a bit more than a tangential relationship.
I didn't mean to sound patronizing at all. It was my silly way of saying that loving a vegetarian should have no reflection on your ethical and animal rights views. They have their diet you have yours. And to associate yourself with your vegetarian partner to make yourself look better in this discussion, well, it comes across as an actof desperation when lacking valid arguments. Smiley face : )
You have said, "I made my point" and now accuse me of desperation for lack of a valid argument. You've made no points. You've posted images of cute animals. How is this a discussion? Ask me a question, make a point and I'll reply with a thoughtful answer. Post pictures of cute animals and you'll get the like. I'm not trying to "make myself look better" -I am that I am. I eat meat, unapologetically. I wrote: If you'd like to discuss this further in this post, then lets. But leave comments like this: I'm married to a vegetarian that refuses to eat meat for many if the reasons is wager that you do
not to "make myself look better" but to indicate that I'm very familiar with vegetarianism. I'd go a step further and say that I'm very familiar with responsible vegetarianism. And to associate yourself with your vegetarian partner to make yourself look better in this discussion, well, it comes across as an actof desperation when lacking valid arguments. Smiley face
out of it or I'll not participate. Also, your cute pics make what I know is a serious topic for you, seem trite and silly. You want a discussion? Then start one.
I might get a chance to cook something on Sunday but I'm travelling before then. Think green. Think green.
I think I might as well move the deadline back a day, so that both you and thenewgreen have time to make something.
Went shopping right before you announced the theme... embarrassing lack of green in my grocery bags. Something to work on this weekend.
I'm making pork chops tonight and will find some way to integrate green into them maybe? edit: I failed. Well not really, I made green beans with my pork chop dinner, but that was it, and I took a vine instead of a photo of it anyway so I'm not entering.