What are your fav recipes? I'm looking for new things to cook.

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first you're getting married, now your trying to learn to cook. What's next? Lol

i know how to cook... just lookin for new ideas... My wife is a great cook, but i like to share responsibilities... feeling like you have to do anything sucks (IMO)

lol i'm just messin with you. I can cook up some pretty good stuff myself, like ham and eggs.

Nothing wrong with cooking. I cook probably 3-4x a week. You save a ton of money and you feel like you're accomplishing something.

I make a mean Tomato Sauce using Mario Batali's recipe: food.ivillage.com

The only chance I make is I cook it a lot longer -- last batch I made I let simmer for 9 hours. Came out as thick as oatmeal. Froze a bunch.

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This is pretty easy to make - I also add chicken to the mix. Cook it separately and then add.

I recently made a chicken with a corn flake + pecan crust - came out great.

Sheperd Pie Mexican style! LOL. Add some el pato sauce

Home Made Tamales....Always made for Christmas....FTW!!!!

Surprise your wife with delicious Schweines with Knödel :-P. Maybe add a lil salad for the bad conscious.
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lol freemans wifes crackin that whip early.....how much longer till she starts letting you sleep in the same room as her?

Bwahaha lol!!!!!!!!!!

To be honest I have no reason to joke. My missus taught me a tonne of Jamaican recipes so I could cook food the way she's used to. That girl is far too sneaky for her own good lol.

Rice and Peas.

Long Grain Rice
Red/Kidney Beans
Garlic Powder
Salt
Butter
Cocunut Milk/Butter or real Coconut if you can be bothered
Spring Onions
Pepper Kernels

Soak the kidney beans over night in some water and garlic powder then wash in the morning. Once thats done put them in a pot with some water and boil until you can squeeze one open. The water should be dark red when done.

Wash the rice. I tend to boil the rice first then wash off all the starch.

When the kidney beans have been softened add the kidney beans and the water they cooked in to the washed rice and add some coconut milk, a spoonful of butter, some salt a few pepper kernels and a sliced spring onion.

Put the lid on and leave to cook on a low flame untill done.

Brown Stewed Chicken.

Chicken
Lime/Vinegar
Browning Sauce
Onions
Peppers Regular and Scotch Bonnet
All Purpose Seasoning
Brown sugar.
Oil
Thyme

Clean the chicken. Cut off all the nasty shit you don't want and then soak in some lime or vinegar for a few minutes. Whilst thats being done. Cut some onions, peppers etc. When that's done. Put a pot on the fire. When the pot is hot add some oil and leave till the oil has boiled and quietened down.

Get a bowl and add a load of the browning and some all purpose seasoning. Wash the lime/vinegar off the chicken and throw it in the bowl and turn untill the chicken is covered. Better obviously if you've done this from the night before.

When that's done take the chicken and throw it in the pot and lightly fry it until every piece is crispy. You're not looking to cook the chicken yet just kind of seal in the flavour.

Add some water to the leftover marinade in the bowl and mix. Take that water, the onions and peppers and thyme and throw it in the same pot as the chicken. Add a small amount of the brown sugar and leave to cook. Depending on how much time you have and how big the chicken pieces are I'd say about 45 mins to an hour to cook. I have in the past left it for hours all the water is boiled off and there is just the chicken and a thick gravy sauce at the bottom of the pan. I then throw is some more water mix it up and then let it boil again so that the chicken is proper rich in flavour and super soft. I'm talking the meat falls off the bone soft lol.

Serve the chicken with the rice and peas and a nice glass of ice cold mauby or carrot juice. For the true west indian experience add ketchup to every meal when served lol.

Which reminds me I need to buy some mauby.

Oh and if you're serious about your pepper cut up the scotch bonnet and then take middle you know the seeds and stem and add that to the rice when its boiling. Proper!

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I had a heart attack looking at some of them.

I got hungry looking at some of them...

I hella LULz @ sum o them :)


Btw, its like betty crocker's all up in this mutha, all swappin recipes n sh!ft

.... I like 2 sprinkle a lil water over my rice before I microwavie, keeps it moist n sticky

I think guys appreciate good food more than chicks... chicks think they have to put all kinds of stuff together... guys just want it to taste good

hahaha thats so true!!!!

That's why he's trying to learn how to cook... so her arm gets too fat to crack a whip...

dude, if you haven't invested in a crockpot, you should. They're easy to use and the food (if you use the right ingredients) tastes great. I get a lot of recipes off this site: www.a-crock-cook.com

anyone have some ideas for good italian pasta sauces?

(to make)

From scratch or something good from a jar?

He said "good", so I guess without a jar.

I can make good sauce from a jar. It just needs a bit of adjustment.

Here's some stuff from my food blog. Hope it helps!

Basic marinara tomato sauce:
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A sparse but surprisingly great pasta:
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Spaghetti and meatballs in 30 minutes:
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And one not on the site, my lunch from yesterday: Here's a pic:
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And here's how it went together:
Brown a pound of ground beef in two tablespoons of olive oil then add a couple cloves of chopped garlic, a finely chopped onioin, a chopped stalk of celery and a peeled and diced carrot. Let that saute together over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring often, then add two 28 oz cans of tomatoes, a few cups of chicken stock or water, a couple heaping spoons of dried oregano, some Pinot Noir red wine, three points of star anise (ground) and salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer and let cook uncovered for a couple of hours.

I made the sauce a few days ago. For this dish I boiled some penne in generously salted water and meanwhile heated some sauce in a fry pan and added a bit of water and more olive oil to loosen it up. When the pasta was ready, just drain and toss in and let simmer all together for a couple minutes. Plate it up and top with red chili flakes and parmesan or romano cheese.

Ah! I flubbed the link for the Spaghetti and meatballs. Here it is:

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got a third generation Hanero that will sho ur scotch bonnet a thing or too...

Habanero

Hands down my new favorite site.

red velvet pancakes! omg!

Bacon cheese turtle burgers all day!

Aw man! no more www.thisiswhyyourefat.com

Hey, check this out, I did a video on barbecueing a steak over charcoal:

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It is sooo beautiful... I had to cry....

Cool. Will check one of those out.

Dj Hawk you are the man. Nice beats too...

oh wow. i just bought that grill on craigslist. $15 and they threw in a bag of charcoal and lighter fluid.

Great video dude! can you bbq rib eyed and t-bone the same way?

Yeah, I would think so. I use the chimney starter (also made by Weber) so that I don't have to use lighter fluid. Charcoal can get to much higher temperatures than a gas grill so that's great for searing beef.

More food with some funk. My Western Omelet:

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using that fork in that nonstick pan is going to ruin that shit fast!

That made me cringe. Food license revoked!

That pan is three years old and has seen a thousand forks. Just like with DJ gear, buy the good stuff. Just say no to cheap pans!

Pancakes and funk. That's pretty much all you need.

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lol@beaten like a rented mule.

i found my pancakes tastier when I let the dough rest for half an hour.
Cool idea with the "mini-pancakes" will try that on sunday!

Hawk I love your videos (nm). You are using your d90 to film video?

Anyways why did you cut the banana up (nh)? You didn't do anything with them in the video ;)

Yeah, D90. Works great.

The banana went into the pancake batter! I thought that was obvious. You can see the little chunks of banana in the pancakes when they're poured into the pan.

oh maybe i missed it, i was watching the video while on a conference call at work. my bad.

those pankages look good. But whats up with you using a fork all the time, Use a spatula fooooooool

Hawk don't use that fork on a non-stick pan. The chemicals get into your food and they aren't good for your body.

Hawk is that dude. Props on the videos!

Thanks dudez. I'm having a blast with the new camera. Plenty more on the way.

Yeah, for some reason I prefer the fork usually for cooking. I find spatulas and other larger implements clumsy with most things.

And don't worry about the teflon dj lad - that pan is built for use with metal utensils. As mentioned, I've been hacking away at that little pan for three years and it's as good as new. That's a $40 pan. For those of you buying the $7 pans at Walmart, listen to dj lad! I've also got a $60 Joyce Chen wok that's built for metal utensils, and all the rest of my gear is riveted restaurant-grade that I buy from a restaurant supply shop.

you are hardcore! (nm)

Can you do a video on how you make your bread/ sandwich buns? (nm)

Is it easy to do? I would love to have fresh bread in my kitchen!

also can you do a write up on to make your oven baked ribs in the future?

Ha! Will do Boba! I make bread a couple times a week so I'll try to have something together over the next couple of weeks. I just made bread (one loaf and eight hamburger buns) yesterday so we're good for a bit. I'll do a recipe and video on ribs eventually too. Tis the season!

The reason why I'm so drawn to your blog besides the clean looking layout and pictures is because the stuff you cook is straight forward and simple but look delicious. It's something everyone on this forum could probably make.

I cook quite often however lately I've been lazy and making a lot of meals in crockpots so I have massive amounts of food for the week.

Yeah, I second the notion on the ribs. Some crock pot receipes would be helpful also.

i made that western omlette the other day, It was delicious!

Just grilled chicken for 30 people at work. nice thick chicken breats. Turned out perfect and a lot of them came up to me and said it was the best they ever had!!

Having a BBQ at the house this Sunday for a bunch of friends. Will post video and/or pictures. Lots of meat on the menu so we will be grilling and smoking. Low and slow...

Sounds good! I've only grilled and baked my meats (nm). It's always cool to see other methods used.

that is the tempo...

I'm smoking/grilling some rib-eyes on sunday too, served with Alaskan king crab legs...
(surf & turf)

3 different dry rub recipes and 2 BBQ sauces made tonight. Making pulled pork, baby back ribs and beef brisket. Wish I could invite everyone over for the meal.

wow!
now just turn some water into wine...

That sounds soooooo good!

My apartments have a nice brand new big grill... I went over with some Beef Tenderloin... and found someone stole the actual grill out of it!!!

As promised:
Shoulder and brisket in the smoker:
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Look at that smoke ring:
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Sides:
Hush puppies and onion rings
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Mac n cheese was LEGIT!
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Cornbread and beer bread
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Sauces were perfect:
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There was a LOT of food:
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I was hungry 5 minutes ago... now i am starving!

Damn! thats a fuckin feast right there. I love how you're cutting down on calories with the coke zero LOL

LOL nah... sweet tea for me. There is no amount of diet soda you can drink to counteract the calorie count in the mac n cheese.

Wow!!!!! this is the wrong thread to be in if youre thinking about dropping some pounds!!!!!!!

As requested! Here's my video on making some basic bread. Give it a go!

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So am I to assume that if you forget yeast that you'll get a big tortilla?

Or something you can build a house with. One of the two.

LOL

awesome. dope soundtrack too.

Thanks Hawk! I'm going to try to make bread soon. Nice sound track, great video footage and nice commentating.

GIVE ME SOME CORN BREAD (black man voice) (no rascist) hahaha

buy yourself a bag of cornmeal. Follow the directions for corn bread right on the bag. Word up.

More food, more funk. One of my favourites, Pad Thai. My version anyway. Served up with some Edwin Birdsong. Check it:

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^dayum that looks delicious. Where do you get those noodles, fish sauce, and that concentrated stuff for base sauce?

thai or chinese grocery store.

Yup, very commonly-available ingredients. I live in a small town in lightly-populated Atlantic Canada and I have easy access to all that stuff and a whole lot more.

I just ate some real guido goomba type stuff for dinner.

Had a Panelle sandwich.

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Its the flat ones, topped with ricotta and romano cheese. Was rated best sandiwch in brooklyn.

Also had a buncha Prosciutto Balls. (no misquote)

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Thank da lawd i dont live close to this place no more. Id be 400lbs.

pad thai is my favorite food. I eat it about once a week and I actually just ate some. LOL

I've made pad thai before and it's one thing that I feel it's cheaper and easier to just buy at a good thai joint because

1) It requires a lot of ingredients. Unless you plan on cooking a lot of Thai food, the extra tamarind, nam pla (fish sauce), peanuts, vinegar etc is going to go to waste and it's cheaper just go buy it made.

2) one KEY thing to making pad thai is the proper seasoned wok AND a deep stove pit or similar contraption so you can get HIGH HEAT evenly around the wok . I think the best pad thai has a little brown/burnt flair to it.

By the way if anybody lives in LA or more specifically the Valley. THE BEST pad thai is Krua Pad Thai at Krua Thai in North Hollywood.

That ISH is soooo good. They use a cup of dried baby shrimp and seasoned ground chicken in it.