Cook Something Different Challenge

Quasar

Today I bought a cut of meat that I've never had before. It's bavette, and when I googled "bavette" I found out that it's flank and it's rather tough. I bought in an organic shop as it was on special offer, and it's a very big piece - just over 1kg (about 2.2 lb).

I think the best way to prepare it is in a slow cooked stew, so that will give me the opportunity to use up a few bits of vegs I have in the fridge. The more I think about it, the more i like it.

Vaila

I made a tofu scramble for the first time today.Its basically a vegan version of scrambled egg,I also added extras like red onion ,peppers and a few herbs.Was actually quite tasty

Quasar

arran_m wrote: »

I made a tofu scramble for the first time today.Its basically a vegan version of scrambled egg,I also added extras like red onion ,peppers and a few herbs.Was actually quite tasty

I had a tofu salad this evening. Just diced some tofu (the firm sort) and tossed into a large green salad with some chopped onions and a generous extra virgin olive oil dressing. Delicious.

Penelope_Penguin

hotcookie101 wrote: »

I thought I would try to resurrect this, as I really enjoyed doing it, and we have been getting much better at cooking out of a rut in our house (and more fish and veggie :cool::A:D)

I was thinking of this thread recently, too, so thanks for resurrecting it!

I made a veggie crumble last week (steam pumpkin, broccoli, carrots, onions) cover with savoury crumble and lots of cheese, bake - delicious!

got-it-spend-it

arran_m wrote: »

I made a tofu scramble for the first time today.Its basically a vegan version of scrambled egg,I also added extras like red onion ,peppers and a few herbs.Was actually quite tasty

I used to love scrambled tofu- I haven't had it for years but you just reminded me of it. It's delicious with courgettes if you have a glut in the summer. I also like it with onion and mushroom, plus a good pinch of chilli powder or smoked paprika!

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

I was thinking of this thread recently, too, so thanks for resurrecting it!

I made a veggie crumble last week (steam pumpkin, broccoli, carrots, onions) cover with savoury crumble and lots of cheese, bake - delicious!

Can I ask a really dim question please- what do you put in a savoury crumble topping? Also do you add any kind of sauce/stock to the vegetables? Sounds delicious.

I am completely stuck in a cooking rut at the moment- it's a combination of going back to work after mat leave, trying to save money and trying to lose weight. I must make more effort though- particularly to use things I already have in the cupboard and freezer.

I did make a quinoa pillaff the other day which was really yummy.

Nelski

ooooohhh thanks hotcookie for giving the thread the kiss of life I tried loads of new stuff when this started and fully intend to get back into the habit.

My recent purchases of Jamies 30mins and The Takeaway Secret
mean I have plenty to go at So much for using the ones I have..........

Anyway recently I have attempted

Jamies Chicken Pie full meal from the above
Jamies Piri Piri chicken
Jamies Steak Baguette
Takeaway Secret Crispy Shredded Chicken (make with steak though )

Looking like I have slipped back to things I know I will like so on the basis of being brought back to life I will commit to my original pledge of doing somat I haven't done before..........watch this space :cool:

attentionseeker1

I have a veritable library of cookbooks given I am still in my 20s (imagine how many I could have collected in 10 or 20 years:eek:) and to ensure they get used, I pull out about 3 every month when I do my monthly meal plan and pick 2-3 new recipes to try.

To help with this, I try to bookmark recipes that I would like to try one day whenever I first get a recipe book and am reading it through so when I come to do my meal plan, there are already recipes marked for me to try.

This makes it quite cost effective as well as I just pick a couple of things that may need specific ingredients and then fill up the rest of the plan with things I know are quick/good-value.

Recently I have tried

+ Pork souvlaki and tzatziki (pork marinated in oregano, s and p, red wine vinegar, olive oil and grilled)
+ Jamie Oliver oriental chicken broth from the Naked Chef I think
+ Nigella chicken with chorizo and potatoes
+ JO sea bass w fennel seeds and sweet potatoes- a new fave and works really well with Sainsburys frozen sea bass so not tooooo expensive
+ Italian meatloaf

plus the usual curry experimentations!

troll35

Tonight I made one of those 'throw it all in and see what happens' meals. We had a number of things in the fridge that needed eating up so I threw the following things into my large lidded wok.
1 chopped onion
1 red pepper chopped
1 yellow pepper chopped
1 red chilli chopped
cubed leftover roast pork
6 chopped mushrooms
1/4 pint(ish) stock

I cooked it for 10-15 mins then added cornflour to thicken and cream to thin it down again. Served it with baked potatoes and it was scrumdiddlyicious:j

hotcookie101

Jamie Oliver's 30 minute oozy mushroom risotto

This was really quite easy to make-zapping the porcini in with the onions and celery is an insipred action I have to say-you get the richness of flavour, without the faff of soaking them, and I liked just using the kettle rather than having an extra saucepan of stock bubbling away (I admit I used stock cubes-I never seem to have enough home made stock for the recipes I want!)
I only had portobella and chestnut mushrooms but they were lovely grilled, and I was pretty short of thyme (my herb patch seems to have died boo hoo-need to get more thyme, I feel lost without the ability to throw handfuls into my food...

Really nice, easy risotto, big success

laineyc_2

Mmm! I am going to make Sloppy Joes next week.