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Re: cooking!

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 4:01 am
by curio
I made a nice instant pot chili when i was starting to get sick on Tuesday, have had it for 3 meals, and still have ~4 portions left. TENDER BEAN.

Re: cooking!

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 6:18 am
by vilmibm
eggs was good! would do again!

Re: cooking!

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 6:18 am
by vilmibm
I made a nice instant pot chili when i was starting to get sick on Tuesday, have had it for 3 meals, and still have ~4 portions left. TENDER BEAN.
Tender Beans by Getrude Bean

Re: cooking!

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2026 7:58 pm
by agafnd
While this is hardly cooking yesterday I concocted this meal:
  • pre packaged chicken bone broth
  • a quantity of bachan's japanese barbecue sauce
  • a package of instant ramen
  • leftover fried tofu chopped into squares
  • shichimi togarashi
I have tried to use regular type soup broths for ramen before and found them not flavorful enough – there is a reason ramen broths are usually so salty. The Bachan's made a huge difference. It hadn't occurred to me to add it to soup before but there's nothing in it that doesn't work there.

The tofu is relevant to the meal prep thing – you can fry up thin pieces of tofu and have them for later, as a side dish, in sandwiches, topping for ramen...

Re: cooking!

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 5:51 am
by curio
I am in the middle of what I like to call Cereal Purgatory. About once a year I purchase a box of cereal and a half gallon of milk at the same time. I don't really use milk for anything else, so when I run out of cereal before milk, I have to buy more cereal. If I run out of milk, but have cereal left, I have to buy more milk. I will keep doing this until I'm able to empty them both in a single bowl - then I will be free.

Re: cooking!

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2026 8:39 pm
by iikorni
While this is hardly cooking yesterday I concocted this meal:
  • pre packaged chicken bone broth
  • a quantity of bachan's japanese barbecue sauce
  • a package of instant ramen
  • leftover fried tofu chopped into squares
  • shichimi togarashi
I have tried to use regular type soup broths for ramen before and found them not flavorful enough – there is a reason ramen broths are usually so salty. The Bachan's made a huge difference. It hadn't occurred to me to add it to soup before but there's nothing in it that doesn't work there.

The tofu is relevant to the meal prep thing – you can fry up thin pieces of tofu and have them for later, as a side dish, in sandwiches, topping for ramen...
anything is cooking with enough prep - this actually sounds pretty amazing; keeping this for a rainy day

Re: cooking!

Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2026 11:08 pm
by vilmibm
I am in the middle of what I like to call Cereal Purgatory. About once a year I purchase a box of cereal and a half gallon of milk at the same time. I don't really use milk for anything else, so when I run out of cereal before milk, I have to buy more cereal. If I run out of milk, but have cereal left, I have to buy more milk. I will keep doing this until I'm able to empty them both in a single bowl - then I will be free.
at that moment you will receive Gnostic Cereal Insight and you will realize this universe is nothing more than bits of cold cereal soggy with the flavor of old galaxy dust all awaiting to be tip slurped by god

Re: cooking!

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2026 3:44 am
by acdw
I am in the middle of what I like to call Cereal Purgatory. About once a year I purchase a box of cereal and a half gallon of milk at the same time. I don't really use milk for anything else, so when I run out of cereal before milk, I have to buy more cereal. If I run out of milk, but have cereal left, I have to buy more milk. I will keep doing this until I'm able to empty them both in a single bowl - then I will be free.
sounds like chip and dip purgatory but honestly better

Re: cooking!

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2026 6:55 pm
by ari
thinking about making vegan bean burritos again friday /saturday
been craving beans
i love beans

Re: cooking!

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2026 10:26 pm
by randomPoison
Home cooked food slaps but cooking is such a time-consuming endeavor 😭 It doesn't help that I like to cook fairly high effort dishes (anybody else have a copy of The Food Lab?). I'm trying to cook in bulk and actually freeze stuff for future meals, historically I don't use my freezer much.