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If you dont want a dick on your packaging dont use a famously endowed landmark, imho. If you're gonna use something famous for slingin meat people will notice they're getting a meatless alternative
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Epic High Five posted:If you dont want a dick on your packaging dont use a famously endowed landmark, imho. If you're gonna use something famous for slingin meat people will notice they're getting a meatless alternative
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Jun 7, 2023 15:35
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Epic High Five posted:If you dont want a dick on your packaging dont use a famously endowed landmark, imho. If you're gonna use something famous for slingin meat people will notice they're getting a meatless alternative They're selling the cheese not the meat
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Epic High Five posted:If you dont want a dick on your packaging dont use a famously endowed landmark, imho. If you're gonna use something famous for slingin meat people will notice they're getting a meatless alternative I can see not wanting to be known as the "dick cheese" company but they should have picked a different symbol if they wanted to avoid that
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speaking of cheese. . . there was a bunch of fresh mozzarella at the store on a close to code 50% off special. bought some and enjoyed it at lunch
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Jun 7, 2023 23:47
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Okay, my wife is trying to eat healthy. What are some simple meals that use staple ingredients that are good for weight loss/health in general I can feed the family with? She always ends up being the odd man out eating her own thing bc it's hard to whip things up when I don't exactly know what's "healthy" and I'm the main cooking person in the house bc of timing of when we get off work.
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AxGrap posted:Okay, my wife is trying to eat healthy. What are some simple meals that use staple ingredients that are good for weight loss/health in general I can feed the family with? She always ends up being the odd man out eating her own thing bc it's hard to whip things up when I don't exactly know what's "healthy" and I'm the main cooking person in the house bc of timing of when we get off work. lentil curries and in general just maximize vegetable portions while minimizing meat/carbs
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Jun 8, 2023 00:11
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:lentil curries Carbs is ... Grain stuff right?
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AxGrap posted:Carbs is ... Grain stuff right? Yeah, although apparently potatoes and sweet potatoes are themselves also pretty good for weight loss so... you really just have to watch the calories cut out the calorie dense stuff like butter/cheese/dairy, and fill the yawning void with things you can eat all day and get nearly no energy from like a cucumber
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Jun 8, 2023 00:14
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AxGrap posted:Okay, my wife is trying to eat healthy. What are some simple meals that use staple ingredients that are good for weight loss/health in general I can feed the family with? She always ends up being the odd man out eating her own thing bc it's hard to whip things up when I don't exactly know what's "healthy" and I'm the main cooking person in the house bc of timing of when we get off work. vegetable soups and stews. also baked, roasted, broiled, or grilled vegetables.
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Jun 8, 2023 00:17
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AxGrap posted:Okay, my wife is trying to eat healthy. What are some simple meals that use staple ingredients that are good for weight loss/health in general I can feed the family with? She always ends up being the odd man out eating her own thing bc it's hard to whip things up when I don't exactly know what's "healthy" and I'm the main cooking person in the house bc of timing of when we get off work. Do you already calorie count? If not I would start with that. You can make anything healthy, just don't use as much oil/butter.
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AnimeIsTrash posted:Do you already calorie count? If not I would start with that. We've done calorie counting so many times over the years I can prob sum everything up in my head from memory Good Soldier Svejk posted:Yeah, although apparently potatoes and sweet potatoes are themselves also pretty good for weight loss so... you really just have to watch the calories Lol thanks, the main thing that's hard is keeping enough veg in the house I guess. I usually stock up on onion celery and carrots every week, so lentil curry with veg is prob my best bet. bedpan posted:vegetable soups and stews. also baked, roasted, broiled, or grilled vegetables. I have a good stash of soups in the freezer, but they always seem like winter food. Maybe I can pair it with salads.
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maybe try some portabello mushroom steaks little soy and miso glaze, char those fuckers up nice on a grill and get'em all smokey miso, mushroom powder, and fish sauce (if you're not trying to go full vegetarian) are your friends for getting umami flavor without the calories
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bedpan posted:vegetable soups and stews. also baked, roasted, broiled, or grilled vegetables. these
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yeah grilled veggies rock, I usually do mushrooms, zucchini, bell pepper, red onion, eggplant marinated in balsamic, olive oil, garlic, oregano get some Greek seasoning and marinate some chicken breast in it with lemon juice and garlic. cook it up and eat it with tzatziki made with fat free greek yogurt, shredded cuke, garlic, and lemon. rice, pita, and plenty of fresh tomato, onion, cuke, lettuce optional start eating lots of fish. I've been making this sheet pan white fish + veg thing a ton and serving it with rice https://www.themediterraneandish.com/baked-flounder-recipe/ good old ground meat tacos can be pretty low cal if you use the 93% ground turkey, light sour cream, lots of salsa and fresh veg, and not a ton of cheese. get those low carb tortillas if you want. definitely a kid pleaser. can also do shredded chicken in the crockpot for tacos, just use a packet of taco seasoning and some good salsa like Herdez in the little cans. cook it only for a couple hours until it's just cooked or you'll have sawdust though. this is a good creamy pasta I make a lot https://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/7919563/spaghetti-spinach-with-sun-dried-tomato-cream-sauce/ this is a good bowl meal that's easy, just use ground turkey. serve with kimchi, and lots of sliced cukes and shredded carrot https://damndelicious.net/2013/07/07/korean-beef-bowl/ in general look for mediterranean dishes, that's like the only diet that's actually doctor approved
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AxGrap posted:Okay, my wife is trying to eat healthy. What are some simple meals that use staple ingredients that are good for weight loss/health in general I can feed the family with? She always ends up being the odd man out eating her own thing bc it's hard to whip things up when I don't exactly know what's "healthy" and I'm the main cooking person in the house bc of timing of when we get off work. Get good at stir frying and dishing up reasonable portions of rice was a big one for me when I lost weight.
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Follow up bc I prepped a bunch of lentils to use as bases for meals (pics below bc lol). IS RICE HEALTHY? I get a different answer from everyone I ask. It's filling and I often use it to extend meals, but is that carbs? Is avoiding white rice the key? I've never really focused on healthy eating for myself, and there is so much fad diet poo poo and that I never know how to be proactive about helping. 22 lbs of cooked lentils (I already posted in another thread but it's needed here)   
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Following up on other recipes itt as well, thanks for the help all!
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rice has a lot of carbs, yes. "is rice healthy" isn't really a question that makes sense though. do you think carbs are the devil? then I guess it's bad. we can't really answer that for you. in general, though, brown rice is more healthy than white rice because it's a whole grain. kind of like how whole wheat bread is better for you than white bread. it'll keep you fuller longer and has more fiber and stuff. so I guess you could consider brown rice a "healthy" carb compared to white rice. but white rice isn't inherently unhealthy, certainly not like a hostess cupcake is. if this is a weight loss diet, then it really just comes down to calories in vs. calories out. get a calorie tracker and use it. once you get down portion sizes and what generally has more calories than other things, then you can start fine tuning things if you want
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my wife never gains weight regardless of what she eats and I pack it on as soon as I skip a gym day or think about a bakery for too long, so I know what it feels like to be the odd one out in terms of family meals. Here's a strategy I've had great success with, both in terms of losing weight and eating healthier: go to the store twice a week or so and get whatever non-starchy vegetables are on sale. Roast or grill em up and stick them in the fridge. If you're ever hungry or even peckish at any point in the day, pull em out and chow down. If you start to get bored of the flavor, dump hot sauce on em. I don't even bother tracking these calories and just worry about what I eat at mealtimes. Given you're already sated when lunch/dinner rolls around you're not going to want to eat much anyway but you can enjoy the meal with everyone else and don't feel like you're depriving yourself. Great, easy, consistent weight loss and you also eat a ton of veggies to boot. If you really want the weight to melt off cut out all booze/dessert/fast food and you'll really struggle to eat above a caloric deficit.
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I've got some leftover mashed potatoes and roasted carrots. isn't there a shepherds pie or something where you put mashed potatoes and veggies in a pie pan w/ gravy and top it with a biscuit layer or something? someone shoot me a notional recipe.
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Jun 8, 2023 19:15
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white rice is probably the healthiest thing you can eat
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Anybody noticing jalapenos not being as hot anymore? I thought I just got some bad ones but then I saw a post on reddit from someone also noticing how weak they are now and I figure the hosed climate is wrecking harvests.DR FRASIER KRANG posted:I've got some leftover mashed potatoes and roasted carrots. You've wrote the notional recipe. Meat and gravy on the bottom, topped with potato and carrot layer, biscuits on top with the rest of the gravy poured over. Cook for whatever time and temp a comparable random recipe says and check on it. Deliver directly to me.
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skooma512 posted:Anybody noticing jalapenos not being as hot anymore? I thought I just got some bad ones but then I saw a post on reddit from someone also noticing how weak they are now and I figure the hosed climate is wrecking harvests. There is a spicer variety you can grow yourself, if you want to gently caress with growing one.
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skooma512 posted:Anybody noticing jalapenos not being as hot anymore? I thought I just got some bad ones but then I saw a post on reddit from someone also noticing how weak they are now and I figure the hosed climate is wrecking harvests. https://www.seedneeds.com/products/tam-jalapeno Store bought Jalopenos are most likely to be TAM's, which are bred to be less spicy for white people making poppers I guess. I just grow my own, along with serranos for good consistent heat
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skooma512 posted:Anybody noticing jalapenos not being as hot anymore? I thought I just got some bad ones but then I saw a post on reddit from someone also noticing how weak they are now and I figure the hosed climate is wrecking harvests. what the gently caress I thought I was losing it -- but yes! the jarred ones I usually get have become weak as gently caress and mostly flavorless. I'm growing a shitload of jalapenos because of it but recently I bought a can of la costena sliced jalapenos and they've been decently spicy. also some switch has flipped in my brain in the last year or so and I'm becoming a hot pepper sicko. growing a bunch of habeneros and ghost peppers this year too. wanted to grow birds eyes (for peri peri) but couldn't find the seeds in time
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skooma512 posted:You've wrote the notional recipe. Meat and gravy on the bottom, topped with potato and carrot layer, biscuits on top with the rest of the gravy poured over. Cook for whatever time and temp a comparable random recipe says and check on it. Deliver directly to me. I think the ingredient I'm missing here is meat. it's too late for this to be a budget meal because I've got meat pie on the brain. I bought some beef chuck short ribs that I want to slow cook into a savory shredded concoction for my shepherd's pie. I have a general idea for doing this in the oven at a low temp, but I'm open to ideas beyond "garlic, salt, pepper, corn starch and broth" as a treatment for this protein.
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:I think the ingredient I'm missing here is meat. Onion and red wine perhaps? Worcestershire?
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skooma512 posted:Onion and red wine perhaps? Worcestershire? slow cooking in wine is never a bad move that's a baseline for delicious, any sort of garlic/onion/spices on top is aces
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Red wine improves stews so much, it feels like cheating
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how much red wine we talking here. I've got about 1.75 lbs of meat.
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Turtle Sandbox posted:There is a spicer variety you can grow yourself, if you want to gently caress with growing one. growing japalenos is easy af depending on where you live, especially with climate change jalapaneo plants love as much sun as possible and thrive in high heat (provided you water them appropriately)
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ekuNNN posted:Red wine improves stews so much, it feels like cheating Oh my god yes
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skooma512 posted:Onion and red wine perhaps? Worcestershire? agreeing with this and asking: if you have all the stuff for shepard's pie, have you considered just making beef bourguignon instead?
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id go roughly equal parts red wine and beef stock. throw in a few garlic bulbs, couple quartered onions, some carrots, and chuck your ribs in until really tender if that's what your after, or earlier if you want some springy-ness since they're gonna get some time in a pie. id err on the side of tender, though! since you have a pie planned, id throw the whole pot (or its contents) into the fridge overnight. beef ribs give up a lot of fat that you can pull off the next day, and the ribs and jus will taste even better, i promise. i wouldn't use the vegetables in the braising liquid in the pie, though. they gave up everything in the cook and will be mush after more time in the oven. sorry for the un-asked for recipe lol
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Business Gorillas posted:agreeing with this and asking: if you have all the stuff for shepard's pie, have you considered just making beef bourguignon instead? if you are someone out there not knowing how to cook, this or coq au vin are two relatively simple recipes you can learn and impress the hell out of anyone by making no one will ever say no to wine-braised style french cooking
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Nah this is all good information. My carrots and potatoes are all cooked and ready to go but I like the idea of adding an onion to the meat as it cooks. Also: I will look into this bourguignon idea as well.
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French country cooking is super great and super easy.
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all the goon ideas for making the pie mix better are great you could also have (imo) a way better dish with much less work (not having to debone + chop the meat and not having to mash potatoes) here's a good recipe for it: https://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/julia-childs-beef-bourguignon/cdda3ccc-3623-4363-8095-aaca1a3f8313 just be careful with the 3-4 hours on the light simmer in the oven. i did 3.5 last time and had to rehydrate everything with a little bit of water at the end.
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Julia Child is the way also I always do my braising on the stove top rather than the oven it's really hard to gently caress up slow cooking though just watch it
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