looks great

im more of a mortadella guy , not big on ham but yum nice looking snack plate there

I like mortadella, with ham and salami, cheese, black olives, hot peppers, tomato lettuce and olive oil and vinegar!

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Its colder than a well diggers ass so I thought chili sounded like a good plan... no chicken and white bean, no turkey... just good ol traditional chili with beans.

Green peppers, onion, ground beef with plenty of fat left in, never be shy with the garlic, cumin, chili powder, 4 cans ro-tel diced tomato with green chile, 1 can tomato juice, 3 cans dark beans in chili sauce, dash of sugar.

Simmer for 4 hours, add oyster crackers and profit.

What's for dinner? Here's mine... (Part 2)
 

REAL CHILI DOESN'T HAVE BEANS!!!![/a bunch of morons who think chili can only be one thing]

Never had chili with rotel. What kind of Rotel did you get?

I'm sure everyone would be appalled by what I put in my chili. It's a "catch-all."

Never understood that thinking, gotsta have some beans in there for filler... I want a bowl full of food, not hot dog topping.

Just the mild, gotta have some tomato chunks in there.

I like their addition of the green chiles, they add an authentic touch.

Crap tonight, just crap!

It's not my night to cook, it's from a box, it's just crap!

Give us an example of a typical batch.

Making chili tomorrow. Beef and beans are a must. I just don't give a shit if some taint thinks it's not real chili. It will be delicious.

What kind of beans do you guys like in your chili? I don't care for kidney, so I almost always go with black beans.

Under the weather so that can only mean pozole verde de pollo. I'll put up a pic later if I feel up to it.

Tonight, I'm working to perfect my pizza-making. So I've got the dough proofing, sauce is finished, and doing some seasoned ground beef (a little garlic, a little onion, some oregano, and a splash of Worcestershire sauce) all seared off.

I think I may try my hand at making mozzarella if I can find some non-ULTRApasteurized milk.

My spanish is laughable, but would that be green chile and chicken?

I use kidney. Dark and light. The wife likes pinto every now and then.

Yeah, green chile, hominy soup with chicken. Mexican chicken soup, garnished with chopped cabbage and lime.

EDIT: Cilantro. My wife likes avocado slices with hers.

You should try black beans sometime. Beats the pants off kidney, IMO. Never tried pinto.

I'm not usually one for white chili, but I bet what you're making is damn tasty.

*meathead Rob Lowe says* Bro! I'm using black beans in tonights chili.

They're more flavorful than any other color IMO.

Oh, I intended to quote Pablo.

Killer looking homemade crust, doesnt look too thick nor thin... very nice.

Looks really good, what are those toppings.

Thanks, man. That's my best yet.

Just a hard-seared seasoned ground beef.

Sounds like a trip to flavor town my man. Good shit. I still need to perfect the crust. I'm going use some basil infused EVOO next time.

You want a good easy chili, use medium rotel and Williams six gun chili mix.

Add in all the pepper packet


Win

And I didn't mention beef and beans because to me that's a given

Boxed lasagna done, and the Jimmy John's day-old "Garlic bread" too. Another meal opportunity I'll never get back!

Yeah, I'm eating it sitting under a blanket.

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Looks great, the fresh cilantro garnish helps make the case.

Nice looking pie FMB, do you use bread flour or AP?

We made tacos and tamales (well my buddy's mom made the tamales and sent them to me she's in her 90s first generation American) for everyone.

Its gonna be ****ing awesome.

Bet the farm that 90 year old ladies food is unbelieveable.

You want authentic, you got it.

Typically bread flour.

My uninspired dinner was this crap (I think). I'm sure some starving kid in Africa would be happy with it, but it uninspired to say the very least.

Looks like you had some nice air pockets, did you dock the dough?

Here is a couple of my thin and crispy pizzas.

There was a decent structure, but no, I didn't dock it.

I just ordered a baking steel. Very excited to try some pizza and bread on it.

Those do look like good pies. You cooking on a stone or what?

I've been gone for quite a while but anytime anyone from the old neighborhood heads this way she sends me a care package.

It's awesome.

Off subject but I haven't forgotten you either, every time I pass that way I keep my eyes peeled.

Right now, pizza pans, but I have a stone coming my way.

Are you a fennel fan? I almost bought some today but couldn't bring myself to pay $6 bucks for something that a lot of people might not care for.

I love fennel. What do you do with it wrt pizza?

Fennel seed in Italian sausage is the TRUTH.

Shoulda sprung for the $6 IMO.

I don't care for it. I've had fresh fennel in a salad that I enjoyed, but it's my least favorite part of eyetalian sausage.

Add it to sauce or just as seasoning in general with sausage or ground beef.

I like it, I may pick some up, my cheap butt just had a little sticker shock and I put it back.

I'm surprised, I thought you would have been all about fennel.

Too much of that licorice taste.

Fresh, julienned with orange supremes and watercress is pretty good, though.

Did I mention the dinner I didn't cook was unimaginative and uninspired?

I'm sorry, did the box lasagna have fennel in it?

What's for dinner? Here's mine... (Part 2)
 

So... Why didn't you cook?


LMAO

No, that's be too creative.

It was certainly fail on my part. If you want something done right, ya gotta to it yourself!

It was, maybe, one step above the "Slop-in-a-skillet" life has offered modern-day 'people'!

WasDon't feel bad. I've had chicken fried steak once in the last month. Otherwise it's been oatmeal, eggs, Cottage cheese, chicken and veggies, or salad. Tonight, it's Cottage cheese! Sigh.

My wife rarely cooks, so we don't really have days like that. She cooks if I really don't want to, but outside of baked sweets, her repertoire is slim.

I'm traveling in a couple weeks to Texas. CFS will be on the menu.

Well come on over floppy, I got left over pot roast and will fix you up.

I had a great one yesterday. Hand breaded, not a beef pattie. Legit. I don't indulge often these days, so I was happy it was legit. Few and far between though. Not eating awesome food daily beats cancer or something worse I suppose...

You're awesome, but I'm fat and don't want to be. Do what we have to do.

Plenty of veggies, I had a roast in there somewhere.

What cut was it? I always used tenderized rounds.

That looks awesome. I'm on my way! Lol

Couldn't tell you, but I'd guess it was cubed, and would be shocked if I was wrong. I was impressed. Particularly by the $9 price tag, and it wasn't a big plate. I couldn't finish it now that my tummy is trained. A month ago I could've eaten 2. Round is very good!

Yup, I get it. I just hate the norm others have!

I'm glad some of us can cook. It's not that hard, it just takes a little trying.

There's no magic to cooking, grilling, smoking, or baking - there's just trying and keeping at it.

Me too buddy. Me too...

Agreed! I sucked at 12. Kept at it and I'm the cook in my house.

Obviously I'm not picky, I appreciate good food, if someone throws something in the oven and hands me a plate and I didn't have to lift a finger, I wont complain. Life is fast paced, cooking all day for a couple of good meals just doesn't happen anymore.

If I didn't love it so much, if it weren't more healthy, if it didn't provide me a break, I guess I'd quit.

But I'll be honest, on a Saturday Box-Bakers sort of offend me. I work 65-70 hour weeks. Hell, I'm working now (!!!), so the whole concept of needing 6 uninterrupted hours in the kitchen to make a roast is bullshit.

Only certain foods take time, more only take desire.

It's all good my friend, I just don't stress over whatever comes my way.

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Dinner Tonight? Bitches, cocaine, and a Sams Club rising crust supreme pizza.

So, you're a box bitch too....

Then why are you posting on CP? and try grilling the Sams club pizza, its the bomb. Tell your mom we said hey!

Find a natural food store that has spices in bulk. Then just buy a little for a couple of meals. Cost a LOT less. Not even a buck. The jars are a rip-off and if you don't use one much the spices lose their pungency.

I adore fennel in sweet Italian sausage and my Nonna always made her sausages with it. Plus a touch in the tomato sauce too.

I had a warm corned beef with melted Harvarti on dark rye and a pickle tonight. Gonna cook again tommorrow though.

Today's Dinner
 

Afternoon Sunday Dinner - Roasted Garlic Lemon Chicken
Roasted with Green Beans and New Potatoes with a side salad.

Ribeyes covered in mushrooms and a baked potato.

Jesus I pulled a 6 lb prime rib out of the fridge at noon to come up to temperature and it still reads 47 degrees

Ribeye sprinkled with three cheese blend, then covered with hot green peppers and onions swimming in a mix of herb and wine marinade, with balsamic vinegar.

the ranch beans...forget the name