Q. i love to cook, even though im a guy, and i want to know more recipes, but nothing comes to mind, when i look food up on the net. since there are people here that loves food like me, i would like you all to suggest some main dishes that are great to serve company at home, as well as for home cooking. please help. thanks in advance :)
p.s. the type of food doesnt matter, whether its vegetarian or whatever. thanks
p.s. the type of food doesnt matter, whether its vegetarian or whatever. thanks
A. Stuffed Peppers My Way - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/stuffed-peppers-my-way/detail.aspx
World's Best Lasagna - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/worlds-best-lasagna/detail.aspx
Marinated Grilled Shrimp - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/marinated-grilled-shrimp/detail.aspx
Baby Back Ribs - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/baby-back-ribs/detail.aspx
Garlic Prime Rib - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/garlic-prime-rib/detail.aspx
Boilermaker Tailgate Chili - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/boilermaker-tailgate-chili/detail.aspx
Southwest Chicken - http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/southwest-chicken-bake-123142.aspx
Easy Meatloaf - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/easy-meatloaf/
Chicken Pot Pie IX - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-pot-pie-ix/detail.aspx
Delicious Black Bean Burritos - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/delicious-black-bean-burritos/detail.aspx
World's Best Lasagna - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/worlds-best-lasagna/detail.aspx
Marinated Grilled Shrimp - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/marinated-grilled-shrimp/detail.aspx
Baby Back Ribs - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/baby-back-ribs/detail.aspx
Garlic Prime Rib - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/garlic-prime-rib/detail.aspx
Boilermaker Tailgate Chili - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/boilermaker-tailgate-chili/detail.aspx
Southwest Chicken - http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/southwest-chicken-bake-123142.aspx
Easy Meatloaf - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/easy-meatloaf/
Chicken Pot Pie IX - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-pot-pie-ix/detail.aspx
Delicious Black Bean Burritos - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/delicious-black-bean-burritos/detail.aspx
Do you think this would taste okay?!?
Q. So tonight we're having spaghetti and meatballs for dinner, but i'm a vegetarian so i was trying to think of a substitute for the meatballs....do you think it would be any good if i just took spicy black bean burgers and rolled them up into balls? lol. or do you have a good, easy recipe for vegetarian "meatballs" thank you! :)
A. That sounds soooooooooooooo good! There are other recipes too! Try anything that comes to mind!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
i made these "meatballs" tonight and they were fabulous! i also figured out the nutrition of them and one meat ball is only 37 calories and 4 grams of protein and 2 grams of fiber! wow!
http://crueltyfreeshop.com.au/index....roducts_id=131
i added marjoram, thyme, garlic powder instead of raw garlic, and nutritional yeast aswell. (i didnt have tomato juice either so i just mixed tomato sauce and water for the tomato juice it called for) but one thing i would change is cut back on the salt. it calls for 1 tsp of salt, i would have used only a couple dashes or half a tsp instead.
im going to make the "meatloaf" this week sometime. ill post about how it is! (ive been craving for a long time a vegan loaf like this that tastes like my moms old meatloaf. im very excited to try it.)
ive just discovered textured soy protein and how great it is, how much nutrition it has (ive been on the search for lots of different vegan proteins that are really high in protein but not too high in calories) and ive been making lots of stuff with it. hence why i found this recipe for the balls and loaf.
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PiNk
i made these "meatballs" tonight and they were fabulous! i also figured out the nutrition of them and one meat ball is only 37 calories and 4 grams of protein and 2 grams of fiber! wow!
http://crueltyfreeshop.com.au/index....roducts_id=131
i added marjoram, thyme, garlic powder instead of raw garlic, and nutritional yeast aswell. (i didnt have tomato juice either so i just mixed tomato sauce and water for the tomato juice it called for) but one thing i would change is cut back on the salt. it calls for 1 tsp of salt, i would have used only a couple dashes or half a tsp instead.
im going to make the "meatloaf" this week sometime. ill post about how it is! (ive been craving for a long time a vegan loaf like this that tastes like my moms old meatloaf. im very excited to try it.)
ive just discovered textured soy protein and how great it is, how much nutrition it has (ive been on the search for lots of different vegan proteins that are really high in protein but not too high in calories) and ive been making lots of stuff with it. hence why i found this recipe for the balls and loaf.
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"you dont have to be tall to see the moon" - african proverb
PiNk
My friend went on a nondairy diet. He said dairy is very bad for you. Is this true?
Q.
A. You’re one of those people who have one of those friends.
No, dairy products are not “very bad” for you. That would be like saying that exercising is very bad for you…just because you can hurt yourself with bad form, or you would become an exercise addict (addicted to your own feel-good body chemicals) or because you can be run over by a car or bitten by a dog while jogging. You just have to use caution, moderation and be safe and alert.
Dairies, especially milk, get a bad rap for several reasons, mostly because we are not calves (I eat carrots and I’m not a rabbit…I eat chicken and I’m not a fox) and also because of the animal fats that it contains (so it can contain a lot of calories of scary saturated fats) and also some people have issues with digesting lactose (the sugar in dairies). Also if dairy products are highly processed and you consume huge quantities, you get the undesirable side effects of getting too much hormones and antibiotics (but the same could be said for any meat or even eggs if you don’t buy organic food).
Basically, dairies are “complete food”…you get your carbs, your protein, your dietary fats, your vitamins/minerals, your water…A human being can survive on a whole milk and potato diet, like the Irish did, until they got a potato crop disease (the Great Famine of Ireland).
Humans are omnivorous (they can digest both plants and animal food). The main benefits of consuming dairy products is the great source of calcium and protein…but you can avoid dairies (like if you’re ovo-vegetarian or vegan) if you’re nutritionally savvy (hopefully you either know how to cook or know someone who does), so you can get your calcium and protein from other sources.
You can get calcium from sardines with bones (they rate second after milk), collard greens and kale, turnip greens, salmon, broccoli, almonds, tofu, tortilla corn, kidney and black beans (in order of calcium content).
Good high protein food are eggs (whites and no more than one yolk a day), lean meat, fish and poultry (do not eat the skin), legumes (beans, peas, lentils, including soy milk and tofu that comes from soybeans which are legumes), grains (rice, maize...called corn in the US, whole-wheat pasta and bread, rye, buckwheat, oats, millet...) and nuts/seeds (peanut butter included).
Combine legumes and grains and you’ll get complete protein. Like eating a slice of bread with beans, or adding rice to lentils, or peas to pasta...even combining legumes and grains in different meals (during the same day) will have them meet later on in the intestines to form complete protein.
Food with both calcium (for the bones) and protein (for the muscle) are the best like fish, legumes combined with grains (and of course dairies).
I like sardines on buttered (that’s a dairy) toasts but I would not eat those every day. I do not like the taste of milk by itself but I love chocolate milk, strawberry milk (like with Nesquik), café au lait (milk and coffee) and use it in countless recipes from making bread to making cakes or meatballs and meatloaves. I do not like the taste of “fake” milk from soy, rice or almond…they can call it “milk” but for me, it just tastes like legumes/grains/seeds juice…eeww (I love legumes, grains and seeds/nuts but not if they’re juiced).
At the end, dairy products are just a practical and enjoyable way to get your nutrients. I’d rather snack on cheese and crackers or a yogurt than sardines. I would not eat sea scallops any other way unless I pan fry them in butter sauce (one of the rare food that I pan fry). You can replace butter with dreadful margarine (that contains awful Trans fat to solidify it and contains as many calories as butter) but you’ll never get the subtle buttery taste of (organic) butter that will make your sea scallops taste like Heaven in a few minutes.
Same with almond mini cakes…you absolutely cannot get it right unless you use butter that you clarify (at the half point between melting and burning) and it starts to taste and smell like almonds too with the same color, a beautiful clear amber, so the whole flavor is enhanced.
(End of my answer coming up next...)
Edit: (about another answer you got)
Do not use calcium supplements just because you avoid dairies. Your body cannot absorb minerals (or vitamins) unless they come with the food into which they’re supposed to be. You would need protein (and lactose if you can stomach it) to absorb calcium, not just vitamin D (which you can naturally synthesize with 15 minutes in sunlight btw). Extra unabsorbed calcium will deposit on your bones (calcification) as it’s not like Bs or C vitamins that you just pee out in “expensive pee”. Extra calcium also gives you kidney stones (ouch!).
No, dairy products are not “very bad” for you. That would be like saying that exercising is very bad for you…just because you can hurt yourself with bad form, or you would become an exercise addict (addicted to your own feel-good body chemicals) or because you can be run over by a car or bitten by a dog while jogging. You just have to use caution, moderation and be safe and alert.
Dairies, especially milk, get a bad rap for several reasons, mostly because we are not calves (I eat carrots and I’m not a rabbit…I eat chicken and I’m not a fox) and also because of the animal fats that it contains (so it can contain a lot of calories of scary saturated fats) and also some people have issues with digesting lactose (the sugar in dairies). Also if dairy products are highly processed and you consume huge quantities, you get the undesirable side effects of getting too much hormones and antibiotics (but the same could be said for any meat or even eggs if you don’t buy organic food).
Basically, dairies are “complete food”…you get your carbs, your protein, your dietary fats, your vitamins/minerals, your water…A human being can survive on a whole milk and potato diet, like the Irish did, until they got a potato crop disease (the Great Famine of Ireland).
Humans are omnivorous (they can digest both plants and animal food). The main benefits of consuming dairy products is the great source of calcium and protein…but you can avoid dairies (like if you’re ovo-vegetarian or vegan) if you’re nutritionally savvy (hopefully you either know how to cook or know someone who does), so you can get your calcium and protein from other sources.
You can get calcium from sardines with bones (they rate second after milk), collard greens and kale, turnip greens, salmon, broccoli, almonds, tofu, tortilla corn, kidney and black beans (in order of calcium content).
Good high protein food are eggs (whites and no more than one yolk a day), lean meat, fish and poultry (do not eat the skin), legumes (beans, peas, lentils, including soy milk and tofu that comes from soybeans which are legumes), grains (rice, maize...called corn in the US, whole-wheat pasta and bread, rye, buckwheat, oats, millet...) and nuts/seeds (peanut butter included).
Combine legumes and grains and you’ll get complete protein. Like eating a slice of bread with beans, or adding rice to lentils, or peas to pasta...even combining legumes and grains in different meals (during the same day) will have them meet later on in the intestines to form complete protein.
Food with both calcium (for the bones) and protein (for the muscle) are the best like fish, legumes combined with grains (and of course dairies).
I like sardines on buttered (that’s a dairy) toasts but I would not eat those every day. I do not like the taste of milk by itself but I love chocolate milk, strawberry milk (like with Nesquik), café au lait (milk and coffee) and use it in countless recipes from making bread to making cakes or meatballs and meatloaves. I do not like the taste of “fake” milk from soy, rice or almond…they can call it “milk” but for me, it just tastes like legumes/grains/seeds juice…eeww (I love legumes, grains and seeds/nuts but not if they’re juiced).
At the end, dairy products are just a practical and enjoyable way to get your nutrients. I’d rather snack on cheese and crackers or a yogurt than sardines. I would not eat sea scallops any other way unless I pan fry them in butter sauce (one of the rare food that I pan fry). You can replace butter with dreadful margarine (that contains awful Trans fat to solidify it and contains as many calories as butter) but you’ll never get the subtle buttery taste of (organic) butter that will make your sea scallops taste like Heaven in a few minutes.
Same with almond mini cakes…you absolutely cannot get it right unless you use butter that you clarify (at the half point between melting and burning) and it starts to taste and smell like almonds too with the same color, a beautiful clear amber, so the whole flavor is enhanced.
(End of my answer coming up next...)
Edit: (about another answer you got)
Do not use calcium supplements just because you avoid dairies. Your body cannot absorb minerals (or vitamins) unless they come with the food into which they’re supposed to be. You would need protein (and lactose if you can stomach it) to absorb calcium, not just vitamin D (which you can naturally synthesize with 15 minutes in sunlight btw). Extra unabsorbed calcium will deposit on your bones (calcification) as it’s not like Bs or C vitamins that you just pee out in “expensive pee”. Extra calcium also gives you kidney stones (ouch!).
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