Idle Cook Club - Veggie Feeds-me: My Body Is Ready

[Woodfella]

Those look great. I just woke up early and got a big old chili on. Will post pictures when it's done in 7 hours time.

[dibs]

In honour of this theme i made:

Risotto

 

Chilli Bean soup

 

Biriyani

[Woodfella]

Dibs they look great, especially Britain.

Ive made chili

I just pulled the ox cheek apart in the pan

I made my own paste using dried chilies garlic lime and stuff beforehand so it's not technically one pot I suppose but it's my theme so BACK OFF.

Here's a bonus botched carrot cake

[Woodfella]

Heres the finished meal, not pictured "homemade" tortilla chips made by blasting Corn tortillas in the oven for 5 mins

[Badfinger]

I will try to get pictures, we made what I'll call potato and chickpea curry over rice. Really good! I cooked up a little on the side with some chicken thighs. Happy with the outcome.

[elvaq]

Oh hey! Forums are still here! I'm crunching like a mad man these days but it's my turn at the wheel for choosing and I think I should have time to execute on one of my very favorite things this weekend...

ENCHILADAS

 

I'll most likely be doing the Potato & Kale Enchiladas from the Veganomicon as I've made it numerous times and it's always come out fantastically. Enchiladas seem like they might be a pain in the ass to cook, with the tortilla folding and what not but I've always found that it's relatively easy since most of the work is in the prep.

 

Here are some sample recipes (and photos) to get your cook-brains a thinking:

 

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/enchiladas/

 

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/veggie-enchiladas/

 

http://www.theppk.com/2013/10/nirvana-enchilada-casserole-video/

 

p.s. bonus points for using chocolate/mole sauce!

[dibs]

I have people over on saturday for dinner and board games so i think this quite fits the menu! Nomnom.

[Woodfella]

Got a lot of suitable ingredients left over from the chili so this is perfect. Gonna do a mole!

[Woodfella]

Enchilada SAUCE

Enchiladas!

ENCHILADAS!

They don't look great, is it possible to make them look good? They were really nice though. Chicken is the meat and the sauce is my attempt at a mole with chocolate, it was really hot to begin with so I added I little chipped tomato. Happy with it as a first attempt, I just chucked stuff in a blender p much

[Badfinger]

No way, they look awesome!

[Cordeos]

I made these last night: https://food52.com/recipes/18563-tofu-and-black-bean-enchiladas

 

Only change I made was adding Oaxaca cheese that I had left over from making tamales. I was in a rush so didn't take any pictures (above is from the article, note the quality). But they are tasty. 

[SuperBiasedMan]

I'm a bit late but I did make my enchiladas, you can see em here:

 

 

They were mostly black beans, onions, peppers and sweetcorn, with a tomato sauce I made and some vegan cheese draped over them. Very tasty, though I had to cook in 4 separate receptacles, which was less nice. Worth it tho, after 2 holiday weeks of not cookin.

 

And it's also time for a new theme. We've wrapped around to the start of the list again, which means I think we're all in for a treat as we pick our theme. So, why not have some cake!

We've cooked plenty of dinners, now we could have chocolate cake, banana bread or a bunch of muffins.

If you wanna stay savoury, you still can. How about crab cakes, or just a nice 'cake' of mozarella and sundried tomato. If you wanna just bake bread and call it cake, that's fine (and is probably what I'll end up doing).

 

So go forth and make some cake!

 

 

EDIT: Quick note about theme order. I'm just going back to the start, intending to get in contact with each person as we go, giving everyone notice so they have time to decide, or bow out if they want. (reminder, you can opt out of choosing themes, but still take part in the cooking just fine) If you want to tell me in advance to remove you, or bump you down the list, just shoot me a message and I'll adjust accordingly.

[YoThatLimp]

Nice! I am making a copy of my wedding cake (but obviously smaller) for my wife for our anniversary on the 9th, so this is perfect.

[SuperBiasedMan]

Nice! I am making a copy of my wedding cake (but obviously smaller for my wife for our anniversary on the 9th, so this is perfect.

 

That's a great idea! Are you going to be decorating it, or just matching the taste?

[YoThatLimp]

That's a great idea! Are you going to be decorating it, or just matching the taste?

 

We had a pretty simple tiered multi-layer chocolate cake with butter cream frosting, I thinking I might do a mini version of it with 4" circular pans and see if our toppers fit on it hah.

 

I've never been much of a baker, and have never made buttercream before, and definitely haven't decorated a cake before, so we'll see!

 

[dibs]

My turn (though i was utterly unsuccessful at getting time to make some corn cakes like i planned due to moving house).

 

This time around I'm nominating Fried Rice as our dish. Go wild, or more likely, go leftovers! I have this about once a week, so i'll mayhaps do something special for this outing!

[YoThatLimp]

So I did a sort of bad job making the mini-cake replica. Getting a butter cream just the right consistentcy is hard. Decorating cakes is hard.

 

 

I made it up with beautiful steak though (obiously this pic is before the cooking process)

 

[Cordeos]

So I did a sort of bad job making the mini-cake replica. Getting a butter cream just the right consistentcy is hard. Decorating cakes is hard.

 

 

I made it up with beautiful steak though (obiously this pic is before the cooking process)

 

I have decided that the new cake picture has the same cake as the first one, just after the birds ate most of it, got fat and tried to cover it up

In all seriousness frosting has always been my nemesis, I always reach a point where I don't want to smooth it anymore and start eating.

[Patrick R]

I made this a couple days before the theme was announced, but I can definitely recommend this recipe for Shrimp Fried Rice with ********* and toasted Coconut.

 

Mine didn't look as good as the picture on the site, naturally, but it was very tasty. Sweet, but with a kick. 

 

 

EDIT: ...is ********* censored on this forum?

 

EDIT EDIT: Yo, it's like a pine plus an apple, you put it together into a spiky fruit, you can figure it out.

[Cordeos]

I made this a couple days before the theme was announced, but I can definitely recommend this recipe for Shrimp Fried Rice with ********* and toasted Coconut.

 

Mine didn't look as good as the picture on the site, naturally, but it was very tasty. Sweet, but with a kick. 

 

 

EDIT: ...is ********* censored on this forum?

 

EDIT EDIT: Yo, it's like a pine plus an apple, you put it together into a spiky fruit, you can figure it out.

Watch your mouth son!

Serious eats just posted this:

http://www.seriouseats.com/2016/08/how-to-make-omurice-japanese-omelette-fried-rice.html

Omurice is fantastic! I also plan on making a cake next week. I have been traveling the past four weekends so I haven't had time to cook much.

[Nappi]

Pie's a cake, right?

 

 

[Cordeos]

Late cake is better than no cake at all

 

 

https://food52.com/recipes/24484-margaret-fox-s-amazon-chocolate-cake

[TychoCelchuuu]

How does it taste? It looks amazing.

[Cordeos]

How does it taste? It looks amazing.

Its really good, dense and moist. I am becoming a fan of dark coco, makes things look super rich

[Cordeos]

I made this: https://food52.com/recipes/38552-thai-basil-fried-rice-with-tofu

Forgot to take a picture before i plated and stored it, but its really good. I might try incorporating thai basil and lime as a final step in my standard fried rice to see if that bumps up the flavor.