So today is my birthday, and I'm wanting to cook myself something special! I have carte blanch to make a huge mess that my partner will clean, so I'm rearing to throw down. What are your fav celebratory meals? Could be simple, could be complicated, could be expensive, could be cheap af. Just looking for some inspiration. Anything from dino nuggies to beef wellington! Thanks in advance!

Why are store bought whole pickled beets so much smaller than the beets you'd buy or harvest fresh? Are they picking them when small? Whittling big ones down to one-bite size?

It's a weird question but my internet searching just keeps bringing up the same pickled beets recipe on 45 sites. I don't want a recipe, I want answers to life's burning questions!

This was a couple of days ago, but I didn't see any other posts about it on Beehaw so here it is.

I've got a simple chickpea salad recipe that I would like a quick and simple alternative for. The recipe makes 10 servings.

8 cans chickpeas drained

1 bag frozen chopped onions

1 bag frozen chopped spinach

680 grams plain nonfat Greek yogurt

160 grams hot salsa

Tajin powder added to servings individually to taste

I'm not looking to replace this completely, just something for an alternative and to fill in when I don't have any made up. The alternative doesn't need to similar in taste but some nutritional aspects are important. It needs to be 400kcal or less and have at least 20g of protein and 10g of fiber. I know that Soylent and Huel fit the bill but I'm hoping to find something I can get at Kroger.

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Has anyone experience how bad the proriatary software is on such machines? For Kenwood there is an app (Kenwood World App) which apparently guides you through the cooking-process. Does anyone have a idea for how long this app or other apps from similar machines will be maintained? Does anyone have experience of using such a device without an internet connection?

I am sure that there wont ever be a simple foss app which can connect to such a device, but how bad is it? I am worried that the new Kenwoods wont be as durable as the old one I had (had it handed down, was around 30yo), because the software will be discontinued.

Looking for people with experiences with such machines and their software-side.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11294896

So I have been trying to make my own tortillas. I’ll found a recipe online that was flour, water, oil, and salt that seemed decent but wasn’t very good. I essentially made tortilla shaped crackers. I’m high altitude, but with nothing rising I’m not sure that matters? Anyone have a good recipe they can share? I’m kinda going for authentic styles that you would get at a taco shop.

Thanks!

Someone posted an olive oil cake recipe here a while ago. I found and made this one, super good

I make a traditional pesto and use it for all kinds of recipes. I adore this pesto for soups, pasta, veggies.

However, when I use it for pizza, I get this weird paradox where everything is too salty, but still feels like it needs salt. For toppings I use fresh mozzarella, roasted red peppers and parboiled asparagus. I don't season them to offset the saltiness.

Any suggestions on how to make this pizza perfect?

This was my favorite chicken but I don't remember how I made it aside from using honey and seasonings. Someone else ate most of it and left me the last piece which I dropped at 3am. I think that means I did a good job lol.

A delicious and easy go to!

Since my Nonna is long gone, I need a judgement:

Ingredients: Leftover ham, diced Onion, diced Garlic, crushed Peas, frozen 3 eggs, scrambled Cheddar cheese, shredded Salt, pepper, and nutmeg, to taste Pasta, your choice Mustard, to taste

Instructions: Dice the stuff that needs dicing.
Start heating pasta water. Sweat the onions till translucent. Add pasta to pasta water. Add garlic to onions. Add ham to garlic and onions. Whisk eggs, cheese, salt, pepper, mustard, and nutmeg together in a large bowl.
Add peas to garlic, onions, and jam. Add some of the pasta water to the garlic, onions, peas, and ham. Drain the pasta and immediately toss with the egg cheese mixture. Immediately add all of the ham, peas, garlic, and onion and toss. Serve immediately with more mustard in the side.

En Guete!

Ingredients:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup olive oil
• 1 cup milk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon aniseed
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350°F).
2. In a large bowl, whisk everything together.
3. Pour the batter into a parched sheet pan.
4. Bake for 20 minutes.
5. Allow to cool before serving.

I make it without almonds and without a mold for simplicity. I then cut it into pieces and store what I'm not going to eat the same day in an airtight container in the freezer. It can also be made with a round mold. Usually, halfway through baking, it's sprinkled with almonds and sugar.

This is a simpler variation I make of the following recipes:

• Torta de aceite de la Serranía de Ronda
• Torta de pellizco de Ubrique
• Torta de Vélez

So I've eaten everything from sardines and toast to balut. I have never really found foods I don't enjoy, except for Indian food..and balut but that's a whole other story.

I find it's always the same, overkill on spices, sauce and rice. It's very unappealing to me for some reason. Almost seems very...lacking in textures, visuals and the flavors are typically just overpowering of cumin. Sometimes it's been fancy and I had sauce on rice, with a side of more sauces. There never seems to be substance to the foods but sauce and rice.

Granted I haven't explored too much with Indian food but it always looks the same to me. Saying just sauce might be a bit harsh, sometimes it more like stew because there's chunks of chicken or whatnot but it's always the same flavor.

Can you recommend something from Indian culture that isn't what I have described above?

Does asafoetida smell amazing to you? and if yes do you consider yourself someone with an accurate sense of smell (e.g. identify if someone needs dental work in a conversation, smell who someone has been hanging out with, identify spices and herbs used in a meal with high accuracy, identify the perfume someone wears etc)

• is it legal to use biological waste after consuming those peppers?
• is is healthy? Is it GMO?
• how patented food/seeds works?
• what are implications for society?

So like the post says I will have about 30+ people coming over tomorrow. I want to cook this frozen pork shoulder in the slow cooker for pulled pork sandwiches. The thing is 13 pounds. How long and what temp? Also is it even possible?