Food/recipe/restuarant Thread

[RUCRAYZE]

You know RU? I wish I had your willpower, and understand that you are trying to warn us (of the younger members, 48 for me) of what could happen later on in life. 3-6 miles daily at 72?!?!? Really! I'm impressed! If I need to go that far, I have to start a car, or the bike. Well, not really. it has to be something I love, like hunting, to get me to walk that far. BTW, it isn't easy climbing, and descending all the wooded hills around here for that sport. Unfortunately, hunting season is VERY short, but I get lots of exercise during that time. Curious about your elevated heart rate. I've noticed that in myself lately. What does that mean?

Elevated heart rate = you're in love!!
I'm equally impressed lol-
It has nothing to do with willpower, thank you, I'm just like everyone, Once I (You) make the decision to recognize and then internalize the impact of food on the body, and how food effects all aspects of our being, getting there was more difficult, living it is easier.
Just an aside Z had been working on getting healthy (we had privately talked about it we were-both the same age) she was, before her death, getting into meaningful eating and exercise.
I have friends who are diabetic and eating out will order sweetened desserts, and shrug it off with an evening adjustment of insulin!, Open heart triple by-pass eating fried foods, many in our country believe disease is part of the aging process and a pill will fix it. Our health system treats the effects of poor diet without treating the causes.

What triggered me (after two hospitalizations for stints), was strangely , a movie
"Forks over Knives" check it out- was the best 1 1/2 hours I ever "spent" on myself- it was my catalyst
All the best and thanks

 

[Folks]

What bothered me most my open heart surgery is that it requires them to literally saw your breast plate in two before they begin. But I still think a good attitude plays a far bigger roll in health and well being than anything else. For example; I still remember my bypass surgery as they wheeled me under the bright surgery lights I felt them all grab the sides of my sheets and slide me over on to the operating table. I'm convinced they all thought I was well under the anesthesia by then. Imagine their surprise as they all gathered around that huge operating light I preceded to give them all a little speech as follows;
I said," I know this is old hat and routine for you guys here but please remember this is a pretty big deal for me." I also mentioned that I had composed a song especially for this occasion. Where upon I preceded singing "Don't let the bone chips hit you in the eyes". I don't remember the rest because you see I passed out after that.

 

[RUCRAYZE]

Definitely NOT Vegan!!
Victory has always been sweet. Now it's smoky and savory, too.

Bar Brutus in Montreal has crafted a Stanley Cup from 20 pounds of bacon to honor its hometown team, the Canadiens.

 

[RUCRAYZE]

XII:XXXIX, time to fire up the grill- Black bean Quinoa Patty! Stay healthy my friend!

 

['lio]

Marinade:
1/4 cup roughly chopped shallot
2 cloves garlic
1 cup loose packed fresh cilantro
1 cup loosely packed fresh parsley
2 tablespoons soy sauce *
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/3 cup vegetable broth

Tofu:
1 block (about 14Oz)
Chop the shallot and garlic in a food processor.Add the remaining ingredients and puree until smooth
Cut the tofu lengthwise into 8 equal pieces. If you like, slice those pieces corner to corner to form triangles. marinate for at least an hour, flipping after 30 minutes **
Preheat a large skillet over medium -high heat,.Spray the pan with a bit of nonstick cooking spray. Add the tofu pieces cook for about 10 minutes, flipping often, adding the marinade as you go. Add the remaining marinade and turn up the heat to high. Let the liquid boil and cook down for 5 minutes- Serve
These notes are mine-
* I suggest in place of soy sauce (very high in salt-even low salt too high, go with "Bragg Liquid Aminos" (ingredients- vegetable protein from soybeans and purified water)
** I do all my marinades in large plastic sealed bags- easy no mess, and "churning" the bag assures even distribution.
Best of luck
Eat to Live, not Live to eat!!

Thanks again! Finally got around to making this dish, I like it a lot. Also took your advice with the soy sauce and substituted with coconut aminos, I never tried Bragg's but it's likely similar.

 

[RUCRAYZE]

Thanks again! Finally got around to making this dish, I like it a lot. Also took your advice with the soy sauce and substituted with coconut aminos, I never tried Bragg's but it's likely similar.

thanks for the "feed"back!

 

[JEBar]

over the years we've purchased and used a wide range of cooking devices .... some occupy a place on our favorites list, some (perfectly good ones) haven't found their way to being one of our favorites and sit somewhere in storage ... while in SD we've borrowed a large electric roaster several times from one of Maureen's brothers and have found that it works really well in helping feed large groups .... every time we, we discuss getting one of our own to have for use at home; as well as, on the road .... today I ordered a Stainless Steel Hamilton Beach 22-Quart Roaster Oven from WalMart .... I was impressed by the 4 and a half star average rating from 839 reviews .... to me that's strong .... over the weekend we used it for the first time and the meal turned out well .... we took a large pork loin and sliced it into thick chops, boneless chicken breast, and smoked sausage and slow cooked them in a ketchup based sauce that we developed back when we were catering pig pick'ns .... with the temp set at 250 we let it cook for 2 hours .... we then added a gallon can of whole potatoes and bumped the temp up to 275 .... one hour later it was ready to serve and met with very favorable reviews .... in fact, everyone seemed happy to take home bags .... cleanup proved to be pretty easy, nothing baked onto the cooking surface .... very pleased with the results

 

[LockMD]

This is my new Pellet grill/Smoker:

First time trying ribs:

Smoked for 3 hours, was running out of time, turned up to 350 for 40 mins. Came out pretty good for my first attempt, will keep trying until I get a fall off the bone ribs, though.

 

[JEBar]

do you marinate or put any sort of rub on your ribs prior to putting them on the grill

 

[RUCRAYZE]

Leave some space in the smoker for me-Baja-Style Grilled Tempeh Tacos, I prefer the grapeseed oil, but use avocado oil as a substitute Well XI:X night John Boy