Food Glorious Food!

Yeah I couldn't go Vegan myself. I'm an omnivore.

So I had my first attempt at pan frying filet mignon tonight. I wrapped some bacon around them, seasoned with salt and pepper, and cooked 2 at a time at about 8 minutes on each side, as they were pretty thick. I preheated the pan for about 3 minutes at medium heat with 2 tbs of butter and some shredded garlic. I didn't add any oil cause I figured they would also fry in the bacon fat, which they did. I took some of the extra uncooked bacon I had, diced it up, added some garlic and butter, and sauteed some mushroom to top the beef and the rice, which I had in the rice cooker with broccoli and carrots in the steam tray.

I must say everything turned out pretty good. I was able to feed 4 for under $30. Costco has great prices on meat. Highly recommended,

Oh crap! I just read it now. Sorry to hear that man.

As for the Still Game, you've earned your victory. I don't know what happened, but I've become so much worse on obvious stills. But don't worry, I haven't given up.

Btw, I disliked the post.

Sounds Great Nilade. I just broiled a couple of pieces of swordfish (and finished them off in the nuker becuse they were still under done in the middle). Seasoned with Old Bay and a drizzle of teriyaki, with a splash of lemon at the table.
Man I love swordfish - Trader Joe's has good vacuum packed swordfish, I bought some in Shaw's because I didn't want to go to the fish counter but those were tough - Joe's is very tender and convenient - but ultimately the best is from the fishmonger. 

Should be ok. You can always try to sweeten it up later, maybe putting some regular sugar (or something else sweet) on them under the broiler for a few minutes? Depends really upon what your other ingredients are and what style BBQ sauce you like. Sugar is really the thing that caramelizes the surface of the meat but you don't really get caramelization in a crock pot. BBQ is sometimes cooked in two stages - the slow cook, and the finishing sear as I said above. BBQ usually tastes good no matter what you do to it.

Once my ground pork thaws out today I think I'm going to try gnocchi in meat sauce. Never had gnocchi before.

BBQ sauce is best when you wing it anyway.

Yeah basically - Tomato sauce, mustard, vinegar, brown sugar, and spices.  

Smoked paprika is wonderful. I like my sauce sweet and spicy so I'd probably put in chili peppers, garlic & onion, Apple Cider vinegar, pineapple, maybe molasses, and probably a spicy mustard, and either soy sauce or Worcestershire or both - I also add basil or oregano to most of my tomato based sauces - maybe even sage.

Mix it together and put it in a sauce pan for a little while to let it thicken and reduce.

I still don't know if I'm getting the hang of the Crock Pot cooking. I cooked a pork roast with pineapple, carrot, peas,red bell pepper, and onions, added garlic, shallots, and some spices that go good with pineapple.

Came out ok, but I think I'd rather cook it in the oven next time - it was like pulled pork but a little stringy.

Right now I'm just sitting back with some African coffee - it was the least expensive on the shelf so I thought I'd give it a go - nice tasting, I'd buy it again.

It's also good for Pot Roast, but yeah the veggies were kind of mushy in this dish

Tofu needs to be smothered in peanut sauce

Made an apple filled puff pastry roll (apples, butter, Splenda, cinnamon, and freshly grated nutmeg rolled into premade puff pastry and baked at 400 for about 30 minutes - after sauteing the filling on the stove top)

And I forgot to look at the carb count lol - my blood sugar was almost 300 the next morning when it should be down around 100 - lol at least it was good.

(simulation - not Ramplate's actual breaky)


Oh man, quick and easy breakfast and soo freaking delicious! Fried eggs with melted American cheese and sausage links on the side.