The Cooking/Baking Thread

[Hjl]

Got a smoker and have been smoking my Sunday dinners.

Deliciousness.

[overseasTOON]

My sister was diagnosed with MS earlier this year and she and her husband have opted to go vegan as it appears it has health benefits (not actually proven as most people don't stay on the dietary change for long enough).

I've been looking into vegan dishes for a few months now and trying to create a range of new dishes. The substitutes are bloody weird; use the water from a tin of chickpeas to make a meringue, but it does actually work!

I'm going to create a new section on cookforcrowds.com for vegans and then run through existing dishes to recommend changes to make either veggie or vegan.

Anyone have some tips for vegan dishes?

[bodacious benny]

I do a chickpea and spinach curry using coconut milk that’s vegan but it’s only a recipe that I found online so not sure if it’s of interest?

[PTAO?]

My sister was diagnosed with MS earlier this year and she and her husband have opted to go vegan as it appears it has health benefits (not actually proven as most people don't stay on the dietary change for long enough).

I've been looking into vegan dishes for a few months now and trying to create a range of new dishes. The substitutes are bloody weird; use the water from a tin of chickpeas to make a meringue, but it does actually work!

I'm going to create a new section on cookforcrowds.com for vegans and then run through existing dishes to recommend changes to make either veggie or vegan.

Anyone have some tips for vegan dishes?

From my short time dating a vegan, and then having a roommate who was one, the worst dishes are when you try to make regular dishes with meat/dairy/egg substitute. I found the only ones I really enjoyed were regular meals that just happened to be vegan.

[Speedo]

My sister was diagnosed with MS earlier this year and she and her husband have opted to go vegan as it appears it has health benefits (not actually proven as most people don't stay on the dietary change for long enough).

I've been looking into vegan dishes for a few months now and trying to create a range of new dishes. The substitutes are bloody weird; use the water from a tin of chickpeas to make a meringue, but it does actually work!

I'm going to create a new section on cookforcrowds.com for vegans and then run through existing dishes to recommend changes to make either veggie or vegan.

Anyone have some tips for vegan dishes?

From my short time dating a vegan, and then having a roommate who was one, the worst dishes are when you try to make regular dishes with meat/dairy/egg substitute. I found the only ones I really enjoyed were regular meals that just happened to be vegan.

This. There's a whole world of terrific dals and stuff out there (I am very far from vegan or veggie but they're just delicious in their own right).

[Captain Obvious]

Tesco Extras (the big ones) stock Vegan Burgers called 'Beyond Meat Burgers'. They're £5.50 for two and that's just the patty so they're not cheap but once I had the extras in I honestly couldn't tell it wasn't beef. A nice option as a treat or whatever.

[Tsi]

Not at the level of OT's culinary skills but made this in the past and made it again today home made pizza using 1 and a half cups of self raising flour and 1 cup of Greek yogurt for the base. Lovely

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mix and leave to raise for 15mins then roll out, the measurements makes roughly a 12 inch pizza base

[overseasTOON]

Not at the level of OT's culinary skills but made this in the past and made it again today home made pizza using 1 and a half cups of self raising flour and 1 cup of Greek yogurt for the base. Lovely

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mix and leave to raise for 15mins then roll out, the measurements makes roughly a 12 inch pizza base

Never thought of using yogurt as the wet ingredient for the pizza base. I'll give it a try.

[Tsi]

Not at the level of OT's culinary skills but made this in the past and made it again today home made pizza using 1 and a half cups of self raising flour and 1 cup of Greek yogurt for the base. Lovely

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mix and leave to raise for 15mins then roll out, the measurements makes roughly a 12 inch pizza base

Never thought of using yogurt as the wet ingredient for the pizza base. I'll give it a try.

I've seen a recipe for nan bread using yogurt as well but never tried that.

[bodacious benny]

I've been making smokey beans on toast recently.

Just thinly chop a red onion and a pepper, fry gently for 10-12 mins, add in broad beans (or whatever kind of beans you want), smoked paprika, chilli flakes (or a bit of Cayenne pepper), seasoning (I've also added tuna chunks before which is nice) and simmer for 10 minutes - that's it. Serve it on toast with a bit of grated cheese. Cheap, easy, tasty and filling

[Hjl]

How come smokers aren't more popular in England?

[overseasTOON]

How come smokers aren't more popular in England?

I suppose that the main factors are time, effort and of course the weather which can be so changeable that you can't rely on 48 hours of good weather to smoke food.

Most people's idea of a BBQ in the UK is shop bought burgers and sausages. I've had people come to my BBQs who were stunned that I made my own burgers!

[bodacious benny]

Even planning a BBQ more than a week (at best) in advance is risky business!

[Colback's Orange Tufts]

How come smokers aren't more popular in England?

Given the density of our housing its gonna piss neighbours off to blow smoke at their windows for 24 hours on end. Also weather.

[overseasTOON]

How come smokers aren't more popular in England?

Given the density of our housing its gonna piss neighbours off to blow smoke at their windows for 24 hours on end. Also weather.

I know the first person to complain to me about a smoker would be the cronut two doors down who burns plastic every week in his garden.

[Don Sholeone]

Getting into Japanese and Korean cooking lately, made some ramen and soba dishes, also had a crack at Gyoza. The Japanese stuff seems quite complex so far and the effort doesn't seem worth it imo. On the other hand I'm falling in love with Korean food, made some killer Korean fried chicken and had it with some Kim Chi that i have had fermenting for a few weeks, tonight I made a Korean seafood curry, which again was pretty phenomenal. Gojuchang is probably one of my new favourite ingredients.

[biggeordiedave]

I've become an air fryer t***!

[bodacious benny]

I made a very nice Chicken Pie last night using a Hello Fresh recipe from when I got a few boxes last year.

[biggeordiedave]

I made a very nice Chicken Pie last night using a Hello Fresh recipe from when I got a few boxes last year.

They have all their recipes on their site: https://www.hellofresh.co.uk/recipes I still go back to it now and again even though we haven't had a box for years now. We've still got all the old recipe cards in the cupboard too.

My favourite: https://www.hellofresh.co.uk/recipes/sa ... 416d5c9912

[Don Sholeone]

Funnily enough I just ordered some hello fresh boxes, got an offer sent to me so have 6 meals on the way for a fiver.