Even though these are just old recipes that are being re-highlighted, I’m still disappointed that falafel isn’t one. I’ve done a few variations of falafel and both baked and fried those variations, but I’m open to even more recipes, including air-frying (or in my case, using a convection oven). Plus, falafel is great…

A nearby Oktoberfest does a Bavarian-style dinner with a sauerkraut made with pork, apple, and caraway. It’s not an overly sweet sauerkraut, but the funk is dialed down enough to make it an ideal sauerkraut for people who get a little intimidated by sauerkraut. It’s the first sauerkraut I can remember liking (or…

I’d totally have one of these and it wouldn’t even feel like a novelty to me. A couple years ago, I got a jar of apple kraut from a shop in Leavenworth, WA. The kraut was sweet, cinnamon-y, and went really well with grilled brats. I’d imagine the apple pie hot dog hits the same notes as those sweet apple kraut brats,…

I have a citrus juicer but I hardly ever use it to make juice intended for drinking. To produce ONE glass of non-watered down juice, it takes me at least 5-10 minutes of effort and I end up using what seems like an absurd amount of fruit. At this point, I just use fresh-squeezed juice as a marinade or something to…

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Can barbeque sauce really be considered a mother sauce if many, many interpretations already contain another sauce that’s on the “mother sauce” list? Ketchup and worcestershire sauce aren’t in every barbeque sauce, but I’ve seen enough Triple D to know that the practice of using them is ubiquitous. I’ve always assumed…

Can it still be considered a burger if it has pork, breadcrumbs and egg in it? I only ask because last week, I used a mixture made with ground pork, rib rub seasoning, breadcrumbs, and an egg. When asked what we were having for dinner, I just shrugged and replied “pork rib burgers”. No one seemed to object and they…

The cornstarch is there to give the sauce body and to help it cling to the meat. For a while, I tried using my own taco seasoning blends and they all felt like they were coming up a little flat. At some point I came across “professional help” in the form of Alton Brown and he was using cornstarch while I never even…

I live in a place where choice edible mushrooms grow everywhere in the fall, and fresh chanterelles still go for north of $20/lb in the bigger chain markets. I’d check the farmer’s markets to see what the prices are like during peak season, but frankly, I’m just not super big into mushrooms to begin with. A buddy of…

When it comes to jerky, Oberto’s original thin style will always be my gold standard. It’s tough enough that chewing it takes a little effort, plus it contains enough MSG to ensure that even a vigorously masticated wad will still have some flavor to it. I used to pick up cheap one pound bags of the stuff from the…

Thanks, I’ll give this a try. I’ll just have to make sure the amount of water covering the rice maintains the proper rice/water ratio.

Thanks for the suggestion!

I’ve never had much of an issue with boiling pasta. I have a huge pot and I don’t typically boil more than one box of pasta at a time. I just stir frequently and turn the heat down from 10 to about 6 or 7 - that seems to do the trick just fine.

While it’s true that nuts are legumes are sources of plant-based proteins, they also have a fairly low calorie-to-protein ratio, and it’s especially more stark when compared to leaner sources of meat like chicken breast and canned tuna. As much as I like having a burger made with my homemade chickpea patties, I can’t…

They ride in a well-formed group because it substantially reduces drag. A rider in the middle of the peloton can be going as fast as the riders doing the pulling while only expending a fraction of the energy. Single-file riding is fine for a few riders but it’s not as effective for a larger group.

A few years ago I could’ve said that I didn’t like cucumbers and it wouldn’t have been that much of a tall tale. Fast forward to a very hot evening yesterday and I found myself enjoying a cold falafel wrap with cucumber tahini. I’m actually amazed at how much my taste buds have changed in the past five years or so,…

Before I went to bed, I decided that I’d use that time make some quinoa so that it’d have a chance to spend all day to get nice and cool in the fridge. I briefly thought about using the microwave to boil the water but I’ve always used the stovetop to make quinoa and I didn’t want to screw that process up. I just bit…

Many grocery stores in the US won’t have any actual yams so what you’re looking at are most likely varieties of sweet potato. The true yam features an almost bark-like skin while being considerably starchier than sweet potatoes.

I got my mattress at a Costco, so I’m literally “sleeping on a Costco product.”

I’d just like to add on to your point on long-distance cardio that something like bike riding for 20-60 minutes at a moderate to low intensity is apparently considered long-distance cardio. I’d like to believe that the 60 to 90 minute long rides I started to frequently go on played a role in my weight loss but I was…