Adventures in cooking

[jenn_unplugged]

Doug is the cook at our house, and he's a fantastic cook. But when he's gone (and he's often traveling for a week at a time), it falls back to me. I'm a decent cook, though not a great one. One of the qualities of good cooks that I just don't have is the creativity it takes to invent dishes. Doug has this in spades, but I really need a recipe

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[hazelhawthorne]

I want to say stuff about the cooking (cool jello idea, yay zucchini bread and other stuff) but I keep getting hung up on the OMG! Look at Carter! He is so grown up!

I really need to figure out how to post pictures on a free LJ account. I've been posting them on facebook like crazy, but most of my LJ/DW friends don't cross over.

[ahurani]

I have a couple staple dishes that I make frequently with whatever veggies we have on hand (most commonly peppers, squash, eggplant, etc):

stir-fry: tofu (I'm vegetarian) + veggies. Add peanut sauce for a more Thai dish, just plain soy sauce for something very basic, or coconut milk/green curry paste for green curry! I also use rice noodles a lot more often than rice because they cook so much faster.

chili: again, saute veggies, add beans, tomatoes, chili/seasoning, etc.

spaghetti: same basic idea...saute veggies, add (fake) ground beef, tomato sauce, season w/ fresh herbs, put on noodles.