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Cooking for one.

Borachio said:
Guacamole?
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Yeah, I know that guacamole is made out of mainly avocados.. but... "avocado sauce"? Is that what people call it in the UK?

As for the thread as a whole.. I made a huge amount of butter chicken the other day, using 2 jars of a pre-made sauce that I bought rather cheap at Costco. I made it with chicken (obviously) and Thai jasmin rice. Came out REALLY good, and it'll last me for at least another week.
 
Butter Chicken is a translation of Murg Makhani, one of the better known Indian dishes.

It is made with butter, cream, yogurt, tomato sauce, ginger, garlic, turmeric, chili powder, and various other spices.

I've made it before and liked it, but it has been a few years as my father and sister don't care for the Indian spices.

Recipes vary, so it is hard to say exactly how fattening it is. It looks like the nutritional info on several variety say that one serving contains a little more than half of the daily fat allowance though.
 
warpus said:
Yeah, I know that guacamole is made out of mainly avocados.. but... "avocado sauce"? Is that what people call it in the UK?
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Nope. I've never heard of avocado sauce before today. Not that that means anything. I never buy ready-made sauces of any kind, I think. So I never go looking for them. I used to have a taste for tomato ketchup on bacon butties until, dunno, 10 years ago. And I've had some tomato paste festering unused in the fridge for I don't know how long. I really ought to throw it out. If I don't make the sauce myself, from scratch, I eat the food without it.

Not that I'm a purist, mind you. I buy things like bread, and cheese, and tinned tomatoes, and beer, and just lately salami, ready-made from the shop.
 
Yeah, I assumed that avocado sauce was some sort of a sauce that was nothing like guacamole.

I do pre-made sauces every once in a while. Depends. I alternate between "hardcore cooking" mode and "Lemme just throw this cheese on a frying pan and we'll call that lunch". So it really depends on my mood. I know that there will be days when I feel like cooking something, but not spend hours doing it.. so I stock up on butter chicken sauce, asian stirfy sauces, and tomato sauces for pastas and such. I usually spice those up though by adding my own ingredients, they're way too sweet on their own. That's the one bad thing about sauces.. a lot of them are soaked in salt and sugar.
 
warpus said:
It's about the most popular Indian dish you can get, at least where I live. It also seems to be very popular in New Zealand and Thailand.

Is it not as popular in parts of the U.S.? Everyone here would know what butter chicken is.
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The most popular Indian chicken dish here is chicken masala, which also has a tomato-based yogurt sauce but it looks like some of the spices may be different. Or it's just a different local name for it.

warpus said:
Yeah, I assumed that avocado sauce was some sort of a sauce that was nothing like guacamole.

I do pre-made sauces every once in a while. Depends. I alternate between "hardcore cooking" mode and "Lemme just throw this cheese on a frying pan and we'll call that lunch". So it really depends on my mood. I know that there will be days when I feel like cooking something, but not spend hours doing it.. so I stock up on butter chicken sauce, asian stirfy sauces, and tomato sauces for pastas and such. I usually spice those up though by adding my own ingredients, they're way too sweet on their own. That's the one bad thing about sauces.. a lot of them are soaked in salt and sugar.
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I buy base pasta sauces and add stuff like sausage, chicken, spinach, etc. to them. It's great for lazy cooking, you can have a hot meal ready to go in 15-20 minutes.
 
Chicken tikka masala has crossed the Atlantic, has it? Do you have Baltis as well?
 
Antilogic said:
I buy base pasta sauces and add stuff like sausage, chicken, spinach, etc. to them. It's great for lazy cooking, you can have a hot meal ready to go in 15-20 minutes.
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I do this a lot. Cook pasta, add in sauce, and preferred vegetables/meat/whatever, voila instant meal. Throw in spices for taste. Usually I only do enough to last me a meal or two, but I've made enough to feed the whole family for a couple of days on occasion.

Easy to make, tastes good if you've figured out a combination that works.
 
I don't like to freeze stuff after I have cooked it. I think the only thing in my freezer now are one or two frozen entrees from the store for really lazy days and some packs of veggies.
 
What I do, buy the family size packs of chicken and pork chops, break them up into individual pieces and freeze them. Then only thaw and prepare what I want for the day. I find shake and bake is an easy and tasty way to go. Then you don't have to have the same day after day, but can mix it up some.
 
Find a healthy fresh meal delivery service. No single guy wants to come home and cook. Let alone cook something healthy.
 
Labtec600 said:
Find a healthy fresh meal delivery service. No single guy wants to come home and cook. Let alone cook something healthy.
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Wild guess here...

You are not referring to the pizza place that provides all my meals when my girlfriend is out of town.
 
A couple of one ingredient receipes.

Fresh sweet corn:

You probably need to be American for this one. Take the fresh corn in the husk. Nuke for 3 minutes, turn, another minute and a half. Increase to 4 and 2 for two ears.

Not-fried chicken.

Pre heat a skillet with a tight fitting lid. Over high heat, sear one side of a piece of chicken. If skin on, do skin down. If skin removed, do the cut side. Brown thoroughly, at least 2 minutes. Turn, season with S&P, reduce heat to low and cover. Cook 12-15 minutes. DO NOT LOOK AT IT.
There will be a nice bit of glace if you want a gravy.

J
 
Timsup2nothin said:
Wild guess here...

You are not referring to the pizza place that provides all my meals when my girlfriend is out of town.
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Nope! And my point exactly!

Where I am at,there is a local company that will cook and deliver ready to eat meals. Keep them in the fridge and pop them in the microwave. They dont taste like "healthy" microwaved meals either.
 
Labtec600 said:
Nope! And my point exactly!

Where I am at,there is a local company that will cook and deliver ready to eat meals. Keep them in the fridge and pop them in the microwave. They dont taste like "healthy" microwaved meals either.
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Nice choice if you can get it. My delivery choices are seven different pizza options and one Chinese.

I do the cooking, so when my girlfriend is out of town I take it as an excuse to vacation.
 
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